The Christmas thread.

Binomate

Bet I pissed off a few people with the thread title because I was posting a christmas thread too early! Ha ha at you.

Anyway, at what stage is too early for you for all the christmas stuff?

tallus

I have a mate who does most of his christmas shopping in July.

I'm happy to say that I've got my girlfriend's christmas present already.

letterman

at least let those of us with kids get Halloween out of the way first

Ruu_Old

The day after Christmas is the best time to do your shopping, sale, sale, sale!

I will be starting mine shortly to get it done with. *opens eBay*

stereo_steve

Earliest is best!!!

I was in Woodies in Sandyford the other day and they have all their christmas stuff up. I was tempted to buy something!


I don't mind! I love Christmas!!!!!

greenkittie

Nooooooo, not now! I like that stuff maybe a couple of weeks before the actual day, i will plan money in advance but right now is too early!

bringitdown

Bah, Humbug.

Tar.Aldarion

Myth wrote:

I'm happy to say that I've got my girlfriend's christmas present already.

Screw you.



This Christmas is impossible. I can't think if anything for her.

Splinter

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Screw you.



This Christmas is impossible. I can't think if anything for her.

a blow up avril?

sonic juice

we might all be dead by the pink killer robots by then so wait until a few days before and you might save a few kopecks.

JungleBunny

Gonna do my shopping over the weekend methinks. Just not sure what to get everyone?!?!
The bf and myself decided not to get eachother much and instead get a nice big TV and a laptop after Christmas. Spend the money on something that we both need and want.

Beruthiel

tallus wrote:

I have a mate who does most of his christmas shopping in July.

I did nearly all of mine on Play.com yesterday.
I'm so happy to have that off my back \o/

Tar.Aldarion

splinter wrote:

a blow up avril?

Suggest that to her, kk thx.

projectmayhem

me and a guy from work are now calling it q4... it's no longer "christmas"

'tis the season to do your taxes, falalalalashalalalaaaaaaaaa

gucci

christmas eve at about 3 oclock into town, 5 hot whiskeys later then it will be time to go hunt for bargins!!

Kolodny

gucci wrote:

christmas eve at about 3 oclock into town, 5 hot whiskeys later then it will be time to go hunt for bargins!!

That would be my usual style, only possibly with more whiskeys.

This year I got ahead of myself for once and bought stuff for family on my travels in the summer, knowing I wouldn't be seeing anyone until Christmas (so they're not going to be holiday gifts, they will just have to be Christmas gifts).

Piste

As soon as I saw this thread title my blood pressure soared

I hate all the Christmas stuff coming in to the shops in October when it's not even winter yet! I really don't like how Christmas lasts for A qUARTER OF THE YEAR (October- January) It makes it so much less special.

That said, I do like the presents I'm going to Poland on Friday for a few days so I'll be doing some of my Christmas shopping there

kevmy

I love Christmas but there is a natural barrier there of Hallo'ween. After that away we go!

Haven't done shopping yet but then only got paid for the first time in new position on Monday so point before then really.

biko

Ha, I have already listened to Christmas music, love that stuff.
I usually wait until there's about 4 weeks to go.

trilo

Hmmm crazy christmas coming into peoples minds and holloween aint even over but i do confess i have been thinking of gifts for people and me too:D

Spent some time looking through Lush Magazine for my girly friends and sisters the other night.

brown*eyed*girl

I love Christmas, my favourite time of year. I do think it starts a bit too early but its handy when you've got a lot of presents to get. I've gotten my list wrote out, items ticked off, deposits on my son's toys & some money saved. I picked up lots of stocking fillers in Tesco the other day plus got some lovely Disney wrapping paper in Aldi. My daughter is getting a laptop plus some Playboy Bunny stuff which is very expensive but thats what 13yr olds her mad into at the moment. The laptop is for the house but ultimately hers. Obviously getting broadband in for her too as she's obsessed by Bebo. My son is mad into Cars & Thomas the Tank Engine. I go overboard with the kids at this time of year but its worth it. Gonna get them an outfit each this weekend if I can. I really can't wait this year as my 4yr old son is reeeeaaallly excited now & seeing him on Christmas morning will be great, best part of the whole day

Also Boots 3 for 2 offers are brilliant.

connundrum

I can't wait for the 2 or 3 threads a day...

'Best present to get my GF/BF/Mam/Dad/Dog/Mistress/Binman etc'.

As it happens, I wanna do up a hamper type thingy for my lil brother, he lives in Cape Town, is 10 years old and I haven't seen him in 7 months. What do 10 year old kids like?? Remember that it has to be postable

I think I might start getting some stuff in the next few weeks, I've just made my first few purchases on ebay and I'm delighted!

Dun laoire

Myth wrote:

I'm happy to say that I've got my girlfriend's christmas present already.

Vouchers are so handy aren't they.:rolleyes:

godtabh

Beruthiel wrote:

I did nearly all of mine on Play.com yesterday.

So what did you get me?

I'll do mine the first week of december and I'll do it all in one day be it online or in a shop.

Dont go mad for Christmas these days but my birthday is just after it so I look forward to that.

Agamemnon

biko wrote:

Ha, I have already listened to Christmas music, love that stuff.

Has anyone heard "Fairytale Of New York" yet this year? I'll start:

<drunkenly sentimental>
It was christmas eve babe,
In the drunk tank,
An old man said to me, wont see another one...
<drunkenly sentimental/>

ferdi

****in hate christmas presents, always end up giving and receiving utter bollox that nobody really wants - whats the point in that. just means loads of stress battling the drones in town - "buy buy buy, spend spend spend, accumulate more and more 'things' in order to fill bottomless pit which is my life" - its what jesus would have wanted!

i understand doing it for the kids, but why inflict this on the general population? isnt life stressful enough for yiz?

Beruthiel

Beruthiel wrote:

I did nearly all of mine on Play.com yesterday.
I'm so happy to have that off my back \o/

thanks a million for this link

J.R.HARTLEY

it starts too early, all the stuff you see out before christmas is the stuff that matters least at christmas, i think there should be a ban on selling christmas toys and decorations til mid november. i love christmas but i get disheartened when i see how it angers people by being too commercial. shops trying to sell you christmas stock from 1st October etc.
the old miracle on 34th street was right, the shops are all "make a buck! make a buck, never mind what christmas really stands for" and it takes away from the season as people are quite rightly tired of it before it even happens, i say we plan a revolution and we hang anyone who breaks our new mid november moratorium on christmas shops

Mossy Monk

anytime before December 21st is too early

stovelid

Funny how no matter how sick of it I was last year; I love the first time I hear that (or "and soooo this is Christmas....")

agamemnon wrote:

Has anyone heard "Fairytale Of New York" yet this year? I'll start:

<drunkenly sentimental>
It was christmas eve babe,
In the drunk tank,
An old man said to me, wont see another one...
<drunkenly sentimental/>

angeldelight

I cannot wait til Christmas!! As you may be able to tell from my sig

No presents bought yet but I've pretty much decided what I'm getting everyone, and my parents are in NY at the minute so sent a list with them so they could get part of my bf's present, can't really find it here.

2 months

Faith

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com will be my first stop shop! Although I may just end up buying stuff for myself...

Ruu_Old

^ and I thought I was finished shopping a few minutes ago.

Faith

Ruu wrote:

^ and I thought I was finished shopping a few minutes ago.

Oh no, you're never finished when it comes to that site!

Piste

This year I think I'll make the presents that I don't buy in Poland because really I sepdn too much money on presents that are meaningless and crap, whereas home made presents are so much better.

Mossy Monk

Piste wrote:

home made presents are so much better.

you sound like you have financial problems

Piste

I have no money

smallpaws

I love the music, but hate the spending. I'm also probably honest when I shouldn't be when I saw I hate buying my brothers, sister, inlaws and nieces and nephews presents, but I love getting presents. Free stuff from siblings with WAY, WAY more money than me. *ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh*

billy the squid

Usually between 4pm and 5:30pm on Christmas eve I tend to do my christmas shopping, I'm so organized.

Black Swan

Cause of overseas shipping Christmas jams, at least 2 weeks before.

OliviaM

I start doing the shopping 1st week of December.Otherwise, i consider myself late for all the Christmas stuff.;)

singingstranger

I never think about Christmas until after my birthday because that's at the end of November and I'm not long out of the teenage era when your birthday was the most important day of your year. That was always the family way when I was younger and I still think it works pretty well.

How does everyone KNOW it's Christmas season, btw? Is it the first time you see the An Post / Kellogg's / Coca-Cola / Guinness ad or whatever, or is it the first time you heary Fairytale Of New York, or what? Mine is the first time I hear Fairytale. Granted, being in Germany for a year I prob won't hear it until my flight home on the 22nd!

KTRIC

I f**king hate Christmas, Catholics that think everyone should celebrate Christmas and generally anything to do with that stupid commercial holiday.

scojones

Farmers shopping day... 'tis the perfect time for it loike.

carryboy

i'd normally get all Christmas Stuff 3 days before it. Other than that would be too early.;)

Faith

KTRIC wrote:

I f**king hate Christmas, Catholics that think everyone should celebrate Christmas and generally anything to do with that stupid commercial holiday.

I think you'll find that it's a Christian holiday, not just a Catholic one.

You have a lot of anger.

hshortt

Waiting on the 'Snow Watch' treads to begin, these make it much more like Christmas to me, with all the weather buffs talking about highs and lows etc, for me and mine Christmas begins on December 1st when the decorations go up and the outside Rudolph and Santa get turned on.

Cheers

KTRIC

Faith wrote:

I think you'll find that it's a Christian holiday, not just a Catholic one.

You have a lot of anger.

Christian / Catholic , you know what I meant.

Who are you F*ckin Yoda ??

Swallow some of that Christian smugness and look at yourself before you judge others, isn't that what you lot teach anyway.

Faith

KTRIC wrote:

Christian / Catholic , you know what I meant.

Who are you F*ckin Yoda ??

Swallow some of that Christian smugness and look at yourself before you judge others, its that what you lot teach anyway.

I have never once mentioned what religion I am. Catholic is completely different to Christian. It's like Irish is different to European.

Post reported for personal abuse, by the way.

I'd suggest you get some anger management classes if you get so riled up by such a small thing.

KTRIC

Faith wrote:

I have never once mentioned what religion I am. Catholic is completely different to Christian. It's like Irish is different to European.

Post reported for personal abuse, by the way.

I'd suggest you get some anger management classes if you get so riled up by such a small thing.

Sorry can you please point out at what point did I personally abuse you ??