After having known R for just a week, we already started planning our future move to China in 2014. So when Christmas 2013 came around, we decided to spend the big day just the two of us: we didn’t know when our next Christmas in the UK would come around and we were so loved up we wanted to spend a romantic, warm Christmas Day our way!
As I live in a different city from the rest of my family, we arranged to visit them when public transport resumed on the 27th for a cheeseboard/buffet lunch.
So on the 25th, after getting glammed up and getting the turkey in the oven, me and R headed out to see the city. Birmingham is the UK’s second city and my flat was in the city centre. I absolutely loved my flat, I found it a very peaceful place, but as soon as you stepped out the building, it was always absolutely packed with shoppers. The most magical thing about Christmas Day in Birmingham city centre is it is the one day of the year when the people are gone! Just for one day, the shopping is done, the shops are closed and everyone is snuggled up in their suburbs. We perhaps saw 10-15 people with the same idea as us. The weather was beautiful too, a cold but bright day, not a cloud in the sky.
The Christmas Day streets of Birmingham
After a good wander, we went back to devour our feast, sit by the Christmas tree and watch our favourites films.
Our Christmas feast
I may not have received any presents that day, but I have a very cherished memory. I won’t forget that day, it was wonderful.
This Christmas Day will be somewhat different. It will be spent here in Guilin, probably quite chilly (outside and in), the Christmas tree will be significantly smaller, there won’t be turkey, but it will be spent with my new husband and 6 month baby bump and that’ll be just lovely.
Diaries of a Yangxifu 
Sounds quite lovely! Merry Christmas!! Enjoy your first Christmas as a married couple! I am sure next Christmas will be extra special as it will be your baby’s first Christmas! 🙂
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Thanks Constance, Merry Christmas to you too!!
Right now I can’t quite picture next Christmas 😛 I can’t wait!
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It’s hard to imagine, isn’t it? I felt the same way last year when I was pregnant and now my little guys is already 8 months old. Time will fly!
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Of course, Rosie, this was you last year, our little one is due just a couple of weeks before your William’s first birthday! I hope you have a fab first Christmas as a mother xx
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Merry Christmas! 🙂
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Awww super cute 😀 Tomorrow will be my first Christmas with my boyfriend 😛 and reading your story just made me smile! I can’t wait to see the baby soon 😉 haha. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas 🙂
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Aww I hope the two of you have a wonderful time together 🙂 Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas 🙂
Soon you will see your baby, those months ahead might seem long but they will just fly by in an eyeblink
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Just 12 short weeks, it’s not seeming so short!
Merry Christmas to you too!
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I was in Birmingham one day during the holiday season last year and remember thinking it was so crowded, just like Manchester this year. Christmas Day looks wonderfully peaceful in the city.
Christmas with a 5.5 baby month for me! It’s a whole new and lovely experience. Last Christmas without a little one :).
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Yeah, city centres are always mad and not many people get a chance to see them empty 🙂
We should enjoy the last peaceful Christmas before we become Santa 😛 I hope you have a great one, Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas, Sarah! We are spending our first (and last) Christmas as an engagement couple, in lovely Central Ohio. Enjoy your time together!
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Merry Christmas, Mark and Kara, I hope you had a good one!
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