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Pass the mince pies- Christmas Chat Thread Part Deux

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    #4712
    kitten_k
    Registered Users Posts: 6,046 ✭✭✭kitten_k


    Posy wrote: »
    This is my 2,710th post here. :D

    I think Loughc has way more than anyone though! :pac:

    Wow! Just checked Loughc's and he has 4,951!


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    #4713
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,198 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    kitten_k wrote: »
    Wow! Just checked Loughc's and he has 4,951!

    Its official, LoughC is MR CHRISTMAS!!!

    Dare i say it, could he be santa? :D
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #4714
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    DvB wrote: »
    Its official, LoughC is MR CHRISTMAS!!!

    Dare i say it, could he be santa? :D

    Seconded.

    I'll be as old as Santa by the time I reach that number of posts!


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    #4715
    chuckles30
    Registered Users Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭chuckles30


    I have 261 posts in the Christmas forums - higher than all the others - first posted in Nov 2016


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    #4716
    Jude13
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    I have a serious craving for the Baileys fudge at the moment. Roll on seven months time


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    #4717
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,198 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Jude13 wrote: »
    I have a serious craving for the Baileys fudge at the moment. Roll on seven months time

    Anything Baileys & I'm in!! Love the stuff.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #4718
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,542 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Christmas really is the season to Baileys. :D


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    #4719
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    DvB wrote: »
    Anything Baileys & I'm in!! Love the stuff.

    Baileys and ice is the one alcoholic drink I can have no mater how drunk/hung-over I am.


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    #4720
    DvB
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    TRS30 wrote: »
    Baileys and ice is the one alcoholic drink I can have no mater how drunk/hung-over I am.

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




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    #4721
    DenMan
    Registered Users Posts: 7,968 ✭✭✭DenMan


    Last night's episode of Proven Innocent was set at Christmas time. I saw a lovely big tree and socks above a fire. It was brilliant! :D


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    #4722
    chuckles30
    Registered Users Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭chuckles30


    Posy wrote: »
    Christmas really is the season to Baileys. :D

    Unless it's the new Strawberry & Cream one - nice chilled glass of that sitting out in a sunny garden......mmmmm. It goes down way too easy :D:D


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    #4723
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,198 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    chuckles30 wrote: »
    Unless it's the new Strawberry & Cream one - nice chilled glass of that sitting out in a sunny garden......mmmmm. It goes down way too easy :D:D

    Havent tried that one yet, must get a small bottle & give it a try.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #4724
    ciara007
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭ciara007


    Delighted with myself I picked up my nephews xmas gift today a big paw patrol art set in lidl. I also treated myself to one of the irish chandlers Irish Christmas candles and omg it smells divine just like plum pudding. I also found this on you tube its a tutorial on xmas breakfast and it is so seasonal you can see the snow falling in the background https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5fqzH4eIvs&t=50s


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    #4725
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,542 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Nice work!! :)


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    #4726
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,354 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I saw a Christmas tree this evening!(Well it was one).
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    #4727
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,542 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Brilliant! :D


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    #4728
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    Just bought my flight home for Christmas !
    Earlier than ever ! Beat my own record from last year, when I bought it in mid July.

    I can now totally relax about it for the Summer.
    Maybe as a next project I will start looking at a Christmas market break for end Nov - early Dec.


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    #4729
    Car99
    Registered Users Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭Car99


    In one word what is Christmas?


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    #4730
    Jude13
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    When are you flying in? I am usually too early to get all the Christmas decs and greetings at the airport.

    Like the pic above I saw a Christmas tree for bin collection today, nearly crashed. If I wasn't in a rush to work I would have stopped and taken a pic.


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    #4731
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    The Fri before the big day; looking forward to the food shopping with my family !

    On another note: can not believe that May is already 3/5 gone.
    It is a month I love and it is going way too fast for my liking !


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    #4732
    Jude13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,802 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Awesome, it will be all christmasy for you. I am going to try and watch a few christmas movies on the plane this year on the way home.

    Its my OH b-day this weekend so we are going away for a the weekend, then May is nearly over. There is a halfway to Christmas brunch next month here that I am tempted with.


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    #4733
    ciara007
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭ciara007


    Just in work and dreaming of my Christmas Tree as you do. When I found this https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/interiors/the-farms-that-let-you-choose-and-cut-your-own-christmas-tree-1.3712021 how amazing is this!!!


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    #4734
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users Posts: 5,236 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    ciara007 wrote: »
    Just in work and dreaming of my Christmas Tree as you do. When I found this https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/interiors/the-farms-that-let-you-choose-and-cut-your-own-christmas-tree-1.3712021 how amazing is this!!!


    Thats what we do every year, last year was particularly busy,had to wait a good while for our tree to be cut down but worth it in the end.


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    #4735
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,354 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    We're into the 210's!


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    #4736
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,542 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Interesting stuff, Ciara. :)
    Christmas trees are grown from seed in little pots for the first year after which they are planted in an outdoor nursery for another two years. Then, they are moved to their permanent plot where they continue to grow for another four to seven years.
    It's such a long process for such a short time over Christmas!


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    #4737
    Squatter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,841 ✭✭✭Squatter


    So then, if mince pies are that delicious, then how come they're only available around Christmas time?

    Surely commercial logic would dictate that they'd be available all year round, if people really liked them.


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    #4738
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Squatter wrote: »
    So then, if mince pies are that delicious, then how come they're only available around Christmas time?

    Surely commercial logic would dictate that they'd be available all year round, if people really liked them.

    Novelty factor, kinda like Easter Eggs.


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    #4739
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,354 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Squatter wrote: »
    So then, if mince pies are that delicious, then how come they're only available around Christmas time?

    Surely commercial logic would dictate that they'd be available all year round, if people really liked them.

    It's a seasonal item.
    Christmas puddings/cakes/mince pies/certain chocolates are associated with Christmas.
    Easter eggs = Easter.
    Certain clothes for certain seasons.
    Barbecue meats/etc are only really sold in the Summer months.


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    #4740
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,354 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I post in the Bargain Alerts forum about the Lidl Super Savers weekend offers. I can't believe I've just posted the offers for the first weekend in June!


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    #4741
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,198 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    I post in the Bargain Alerts forum about the Lidl Super Savers weekend offers. I can't believe I've just posted the offers for the first weekend in June!

    The year is going so fast its scary, had the kids communion last weekend, we have our holiday in 6 weeks, then its 6 weeks of summer camp for them & then back to school & our countdown/prep starts... I know I must say this every year but this year is moving at a scary pace.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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