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That's nice Cologne 

You've lost me Sprout



That sounds so poignant and yet so lovely, Cologne.  Have a lovely time. 

Thanks sprout. It's the calm before the storm. Christmas day will be invaded by friends; mine, my daughter's and granddaughter's. Thankfully we have lots to eat.  Just a pity my son and his family can't be here.

Thanks cosi, you and yours too.  In fact everybody here. I'll be gone tomorrow, so I hope everybody has a lovely time over Christmas and the New Year.

Hope it all pans out well for you and the family/friends col and that you have a fabulous Christmas   

Scarlett that sounds lovely hun

I will be greeting my brother and dad, they are  coming up for a few days and will arrive christmas eve evening and we shall have a tipple or two

Hope you, hubby and the moggy have a great time xx

I'll be babysitting my boys from 3.30 until 8pm. I think we'll watch some Christmas films - have some goodies and ...........i'll be quietly and very deliberately working them up into a Christmas frenzy!

I will watch telly and come on here I am going to midnight mass my next door neighbours are going and have kindly offered take me, go to bed when I come home with the telly on and my laptop by me.. I lead such an exciting life

Sounds lovely to me. Horses for courses - some like to party, some like lots of company but .................it is what it is for each and every one of us. Marg .............yours sounds like a lovely christmas Eve,

Thank you Soozy

Christmas Eve is games night in our house. Board games, dancing games, singing games. Lots of food and booze but not too late as next day is mental and I can't do it with a hangover 

Working up till 1.30pm then getting a train to Westgate to in-laws while the husband drives down woth the presents, the kids and the dog plus enough gear for three days.  I shall phone when I get off the train so theres a drink when I walk through the door. We may all go down the pub in the evening, though last time we planned that everyone else went down the pub whilst I stayed home with a puking child!

We'll prep all the veg as well and do as much as we can so we can do as little as possible Christmas Day.

Cleaning and watching xmas films and tryin to stop my 2 boys killing each other with excitement and frustration that it's still another day away

Then in the evening I let them open a pressie which just happens to be new pjs and slippers and bath stuff then it's bathtime and supper and leaving out Santa's food (I forgot to buy cookies and am not going out the door again so I'm not sure what the kids are gonna leave him!) then they're off to bed where it will take them about 3 hours to fall asleep!

I have had the pressies wrapped since last week.....it's a yearly tradition where I go to my mum in laws and we have a few drinks and wrap all the stuff together.....so I'll leave them out then stress that I haven't bought enough as usual and throughout all this there HAS to be beverages which will hopefully get me to sleep quicker coz I'm worse than the kids on xmas eve and can never sleep!

Christmas Eve is all about getting in the mood while thinking about stuffing and hot pies and the anticipation of someone enjoying a hot bird.  

I do like a nice large bit of boneless meat

Early night and up early on the day. Can't see us getting a bike ride in, so a long walk and then a drive down to my hometown for lunch.

I shall be thinking of all you lot out partying or nibbling on nice things and imbibing of some hard stuff

I must be the only saddo person on the forum who spends every Xmas alone [apart from the cat]  and has done for the last 8 yrs...

Still it's a good job I don't mind my own company. . tho I do pee meself off now and then. . in fact am so used to not having company I get freaked out if anybody does call in and stays for too long.. am  not used to this socialising thing any more..  

Have fun y'all 

Thanks Olly - and I hope that your Christmas is good for you

I shall be fighting my way through Xmas shoppers to buy meat since Waitrose lost our order. Then I shall be going to sign on. Then probably back home to bed to nurse my cold.

awww PC

hope the cold gets better soon. .and good luck out there in all that madness stuff with crazy shopping people..

Not that I've seen any of that for years. .agoraphobia has it's pluses sometimes

Looks like Midnight Mass is out, back has gone again tonight and now shuffling like an old bloke in grey Farrars with a bad dose of piles. Happy days!

Crimbo Eve will be like this....


Crawl out of bed...gulp copious amounts of tea....last minute chores (dusting/mopping/bog cleaning)...mates round for cuppa and munchies....help MrB with veggie prep for big day....lunch....eagerly await arrival of homemade mincepies from Grandad (he's making me 4doz)....nice glass of something and a hot mince pie with family....snooze on sofa....tea....evening spent worrying that there isn't enough food and drink...try and get kids to bed...bath....try and sleep..too excited...watch Muppets Christmas Carol til early hours. Brilliant!!!

You should end up getting some really good grub bargains, but that still doesn't let Waitrose off the hook. How the ruddy hell did they manage to lose it ffs? Compensation my friend!

Up early; put on Christmas music; make mince pies, shortbread, sausage rolls, (Soozy's recipe) and the veggie option for Christmas lunch; throw the duster and vac about; quickly nip into town for a few bits I still need want; pack a bag; make up a couple of hamper presents that have to wait 'til the last min; load the car up and get off to my sister's for a family get together ......try hard to stick to my annual Christmas eve' resolve to not drink too many bubbles and spoil Christmas day with a hangover!

I'm lucky enough to have a boyfriend whose role model is Margo from The Good Life. He got on the phone to them and now they're giving us a free sirloin joint. Shan't breathe till it's in the shopping bag, though.

I won't be doing anything special - going to my Mum's tomorrow so no veg to prep Hubby and I watch some Tv with drinks and nibbles!

PC - that's terrible - hope you get your free beef.

Re Pink uggs - they look nice but imagine when they're dirty

I saw your update

Glad to hear your OH got it sorted, I would have been delighted to have screamed at them on your behalf though

Cheers, Karma. I'm looking forward to our humungous free sirloin tomorrow

And so you should! Enjoy x

We had a lovely country walk out in the snow. A gift for tracking experts. I'll probably go for fish and chips just as soon as we finish watching Brief Encounter. It really is a classic, although one can't help but imagine everything smelling of steam trains, tobacco fumes, and stale piss.

Yay! Free Xmas dinner! Fank yew, Waitrose - you can fuck up every year if you like