At the Christmas Day party, I have the hopeless task of organising the games for excited children - and parents - until rescued by the arrival of Santa Claus.
Now, every year the Hahns spend Christmas Eve alone at home and Christmas Day with relatives.
Jill and I try to do our small part by hosting veterans at Thanksgiving, and spending Christmas Day at Walter Reed Army Medical Center with some of those engaged in a new and incredibly difficult fight simply to return to normal life.
Growing up in England, the moment I suspected adulthood had arrived was when the prospect of the Boxing Day Test during the Ashes, which started there late at night on Christmas Day, was more exciting than the prospect of Christmas itself.
The singer, who makes her acting debut in BBC Wales' Dr Who Christmas Special at 1800 GMT on Christmas Day, also linked to a video on You Tube of her performing on board the plane.
It is not yet known what triggered the emergency landing at 1520 GMT on Christmas Day.
With All the Trimmings is on BBC One on Christmas Day at 2120 GMT.
The Royle Family is on BBC One on Christmas Day at 2210 GMT.
She spent two hours Skyping with her family at 3 AM on Christmas Day to make sure that she was about to share the holiday season, and loves the magic of such technology.
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Cockroft explains that at 1:30AM ET on Christmas Day, the ELBs were restored by AWS, and most users were reportedly up and running at that point, though some still experienced downtime throughout the morning.
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On Christmas Day swimmers at Porthcawl also took part in the 37th annual swim.
Mr Ali's bid was praised by city homelessness charity Streetwork, which will also be running its own Christmas Day meals at its crisis centre in Holyrood.
But the Vienna Residence Orchestra's Christmas Day Mass at St.
Nick Crews, retired British nuclear submarine commander, will not likely be breaking bread with his three grown children at Christmas, or the next day, or for many to come.
The following year, in what may have been a hint of royal displeasure, the Queen announced the traditional broadcast was being dropped in favour of televised coverage of the Christmas Day service at St George's Chapel, Windsor.
The message will be transmitted on both television and radio at 15:00 GMT on Christmas Day.
There are 13 NFL games on Christmas Eve, and five juicy season-opening NBA contests on Christmas Day, and at some point, you're going to be following a game on your TV, or your phone, or your high-tech germ tablet, and a disapproving person is going to scold you and tell you to shut that thing off and show some respect.
Roast turkey, potatoes and Brussels sprouts were served to guests at the Pensione Bozzola in Milan on Christmas Day in 1938.
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On Christmas day, High Mass at the Duomo is an unforgettable experience.
Trouble has been brewing in the Krishnai area since Rabhas and Garos clashed on Christmas Day after a fight at a marriage ceremony.
The battle over the estate of the Godfather of Soul started not long after James Brown died of heart failure and pneumonia on Christmas Day, 2006, at the age of 73.
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The nearby River Severn peaked at 5.2m (17ft) on Christmas Day with much of the village affected, including the Rose and Crown pub.
At the High Court in Glasgow, the woman told how she had been at the Drimsynie Estate during a Christmas away-day from her work.
While most of this week is full of catalog titles -- that are probably meant to help you use up all those gift cards you got over Christmas -- there is at least one day and date title, The Duchess.
Brighton beach is to be closed at the site of the city's traditional Christmas Day swim following forecasts of hazardous sea conditions.
Twelve men have been convicted over the death of a man at a Rochdale nightclub in the early hours of Christmas Day in 2011.
For some confectioners, beer candy is an economic boon: Makers say they are flooded with orders around Father's Day, the Super Bowl and at Christmas, when female clients order the candies for men in their lives.
But the TSA does not conduct screening overseas, and the Christmas Day incident underscored that the screening procedures at foreign airports are critical to our safety here in the United States.
After a day or two reacquainting themselves with their families at Christmas, most will race back to their desks next week, hungry to make another killing.
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"That hour when we opened our clearance website, at 5 o'clock on Christmas Eve, was our single busiest day online, ever, " Mr Street said.
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