My family's kind of wild.

My Christmas was spent working, surrounded by rapists and murderers.

My family had quite a good time, with most of the extended family (on my wife's side, anyway) gathering for movies and dinner.

very alchoholic.
lots of cards
lots of eating

great fun generally, particularly since it is possibly the only time it will include the parents, the siblings, all the partners including two from abroad.

Originally Posted by Zim

My Christmas was spent working, surrounded by rapists and murderers.

My family had quite a good time, with most of the extended family (on my wife's side, anyway) gathering for movies and dinner.

Been there done that Zim. Missing out on family holiday stuff is the absolute worst part of the job.

After our holiday dinner we have a family tradition of putting together a big Christmas theme puzzle. We chat, drink a pot of coffee and nibble on more dessert. We time how long it takes to finish and write it on the inside of the puzzle box with our names. Next time we decide to do that particular puzzle we try to beat the previous time. This year the puzzle was so difficult that we didn't finish it, better luck next time.

mine was spent playing Crysis.