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

mandco

peppa wow it sounds like you have had productive day

today has been hectic kitten had her jabs 1st things -I totally forgot so thankfully they text to remind me last night. Then had to take ds to the opticians as he broke his glasses at school :mad: by time we'd done that the shops were heaving managed to pick up a few bits I needed but I totally forgot to pick up my M&S order :doh:
Got my 1st day on my new job tomorrow :eek: going to be a long day and taz is not happy that I won't be home

hot choc & and early night I think
tc all

VintageHistorian

Right, planning my schedule for the next few days to get as much as possible before shops get mental and last posting dates pass!

Sunday;
- Write Christmas cards for friends in USA and Japan.
- Wrap gifts for friend in Netherlands.
- Go through Christmas box and dig out everything bought so far.

Monday;
- Post the stuff from Monday.
- Finish Dad's gifts.
- Pick up order from Hotel Chocolat

Tuesday;
- Buy Mum's birthday gift and card and finish her Christmas buying.
- Look for gifts for my old housemate's little girls.

Wednesday;
- Finish buying for DH.
- Finish reverse advent calendar for the food bank.

I can then hopefully start wrapping up on Thursday! Sisters are almost done, brother is just chocolate so can wait another week.

Must remember to buy more sellotape too!!

StokieBecks

Sounds like you are very organised vintage!

Day off for me tomorrow. My to do list involves finishing one last crafting piece, wrapping a few last bits and printing off a photo I keep forgetting to do.

Only have tomorrow, Saturday, 11th, 13th and 18th off now before Christmas! :eek::eek:

Hope everyone is ok and had a good weekend. Any more trees up?

Coxy11

Christmas Fayre at church today and I was the main organiser, which meant going down yesterday to set up and then running around like a loon today making sure all went smoothly. Last year this event raised just over £1k but we are at £277 currently with four tables still to give in their takings. I am beyond disappointed
Outside lights went up yesterday but due to the Fayre and then coming home and clearing the ironing pile whilst DH cooked, we still haven't got our tree up. Tomorrow night I will get the decks down from the loft and we will sort out the tree. Not all bad today though as I watched the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special and laughed out loud a lot.
Must order some bits on line this week and I'm off Thursday and Friday so will shop for stocking gifts and something for my two nieces who we rarely see as they live abroad with their mum. Will probably go with clothes as anything else will probably get binned.
Coxy

StokieBecks

Aww Coxy don't be too downhearted. At least there is some money made - it all helps and maybe the remaining four stalls will help boost even more for you

Peppapig

Wow 23 hours and nobody has posted :eek: Hope everyone's ok and feeling festive.

StokieBecks

I'm here Peppa.

Day off was ok. Done a few things I needed to but time seemed to go too fast. Just four days off now before Christmas - feels like too much to do in so little time :rotfl:

Peppapig

You'll get there STOKIE although I'm feeling the pressure and I haven't got work to fit around. It's about this time that I start to want everything to slow down so we can enjoy the anticipation. I think in my ideal world it wouldn't be Christmas every day, it would be Christmas Eve so I'd always have that sense of anticipation.

nic2075

Hope everyone else is feeling better than I am?
It has been a sick house since Friday. I felt not right all last week, but on Friday and Sat I went down hill. Hot/cold, shivery, achey etc. Then from midnight on Sunday through to 7am yesterday all 3 kids were sick every hour. Yesterday we were just laying about in heaps, unable to do anything. My stomach still doesn't feel right. Another day off work and school for us all. The kids will probably be feeling fine once they are up, but need to keep them off for the 48 hrs. And to make sure they are all fine. It's a busy week for Carol concerts and at my work we have the christmas lunch to serve, which is mental with 350 all coming through for lunch in a 40 minute gap.

jakes-mum

Aww get better soon Nic and family, there is so many nasty bugs going round right now

5th December and our tree still has not made an appearance, nor has the livingroom tidy up even been attempted to make room for it my mojo seems to have just upped and left! All presents are bought even if I have wrapped none Taking the uncle shopping tomorrow as he needs 'one of those car key coats' :rotfl: we gave up trying to explain it was Khaki and that's a colour not a style :rotfl: bless him, at 81, we have some very interesting conversations with him

Off to tesco today as the kids seems to have made 4 pints of milk just vanish :eek: might pick up a few more christmas food items while im there, get me in the christmas spirit again.