Christmas Out of Season 2020

Loughc

My local Dunnes has the €4 pouches of quality street and roses. Not the tubs the pouches. I imagine the tubs are coming next though.

DvB

Loughc wrote: »

My local Dunnes has the €4 pouches of quality street and roses. Not the tubs the pouches. I imagine the tubs are coming next though.

Saw them in Blanch too over the weekend, they're usually the gateway to the tubs appearing.

FTR they've already appeared in the UK and have been delivered to stores in the ROI so they wont be long in appearing now i suspect.

Littlehorny

I was channel flicking last night and noticed one of those shopping channels (QBC?) has started segments of Christmas gift ideas for various items.

TRS30

With the years that in it will 'out of season' finish earlier this year??

Loughc

TRS30 wrote: »

With the years that in it will 'out of season' finish earlier this year??

Nah I think it’s good to stick to the Nov 1st being The start of in season. Purely cause Halloween gets in the way. Eliminate Halloween and we can start the season earlier :P

TRS30

Loughc wrote: »

Nah I think it’s good to stick to the Nov 1st being The start of in season. Purely cause Halloween gets in the way. Eliminate Halloween and we can start the season earlier :P

I'll get working on it

DvB

Be interesting to see how Halloween will be affected by Covid19, cant see the traditional trick or treating going ahead under the current circumstances. I'm sure the kids will want us to rig up the halloween decoration & lights but i'll miss the stroll around the local area with the kids checking out all the lights & suchlike as most out our way (& 1 or 2 in particular) make a great effort to decorate the houses & theres always a great vibe with all the kids out dressed up in costumes. I'd love that to happen but just cant see it unfortunately.

TRS30

DvB wrote: »

Be interesting to see how Halloween will be affected by Covid19, cant see the traditional trick or treating going ahead under the current circumstances. I'm sure the kids will want us to rig up the halloween decoration & lights but i'll miss the stroll around the local area with the kids checking out all the lights & suchlike as most out our way (& 1 or 2 in particular) make a great effort to decorate the houses & theres always a great vibe with all the kids out dressed up in costumes. I'd love that to happen but just cant see it unfortunately.

Yes, hard to know how it will go. I'd say we'll still put up the decoration as normal and leave out sealed packs of sweets. They usually do fireworks on the green at the end of our road. I guess this could still go ahead as can social distance etc.

TRS30

https://www.shopdisney.co.uk/search?q=christmas&prefn1=a1000201&prefv1=Ornaments

This popped into my email this morning

DvB

TRS30 wrote: »

https://www.shopdisney.co.uk/search?q=christmas&prefn1=a1000201&prefv1=Ornaments

This popped into my email this morning

Love that first Jack Skellington one... already fighting the urge to order it!!

Now want the house from up, the wall-e & other Jack Skellingtone one as well.....:o

TRS30

DvB wrote: »

Love that first Jack Skellington one... already fighting the urge to order it!!

Now want the house from up, the wall-e & other Jack Skellingtone one as well.....:o

Tell me about it DvB, luckily its not payday for another week so the urges hopefully will have died down!!

pennydreadful

Out of interest, is anyone going to start their Christmas shopping earlier? Given all that is going on, I think I'd rather have everything bought and ready for wrapping early just in case there was any barrier to getting to the shops. Thinking of starting the list this week

antimatterx

pennydreadful wrote: »

Out of interest, is anyone going to start their Christmas shopping earlier? Given all that is going on, I think I'd rather have everything bought and ready for wrapping early just in case there was any barrier to getting to the shops. Thinking of starting the list this week

I'll probably start earlier, but it will be on online.

Jude13

Bought the OH's main pressie already. Just trying to find in on shop and ship...

DvB

pennydreadful wrote: »

Out of interest, is anyone going to start their Christmas shopping earlier? Given all that is going on, I think I'd rather have everything bought and ready for wrapping early just in case there was any barrier to getting to the shops. Thinking of starting the list this week

We tend to start ours in September for the kids, have already identified about 90% of what to get them so once we get paid at the end of the month they'll be ordered. The smaller bits we pick up along the way as they'll just be small stocking fillers etc.

For extended family it'll mostly be vouchers or cash, we dont do the siblings anymore just the nephews/nieces so will pick them up closer to the time as well, though they tend to be cash/vouchers now as well as they've all grown up and dont really want 'presents' as such

Loughc

DvB wrote: »

Love that first Jack Skellington one... already fighting the urge to order it!!

Now want the house from up, the wall-e & other Jack Skellingtone one as well.....:o

They're amazing... I really like the Frozen, Up and Wall-E ones...

MUST... NOT... BUY.....


.....THEM ALL.....

Loughc

Watching a Christmas episode of family guy and the school principal brings up the fact that die hard is a Christmas movie haha

EDIT: I found the clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6DGknIafTE

Posy

Love it.

TRS30

Loughc wrote: »

Watching a Christmas episode of family guy and the school principal brings up the fact that die hard is a Christmas movie haha

Don't think I have ever laughed at a show so much when really I know I shouldn't be laughing!!

otnomart

This Christmas, Songs of Praise will be counting down the UK’s Top 10 most popular carols based on your votes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/fMMwKzS1N84cyMXFWMLjqT/vote-for-your-favourite-carol

Likely the vote is only allowed for UK viewers,
however I thought interesting seeing the list of the 50 Christmas Carols.

DvB

otnomart wrote: »

This Christmas, Songs of Praise will be counting down the UK’s Top 10 most popular carols based on your votes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/fMMwKzS1N84cyMXFWMLjqT/vote-for-your-favourite-carol

Likely the vote is only allowed for UK viewers,
however I thought interesting seeing the list of the 50 Christmas Carols.

Yeah some interesting choices in there, some I never would have expected alongside all the old classics.

Might actually watch that particular episode now.

DvB

BTW, was in a local shop over the weekend to pick up a card for my nephews confirmation & noticed that christmas cards are back in stock, i didnt think to take a photo as I was in a hurry but will be back in this weekend to pick up some more cards & will try & remember to take a sneaky pic!

Loughc

Loughc wrote: »

My local Dunnes has the €4 pouches of quality street and roses. Not the tubs the pouches. I imagine the tubs are coming next though.

I can no confirm they are no longer in the shelves in my local Dunnes. Don’t know if they were a Mistake last week or not but they’re gone this week.

DvB

Loughc wrote: »

I can no confirm they are no longer in the shelves in my local Dunnes. Don’t know if they were a Mistake last week or not but they’re gone this week.

Sold out?

Loughc

DvB wrote: »

Sold out?

Possibly....

DvB

Loughc wrote: »

Possibly....

Sweet. It'll encourage them to put the tubs out!

Posy

Loughc wrote: »

I can no confirm they are no longer in the shelves in my local Dunnes. Don’t know if they were a Mistake last week or not but they’re gone this week.

Don't lie- they are all in your house, aren't they?! :pac:

Loughc

I wish haha

DvB

John Lewis online christmas store open from noon today.

https://www.johnlewis.com/christmas/c5000025

Posy

Visiting a Christmas shop is essential travel, right? >_>