How many have you done?

I reckon I've done 40. Nearly everything made myself except Christmas pudding.

Let me know if you find a good gluten-free pastry recipe please pen50.
I have made it myself (like concrete) and bought it ready-made (even worse).

Cakes, puddings, stuffings etc made with gf flour and gf breadcrumbs seem fine, it's just pastry.

46!! But we are running away this year!

I've just made some mince pies with genius puff pastry, jalima - they look ok but rolling out the pastry was difficult!!

I'd like a recipe please too. I went on a course once and the pastry was ok but you had to buy their special flour mix at £9 A pack plus postage!!

Well this year is probably at least 50, after 60 years of marriage there have been very few when I haven't done the cooking.
However this will be the oddest ever. Just under 3 weeks ago my H went into a care home, my D is coming to stay as her C are spending Christmas with their father 3000 miles away.
Just the 2 of us, we are not looking forward to it at all.

Have a laid back low key day Ann. Perhaps make it different by cooking salmon or an alternative. I guess you will go and visit your DH too. You can think how well you have survived a very difficult year and come out the other end. Enjoy some girly films and relax.x

40! Apart from one where we went to a restuarant.Our son has invited us this year for the first time, so looking forward to it.Everybody will be at our house boxing day, but I'm doing a simple buffet, so no slaving away for me this year. Great

I think 38, first year married I did the parents then in-laws thing and after that a couple times at my parents as they had lots of room (publicans). Other than that I have had the task of catering. I used to enjoy it, but it gets more of a chore each year now. Only three of us so more hassle than it's worth really.

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I think I've done about 40 Christmases. DD2 does every other year now.

I could have written that myself. After 45+ Christmas dinners, with elderly parents in the past and children and their short term and long term partners, I decided I wouldn't be doing Christmas this year. The reason we have decided to go away is because we would still have people visiting needed refreshment if we were at home and I just don't want the stress of Christmas food shopping.

I've cooked every christmas dinner that I've eaten since the age of 16 except one and I'm now 64 so over 45. Spent the one I didn't cook in the Bahamas had a fab time but Christmas carols around the pool ain't for me, I'd rather stay home.

Only about 40 out of 49. Not this year, one of the family is cooking .

45 minus the one where we went out for a disastrous Christmas Day lunch at a local hotel 40 years ago. I don't seem to be getting time off for good behaviour.

50

This will be the 44th Christmas dinner I've cooked. I've missed two. One was in the 1980's, when Dh was working away and I took the three children, inc a 6mth old baby, to London to stay with friends.

The two older children and I caught stomach bugs and our friends had a massive falling out and didn't speak to each other for days. I swore I'd never go away at Xmas again.

However, we spent Xmas at my son's about three years ago and that was much better.

Until my dad died mum and I would take it in turns to host Christmas dinner. After that mum would come and stay with us. Working it out it must be approx 36.

I've been married for 38 years, and I've never cooked a Christmas dinner - my husband has always insisted on doing it (and he does it so well).

I must have cooked around 45+ in 52 years of marriage; my first ever in the Far East, which felt very strange.

I've definitely done more than 40 and am doing it again this year but I had a year "off" in 2016. It felt very strange but husband and I had a plan for the day, kept to it and had a lovely time.

Done 45 (been married 42 years)- just one spent with my parents when the children were small... this year it would seem we are alone; quite looking forward to it, I must say!

Probably only my 4th or 5th - it's been my elder sister's preserve, but she's now decided to hand the baton on to me! Good job my chef daughter is home this year, she can supervise...

Not done many. For the first 30 yrs of marriage we always went to my Mum & Dad's (later just my Dad) so just used to help with odd bits and pieces. Then did a few at home but once DD's moved out we would alternate between their places and ours but as it is my birthday on christmas day I have not been allowed in the kitchen, even in my own house. Now more grandchildren have come along and DDs live near each other in Cornwall we spend christmas down there.

I've done 7, last was in 1992, my 2nd husband always insisted on doing Christmas Dinner as well as Sunday lunch, when he passed away 11 years ago my eldest daughter took over and has cooked Christmas dinner. Although I've always offered to assist I never get into the kitchen.

Never! Do as little Christmas stuff as possible- some years we have cheese on toast, tho this year I think hubby's cooking a nut roast ready meal!

31 so far (I'm still a baby gran?). The five before that, I was working nights at our local hospital. I'm hoping to hand over to my eldest next year, but we will have to see.