I just have the step-in-laws to buy kiddies presents for, as we agreed years ago to only buy for the kids, then there’s just the father-in-law’s framed photo – if that’s what I end up doing, plus my brother and his wife who are meant to be telling me what they’d like.

Otherwise I have been wrapping the presents as they arrive/are bought and feel really on top of things for a change! I still need to get a couple more things but I am not sure what yet.

I found myself saying the other day that I hope there’ll still be something small to shop for last minute. I think I just enjoy the feeling that you get a day or so before the big day. We celebrate the main stuff at the Solstice, but I always do the big dinner on the 25th because then I get some peace and quiet and there are no interruptions. The majority of the presents are opened then too, especially since most people give them on Christmas Eve.