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

madz2802

Typed in google images christmas presents, just to see presents all wrapped up...how sad am I!! haha
Am deffo in the christmas mood now!!

jen49

Fantastic makes OMO

Good for you pinknfluffy some people are so rude these days

aliaslotte

madz2802 wrote: »

Typed in google images christmas presents, just to see presents all wrapped up...how sad am I!! haha
Am deffo in the christmas mood now!!

That's not sad lol! At least, I hope it isn't as I've done that a few times. I've even looked through the likes of pin interest for ideas and pinned an entire collection lol!


My local Mr T had sold out of the selection boxes this afternoon. Might try and pop into Lidl tomorrow for the 17p chocolate. At that price, I'm very tempted to try some of the wonderful chocolate present ideas people have been sharing on here.

caitlyn22

jenjenn wrote: »

Hi My sister is obsessed by pickles, so I was wondering if anyone had a great recipe that would be good (made next weekend) for christmas, Needs to be simple! I think she would appreciate something with chilli. Also I am planning on a pickle hamper type gift and was wondering if any of you knew where I could get a pickle type christmas ornament. random, I know!

Very longtime lurker coming out of the Christmas Closet here - had to when I saw this post!! Try E*ay jenjenn - the Christmas Pickle is actually a traditional German ornament - they hang little (and big!) glass ones on trees and children have to find them!

Anyway, I have read this from page one but never really joined in - I'm noted for my Christmas obsession, not sure where it comes from, though my mum and dad always tried to give us a nice Christmas, in spite of how lousy they were at parenting the rest of the year! My dad died a few years ago and I miss him terribly, and my mum has early onset dementia and this will be the second Christmas we've left her to spend it at home - she's in a care home with just a few other ladies and they all have Christmas dinner together. Unfortunately she doesn't know us anymore and gets very unsettled if we try to get her to leave the house. She seems happy though and that's the most important thing. So there's just me and my sister now and our own little families so we try to make it special for each other.

My dad used to start buying Christmas cake and mince pies as soon as they appeared in the shops joking that he had to 'test' as many as possible! For pretty much all of December, he would come in from work (he worked away during the week, only home for weekends) and his first words would be "Has he been yet?" (in reference to Santa!) I believed in Santa for so long because of my parents - one of the things they did to make it seem more real was wrap all of my presents 'from' Santa in that really cheap, thin wrapping paper and the presents from them in different stuff. Not only was this quite MSE of them, they told us it was because Santa had to use cheaper paper because he had so many presents to give. It might not work on kids now but this was an utterly convincing argument for me at that age!! My mum used to make us stockings and would always sit and watch us unwrap anything, even the tiny little things she'd wrapped, as she would love to see our reactions. I remember doing Christmas activities with her, simple things like colouring in, and without fail, she'd hang whatever decorations we made on the tree - however awful they were!

Anyway, it might be silly but I just wanted to share this with you all because so many of you seem to be going to lots of effort to make Christmas special for your own children and I wanted to let you know how important this is. It's the memories I have of my parents that make me love Christmas. It's not the big presents that matter or how much money you spend, but rather the tiny details and traditions that will stay with your children forever.

pinknfluffy28

Snugglebunny8 wrote: »

OMG Pinknfluffy!!!

You will like this one too I think .... walked to supermarket this afternoon for a few bits and could hear somebody creating loudly in one of the aisles, and was a woman with her husband and a child (looking mortified) in the crisp aisle, she was ranting to nobody in particular about the evils of fried potato products and going on about 'it's all rubbish!' 'the worst thing you could eat!etc (not sure what she was doing in that aisle in that case!) anyway I waited until there was a pause, very politely said 'excuse me' she whipped round and I said' may I just -' and reached over her shoulder and picked up the hugest bag of Monster Munch/evil devil food ... I couldnt help myself! I was dying for her to say something but she just spluttered at me - I was soooo temptd to open the bag and start eating them right there in the aisle! why do people think they have the right to lecture everyone!? Im a little size 8 so maybe she thought she might be onto a loser!

I wouldnt dream of making comments about what people may or may not have in their basket at supermarkets, if they start making comments about other people they deserve all they get!

this made me laugh, i would have done exactly the same...and opened the bag and offered her one!! Nothing as queer as folk eh?! :rudolf:

pinknfluffy28

caitlyn22 wrote: »

Very longtime lurker coming out of the Christmas Closet here - had to when I saw this post!! Try E*ay jenjenn - the Christmas Pickle is actually a traditional German ornament - they hang little (and big!) glass ones on trees and children have to find them!

Anyway, I have read this from page one but never really joined in - I'm noted for my Christmas obsession, not sure where it comes from, though my mum and dad always tried to give us a nice Christmas, in spite of how lousy they were at parenting the rest of the year! My dad died a few years ago and I miss him terribly, and my mum has early onset dementia and this will be the second Christmas we've left her to spend it at home - she's in a care home with just a few other ladies and they all have Christmas dinner together. Unfortunately she doesn't know us anymore and gets very unsettled if we try to get her to leave the house. She seems happy though and that's the most important thing. So there's just me and my sister now and our own little families so we try to make it special for each other.

My dad used to start buying Christmas cake and mince pies as soon as they appeared in the shops joking that he had to 'test' as many as possible! For pretty much all of December, he would come in from work (he worked away during the week, only home for weekends) and his first words would be "Has he been yet?" (in reference to Santa!) I believed in Santa for so long because of my parents - one of the things they did to make it seem more real was wrap all of my presents 'from' Santa in that really cheap, thin wrapping paper and the presents from them in different stuff. Not only was this quite MSE of them, they told us it was because Santa had to use cheaper paper because he had so many presents to give. It might not work on kids now but this was an utterly convincing argument for me at that age!! My mum used to make us stockings and would always sit and watch us unwrap anything, even the tiny little things she'd wrapped, as she would love to see our reactions. I remember doing Christmas activities with her, simple things like colouring in, and without fail, she'd hang whatever decorations we made on the tree - however awful they were!

Anyway, it might be silly but I just wanted to share this with you all because so many of you seem to be going to lots of effort to make Christmas special for your own children and I wanted to let you know how important this is. It's the memories I have of my parents that make me love Christmas. It's not the big presents that matter or how much money you spend, but rather the tiny details and traditions that will stay with your children forever.

how lovely, thanking for sharing, i can only hope my dd's have such fond memories as adults :rudolf:

jenjenn

thanks i love this forum x

I am going to have a go at making ornaments from pva , apple sauce abd cinnamon, will try and post a picture. will be next weekend as I am waiting for payday!

Own_My_Own

Am back from the land of The Polar Express :rotfl:

I love that film soooooooooooo much.

When all the elves sing 'Santa Claus is coming to town'. I know I am going to cry before they start.:rotfl:

Snugglebunny8

Own My Own Im so with you! I love the music, the whole feel of the film, and the bit at the end about the bells falling silent fro Sarah, but even though he has grown old the bells still sounds for him, as they do for all who truly believe...' makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck! only caught the last bit as the boys watching Villa v Man U, but so love that film!

btw meant to say, I love all the wonderful things you have been making, so professional and really lovely, id buy them like a shot!

Snugglebunny8

LMAO Pinknfluffy!!! I never thought to offer her one!!