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Magica · Go Outside

What are you doing at Christmas

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Merry Christmas Mags, to you, yours, and everyone who posts and reads here and enjoys doing so. x

I (for only the third time since we married 50 years ago) will not be cooking Christmas dinner....going to DIL's house again, and it'll be lovely.

Boxing day, it's just the two of us, so we will relax, then an on the 27th eight of us (family) are off to an Italian restaurant for the evening meal.

About 22 of us are going out for dinner on New Years Eve, then a party afterwards....but I may skip the party, leave the young ones to do that one.

-- Edited by Syl on Friday 20th of December 2024 02:08:20 PM

Magica · Go Outside

Sounds fun Syl, enjoy x🎄

Maddog · Go Outside

I'm still trying to figure it out. I'm meeting two of my daughters and their family on the 27th.

The Houston tribe isn't coming up, so I'm probably driving down there at some point..

Digger · Admin

We are doing sweet bugger all apart from gormandizing, drinking and snoozing on the sofa.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Digger wrote:
We are doing sweet bugger all apart from gormandizing, drinking and snoozing on the sofa.

Gormandizing?...the rest of us will just be pigging out.

Digger · Admin

Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
We are doing sweet bugger all apart from gormandizing, drinking and snoozing on the sofa.
Gormandizing?...the rest of us will just be pigging out.

Well, I don't eat crap. I'll just eat lots and lots of quality folderols.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
We are doing sweet bugger all apart from gormandizing, drinking and snoozing on the sofa.
Gormandizing?...the rest of us will just be pigging out.
Well, I don't eat crap. I'll just eat lots and lots of quality folderols.

Have you swallowed a dictionary?

Vita · Know It All

Spending it with my nearest and dearest.

Anyone seen this new trend of charging your visitors for their drinks and dinner?

Seems a bit stingy.

I can just see it, you've just finished your pudding and the host whips oot a calculator.

Prawn cocktail

Turkey and the trimmings

Two dods of cheese and crackers

Three glasses of prosecco.

That will be £75 oh and Happy Christmas!!

🙄

Magica · Go Outside

I can't understand anyone charging tbh.

I can see these meanies speeding Christmas alone with that attitude.

Bloody Scrooges 😵

Digger · Admin

Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
We are doing sweet bugger all apart from gormandizing, drinking and snoozing on the sofa.
Gormandizing?...the rest of us will just be pigging out.
Well, I don't eat crap. I'll just eat lots and lots of quality folderols.
Have you swallowed a dictionary?

No, I'm just well read.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
We are doing sweet bugger all apart from gormandizing, drinking and snoozing on the sofa.
Gormandizing?...the rest of us will just be pigging out.
Well, I don't eat crap. I'll just eat lots and lots of quality folderols.
Have you swallowed a dictionary?
No, I'm just well read.

That maywell be, but (having looked up the word folderol, which I have never heard of) it doesn't seem to make sense in the context of which you have used it.

Date: Dec 21 12:42 PM, 2024

Vita wrote:
Spending it with my nearest and dearest.
Anyone seen this new trend of charging your visitors for their drinks and dinner?
Seems a bit stingy.
I can just see it, you've just finished your pudding and the host whips oot a calculator.
Prawn cocktail
Turkey and the trimmings
Two dods of cheese and crackers
Three glasses of prosecco.
That will be £75 oh and Happy Christmas!!
🙄

…glad to see you’re OK, Vic!

Out to a Christmas Eve party.

Christmas Day - home alone. Which I’m actually looking forward to. Candles lit, thoughts of those I love/have loved. Back-to-back naff Christmas movies. I might even eat some carbs!

Boxing Day - 6 friends round at mine for an open buffet thing, when I‘ll be serving some gourmandise folderols (at no charge)

Date: Dec 21 12:47 PM, 2024

Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
We are doing sweet bugger all apart from gormandizing, drinking and snoozing on the sofa.
Gormandizing?...the rest of us will just be pigging out.

At the risk of being overly picky, looks to me that she spelled it wrong too…

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Vam wrote:
Vita wrote:
Spending it with my nearest and dearest.
Anyone seen this new trend of charging your visitors for their drinks and dinner?
Seems a bit stingy.
I can just see it, you've just finished your pudding and the host whips oot a calculator.
Prawn cocktail
Turkey and the trimmings
Two dods of cheese and crackers
Three glasses of prosecco.
That will be £75 oh and Happy Christmas!!
🙄
…glad to see you’re OK, Vic!
Out to a Christmas Eve party.
Christmas Day - home alone. Which I’m actually looking forward to. Candles lit, thoughts of those I love/have loved. Back-to-back naff Christmas movies. I might even eat some carbs!

Boxing Day - 6 friends round at mine for an open buffet thing, when I‘ll be serving some gourmandise folderols (at no charge)

Oh God....it's catching.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

I am useless at wrapping presents. Give me a square box and I can still make it look like a crumpled mess...it's just a gift I have.

Last night, me and OH wrapped grandsons hamper, we make him one up every year, and every year it's the same palaver.
But this year my aim was to reach higher.

So we decorated the box (which was a supermarket box that had contained fruit) the shop bought wicker baskets are never big enough, so we always cadge a strong cardboard box from somewhere. We managed this without too much drama, though it took time, a couple of Christmas paper rolls and much sellotape.

This year my aim was to place cellophane under the box, then bring it up and over, gather it together in a big fan, and tie it with thick gold ribbon.

By the time it was anywhere near my imagined image, we had run out of cellophane, even though I had bought 3 rolls, had to turn the heating off we were sweating that much, and were just about on speaking terms.

Next year I think I will go back to the original format of NOT trying to make it look like it was bought from Harrods.

jackb · 1000 Posts!?

As little as possible!
After cooking all day Xmas eve.
Friends coming over boxing day but I'll have cooked the meat for that on Xmas eve.

Date: Dec 22 1:13 AM, 2024

Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones Syl x x Best wishes 4 the New Year!

Vita · Know It All

Syl wrote:
I am useless at wrapping presents. Give me a square box and I can still make it look like a crumpled mess...it's just a gift I have.

Last night, me and OH wrapped grandsons hamper, we make him one up every year, and every year it's the same palaver.
But this year my aim was to reach higher.
So we decorated the box (which was a supermarket box that had contained fruit) the shop bought wicker baskets are never big enough, so we always cadge a strong cardboard box from somewhere. We managed this without too much drama, though it took time, a couple of Christmas paper rolls and much sellotape.

This year my aim was to place cellophane under the box, then bring it up and over, gather it together in a big fan, and tie it with thick gold ribbon.

By the time it was anywhere near my imagined image, we had run out of cellophane, even though I had bought 3 rolls, had to turn the heating off we were sweating that much, and were just about on speaking terms.

Next year I think I will go back to the original format of NOT trying to make it look like it was bought from Harrods.

Double sided craft tape is good for wrapping parcels Syl.

Put a few lengths the width of the box and it holds the paper in it in place when you turn the box over.

Then you don't have the hassle of it moving about when you gather it together to put the bow round.

Put awkward shaped items on at an angle, never straight on the paper.

I've been wrapping everyone's presents up for years.

Magica · Go Outside

When I wrap presents, sellotape always sticks to my fingers.

Also tape sticks down on the roll, then I have to try and prise it open again. 😤

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