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Open the selection box- Christmas Forum Chat Thread

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Welcome to the happiest thread on Boards, where it's Christmas all year round!!

Post pictures of Christmas, stories, YouTube clips, recipes, anything about Christmas.
Or if you see/or do anything Christmassy, post in here.

This Thread has become like a tradition, where Christmas lovers can think and talk about their favourite season, all year long.

And it doesn't take long for the weeks and months to fly by and all of a sudden it's Christmastime again!

Happy 'Christmas Out of Season' everyone!

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Loughc

iguana wrote: »

So do most people have their Christmas dinner at home or at someone else's house? If you stay home do you have visitors? I was chatting with some other mothers about this and a good few were of the opinion that when they have children it's easier to stay home and let family come to them. But I think that going to family for dinner is the easier/lazier option. We go to my parents' for dinner and my nana's for tea which means that our Christmas eve and morning are super chilled in terms of cooking. I feel sooooo lucky that I have someone else to cook my dinner.

We've been alternating between counties, in my home county we visit and get dinner cooked for us in hers we're the chef and we have her family over for dinner. We're in a cooking year this year.

emmagination

I still go to my Dad's for dinner, but we have to kids yet - we'll see how it works out if / when children come along! I'd like to keep going to Dad's though - he's an exceptional cook!

I was just looking at the #joyofgiving on twitter - looks like The Loop put on a pretty awesome christmas event for media ppl!

RentDayBlues

Now that we have kids we stay at home. They just want to play with what santa brought so I don't like to take them out, except we go to mass that morning as it's a cute family mass.

My inlaws come over for lunch, then we have the rest of the day to ourselves. We sometimes have family over for dinner but not in the last few years. Stephens day is family veg at home day!

We then visit family in the following days

iguana

So do most people have their Christmas dinner at home or at someone else's house? If you stay home do you have visitors? I was chatting with some other mothers about this and a good few were of the opinion that when they have children it's easier to stay home and let family come to them. But I think that going to family for dinner is the easier/lazier option. We go to my parents' for dinner and my nana's for tea which means that our Christmas eve and morning are super chilled in terms of cooking. I feel sooooo lucky that I have someone else to cook my dinner.

Toto Wolfcastle

Loughc wrote: »

The 23rd..... I feel faint!!!

I think now's the time to figure out if mods can ban admins tbh.

Loughc

Zaph wrote: »

Considering some of the decorations from last Christmas only came down a couple of months ago we're not putting them up this year until December 23rd. :P

The 23rd..... I feel faint!!!

Zaph

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

I'm not sure about putting them up the weekend before but maybe we'll put them up on the Thursday. There will be no rush to get them up before the toy show starts then. I knew the Christmas forum would come to the rescue!

Considering some of the decorations from last Christmas only came down a couple of months ago we're not putting them up this year until December 23rd. :P

Toto Wolfcastle

I'm not sure about putting them up the weekend before but maybe we'll put them up on the Thursday. There will be no rush to get them up before the toy show starts then. I knew the Christmas forum would come to the rescue!

Loughc

No mention yet of the tv3 Toy Show date or if it'll be back for sure. They lost 200k viewers year on year so it doesn't seem to be taking off.

lycan238

Loughc wrote: »

Leahyl talks ALOT of sense!!

I agree as I sit here typing away with the box of my Christmas Tree and decorations looking up at me. Not putting them up til next month early in the month but wont turn on lights etc until 8th December apart from the nights of the 2 toy shows. When is TV3 toy show by the way? I know date of RTE Version.

Loughc

Leahyl talks ALOT of sense!!

leahyl

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

We usually wait until the 8th (or the closest weekend) to put ours up. I was thinking of putting them up for the Toy Show this year but it's too much hassle to do it after work. I shall just eat delicious food and drink many alcoholic bevarages instead!

Why not put them up the weekend before the toyshow and then you can still enjoy your delicious food and alcoholic beverages on toyshow night, except this time with added festive ambiance

Toto Wolfcastle

We usually wait until the 8th (or the closest weekend) to put ours up. I was thinking of putting them up for the Toy Show this year but it's too much hassle to do it after work. I shall just eat delicious food and drink many alcoholic bevarages instead!

Loughc

leahyl wrote: »

Definitely putting decorations up on the 25th (week before Toyshow) - then I can actually enjoy the toyshow this year without only having half the decorations up!

This is very true. I'm usually wrecked and stressed and hoovering by the time the Toy Show starts. This is a really good idea. I'll definitely put them up the Saturday and Sunday before.

leahyl

Definitely putting decorations up on the 25th (week before Toyshow) - then I can actually enjoy the toyshow this year without only having half the decorations up!

iguana

Loughc wrote: »

I usually put mine up the day of the Toy Show. I'm disappointed it's the first Friday of December this year I was hoping to have them up by then haha.

Yeah, I think our tradition will have to switch over to decorations going up on the day of the TV3 toy show!:pac:

Jude13

I would like to get them up the 18th (first day of my weekend that week) as we will nearly get a month out of them as we fly the 15th Dec. I will float this date with the the 25th Nov as a back up.

I rearranged the shed last weekend and was peeking into the Christmas dec boxes. I need more outside illumination this year. Off to scower the hardware store sites.

Posy

\o/

Loughc

Posy wrote: »

Mine are going up the weekend before- probably November 26th.
I'd find the start of December way too short a time to have the decorations up!

And with that you've twisted my arm haha. November it is.

Posy

Loughc wrote: »

I usually put mine up the day of the Toy Show. I'm disappointed it's the first Friday of December this year I was hoping to have them up by then haha.

Mine are going up the weekend before- probably November 26th.
I'd find the start of December way too short a time to have the decorations up!

lycan238

Loughc wrote: »

I'm also December

Ah great month to be born in if I am honest. It probably is the one reason I like the festive season so much is that I have my birthday right in the middle of what most people consider the festive season around two weeks into the month. I know many people that were born between the 24th and 31st. I am not sure I would like to have a birthday that late in the month. We have 3 birthdays in 4 days in the family.

Loughc

lycan238 wrote: »

Happy birthday month. Mine is December for all you nice people Looking at the M&S Link now so much nice food

I'm also December

lycan238

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

All that is very exciting and all, but you forgot the most important thing: It's my birthday month! \o/

Happy birthday month. Mine is December for all you nice people

Looking at the M&S Link now so much nice food

Loughc

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

All that is very exciting and all, but you forgot the most important thing: It's my birthday month! \o/

How could I forget!! Happy birthday month Toto!!

Grandeeod

Decision made today. December 3rd. Toy show to kick off things the night before!

Loughc

Hollister11 wrote: »

Christmas decorations will start to go up in my house during the second week of November.

Absolutely buzzing with excitement.

I usually put mine up the day of the Toy Show. I'm disappointed it's the first Friday of December this year I was hoping to have them up by then haha.

Toto Wolfcastle

Loughc wrote: »

Coming up this month we should have Toy Show tickets application open, Christmas FM should announce their charity partner and return date, lights are going up awaiting switch on in November and the clocks are going back so the dark evenings are here.

All that is very exciting and all, but you forgot the most important thing: It's my birthday month! \o/

Hollister11

Christmas decorations will start to go up in my house during the second week of November.

Absolutely buzzing with excitement.

Loughc

Coming up this month we should have Toy Show tickets application open, Christmas FM should announce their charity partner and return date, lights are going up awaiting switch on in November and the clocks are going back so the dark evenings are here.

So plenty of excitement starting but I can't wait for November when all the Christmas ads start and the music channels go Christmassy. I miss Bliss I loved it when they changed to Blissmas.

French_Girl

Toto Wolfcastle wrote:

It's M&S Christmas food time!

Toto, I just had a look and I am drooling over the Belgian chocolate and salted caramel cake!