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Ideas on how to make christmas special

Written by Mambox from the blog Ezami lezi... on 07 Dec 2009
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Hi Bloggers

It's been a while since i blogged here i hope everyone has been good!

The reason behind this blog is my increativity (lack of a better word) on how to make this years christmas day special with my family.

Since my mom passed away 5 years ago we've been having the dullest christmases ever! and as the more organised person in the family :-) i feel obliged to bring back the great spirit we had before.

Last year i started a tradition where we buy each other christmas gifts which was great but this year i'm looking for something to make christmas even more special.

I'd like you bloggers to give me ideas, stuff you do with your friends,relatives and family which makes christmas special for you.

Your ideas will be highly appreciated!!!

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29 Comments

Zah000
07 Dec 2009 11:06

Replies will help me out as well....

cleve
07 Dec 2009 11:19

AAAAHHHHHH sweet....... bloggers help

Mambox
07 Dec 2009 13:16

patiently waiting :-(

Tholi
07 Dec 2009 13:23

No Bonuses! No Ideas!

myname
07 Dec 2009 13:29

Its still nice even in 2009.

If u still have granny i guess u should use her house esp in this time of recession. She would luv 2 c her grand children 2gether. You wont have 2 hire or pay 4 accommodation.

You should slaughter a sheep, buy chicken, voroso & pork.You braai/fry from chicken to pork, doing salad from coslaw to green salad, rice-papa-samp etc

Its nice when people r crying 4 being full. Bring everybody from the grand grand son & daughters, uncles & lost cousins & aunts .......It will b blast doll.

Mambox
07 Dec 2009 13:36

Thanks for the idea myname it's a lovey idea but, we don't have grandparents and there's too much segragation in the family so it's normally us as in dad, three siblings and sister inlaw :-(

anymore ideas?

TKSM
07 Dec 2009 13:39

Play family competition games. It can be uncles against aunts etc. Games like running with an egg on a spoon. Racing with both feet tied together. Filling water in a bucket using a plastic bag with holes etc.

Krissy
07 Dec 2009 13:54

U can also try the picnic/garden theme. Get each one the siblings and the sister in law, to make one salad, and then in the morning make pap/samp/rice and meat. Get the dining table, chairs and decorations in the garden.

Write down all the family members, get each one of them to choose a name, whoever’s name u choose, u will need to buy that person a present (U can even set up a limit , say not more than R100). This is before hand of course!!!

After lunch get those very big umbrellas and some camp chairs, open up ur pressies and spent the rest of the day reminiscing outside with drinks and cool music. Nothing hectic…

myname
07 Dec 2009 13:55

That sounds nice TKSM bt not 4 my family. My aunt & uncles r 2 old 4 games. Just give them a castle lager or hansa pilsener (beers with surnames) then u will feel the luv.

makgotso
07 Dec 2009 14:04

Lol @ beer with surnames. @ Mambox: sorry cant help though rona we normally braai en watch movies afterwards. I killed the christmas spirit with the exams l alway write in January.

monchooza
07 Dec 2009 14:10

the best Chirstmas for me would be to (not that i have but would love to) Got to church in the morning, and then get together with friends(not the stuck up ones) and have a Christmas Jol..sing Carols, dance, impersonate others, have tacquilas(sp) and have fun fun fun...

I dont like the Family thing on Christmas because i have to be on my best behavior Gaad knows angikwazi ukuzibamba, plus i am flippin tired of the "your sister is married now, kanti wena ushada nini?" because i have an ansa now.."uma sekufe wena ngizoshada" with a {very big smile on my face}

Cody
07 Dec 2009 14:14

LOL you guys!! monchooza you are mean!!! lol

Mambox
07 Dec 2009 14:15

He he he Monchooza go to church and have tacquilas how do those two mix? LOL

baby e
07 Dec 2009 14:30

the best xmas will be to meet and your family and do an activity which involves all of you guys like maybe cooking and going to the lands to plough or visiting granny.

cleve
07 Dec 2009 14:34

lol @ Monchooza

TKSM
07 Dec 2009 14:38

Monchoosa you are worse than westgate kwakwakwakwa!

Zah000
07 Dec 2009 14:40

LMAO Monchooza!!!

Khafo
07 Dec 2009 14:51

Ok. Lets see.

Pap and a lot of braaied meat/ vors/ chicken together with chakalaka and 1 extra salad. Just don't do beetroot this time around.

Then good music, baked cookies then boozeeeeeeeeeee ''kuze kuse''. After that think about January.

Lobby the girl
07 Dec 2009 15:05

Okay..im interupting...

Fine, Handsome,Single man and his what, what the whole bloody day and night..with a little bit of booze and 3 buch of condoms.......eish ke lapile...iyoooo

Mambox
07 Dec 2009 15:10

stuff to to with MY FAMILY Lobby the girl

Lobby the girl
07 Dec 2009 15:12

OOOh okay sori man..Im being selfish...let me read first and i'll asnswer

jinxed
07 Dec 2009 15:35

collect family photos especailly old ones and get some scrap booking materials and create a new scapbook together. this will u get reminiscing on the past and it will reignite the old memories while havving fun and keeping old photos in a safer place. u know those type of photos that are pushed away in a shoebox or a very old looking album that you have not paged through the years.

going to church together first is also a good thing, that is oif u are christian.

of course a huge lucnh where everyone can just indulge is a thumbs up.

tshepiso
08 Dec 2009 07:43

Christmas is all about immediate family gathering at parents place regardless how old/urgly or far the home could be.

what we do ussually is having a big lunch, whereby all contributes towards it.
Reminding ourselves how we grew up together , and lots of fun.

BUT remember BAKGWENYANA and BOMAKOTI are not allowed, they should go visit their owns parents. They ussually spoils the mood.

SistaBB
08 Dec 2009 07:58

since u are a very "small" family, just take a road trip, the trafic is not heavy on xmas coz most people are hungover, still drunk, going to church, etc. explore SA just on that day, u leave in the morning and come back in the evening,....voila!! ur xmas day will be gone and u wont have anything to worry about.

Mambox
09 Dec 2009 12:26

BUT remember BAKGWENYANA and BOMAKOTI are not allowed, they should go visit their owns parents. AOWA! not fair!!

nice
10 Dec 2009 09:26

I like , I like.............till infinity

Mambox, go to church first thing in the morning, while others prepare lunch and when you come back have a big feast in the dining room table, eating with a forn and knife, something different.

I was concerned since I do not have a dining room table, but braai is the perfect idea, and we can play Christmas carols all day long. No slaughtering but I will buy plenty of meat and drinks so "re je nama re be re ishebe fela tje"

And games will be fun too, but am not sure if my mom will approve of us playing with food(eggs on teaspoons).

Please people list some more cheap games that one can get on with.

As a bonus, I am taking my nieces to gold reef city on Saturday morning.

Lobby the girl
10 Dec 2009 09:42

Lela
14 Dec 2009 15:42

Ja we also need ths.

edgards
14 Dec 2009 16:40

It is my younger brother 's birthday, So we normally celebrate with him, lol....and this year he turning 21...probably gonna gooi him a big one ,lucky bugger everyone is on some spendin moood around that time ....I get bored and routines tires me ..wish for something different this year

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