❄❄ Let It Snow ❄❄ :: Christmas 2012 Chatter Thread

Pips_Mum

Morning all!

Just ordered the Marvel 6 disc set for my cousin so thanks to whoever posted originally, looked on Play.com and its on there for £75!!!!

Ordered Downton Abbey series 1 & 2 for my Mum alongside the book, in October the tickets go on sale for Easter for Highclere Castle where its filmed and its not too far from her so going to get her 2 tickets and then that will be her done!

I am going to focus on finishing the Birthdays for the rest of the year, wrapping the presents and writing the cards so they are all ready as I got my C-Section date for 9th October so just over a month :-)

princesskitty29

han6149 wrote: »

Technically not christmas related but my best friend is about to turn 21 and just got engaged to her OH of 5 years. Was thinking of getting a wedding magazine subscription and seeing as I've never used/read one I was wondering which is the best one to get?

I am getting married in March and I have tried most of the wedding magazines! Big magazines like 'Your Wedding' and 'Brides' are ok but mostly full of adverts and not a lot of meaty stuff. I really like 'Wedding Ideas' it's a travel size one, but full of great ideas and real weddings. I would definitely recommend that one.

princesskitty29

junior_j your post was lovely, I was sorting out my online folders the other day and came across this little poem I thought you all might like:

There's more to Christmas...
There's more, much more to Christmas
Than candle-light and cheer;
It's the spirit of sweet friendship
That brightens all the year;
It's thoughtfulness and kindness,
It's hope reborn again,
For peace, for understanding
And for goodwill to all men!

:beer:

Snugglebunny8

lovely poem!! and Junior-J I also love reading your posts, you are such a positive, lovely and thoughtful person, your mum must just be so happy that she has you to support her

Congrats on the c section date Pips Mum! you must be so excited!!

Nanamia, I hope you are ok, I always feel a bit down at this time of year too - end of summer, missing the kids back at school etc, I love the summer and always miss it ... even though it disappears the same time every year lol!

am really pleased as I got the 3 gifts left for DD this morning all at really good prices, so just have the game and calendar for DS to get, plus pre ordering the DVD set for all of us, then other than the selections boxes, choc coins and choc advent calendars I think Im done will use Nectar points for those. Need to sort out some little bits and bobs for the Disney advent calendar but normally get those as I go along with my food shops

princesskitty29

Yes are you ok Nanamia? x

Always_after_a_bargin

This is a lovely thread. Hoping i get into the festive mood soon but at the moment its just not happening lol. Think because my husband has been away for the last 5 months in afghanistan and its been just me and the kids for that whole time. So we just want to shut the door and close the curtains from the rest of the world when he gets back next month but i do need to give myself kick up the bum and get planning as I have two hyper kids who already have made up their lists. I have bought some bits but the kids only want a small number of presents each as they have their hearts on a new puppy and our little king charles spaniel puppy is joining us middle of december. Mum aint due her pups till next month but have told the kids that they need to keep their lists reasonable as santa knows they will have a puppy to look after. We have decided to not buy outside our own little family this year. Nothing to do with money or lack off but we have decided that its just too expensive and stressful. We have decided its just us and the kids to buy for and entertain which means less stress and alot less money too. We plan to do panto, go and see the coke lorry again. Trips out etc and take the puppy down the beach which we live 10 minutes away from on christmas morning before we have our christmas Dinner. Then just let the puppy play with christmas paper all day lol. This we wont be able to do if like last year i did not stop running after other people making sure their drinks and plates were topped up. We are being selfish this year as i have spent the last five months worried sick over my husband and to be honest getting him back for this christmas will be a miracle in itself. We have already been told we are being unsociable and has put our mother in law and that side of the family noises right out of joint but we really dont care. However look forward to chatting to you all and finding those amazing bargins and getting the christmas we all want for as little spend as possible x

kkennedy

can I join please, christmas will be so different this year as I lost both my mother and sister this year, everyone went to my mums for christmas but this year im the oldest and will be having xmas here so will need to be very organized im normally one of those people who run about at last minute.

In my house is myself and my two kids, daughter 14 and son 18

my xmas list would be

daughter... new phone and lots of girly thimgs
son ... not a clue
best friend ..hairy dieters new cook book
niece no1 going to do a pamper hamper ( never did anything like this before and got the idea from on here love it)
niece no 1 son age11>>> no idea
niece no2 >> no idea
niece no2 hubby >>> no idea
niece no2 son age 8 >>> ordered super stomper rocket from amazon

they are all coming for xmas dinner Ahh never did christmas dinner on my own,

also love the idea of xmas eve hampers i know my kids are bit big for the idea but love the fact of xmas pj xmas film and xmas goodies might make goody bagx for xmas eve for us get us in the spirit as it will be a emotional day on xmas without our missing loved ones.

Snugglebunny8

Always_after_a_bargin wrote: »

This is a lovely thread. Hoping i get into the festive mood soon but at the moment its just not happening lol. Think because my husband has been away for the last 5 months in afghanistan and its been just me and the kids for that whole time. So we just want to shut the door and close the curtains from the rest of the world when he gets back next month but i do need to give myself kick up the bum and get planning as I have two hyper kids who already have made up their lists. I have bought some bits but the kids only want a small number of presents each as they have their hearts on a new puppy and our little king charles spaniel puppy is joining us middle of december. Mum aint due her pups till next month but have told the kids that they need to keep their lists reasonable as santa knows they will have a puppy to look after. We have decided to not buy outside our own little family this year. Nothing to do with money or lack off but we have decided that its just too expensive. We have decided its just us and the kids to buy for and entertain which means less stress and alot less money too. We plan to do panto, go and see the coke lorry again. Trips out etc and take the puppy down the beach which we live 10 minutes away from on christmas morning before we have our christmas Dinner. Then just let the puppy play with christmas paper all day lol. This we wont be able to do if like last year i did not stop running after other people making sure their drinks and plates were topped up. We are being selfish this year as i have spent the last five months worried sick over my husband and to be honest getting him back for this christmas will be a miracle in itself. We have already been told we are being unsociable and has put our mother in law and that side of the family noises right out of joint but we really dont care. However look forward to chatting to you all and finding those amazing bargins and getting the christmas we all want for as little spend as possible x

would just like to stick my hand up and say good on you! you aren't being unsociable or selfish at all, you are taking care of the needs of your family - as you say it's been very tough on you worrying about him for all this time and taking care of the children, and Christmas can end up being one big stress running about after other people and having no time for yourself - as you said about last year. It sounds to me like you thoroughly deserve a quiet Christmas together doing what you want to do. I honestly don't feel you should have to justify what you choose to do, but if others don't understand it could perhaps be worth explaining to them how difficult it has been for your family and that you all feel you need a quiet break together, especially with you having been apart for so long, and that you hope they can understand it's nothing personal to them, and you will see them before/after Christmas? would really hope they would fully understand and hopefully feel a bit ashamed of making you feel bad! :T

We used to invite my mum at Christmas when the kids were very small, but we don't have a spare room and she isn't really that into the festive thing, she would constantly comment about how many presents the kids got, and would needle away at me over little things, it honestly spoiled a couple of Christmases for me, she can be passive aggressive and put you down, it really got me stressed out. So one year my sister invited her (kids grown up, loads of spare room, lovely neat tidy house, mum gets her own en suite ...you know the type!! ) and she went on and on about what a lovely time she had, how my sister took her out everywhere and bought her things (she has the money) but I had had the best Christmas since the children were born, so from then on we don't invite her! I won't let myself feel guilty, she gets on far better with my sister, they go off doing stuff together, sis flashes her money around a bit and they have loads of fun, and we stay at home Chrsitmas day with the kids and have an absolute ball! :beer:

life is too short to have such a special day spoiled by being with people you don't get along with or who make you feel bad, you can do that any other day of the year! we go and see her and make a big fuss of her, lots of pressies, take her for lunch etc ... but the week BEFORE Christmas

Snugglebunny8

kkennedy wrote: »

can I join please, christmas will be so different this year as I lost both my mother and sister this year, everyone went to my mums for christmas but this year im the oldest and will be having xmas here so will need to be very organized im normally one of those people who run about at last minute.

In my house is myself and my two kids, daughter 14 and son 18

my xmas list would be

daughter... new phone and lots of girly thimgs
son ... not a clue
best friend ..hairy dieters new cook book
niece no1 going to do a pamper hamper ( never did anything like this before and got the idea from on here love it)
niece no 1 son age11>>> no idea
niece no2 >> no idea
niece no2 hubby >>> no idea
niece no2 son age 8 >>> ordered super stomper rocket from amazon

they are all coming for xmas dinner Ahh never did christmas dinner on my own,

also love the idea of xmas eve hampers i know my kids are bit big for the idea but love the fact of xmas pj xmas film and xmas goodies might make goody bagx for xmas eve for us get us in the spirit as it will be a emotional day on xmas without our missing loved ones.

welcome! and I'm so sorry to hear of your losses this year.

kids are never too old! mine are 12 and 15 and they are great big kids at Chrsitmas, love nothing more than an advent calendar and stocking etc! Im doing hampers for them and OH for Christmas Eve too - good luck with the Christmas dinner! am sure you will do a great job ... I find that Mr Marks and Mr Spencer help me out no end on that front!

Always_after_a_bargin

Snugglebunny8 wrote: »

would just like to stick my hand up and say good on you! you aren't being unsociable or selfish at all, you are taking care of the needs of your family - as you say it's been very tough on you worrying about him for all this time and taking care of the children, and Christmas can end up being one big stress running about after other people and having no time for yourself - as you said about last year. It sounds to me like you thoroughly deserve a quiet Christmas together doing what you want to do. I honestly don't feel you should have to justify what you choose to do, but if others don't understand it could perhaps be worth explaining to them how difficult it has been for your family and that you all feel you need a quiet break together, especially with you having been apart for so long, and that you hope they can understand it's nothing personal to them, and you will see them before/after Christmas? would really hope they would fully understand and hopefully feel a bit ashamed of making you feel bad! :T

We used to invite my mum at Christmas when the kids were very small, but we don't have a spare room and she isn't really that into the festive thing, she would constantly comment about how many presents the kids got, and would needle away at me over little things, it honestly spoiled a couple of Christmases for me, she can be passive aggressive and put you down, it really got me stressed out. So one year my sister invited her (kids grown up, loads of spare room, lovely neat tidy house, mum gets her own en suite ...you know the type!! ) and she went on and on about what a lovely time she had, how my sister took her out everywhere and bought her things (she has the money) but I had had the best Christmas since the children were born, so from then on we don't invite her! I won't let myself feel guilty, she gets on far better with my sister, they go off doing stuff together, sis flashes her money around a bit and they have loads of fun, and we stay at home Chrsitmas day with the kids and have an absolute ball! :beer:

life is too short to have such a special day spoiled by being with people you don't get along with or who make you feel bad, you can do that any other day of the year! we go and see her and make a big fuss of her, lots of pressies, take her for lunch etc ... but the week BEFORE Christmas

Thank you. Your post brought a tear to me eye. I have been a emotional mess over the last few months. We moved back home after being in married quarters both for financial reasons and to have the support from close friends and family as we knew hubby was going away. I have spent five months since he has been away on my own weekend after weekend. Even though i have a good group of friends and small family, They obviously felt a few text messages was all the support i needed. I suppose people have their lives but its times like this i have really missed being around people who know how i feel and going through the same thing. However onwards and upwards now and i have only have a few weeks left so cant wait to get him home. We have explained to them our reasons but my mother in law is not a understanding person so i expect she is sticking pins in a doll somewhere which she has named after me :rotfl: I am really looking forward to this christmas and because we are only looking after ourselves its going to be perfect.