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Home made Christmas Sweets
My family love to make home made sweets at Christmas time and one of their favourites is mini Christmas Puddings:- Glace cherries Brandy (optional) Marzipan Chocolate (I prefer dark) White fondant icing or some white royal icing Red and green icing or gel icing tubes Wash the glace cherries under a tap to get rid of the…
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Caribbean Christmas Cake
Hello Everyone Does anyone have a recipe for a West Indain Christmas cake, those moist dark rich ones laced with rum!!!! Cheers Pattie :A
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Something for the kids (printable)
http://www.thekidzpage.com/christmas/colouring.htm
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The Best Christmas Cake Recipe
CHRISTMAS CAKE RECIPE Ingredients: 1 cup of water 1 tsp baking soda 1 cup of sugar 1 tsp salt 1 cup of brown sugar lemon juice 4 large eggs nuts 1 bottle Rum 2 cups of dried fruit Sample the rum to check quality. Take a large bowl,check the rum again. To be sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink.…
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Organised Firework Displays
Just thought it might be nice to list any organised public firework displays for those of us who love the tradition but would rather enjoy it safely. Maybe the location could be in the title and then include any directions and entry cost in the message. Jill P.S. I guess the date of the display would be a help too!
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Christmas Cakes - Tequila?
I'm not a good cook but got a bit of a reputation for making good Christmas cakes. Used to be a bit more flush than I am now and used to use Morgans Spiced rum for soaking the fruit and pouring over the cake. Fighting a debt mountain at the moment but want to make some cakes (as presents). shopped around and got all the…
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Farepak - Bonusbond - interesting info
Hi I am new to this site, but thought after reading some of your posts you may be interested in the email I received from the company Bonusbond who so many of us had purchased their vouchers via Farepak, I too have been with Farepak for 6 years and this year lost almost 500 pounds which was all for their vouchers. "If you…
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Whats your tradition?
For me, Christmas just wouldn't be christmas if i didn't wake up in my parents house and have christmas dinner with them. I turned 24 this year and this will be my 2nd Christmas since I moved out from my parents. I live with my boyfriend and last year we both stayed over at my parents on xmas eve. This year he wants to…
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Eid Greetings
I know I will be busy on Eid so here it is from me, in advance: Eid Greetings to everyone out there. EID GREETINGS EID MUBARAK عید مبارک Please remember needy and poor in this festive season and Give Sadqah ul Fitr (About 3 pounds) and Zakaat for this year (2.5% of your money if you have savings of £948.75 or more over…
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Freecycle and Farepak
Hi Folks Firstly, thanks to meerustar for spotting and raising this issue which concerns the recent events about Farepak. Our friends over at Freecycle have conceived a way to help people who may have lost out. (If you don't know what Freecycle is there's more info about it in the Ebay Golden Rules article. The email they…
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Themed Gift Baskets/Hampers
Links to some web resources for making/gifting themed baskets/hampers:- Homemade Gift Baskets Quote from website: You will find dozens of suggestions here for every possible holiday, occasion, or special event; with more new information added several times a week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Themed Gift Baskets ~~~~~~~~~ Gift Basket…
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Snowy Outdoor Christmas Tree - I want One!
In France, they have the most gorgeous fake Christmas Trees on roundabouts, at supermarkets, in gardens etc which look like they have piles of real snow on their branches. Obviously, this is hard to the touch when close up but looks really great. I have only ever seen one in England which was for indoor use only and I want…
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Creative Holiday Gifts from Photo's
Just posted about the free online courses at the HP Website in the Freebies Board, but one of the items is particularly relevent to here. Creative holiday gifts to make from photos Looking for an easy way to transform your cherished photos into personalized gifts that will delight your recipients? This class is for you!…
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The Norad Santa Tracker
Not moneysaving as such - but a way to keep the kids amused giving you more time to do other things http://www.northpole.com/NoradSanta.asp
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Night in Hamper - Help
Hi, hope someone can help I read on one thread about someone making a "night in hamper" ie dvd, popcorn ect and thought it was a great idea. I have searched the christmas tread from top to bottom, but can not find it - can someone point me in the right direction, or can anyone suggest what else i can put in. Many thanks Di
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When do Asda/Tesco/Ikea sell real trees
When do Asda/Tesco/Ikea start selling their real trees. We usually have a tree hunt on christmas eve, so we get it cheap but use £20 of petrol, its part of the fun. This year I'm due a baby on the 11th of even though I don't put up the tree until 24th I think it would be a good idea to buy early. Also my friend got one for…
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Ways to save for Christmas
I thought with the light of whats happened to Farepak we could start a thread about other ways to save all year for Christmas. I would suggest that you put what you would be paying to Farepak into a high interest savings account. At the end of the year you will be able to buy far more with it than Farepak will give you and…
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Christmas websites
I can remember last year finding lots of christmas websites with hints, tips, ideas, etc but i was looking all day yesterday and couldnt find anything, does anyone know of any?
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I'm going to start in January...
I don't know why but I just can't get into the swing as far as xmas shopping goes, i,m usually quite organized and know what i'm going to buy but this year Christmas seems to have come around so fast. After reading posts on here of people making up their own food and beauty hampers and baking some wonderful stuff, I really…
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I wanna know where to buy gift boxes
Hi With all the extra points flying round from boots etc I have ended up buying lots of little bits that wouldn't look good as a gift on there own. So...... I have decided to make everyone a little hamper this year of bits and pieces which if given to me I would like. What I would like is gift boxes to put them in so it…
