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Win a €250 voucher for Carphone Warehouse to mark Tweet 'Em Home For Christmas!

  • 21-11-2011 3:23pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,585 ✭✭✭


    Hi everyone,

    Less than five weeks to Christmas, and this year, ESB Electric Ireland is marking it by embracing social media. :)

    Tweet 'Em Home For Christmas is a charity drive and a literal drive! Taking place over two days, 8th/9th December, three teams representing a charity each - the Irish Cancer Society, Concern Worldwide, and the ISPCC - will travel from Dublin to Galway, and back again, in an ESB ecar, a DeLorean and a New York yellow taxi-cab.

    However, this is not just a run-of-the-mill charity drive, this is a charity drive with a twist. You see, the cars and their drivers are relying on the public's support via Facebook and Twitter to complete the drive.

    Question: What about fuel/power? Answer: Tweets and Facebook likes. :)

    On each team will be some well-known names: among them, sports broadcaster Brent Pope, musician Mundy, comedians Joe Rooney and Andrew Stanley, magician Keith Barry, and television presenter Katie Van Buren.

    Each charity will be allocated €10,000 by ESB Electric Ireland, and the three teams will compete to raise an additional €20,000. People can show their support for their chosen charity by posting on Facebook, or tweeting, to help their charity win the lion's share of the prize money.

    The teams need other members too though, and ESB Electric Ireland is inviting people, via Facebook, to enter a competition for three winners to join the teams in this unique charity drive.



    To mark the launch of the event, we are running a competition here on Boards.ie, offering a voucher for €250, courtesy of Carphone Warehouse, which provides plenty of excellent smartphones for you to chose from, that will keep you up to speed with the Tweet 'Em Home For Christmas campaign.

    To enter, just post anything you like of a festive nature to this thread - for example, something that gives you that Christmassy feeling; doesn't have to be typical of today, it could be from way back when... :)

    The winner will be chosen at random, and the competition closes the morning of Monday 28th November. Best of luck!


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  • Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,504 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    I like to streak through midnight mass, Give the auld ones something for christmas....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭Buttynic


    Better take down the Halloween decorations and put up the Christmas tree !!!!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭cellboy


    very nice!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭hollee


    Sitting down to very carefully write in my best handwriting my letter to Santa always got me into the Christmassy feeling beacuse you knew you didnt have to wait long until his arrival.

    Of course things have progressed and now we have great craic following his progress online with the GPS tracker.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    merry fishmas!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,030 ✭✭✭angel01


    Seeing the Coca Cola and Budweiser ad's on TV, makes it seem that Christmas really is on the way... top that off with Driving home for Christmas by Chris Rea and it really is Christmas time!





  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭jonnysimples


    Love the whole process of putting up the tree; agonising over the best one to take, driving home with boot open and half the tree hanging out, dragging decorations out of the attic, untangling lights and then celebrating with hot chocolate and mince pies when it's all done :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    die-hard-poster.jpg


    It always gets me in the spirit!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 215 ✭✭crank_1975


    Sing; Penney's got a whole lot of things for Christmas, got a lot for the fam-i-ly, la la la la.....

    Also the Barry's tea ad with the train set....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38 JAKEYCAKEY


    On the first of december driving to and from work while every radio station plays Fairytale of Newyork at least once

    HOLIDAYS ARE COMIN HOLIDAYS ARE COMING GREAT STUFF


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭TOMP


    Not Willy Wonka again, whats on the other channel? Mary Poppins. Anyone for monopoly?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,515 ✭✭✭RosieJoe


    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQsvjKkKeXJ6_S9KnifPH_jrjRktejsJkqt_20vJjRjHVt1PLdxJWGiF0afNQ


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 Quatro24


    There will have to be a whole lot of Skype this Christmas with so many of my people away in Australia!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭coats


    Love seeing my little girls face on Christmas morning :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 470 ✭✭phester28


    I love the Irish Coffee on Christmas day.

    Happy Christmas to All

    Thats all folks:P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,535 ✭✭✭Raekwon


    I get the festive feeling when I'm walking down Grafton Street looking around at all those lovely Christmas lights powered by ESB Electric Ireland while wishing my loved ones a Merry Christmas on a smart phone courtesy of Carphone Warehouse

    :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 749 ✭✭✭Whitehawk


    Xmas! tree - lights - drink and food :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 532 ✭✭✭ki


    Christmas Theme!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭clintondaly


    Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and the Budget cuts


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6 rosswood14


    Christmas was always a very happy time in our house, As I am the eldest of a very large family - I got to enjoy watching the younger members of the family anxiously await the arrival of Santa - who always arrived on Christmas Eve just when the house and children were all clean and tidy. The turf fire was on, the Christmas Music playing in the background ,and then the sheer excitement when one of the family was sent out to see if there was any sign of Santa - to find a large box left outside the back door. Then it was shouts of joy. You could not hear yourself think for the rest of the night as one by one we opened our presents and were heard to say ' How did Santa know I wanted this'. - isn't he a great Man,
    Just writing this brings a tear to my eye. Life moves on but Thank God for the happy memories.
    Hi everyone,

    Less than five weeks to Christmas, and this year, ESB Electric Ireland is marking it by embracing social media. :)

    Tweet 'Em Home For Christmas is a charity drive and a literal drive! Taking place over two days, 8th/9th December, three teams representing a charity each - the Irish Cancer Society, Concern Worldwide, and the ISPCC - will travel from Dublin to Galway, and back again, in an ESB ecar, a DeLorean and a New York yellow taxi-cab.

    However, this is not just a run-of-the-mill charity drive, this is a charity drive with a twist. You see, the cars and their drivers are relying on the public's support via Facebook and Twitter to complete the drive.

    Question: What about fuel/power? Answer: Tweets and Facebook likes. :)

    On each team will be some well-known names: among them, sports broadcaster Brent Pope, musician Mundy, comedians Joe Rooney and Andrew Stanley, magician Keith Barry, and television presenter Katie Van Buren.

    Each charity will be allocated €10,000 by ESB Electric Ireland, and the three teams will compete to raise an additional €20,000. People can show their support for their chosen charity by posting on Facebook, or tweeting, to help their charity win the lion's share of the prize money.

    The teams need other members too though, and ESB Electric Ireland is inviting people, via Facebook, to enter a competition for three winners to join the teams in this unique charity drive.



    To mark the launch of the event, we are running a competition here on Boards.ie, offering a voucher for €250, courtesy of Carphone Warehouse, which provides plenty of excellent smartphones for you to chose from, that will keep you up to speed with the Tweet 'Em Home For Christmas campaign.

    To enter, just post anything you like of a festive nature to this thread - for example, something that gives you that Christmassy feeling; doesn't have to be typical of today, it could be from way back when... :)

    The winner will be chosen at random, and the competition closes at midnight, Sunday 27th November. Best of luck!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭Dublinstiofán


    Gotta be the Christmas lights getting turned on in town! You know your getting close then!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 102 ✭✭phoebe!


    Sitting at home with the fire lighting, the christmas tree lights up and watching elf or miracle on 34th street : )


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,699 ✭✭✭ronaneire


    christmas-2.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭GreenWolfe


    Picking out an aluminium pole for Festivus.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,206 ✭✭✭jordata


    I love Christmas Eve night, when my girls are asleep and I sneak around ensuring Santa has remembered everything. Love laying having some gifs visible and some hidden in the bottom of their little socks to prolong the excitement. This year I am rostered to work night 23rd, 24th and 25th so I won't see their sleepy but excited little faces in the morning but I'll make up for it when I get home. :D:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Charging my new iPhone 4s that I got in Carphone with electric ireland


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭vepyewwo




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 337 ✭✭hotshots85


    Shopping in Dublin city centre on a cold December night with the Christmas lights on, shop windows done up and a festive hustle and bustle.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 brettg


    Smells like Christmas Spirit ! - that's what gets me at this time

    ( mulled wine and mince pies and very dodgey aftershave ! ):rolleyes:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,982 ✭✭✭minikin


    we wish you a marketed brandmas
    we wish you a marketed brandmas
    we wish you a marketed brandmas
    and lots of branded new gear


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭lorweld


    Turkey & ham & loads of cranberry sauce! Yum :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭seany76


    bit bah humbug if i dont win

    ho ho ho


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71 ✭✭roroduff


    My Christmas feeling happens as I am wrapping everybody's presents but the one that are for me. I like to wrap them neatly and like to make them look all fancy. You should see the state of the presents wrapped by the others that are for me. It's like as if they wrapped them with their feet with all different patches of paper on it and an entire roll of selotape.

    Also as soon as we have the tee up my cat loves to climb it so we have to anchor it to the wall so it doesn't topple over again, it's very hard to decorate a tree when your cat keeps messing it up but that's Christmas to me and I wouldnt change it for anything


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭DConway


    my mam's fried turkey and ham leftovers curry on St Stephens day is what I always look forward too!

    Had it every year for as long as I can remember! Lovely!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,598 ✭✭✭boomkatalog


    Giving people gifts is the best part of Christmas! I can't really afford to be generous, but at least at Christmas I have a great excuse to blow the bit I have on my people :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭RubyXI


    When we were little, the whole family went to town on Christmas eve to look at the toys (that we knew weren't even an option to get!) Even my Dad came and he never went shopping!!!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭zero19


    Having the flu makes me feel Christmassy oddly enough!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,765 ✭✭✭DaveNoCheese


    I have eleven sisters and two brothers, so its usually when the majority of us are cramped in the kitchen eating dinner and then afterwards disperse to the living room for beer and taytos, can't beat that for xmas :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,645 ✭✭✭Daemos


    Walking through town with the wind and rain shredding away at your face with the cold. Ah, Christmas


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 449 ✭✭Smokeyskelton


    Walking around town (Dublin city centre) in the week or two before Christmas makes me feel Christmassy.

    (I wasn't copying you Daemos - great minds and all that!)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,356 ✭✭✭NeVeR


    That Christmas feeling !!

    Well there are a few

    1st: Having no money ! lol
    2nd:The misses putting up the Christmas decoration already !
    3rd: Not being able to move as you've eaten to much Christmas dinner :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,183 ✭✭✭UnknownSpecies


    Turkey and stuffing sandwiches until February :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭Butterball


    That retro Bud ad is sooo old even the horses are wearing flares!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,503 ✭✭✭adamski8


    giving kids some alcohol and seeing how happy it makes them


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    I like to fart after Christmas dinner and blame the dog.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 spaniard_dub


    getting the box in the post with all the christmas sweets sent by my mum in Spain :)turron.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 312 ✭✭cwboy


    Putting up the tree around the eight.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭blondiexox


    I can't wait to put up the Christmas tree!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,873 ✭✭✭Skid




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