Too early to mention Christmas?
Over the past ten or so years we’ve taken ourselves away in the Caravan over either Christmas or New Year. Last year we went the whole nine yards and spent both Christmas and New Year at Cirencester club site and I must say, we absolutely loved it, so much so that we’re repeating it all this year. We love the build up to the big day and then the calmer days in between that and New Year. We love just wandering around the Town or the parklands and getting back to a toasty van and out of the chilly weather or stopping in a local, warming ourselves up with a cold pint 😊. We cook Christmas dinner in the caravan using the halogen and the oven (and the microwave if I’m helping 😂). Often we have to throw the door open to get the heat out as it can get it a tad warm in there. I know Christmas is not for everyone but we enjoy putting a few lights outside the van and we love to see other outfits dressed up. So here’s to Yule tide period, bring it on 🍻🎅 Anybody else doing Christmas this year?
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Something we have never done and now being retired tourers unlikely to do. We both worked in retail and were often still at work at 6.00pm on Christmas Eve so no real chance to get away at that time of year. We thought about it once we retired but never got round to it. Hope th OP and anyone else dping the same has a lovely time.
David
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Not for me. But with 4 grown up children, plus partners, plus 9 grandchildren, plus their boy friends and girl friends - all likely to arrive at various times - to look after me, open bottles, spit logs, feed the woodburners and organise meals …why would I go and live on a campsite in a caravan for a week? Though it would at least get me away from party games.
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Well done Rabbithouse. Using your outfit when it suits you best is what its all about.
We're not doing Christmas, but we are going to Dulverton for 8 nights just before.
The pubs 5 minutes walk away with a roaring fire and fantastic food, just what you need after a walk on Exmoor or around Wimbleball Lake, and NT Knightshayes always puts on a festive display.
North Devon is an hours drive, and having Woolacombe Beach to walk along is wonderful in the winter
Enjoy your Christmas.
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Just as eurotraveller, Christmas is family time for us, all our grown up daughters, partners and grandchildren visit us. The caravan (kept at home) is utilised as an extra bedroom and somewhere to hide for a bit of me time. Enjoy the festive season however you choose.
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Apart from lockdown and 2022, for some unknown reason, we have also been away every Christmas for the last 10 years. Off to Sandringham this year, since we have been told there might be a few empty seats around the table at the 'big house'🤣.
We tend to cheat a bit with Christmas lunch and cook the turkey at home beforehand - Ros prefers it cold, anyway (the turkey, that is).
Had some really great times away but we find the atmosphere on site is very much set by the Wardens - the best being at Sandringham a few years ago when the mantra seemed to be "if it stands still - put lights on it!" The site looked really magical.
Here's us at Chatsworth, last year………
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In the past we have been away in the caravan for Xmas even had 2 xmas breaks at Dulverton and had xmas day meal booked in Dulverton and have been to a few other sites.
Our xmas this year will be a quiet one at home and we do not have any family so most of xmas breaks have been away last year we were looking after a friends house for 5 weeks further north but they have sold up and gone back to UK.
Enjoy your time at Cirencester, we stayed there over the festive season many years ago whilst my Mum was still alive and living in Malvern and the was the only site open then and not many hardstandings then.
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Not able to get away in the caravan for Christmas. Boxing Day, our daughter Ruth (+husband Wayne and grandson Euan) arrive from the Outer Hebrides! I reckon they'll be with us for 10 days or so. I suspect our youngest daughter, Anna (+boyfriend) will come up from Exeter. (Fortunately our son and family live in the village). As soon as 'visitors' go home and the New Year hits, we'll be out.
As regards the original question.... 'Too early to mention Christmas? We start thinking about Christmas music around May time...? New music has to be ordered (some of it comes from USA), ready to start practising it with my two (non-church) choirs, in September!! 😀😀 So actually, Christmas is never very far from thoughts!
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We have spent nearly every Christmas, and the New Year, away in our caravan over the last 30 yrs or so, but unlike others on here we choose to stay on CLs where we are not assaulted with flashing displays, as we can't see what hundreds of coloured lights have to do with Christmas. We like to get out for a good walk on Christmas day, weather permitting, taking a light lunch with us and then have our Xmas dinner in the evening in the caravan. We have yet to make up our minds on a where we intend going this year so must get our thinking caps on soon.
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