I agree that the C word shouldn't be mentioned until at least December. However, it is necessary to get the home brew on in mid-November...

I really hate to say this (yeah, right  ), but apart from SWMBO all pressie purchases have been made ...

Hers will likely take until Christmas Eve, of course 

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Quote from: Graham Walters on November 22, 2015, 09:37:48 PMAll I want for Christmas....

All I want is for nobody to mention the C word until at least the 1st of December...
   

CHRISTMAS !!!  

Quote from: Oldman on November 22, 2015, 10:18:11 PM
- personally I only think it should be celebrated for the benefit of under 14 years old as they are probably the only ones who really appreciate it.

Clare and I absolutely LOVE Christmas, in fact it's our favourite time of the year, so saying it's only under 14s that appreciate it is clearly not right

We start looking forward to it as soon as Bonfire Night is over, the tree will be up first week of December and the house will look like Santa's Grotto inside

I suppose you could argue that we're both 40-something going on 10?


Paul

Ah, sounds like Christmas at my future in-laws 

4 years ago I helped farther in law to be build a wooden frame which runs around the whole front room and allows MANY lights to be hung without damaging walls etc. The tree is mother in law to be territory (all are banned from helping for the DAYs it takes) and how the branches have not failed under the weight of glittery-balls (oh-er) is beyond me.

And now its creeping into ours. Big tree and silly amount of decs bought last year. At least Mrs Skyline to be is now obeying her own rules and not buying anymore due to upcoming celebrations.....

Alas it means I have no grounds to request anymore 1:148 presents for Skyline though 

Peace and good will to all 

Skyline2uk

For several years I've received money rather than presents, at least I can decide what I want to spend it on ...

More importantly, I hope I'll stay well over the festive season.

I'm afraid all I want for Christmas is







for it to be over

by the beginning of December I am thoroughly fed up with all the adverts, commercialism etc.

mind you, as soon as it is 27th December it's all about Easter 

hope you all get what you are hoping for, but I do miss being able to volunteer for Christmas shifts 

To be accurate , 27th December is the start of the Holiday advertising season!

The Easter eggs don't start till much later.

Most of the supermarkets around here get their first main delivery of Easter eggs during the week between Crimbo and the new year I am afraid!
Best wishes
Simon

At one time I worked in a cash and carry and our small cream eggs came in two week before christmas

Here in Aus, we have a chain of stores called Harvey Norman. Basically they're those massive warehouse-sized joints that sell everything from carpets, sinks, furniture and the like to cameras, phones and computers.

Anyway, when I went to the letter box this morning there was a whole heap of junk mail lying beside it, amongst which was a Harvey Norman Christmas flyer. This 3D printer caught my eye:
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The prices seem to be coming down gradually.... no idea how good it would be, mind.
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It would seem, looking at the same page, that video drones are going to be hot "toys" this Christmas. I see them as an invasion of privacy, I'm afraid.... having had one hovering a few feet above my head at a local tourist spot a few months ago.

I'll stick to trains, thank you, although this year I'm eyeing up a new watch. 

Here in Japan, "Christmas" begins right after "Hallowe'en" and continues until "Christmas Eve" (which for some reason is more like Valentine's Day, i.e. date night for couples), but on the 25th all the Christmas stuff vanishes to be replaced by Japanese New Year decorations. Which are followed by Valentine's Day advertising (which is all about girls giving chocolate to boys), "White Day" on March 14th (the reverse of "Valentine's Day"), then heaven help us in the last couple of years the chocolate manufacturers have latched on to this whole "Easter" thing, thought the apparently randomly shifting dates make it somewhat tricky to market the ovulating rabbits.

All I want for Christmas is other people to like it , and not to be too materialistic.
Im more of a Yule type - Seeing the end of the darker short days is a good thing

I'm getting a trip back to Blighty to see my grandson and new granddaughter.

John P

Quote from: Agrippa on November 23, 2015, 09:42:07 AM
A dozen bottles of Old Speckled Hen would be fine and dandy .

Good plan!

We have our 2 'starter packs' stashed away in the secure storage area, i.e. understairs cupboard.

Dave G

I may be a little harsh, but I just want anyone who is seen in those irritating, puke making TV adverts, to be festively packed into little tackily wrapped boxes and then have them packed off to a massive equivalent of the back of a wardrobe to be left until you can be bothered to throw them into the wrong recycling bin. 

Anyone who is wearing those stupid Santa hats in November should have them, stapled to their heads, and then be challenged to be all "festive" of they get a kick in their Christmas puddings. 

But really I just want more TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS 

Quote from: paulprice on November 24, 2015, 07:52:44 AM
I may be a little harsh, but I just want anyone who is seen in those irritating, puke making TV adverts, to be festively packed into little tackily wrapped boxes and then have them packed off to a massive equivalent of the back of a wardrobe to be left until you can be bothered to throw them into the wrong recycling bin. 

Anyone who is wearing those stupid Santa hats in November should have them, stapled to their heads, and then be challenged to be all "festive" of they get a kick in their Christmas puddings. 

But really I just want more TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS 

Here's some nice penguins to help you calm down:


http://youtu.be/cA8tEKs8v0U