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

Any chance you'd share the link, and your review when it arrives?

Considering a tree upgrade, bit not sure where to start..

@jellybear I hope your little man is on the mend soon, exciting times for you and your family xx

tackling some of the kitchen presses today to make room for all the Christmas goodies,

Hoping to do my tree the end of the week/weekend can’t wait

Just tackled that one drawer you that everyone has in their home 😂 my OH said you know exactly what’s in it and where … anyway Ive a fair amount of batteries in stock but you know yourself I will probably need more I knew I had ribbons bows etc in it too but I am just super excited because I know I am going to be using them soon

my kit for basting the Turkey too all in there that I found from Dunnes one of the years with my notebook for timings on cooking the Turkey

In other news Jervis Santa is bookings again this year we went there last year and we were happy bambino was only 9 months then

Hows everyone’s Monday ?

very sad about Vicky Phelan may she rest in peace

We made a decision over the weekend that we're not going to bother with the external lights this year seeing as we'll be away for the Christmas holidays.

Makes sense as if anything went wrong there'd be no one around to fix it and might make it obvious there's no one home!

Will still go the full hog internally though, no chance of that changing!!

25% off F&F kids clothing Tesco might be handy if you need festive clothes for any little ones not sure if it’s in adults but definitely children

Few bits going up around Waterford for Winterval

Happy birthday @freshpopcorn

Biting the bullet next week to get some minor electrical works done in the house and also getting the external socket upgraded to a proper waterproof two gang socket so we can put up some external lights this year. Any recommendations for external lights to hang on the gutters and where to get them? Torn between the "dripping" icicles or the plain yellow lights.

Ha Ha, nice try!!

To be fair Jude, being away from before dawn Christmas Eve until the morning of Jan 7th means we'd have our external stuff set up & not lit for an extended period of time which is a bit of a giveaway there's nobody home. Our estate had a number of break in's a few years ago over the Christmas holidays and we're doing everything we can to make the house safe for whilst we're away. Then there's the weather too, any kind of heavy wind tends to blow reindeers & snowmen over which we'd normally fix up the next morning, if it was left for 2 weeks like that its going to look iffy in my opinion. Genuinely not worth the risk of standing out like that.

So whilst I appreciate the similarities (other than myself & the Mrs looking nothing like Jamie Lee Curtis & Tim Allen) unfortunately its an action taken purely for security purposes. I'll miss the external decorations as its part of our Christmas traditions, and having spent a fair few quid on it too over the years don't particularly enjoy that we wont get to use it this year.

Other than the external decor Christmas will still be celebrated in full. All plans are set & good to go for Friday week & decorating day!! I have the day booked off work and the decorations all organised and ready to go in the attic storage (reorganized after the Halloween stuff was being put away) So we'll have a good 4 weeks of our normal interior decorations.

The killer will be taking it all down straight after we get home from the holiday. Thats post holiday & post christmas blues all rolled into one!

No boats thankfully! 🤣

Just yanking your chain DvB, it all makes sense in a bah humbug type of way.

Coping saw arrived today so I will spent the weekend cutting the antlers for the outside reindeer. I am sure I will mess it up, then bin the wood and not have a finished article.

I knew someone was asking for these, but couldn't find the original post. Lidl had them from last Thurs

Just seen a meme about Pam from Gavin and Stacy it’s giving me all the feels to watch the Christmas special might get it on next week while the bambino naps one of the days hopefully I can watch it with my Christmas tree a glow

Temperature has dropped in North County Dublin OH had to defrost car this morning, it’s still a lovely day though, hope to get out for a walk shortly

Seen two Christmas trees on my walk yesterday, I heard Catherine Fluvio on tv yesterday saying this weekend is stir in Sunday regarding the Christmas puds, I can imagine the smell would be divine

I hope everyone’s having a good day and getting through the week ok

Bought a frame on Monday for a Christmas scene picture that I cut out of a calendar last year. Opened the wrapping and it was broken on one corner. Brought it back to the shop today and got a replacement. Thought to myself I'll open it in the car before I head home. Got distracted and forgot. And of course when I opened it when I got home it too is broken. I think I'll just get my arty daughter to glue it back together and embellish it with some Christmas ribbon to cover it up instead of going back again.

I don't get it. They can manage it for matches, pride, Patrick's Day, etc. I'd say it's a cost thing.

In other news I've the bathroom and hall painted.

I totally agree it would be great for business from people buying bits of food to people starting their Christmas shopping.