The Christmas Thread

[jiggs]

Wooo Hooo only 28 days till Xmas - I'm all excited, wonder what santa will bring....:smiley32::smiley32::smiley32:

[pennymac]

Santa is going to bring me a whole house full of relatives!! Well 6 of them to be precise, and I'm really looking forward to it!

[joemac]

http://www.lauraprangley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/TOo-Soon.jpg

[licorice]

Christmas...... now thats a scary thought, way toooooooooo early to even think about Christmas.

[boards]

i was humming to some christmas jingles over the weekend... kinda catches you by surprise!

[licorice]

i was humming to some christmas jingles over the weekend... kinda catches you by surprise!

hehehehe, what you singing you mean Boards? :smiley36:

[boards]

hehehehe, what your singing you mean Boards? :smiley36:

that as well!

[Tricky Nicky]

I can't believe it is December next week - it has literally snuck up on us this year and is about to whack us over the head!!!!! Too fast!!!!

[Tricky Nicky]

Thanks for my new Av - it is very ............. seasonal :smiley36: :smiley36:

[licorice]

Thanks for my new Av - it is very ............. seasonal :smiley36: :smiley36:

hehehehe, so someone gave you a new AV then Nix... must be an admin person. :smiley36:

[Tricky Nicky]

Yeah, I'm guessing! LOL.

[pennymac]

I have to say that I love christmas, well except for the last few, they were boring, but there will be 5 children in my house this year, so I'm hoping they'll be super excited, and bring the festive feel back!
Oh yeah, and the food!! mmmmm ham, and christmas pudding, yum! I'm made mine already. And I've made the christmas cake. I wont feed it chivas this year though, I couldn't tell the difference last time.

[Sam Edwards]

Penny my Dad would have a heart attack AGAIN if you even suggested feeding your cake chivas. I dont think he has quite recovered from that. LOL

[Tricky Nicky]

LOL - yes I think my dad would too!!!

I am hoping Christmas will be festive this year. I had such a hangover on Christmas Day last year thanks to my lovely next door neighbours - eish but I suffered! I will have to go easy this year so that at least I am not incapbable - although I did cook a very passable lunch and drank copious quantities of mulled wine with a stinking hangover!!!!! :smiley36:

[jiggs]

Bloody hell what a waste Chivers. Well if you must would you mind if I passd it through my system first?

[pennymac]

hmm, jiggs, let me think about that...NO!!!
What will you be doing for Christmas this year? Will you stay in Moz?

[Sam Edwards]

I am with Mom and Dad and Julie and Bernard Georgiou for xmas this year. Last time I spent xmas with them Brian their son, got most of us broken drunk playing drinking games.....Im very scared. But I think Brian is with his girlfriends family this year so I may be safe.

Oh and I want my Avatar in my xmas stocking this year please!!!!

[boards]

:smiley20:

[cujimmy]

..to practice your rugby conversions?

[boards]

..to practice your rugby conversions?

wrong sport....

[Tricky Nicky]

wrong sport....

Couch Rugby?

[ozwheels]

Have just been introduced to the Fuji x10 digital camera. Bloody awsome!! Sadly my hints for this as an Xmas pressis have fallen on deaf ears!!!

[jiggs]

hmm, jiggs, let me think about that...NO!!!
What will you be doing for Christmas this year? Will you stay in Moz?

Yes working and Seafood surprise for xmas lunch

[Sam Edwards]

So 13 days till Christmas. Has everyone done their xmas shopping? Is everyone sorted? I have found this year most people have said... dont buy me anything and wont buy for you so thats cool, the only ones I have to get for is Mom and Dad, who I have allready got for and my god daughter and her brother. A few friends kids...and whahhhh lahhhhh Im done. So not in a panic at all this year.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[pennymac]

I'm doing pretty well, I have for all the children, the in laws and my uncle and his fiance, so only 3 or 4 more to go and I'll be done. I know what I'm going to get for most of those left, so that makes things easier for sure.
Going to the shops last week was a nightmare though, and I'm definitely not looking forward to doing food shopping over the next couple of weeks. You fill up the trolley and wait in line for what feels like days and days.

[zimajays]

I am currently trying to cancel xmas, but so far no one is even listening to my arguments!

[pennymac]

ZJ, what you'll have to do is become a Johovas Witness, in the next couple of days...problem sorted! :)

[gertrude]

Have just been introduced to the Fuji x10 digital camera. Bloody awsome!! Sadly my hints for this as an Xmas pressis have fallen on deaf ears!!!

Well, ALL my hints to anyone have fallen on deaf ears....

I suppose I should remember I live in Zimbabwe....*sigh*

[gertrude]

Getting pressies is never a problem. Himself doesn't buy for me, I don't buy for him. I would truly love to buy for my kids/grandson in UK, but not enough cash.

Food...well, I have the turkey etc for the day. Can't, for the life of me so far, find a Christmas pudding. Fruitcakes are made though...and well soused, without Chivas, I might add!! Bols brandy, only! Sorry, Jiggs!!

Will make the mince pie (with rum, of course!!!) next week.

Have likely forgotten tons of things, but sh*t happens!

[joemac]

Hey all. we have decamped to Pennymac's place in Western Australia for Christmas. I've managed to get the Internet working which is good.

[Sam Edwards]

hey Joe, how did your flights go with the kids??

[boards]

oh bugger its Christmas time... have to think long and hard what we want to do this year? Possibly a bit late:(

[petals]

Hey Gertrude...about wasting that Bols...!!!!!!!!
I've yet to find an affordable brandy over here that tastes anywhere as good as the Zim/S.african ones.
Just pop an assortment into a case and send them over to me for Xmas...please?!!!!!:whistling::whistling::whistlin g:

[scottm]

Our road has just 8 houses on it, 4 of them non Greek. The "foreigners" will make it up to our place for drinks and snacks and then we all get on with hosting our respective lunches. Pissed before lunch again. Presents more or less sorted on my trip to UK previous week. When you can fly Athens/UK return for $150 it's sensible to pop over for shopping as Greece is so expensive in comparison ! Bugger my carbon footprint.

[pennymac]

It's funny how you think of the way you do christmas as being the way christmas is done. For instance, we put up the tree on christmas eve, and then put presents under after the babies have gone to bed, open them in the morning, and then have a cold christmas lunch. But Joe's lot do it aallll differently! They have santa sacks, and christmas breakfast for a start. I think we've convinced the littlies that santa knows they're with me for christmas, so he's going to bring their presents to my house instead. It was a bit harder to explain why he wouldn't put them in their santa sack, I think in the end we decided the reason was because he does things differently in Australia :)

[Tricky Nicky]

I am organised thankfully. I have one more present to get but the rest are wrapped and under the tree. Most the food has been purchased - again just a few more things to get and voila! Sorted!

[boards]

1: The booze bra:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1295288/The-booze-bra-hold-bottle-wine--just-dont-wear-white-shirt.html

It's certainly one way to boost your cup size - but a new bra that can hold a whole bottle of wine is unlikely to find much favour with bar and pub owners.
The 'Wine Rack', which holds 750ml of drink and comes complete with a straw attached to the watertight tubing inside the cups, can inflate a girl's chest by up to two sizes. The bra, which is produced by New Jersey retailer BaronBob.com, has proved popular with students during the U.S. state's recent heatwave. 'They are leak proof and are totally water tight or booze tight as the case may be,' said store owner Paul Krasulja, 38. 'The drinking tube has a stop start button which is siphoned off from the tubing around the bra. 'Fully filled, the bra is imperceptibly increased by two sizes.
But the bra should not be considered lingerie, he added. 'It is for partying and drinking.

2: The Human Dolphin:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/burnred/the-human-dolphin-281t

[boards]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz8yJogJEEM

[jiggs]

Here's wishing all my Bobo friends and family a very festive holiday season and a prosperous new year. Party hard but play safe.

[zimboykie]

Well, l must be getting old; l actually now appreciate getting socks & hankies for Christmas presents. How sad is that?

[Sam Edwards]

My best Christmas pressie ever!!!!! My sister told us that her, hubbie and kids will be moving to UK early next year..............YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[joemac]

wow, that's a big step

[Sam Edwards]

wow, that's a big step
I know, we been chatting about it, big change for the kids... but fingers crossed with lots of family support we can keep them on the straight and narrow...

[pennymac]

it will be such a culture shock for all of them. Does that mean Sav will start high school in the UK? Going to school is a great way to make friends, so that will be good for the kids.

[Sam Edwards]

Yes Savannah will be going into High school She will be fine Im sure...