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    #632
    bmorrissey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭bmorrissey


    Tough one again, but im gonna have to go with Gavin and Stacey. Only by a fraction


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    #633
    ChannelNo5
    Registered Users Posts: 779 ✭✭✭ChannelNo5


    Gavin and Stacey 2008 Christmas Special


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    #634
    CheerLouth
    Registered Users Posts: 2,431 ✭✭✭CheerLouth


    The snowman


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    #635
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    The Snowman


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    #636
    CheerLouth
    Registered Users Posts: 2,431 ✭✭✭CheerLouth


    oooh it's a tie so far!


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    #637
    Autosport
    Registered Users Posts: 22,251 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    The snowman :)


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    #638
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    So we are sitting 4-3 in second semi!!!

    Will final be tomorrow now if we don't get a winner soon??


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    #639
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,539 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Oh yeah, final tomorrow! Can aim for midday? Or maybe 11am? That should suit most folks?


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    #640
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,539 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    I'm going to make it 4-4 with a vote for Gavin and Stacey.
    Bring it down to the wire. :D


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    #641
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 85,503 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Gavin and Stacey 2008 Christmas Special
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    #642
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,539 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    And we have our finalists. :D


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    #643
    Autosport
    Registered Users Posts: 22,251 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    :(


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    #644
    Jude13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Is the snowman out?? boooooo


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    #645
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Jude13 wrote: »
    Is the snowman out?? boooooo

    Yep, unfortunately.

    Hard to call the final, will most likely come down to who's online first.


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    #646
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,191 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Yesterdays SF between the snowman & Gavin & Stacey would have been my personal final as they would have been my 2 favourites. Twas the luck of the draw however...

    So we have the battle of the Islands in the final, Barry versus Craggy!!
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #647
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,539 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Batyle of the islands! Indeed we do!! :D

    I don't mind the Snowman being out, as it's not a TV special, like the others, more a stand alone piece.

    How's everyone fixed for midday? That suit? :)


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    #648
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,191 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Posy wrote: »
    Batyle of the islands! Indeed we do!! :D

    I don't mind the Snowman being out, as it's not a TV special, like the others, more a stand alone piece.

    How's everyone fixed for midday? That suit? :)

    Nah, lets go now....;)
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #649
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    DvB wrote: »
    Nah, lets go now....;)

    Someone has no patience :D


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    #650
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,191 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    TRS30 wrote: »
    Someone has no patience :D

    On the contrary, trying to keep it exciting by being a tad mischievous!
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #651
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,539 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    :D


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    #652
    Jude13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Who's in the final?


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    #653
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,191 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Jude13 wrote: »
    Who's in the final?

    Fr Ted & the first Gavin & Stacey special
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #654
    Jude13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭Jude13


    I vote Fr Ted
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    I was hoping to trap posy with that one


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    #655
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    DvB wrote: »
    On the contrary, trying to keep it exciting by being a tad mischievous!

    Ah, the old hand grenade and run away......:D


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    #656
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,191 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    TRS30 wrote: »
    Ah, the old hand grenade and run away......:D

    If its good enough for the mods.... :D
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #657
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,539 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    The final match. :)



    First to 6 votes. Winner has to win by two clear votes. Two strong contenders, and as DvB said- it's Craggy v Barry!



    Father Ted Christmas special- A Christmassy Ted- 1996



    v



    Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special- 2008


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    #658
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,191 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Gavin & Stacey for me.

    From the opening with Smithy ringing Gav & them singing band aid together it had me captured... have watched it every christmas since it was first shown in 2008 & have no plans to drop it any year soon.

    For me the its best christmas special ever.

    "galaxy truffle, cracking...."
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #659
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,334 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Gavin and Stacey for me.
    I suppose for a big part of it because it feels real.
    Families meeting up for Christmas.
    There’s the journey.
    The shopping scene in M&S feels like Christmas shopping in Ireland/UK.
    Smithy and Gavin singing.
    Pam being in a flap about guests calling.
    The elderly relatives.
    Baileys being mentioned.
    The fight on Christmas Eve.
    Awkwardness between relatives.(Camping Trip).
    Everything being okay the next morning.
    Talking about cooking the turkey.
    Swopping presents.
    Gavin sticking to the small present rule.
    A proposal.
    Moaning about TV/soaps.
    Then a song at the end.

    It’s perfect in every way.


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    #660
    bmorrissey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭bmorrissey


    This is a dead split for me...

    Gavin and stacey special nails everything about every family Christmas, the drama, the hype leading up to the day, all the details that the others gave before me.

    But im gonna have to go with Father Ted, maybe its more of a nostalgia thing as i would have been younger watching it at the time it was released, but everything from the womens lingerie section, to the golden cleric celebrations to the christmas film about the man who breaks into peoples houses at night and kills them in their sleep. its all brilliant.

    Father ted gets my vote


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    #661
    ronan.h
    Registered Users Posts: 384 ✭✭ronan.h


    Gavin and Stacey

    While it’s hard to vote against Ted - G&S captures the Christmas feeling


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