Pass the mince pies- Christmas Chat Thread Part Deux

Toto Wolfcastle

Loving the Toy Show tonight. It's super cute. (Apart from the audience. They can all eff off. :pac:)

kitten_k

Brilliant show tonight Toto!

Loughc

Don’t think I stopped smiling throughout. Brilliant show.

Toto Wolfcastle

I have a brother who moves from country to country on a regular basis and I also have entertaining nephews so I'm forming a plan to get myself onto the Toy Show...

xDisneyDivax

Loving the Toy Show so far! But what really makes it is the way for very first time my Deaf friends can watch it live with Irish Sign Language on RTE news channel! For many years one of my friends listened to me on about Toy Show but she only realised just how great it is tonight for the first time and she is 33 years old. That made my night seeing the delight on her face!

Loughc

xDisneyDivax wrote: »

Loving the Toy Show so far! But what really makes it is the way for very first time my Deaf friends can watch it live with Irish Sign Language on RTE news channel! For many years one of my friends listened to me on about Toy Show but she only realised just how great it is tonight for the first time and she is 33 years old. That made my night seeing the delight on her face!

Ah Jaysus. I’m an emotional wreck as it is. This is lovely.

Toto Wolfcastle

This is the best Toy Show in a long time. They're really focusing on the right things and it's a lot of fun.

Toto Wolfcastle

Although I'm furious that I didn't win the trip to America. (Plot twist: I didn't enter.)

jellybear

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

Although I'm furious that I didn't win the trip to America. (Plot twist: I didn't enter.)

Snap!!:D

It was a brilliant show. The kids were just so polite, genuine and grateful. I have to admit Tom and his nana and the girl with the sick little brother had me bawling....I blame my mammy hormones...little man is 3 months old and I seem to be getting softer than ever, cry at anything!!

tickingclock

Really, really enjoyed the show. Great stories for kids watching. Makes me feel grateful for what I have. Some voucher give aways!

xDisneyDivax

Loughc wrote: »

Ah Jaysus. I’m an emotional wreck as it is. This is lovely.

Yeah it just made me think this is what Christmas is about! I'm the Christmas nut in my group but they were like kids on Christmas morning tonight. I really enjoyed it, like someone said they focused on right things can't even remember half toys now just diversity and that.

So Christmas have begun!!

branie2

I thought the Toy Show was very good this year.

TRS30

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

This is the best Toy Show in a long time. They're really focusing on the right things and it's a lot of fun.

Ball and chain and myself were just saying the same. Less on the toys and more on the kids.

The girl who was getting bullied and the big sister they brought home from Oz were my particular favorites as could relate to both.

Loughc

So my tree is up less than 24 hours and my dog has shredded his first tree ornament.

It’s his first time seeing a Christmas tree as he’s only 7 months old. So there’s a bit of training to go to stop him from eating Christmas :pac:

I knew which one it would be and all while he sniffed at all ornaments which is fine he kept licking one. I was like uh-oh he’s taking a shining to that one. And this morning he bided his time and stuck.

freshpopcorn

Posy

Loughc wrote: »

So my tree is up less than 24 hours and my dog has shredded his first tree ornament.

It’s his first time seeing a Christmas tree as he’s only 7 months old. So there’s a bit of training to go to stop him from eating Christmas

My dog kept pulling decorations off and running off with them the first year I had her and a Christmas tree up!

And all subsequent years.

Good luck with the training! :pac:

HildaOgdenx

I love the Christmas Forum. It's lovely to just drop in and see all the beautiful trees and positive chat.

TRS30

Loughc wrote: »

So my tree is up less than 24 hours and my dog has shredded his first tree ornament.

It’s his first time seeing a Christmas tree as he’s only 7 months old. So there’s a bit of training to go to stop him from eating Christmas :pac:

I knew which one it would be and all while he sniffed at all ornaments which is fine he kept licking one. I was like uh-oh he’s taking a shining to that one. And this morning he bided his time and stuck.

I’m sure there’s ‘they made a fortune how?!!?’ invention in there somewhere!!

Littlehorny

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

I love the Christmas Forum. It's lovely to just drop in and see all the beautiful trees and positive chat.

It's positive chat all year round here, best forum on boards by a mile!

New Home

Littlehorny wrote: »

It's positive chat all year round here, best forum on boards by a mile!

Harrrumph! :cool:

(without taking anything away from this forum, obvs.)

Posy

Bleeedin' cheek, NH!

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

I love the Christmas Forum. It's lovely to just drop in and see all the beautiful trees and positive chat.

Thank you!

It's purely the posters (and my co-mod of course) that make this forum what it is. Everyone here is so positive and friendly and really embrace the spirit of Christmas. We really have a special bunch of people here.

New Home

Posy

GET OUT

:pac:

I received my first Christmas card of the year yesterday. A lovely donkey sanctuary one.

Loughc

Posy wrote: »

Bleeedin' cheek, NH!

Thank you!

It's purely the posters (and my co-mod of course) that make this forum what it is. Everyone here is so positive and friendly and really embrace the spirit of Christmas. We really have a special bunch of people here.

PTH2009

Are Christmas songs cursed ???

Dean Martin and George Michael died on Christmas day
Kirsty MacColl died in tragic circumstances near Christmas
John Lennon was killed on dec 8th

L1011

Two incredibly boring but very important pre Christmas things done - chimney swept two weeks ago and second freezer fully empty and defrosted last night.

Have to assemble a new larger kitchen table but after that all the boring stuff is done and the more fun stuff can start. Like refilling that freezer. Need to decide on party food to cook

Posy

PTH2009 wrote: »

Are Christmas songs cursed ???

Dean Martin and George Michael died on Christmas day
Kirsty MacColl died in tragic circumstances near Christmas
John Lennon was killed on dec 8th

Greg Lake died on 7th December, David Bowie died 2 weeks after Christmas and Rick Parfitt died on Christmas Eve.

Thread is getting macabre. :pac:

To be fair, though, I think many musicians have had a Christmas song out, so statistically a few are bound to pass away in December!

xDisneyDivax

Loughc, hopefully your pup will settle. I thought our 15 months old toddler will be a nightmare with our tree last night but he was good so far. Hopefully it'll stay that way!

Santa Clause is on RTE tonight at 6.45pm! We might go to Christmas lights switch on in local village at 7pm though so will watch it on plus if we do

Loughc

I’m glad to report no other tree casualties Although a lot of my day today was spend going Ah-Ah so it’s like having a toddler