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

carlamarie_2

Own_My_Own wrote: »

My dd is known as Calamity Jane in our family. It wouldn't last 5 minutes if she had to pick it up to use it :rotfl:

that made me smile, my family call me 'Calamity Carla' because i am erm, not the most sensible of people! and also because calamity jane is one of my fav films EVER!

Rebel_Hedgehog wrote: »

Not sure if its been mentioned but m&s are doing really cute xmas tins of gingerbread at half price at the moment - just £4.99

i got one of these for my kids xmas eve hamper, the tin is really cute!

yummymummy1987_2

Hi everyone, I noticed someone mentioned Marks and spencer musical or spinning biscuit boxes?
Was just wondering if they have them in this year? if so did anyone buy one,could they take a pic?

Thanks in advance

Jo

Own_My_Own

yummymummy1987 wrote: »

Hi everyone, I noticed someone mentioned Marks and spencer musical or spinning biscuit boxes?
Was just wondering if they have them in this year? if so did anyone buy one,could they take a pic?

Thanks in advance

Jo

http://www.marksandspencer.com/Musical-Rotating-Christmas-Tree-biscuit/dp/B009CFQIP0?ie=UTF8&ref=sr_1_22&nodeId=459528031&sr=1-22&qid=1350934973

carlamarie_2

updated xmas list with budgets*** red i have, blue is ideas, and green is what ive ordered and awaiting


mam £30-50 red spot brolly £1.29 (£13), red spot and blue paisely (different design on each side) pocket shopping bag £1(£2.95), red spot tissues 50p (£1), blue paisley tissues 50p (£1)

dad £10-15 thick hooded cardy jacket thingy £5(reduce from £35 ***DONE***

stepdad £20 he is having the spare room turned into a music room with his drums, cds etc in. im thinking maybe a print for his walls of pink floyd, the jam, def leppard etc can anyone recommend anywhere to get this?

dads girlfriend £5 brownspot brolly £1.29 (£13), brown spot and pink paisely (different design on each side) pocket shopping bag £1(£2.95), pink paisley tissues 50p (£1),
***DONE***

nanna 87 £10 jumper or top

neice 18 £20 river island or top shop gift voucher £40 (combined with her birthday on 22nd dec)

nephew 15 £20 game gift voucher £26 paid for £14 to get (will combine with bday on 1st dec)

little brother 13 £20 gift voucher

nephew 5 £20 gooey louie £4.24, sprayza blazta £3.54 £12.22 left probaly clothing/pjs or a dvd

neice 19months £20 dora the explora book and soft toy £2.58, build a bear koala and dress £5 (£19.50) ***DONE***

best friend 27 £10-20

best friend dd 8 £30-40 teeny meez £4.94 (£20) suki shoulder bag £1.95 (£3.95) to fill with the following; suki tissues 50p (£1), red spot umbrella £1.95 (13), red retro stop pencil tube £1 (£2.95), large red notebook £1.50 (£2.95), small red notebook £1 (£1.95), Horrible histories dvd boxset £13, animagic pony £5 (£15) ***DONE ***


friend 28 token gift about £5 zinc tealight holders x6 £2.34 (£23.70), coloured tea lights, i will wrap these nice and make them look good! ***DONE***

mother in law £40-50 red spot brolly £1.29 (£13), red spot and blue paisely (different design on each side) pocket shopping bag £1(£2.95), red spot tissues 50p (£1), blue paisley tissues 50p (£1) couple of jigsaws, a ds game, hamper made up of favourite sweets, some sort of gift set

father in law £40-50 starbucks coffee, man mug, hairy dieters book, some sort of gift set

with the inlaws, dh pays for their gifts but its generally upto me to pick their presents. they only recieve gifts off us and dont really bother buying each other so i like to get them a few things to open. mil is a little easier to buy for but fil is a nightmare!!!

in addition to this i also buy my mum, stepdad, mil and fil a littel something off the kids saying 'nanna' and 'grandad' usually about a fiver each, so another

AND FINALLY A NEW MOBILE FOR DH. HE HAS ASKED FOR THE SONY ERICSSON XPERIA MINI PRO WHICH HE HAS FOUND FOR £100 PAYG ANYONE KNOW OF ANY OFFERS?

lemonade_money

Evening all

Have been reading plenty but had to reset my password to log back in to post.

I have done a tad more xmas shopping (I can't stop flipping buying) but still haven't finished.

Thank you everyone for all the wonderful ideas and links!

I'm currently watching a nice Christmas film :rotfl:

Damzel_In_Distress

*Louise* wrote: »

I just caught the end of the new ASDA Christmas advert - a mum stuffing toys in a cupboard and the phrase 'because the best presents don't happen by magic'

Please tell me that I have either misheard or the first half of the advert was pro-santa, because the bit I saw looked like it was killing the magic of Christmas for any young children who may have seen it :eek:

I will be watching for it again....

I've seen this add a few times
I'm really disappointed in them to be honest, it is on during the day when children are up and watching the tv. Over the weekend I caught the beginning of it coming on (again for what seemed like the third time that day!) whilst I was cooking and DS was watching tv so quickly ran in and turned the channel over. He's old enough to understand things like that and It would of set a string of questions going off in his head!
DS then went mental because he was watching a movie that was on and accused me of being 'mean' and not letting him watch a film I had previously said he could watch :rotfl:
I didn't know how to explain why I'd turned it over so I just casually switched it back on and wandered away... He must think I'm crackers! Haha!

I get that the add is aimed at mums, But putting it on during the waking hours of children is hardly appropriate!

chirpychick wrote: »

so i was just wondering what i could do to make it "feel" more like christmas? might help others in a similar situation too.

I think having a new baby will make christmas twice as more magical than it usually is for you just by itself
I remember DS's first christmas he was still far to young to have a clue what was going on, but something about there being a baby at christmas time just makes it feel extra special!

You could do a special xmas morning breakfast for you and your DH? Something you wouldn't normally do so its a real treat?
Have some christmas music playing during the early afternoon?

Have lots of lovely christmas scente candles or a christmas plug in? I find the more it 'smells' like christmas, the more christmassy I feel

How about watching a christmas movie in the late afternoon?

Or do something silly like both wear something christmassy, such a santa hat each? There only about £1 these days!

And if financially possible, have you thought about getting a christmas board game you could play together in the evening over a nice bottle of wine? Christmas monopoly looks fab! But there are others as well.

Hope I've helped a little, This year is the first time I'll be waking up alone, just me and DS on christmas day so I know what it feels like to be a bit worried about things being 'different' this year

Chris25 wrote: »

Have you read Skipping Christmas by John Grisham - story of Christmas with The Kranks http://www.amazon.co.uk/Skipping-Christmas-Kranks-John-Grisham/dp/0099559994

I didn't even know there was a book! :eek:
I love love love love LOVE christmas with the kranks!
I can't believe I didn't know about this! I'm going to check with the local library and see if they have it!

Congratulations to opee92 - I secretly prefer little boys. Not a girl fan at all - Which I suppose is good for DS :rotfl:

moneysavingmumofone - Thanks for the pics! I hope my T's get them in stock soon, the onsie is lovely and fairly cheap!

lemonade_money

Oooooh I forgot to mention, DS sort of found my present stash - well he caught a glimpse of stuff up at the top of my wardrobe so I said to DH they need to be wrapped so that little eyes don't wander. So I bought some brown paper and I'm going to stamp it - or let the kids do it!

Own_My_Own

carlamarie wrote: »

stepdad £20 he is having the spare room turned into a music room with his drums, cds etc in. im thinking maybe a print for his walls of pink floyd, the jam, def leppard etc can anyone recommend anywhere to get this?

Have you thought about Wall Art Stickers

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Banksy-style-pop-music-dog-record-player-vinyl-wall-art-decal-sticker-BA015-/270981286423?pt=UK_Wallpaper&var=&hash=item3f17be4a17

cornishorchid

Own_My_Own wrote: »

Have you thought about Wall Art Stickers

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Banksy-style-pop-music-dog-record-player-vinyl-wall-art-decal-sticker-BA015-/270981286423?pt=UK_Wallpaper&var=&hash=item3f17be4a17

also does Athena still exist? if so they do loads of prints..then get a frame from the Range..they are the cheapest and best quality

LalaGomay

Re the ASDA ad, I think they've quite carefully chosen to say 'those little bonus presents' to avoid the whole Father Christmas/main presents issue being ruined.

Evidently it hasn't really worked though!