Holiday Christmas 2012

[Overdriven]

Thanks Lamp

So.. There's a shop open in my town selling Xmas decorations already, quite scary. Anyone doing anything special / being extra scornful?

 

[Raven]

Going to the inlaws this year.

 

[Scouse]

It's fucking OCTOBER.

It's bad enough we've got xmas shit in the shops. We don't need it here. We've got the american AIDS-filled gayness that Halloween has become and the proper blow-up-your-parliament festival on the 5th of November.

I, for one, will be banging the anti-commercial-shitness drum until you start opening your advent calendars. Until then, shame on you for perpetuating massive wankness.

, and again

 

[Olgaline]

We has the Christmas beer in stock already,

- Food for thought:
With shops it's veeery easy. If no one buys it, they wont sell it! simple as that, dont like it? dont buy it!
The beer is easily the best selling beer atm, and christmas is miles off, I hate it - but mula is, how you say ?... Mula'!

 

[rynnor]

Lol - I love christmas - whats not to like about free days off, lots of really fattening food and getting hammered at various christmas parties, bonus time, pay raise etc.

If only every month could be christmas

 

[Raven]

Christmas beer is always horrible.

 

[ileks]

My favorite time of the year by far. Family, great food (pigs in blankets!), drinks and the smell of a real Christmas tree. Lovely.

 

[Olgaline]

Also Christmas = Work!

 

[sayward]

I've cancelled it!

 

[mr.Blacky]

what is Christmas beer?

 

[Raven]

Normal beer with "festive spices" in it and a reindeer on the bottle.

 

[Lamp]

what is Christmas beer?

Not sure. Maybe its the stuff you get offered by relatives who don't usually buy anything and have no idea what to get, how much, or how to store it

"We've got lots of things to eat and drink, so help yourselves! Oh, Family Fortunes is on everyone!!"

*Lamp looks at the table*

A half bottle of Advocaat (still dusty), three cans of room-temperature Carling Black Label, 2 bottles of Babycham, supermarket brand diet Cola, a bottle of ribena, and three miniatures of Malibu.

 

[old.user4556]

Lol - I love christmas - whats not to like about free days off, lots of really fattening food and getting hammered at various christmas parties, bonus time, pay raise etc.

If only every month could be christmas

I love Christmas as well, but as Scouse says it's bloody October.

 

[Lamp]

Its practically the end of October. November's full of Meh anyway (Remembrance Sunday aside ofc). 60 days

 

[old.Tohtori]

2 days. that's what it gets. At tops 3 if feeling particularly festive. This? *waves finger at thread* New low.

 

[DaGaffer]

Actually looking forward to it for a change. This year is the first one where my eldest is old enough to understand what's going on (She was running around the house practising "trick or treat" when I left this morning), and its my youngest's first birthday a few days before. Its a bit of a cliche but Christmas without kids in the house is a bit of a waste of time tbh.

 

[Aoami]

www.carlsberg.com/brands/Pages/Tuborgjulebryg.aspx

J-day next friday

 

[old.Tohtori]

Actually looking forward to it for a change. This year is the first one where my eldest is old enough to understand what's going on (She was running around the house practising "trick or treat" when I left this morning), and its my youngest's first birthday a few days before. Its a bit of a cliche but Christmas without kids in the house is a bit of a waste of time tbh.

We had our first santamas without any kids around a few years back, it was excellent. Not that there's anything wrong with kids(especially with a nice hollandaise sauce), but the peace and quiet of santamas really doesn't work with them around.

 

[Ormorof]

Tuborg Julebryg is delightful - but yeah theres been christmas ads on TV for couple of weeks now, went to Ikea at start of October and they are in full xmas mode

looking forward to it as i dont get to see the family all together more than once per year these days

 

[Lamp]

Vincent Franklin's blog
"Don't ever wish me a Happy Christmas"

 

[Nate]

Best xmas pudding evar!!! Heston's from waitrose

 

[Nate]

Going to the inlaws this year.

Chop your legs off, good enough excuse?

 

[rynnor]

Waitrose do a fantastic mince pie filling - I like to bake mine Christmas Eve for that traditional christmas smell - mmm...

 

[Lamp]

I like to bake mine Christmas Eve for that traditional christmas smell - mmm...

Thats what my large colon will be doing with all the pigs-in-blankets. I've ordered the Mrs a Hazchem suit. She'll need it if she wants to use the bathroom Christmas morning...

 

[Raven]

Waitrose do a fantastic mince pie filling - I like to bake mine Christmas Eve for that traditional christmas smell - mmm...

Traditional. Bought. ololol

Make your own. easy.

 

[Lamp]

 

[rynnor]

Traditional. Bought. ololol

Make your own. easy.

It needs to be done months ahead though to really mature flavourwise and preserves are a science of their own - everything needs to be boiled and all the seals good or else moulds takeover. Sod that frankly.

 

[TdC]

Best xmas pudding evar!!! Heston's from waitrose

I'd like a real chrimbo pudding. Who's willing to send me one or point me in the direction of someone who will?
Actually I'm kind of up for the challenge of making one myself, though I'll have to bake it and not steam.

 

[Nate]

I could put one on the ferry to the Hook of Holland for you teedles, it'd have it's own cabin and everything. £39 http://www.stenaline.co.uk/ferry/routes/harwich-holland/special-offers-to-holland/

 

[TdC]

cheers for that but some thieving Dutch customs cvnt would prolly make off with it :-/