Christmas Out of Season 2021

DvB · 02-09-2021 9:46am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117836712#Comment_117836712

November 1st (once Halloween is done) IIRC

TRS30 · 02-09-2021 9:47am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117836765#Comment_117836765

That makes sense.

Posy · 02-09-2021 2:21pm

Yep, Nov 1st... although it already feels like we're "in season" now that September has hit. 😁

Loughc · 02-09-2021 4:00pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117838089#Comment_117838089

I genuinely came on here last night to post this exact same thing.

The Christmas buzz online even outside of here is big that it feels like we’re in season already.

DvB · 02-09-2021 4:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117838554#Comment_117838554

Is there an even bigger craving for christmas this year than there was last year?

miamee · 02-09-2021 4:28pm

I'd say there probably is as a more 'normal' Christmas than last year seems much more likely - at least at the moment it does!

TRS30 · 02-09-2021 6:38pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117838673#Comment_117838673

Lets hope so.

I was looking up Santa visits last night, i didn't even bother last year as knew it wouldn't happen, so is starting on a more normal vein already.

Loughc · 02-09-2021 8:25pm

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Certainly seems like it.

DvB · 02-09-2021 9:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117839541#Comment_117839541

It really does, doesn't it. Doing my best to try and refrain ftom going all in though, don't want to suffer Christmas fatigue before kick-off 😬

A cup of te · 03-09-2021 12:02am

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Ah, I really needed to see this! Was there ever a cooking thread here. I might need to start one with all your tips and tricks. My mam is going to be going through chemo this Christmas so I have to make the Christmas dinner and I want to get it spot on for her. I love cooking in general but I never do roasts. I make my own mince pies, filling and all without suet, from scratch but never done the pudding or cake either! Busy Christmas ahead for me. I like Mary Berry but just been watching Jamie Oliver there and he made it seem straightforward. I might start a cooking thread in a few weeks!

Caranica · 03-09-2021 12:51am

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I did Christmas dinner when I was 14 as my mother was in hospital right up to Christmas Eve. I also did Santa. Luckily for me Darina Allen had just done a series including Christmas and her book saved Christmas. I went to bed after dinner and slept for 27 hours!! Good luck and I hope your Mam goes well with her chemo x

TRS30 · 03-09-2021 8:22am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117840235#Comment_117840235

If you search back on here you will see a cooking thread. Had some great idea, tips etc.

Best of luck and hope your Mum is doing Ok.

A cup of te · 03-09-2021 7:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117840581#Comment_117840581

Thanks, TRS30, was sure I'd seen something here about cooking at some stage!

Fair play to you, Caranica, that can't have been easy. Yeah, Darina Allen would have good classic traditional stuff. Definitely going to do my research and get it right. Love Rachel Allen's sausage roll recipe actually. Might do that as a starter. Cheers, folks

DvB · 03-09-2021 7:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117843643#Comment_117843643

Stick around btw, I'm sure there'll be loads of cooking/baking chat in the next 3 and a half months.

tscul32 · 03-09-2021 9:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117843705#Comment_117843705

Oh yes, there will 🥧🍗

Littlehorny · 03-09-2021 10:22pm

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Just had a meeting in work yesterday about the staff Christmas party and with the announcement that restrictions would be lifted there was a real buzz that yes finally we can get back to a good old fashioned get together (piss up 😛)

With a little confidence we decided to get a save the date poster made up to announce it to everyone, there is a serious appetite for this to go ahead and a big crowd will go to it.

We also told a senior member of staff that we don't want to hear any moaning about the cost of the event either 😄

DvB · 08-09-2021 8:13am

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2021/breakfast-carol-competition-2021

Anyone fancy themselves as a carol composer/writer!? Heres your chance!! 😀

DvB · 21-09-2021 8:49am

Just downstairs making a coffee & spotted a robin red breast in the garden, that's the first one I've seen since last winter, yet another sign we're coming into the most wonderful time of the year. Not long now until the gardens fill with leaves...

Loughc · 23-09-2021 8:04am

I had a dream last night. I woke up and it was still dark and most of my neighbourhood had their Christmas decorations up and on.

Cue excitement and panic at my end. I swear I have that dream at least once a year now 😂

DvB · 23-09-2021 8:52am

Just thinking there, we haven't many weeks left out of season at all. IIRC we close this thread on Nov.1st each year, which is a mere 38 days away!

Nov.1st is also the day the adverts embargo lifts so we can get Christmas adverts on TV.... though most hold off for a week or so after.

Posy · 23-09-2021 9:06am

I can't believe it's October next week. 😮

Loughc · 23-09-2021 9:08am

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Last non-Christmas season month until February.

DvB · 04-10-2021 10:19am

Sat down with the family yesterday to watch a family film, kids wanted the Polar Express, I wasn't complaining so that's what we watched. Hadn't watched it in a few years as originally I wasn't mad on the animation but we all really enjoyed watching it again... had forgotten how good it was, and especially how great the music is.

SarahLil · 04-10-2021 10:25am

@DvB I love the Polar Express

Caranica · 04-10-2021 3:57pm

I was watching Friday night's MasterChef Australia and an ad came on for Studio, I wasn't paying attention until I heard "it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas". Channel was W

Smell the glove · 04-10-2021 5:42pm

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One of my favorites. But it's a proper proper Christmassy feel film so I only watch it Christmas week. That song they sing.....hot chocolate would be stuck in your head for days!

TRS30 · 04-10-2021 6:50pm

This thread will be done in a little over 3 weeks!!!

Loughc · 16-10-2021 9:37pm

dashes towards attic….

Smell the glove · 17-10-2021 9:07am

Home Alone was on film 4 yesterday. I recorded it so I will have it for December. Felt like a big thing because it was my first Christmas film being set up to watch at Christmas.

TRS30 · 17-10-2021 6:44pm

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Love to see the size of your attic! 😂

Jude13 · 25-10-2021 6:30am

Lovely Christmas fairground in our local hardware store

Smell the glove · 25-10-2021 11:53am

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is on sky cinema now.

TRS30 · 25-10-2021 9:29pm

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sorry can’t delete links for some reason. Homestore in Santry.

SarahLil · 27-10-2021 12:44pm

Love that place in Santry @TRS30 it’s great for one off pieces you wouldn’t find anywhere else

TRS30 · 27-10-2021 8:53pm

This thread is on borrowed time, only 4 days left from tomorrow 😀

Littlehorny · 27-10-2021 9:09pm

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YES! Get this Halloween nonsense out of the way and BOOM!!! 🤩

Loughc · 27-10-2021 9:17pm

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Ye are definitely my people!!

The One Doctor · 27-10-2021 11:07pm

We left three of our Xmas decorations up all year.

Autosport · 27-10-2021 11:09pm

Elf on the shelf stays out in my house too, just moves to different locations all year round 😄

DvB · 28-10-2021 12:57pm

Always enjoy posting this one!

TRS30 · 28-10-2021 1:03pm

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I think some people wrap up Halloween even quicker then Christmas.

SarahLil · 28-10-2021 1:08pm

It’s my favourite @DvB

Loughc · 28-10-2021 2:30pm

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As they should. Halloween is only a day. Christmas is a proper season of events.

TRS30 · 28-10-2021 6:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118085537#Comment_118085537

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

28-10-2021 9:59pm

I do enjoy Halloween, Autumn is a lovely season, and it's nice to have Halloween to mark the end 😁 I'll be watching Hocus Pocus at some point this weekend, and maybe the Nightmare Before Christmas 🎃🎅

I passed by the local Dunnes Stores today and spotted a Christmas Tree on display in the window 🎄

DvB · 31-10-2021 11:03am

Last day out of season for us today... it really has flown by this year. In fact the weeks are going so fast and work is so hectic it feels like time is going too fast!! Need to try and stop now and again and have a look around, enjoy the season and not let it pass in a blur!!

Smell the glove · 31-10-2021 2:35pm

I genuinely can't believe how close it is now. I can't believe in 4 wks I will have my tree and decorations up.

Littlehorny · 31-10-2021 2:49pm

Just over ten hours to go! 😃

Time does indeed fly by with everything, so hard to stop and appreciate things. My problem is I'll get this tinge of sadness in the week before Christmas because i love everything about the build up and know most non Elves will be finished with Christmas by the 26th and it will be another ten months before we get into the build up again.

I need help 😆

TRS30 · 31-10-2021 2:54pm

My last post in here till 2022!

That sounds good….it’s getting close…

Loughc · 31-10-2021 3:33pm

Goodbye out of season thread.

https://youtu.be/g3ENX3aHlqU

Christmas Out of Season 2021

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