Old Style preparations for Christmas 2012!!!!!

parkgirl

I'm collecting stuff for Christmas - have been since Jan. Have found a little shop where they do re-conditioned computers (recommended by a very dear friend) - thats a biggie sorted!

vintage43

Hi all, mind if I join.
I have abox, well 3 boxes of Christmas stuff bought over the year to sort through this year, not really sure whats in there but I'm hoping it will cover all family and some left over to sell on the Stall at my Sisters Xmas Pre School Fayre. I feel quite excited to look through it and its part of my plan for this weekend.
We are really struggling financially this year, so need to cut our cloth. Luckily I bought most of the pressies in last years boots sale ( forward planning) I do the same every year and it tends to cover my Christmas and Birthday gifts through out the year.
WHAT A LOVELY THREAD xxxxxx

Patchwork_Quilt

midnightraven3 wrote: »

rocky road bars are yum
but that recipe is a little expensive
i use nigellas,
and instead of good chocolate use value, and i use value digestive biscuits instead of the tea biscuits
its still very nice, and costs a lot less
i fling in what ever i happen to have, raisins, cherries etc with the marshmallows

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/rocky-road-crunch-bars-25

What a fabulous idea! I only just popped in to the last page of this thread to see what it was all about.

Might have to catch up with it now. Thank you all.

Popperwell

parkgirl wrote: »

I'm collecting stuff for Christmas - have been since Jan. Have found a little shop where they do re-conditioned computers (recommended by a very dear friend) - thats a biggie sorted!

Well my desktop PC's are reconditioned/second hand and I'm in your area so if the shop is good one day I may be asking where you went...;)

fuddle

I've seen a woolley headband with panda features. It would be perfect for youngest DD. I've begun to crochet one

My gift buying is stepping up. I've been watching marble run (love that game!) for my nephew on Amazon. I grabbed it when the price reduced.

daisiegg

Oooh I love this thread

A quick Christmas cake question...I was going to make mine soon. I am getting married in April and I am making the top tier of my wedding cake (to my Christmas cake recipe) as I have allergies so I am going to make a top tier that I can eat and my cake maker will ice it in with the rest of the cake.

Do you think if I just made it soon with my Christmas cake, it would be ok until April? (with regular feeding!) or should I wait and do it in the new year?

Possession

daisiegg wrote: »

Oooh I love this thread

A quick Christmas cake question...I was going to make mine soon. I am getting married in April and I am making the top tier of my wedding cake (to my Christmas cake recipe) as I have allergies so I am going to make a top tier that I can eat and my cake maker will ice it in with the rest of the cake.

Do you think if I just made it soon with my Christmas cake, it would be ok until April? (with regular feeding!) or should I wait and do it in the new year?

It may well last, but I think for something so important I'd be inclined not to take the chance, as it won't be iced. You could freeze it I expect, i've never frozen fruit cake but I know you can.

D&DD

I have started its official now DS3's star wars lego calender arrived yesterday :rotfl:
Love those gingerbread houses on the mugs what a lovely idea

daisiegg

Possession wrote: »

It may well last, but I think for something so important I'd be inclined not to take the chance, as it won't be iced. You could freeze it I expect, i've never frozen fruit cake but I know you can.

I think you can freeze it (my mum froze the top tier of their wedding cake for the christening of their first child and that was fine when I came along a year later!) but I don't know how well it would freeze un-iced. Hmmmm. I suppose I should just make it in February. Might be able to pick up some ingredients cheap after Christmas maybe!

Possession

daisiegg wrote: »

I think you can freeze it (my mum froze the top tier of their wedding cake for the christening of their first child and that was fine when I came along a year later!) but I don't know how well it would freeze un-iced. Hmmmm. I suppose I should just make it in February. Might be able to pick up some ingredients cheap after Christmas maybe!

I think it would freeze fine uniced - but I also bet you'll be able to pick up ingredients cheap near xmas. My cakes I'll be making soon are using the Delia kits which I got for about £2 each last year, and that includes icing sugar too.