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    #242
    antimatterx
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    October tomorrow. My mother starts to decorate the house the first week of November, so thats about 5 weeks away at this stage.


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    #243
    Littlehorny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    Is it just me or did September come and go in the blink of an eye for you guys?


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    #244
    Loughc
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    Littlehorny wrote: »
    Is it just me or did September come and go in the blink of an eye for you guys?

    We had a September? :eek:

    It went by so quick!!


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    #245
    Littlehorny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    antimatterx wrote: »
    October tomorrow. My mother starts to decorate the house the first week of November, so thats about 5 weeks away at this stage.

    IN my local neighbourhood there is a house round the corner that puts their tree up around the 15th of Nov and they are the first near me.


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    #246
    DvB
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    Littlehorny wrote: »
    Is it just me or did September come and go in the blink of an eye for you guys?

    Yep. Seems like the kids only went back to school a few days ago.

    I've said it loads of times though, once the kids go back & we hit the 100/99 days mark on the countdown the time really seems to fly by at a fair old pace.

    Before we know it it'll be the October b/h and then Halloween the weeks are going that quickly.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #247
    Jude13
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    Our septic tank pals will be celebrating Thanksgiving and inviting us around, my OH wants to put our tree up the next day. It's going to be a different experience with a 20 month old.


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    #248
    [Deleted User]
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    This will be our second Christmas in the house, and this year we've a cat so I don't know how the combination of tree and cat will go...
    I think we'll stick with starting to put the tree and decorations up on or after the 6th December. We keep them all up until Nollaig na mBan, however this is disputed every year by himself who starts asking around Stephen's Day when will we take them down... his grinchy ways are not as bad as they used to be though :)


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    #249
    Jude13
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    Due to trying to keep the weight in check I think I will stick to one chocolate bar this year.
    https://www.cadburygiftsdirect.co.uk/giant-toblerone-4-5kg-bar.html


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    #250
    [Deleted User]
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    Jude13 wrote: »
    Due to trying to keep the weight in check I think I will stick to one chocolate bar this year.
    https://www.cadburygiftsdirect.co.uk/giant-toblerone-4-5kg-bar.html

    Oh my god


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    #251
    Mutleyboo
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭Mutleyboo


    Jude13 wrote: »
    Due to trying to keep the weight in check I think I will stick to one chocolate bar this year.
    https://www.cadburygiftsdirect.co.uk/giant-toblerone-4-5kg-bar.html

    Only around 22000 kcals!


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    #252
    TRS30
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    Jude13 wrote: »
    Our septic tank pals will be celebrating Thanksgiving and inviting us around, my OH wants to put our tree up the next day. It's going to be a different experience with a 20 month old.

    Elf3 will be around that mark as well come Christmas. Trying to remember back to when the other 2 were around that age, I do remember the poor tree decoration taking a bit of a hammering!!


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    #253
    Loughc
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    42 people currently viewing the forum...

    87 posts before 1pm....

    Good god it must be Christmas!!!! :D


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    #254
    Loughc
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    TRS30 wrote: »
    While I am all for choice, progression etc. I'm a big believer that Christmas is for relaxing/family time etc. If I had my way, shops would close mid day Christmas Eve and not open again till the 27th. Give people who work in retail a break.

    I would say 4pm Christmas Eve until 12pm on the 27th.

    Completely agree with the give the retail workers a break.

    Given the disruption this year with COVID provided we're not in lockdown I could see alot of stores opening Christmas Day this year.


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    #255
    DvB
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    Loughc wrote: »
    42 people currently viewing the forum...

    87 posts before 1pm....

    Good god it must be Christmas!!!! :D

    Just checked there after reading your post and it was 45!!
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #256
    Loughc
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    DvB wrote: »
    Just checked there after reading your post and it was 45!!

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    #257
    Littlehorny
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    Jude13 wrote: »
    Our septic tank pals will be celebrating Thanksgiving and inviting us around, my OH wants to put our tree up the next day. It's going to be a different experience with a 20 month old.

    Always wondered with Americans eating turkey traditionally at Thanksgiving, do they also eat a turkey for Christmas dinner 4 weeks later or is a turkey based dinner less of a tradition at Christmas?


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    #258
    TRS30
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    Littlehorny wrote: »
    Always wondered with Americans eating turkey traditionally at Thanksgiving, do they also eat a turkey for Christmas dinner 4 weeks later or is a turkey based dinner less of a tradition at Christmas?

    In my experience, turkey is a given for Thanksgiving and most likely for Christmas as well however not a nailed on certainty.


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    #259
    Loughc
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    Littlehorny wrote: »
    Always wondered with Americans eating turkey traditionally at Thanksgiving, do they also eat a turkey for Christmas dinner 4 weeks later or is a turkey based dinner less of a tradition at Christmas?

    AFAIK they go for Turkey at Thanksgiving and some do turkey at Christmas too. But alot go for a meatloaf/nutloaf/roast beef type offering instead.


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    #260
    SarahLil
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    My brother in law is in the States along time they do turkey for thanksgiving, lots of side dishes and go all out on homemade desserts, they really get into it, they decorate for it too

    And for Christmas the house is like something out of a film 3 full sized Christmas trees, Gingerbread houses for each of them 3 children 2 adults one dog, it was fab when I visited in 2015


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    #261
    Mystery Egg
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    I have a lot of American friends from a period when a big bunch of us were close friends in an ex-pat community in the UK.

    Thanksgivings were all about the turkey, corn pudding, candied yams and lots of other delicious things.

    Christmas was generally a baked ham, but there are no rules with Americans at Christmas. I've known them to eat roast chicken, roast beef and even lasagna. :pac:


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    #262
    freshpopcorn
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    I see McDonalds have a Menu from he 7th of October until the 17th November. So I guess there next one will be their Christmas one!


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    #263
    leahyl
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    Mystery Egg wrote: »
    I have a lot of American friends from a period when a big bunch of us were close friends in an ex-pat community in the UK.

    Thanksgivings were all about the turkey, corn pudding, candied yams and lots of other delicious things.

    Christmas was generally a baked ham, but there are no rules with Americans at Christmas. I've known them to eat roast chicken, roast beef and even lasagna. :pac:

    Yes, a friend of mine is from New York state (living in Cork now!) and I think they used to have turkey for Thanksgiving and then a baked ham for Christmas :)


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    #264
    beertons
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    Did ya see M&S are doing a Colin the Caterpillar cake for Christmas. I'm so getting one.


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    #265
    Neyite
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    Littlehorny wrote: »
    Is it just me or did September come and go in the blink of an eye for you guys?


    It flashed past here.


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    #266
    SarahLil
    Registered Users Posts: 1,971 ✭✭✭SarahLil


    I think I will give this ago this year


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    #267
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,523 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Great idea!

    I need to make a list of films to watch in December, because every year Christmas goes by in a flash and I don't get to watch half of what I intended to.


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    #268
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Posy wrote: »
    Great idea!

    I need to make a list of films to watch in December, because every year Christmas goes by in a flash and I don't get to watch half of what I intended to.

    Still have a couple of films in the planner from last Christmas, that still haven't got to!


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    #269
    washiskin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,360 ✭✭✭washiskin


    A few Christmas pjs and slippers in Penneys in Navan today and Dealz has a few more bits..... a little bit disappointed in what Art and Hobby has this year, looks like they might have changed supplier.


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    Loughc
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    SarahLil wrote: »
    I think I will give this ago this year
    Posy wrote: »
    Great idea!

    I need to make a list of films to watch in December, because every year Christmas goes by in a flash and I don't get to watch half of what I intended to.

    I’d love to do that. If I got through 5 of those movies in December I’d be thrilled. I’d never get the time I would like to.


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    #271
    tuisginideach
    Registered Users Posts: 2,051 ✭✭✭tuisginideach


    Dunnes have the Nollaig Shona and Oíche Mhaith PJs.


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