Christams for 2

PasturesNew

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Why not just forget its Christmas and stick to beans on toast?

Because it's Christmas

I do like Christmas dinner. It used to be the only day of the year I was "guaranteed" a really good roast dinner and full belly of loveliness. But, being orphaned, that's all now gone.... but I still want it to be "like Christmas" - but when it's just you eating EVERYTHING you buy, you really have to be harsh and realistic with yourself... as nobody else is hoovering up goodies randomly.

It's just a zero waste Christmas ... and I don't expect to put any weight on.... although I've lost some more recently, so going into Christmas on the lower side of "normal" rather than in the centre of it - so that's license to "pig out if I really want to".

Single people deserve Christmas too you know ... even though there'll be no cards/presents, no parties, no get togethers or jollity.... it's still Christmas.

t14cy_t

two of us on xmas day, and i prefer it that way. i see the kids, grandkids, my mother and brother leading up to christmas week. as a growing family the pressure to be perfect is too much, so we have our time together and time apart too, disjointed families are running around like headless chicken trying to please everyone! less stress is the order of christmas! i will but a small frozen turkey and if we fancy having it on christmas day so be it, or if not whenever!! haven't worried about a normal christmas tree the last few years, a few lights and foliage from the garden covered in spray snow does as good a job for us!! xx

VfM4meplse

PasturesNew wrote: »

when it's just you eating EVERYTHING you buy, you really have to be harsh and realistic with yourself... as nobody else is hoovering up goodies randomly.

I know that as well as any other singleton, the difference is as a child I would have failed the marshmallow test . In fact for years I would be paranoid about not being able to last from 4pm on a Sunday to 8am on a Monday without a supermarket open, is there a word for "fear of running out of treats"? Nowadays less of a problem but I had to recognise it first.

I'm still intrigued as to how you source 1/2 a parsnip. And why you would want to