Pass the mince pies- Christmas Chat Thread Part Deux

Jude13

That Chimney sweep thing is adorable.

Looking well Kitten_K

Colibri

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Does anybody know the theme for the Toy Show?
My guess is Mary Poppins.

My girlfriend is guessing The Greatest Showman!

kitten_k

Jude13 wrote: »

That Chimney sweep thing is adorable.

Looking well Kitten_K

I wish I looked like that!

freshpopcorn

Lidl food guide!

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Heroditas

What time does Christmas FM start broadcasting live? Is it 1pm?
I'm on my annual Christmas shopping day with the better half in town today so need to set an alarm to ignore her for a few minutes and hear the start of the broadcast. I'm such a romantic

miamee

Heroditas wrote: »

What time does Christmas FM start broadcasting live? Is it 1pm?
I'm on my annual Christmas shopping day with the better half in town today so need to set an alarm to ignore her for a few minutes and hear the start of the broadcast. I'm such a romantic

One earphone each listening in in town could be very romantic Christmassy :pac:

Posy

Yes, it is 1pm.

Jude13

I am in work so cannot listen. When it comes on can you please throw up what the first song is? (Fingers crossed for Christmas shoes)

OUTDOORLASS

Jude13....Christmas Shoes!!!! ....BahHumBug to you...LOL....That song always crumbles me...

Mad busy and very little present shopping done. As Baby and Crumble never got to Vienna, presume we are all going to
Bruges with Daisy78 on Saturday....
Would.nt you hate to be on a boat or plane today with that wind. Scary out there at the moment.

Heading away this weekend with my best buddy, who LoughC named Buddy the Elf last year. A night away without
OH.s and youngsters, so lots of catching up to do, and will get a decent period of time to do some present shopping.
Where is the time going.....
Saw 2 houses decked out yesterday.

Stay safe today guys. XX

OUTDOORLASS

Question ...which is the correct Christmas FM to download from the Playstore..I see 2 possibiilties...
Christmas FM..with a red radio and a Santa Hat ontop of it...or Christmas FM Radio Radio Ap Ireland...??

I have very little space left on my phone..so I.m afraid to download the wrong one...thanks guys.

Loughc

OUTDOORLASS wrote: »

Question ...which is the correct Christmas FM to download from the Playstore..I see 2 possibiilties...
Christmas FM..with a red radio and a Santa Hat ontop of it...or Christmas FM Radio Radio Ap Ireland...??

I have very little space left on my phone..so I.m afraid to download the wrong one...thanks guys.

I use the red radio with a Santa Hat on it and it was only updated this morning so it's definitely the more active of the two apps.

Loughc

As of today, this is now officially the busiest year for the Christmas Forum with still over a month of posting to go!

We surpassed 2015's total this morning.

OUTDOORLASS

thanks LoughC. Now up and running..... or shoudl I say...now up and playing....Queen...Thank God its Christmas.. I Love Queen....

Loughc

OUTDOORLASS wrote: »

thanks LoughC. Now up and running..... or shoudl I say...now up and playing....Queen...Thank God its Christmas.. I Love Queen....

oOooh I love that song.

CheerLouth

I'm tuned in now! Can't wait!!!!

I have an alarm set so I don't forget. You'd think I couldn't forget in the space of 20 or so minutes but I've a head like a sieve sometimes!

Loughc

We are all very dedicated elves to ChristmasFM, I love it

Jude13

Remember I need to know, not want to know, the first song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJcPVB-we7g

Posy

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

A classic.

baby and crumble

Jude13 wrote: »

Remember I need to know, not want to know, the first song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJcPVB-we7g

Nope!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUPGxVCIvrI

baby and crumble

Wait I'm confused, they just announced Fairlytale of New York as the first song? But they played Bing Crosby before that though.

Loughc

baby and crumble wrote: »

Wait I'm confused, they just announced Fairlytale of New York as the first song? But they played Bing Crosby before that though.

Fairytale of New York was the first Listeners Choice song... but Bing's song was definitely first.

CheerLouth

Think this is the first "listeners choice" song

OUTDOORLASS

I saw on d Telly last evening that the White House has the Christmas Decs up.... Could anybody who is tech savy put a link up
so we can all drool.....Plz and Thanks...

miamee

Here you go!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM4T4dDOtng

freshpopcorn

Christmas FM is being discussed on Today with Maura and Daithí at17:15!

kitten_k

Loughc wrote: »

As of today, this is now officially the busiest year for the Christmas Forum with still over a month of posting to go!

We surpassed 2015's total this morning.

DvB

Loughc wrote: »

As of today, this is now officially the busiest year for the Christmas Forum with still over a month of posting to go!

We surpassed 2015's total this morning.

Excellent stuff!
Out of interest is it more posters participating or more posts by regulars that have increased the traffic? Or is that a stat too far!?:D

Loughc

DvB wrote: »

Excellent stuff!
Out of interest is it more posters participating or more posts by regulars that have increased the traffic? Or is that a stat too far!?:D

Never a stat too far for me haha.

Ah but it's really a mixture of both, alot of people are dropping in and posting then disappearing again, mostly around the time Mark from Boards gives us a mention in the newsletter.

Then of course the regulars are posting more frequently too, and there seems to be a more positive feeling around Christmas this year, which is probably more reflective in the economy and Social media in general driving more awareness of early Christmassing.

jellybear

Well done all for breaking the record!:D

On a personal note...and hopefully it's not weird to say!?! Jude13, I'm loving reading your posts every morning as I'm eating breakfast. Great Christmas cheer at 7:30am!!

Need to do my annual trip to Dogstrust to deliver Christmas pressies and pick up Christmas cards. Every year I buy €100 worth of treats, toys blankets etc and drop them in. Might do it this weekend