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

freshpopcorn

Tesco are selling Christmas cards. So, they must be essential. Next to the, they've the decisions all stocked up with Black plastic over them.

Sheep Shagger

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Tesco are selling Christmas cards. So, they must be essential. Next to the, they've the decisions all stocked up with Black plastic over them.

Strangely Dunnes in Cournslcourt have most Xmas stuff blocked off but in a corner with chocolates etc they have a small number of trees, decorations and other stuff.

jellybear

I'm wearing Christmas pjs!:D

freshpopcorn

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Strangely Dunnes in Cournslcourt have most Xmas stuff blocked off but in a corner with chocolates etc they have a small number of trees, decorations and other stuff.

Don't tell the Gardaí.

New Home

https://www.pigsback.com/en-ie/browse/gifts-shopping/christmas

Look at the decorations!

Jude13

I am on page 16 of the Christmas eve traditions thread. The bug has bitten big time

Loughc

Jude13 wrote: »

I am on page 16 of the Christmas eve traditions thread. The bug has bitten big time

If I have time today I'd be right there with you brother! It's a great thread. Although it may make me long for the Christmas Eve Chinese and Pints.

Loughc

Also.... how are we hitting 49 days to go on Friday??

Jude13

I have been reading it over the past week. The Christmas eve eve pints are my crave.

DvB

Loughc wrote: »

Also.... how are we hitting 49 days to go on Friday??

Always said, once we hit day 99 & double digits the pace seems to quicken significantly for some reason. This year, despite the other distractions (or lack thereof) it seems to be the same.

Jude13

Yeah its getting it to the "...its all going too fast" territory.

DvB

Jude13 wrote: »

Yeah its getting it to the "...its all going too fast" territory.

Happens me every year. We get to the end of november, adverts, songs, late late toy show, christmas fm launch etc & then 'bam' its Christmas eve!!

TRS30

Loughc wrote: »

Also.... how are we hitting 49 days to go on Friday??

Was just thinking the same when in the countdown thread this morning. 50 days just gone by in a flash!

Jude13 wrote: »

Yeah its getting it to the "...its all going too fast" territory.

I hear you, not quite there yet however in a couple of weeks i can see myself saying 'Woah, slow the F down'!!

Loughc

TRS30 wrote: »

I hear you, not quite there yet however in a couple of weeks i can see myself saying 'Woah, slow the F down'!!

It's so funny isn't it, we wait all year for the season to come around and then when it hits late November we're like, ah slow down I haven't done enough Christmassing in Christmas!!

otnomart

TRS30 wrote: »

So bit of a dilemma.

We put a real tree as our main one in the front room. This year we want to put up our decorations early however it is probably too early to put up a real tree.

So get a fake tree this year or put up all the other decorations and the tree later??

Bearing in mind I have nearly always, always had a fake tree (bar two/ three years with a real one), I totally get real trees !
So, if I were you, I would put up all the decorations first, and the real tree later !

otnomart

SarahLil wrote: »

Anyone thought about what they would like for Christmas?

I would like some stuff from Rituals, some skincare creams, perfume, Ugg Slippers, a New Dressing Gowan/housecoat

This year: books, my usual go-to skincare (I tend to save on hand creams for myself, and it nice to try new ones, especially from natural Brands), cachemire gloves - as I have been forever losing them - and pijamas !

otnomart

SarahLil wrote: »

Was upstairs on the phone to a pal and randomly here Do they know it’s Christmas time blaring looked out the window no one around but it was coming from outside
any of you there driving around ?
I’m thinking it was a delivery driver that loves Christmas in November

Was it Smithy, I wonder ?

tuisginideach

I don't do the Christmas tree buying here but for the past few years, the tree has been 'scent-less' despite sending the 'men' here out last year with the specific instruction to buy a tree that smells of Christmas. I must be the only one in the house who can actually smell scents! Have others had the same problem? (While I'm at it, shop-bought garlic doesn't smell these days either - when i was young and cooking dinner party meals rather than family dinners, my fingers would still smell of garlic two days later, despite numerous washes).

Toto Wolfcastle

The last couple of weeks have flown but this week is dragging. We’ve set a deadline of Toy Show day to get the house fully organised for Christmas so I’m okay with it dragging a little.

Lord Spence

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

The last couple of weeks have flown but this week is dragging. We’ve set a deadline of Toy Show day to get the house fully organised for Christmas so I’m okay with it dragging a little.

Yes now until Christmas FM is going to drag big time especially in a lockdown, car frosted over for the first time this winter today, must admit loved it and loved being able to drop my daughter to school and then back to my house to the warmth, one of the very few positives from a lockdown is wfh in the winter

Loughc

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

The last couple of weeks have flown but this week is dragging. We’ve set a deadline of Toy Show day to get the house fully organised for Christmas so I’m okay with it dragging a little.

I'm not sure if it's dragging but I thought yesterday was Wednesday and today Thursday, etc...

DvB

Loughc wrote: »

I'm not sure if it's dragging but I thought yesterday was Wednesday and today Thursday, etc...

I'm off on Friday so it may as well be for me

SarahLil

otnomart very good I Love Smithy

I have just revisited my list of gifts and I am going to make a dent in it this afternoon and a dent in my bank account too by the looks of it I have to attend some life admin before I can enjoy the Christmas shopping from the comfort of my own home, a few gifts to me might pop into my basket

I've 3 weekends to get the house in order for the decorations going up hopefully on the 24th it will take more than one day again we get everything down from the attic and I fluff out the tree and put things around the place
hopefully all the lights are working

Posy

Loughc wrote: »

Also.... how are we hitting 49 days to go on Friday??

It's scary! In three weeks I'll be getting ready to decorate!! :eek:
I keep thinking this is only early October or something!

Aisling(",)

Loughc wrote: »

I'm not sure if it's dragging but I thought yesterday was Wednesday and today Thursday, etc...

I hate when that happens.Totally puts me off kilter, however when its the other way round and I think it's Tuesday when its Wednesday then I'm flying

SarahLil

50% off again on Christmas at EZ Living https://www.ezlivingfurniture.ie/christmas/baubles-tree-decorations

discounts at The Orchard too 20% off https://www.theorchard.ie/christmas-world/christmas-fun-winter-wonderland/christmas-decorations/?gclid=CjwKCAiAv4n9BRA9EiwA30WNDwLWAxLYumpHUrqluV9clQ1-R0evDl_5TBFJHYu8dcCxN7mrJGCcXhoCJ6EQAvD_BwE

SarahLil

Arnotts warehouse sale online now nice homeware, candles, diffusers, beauty some Irish brands in there too https://www.arnotts.ie/warehouse-sale/home-sale/?utm_campaign=2020-WK40-WED-WHS-STARTS%20TOMORROW&utm_medium=email&utm_source=marketingcloud

posted it in Bargains thread too just incase someone misses it

freshpopcorn

I saw a house Today with their tree up and windows decorated.
In a WhatsApp group another family put up a tree.

TRS30

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I saw a house Today with their tree up and windows decorated.
In a WhatsApp group another family put up a tree.

Brother in law has tree up. Sent a picture in family Whats App my wife is in. Was a bit jealous to be honest.

Loughc

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I saw a house Today with their tree up and windows decorated.
In a WhatsApp group another family put up a tree.

I spotted a tree up in a neighbours house when out for a walk last night. I'm looking forward to the night when there's several sightings