Good grief! 

I have enough trouble protecting my chocolate decorations from thieves! 

I heard about that in the news yesterday   more money than sense these people 

LOL Blizz. You know what to do............eat em all yourself

I may have to resort to that. 

Can't wait for that oil money to run out  

It's not porn is it Lil cabbage??
 
 

scuse the iggrance but do they DO Christmas?

PMSL Al!   Nope. Would I    

I think they're just trying to join in Hobbes

If I was minted that would be my tree

No but they do Commercialism like the rest of us in the true spirit of xmas

Awwwww that's cute

Update



http://www.guardian.co.uk/worl...el-christmas-tree

Isnae working hen.

Just a bunch of tossers in supercars to me.

Can I say that?  

You just did   Hang on, I'll go look for another linky

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/8...m-christmas-overload



Try that Velvet?

You just have

At least their open minded in their 550 Barchettas  

(Psst.... still tossers)

I still wouldn't swap it for our old tree with decorations we've had for years with all their memories. We have a red heart which my then 2 year old (he's now 28) swiped from Santas grotto in Debenhams, 2 little teddy shaped boxes that were a gift from friends now in America, 2 little pom pom robins made by my boys when they were little etc etc.


So many memories, I love it when I put our tree up every year.


You can't buy that kind of thing for all the money in the world

Agree with you Veggie.

Tree's 45 if it's a day.

Lol Velvet Donkey that's a goodun. Ours is about 15 years old!


My friends 11 year old helped to put it up and he loved the stories about the decorations. We've let him make a few to hang on the tree and keep, he was chuffed.


His mum buys new nearly every year and doesn't keep any of the stuff her kids make!

I haven't got my tree up yet, but by god it's going up next year if not this year. (not sure whether I'll have time) things conspiring against me 

Me too Veggie ... sometimes I think themed trees look great - but there is no way that I could ditch my 'box of memories' decorations

It's the only thing I've done Sprout tbh. I've wrapped a few bits for my grandson and my mates 2 and my son. I need to get a little pressie for my son and DIL and cards for them but then I'm done. We don't go mad at Christmas spending money we aint got!!


What you need to do is rope in a willing kid to help - takes all the work out of tree decorating

Can't quote Rexi but I'm glad you're like that too - it makes Christmas more special for me

Veggie  that's a good thing though, that you know your limits 
As to your other part of the post, yes I know I have family but they wouldn't think of going out of their way to bother. and TBH, I wouldn't go out of my way to ask them  allthough I have been invited to my Brother and sis in laws for christmas day.  It's like we're there but only if something goes drastically wrong 

We're not that close as a family either - sounds a bit like yours - other than my kids that is.


My friends kids are also like surrogates - we call them honorarys. Bliddy useful when you need help with Christmas tree lol