Open the selection box- Christmas Forum Chat Thread

Toots · 15-11-2016 9:21pm

Apparently the cold weather makes the Christmas trees grow bigger, so I'm hoping it gets back to baltic temperatures asap! We get a real tree in my parents' house, and we always try and make sure we find the most enormous one possible. Smallest one we ever had was a really mild lead up to Christmas, and there were no giant ones in the shop. Devastated!!!

Glitzgirl · 15-11-2016 9:36pm

Well elves I spent the day putting up one of my christmas trees ! I will post a pic tomorrow. My 2 year old insisted on helping so some ornaments haven't made it this year I'm afraid to say

Really looking forward to dinner this Sunday even googling festive cocktails hahah :pac: used my remote controlled sockets And I love them !!

Toto Wolfcastle · 15-11-2016 11:12pm

Don't know if anyone has posted this yet but it looks AMAZING!

https://lovindublin.com/dublin/this-dreamy-pop-up-hot-chocolate-bar-has-just-opened-in-dublin

Alicat · 16-11-2016 12:10am

My boyfriend (who thinks I'm Christmas mad, and rightly so) just asked me to put on some Christmas songs and said "I think this is going to be a really good Christmas."

:eek:

Not sure what's wrong with him but I'm going to roll with it :pac:

Jude13 · 16-11-2016 6:35am

Putting our tree up this Friday or Saturday. I will have pot of mulled wine on the go and will have loads of picky food to graze on throughout the decoration process.

I will be in charge of erecting the tree, putting lights on the tree, outside lights and inside decorations plus anything to do with the ladder. The OH will decorate the tree 'properly'.

Following that a few other drinks and a Christmas movie.

RentDayBlues · 16-11-2016 12:25pm

Someone let the Christmas fairies in and they've started decorating! At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it

Jude13 · 16-11-2016 12:28pm

Those little feckers.

Must rob that idea

French_Girl · 16-11-2016 12:58pm

RentDayBlues wrote:

Someone let the Christmas fairies in and they've started decorating! At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it

I've got those very same stickers!
In fact, I only took them off the window back in May.

RentDayBlues · 16-11-2016 1:06pm

French_Girl wrote: »

I've got those very same stickers!
In fact, I only took them off the window back in May.

Should have left them up, it was almost half way through the year

They're great, some are on their third Christmas

gypsylee · 16-11-2016 2:51pm

Where did you get the stickers? Would love them for my front porch door.

RentDayBlues · 16-11-2016 3:13pm

gypsylee wrote: »

Where did you get the stickers? Would love them for my front porch door.

Lidl, they have them in again next Monday. Really nice and as I said this is the third Christmas for some so definitely reusable. Going to pick up some more as I used snow spray on the kids room windows last year and it didn't last.

chuckles30 · 16-11-2016 5:16pm

I have those Lidl window stickers too.....think they've already done 3 Christmases. I kept the original packing and put them back (ocd style) exactly where they came on the template every year.

French_Girl · 16-11-2016 5:40pm

RentDayBlues wrote:

Should have left them up, it was almost half way through the year

RentDayBlues wrote:

They're great, some are on their third Christmas

I probably should have, you're right, cuz now I can't remember where I've put them, haha!

They're grand, yea, and when the snow outside is missing, they're just like real ones.

cinnamony · 16-11-2016 9:02pm

A few houses in my estate are fully decorated

cannot wait to join them!!!!
Also I watched the Polar Express and it was a wonderful movie, definitely adding it to our christmas playlist!

Nelly 21 · 16-11-2016 9:25pm

Im trying to be patient and wait for the woodies christmas sale! I've walked around inside the shop more times looking at everything but some stuff is priced so high. I think the sale is normally early December!! I'll be all over it!!!

funnights74 · 16-11-2016 9:29pm

Nelly 21 wrote: »

Im trying to be patient and wait for the woodies christmas sale! I've walked around inside the shop more times looking at everything but some stuff is priced so high. I think the sale is normally early December!! I'll be all over it!!!

Same here, their prices are ridiculous. Carrig donn and the Kilkenny shop have nicer stuff at better prices imo.

Nelly 21 · 17-11-2016 3:42am

funnights74 wrote: »

Same here, their prices are ridiculous. Carrig donn and the Kilkenny shop have nicer stuff at better prices imo.

Love Carrig Donn. I've bought a few really good bits there. They will have a good sale too before Christmas!

Jude13 · 17-11-2016 6:53am

We were told our office Christmas party is on the 8th of Dec. There are 10 in our firm (even though we were bought out by a monster firm a few months ago), one lady. So its basically Christmas pints with the lads plus one lady. It will start about mid day/1pm. Only 10 so it will be noticed if Im not there.

Then this morning I get an invite from my OH for her Christmas party. It is a swanky affair, opposite of mine, dress to impress dinner jacket/Great Gatsby theme. Starts at 8pm with a dinner.

Last year they fell on the same day and I was very worse for wear by the time my OH's party kicked off. Worried about the same again this year so I will take it handy.

My main worry is the attire, I can't turn up to work in a dinner jacket. The a parties are either end of town.

Glitzgirl · 17-11-2016 9:07am

If your partner is collecting you en route to her christmas party you could always leave your dinner jacket hanging in the car. Quick change before you leave and done ! Where I worked last outside of the home I was the one girl with about 8 guys on my unit. One guy was in a similar situation one year so he brought his good clothes in a suit cover gave them to the girl behind the bar to hang up in store room til it was time to leave !! :pac:

Jude13 · 17-11-2016 10:45am

I will have to figure something out. She is not collecting me as it is the other side of the city. 7-8 hour christmas party before her one, what could go wrong?