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Turkey Tips
Last year had a big success with a Turkey Crown cooked in a bag. Don't mock. Jamie and Nigella both champion cooking the bird in a foil sealed wrap. The idea is that the bird must stay moist. And it did, the amount of liquid the bird was sitting in at the end was amazing. So last year , I bought the crown in a bag, just…
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Song List Generator Help, Please!
Looking for somewhere that will generate a list of popular sons that family 24yrs-74 yrs will recognise! It's to play a game with of guess the tune with kazoos! Last time we did it off the cuff, folk couldn't think of tunes or no one recognised them. I tried making a list but then I know all the answers :o
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* Rocking around the Christmas Tree * - It's the 2018 Christmas Chatter Thread
‘Rockin' around the Christmas tree At the Christmas party hop Mistletoe hung where you can see Every couple tries to stop Rockin' around the Christmas tree Let the Christmas spirit ring Later we'll have some pumpkin pie And we'll do some caroling’ :xmastree: Hello and welcome to the 7th Christmas Chatter Thread. It’s hard…
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Guest comment: Get involved with #FoodBankAdvent to donate for Christmas
Leading money blogger Andy Webb has written a guest blog to tell you about #FoodBankAdvent, and how you can get involved to help those who can't afford to buy food at Christmas. Views do not necessarily reflect those of MoneySavingExpert.com...Read the full story: 'Guest comment: Get involved with #FoodBankAdvent to donate…
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Xmas Dinner - Plate up or Self Serve?
Hi We are hosting Christmas dinner this year, and I was wondering what you all do with regard to serving the dinner. Do you plate everyone's dinner in the kitchen and give it to them at the dining table. Or do you put everything in serving bowls etc and put it on the table for guests to help themselves? The reason being,…
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Games or toy for a boy aged 7+.
Hi, Can anyone recommend a toy or a game for an clever 7 year old boy. His parents are teachers so I suspect this boy is bright. Ideally, under £15 but could go up to £18.99. I have been looking online for about and hour!
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Christmas present conundrum!
Hi all, I have 2 boys and one of my DH brothers has 10 children (all under 10). We don’t really see them and contact has become us is minimal. Every Christmas we send each child £20 and they send my boys £10 each. It’s now sort of become a financial transaction where we lose out with no Xmas spirit. We get no thanks from…
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Christmas Eve Boxes?
A heated debate has sprung up about Christmas Eve boxes at MSE Towers: Are they succumbing to "crass commercialism" or are they in the spirit of Christmas? Personally I love them and include everyone's new Pyjamas (not Christmas themed!), a boardgame or family activity for the evening and snacks and sweets. We'd love to…
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What's this music? BBC trailer
Can anyone enlighten me?? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06tzdxv Thanks
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Wording for donations instead of a gift
I am taking the plunge this year and instead of guilt, stress and panic about what to buy people while on a budget, and posting it to friends and family across the country, which soon makes costs go up, I am making £10-£20 donations to charities instead. For example for a friend in Scotland passionate about the coast and…
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Free video message from Father Christmas
Hi Folks, There is a fun personalised Christmas video to send to kids, friends family etc available at: www .santas.video You can type in what they want for Christmas, if they have been good or bad and what they can do to improve. You can choose to email it or just share a link so you decide what data you want to share (if…
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Present for mum
Hi Can anyone help me with an idea for a Christmas present for my mum!! I have asked her and she said slippers for her birthday in January then said a garden clock but then said to buy that for dad instead. Well I have managed to buy dad a mobile phone charger one of those power bank things. I am stuck on ideas for mum my…
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Where is the perfect man from the Festive Fivers competition?
A few years ago, there was a Festive Fivers competition run by MSE. One of the suggestions was a poem about a perfect man. It started along the lines of 'A perfect man is hard to find'. It does not appear to be in the Festive Fivers any longer, when searching. Google brings up (in the images) a similar poem on Pinterest,…
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How old is your Christmas tree?
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Celebration cakes
Not sure where to post. Does anyone know any reliable websites where you can order cakes for Christmas? Have used sponge.co.uk before, but wondered whether anyone could recommend other companies. Thank you
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Christmas Lights Gripes
Christmas lights are now up and twinkling in town centres across the land, but this year some high street celebrations have left shoppers a little underwhelmed. One Christmas parade reportedly consisted of just three floats, while elsewhere the brave decision to go with a 'Christmas owl' instead of the usual tree…
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Christmas Cake Marzipan and Royal Icing
Hello! I am a newbie to making my own Christmas Cake! My two children and I had a blast on stir up Sunday making it with the presoaked fruits we had made weeks before. 😋 My question is regarding timings for Marzipan and Icing. Do I have to put the marzipan on and leave it for a few days before I add the royal icing? Or can…
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Books for Children
Good morning I have 5 great-nieces & nephews and was thinking of a book as a gift for at least 4 of them but not sure what is appropriate. My children are older now so I've lost a bit of touch with what would be good. There are 2 5-yr old boys, 2 2-yr old girls and a baby so obviously something different for him. Thanks in…
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Did you spot all the Christmas puns in this week's email?
For added fun, and in classic MSE fashion, we've sprinkled this week's Money Tips Email with as many festive films, lyrics and phrases as we could muster. Apologies if we've missed your favourite. Did you spot them all? See the full list below to find out if you're as switched on as the Christmas lights. :santa2: * "For…
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Special Lamb recipe for Christmas?
Does anyone know a really special lamb recipe that I could cook on Christmas Day - using a slow cooker? We're going to be having our turkey dinner on Boxing Day and hubby has asked for lamb. I want to use the slow cooker (oven is unreliable plus we will be at church in the morning) and thinking about a casserole or maybe…
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