OS Christmas 2014 thread!!!!

zippychick

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Yes, it's about time!!


Old Style preparations for Christmas 2014!!!!!

I have now checked and there should be no broken links. I have also added some more links!

Any other links to go in, let me know!

HO HO HO HO HO!!!!!!


So this will be the one running Old Style Christmas 2014 thread

I'll make this a kind of Christmas mega index if that makes sense!

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN THINK OF MORE FOR ME TO ADD! BOOKMARK THIS THREAD SO YOU HAVE ALL THE HANDY LINKS IN ONE PLACE! :j:D

Some linkies:D:A
There is an existing "chatty" thread in the special occasions board HERE

They also have thrifty Gifty Santas challenge 2014 &

Christmas 2014 Savings and Handmade gifts

And christmas hampers 2013

Some older threads from Special occasions board

Preparing for christmas 2011

Let's get started for christmas 2011

Thrifty gifty money making for christmas 2011 and other special occasions etc

Homemade christmas decorations

Making cards ideas part 5

Sock monkeys

Magic reindeer food

Snowman soup

Christmas eve hamper 2011

Christmas crafting ideas

Santas challenge

Christmas dinner threads:j

Cleaning the oven

Light starter for christmas day lunch

Christmas dinner - preparing in advance

Christmas dinner- help it's my first!

Cheap Christmas dinner

What do you do for Christmas dinner?

Diabetic Christmas dinner

Vegetarian Christmas alternative?

How to cook a three bird roast


Other useful specific food links :j

Potatoes

Frozen home made roast potatoes - and Pinks specific post

Crispy roast potatoes

The perfect mashed potato

What is the point in mashed potato? (use your leftover to make potato farls for boxing day brunch ! )

Freezing mashed potato

Sweet potatoes

Cooking and prepping various veg

Parsnips

Oodles of carrots

Cauliflower- recipe please?

Cauliflower cheese

Leeks

Mushy peas

Spruce up your sprouts

Freezing sprouts

Red cabbage recipe wanted

Cabbage

Gravies/sauces

Decent gravy please

Making gravy when you haven't had a roast

Bread sauce

Apple sauce

Making own cranberry sauce

What to do with leftover cranberry sauce

HM Ham glaze

Homemade stuffing

Leftover stuffing

Meat Preparation/making stock/using up leftover meat

The best christmas turkey

Turkey crown

Leftover turkey

Turkey soup?

Defrosting turkey

Turkey mince

Turkey leg recipes

Freezing cooked turkey

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How to roast a whole chicken

Whole chicken in the slow cooker

Leftover chicken recipes please

How do i make my own chicken stock?

Chicken stock - how to make it in a slow cooker?

Chicken stock to soup

Chicken soup - how do i make it?


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Help with cooking a goose please

Reuse goose fat?

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Duck for christmas dinner help

Cooking a whole duck

What to do with duck stock?

Leftover duck

Duck breasts

Duck eggs

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What to do with a gammon joint?

Cooking a gammon joint in the slow cooker

Gammon and coke

Exciting things with gammon?

gammon stock?

Leftover gammon

Salty gammon joint?

gravy/sauce to go with gammon?

Difference between gammon and ham?

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Partridge

Pheasant recipes/suggestions

:xmassmile

Pigs in blankets

Christmas dinner, the leftovers thread

Desert/sweet related

Christmas baking 2011

when is the right time to make a christmas cake

Quick query on making my own christmas cake

Iced marzipan - my first cake

Recipe for christmas cake

HM alcohol free christmas pud

Christmas pudding recipes?

Christmas pudding in slow cooker - is it possible?

Shortbread recipe

How do you use brandy butter?

Trifle

HM custard

What can i do with custard

Baileys cheesecake

Mince pies and mincemeat

Mince Pies

Inspire me- 1/3 smll jar mincemeat

Question about Christmas Mincemeat - Delia recipe

Best Mincemeat Ever?

The best mince pie pastry ever? Cream

how to use up single cream

Double cream

Clotted cream surplus

Can i freeze cream?

Making my own butter

Cream refuses to whip

Over whipped double cream

Make your own ice cream


General Food:j

Homemade food gifts for the holidays

Christmas hamper help for a pensioner please

Home baked pressies

Vodka jelly

Christmas eve - dinner/tea

What do you have on your christmas day menu?

Christmas breakfast - ideas please

Christmas pudding flapjacks

Best Christmas recipes hunt

Christmas buffet ideas

Can i freeze cheese?

Cheese straws

What to do with leftover bits of cheese

Cheese rind

HM cheese scones

Presents:j

Make your own Christmas booze

Flavoured vodka

Turning cheap vodka into expensive tasting vodka

Mulled wine recipe

Home made irish liquer

Homemade wine

Old Style Christmas presents

Homemade gifts

Homemade kids christmas gifts

General:j

Best Old Style moneysaving christmas hints and tips

How long after christmas day will you be food shopping?

Is anyone taking their OS hat off on Christmas day?

Christmas eve - what are you cooking today?

Christmas dinner -what did you learn?

We don't like turkey

New year old style resolutions

traditional new year meals

How long does wine keep when opened?

Wine to cook with

red wine stain help

zippychick

Ok, im the first one to admit i am NOT organised this year. I usually have presents bought by now...

Any of you organised? All i have done is hoard little jars for chilli jam he he he

jaybee

I soooo need this! Maybe this year I'll be organised.

WantAnOrange

I am usually so much more organised than this but this year I have finished my degree, been working full time and am now 14 week pregnant! So it's been a little hectic! I am coming out the end of the horrible morning sickness bit, my working hours are reducing as of mid September and degree is done and dusted so in a few weeks I will finally be able to focus on enjoying winter and Christmas! It's DD's birthday in October too but as she will be 2 years old I am hoping to keep it simple.

I love making jams/chutneys for gifts and this year am going to make DD some felt food for her tea set. Trying to think of something homemade for DS but as he is 8 he mostly wants Cool Things, not things made by mum.

We are totally dirt poor this year so going to make big batches of hedgerow jam for the grown ups, though not got many people to give to anyway as we have been working on getting agreements with as many family members as possible that presents are for children only.

My to do list so far is;

make hedgerow jam
make felt food for DD
decorate dining room (is currently a playroom as I am a child minder but I'm fed up of it!)
exchange unwanted DVDs/CDs/games etc at CEX and use credit to get stocking fillers
buy stocking fillers for DH/DS/DD
Declutter DS's room (if I'm brave enough!)
Stock up freezer

I also follow a thread on Mumsnet known as Fellatio's Poncetastic Christmas Thread which is brilliant and very funny if you're into the whole home-made Christmas thing.

Looking forward to it, Christmas is my favourite!

tatabubbly

Yay!!! I too am unprepared for Christmas this year! Me and OH will be heading home over Xmas time to it'll be an expensive time!!

Need to make a list of people who I'd like to get presents
Make a list of potential gifts
Use up last years leftover paper and get Xmas cards cheap!

highlandlady72

So far, 1 Xmas pressie bought.
I will still be using the mounds of wrapping paper that I've bought from previous years. So no buying of wrapping paper for me this year.

1of3

Yahoo! It's never to early to have an Xmas thread!

I have some presents bought so am reasonably prepared:xmastree::xmassmile:santa2::snow_grin

pollys

I ventured into the Christmas drawers (under bed) whilst decluttering. I have enough cards and paper and a few gift bags. I need to write a list but I do have a few ideas for gifts in my head.
I'd like to have got it all bought and wrapped by 1st December. Now there's a challenge.

Polly

Pooky

Ohhhhhhhhh Christmas thread!!! Yay!

I'm partially organised, plenty of cards and paper from years gone by.

We only buy for DD's (19 and 16), my parents and my inlaws - oh and one nephew will get £10 (we stop buying for nephews and nieces once they've turned 16)

DD's have had new laptops ready for the start of term at college and Uni, these are combined, early christmas presents from us and inlaws. They will get a couple of smaller presents and a stocking each on the day. I've already got 4 bits for DD1 and am doing a "swap" with another crafter for another present for her (in exchange for one of my paper cuts). I shall be looking for other swaps for DD2 too.

Stockings tend to contain toiletries, body sprays, handmade soaps etc along with sweeties so I shall start collecting stuff each week with the shop now!

Need to start thinking of food!

Molly41

Love Christmas x
I have to totally declutter my house and clean as we have had such a difficult year the house has become a mess.

I set myself the goal of Christmas as we will need the table and it is currently covered in tat.

Christmas will be a much more simple affair this year - the kids have been warned!!!!

candlelight_2013

I love Christmas as well

Have made lots of preserves and will be making hampers for those I know like handmade gifts. I think so much nicer than rushing into a shop and picking something up off the shelf. I know, if someone gives me a hand made gift, that they have put a great deal of thought into it.

Thank you for this thread.

Candlelightx