Pass the mince pies- Christmas Chat Thread Part Deux

freshpopcorn

We're into the sixties!

Loughc

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/costa-reveal-2018-christmas-menu-15290610

Who doesn’t love a Christmas hot chocolate.

freshpopcorn

Scarinae

My colleague is coming back from maternity leave on 1st November. She was always telling me I couldn't start talking about Christmas until December, so I'm thinking of decorating her desk for the laugh

SarahLil

Good evening Elves I am back, I hope everyone is well, I been catching up on this thread I had to catch up since February I missed you lot I don't know how I let it go that long without posting we did home improvements during the year only getting the house back to normal now freshly painted for Christmas
I have no shopping for Christmas done, I can't remember if I bought anything in the sales in January I will have to check the attic, I wrote my present list today and I'm up to date now on this thread I will have to check out the others on the forum I'm looking forward to it I have my Christmas mojo
I'll most likely put my Christmas tree up the Tuesday or Thursday before the Toy Show
My pal has organised a Christmas night for the 15th December so thats a start
Congrats to everyone expecting and those of you who have mini elves
Good luck with the move LoughC

Loughc

Hi Sarah!!

Welcome back, we missed you

jellybear

Such a silly gif, but it's made a me smile on a tough day!!

Loughc

jellybear wrote: »

Such a silly gif, but it's made a me smile on a tough day!!

Sorry to hear you’re having a tough day but glad we helped you smile

SarahLil

Thanks Lough good to be back,
Jellybear this is the best place to be on this forum on tough days

SarahLil

Jude catching up on threads, congrats on your news and the new job delighted for you that you have Christmas Day off and Stephens Day

Jude13

Welcome back Sarahlil!!! Thanks. the bump is quite large now and my OH is feeling the effect of carrying around the extra weight. New job is okay so far.

Our Christmas party is on the 6th in a hotel on the Palm, Im most likely away with work and will fly back for it. Our old parties, small firm all western expat lads, was usually in a pub at 11am. This one will be very different.

CheerLouth

Welcome back Sarahlil!

@Freshpopcorn, oh I love those Costa cups!!! Much nicer than last years ones!

Posy

I like that they're different colours, not just all red. Mix it up a bit.

pigtail33

Was anyone watching Gogglebox Ireland last night? One of the guys from Portobello had Christmas socks on! It was a quite subtle Nordic style pattern, but there was definitely reindeer on them.

Jude13

I love the costa cups. They do good hot chocolate, better than Starbucks. Just don't look at the calorie count.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Today is the first day I've felt like it's hot chocolate weather

Jude13

34c here and I had one yesterday. So nice and so wrong. I think its 1 cup = 1kg. It was a starbucks one and not great.

We have starbucks and ultra, ultra just use foamy milk and cadburys drinking chocolate.

DvB

Jude13 wrote: »

I love the costa cups. They do good hot chocolate, better than Starbucks. Just don't look at the calorie count.

Everyone does coffee & hot chocolate better than starbucks IMO. Really do not see the appeal at all, I love nice coffee but there's just seems watered down and bordering on tasteless.

DvB

Loughc wrote: »

But it is great seeing new names and faces pop up on thread love welcoming new posters into our cosy Christmas corner and I love the fact our regulars are still so regularly posting here.

I’ll never get tired of seeing unread thread notifications even after a long ass day in work!

Absolutely. Agree with this 100%.

Though I think if anything I need to scale back on my posting here:D. I've pretty much abandoned 99% of the rest of board & almost post exclusively in here now. The odd american football & soccer post & thats about it.

Time to reign it in a tad, we still have weeks of build up to go!:)

omb0wyn5ehpij9

DvB wrote: »

Everyone does coffee & hot chocolate better than starbucks IMO. Really do not see the appeal at all, I love nice coffee but there's just seems watered down and bordering on tasteless.

Insomnia do the best hot chocolate!

Jude13

Butlers is usually my go to when home.

Toto Wolfcastle

I find hot chocolate from chains way too sweet. Insomnia is my least favourite of the ones I’ve tried. I like places that make their own hot chocolate base. No powders or sugary syrups. That usually means independent coffee shops, but I like Hotel Chocolat too.

I drink a lot of hot chocolate so I take it very seriously.

SarahLil

I have never had hot chocolate from Insomnia or Costa definitely on the list this year, I look forward to your recommendations on the festive ones

Loughc

Jude13 wrote: »

Butlers is usually my go to when home.

OMG Yes. Butlers make an amazing hot cocolate!

It was proper cold this morning. See your breath cold.

baby and crumble

Insomnia (ironically) probably have the best non coffee options of the chain coffee shops. Starbucks is MUCK. Costa have fun flavours this time of year, their blackforrest gateau one is yummy.

I got a white hot chocolate made on coconut milk in insomnia the other day and it's fab.

My favourite hot drink is a Chai Latte though. So yummy. The nicest I've found in Dublin is Accents, then a Povander & Co in Smithfield.

SarahLil

Some of the Christmas stock we can expect to see in Aldi https://lovin.ie/lifestyle/property-living/pics-aldis-christmas-collection-duvet-cushions-mat?fbclid=IwAR2nrbmJPz0S1Xbu3-VeGy2JNsnCiDaQeYUKjT7fEVTWfJNWe6ZdNZyb1TU

SusieBlue

I generally hate Starbucks but they do a fudge hot chocolate on their Christmas menu and I have yet to find a different variation that beats it. Its my favourite festive drink across all the chains. Nothing beats it!

Nothing beats proper hot chocolate. Like Italian hot chocolate made from actual melted down chocolate. Mmmmmmm chocolate.

Sorry overuse of the word chocolate there.

Chocolate chocolate chocolate (for good measure!)

Jude13

Call me crazy but for some weird reason I am craving a hot chocolate...its probably sympathy pregnancy.

freshpopcorn

My favorite hot chocolate ever was white.
They basically melted white chocolate chips and added water.