Christmas 2021 Checklist

freshpopcorn · 05-01-2021 1:28am #1

New Years Day
Little Christmas
Young Scientist will take place online
Superbowl 7th Febuary
St Valentines Day
Pancake Tuesday 16th February
Ash Wednesday 17th February
300 days to go
Mother's Day 14th March
St Patrick’s Day
Waffle Day- 25th March
Clocks go forward 28th March
Easter 4th April
May Bank holiday
Eurovision May 18th - 22nd
June Bank Holiday
200 Days to go
UFFA Euro 11 June – 11 July 2021
Father's Day 20th
Longest Day of the Year
All Ireland Finals
Olympics start 23rd July
August Bank Holiday
Olympics end August 8th
Brown Thomas Christmas Shop
Schools return
Late Late Show returns
Tubs of sweets arrive
Great British Bake Off
100 days to go
Ploughing Championships
Strictly Come Dancing
Smyth's, Boots, Argos catalogue
Halloween HQ open stores
Christmas cakes/puddings are made
Gift sets/wrapping paper etc. begin to appear in shops
Christmas Scratch Cards
Most selection box, biscuits, sweets etc. in stock
October Bank Holiday
Halloween 31st October and clocks go back.
1st November/out of season ends
Christmas coffee cups
Christmas ads
Christmas Coca Cola bottles and ads.
Ice Skating rinks open
Cities/Shopping centres turn on their lights
Santa Grottos open
Christmas FM launches
The Late Late Toy Show and Black Friday 26th November
First Sunday of Advent 28th November
December 1st
Party food, brandy butter, etc. in store
Christmas hams arrive in Supermarkets
RTE Christmas guide
Fresh Turkeys etc. in stock
Shortest day of the year
Work places/Schools get their Christmas holiday

Hopefully everything will take place.

Loughc · 05-01-2021 9:54am

Loving the list looks more slick this year and loving we can mark one off already, I fear some on that list again will go by the wayside considering the number of cases at the moment but I hope I'm wrong.

TRS30 · 05-01-2021 10:02am

Very good fresh, lots to look forward to!!

Couple of small things, Mothers day should be before Paddys and Olympics end date should be 28th?

DvB · 05-01-2021 10:37am

Excellent work.

Personally I'd have left out the first covid case reference, as you suggested yourself.
And, if we have a 300 & 100 days to go, may as well add the 200 also.

Edit.
Just to add, even seeing this gives me a little buzz... love seeing the path ahead, even if some of it is potentially up in the air, its great to see the stepping stones through the year laid out. Love it.

Loughc · 05-01-2021 10:52am

DvB wrote: »

Excellent work.

Personally I'd have left out the first covid case reference, as you suggested yourself.
And, if we have a 300 & 100 days to go, may as well add the 200 also.

Edit.
Just to add, even seeing this gives me a little buzz... love seeing the path ahead, even if some of it is potentially up in the air, its great to see the stepping stones through the year laid out. Love it.

Agreed, I deleted the covid one, it won't be one I personally want to celebrate or see again on the countdown next year.

I added the 200 days to go as it's an important milestone.

For me I LOVE Paddy's day and Easter as they are the glimmer of hope that holidays are coming. Then summer takes over and for me Christmas fades a bit... but then late August comes along with all the memories of starting back at school and Christmas appears on the horizon.

Then once mid-September hits 100 days to go it may as well be Christmas season as it flies in from there.

Posy · 05-01-2021 2:41pm

It's scary how fast the 100 days go! Faster than the first week of January, usually!!

Loughc wrote: »

Agreed, I deleted the covid one, it won't be one I personally want to celebrate or see again on the countdown next year.

There is actually no first anniversary of the first covid case, so best to knock it off the list.

Loughc · 05-01-2021 3:35pm

Posy wrote: »

It's scary how fast the 100 days go! Faster than the first week of January, usually!!

Scarily accurate!

TRS30 · 05-01-2021 4:09pm

Posy wrote: »

It's scary how fast the 100 days go! Faster than the first week of January, usually!!

To be honest if 2021 goes half as fast 2020, we back in the thick of it before we know it :eek:

DvB · 14-01-2021 9:53am

Just wondering if this thread should be pinned? It can easily get lost otherwise.

TRS30 · 14-01-2021 5:58pm

DvB wrote: »

Just wondering if this thread should be pinned? It can easily get lost otherwise.

Seconded (not that it's required!)

Posy · 14-01-2021 7:21pm

It's recommended that forums try and have no more than 3 stickied threads, although not a hard and fast rule, of course- it's more for neatness and the general look of the forum.
The trees thread would sink right to the bottom if unpinned, and the charter has got to be there, of course.

For now maybe we will keep the countdown thread as our third sticky thread, and see how the checklist goes?
If it keeps dropping out of sight and is a hassle to find, we can certainly look at having a 4th sticky then.

DvB · 14-01-2021 9:41pm

Posy wrote: »

It's recommended that forums try and have no more than 3 stickied threads, although not a hard and fast rule, of course- it's more for neatness and the general look of the forum.
The trees thread would sink right to the bottom if unpinned, and the charter has got to be there, of course.

For now maybe we will keep the countdown thread as our third sticky thread, and see how the checklist goes?
If it keeps dropping out of sight and is a hassle to find, we can certainly look at having a 4th sticky then.

Sounds good.

TRS30 · 15-01-2021 10:01am

Posy wrote: »

It's recommended that forums try and have no more than 3 stickied threads, although not a hard and fast rule, of course- it's more for neatness and the general look of the forum.
The trees thread would sink right to the bottom if unpinned, and the charter has got to be there, of course.

For now maybe we will keep the countdown thread as our third sticky thread, and see how the checklist goes?
If it keeps dropping out of sight and is a hassle to find, we can certainly look at having a 4th sticky then.

Damm red tape. I blame Brexit

DvB · 12-02-2021 3:19pm

Bumping this as we have a few more to mark off early next week.

TRS30 · 12-02-2021 3:35pm

First figure in countdown will be a 2 before we know it

Loughc · 15-02-2021 11:50am

Superbowl and Valentines day crossed off the list.

Pancake Tuesday and Ash Wednesday looking nervous if I do say so myself.

DvB · 18-02-2021 9:39am

Ash Wednesday can go now, next up 300 days in less than 2 weeks (28th Feb is day 300)

Posy · 18-02-2021 10:09am

Despite being a Monday, I'm looking forward to March 1st, as it's... well, March, and will be Day 299.

TRS30 · 18-02-2021 10:11am

Posy wrote: »

Despite being a Monday, I'm looking forward to March 1st, as it's... well, March, and will be Day 299.

Start of Spring as well.......:P

Posy · 18-02-2021 10:12am

Loughc · 18-02-2021 11:19am

TRS30 wrote: »

Start of Spring as well.......:P

Ahhhhhh :pac:

DvB · 18-02-2021 3:31pm

TRS30 wrote: »

Start of Spring as well.......:P

The island is that way>>>>>

Loughc · 18-02-2021 3:39pm

DvB wrote: »

The island is that way>>>>>

I proper LOL’d at this.

Wife goes to me what you laughing at, I’m like you wouldn’t even believe me if I told you :pac:

DvB · 18-02-2021 3:44pm

Loughc wrote: »

I proper LOL’d at this.

Wife goes to me what you laughing at, I’m like you wouldn’t even believe me if I told you :pac:

Glad someone copped it

Posy · 18-02-2021 8:07pm

Pure divilment

Loughc · 01-03-2021 5:24pm

300 days to go is crossed off the list so that's a big milestone reached.

As Posy pointed out in the other thread, we're in Bank Holiday season, so if anything is going to make time go quick it's time off from work

DvB · 15-03-2021 4:03pm

Mothers day can be marked off now, or just wait until Wednesday & do Paddys day as well

TRS30 · 15-03-2021 4:45pm

DvB wrote: »

Mothers day can be marked off now, or just wait until Wednesday & do Paddys day as well

Seems like the three, Mothers, Paddys & Easter, are on top of one another this year!

DvB · 15-03-2021 4:47pm

TRS30 wrote: »

Seems like the three, Mothers, Paddys & Easter, are on top of one another this year!

Easter still over a fortnight away though, there was a couple of years ago they literally fell 3 weeks in a row IIRC, or close enough to it. 2018 I think!?

TRS30 · 15-03-2021 5:21pm

DvB wrote: »

Easter still over a fortnight away though, there was a couple of years ago they literally fell 3 weeks in a row IIRC, or close enough to it. 2018 I think!?

A bit likes buses, nothing for ages and then 3 together!

DvB · 09-04-2021 3:23pm

Browsing whilst waiting on the advert Final to give us a winner & noticed we can mark off Easter now too.

Christmas 2021 Checklist

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