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Aussie Christmas - What do you get up to?

8L4YN3

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Howdy all. :)

How are we all? Hope everyone is positive and doing well, achieving their goals and what not =D

Anyways i thought i'd try to get some sort of discussion happening about Christmas, what it means to you guys, if you even care for the holiday or do you go all out and make the effort to put on a real big show for family and friends? Whats the go guys.

For me my family isnt like christian or claim to be of any religion(not that christmas really is a religious thing down here) but we've always been the type to have the family dinners and what not, always ends up with a few overly inebriated reletives, lots of left over food and a good day overall.

What do you guys get up to for christmas, how does your drug use fair over the holiday seasons, does it decrease due to more family commitments or do you like to really celebrate the holidays with your doc?

Anyways take it easy everyone. :)
 
Nice idea for a thread 8L4YN3 but probably better suited to Aus Social so I'll shuffle it over there.

X-Mas for the belarki family is always a pretty fun affair. I have an extremely close immediate family but outside of that I don't see my distant relatives much (I have a lot of cousins, neices, nephews etc as my dad was one of 6 children). My immediate family always gets together for a few days over X-Mas; usually the only time of year we're all at the same place at the same time. We're not religious but there's always too much fine food, booze, and relaxing :D Very informal though.

Back when I was using tons of speed I'd use even when staying with my folks but just drink these days.
 
No worries dude. :)

Yeah i feel you on that it's pretty much the same for me, very close immediate family that puts on a lunch or something, pretty casual just a day to get drunk and eat alot of food, watch the kids enjoy their day you know. But yeah christmas is exactly the same for me hey.
 
Food. Eat. Beer. Drink.

... some shitty presents somewhere along the line :D

Wake up hungover next day to watch the cricket...
 
We have a tradition on Xmas eve of champagne and oysters. Xmas day is all about the kids (and big kids). Being a separated and mixed family we are usually shared around every year, some years it's around a pool, some it's on the beach.

Boxing Day is all about beers and cricket, both backyard and on the tele.
 
Something different to the usual extended family gathering that always occurs is 2 whole lambs freshly slaughtered and put in the freezer I bought off my mates farmer uncle. Can't wait to taste some, love lamb. I apologise to any vegetarians that just read that.

Always have breakfast with my dad's side of the family then lunch/dinner with my mum's side as her family is much larger (6 siblings).
 
Typical Oz fam christmas of BBQ and salad and swimming in the pool while listening to truly terrible christmas music. That being said, my Nan has dementia so shit gets pretty hilarious sometimes. I couldn't live with my family, but I love how ridiculous we all are when you put us in the same room for too long.

Christmas Eve is spent with my best friend's family. They're German and so it's an amazing feast of meat and bread and schnapps. I love it. Her family are so good to me, and I love waking up champagne-hungover in the morning and having this incredible European style breakfast.

I know some people hate Christmas, but it honestly just makes me realise how lucky and happy I am.

My favourite time of year.
 
Grinch, so far =D

I'll come round soon enough.

I'm a late bloomer for the so called christmas spirit, but I enjoy giving more than I do receiving =D That's how it goes innit ?
 
I always go fishing on xmas day with my brother and old man. The weather is always fantastic and there is no one else out on the reef cos the poor suckers are all stuck at home having xmas lunch :D

Fresh coral trout for xmas dinner = Fuck yeah! =D
 
I have a tradition on xmas eve of getting righteously drunk with a best mate all over town. Using this momentous occasion to do anything that comes up, it always lands us in quirky situations. The next morning my little nephews always pick up on my hangover and wrestle me into oblivion, it's awesome!
 
NickyJ said:
I always go fishing on xmas day with my brother and old man. The weather is always fantastic and there is no one else out on the reef cos the poor suckers are all stuck at home having xmas lunch :D

Fresh coral trout for xmas dinner = Fuck yeah! =D
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Fished westernport bay in melbourne on xmas a few times as a kid! Only day of the year you almost have the bay to yourself!

Coral trout is the best fish you can eat!

Back to topic! On call this year on xmas day! If the old man and his wife come over then may do a roast! Otherwise sleep and a few movies!
 
My family usually tries to stop screeching at each other long enough to share a communal meal. No one's partners are coming this year so we don't have that incentive to not embarrass ourselves. I usually make some prawn salad / cocktail type thing, and there's turkey and ham. I'm going to roast the turkey upside down this year bc all the fat's supposed to drip down and make the breast all moist.
 
lostNfound said:
Grinch, so far =D

I'll come round soon enough.

I'm a late bloomer for the so called christmas spirit, but I enjoy giving more than I do receiving =D That's how it goes innit ?
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My partner is a grinch type, but only because it is too commercial, a big Xmas this year for us, a meeting of cultures when my parents come from UK to join us in our Anglo Croatian Xmas Lunch. Watch out for the news reports =D
 
Busty St Clare said:
Don't kid your self. There is no such thing as a moist turkey.
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Then you're cooking it wrong.


I assure you I have successfully cooked moist turkey more than once. :)


Sure it's drier than chicken, but if chicken is over cooked or cooked dry it gets too 'stringy' for my liking.
 
We've ordered our Christmas ham this year from our butcher at the Preston Markets - he preps the hams on site and the meat is delicious. We've been travelling so much this year (overseas trips and interstate to see family) so we've decided to have a Christmas day at home, by ourselves. It's going to involve lots of seafood, cold meat, salads, etc and a big relax and lots of phone calls to family.

Boxing Day is going to be lunch at a friend's place - he's a fantastic cook, and we'll all contribute something to the lunch so it should be a brilliant day :)
 
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