OS Christmas 2015 thread!!!!
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Right, I realise we're still reeling from Christmas 2014... and it's only March.... BUT!!!!!! I think it's a nice positive thing to have on the board. So if the Christmas early preppers want to post about Christmas, then they have a place to post.:j
If this is too early for you (which it will be for most), then that's not a problem... just ignore until the time comes and you're ready for some festive planning. !!!:rotfl:
I do need to maybe spend some time checking links etc but if anyone finds a broken link, or something we need to add, then just PM me.:A
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 2015 thread
I'll make this a kind of Christmas mega index if that makes sense!
PREVIOUS YEARS - worth a read if you have time FULL OF IDEAS!!!
Christmas 2014 mega thread
Christmas 2013 mega thread
Christmas 2012 mega thread
Christmas 2011 mega thread
Christmas 2010 mega thread
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
Our very own Homemade Christmas thread and I've been told this thread - Santa's Challenge 2015 Chat etc, really long title - is worth a visit.
2015 Christmas chat thread
Don't forget to visit the Christmas board
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
The complete Christmas dinner compendium: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?
Vegetarian Christmas thread 2015
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
:xmassmile
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?
:xmassmile
Help with cooking a goose please
Reuse goose fat?
:xmassmile
Duck for christmas dinner help
Cooking a whole duck
What to do with duck stock?
Leftover duck
Duck breasts
Duck eggs
:xmassmile
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?
:xmassmile
Partridge
Pheasant recipes/suggestions
:xmassmile
Best way to cook a joint of beef
Beef Silverside
Beef silverside in slow cooker
Joints of beef in the slow cooker
Shin beef
Beef stew
Beef wellington
Corned beef hash
Making carvery beef at home
Leftover beef
:xmassmile
Pigs in blankets
Christmas dinner, the leftovers thread
Christmas Leftovers 2015
Desert/sweet related
Dairy free goodies for Christmas
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
Zip
[tipsignupbox][/tipsignupbox]
Thanks to zippychick for creating this incredible thread devoted to how to thriftily spend time, rather than cash, on your festivities. If you're coming from the weekly email, scroll down this top post for the Complete Christmas Dinner Compendium.
Back to the original post...
Right, I realise we're still reeling from Christmas 2014... and it's only March.... BUT!!!!!! I think it's a nice positive thing to have on the board. So if the Christmas early preppers want to post about Christmas, then they have a place to post.:j
If this is too early for you (which it will be for most), then that's not a problem... just ignore until the time comes and you're ready for some festive planning. !!!:rotfl:
I do need to maybe spend some time checking links etc but if anyone finds a broken link, or something we need to add, then just PM me.:A
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 2015 thread
I'll make this a kind of Christmas mega index if that makes sense!
PREVIOUS YEARS - worth a read if you have time FULL OF IDEAS!!!
Christmas 2014 mega thread
Christmas 2013 mega thread
Christmas 2012 mega thread
Christmas 2011 mega thread
Christmas 2010 mega thread
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
Our very own Homemade Christmas thread and I've been told this thread - Santa's Challenge 2015 Chat etc, really long title - is worth a visit.
2015 Christmas chat thread
Don't forget to visit the Christmas board
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
The complete Christmas dinner compendium: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?
Vegetarian Christmas thread 2015
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
:xmassmile
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?
:xmassmile
Help with cooking a goose please
Reuse goose fat?
:xmassmile
Duck for christmas dinner help
Cooking a whole duck
What to do with duck stock?
Leftover duck
Duck breasts
Duck eggs
:xmassmile
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?
:xmassmile
Partridge
Pheasant recipes/suggestions
:xmassmile
Best way to cook a joint of beef
Beef Silverside
Beef silverside in slow cooker
Joints of beef in the slow cooker
Shin beef
Beef stew
Beef wellington
Corned beef hash
Making carvery beef at home
Leftover beef
:xmassmile
Pigs in blankets
Christmas dinner, the leftovers thread
Christmas Leftovers 2015
Desert/sweet related
Dairy free goodies for Christmas
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
Zip
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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men :cool:
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I went to the paperchase sale and bought loads of bits. Cards, gift tags, stampers, and some beautiful sparkly butterflies for my tree. Oh, ive promised the other half we can have a Star wars themed tree this year, but let's hope he forgets ha ha ha
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men :cool:
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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men :cool:
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That looks very good zippychick you could just put his decorations on the dark side !!!!!!!!!!!!£180.00 in 'sistercas'fund
Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.
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Looking at that list I think we need to start now!!!0
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Love it! We've had to adapt to a different christmas since we had our first little grandson Ezra and last christmas was his first so his mum and dad visited us before christmas and stayed in their own home for the actual christmas day. Odd having only the elder girlie and us but nice too as we changed some of the traditions and had slightly different food and did things slightly differently and despite some nostalgia managed to enjoy it immensley. We did skype on christmas day, which was lovely so thank heavens for modern technology in a changing world!0
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I have most of my adult presents bought. Child presents will be bought nearer to time, depending on what said children are into. Cards, wrapping paper and crackers also bought. I keep a spreadsheet to keep me right but I sometimes forget to check it!
Not sure where we will spend Christmas as family scattered. Maybe abroad this year with son and family, or more locally with daughter. I did Christmas 2014 so most likely I won't do 2015.0 -
I thought GG already but then I thought well I have already knitted a scarf for DB as I had 300gm of self patterning Aran yarn left and it was in his sort of colours.
Waiting for circumference of DDs head have another 300gms self patterning Aran yarn. Visiting DD in July so she may get as birthday present.
Still got enough cards, wrapping paper and crackers accumulated from previous years.
I have always had a few cards left over every year kept putting them in an old card box. I decided to count them about 2 years ago won't need any for years.
I even have my stamps this year thanks to Royal Mail Surveys.0 -
I'm slowly getting sorted for Xmas 2015
Have
cards
wrapping paper
gift tags
ribbon
stamps (another Royal Mail survey)
Presents - 30 finished, 6 work progress
Family - get nearer the time.
all presents were brought in the sales, esp Boots 75% - save a fortune. xxxx rip dad... we had our ups and downs but we’re always be family xx0 -
I have quite a stash of Xmas presents already in the back wardrobe (and quite a few birthday presents too) courtesy of the after Xmas sales. Boots was nowhere near as good this time but I still managed to get quite a lot of stuff when down to 70& off. Both instore and on-line.
I can't get the 3 DGDs presents till nearer the time though as you never know what the latest craze is going to be!
I have had a prune of my Xmas card hoard and sent a lot of packs to the Charity shop. They got carried forward year after year and never sent to anybody - only bought them 'cos they were well reduced I think!
A bit early to be thinking of food though I did get a few jars of mincemeat and chutney in Sainsbo reduced to 10p, good dates on them."If you dream alone it will remain just a dream. But if we all dream together it will become reality"0 -
I was lucky enough to get to Wilkos and grab some chrimbo bargains in the January sales and added to my stash of tree decorations (to gift), wrap, crackers, cards, gift tags, sticky tape etc.
I'm planning to make a few HM gifts - I've taken up crochet so will be gifting decorations, scarves, blankets etc that I make over the year. My gift list has greatly reduced but I think this year I need to treat the hubster to an all signing and dancing ipod! we bought one apiece about 7-8 years ago and his died and he's now using mine but I'm sure that will not last forever.
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