* I wish it could be Christmas every day * - It's the 2017 Christmas Chatter Thread

pumpkin1964

Hi all

Just popping in quickly to tell you I got £1 Christmas scratchcards in the Pound Shop today. Lots of different ones - Santa, snowmen, Rudolph etc!

Coxy11

Snorkypants - this is what we have each year. Its a boned and rolled turkey. We used to get ours from the local butcher and I would pick it up on Christmas Eve early morning and pay cash. The last time I did this (about 5 years ago) it came to £61 for a 8-10lb turkey. Luckily I had just enough cash on me, but I vowed not to go there again. Waitrose do one which we've had before, but it's smaller. About £45?? It's an indulgence compared to a regular turkey but it does take up less fridge space and is easier to carve.
HTH
Coxy

freespirit66

Afternoon everyone,

MURIE aww thankyou for looking anyway, I think I will end up buying a jar of gingerbread syrup and just make them myself

VULPIX sorry I just noticed you had got some gingerbread lattes, I must try and get to poundland, enjoy I bet you will love them. Ooh I am so jealous of your long sleep I am dousing my pillow in lavender oil atm to knock me out

STOKIEBECKS I haven't got a PM from you I just checked?? I wish we had a Lindt shop mmmm I just treated myself to a Lindt advent calendar because I couldn't get the Reeces one

GIRLINAYELLOWDRESS I hope they sort the paperwork soon!! Bless DS he is so sweet thinking of his mum like that. Glad DS1 is doing well now

SPEKYSQUAREHEAD sorry I don't know about The White Company I'm sure one of our lovelies will know though

PEPPAPIG oh no that would have been the last thing you needed last year flu on top of everything you went through. I have never had one before, I am entitled to a free one but was going to pay £10 just to have it done there and then no appt needed (you know what I'm like) Glad you had a lovely weekend and your fish tank sounds exciting. I am intrigued by a family tree necklace I have never heard of them will have to google

SNORKYPANTS https://www.nigella.com/ask/cooking-boned-and-rolled-turkey-joints hope this helps

PUMPKIN thanks for that I didn't know poundland sold scratchcards??

CattyCatX

Hope I can join in here?
It's my first year hosting Christmas ever :eek: and I'm more than a little nervous. Also, I'm abroad and sadly no pound shops etc here. I also have no xmas decorations and currently no budget to buy them so am trying to hand-make as many as possible and also hand-make a lot of presents from things I already have lying around the house... without it all looking rubbish! I've already made a couple of snowflake decorations out of old toilet rolls: just need to paint them and add glitter! :rotfl:
Presents-wise, I'm making some seashell candles (free shells from beach, not endangered species or anything!), tea cup candles and lipbalm - all from 'ingredients' I already have. As well as some handpainted bookmarks and travel card holders. Fancy trying to make some folded book art too. Do you think that sounds ok? Or would they be really rubbish presents to receive?

Gettingtherequickly

Had a really busy weekend, was glad to get back to work today for a rest, except I didn't realise that I had not set the alarm. Got a txt message which woke me, thank goodness and no traffic as half term!

Not done much Christmassy, but did buy a stag in Sainsburys. Cost £18, but my word, he looks magnificent, about 12"-15" from hoof to top of antler. Think he will join the elephants beside the fireplace on a permanent basis

Gettingtherequickly

CattyCatX wrote: »

Presents-wise, I'm making some seashell candles (free shells from beach, not endangered species or anything!), tea cup candles and lipbalm - all from 'ingredients' I already have. As well as some handpainted bookmarks and travel card holders. Fancy trying to make some folded book art too. Do you think that sounds ok? Or would they be really rubbish presents to receive?

Personal touch is always appreciated.

StokieBecks

Free I have tried to send it again so hopefully it works now

Got the Lindt chocolates for our advent calendar. Actually looked at their advent calendars which were 12 pound each and we bought loose pick and mix chocolates to fill ours with and also two boxes and it still cost us less 2 advent calendars would have cost us (and got two free chocolate Santa's too as we spent over £20)

Also have bought other half a coat he saw. He has been after one but I won't buy without him as know he wanted it to be a certain length so glad he has seen one that suits

Other than that I was unimpressed and didn't get ant other presents

patentgirl

Cattycat good luck on ,your first hosting Christmas your presents sound fab
free I brought two in poundland today happy to send you one also picked up the salted caramel matchmakers will give the verdict everyone on them when open trying to wait till Xmas but don't think that will happen!
Vulpix DS was very lucky as you say only metal at end of day
Pumpkin just to warn you in case you didn't know the poundland scratch cards can only be collected in there they are not part of the national lottery ones only know as brought them last year my DS won because I muddled them with normal ones he couldn't understand why they wouldn't pay out at our corner shop ! Check prizes are as good I didn't last year.

Got couple more bits but annoying no wrapping paper not many shops got much choice at moment brought some orange Lindt balls in Sainsbugs tonight on offer picked up Harry Potter colouring book for DGS1 he is totally mad on everything HP this year still not as organised as everyone else on here yet need to catch up.

pumpkin1964

Thanks patentgirl, good to know!

nic2075

StokieBecks wrote: »

Free I sent you a PM did you see it?

Nic I am off this week so post will be sorted at some point

Not very MSE but going to the Lindt shop tomorrow as we want chocolates to fill our advent calendar

Three presents arrived today and my storage space is looking abit full now - not much more to get thankfully as like to be done by end of November at latest, December rarely allows for much free time

We have sorted out old baubles out tonight ready for other half to take into the school he works in for the Christmas Fayre. They are still in good condition and will do someone just with changing colour scheme we have no space to keep two lots.

Thank you for doing that for us.

Stokiebecks has found some sachets and has offered to send them to me. Looking forward to having my first gingerbread latte of the season. And just want to say what a bunch lovely ladies you are all. To Becks for getting some and offering to send some, but also to everyone who has been looking.
You don't need to look for me anymore as I will now have some. Can't wait. Plan to watch a xmas movie with a cup this weekend :j