It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Off Topic Chat

CheerLouth

TRS30 wrote: »

My Dad (75) buys himself a big present (usually Lego) and writes from Santa on the tag. Last Christmas this caused a lot of questions from my then 5yo about how Santa knew what to get him as he didn't write him a letter!

Little things like this sum up the magic of Christmas for me

What an idea...I LOVE it...defo stealing it

freshpopcorn

Littlehorny

As was said on the Rudolph Day thread, today is hump day
All downhill from here.

TRS30

Littlehorny wrote: »

As was said on the Rudolph Day thread, today is hump day
All downhill from here.

I should have copyrighted that

OUTDOORLASS

CHRISTMASFM had a message on their Instagram page today....said they are already working on making it the best Christmas ever on Christmas FM. Happy Dayz.....

Posy

Oh yay!

I'm finally on the bus home after a hellish day at work. Bring on the weekend.

Caranica

OUTDOORLASS wrote: »

CHRISTMASFM had a message on their Instagram page today....said they are already working on making it the best Christmas ever on Christmas FM. Happy Dayz.....

Wonder if they've found a new home yet, with the hotel going

Posy

Oh no, I didn't know the hotel is closing?!

freshpopcorn

I got my first vaccine Yesterday. I'm 28 but my local health center seems to have loads of vaccines. It was weird bumping into all my old class again.
I've a date for my second vaccine and I was think that we'll nearly be half way through the 200's when I get it.
Also, we're half ways there!

Posy

That's good to hear, FP.

freshpopcorn

Posy wrote: »

That's good to hear, FP.

I always connect everything to the countdown to Christmas!

Caranica

Posy wrote: »

Oh no, I didn't know the hotel is closing?!

Yeah, being turned into apartments. They've known for years that it was closing this year.

Posy

A hotel becoming apartments- I'm having Celtic Tiger flashbacks! :pac:

freshpopcorn

We're closer to Christmas 2021 now than Christmas 2020!

PaulT21

freshpopcorn wrote: »

We're closer to Christmas 2021 now than Christmas 2020!

I have a couple of Christmas Puddings in a wardrobe Time to break one out on celebration I think :pac::pac:

Littlehorny

Just back from a cousins 40th that he had in his back garden and fook it I hugged a good few cousins, uncles and aunts as we were leaving.
Felt like a real treat to see people that i care deeply about and we honestly need to get back to spending time to our love ones.

PaulT21

Littlehorny wrote: »

Just back from a cousins 40th that he had in his back garden and fook it I hugged a good few cousins, uncles and aunts as we were leaving.
Felt like a real treat to see people that i care deeply about and we honestly need to get back to spending time to our love ones.

Thats an Irish thing and a family thing.:D It not natural that we are being forced to be less sociable.:( Lets hope that the vaccine rollout continues, the crisis becomes less of a concern and we get back to the normality that you have described. While that happens, lets everyone be safe as we can!!

Littlehorny

PaulT21 wrote: »

Thats an Irish thing and a family thing.:D It not natural that we are being forced to be less sociable.:( Lets hope that the vaccine rollout continues, the crisis becomes less of a concern and we get back to the normality that you have described. While that happens, lets everyone be safe as we can!!

Your absolutely right Paul, Irish people being less sociable is def not a normal thing for us and I have made a ton of promises to people that we will meet up more often.
As a matter of fact I was due my second vaccine today and no update yet on it but hopefully will get a text this week.

TRS30

freshpopcorn wrote: »

We're closer to Christmas 2021 now than Christmas 2020!

Yay. Full on looking/talking and thinking ahead rather than back

TRS30

Hope everyone had a nice weekend. Weather really picked up yesterday and turned into a cracking afternoon. Had a boozy weekend with catching up with mates, outdoor 40th picnic lunch and some family stuff as well. Felt good to be back doing some normal stuff.

Just happy not to have the work commute this morning :eek:

DvB

We were away camping over the weekend and had a few beverages myself, thankfully staryed dry & reasonably warm & then yesterday for our trip to the lake water slides & obstacle course at Hodson Bay the weather was glorious... great weekend had by all. Shattered getting home last night & doing all the unpacking etc. could have done with today off in reality but its holiday season in the office so theres loads out so couldn't afford that luxury.

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

TRS30

Sounds great DvB, is on our list of place to go when the kids get a bit older.

DvB

TRS30 wrote: »

Sounds great DvB, is on our list of place to go when the kids get a bit older.

Definitely worth going to. Even though they give you life jackets I'd still recomemnd that one of the adults going with children be confident enough with their swimming though as theres a bit of open water swimming between the slides themselves.

freshpopcorn

These arrived Today!

Posy

Oh, I love the colour!

washiskin

They're gorgeous! That colour seems to be very in for Christmas 2021.

freshpopcorn

I got them on Amazon. I think they were a little cheaper when I ordered them.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08HWCJYWZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

washiskin

I picked up my Spiced Apple surface spray and floor cleaner in Mr. Price last week.... they also had a frosted plum scent in the floor cleaner, iirc.

I noticed their Christmas Yankee range has expanded to inclube Red Apple Wreath and Spiced Orange - I also picked up some wax melts that look to have originated in Target - Winter Fir and Fresh Fraser.

freshpopcorn

We're into the 170's!

TRS30

freshpopcorn wrote: »

We're into the 170's!

Slippery slope

CheerLouth

Made the mistake of having a look at the news....projections of the delta variant are :eek:....going to spend the rest of my day just sticking my head in the sand & dreaming of mince pies :pac:

TRS30

CheerLouth wrote: »

Made the mistake of having a look at the news....projections of the delta variant are :eek:....going to spend the rest of my day just sticking my head in the sand & dreaming of mince pies :pac:

I know, was watching some it last night. Fingers crossed we don't have go backwards with any of the restrictions etc

Jude13

I know, the leaks to the news sites to to soften the blow. No stones to just say what they think. Nephet have the power now and it will have be pried from their claws.

DvB

I'm too angry to comment much on NPHETS latest round of scaremongering. All i will say is that it is disgraceful the way they have handled their business. Based on this they could have justifications for years to come in order to maintain restrictions that are simply not backed up by legitimate science.

Jude13

Unelected power is terrifying, and they will not step our of the limelight and give up their importance, I would love to go on but tis the season to be merry

DvB

We need a little christmas!!

CheerLouth

Jude13 wrote: »

I know, the leaks to the news sites to to soften the blow. No stones to just say what they think. Nephet have the power now and it will have be pried from their claws.

I think you could be right It seems like every time there's any bit of hope of "normality", they relish in rolling out these "worse case scenarios" & I say that as someone who thinks that they have, by and large, handled the whole pandemic very well.

Jude13

DvB wrote: »

We need a little christmas!!

Now!

miamee

We rewatched the Bourne Identity the other night and I hadn't remembered it was set at Christmas...only a very small bit of Christmas in it, a Christmas tree in the house they break into and a Christmas song playing somewhere but it was funny to notice it

TRS30

Looks like we'll be eating outside only next week when we are aware. Fingers crossed for some good weather!!

DvB

TRS30 wrote: »

Looks like we'll be eating outside only next week when we are aware. Fingers crossed for some good weather!!

If you're staying in a hotel you can eat/drink indoors.

tscul32

Jude13 wrote: »

Now!

Guess I'm not the only one who automatically sang that sentence in my head, instead of just reading it....

Sitting in a sunny corner if the garden. Officially 21 degrees in the area but the temp on my alarm clock is hovering at 31.9!! I am melting like a snowman (see the Christmas reference...)

TRS30

DvB wrote: »

If you're staying in a hotel you can eat/drink indoors.

AirBnB. Wouldn't subject others, trying to enjoy themselves, with my three terrors

tscul32

TRS30 wrote: »

AirBnB. Wouldn't subject others, trying to enjoy themselves, with my three terrors

That was us a few years ago. The lads are now 15, 13 and 9 and much easier to handle cos now we cam threaten them with loss of intetnet.

tscul32

TRS30 wrote: »

AirBnB. Wouldn't subject others, trying to enjoy themselves, with my three terrors

That was us a few years ago. The lads are now 15, 13 and 9 and much easier to handle cos now we cam threaten them with loss of internet.

CheerLouth

TRS30 wrote: »

AirBnB. Wouldn't subject others, trying to enjoy themselves, with my three terrors

We are the same....self-catering for the win here...but it's for my own sanity and no one else's :P

DvB

tscul32 wrote: »

That was us a few years ago. The lads are now 15, 13 and 9 and much easier to handle cos now we cam threaten them with loss of intetnet.

Our 2 are 10 now & we do the same... its about the only thing that works!!

freshpopcorn

Happy July everybody.
We're into the third quarter.
Next month we'll see Christmas stuff arriving in the shops hopefully.

External Association

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Happy July everybody.
We're into the third quarter.
Next month we'll see Christmas stuff arriving in the shops hopefully.

I just came upon this thread

I'm astounded people are thinking of Christmas in June/July!

Enjoy the here and now and stop wishing your lives away, would be my advice I don't get this at all, but shur each to their own.

freshpopcorn

External Association wrote: »

I just came upon this thread

I'm astounded people are thinking of Christmas in June/July!

Enjoy the here and now and stop wishing your lives away, would be my advice I don't get this at all, but shur each to their own.

Don't look at the countdown thread!:pac: