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olly300

amcluesent wrote: »

Anyone else making 'crackers' from used toilet-rolls and instructing everyone at the dining table to shout 'crack'?

Of course, the parents aren't getting any younger and it would be a shame if their 'last Christmas' was one of austerity and scrimping like they knew in the dark days after 1945. It's not easy explaining to the tiny children that Mr Gordon has stolen all our money and that Santa won't be visiting them this year. How sad they are we can't afford Christmas thanks to NuLabour.

:rotfl::rotfl:

You've been watching the Good Life.

SingleSue

Thanks for the comments Pobby and for your explanation Mitchaa.

Christmas can indeed be expensive with children but I am lucky that my children realise that I don't have the pounds to splash out and have moved their expectations down to fit into my £15 per child budget which if you think about the lifestyle we had before (each child had over £100 spent on them), it really is to their credit.

At least I don't have to worry about paying it all back in the new year unlike some people I know (in my friend circle), nothing is put on cards, purchased from catalogues or loans taken out for but plain hard cash, the offer is there from them for me to use their catalogues so I can buy 'proper' presents (their words) but I would rather do it in an affordable way than store up money problems in the future.

Crackers out of toilet roll....now that is an idea! :rotfl:

meester

mitchaa wrote: »

I thought you were a self made millionaire living like a Sultan Meester??

What on earth are you doing shopping in poundland

Trolling attempt or just a wind up then or maybe you do actually shop in poundland:think:

I'm not a millionaire.

And I didn't buy anything in poundland. I did however go in to see what all the fuss was about.

Seemed to be a lot of tat, but people were queuing up to buy it.

pickles110564

amcluesent wrote: »

It's not easy explaining to the tiny children that Mr Gordon has stolen all our money and that Santa won't be visiting them this year. How sad they are we can't afford Christmas thanks to NuLabour.

How has Gordon stolen all your money?
If you have a mortgage he has been kind enough to cut the Rates and is cutting taxes by the bucket load.
If you have not saved money over the last few years then it is done to you alone why santa wont be visiting this year.

1sue23

It was very busy here in Skipton all weekend ,the shops were packed out and no seats in the coffee shops .I did notice that most of the shoppers were elderly and that there were a lot of coaches and day trippers about ,but it could have been because it has been a lovely weekend here cold but sunny.

bo_drinker

We nipped in to Cribbs causeway Bristol on the way home, not planned just had time to spare. Lots of folk there I noticed the queues were not at the tills. We spent nowt. Go back in January when the real sales start maybe. Only if OH wants to, not bothered myself.

Davesnave

bo_drinker wrote: »

We nipped in to Cribbs causeway Bristol on the way home, not planned just had time to spare. Lots of folk there I noticed the queues were not at the tills. We spent nowt. Go back in January when the real sales start maybe. Only if OH wants to, not bothered myself.

In past years, 'nipping into' Cribbs was not usually an option at weekends near Christmas; you had to make a concerted effort just to reach the car parks.

Of course, Bristol now has Cabot Circus too. That may well prove to be a fitting name for the project, completed at a time when our economic system was being run by a couple of clowns!

Microstar_2

amcluesent wrote: »

Anyone else making 'crackers' from used toilet-rolls and instructing everyone at the dining table to shout 'crack'?

It's not easy explaining to the tiny children that Mr Gordon has stolen all our money and that Santa won't be visiting them this year. How sad they are we can't afford Christmas thanks to NuLabour.

A 'crackers' post indeed.
At least you're not yet telling the kids Mr Gordon has stolen all the toilet rolls - maybe next year eh?

Jonbvn

Couldn't resist posting this cartoon from the Times....

lostinrates

mitchaa wrote: »

My post was not meant like that. This thread was going along the lines of everyone is in for a ''miserable'' xmas due to the current economic situation, just like every thread on here is recently.

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I'm not meaning to be inflamatory, but it just struck me that the phrase above was rather telling as to the situation the world finds itself in.

Christmas should be a time for celebration regardless of money and economic climate -for Christians anyway- in fact, one could argue even more so. I am not a practising Christian, but neither am I mocking of the faith I was brought up in, and in seems terribly sad to be that 'purchase power' and a time of celebrating goodness in the world have become so inextricably linked.

I'm not for a moment suggesting a giftless clebration would be good medicine for us all, but even for the non religious, time with friends and/or family, a break from the normal routine, an oppertunity to reflect on the good things in life, and New Year being a good time to strive to be better ourselves...of course these go hand in hand with giving as we can to the people we love or want to give a little pleasure too, but the fact that being cautious financially is automatically equated with misery at Christmas I really do find sad.

Along with everyone else we'll be cooking and eating very indulgantly, but quite frankly I'd have bread and water and enjoy time off with DH more than I'd have the fun meal and all the presents in the world without the love.