Woohoo! I'm so happy to be able to share this with you! I hope you had a very Merry Christmas! Here are photos of everything I ate on my cruise, including the main dining room meals, buffet, specialty restaurants, and more. WARNING: DO NOT CLICK IF YOU'RE HUNGRY >> emmacruises.com/po-cruises-food-photos/

In the USA "Die Hard" has gained a cult following as a Christmas movie indeed. It 's based on the fact that Bruce was supposed to be spending the holiday with his estranged wife and children when all hell breaks loose at her job. There is a Christmas song soundtrack as well. I love re-watching it every year! The good guy wins!!!

Die Hard is totally a Christmas movie!!! I am so tempted to take a Christmas cruise. It looks wonderful!

Emma: "I will always accept cookies." Ad-services for websites: (rub hands gleefully)

I have been binging your videos I enjoy you voice, cadance and manner of speaking. Very comforting.

Die Hard is definitely a Christmas movie. It centers around an office Christmas party, but it’s LA so no snow

My God, if i found myself on a cruise with Ann Widdecombe i'd be jumping towards the props touts quick.

According to my husband, (a regular stand in for Ebenezer Scrooge) “ Die Hard _is so_ a christmas movie! “ That cruise looked fantastic! I’ll put that on my One Day list.

“Die Hard” IS a Christmas movie. There should be no argument about this. 🎅

Die Hard is indeed a Christmas movie. The best ever in fact.

Found your channel while researching cruises as my fiancé and I are planning our maiden voyage and it has been the most helpful resource! You’re also a joy to watch! Thank you so much for the time and effort you put in to these videos, they are fantastic 😊

ive always been someone who thought i hated the idea of cruising and swore id never do it, but after seeing your videos i want to do it so bad! you make it look so fun :) (and as someone who gets very travel sick it is reassuring to hear u do too and still enjoy it LOL) thank u

I went on a Cunard cruise for christmas one year and I turned 18 on the ship (Queen Victoria, 07'-08'). It was also an incredibly rough cruise where I visited Tenerife, Lisbon, Malaga, etc. And while I can't say I would cruise again, it certainly was memorable and an unconventional way to celebrate!

I was on the same cruise, and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Seeing your video brought a few smiles to my face. I saw you with your brother and mum at the Elvis talk, but didnt get a chance to say 'Hi'. Thanks for the enjoyable video.

Emma, When I was 17 back in 1982, I took a Christmas Cruise with my family, my Grandma and Grandpa, my Mom and my Brother and two Sisters on the MS Fairsea for a seven night cruise to Acapulco, Mexico that departed San Francisco and returned to Long Beach where we flew back to the Bay Area. It was an amazing voyage and we had five ports of call on our voyage with spending Christmas in port in Acapulco. We cruised with Sitmar Cruises on the MS Fairsea (2) and an interesting fact, Sitmar was purchased by P & O Cruises. Thank you for bringing back such a nice memory for me and Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year!

Matt the busker (with the wave) is my nephew, thanks for including him in the video!

I'd love a formal Christmas day. I live dressing up to drink champagne etc.

What a lovely family! Hope your 2022 is everything you want it to be.

Die Hard really IS a Christmas movie.

Really enjoyed watching this Emma. You guys looked great on the formal night. Formal nights are always my fav! I’ve never cruised at Christmas but you have really sewn a seed.

You are truly a wonderful ambassador for ocean cruising, and have a lovely personality, you really strive to tell it As it is and that’s good. I personally would not do an ocean cruise but have done some river cruises and liked them. How anyone has criticised you I can’t agree with and I’m from the frozen north, good luck to you and do enjoy your happy pleasure.

Ice skating in the atrium is so amazing. Wow! And yay for me getting the Boxing Day trivia question answered correctly thanks to our UK friends! ❤️ Love that virtual queue for dinner. Something all cruise lines should add to the anytime dining scheduling

What a wonderful Christmas Cruise you had!!! 🎄🌟🎁 I love it! So fun!

Happy Holidays Emma, loved watching this video! My wife and I are from the US (outside Boston) but have spent 1/3rd of our Christmas holidays together in England where most of her family lives. This year we had Christmas in Kent with our English family & friends which was one of the best holidays we've had, and I have to mention that M&S holiday food selections are magical - we had so much fun planning a big meal for everyone. We also really love celebrating Boxing Day in the UK, Christmas in Europe can be quite magical!

What a beautiful, well done video (even better than the last one) as the ship was decorated with such amazing style. You are fabulous and thank you for sharing your holiday with us viewers.

Great review Emma of your cruise. Love that you kept things moving along.

Well Done Emma! Beautiful Everything...Ship, Cabin, Food, Decorations! Thanks! Stay Safe!♥♥

It's nice to hear U R thoughtful about the workers on the ship.......I too tidy my cabin a bit before the cabin crew come in because they are soooo busy........People need to understand ship workers R not slaves.....When my kids cruise with me I tell them not to be cheeky with staff because staff have families to provide for and work hard.

How fun to see the Christmas experience on a cruise! Decorations and food (and holiday cookies) looked amazing! The cabin looks identical to the one I had on Majestic Princess. Sorry to hear you all suffered the effects of rough seas, but glad to see your vlog! Cheers and Happy New Year!!

Hi Emma, we we’re on the same Christmas cruise and had a great time. The Ventura is looking a little tired and needs some refurbishment as normal the crew were brilliant.

You have a great vibe about you and I really enjoyed your video ty for sharing

This video made me smile. Your positive outlook is refreshing.

Hi Emma. Love your commentaries as always. Keep up the Great work.😊

Well done Emma. I’m glad you had a wonderful Christmas.

We went on our 3rd Christmas cruise on the NCL Encore and spent Christmas Day at seas. Dressed formal and we went on a specialty dining for Christmas. We went on the Epic in. 2017 and the Allure of the seas in 2019. Loved every minute

Thank you Emma, look forward to the 2nd part

Die Hard is absolutely a Christmas movie!

Wonderful video Emma, lots of work I'm sure. Glad you got to spend a (mostly) fun Christmas with your family. Thanks.

I'll be on a ship over Christmas/New Year's 2022/23 and can't wait to see how it's different than cruising at other times of the year!

Thank you. I just happened to see this when it popped up. Always fun to watch your videos. You have a quiet humor and an easy manner. You're intelligent... Honestly you're wonderful.

Looks like a great way to spend Christmas. We are now on Ventura in April after swapping from Iona so nice to see what the ship has to offer! 😀

I am so glad that you had a fantastic trip, (sorry about the nasty weather) the xmas decorations look lovely and the cookies look so yummy

We love watching your videos, and would love to cruise more. We did a seacation on Regal Princess in August. Prior to that Celebrity Galaxy way back in 1999 in the Caribbean. And, I hate to say, prior to that, 1973 (I was 11) for my Dad and I on Union Castle Reina Del Mar (only just over 20,000 tonnes) on a very similar itinerary to what you have just done. How it has all changed. Clearly, I need to watch more of you videos to inspire us to go on a cruise later this year. Thank you for what you do.

I am so glad you had some proper Christmas weather - warm and sunny. I am Australian, and I was probably in my teens before I learned that a lot of people think Christmas should be cold and snowy. I knew it was cold and winter in the northern hemisphere, but for me Christmas is about warm sunny weather. I am so glad you got experience what I think is typical Christmas weather.

I agree with you, 50-60% capacity is ideal. Room steward once a day is plenty. Did majestic princess for new year's eve. It was great! I dont mind the mask so Now is a great time to cruise!

Loved the snowman cookie!

Glad you had an overall great time... was looking forward to this video.

Sounds like an awesome Christmas! Also can't wait for the video about the rough seas. I've never been in rough seas but I'd sure like to give it a try!

Glad you had a good Christmas. Interested in the next video talking about the weather. I saw the pool swaying. Wow! Love your videos. They are so relaxing to watch.

Die Hard is the definite Christmas movie! 🎅💥💣

Your channel is my new cruise vlogger obsession. Love the way you produce your content! And the Brittish-ism

I was on the same ship a few cruises before and I got to witness the christmas decorations being put up. The tree was massive!

Thanks for another fantastic video Emma 😊 We love Ventura - she's the first ship that we sailed on together, and looks amazing all decorated for Christmas 🎄 😀 The magical mystery cookie plates sound great too - the rough weather not so much 😬🌊

This was so informative thank you! Looking forward to seeing the storms video

Diehard was our family favorite Christmas movie for Years. Great video!

yeah Emma. Unconventional it is. Thank you always. And so happy you were with your family. Happy New Year a few days late. PS love that golden ring.

Yes I was on the 2021 Christmas Cruise with Sky Princess you are right there is some familiarity to P&O ship .PEPSI. And chocolate cake, i knew i liked you😊🚢. My trip was fantastic glad yours was too

Omg same! I also spent my first Christmas on a cruise, I got back a couple days ago! Mind you its only my second cruise but I had a lot of fun! It doesn't top my first cruise but I would definitely do it again! Can't wait to see the video where you talk more about the seasickness you got.

Emma Great and well done video!! Interesting the Covid precautions and rules. Yorkshire Pudding looked really good. Glad you and your family had a wonderful cruise. Your ship looked very much like a Princess ship! Wonderful family photo at dinner. Happy New Year!!! Jennifer and Duncan

I’ve taken cruises at Christmas time and found them very enjoyable.

We have cruised during Christmas many times off the west coast of Mexico. Very nice.

Great to hear you enjoyed your P&O Christmas cruise. Would be magical to be away for Christmas (we’ve only done 3/4 days in the run up due to work). Always love how they have a gingerbread village 😍 😘

Sounds like you had a great time. Thanks for sharing.😎

Die Hard is a Christmas movie!

Fun post! Thank you!

Sounds like you had a great cruise overall (even with the bumpy ride). Wonderful review! Thanks.

Saying "Die Hard is not a Christmas Movie" is the most British thing, I ever heard.

Great synopsis. Glad you got to spend time with the family in this COVID world. Die Hard is indeed a Holiday tradition, but my wife shares your opinion. lol. Looks like a great feast and fun!

Thanks for the upload Emma

Wow. It felt just like Princess while watching this. I will never get to do a Christmas so It was fun to watch. Hope you had a great Christmas and New Year.

That really sounds like fun.

Thank you for the video!

For sure, after your Christmas 🎄 cruise videos so far, I have them on my Bucket List 😀 ❣🛳🌈

Die Hard IS a Christmas movie. Even Hans Gruber says, "Ho-Ho-Ho"!

thank you Emma!

I gotta try a Christmas cruise!!!!

Another great video!

Thanks again Emma. Your description and experience's are always great. You have tempted me to try a Christmas cruise. Yo Ho Ho

Glad that you and your family were able to celebrate Christmas together on a cruise. As for the plates of cookies in your cabin, that reminds me to beware of accepting cookies on websites 🍪 😆

Great report

Lol Die Hard is totally a Christmas movie (love your work!) 👍

Die Hard is very definitely a Christmas movie! It is set at Christmas. Christmas music is played! It is my favorite Christmas movie!

My only cruise was a Christmas cruise, way back in the ‘80s on the SS Norway (RIP).I did enjoy the Christmas formal night for dinner, I enjoy dressing up for big occasions like weddings and such. As a bonus, Filipino restaurant staff recognized we were also Filipino, and they snuck us into their Filipino crew Christmas party for a bit. There were a couple of Christmas cruising features that took adjusting. As I’ve always lived in northern climates and am used to snowy or rainy Christmas, visiting St. Maarten on Boxing Day and St. Thomas the next while wearing shorts was strange. Being away from extended family and friends in the holiday was uncomfortable (it was just my parents and siblings). As I was 21, the cruise served as an opportunity to try grown-up things like bars, a therapeutic massage, the casino and the sauna, and I enjoyed that. The lines were a pain, but I just put up with that like I put up with lines at the airport or a Disney park. Overall it was a fun experience, and I’d like to go on another cruise, but on a less-popular time of year. Just two things upset me. 1) A lot of guests treated the crew very rudely, and I hated having to witness that. 2) I decided to try the cruise’s “Singles Night”; unfortunately for me, because of the huge proportion of extended families on that Christmas cruise, I and the dozen other attendees of Singles Night were heterosexual males. We all looked at each other, said “Screw it”, and bailed.

Hi Emma, a Late Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. It sounds and looks as if your family and you had a fantastic cruise (at least so far). What we loved about this video ... not one word about "outbreak". We lucked out with our Celebrity cruise back in November with no masks,, all ports open, reduced capacity and no virus. Let's hope our June Celebrity cruise to Bermuda goes the same way. Hi from Bob and Jill in Connecticut. Go Chelsea Blues 💙

Emma, you rock. We just subscribed to bring you to 100K. Love your work and it is fun to watch.

Die Hard is, in fact (subjectively and objectively), a Christmas movie.

I've done a Christmas cruise and they are great😀

I like that it's formal!

A great Xmas day picture of you & your family all dressed up at Dinner. Happy & safe 2022 sailing’s 🤓👍. M&Y

Hi Emma, my wife and I were on the same cruise as your family. Just watched your video which was well produced incidentally. Loved it, thank you for bringing back so many happy memories even though it was only two weeks ago. I have always said people seem to disappear on cruise ships. I never spitted you once. Take care

Love it Emma! ❤

That is so cute, the ice skating in the atrium!

I was on that cruise! Watching a helicopter evacuation while eating at the buffet was interesting to say the least and it was a shame that we missed madeira. But overall the storms and seasickness was worth it

Enjoy your videos. Your very positive. Nice to hear. Keep up the good work.

Emma, you are so lucky to cruise over Christmas. It's to me the most wonderful time of the year to cruise. I was fortunate to cruise 12 nights around New Zealand on Ovation of the seas for Christmas 2017.

I love the dressing room area on P&O.

Die Hard definitely is a Christmas Movie! Thanks for the great video. 👍

Thanks for sharing … my wife & I will be doing Christmas and New Years aboard Regent Splendor via the Panama Canal for the fist time this year. Sounds wonderful!

Loved this video! So much useful info. As always though

Good video Emma!