As per the last twenty plus years, I have just completed the task of checking then ripping to shreds every envelope, box and piece of wrapping paper before letting any of it leave the house.
This ancient tradition has replaced the previous one of frantically driving to the tip to try and locate the missing Nintendo battery pack / remote control / money etc..
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
26th Dec 2017 1:57 pm
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
Shooting and hunting, replaced this year with hedge planting.DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
26th Dec 2017 1:59 pm
Tanglewood
Member Since: 27 Feb 2011
Location: Wilts
Posts: 1376
Out at 4 this morning taking the same couple to their holiday home in Tenerife as I have done for the past 9 years.
What joy The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the best of everything they have.
26th Dec 2017 2:44 pm
NickJ
Member Since: 11 Oct 2010
Location: there's no f in point
Posts: 2137
Ill with a cold, as per usual for Christmas
26th Dec 2017 2:46 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72787
Been out for a couple of dog walks and just under 5k run. Sad day in our family, a quiet day for reflection.
26th Dec 2017 2:47 pm
Grianaig
Member Since: 08 Jul 2014
Location: Tyne and Wear
Posts: 1286
Just started a new tradition. Hunting every nook and cranny in the house and garage for a pressie meant for SWMBO. I hid it. Too well obviously. Not only have I forgotten where I put it, I forgot I had it. After opening the presents yesterday, an event that takes an extended period interspersed with drinks she says, "was there not something else?" She's like that. Tries to catch me out. Eventually she told me I had bought a bag of golf balls as a pressie. "Balls!" I said. That didn't help matters. I don't know where the are. Hidden and, at 2pm on Boxing Day, they are as yet not found. I'm in deep I apologised and asked her to remember the Christmas spirit. That made matters worse as she blames the Christmas spirit.....too much of it. 2014 MY Discovery XS Indus Silver. Sadly gone. Second last LR of forty eight years continuous ownership.
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26th Dec 2017 3:01 pm
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13100
Been out with the spaniel beating this morning followed by a couple of pints in the pub. The afternoon is for relaxing on the sofa whilst SWMBO rides horses.
Better deal with the pheasants before getting too comfy though...Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
26th Dec 2017 3:06 pm
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15213
Been kayaking today.
Just back from the clubs annual 'boxing day' paddle.I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
26th Dec 2017 3:55 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6570
Annual tradition continued with taking the minions to their one set of grandparents and dog. Difference to earlier years was that this year the wife had a work shift.
26th Dec 2017 4:23 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6261
Recovering, ready for round 2 with other family members.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
Lovely 10km walk in the snow, interspersed by a bottle or two of Pils with Currywurst and Fries, then got back to Coffee and proper Blackforest Gateau.
LRs are a fond memory, apart from the maintenance.
26th Dec 2017 5:12 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72787
Mmmmmmmmmmmm, that all sounds fab. Esp the currywurst!!
26th Dec 2017 5:16 pm
Mogwyth
Member Since: 03 Oct 2014
Location: Pwllheli
Posts: 3976
About the only day of the year we have a lie in, get up around 09:00, big fried breakfast at 10:00, 4-5 mile stroll in the hills after, finishing at a pub with a real fire and real beer before heading back for the usual ham based dinner about now. And guests round later for drinks and snacks.==================================
05 D3 HSE V8 4.4
04 MG TF 135
03 MG TF 115 Cool Blue Edition
02 MG TF 160
00 Hymer B564 Lionheart
1971 Series III 109
26th Dec 2017 5:25 pm
sean 471
Member Since: 26 Apr 2011
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 2990
Used to gather round at the parents house with the rest of the family.
Things change now at ours but of course not the same.
Off in the Tin tent tomorrow for a week so some walking and drinking.
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... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
are. Hidden and, at 2pm on Boxing Day, they are as yet not found. I'm in deep 
