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Pass the mince pies- Christmas Chat Thread Part Deux

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    #9242
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,316 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Loughc wrote: »
    Weren’t they double the weight too?

    I remember when I worked it out per kg it was a lot more expensive from what I saw.


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    #9243
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    I do love tins and have kept many that came with different products, not just chocolate but also beer, beauty products...
    Use them even to keep tea bags.
    One of my faves has the shape of a carriage clock and came with After Eights.

    I like the idea of buying nice tins and filling them up with chocolates or biscuits as gifts.
    Last year, Flying Tiger had lovely (and cheap) tins, I bought one for myself with a robin. Hopefully they will stock them again this Autumn.


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    #9244
    tickingclock
    Registered Users Posts: 850 ✭✭✭tickingclock


    Regular reader here but don't post often. I love the idea of the Christmas file to add too every year. It's a great tradition to have.

    Like most I keep my Christmas decorations in the attic. One year I stupidly only bought 3 bags of sprouts which I and the 5 adults I have dinner with also love. I don't know what I was thinking. So I put a note in the Christmas decorations box reminding me for the following year. I've never made the same mistake since!! I also have a note in one of the boxes telling me not to put Christmas candles in the attic. The really hot summer about 2 years ago, they all melted with the heat in the attic.


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    #9245
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,773 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    tickingclock wrote: »
    Regular reader here but don't post often. I love the idea of the Christmas file to add too every year. It's a great tradition to have.

    Like most I keep my Christmas decorations in the attic. One year I stupidly only bought 3 bags of sprouts which I and the 5 adults I have dinner with also love. I don't know what I was thinking. So I put a note in the Christmas decorations box reminding me for the following year. I've never made the same mistake since!! I also have a note in one of the boxes telling me not to put Christmas candles in the attic. The really hot summer about 2 years ago, they all melted with the heat in the attic.

    Putting a note in with the Christmas decorations is genius!

    I’ve started taking videos and saving to my phone to remind me if things like how to hang up my lights in the window. I’d be screwed if anything happens to my phone tho.


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    #9246
    [Deleted User]
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    Loughc wrote: »
    Putting a note in with the Christmas decorations is genius!

    I’ve started taking videos and saving to my phone to remind me if things like how to hang up my lights in the window. I’d be screwed if anything happens to my phone tho.

    You could email the video to yourself as a back up, possibly putting it in a designated folder, or upload it to the Google photos app, and maybe even set up an album specifically for it :)


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    #9247
    Beechwoodspark
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    antimatterx wrote: »
    I'm looking forward to the Autumn weather. The last third of the year is always my favourite.

    Getting that bit darker earlier every evening


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    #9248
    Loughc
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    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    Getting that bit darker earlier every evening

    I’ve noticed that a lot this week. From 9pm it’s getting dark inside.


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    #9249
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,316 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Sister Freshpopcornwent working abroad this week. So,she probably won't be home for Christmas with all this Covid thing.


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    #9250
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,535 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Ah no; is it the first time she's gone abroad to work?


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    #9251
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,316 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Posy wrote: »
    Ah no; is it the first time she's gone abroad to work?

    First time, she had it organised before everything went belly up and just stuck with in the end.


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    #9252
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    Sister Freshpopcornwent working abroad this week. So,she probably won't be home for Christmas with all this Covid thing.
    Is she going to a EU Country ?
    It is very likely that borders will remain open and therefore people will be able to travel including home for Christmas.


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    #9253
    Jude13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭Jude13


    TRS30 wrote: »
    Is that local in the middle east? I take that if book fast then no bargins to be had in case you did have to cancel. Is travel insurance any use?

    It's local-ish for us, 4 hour flight. Travel insurance will not cover fully if it gets canceled as its now a known event, also we canceld our April trip and were given 12 months to use the hotel stay however we still can't get to that destination due to C19.

    I love halloween also, projector oustide the house, dress up for the trick or treaters. I think it could be part of the scariness of Halloween for kids, going door to door, will they get the virus!, increase the tension!! In all seriousness I can't see it happening. I live in a gated community, and on a cul de sac, so the streets are full of kids dressed up going door to door. I think it will be gone now.

    I will leave a bowl of sealed jellies, haribo or something, should any kid brave it.


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    #9254
    Jude13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Also, bounty is my favorite of that brand, I'm a QS man though.


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    #9255
    Littlehorny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    I was flicking through Netflix last night trying to find something to watch that I was in the mood for and Klaus came up so I thought what the hell, I've heard good things about this.

    Ah guys if you haven't already seen it, I urge you to. I thought it was brilliant, for a man in his late forties I either sat there with a lump in my throat at the sad bits or with a big stupid smile on his face at the funny/christmassy bits.
    It was a real treat and will be watched again in a few months time.


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    #9256
    Jude13
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    Couldn't agree more with you. After the dire Very Murray Christmas and weak ass Christmas Chronicles Netflix has made a mockery of Christmas. However Klaus is a gem.


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    #9257
    Littlehorny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    Jude13 wrote: »
    Couldn't agree more with you. After the dire Very Murray Christmas and weak ass Christmas Chronicles Netflix has made a mockery of Christmas. However Klaus is a gem.

    Yeah I thought the Christmas Chronicles was poor enough when I saw it, I think they were talking of making a second one? :confused:
    Have never seen Very Murray Christmas so will avoid, in fairness a lot of Christmas based films are turkeys :)


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    #9258
    Jude13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭Jude13


    I think you should watch a Very Murray Christmas just to see how bad the cameo is from George Clooney, it could be a classic in the way 'The Room' has.


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    #9259
    Littlehorny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    Jude13 wrote: »
    I think you should watch a Very Murray Christmas just to see how bad the cameo is from George Clooney, it could be a classic in the way 'The Room' has.

    Ha ha, not sure the sadist in me is that strong.
    Might look up a few reviews of it first, you've actually made me curious to see just how bad the film is! :D


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    #9260
    antimatterx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,689 ✭✭✭antimatterx


    Its a nice dark day today, love when this starts to happen.


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    #9261
    Indestructable
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    Littlehorny wrote: »
    I was flicking through Netflix last night trying to find something to watch that I was in the mood for and Klaus came up so I thought what the hell, I've heard good things about this.

    Ah guys if you haven't already seen it, I urge you to. I thought it was brilliant, for a man in his late forties I either sat there with a lump in my throat at the sad bits or with a big stupid smile on his face at the funny/christmassy bits.
    It was a real treat and will be watched again in a few months time.

    I watched Klaus this morning after reading your post. How have I never heard of this before, it was excellent, a real gem.

    Definitely one to be added to the yearly list! Thanks.


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    #9262
    freshpopcorn
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    otnomart wrote: »
    Is she going to a EU Country ?
    It is very likely that borders will remain open and therefore people will be able to travel including home for Christmas.

    Not an EU country but it's hard to know how things will be for Christmas.


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    #9263
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    Not an EU country but it's hard to know how things will be for Christmas.
    I am an expat too, so know how hard it is to be away from loved ones.
    We are all hoping that things would have greatly improved in the World by the time Christmas comes.


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    #9264
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,316 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    otnomart wrote: »
    I am an expat too, so know how hard it is to be away from loved ones.
    We are all hoping that things would have greatly improved in the World by the time Christmas comes.

    Ya, to be honest we've no idea how it's going to be in December.

    I'm currently looking at the calendar and I'm trying to plan dates for tidying, painting, etc for November so Christmas can be full steam ahead in December.


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    #9265
    DvB
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    Back to the grind in the morning after a fantastic week off, looking forward to a few new posts in here to kick start the week.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #9266
    angel_wings
    Registered Users Posts: 102 ✭✭angel_wings


    Littlehorny wrote: »
    I was flicking through Netflix last night trying to find something to watch that I was in the mood for and Klaus came up so I thought what the hell, I've heard good things about this.

    Ah guys if you haven't already seen it, I urge you to. I thought it was brilliant, for a man in his late forties I either sat there with a lump in my throat at the sad bits or with a big stupid smile on his face at the funny/christmassy bits.
    It was a real treat and will be watched again in a few months time.

    I settled into bed with my chocolate to watch Klaus after reading your post today...… but I cant seem to find it on Netflix :(


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    #9267
    Loughc
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    angel_wings wrote: »
    I settled into bed with my chocolate to watch Klaus after reading your post today...… but I cant seem to find it on Netflix :(

    It’s there on mine. I just checked.


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    #9268
    Cork Lass
    Registered Users Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭Cork Lass


    angel_wings wrote: »
    I settled into bed with my chocolate to watch Klaus after reading your post today...… but I cant seem to find it on Netflix :(

    I watched it today too, no problem.


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    #9269
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Loughc wrote: »
    It’s there on mine. I just checked.

    Just saw it there on ours too.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #9270
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,535 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Delighted more people have discovered Klaus, such a lovely, sweet film. :)

    Also, add me to the underwhelmed by the Christmas Chronicles camp!


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    #9271
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,316 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


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