Where did you spend Christmas Day?

sevrec


Joined: 22/12/2010
Posts: 16

Message Posted:
27/12/2010 14:24

Did you spend it at home, or go out somewhere? Whichever you done, what were the good and bad points?



I don't miss all the Christmas hype for 3 months in the run up to Christmas, but I do miss the Christmas atmosphere actually on Christmas Day.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
27/12/2010 14:28

Hi I spend mine working, like you i do miss the atmosphere, i miss carol singers and the salvation army singing in the shopping centre.However we did have a lovely day and lovely customers who created a great atmosphere. Bad points fro me was I couldnt get onto skype so couldnt speak to my grandchildren and children. Have a great new year xxx

decanddyl


Joined: 17/01/2009
Posts: 792

Message Posted:
27/12/2010 22:27

Spent Christmas day with friends traditional Christmas dinner which was excellent (bit short on carrots !!)



Food fantastic

Company excellent

atmosphere very festive

entertainment best ever





Our thanks to Liz and Ken.

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
27/12/2010 22:39

Good to hear you all had fun Liz and Ken ) We as you know spent the afternoon and evening at the Courtyard with some fantastic friends, good food very well done all the staff were attentive, and we danced all afternoon after, a great day was had by all.Shame we are going to miss out on their New Years fun as the first year we were here with the very same friends we were out eating and dancing at the Courtyard till 5AM ) This year Vic is taking me away for a few night out of the TRNC very romantic place too, magical for us its our wedding anniversary 31at too.



Happy New Year to you all..





Spider,X

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
27/12/2010 22:47

Enjoy, First your aniversary and second your 44 birthday xxxxx Happy new year xxxxxxx

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
27/12/2010 22:50

spent mine in the drunk tank , but will be in trnc for new years day .

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
27/12/2010 22:52

try to get to see me then after please xxxx

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
27/12/2010 23:04

tell guido to get the steak in xxxxxxxxxxxxxx will call you around the 3rd

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
27/12/2010 23:05

done love xxxxx

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
27/12/2010 23:07

Rowlo,



Where will you be on the 2nd ! Do I need to ask?



Chris

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
27/12/2010 23:11

We spent a really lovely day with fabulous atmosphere and food at The Cross Lanes Hotel - which is just outside Wrexham with the mother-in-law and our son and his wife.

Our son told us that we are to be grandparents in August....life doesn't get better!!!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
27/12/2010 23:12

Blackbird,



Congratulations grandchildren are wonderful.



Chris

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
27/12/2010 23:13

Oh blackie wonderful news, is it the first. I have just spoken to my grandkids as I couldnt get through xmas day, Im a happy bunny tonight xxxxxxxx

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
27/12/2010 23:17

Many thanks Chris and Lilli.

Yes Skype is great...I have three grandsons in New Zealand...

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
27/12/2010 23:30

msg10 chris , on the golf course , then i will watch the game in the club house wi me mates , hopefully we will need to hire a minibus to get us all home as we may be to drunk to walk WATP XXXXXXXX might be another day in solitary , i hope .

Maz


Joined: 29/03/2009
Posts: 1924

Message Posted:
27/12/2010 23:58

How I miss carol singing around the streets; in the village square; at wonderful Carol Services with choirs in red robes under sparkling trees. I miss the friendly neighbours to come in and share a drink and a mince pie. I miss the children and their excitement. I miss the participation in lunches for the homeless or those who have nothing;I miss the true spirit of Christmas - but then Cyprus is NOT a Christian country, and as there are no close family or friends here, it is not possible to celebrate Christmas like 'the good old days'.

'Each to their own' and the trhings that matter to me are not here, but that is a cost one has to bear when one makes a choice.



But it is my fervant hope that the message of Christmas will be effective both sides of the Green Line and that it may pervade the negotiations and that the Cyprus problem will cease to exist. Now that would really make my Christmas, even if a little late.

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
28/12/2010 00:08

hi maz , you like most people made your choice , i wish you a happy new year , no point on dwelling on the past , live your life and take everyday as it comes , god bless xxxxxxx

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
28/12/2010 00:45

Maz I loved your postcard vision of Christmas over here.

The carol singing - or running round to friends didn't happen...'cos it was far too bloody freezing cold to move!

The icy pavements are treacherous, roads blocked with snow...brrr... Impossible to go anywhere...

jakki



Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 865

Message Posted:
28/12/2010 09:26

At home in Essex - without my daughter (she didn't want to come!!) - my son had swine flu - relations from Paris and Brusssels couldn't make it because of the weather so over shopped - Boxing Day had a lovely walk in the woods with my beloved and our dog - it was realy beautiful, sunny skies and snow still on the ground - all lovely until I fell over and landed on my big butt!!



Happy New Year!!!

HildySmith


Joined: 02/07/2009
Posts: 1708

Message Posted:
28/12/2010 19:34

Had a great day at home with family and friends, with turkey and all the trimmings and a large log fire. We watched DVD's afterwards with a few drinkies. Peter Kay x 2 was a good start, Tommy Cooper was hilarious, then lots of other older funnies including a very old 'some mothers do ave em' with a very young Michael Crawford. In addition to the fun and jokes provided by the company.

Couldn't have wished for a better christmas.

berilela


Joined: 17/07/2010
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
28/12/2010 20:10

had a fantastic day and meal like a mountain at soyz bar ,well done pembe sam and hattice love you all you worked so hard it was brill

vonny


Joined: 25/06/2009
Posts: 476

Message Posted:
28/12/2010 20:27

my hubby took me for breakfast at the bogaz, later we went to friends house but his wife had to work so we ordered doner kebab (which was cold:( . )late at night i rang my family and my kids sent over loads of pics of my grandchildren. boxing day was better when i had my turkish family over for a lavish meal..but next year im gonna go to london for christmas...i will be going over next month so thats good

Maz


Joined: 29/03/2009
Posts: 1924

Message Posted:
29/12/2010 01:53

Hey Blackbird - I was talking about the PAST. I realise this year I definitely had the warmer option! So that is something to be glad about! Sorry for you - and for all those who did not have/could not afford the log fire and hot homes, and also for those trapped into solitude because they couldn't get out and others could not get to them.

But there is always New Year and hope!

Ossie


Joined: 19/01/2008
Posts: 311

Message Posted:
29/12/2010 08:23

Spent 3 days at The Merit hotel and had a fab time. Food,service,rooms all excellent. Perhaps Christmas Day evening meal not up to scratch but that apart great value for money. The interesting thing though was that we only met one other couple from North Cyprus,most others came from the South. Reason,far better value for their money,better service and they prefer the local people.Another interesting comment that many of them told us was that they have the same problems in the South ie dodgy builders,advocats/estate agents,power cuts etc.and generally they reckon the houses are better built here.So all is not as bad here as many of us think.

matula


Joined: 07/07/2008
Posts: 647

Message Posted:
29/12/2010 16:20

Ossie, Glad you had a nice time at the Merit. I find it strange that someone from South Cyprus (ROC) can possibly comment on building standards being better here than there if they have no experience of living here.

Ossie


Joined: 19/01/2008
Posts: 311

Message Posted:
30/12/2010 09:26

There were 4 couples from the south that we spent most of the time with and they all have been looking at properties here for some time.Without exception they thought the quality here was better than the south and far better value for money.They came back to our house and although ours is very modest they again would have liked our house rather than theirs.I'm only passing on what I was told.

Tophat


Joined: 27/12/2010
Posts: 7

Message Posted:
30/12/2010 10:06

I spent my Christmas with my family at the Mountain View Hotel. We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas day there as there package was very reasonable. The food to the atmosphere was lovely, and we enjoyed every minute of it. It was our first time away from home which we were quite worried about as we are used to staying in with the kids at home as you do. But we were made to feel like we we're at home, and felt very comfortable. I would definately recommend it, and we are even thinking to go back there next year. Hope everyone else had a lovely xmas and have a great New Year.

Tatlisu4me


Joined: 26/01/2008
Posts: 436

Message Posted:
30/12/2010 10:47

We had Xmas lunch at Stevies Bar.



7 course and well timed between courses ! Food as always first class.



Thanks to all the staff for a lovely day.



Mal