#41

We just spent half an hour negotiating takeaway options because she “didn’t mind” but very clearly did.

#42

Mum is wrapping presents and Dad is on the verge of tears playing Status Quo albums because they were the first band he ever saw live and he feels like the year has been bookended by his musical heroes dying.

#43

Just after I typed this he came upstairs, seemingly recovered from his Rick Parfitt wobble, to tell me that the gerbils were ready for Christmas and that I had to come downstairs and see “what they had done”. What he really meant was what he’d done, i.e. put the ‘This way Santa’ and ‘Waiting for Santa’ door signs that my brother and I had as kids on and around the gerbil tank, because [direct quote] “Thems loves Christmas!”

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#44

They’re laughing heartily at cgi penguins

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#45

need to find a place that serves owl

#46

oh wait, this is the parents thread

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#47

It’s the first Christmas since my parents split. We’re spending today with my mum and tomorrow with my dad, who is spending today with his girlfriend and her kids. Just got this whatsapp to me and my siblings.

“Merry christmas to you! Amazing really to be so excited at my age…! :snowman::snowman::snowman:”

Last christmas we had as a family he actually sulked in his bedroom for 2 hours. Clearly his new family have allowed him to rediscover the joy of Christmas - he has all the tact of a marauding rhinoceros :joy:

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#48

Mum is cooking Christmas dinner and Dad is super butthurt that none of the grandparents noticed the hall and lounge have been redecorated or that we have a new front door. He is now fishing for compliments.

#49

My dad just accidentally poured cous cous on the potatoes instead of semolina

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#50

My dad is refusing to let anyone into the kitchen to do the washing up. Bet he moans later about how hard he’s had it today.

Can’t play any card games cause theres cards missing so my mam is drawing the missing cards!!! Not gonna work for poker, is it? She also told my brother off for moaning “think of the turkey that died for us today. and the pigs that died for you to have kilties, bacon AND sausagemeat on your plate” RIP TO THE TURKEY AND PIGS

#51

dads ears are blocked, getting them syringed in the new year

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#52

Watching GBBO (they don’t usually). My dad was saying 10 mins ago that he didn’t give a shit about it but now he’s loving it and keeps commentating on it and saying wow

#53

My Da has gone back to bed before going to work tonight. A twelve hour shift, yeeeesh.

My Mam is hanging out with my Nan in the kitchen. Mam has a sinus infection and can’t hear and my Nan is a bit deaf so they’re watching the ballet with the telly fucking BLASTING. It’s at US Army-psychological-warfare-against-Noriega volume levels in there.

#54

mum was ill but she’s better now. just got her hands on a rubiks cube

#55

Mum is currently drinking wine and going through photos of me and my sister from when we were kids and showing my niece and nephew.

#57

my dad has expressed that the only thing he actually wants to watch this christmas is the screenwipe review of the year which isn’t even on before he goes back to work so we have to endure him changing the channel every 5 minutes and/or bbc rolling news

I WANT TO WATCH #POGDOGS PLEASE

#58

As usual, mum dominates the tv schedule. Watched the extended edition of gone with the wind and am now watching send the midwife, which I’m sure is one of the worst things I’ve ever seen.

#59

Ha, my dad had the same reaction. Have never seen him so upset upon reading the news on his phone yesterday.

#60

My dad just spent five minutes explaining why Rowan Atkinson is playing an English-speaking French police inspector in Paris. The main point of his argument was that nobody would understand him if he was speaking French.

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#61

Oh god, I’m enduring this shite too! It doesn’t need to be set in Paris at all. I think the ‘exotic’ location is to try and disguise how bland the main character is…

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