If you get suitable conditions Xmas day, do you go sailing or is it a no-no according to your conscience?
In AUS we'd affectionately label you as a 'sucker for punishment' on the marital front 
Just emailed Santa and he replied:
If you've been a good person throughout the year, stuck to Covid protocol, have stuffed your gob with heaps of scoff on Xmas day, the afternoon Seabreeze's have kicked in, been fortunate enough to score some new gear to entice the urge...... He's replied Yes go for it.
Young children get to ride their new bikes, use PlayStation, etc...
Get the picture!
Satisfy Santa's Sailing therapy for great arvo! 
Select to expand quoteredrabbitz said..
Just emailed Santa and he replied:
If you've been a good person throughout the year, stuck to Covid protocol, have stuffed your gob with heaps of scoff on Xmas day, the afternoon Seabreeze's have kicked in, been fortunate enough to score some new gear to entice the urge...... He's replied Yes go for it.
Satisfy Santa's Sailing therapy for great arvo!
So you're saying you would only risk it after lunch?
If the winds blow'n its a given.
You give a child a new bike Xmas morning.
He/she will wanna be riden it asap?
Yes/ No?
Is that before Xmas lunch or after?
Pretty certain they'll be on it before lunch and after. Thrilled to bitz!
Subject to family commitments l guess & if wind is blowing.
Don't feel guilty, does the child?
No way, Santa is dropping of new toys and they must be tested out .
That's what us kids do right?
Merry Christmas everyone stay safe and have a fantastic day.
A sail on Christmas Day is special and a must do if there's enough breeze, plenty of time to eat and drink later. Merry Christmas too Nudester
HELL NO OW! I've sailed, fished n surfed on Xmas day. Best pressie ever.
To Darkman
From Darkman.
Select to expand quoteOrange Whip said..
If you get suitable conditions Xmas day, do you go sailing or is it a no-no according to your conscience?
We (wife, friends, and I) celebrate an alternative to Christmas. We call it "Enlightenment Celebration Day". (That is, we toast to reason, rather then those strange superstitions about reindeers.) If weather allows it is strongly encouraged to go windsurfing.
When it's windy you sail, when it's not you surf ??. The date doesn't matter and you can always get a few hrs of social family stuff afterwards. Merry Christmas all
Is Enlightenment Celebration Day a relative of OCD?
Appears to be a close genetic match!
My misses is working ,the 18 year old daughter will wanna hang with the cool ,dude i'm there ...
that's if i don't get pissed .we're talking after lunch right 
I usually don't but if it blows and I'm healthy enough this Xmas I will. I've spent many years watching others sail Xmas, Its my turn..
If you have a relationship where your partner understands that you go windsurfing when it's windy, then a windy Xmas Day is no different, except that there may be visitors to consider.
If you have teen youngsters in your house then they too may want to go windsurfing.
In that sort of a family, you all just agree to have Xmas lunch in the evening.
My top tip is for the key windsurfing family member to volunteer to cook the dinner, by way of compensation.
In a southern hemisphere climate, having a BBQ lunch on the beach on Xmas Day is also fine.
Note that some people also celebrate Xmas on Xmas Eve - or not at all.
In all other situations, negotiation is good.
In practice, here in the UK, where the winter days are so short, the chance of wind and waves and tide times coinciding to allow an early Xmas Day session is highly unlikely. And this year, for the south coast, we have no wind forecast anyway.
So maybe it's best kept as a family day. In our case, we may go paddle boarding in the morning, or else go for a walk.
Select to expand quoteBasher said..
If you have a relationship where your partner understands that you go windsurfing when it's windy, then a windy Xmas Day is no different, except that there may be visitors to consider.
If you have teen youngsters in your house then they too may want to go windsurfing.
In that sort of a family, you all just agree to have Xmas lunch in the evening.
My top tip is for the key windsurfing family member to volunteer to cook the dinner, by way of compensation.
In a southern hemisphere climate, having a BBQ lunch on the beach on Xmas Day is also fine.
Note that some people also celebrate Xmas on Xmas Eve - or not at all.
In all other situations, negotiation is good.
In practice, here in the UK, where the winter days are so short, the chance of wind and waves and tide times coinciding to allow an early Xmas Day session is highly unlikely. And this year, for the south coast, we have no wind forecast anyway.
So maybe it's best kept as a family day. In our case, we may go paddle boarding in the morning, or else go for a walk.
My sister lives in Ireland send her a wave from across the way 
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She's wanting to get to her holiday home in Portugal, plus she's got the Covid loogy in isolation, at home in Ireland.
Her place is only an hour away from Nazare`. Absolutely love to see those Mavericks ride those monster waves. Gotta be there at the right time.
Been wanting to see her on many levels but F...ing Covid has made short work of that opportunity.
Does 2022 give us a safe, realistic way to move again, without fear of being trapped?
The uncertainty is the fear.
Bless & prey this Xmas for a non Covid 2022.
I wish I could. I live in British Columbia, Canada. It's minus 6 degrees and puking snow. Good ski day, although I'd rather be windsurfing. Merry Christmas mates!
I've never been able to successfully juggle the family commitments to enable a sail. It hasn't been a problem, family comes first on Christmas Day.
Select to expand quoteRuddeBos said..
Sure why not... then again I've been divorced 2x.
I've chosen wisely the second time, everyone knows where my priorities are. Sorry to them.
Select to expand quoteMarkSSC said..
It only becomes a problem if the next seven days are windy as well.
The other 7 days of wind might not happen though
