Pass the mince pies- Christmas Chat Thread Part Deux

TRS30

Posy wrote: »

Just hail for me too... the sun is coming out now though. :pac:

Yesterday was such a weird weather day. Was in the wolly hat and gloves at the train station in the morning, had the umbrella out for the hail stones at lunch time and then was playing out the back garden with the kids at dinner time!

Beechwoodspark

This cold but bright weather always reminds me of Christmas - I love when we have this settled type weather between Christmas and New Years so you can get out and about for walks etc.

freshpopcorn

We're a hundred days since Christmas Day now.
Between Easter, May,June Bank Holiday weekends and stuff on TV it will be 200 days to go in no time.
Then the Summer and things will Start back on TV, the Brown Thomas Christmas Shop will open and other things will appear in shops.
Then it's a hundred days to go and we're on the home straight then.

Littlehorny

freshpopcorn wrote: »

We're a hundred days since Christmas Day now.
Between Easter, May,June Bank Holiday weekends and stuff on TV it will be 200 days to go in no time.
Then the Summer and things will Start back on TV, the Brown Thomas Christmas Shop will open and other things will appear in shops.
Then it's a hundred days to go and we're on the home straight then.

Yeah I always keep an eye on the countdown when it says 265 days to go, it means a 100 days done and then keep an eye on when it gets to 165 days to go

DvB

Think June 8th is the 200 days to christmas mark with September 16th the 100 days... Always feel when we get into the 100's, albeit the 190's or so that we're really moving... that 200-100 always seems to go quicker than the 300-200 too for some reason ... probably just that we're out of the dreary winter months & should be having our summer, hope we get another good one like last year, though I suspect with the milder winter we've just had its unlikely.

Tikki Wang Wang

This cold blast feels wintery and Christmasy! Will light the fire this evening

CheerLouth

We've a wedding tomorrow, I feel like I'm going to resemble an ice sculpture before the end of the mass

Loughc

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Loughc

Did anyone have a winner in the grand national?

Posy

One of my two picks came about 20th, and the other fell (safely) at the first.

Not my greatest day! :rolleyes:

Littlehorny

Having a lazy Sunday today. I have a question that I can only ask the good people on this thread. I would love to know do many of you put Christmas FM on every now and again just to hear Christmas music?
I do it every couple of weeks and my wife and kids think I'm nuts!

DenMan

Been planting a lot of shrubs, trees, plants and roses the past two days. Looking forward to seeing how they develop over the months, especially the winter when Christmas is around the corner.

DvB

Littlehorny wrote: »

Having a lazy Sunday today. I have a question that I can only ask the good people on this thread. I would love to know do many of you put Christmas FM on every now and again just to hear Christmas music?
I do it every couple of weeks and my wife and kids think I'm nuts!

Don't stick on Christmas from, but did stick on my Christmas playlist when driving my wifes car a couple of weeks ago when having to recharge its battery... don't normally do stuff like that but really enjoyed it at the time.

Loughc

Littlehorny wrote: »

Having a lazy Sunday today. I have a question that I can only ask the good people on this thread. I would love to know do many of you put Christmas FM on every now and again just to hear Christmas music?
I do it every couple of weeks and my wife and kids think I'm nuts!

Since we got an Alexa I’ve often asked her to play ChristmasFM while doing the cleaning. Tis very therapeutic

Jude13

DvB's story made me laugh, charging the car battery being used as an excuse to listen to Christmas Music.

I was on a flight last week and there was loads on 'bing bongs' and 'cabin crew take your seats' due to an expected very turbulent bit. I am a recovering very phobic flyer so I went in to almost panic mode, did all my breathing stuff, had my phone in my hand & headphones on to go through my routine of playing a podcast to take my mind off it however when I opened the phone it was on Music, and for a split second I thought, sure why not Christmas music. Made laugh a bit as I felt like I was doing something bold even contemplating putting it on which completely lightened the mood.

Hope everyone is doing well? I haven't been on here for a bit and feel guilty about it. I need to get on to new know your elves a bit more.

I was home last week for a flying visit and as I was driving near Dundrum I spotted a car with a Rudolph nose still on!

freshpopcorn

I generally do a deep clean for Easter and a few times a year.
I started off by Scrubbing the kitchen/Living room floors and I had Love Actually on in the background.

DvB

Jude13 wrote: »

DvB's story made me laugh, charging the car battery being used as an excuse to listen to Christmas Music.

I was on a flight last week and there was loads on 'bing bongs' and 'cabin crew take your seats' due to an expected very turbulent bit. I am a recovering very phobic flyer so I went in to almost panic mode, did all my breathing stuff, had my phone in my hand & headphones on to go through my routine of playing a podcast to take my mind off it however when I opened the phone it was on Music, and for a split second I thought, sure why not Christmas music. Made laugh a bit as I felt like I was doing something bold even contemplating putting it on which completely lightened the mood.

I think it was the fact I was breaking my own cast Iron rules re: christmas that gave me so much enjoyment listening to the crimbo tunes... I avoid it all until Christmas FM kicks off so listening to it in March was a real out of character moment for me.

chuckles30

Does anyone else here put up decs for Easter? I don't have a lot but I have a few bits that I picked up last year and I picked up a few new bits this year.

I'm thinking I'll pull them out maybe Friday evening and have a week before and the week after Easter out of them.

DvB

Just Halloween & christmas for us. Never really got much enjoyment out of easter other than the few days off work & some choccy!! If Christmas is a 10, Halloween is a 5 with Easter being a 2 tops!

CheerLouth

chuckles30 wrote: »

Does anyone else here put up decs for Easter? I don't have a lot but I have a few bits that I picked up last year and I picked up a few new bits this year.

I'm thinking I'll pull them out maybe Friday evening and have a week before and the week after Easter out of them.

I have a few bits - nearly forgot about them, but found them in the press the other day so will pop them up at the weekend. They are nothing to write home about - but makes the kids happy

freshpopcorn

We put up this Easter Tree.(Picture is poor quality)

miamee

We only put up decorations for Christmas really.

Loughc

miamee wrote: »

We only put up decorations for Christmas really.

Same but I might indulge in Halloween this year... if I can find some nice stuff before the night creeps up on me!

Loughc

freshpopcorn wrote: »

We put up this sort of Easter Tree.(Picture is poor quality)

Love the tree it's really cool!

freshpopcorn

Loughc wrote: »

Love the tree it's really cool!

Thanks!
It's just a branch that we got outside and the eggs on it are from Lidl!

otnomart

I have some lovely paper napkins with the Easter bunny, that's it.

kitten_k

Just seen this on the Dealz FB page

freshpopcorn

I saw my first Christmasy ad. It was for Elf the musical in December and it said tickets were going on sale on Thursday.

chuckles30

Love the tree freshpopcorn - I got something similar in Dunnes last year - a prelit one.

Shadow1983

I got tickets to Elf this morning. I have another presale code if anyone wants it?