* Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas * - It's the 2019 Christmas Chatter Thread

dropsofjupiter

Beshki wrote: »

Denstone Farm Shop

Thank you, only an hour away! So very tempting to visit...

mandco

welcome stirchleygirl

GTQ def some hot choc/snowman soup maybe a nice mug/travel mug to put it in? fluffy socks

freespirit really good to hear your starting to feel better. I find it hard with the fibro as you never really know if its that that is causing your issues or if it is something else.

CazD2008 I know hosting xmas dinner can be daunting but its really just a fancy roast. I would suggest starting with making a list of who is coming and what if any food restrictions they have then narrowing down what food you want to provide for starters /main /dessert. Quite a few places do food to order which while often more expensive than doing from scratch but takes a lot of the pressure off and saves a lot of time too.

Peppa I've got a kind of brexit(emergency) box on the go basically just stocking up on things I know we use anyway and thing we would maybe struggle without if I couldn't get them for a while for any reason be that brexit issues, health problems or bad weather. I just pick up a few bits each time I go shopping and its really just an extension of the xmas box I run which usually covers the basics over xmas/newyear so I have more cash to spend on the extras.
We all had flu at the beginning of the year and I was so ill there was no way I would have coped without the backups - toilet roll diarrhoea meds,rehydration meds, painkillers and antibac wipes are a must.

Manged to get the candy cane gin in aldi
forgot to say they also had bags of brandy infused mixed fruits £3.25 so picked up some for my xmas bakes

Saw some festive dinner pringles in a discount type store they had cocktail sauce & prosecco with pink peppercorn flavours

Clumsy42

JJ - was it you that wanted sloth ideas? FatFace has some cute sloth gifts in their Christmas section.



Welcome stirchleygirl! :wave:

aimeemum

Peppapig wrote: »

AIMEEMUM that’s inspired, I think that might be my plan this year too.

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I did it myself a couple of years ago. With 3 small children I didn;t want to miss the fun, but equally I wanted a 'proper' dinner as previous years we've done other things like having it on Boxing Day or just having turkey dinosaurs! :rotfl:

This year we're having friends over the dinner on Christmas Eve, so we'll do the full spread then (haven't decided what the actual meal will consist of, just know it's going to be a full works job lol) and make sure there's plenty and then it'll be leftover 'manwiches' with chunky chips for dinner on the big day!

Beshki

It would be worth it. There’s a lovely cafe and a nice walk there too if that’s your kind of thing x

princesskitty29

My mind hasn’t really been on Christmas the past couple of weeks as we’ve had work done in our house which was quite disruptive as I had to be out with Squeak every day because it was all downstairs in our living areas, then we had BiL’s wedding yesterday. It was a really lovely wedding but boy weddings are hard with a 5 year old and 2 year old! That said I did order a few bits with my online food shop; a can of pink G&T for my best friend, some pigs in blankets flavoured crisps for my BiL and a large bag of sharing Maltesers for the film hamper I’m doing for my best friend and her two boys.

heebie my local Tesco has Fruit Pastilles tubes if that is any good?

Hi and welcome stirchleygirl! :wave: Sorry to hear you’re not doing too well at the moment. It sounds like you’re doing well with your presents though! I have a spreadsheet too as it’s so helpful keeping track of everything.

GTQ how about some hand warmers?

freespirit I’m so glad to hear you are feeling better, long may it continue!

Caz I agree with others, buy nice ready made food or make your own in advance. I always cook and freeze my stuffing, bread sauce and Yorkshire puddings in advance and cook my turkey the day before. I believe people make roasties in advance although I have not yet done this. I prep veg the day before, I always use fresh veg but to be honest I’m wondering why I do as I don’t do anything fancy with it so may as well use frozen!

Beshki

I have two mobile phones to buy as presents. Both have a bit of money off them at the moment and so I would like to buy them and put them away, but do you think it’s better waiting until closer to the time? I’m thinking of perhaps if something is faulty with them upon first using etc, warranty’s?

SpekySquarehead

Beshki wrote: »

I have two mobile phones to buy as presents. Both have a bit of money off them at the moment and so I would like to buy them and put them away, but do you think it’s better waiting until closer to the time? I’m thinking of perhaps if something is faulty with them upon first using etc, warranty’s?

With things like that, I recon you'll get a bargain at Black Friday.

freespirit66

Evening everyone, hope everyone is well. I’ve bought some Christmas sweets and biscuits while they are on offer, saving some money. I’ve ordered a pair of Christmas pjs for DS, I think they are hilarious, they really tickled me, I hope he thinks they’re funny DD2 wants us to go to theirs for Christmas dinner, which I’m totally down for Thumper can play with his presents then.

PEPPAPIG thankyou, a brexit box is really what MANDCO said, a few extra bits that we use, that we wouldn’t want to be without. Just in case, I laughed at DD1 in the beginning but the amount of anger in this country, we just don’t know what will happen. I’m already having some trouble getting my hrt

MANDCO no that’s exactly how I feel, I never know if it’s the fibro, colitis or diabetes! Some of the symptoms are the same!

PRINCESSKITTY thankyou my lovely

NIC how are you feeling?

SpekySquarehead

freespirit66 wrote: »

I’ve ordered a pair of Christmas pjs for DS, I think they are hilarious, they really tickled me, I hope he thinks they’re funny

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