Open the selection box- Christmas Forum Chat Thread

Deenie123

Stir up Sunday! Pudding fruits sitting soaking since this morning, plus will give the cake a bit of a feed. Pudding to be boiled this evening.

Alicat

Making Christmas cake, drinking Irish Coffees and watching A Christmas Story

(Look what's on top of the TV )

Loughc

Oh my god I love the trucks where did you get them??

Alicat

Loughc wrote: »

Oh my god I love the trucks where did you get them??

My brother got them in his college canteen about five years ago; they were giving them out free with bottles of coke

ChewChew

Deenie123 wrote: »

Stir up Sunday! Pudding fruits sitting soaking since this morning, plus will give the cake a bit of a feed. Pudding to be boiled this evening.

I made my yesterday evening so have them sitting overnight for about 20 hours or so and just put the first one on smell is amazing!!!!!

Alicat, my little dude has those trucks. They light up I think

kitten_k

Put the decorations up today. Lovely sitting here with it all lit up. (Will put a picture in the thread tomorrow)

bladespin

Still way to early for me but have it all planned and bought, just ready to attack around the 8th.

Jude13

Watched Polar Express last night whilst taking in the smell of the yankee candle from the Advent calendar. A month till Christmas eve.

There was/is a Chritmas eve tradition thread on here. I have a huge fear of flying and last year I copied and pasted some of the stories on to my ipad and read them as I walked down the boarding bridge as an aid to get me on the plane. I will be doing the same this year.

leahyl

Jude13 wrote: »

Watched Polar Express last night whilst taking in the smell of the yankee candle from the Advent calendar. A month till Christmas eve.

There was/is a Chritmas eve tradition thread on here. I have a huge fear of flying and last year I copied and pasted some of the stories on to my ipad and read them as I walked down the boarding bridge as an aid to get me on the plane. I will be doing the same this year.

Aaaaw that's lovely - I started that thread, one of my greatest achievements :pac:

Loughc

So did anyone end up watching the TV3 toy show? I didn't get around to watching it but I've hear nothing but awful things about it, was it really that bad?

DenMan

My mam bought a can of Guinness yesterday when she went shopping. She's starting the pudding soon and asked me to get her some Christmas songs for the mp3 player in the conservatory, as she's going to be cleaning it soon in preparation of getting it ready for the decorations. Plus we're sending our Christmas presents to my brother in China soon. It's all getting very magical over here now!

bladespin

Jude13 wrote: »

Watched Polar Express last night.

Snap, the whole family glued to the tv, beautiful.

Loughc

I had this for lunch today, it was amazing!! With a name like that how could I leave it on the shelf!

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Loughc wrote: »

Oh my god I love the trucks where did you get them??

Alicat wrote: »

My brother got them in his college canteen about five years ago; they were giving them out free with bottles of coke

I was about to ask the same thing, they are so cool!

After being one of the biggest fans of Christmas you would ever meet since being a child, last year was very different. I wished I could just hide under my duvet and forget it was happening. About a week ago, something just clicked and I was back in Christmas mode....I'm sitting at my desk listening to Chrismtas music at the moment and looking forward to watching the toy show on Friday night

Toto Wolfcastle

Christmas music makes me really productive. I just did the ironing with MTV Christmas on the TV. I even ironed some of my husband's shirts. I never iron his shirts. (He's better at it!) It was a breeze with Christmas music on.

Loughc

Bobblehead Panda wrote: »

Christmas music makes me really productive. I just did the ironing with MTV Christmas on the TV. I even ironed some of my husband's shirts. I never iron his shirts. (He's better at it!) It was a breeze with Christmas music on.

I have plenty of shirts that need ironing too! I'll send them over to you along with Now That's What I Call Christmas! :pac:

Toto Wolfcastle

Loughc wrote: »

I have plenty of shirts that need ironing too! I'll send them over to you along with Now That's What I Call Christmas! :pac:

You're Christmas mod now, you'll need to keep that CD as the soundtrack to your life from now on.

fro9etb8j5qsl2

Right! Can't put this off any longer! *goes to start dragging out the decorations*

Bobblehead Panda

Bobblehead Panda wrote: »

You're Christmas mod now, you'll need to keep that CD as the soundtrack to your life from now on.

Wooo! I only saw that now! Well done (please don't kick me out over my Elf On The Shelf obsession :D:D)

Loughc

Loughc wrote: »

So did anyone end up watching the TV3 toy show? I didn't get around to watching it but I've hear nothing but awful things about it, was it really that bad?

We watched it. It was crap. It was embarrassing it was so bad. Even the small people were bored. Bored, but hyper from all the colourful Christmas crap I let them eat at that hour. I won't miss Eastenders for it next year

Deenie123

Loughc wrote: »

So did anyone end up watching the TV3 toy show? I didn't get around to watching it but I've hear nothing but awful things about it, was it really that bad?

Started watching it, the first act seemed okay (if a little adult indulgent).. Then they started talking and I toughed it out til Jedward arrived. Muted it, then when they shut up I tried toughing it out a little longer.... And switched off about a minute later.

Really, really, really bad. At that stage of the real proper toy show I'm usually entranced...

Loughc

Mayo Gurl wrote: »

Wooo! I only saw that now! Well done (please don't kick me out over my Elf On The Shelf obsession :D:D)

You're in luck I've only recently stumbled across Elf on the shelf and I'm obsessed! Just wish I had came across it years ago when my nieces and nephews could have appreciate it!

Loughc

Loughc wrote: »

You're in luck I've only recently stumbled across Elf on the shelf and I'm obsessed! Just wish I had came across it years ago when my nieces and nephews could have appreciate it!

Aren't they the most adorable little things? I reckon that a range of pets are going to be introduced each year. I got the aviator set for Buddy and the skating set and last year got him the hat and scarf. We have a girl so got the snowflake skirt, satin one and the tartan. They are a well dressed duo.

I got their dvd about two years ago in Tesco. Its called An Elf's Story. I think its available to watch on youtube, but you can't watch it unless you have hot chocolate and candy canes to hand....

StripedBoxers

I started the cleaning today in preparation for Friday.

Going to buy a tree skirt this year I think too, we never usually bother with them but I think it'd be nice for a change Anyone know where I'd get a cheap one?

Think I'm going to get the candles in this pic too and recreate something similar with the baubles at home as I really love the baubles and candles together and the colours are in theme with what I am doing anyway

ChewChew

DenMan wrote: »

My mam bought a can of Guinness yesterday when she went shopping. She's starting the pudding soon and asked me to get her some Christmas songs for the mp3 player in the conservatory, as she's going to be cleaning it soon in preparation of getting it ready for the decorations. Plus we're sending our Christmas presents to my brother in China soon. It's all getting very magical over here now!

I mixed my puddings on Saturday and left it for about 20 hours and then yesterday starting cooking them. Smell of christmas in my house is just amazing

Scarinae

I bought tinsel today for my desk at work. It's allowed because it is only a month to Christmas Eve!

I'm also in charge of my office Secret Santa, partly due to my enthusiasm for Christmas and partly because I won't actually be at the work Christmas party and can therefore keep a list of who got who.

fro9etb8j5qsl2

StripedBoxers wrote: »

Think I'm going to get the candles in this pic too and recreate something similar with the baubles at home as I really love the baubles and candles together and the colours are in theme with what I am doing anyway

That looks gorgeous! I'm a great fan of baubles as well, I fire them into bowls and glass vases with battery operated fairy lights I'd love to do the candle thing but my OH hates candles I made some of these a few years ago with just baubles and that paper ribbon stuff, they were soooooo easy to do and they look great:
http://www.christmasstyle.co.uk/images/products/2434_2_1.jpg

delw

Not going to do the christmas jumper this year because to warm in it last year ( wife not happy ) so im going to look for a t-shirt instead but do pennys have any,can't recall seeing any

Alicat

Not sure about Penneys, but Dunnes have a few. Click on the colours to change the t-shirt design.

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