Christmas stitching

We had our family Christmas on the 28th when our daughter and our son-in-law were here too. It's so nice to have all six of us together, it only happens about 3 times a year. We often see our son and his girlfriend who live nearby and we do visit  our daughter and hubby in Wales but getting all together makes Christmas very special. 

I love buying gifts for them all, a bit like doing a stocking as the presents are all little bits. They all get the same time of a gift but made to suit them. They all get a bottle of something, they all get toiletries and other things like books, chocolates and socks! We give them money as their main gift so they can buy what they need; our daughter and son-in-law bought their first house this year and our son and girlfriend are hoping to move into their first owned house in the New Year. 

I stitched a house for our daughter and hubby for their first Christmas tree. It was one of the Seasonal Challenges at Needlecraft Haven. I only did the house part of the design and added their door number to the front door and added a label to the gift.

I had started to stitch the house for our son and girlfriend, I wasn't going to stitched the birds but I have stitched the Christmas tree next to the house. However with them not moving it didn't feel right to stitch it so it's in my UFO box ready to be finished for Christmas 2026. 

That said I had less than a week to stitch something else which is doable but not at the busiest time of year and Hubby has a birthday too so less stitching time. I managed to do this very cute snowmen couple from Durene Jones, they were impressed that I'd done it so quickly when I explained about the house. 

I have already started my orts ornament which I'm hoping to finish before the New Year. I have quite a few plans in 2026, I'll post about them on New Year's Day.