Christmas Watch 2025

[VinSumRox]

Christmas stuff being set up in Dobbies last week.

 

[mistyoptic]

Christmas stuff being set up in Dobbies last week.

Garden centres operate in a different time zone to the rest of us

 

[classic33]

Try the toy trade for one. Flat out in August getting goods ready for the shops.

We'd be printing off the Christmas Club pages and cleared an area for the Christmas Club storage by this time. The first ones on the sheets would be on in two weeks time, in the middle of September.

 

[tyred]

A Christomas Carol-Charles Dickens

He lost his way in later life and felt the need to confirm!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

On my news app today: "the must have toy this Christmas costs £80"

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

On my news app today: "the must have toy this Christmas costs £80"

What is it?

 

[VinSumRox]

In early August, a colleague at work was given the unenviable task of organising the team xmas lunch. So, I’ve had a couple of emails off him asking my availability in December and of my dietary/culinary preference.

On Spotify, Disneyland Paris have adverts promoting Xmas breaks with access to Santa. I’m a cheapskate and use the free, advert-laden version of Spotify.

Always a task to avoid!

 

[Ratchet Cat]

The Lego advent calendars are out. They are never disappointing. I’m getting the Friends one this year.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

What is it?

Sorry, I didn't read the article, just the headline.
Wasn't really interested.

 

[Paulus]

On my recent trip to the north of Scotland, there is a Christmas shop at John O'Groats.
The mere mention of the C word sets me off into one.🤬

 

[rockyroller]

gonna try real hard not to get covid this year

 

[Chris S]

Aren't most advent calendars deliberately disappointing by their very nature? 24 tiny non-descript "chocolate flavoured" sweets that totals up to less than a large chocolate bar, but at 10 times the cost of one?

I had a friend who once bought an advent calendar for his dog and he said he couldn't tell the difference between the dog-friendly "chocolate" and the stuff that came in his calendar.

How did he know what the dog-friendly chocolate tasted like?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

How did he know what the dog-friendly chocolate tasted like?

Curiosity, obvs.

 

[Jenkins]

Last night - an advert for Ch****mas getaways at Centre Parks on TV. Full on Santa and lit tree bolox.

 

[wiggydiggy]

A quiet one in is exactly what we do here. It's just mum, the cat and me. Plus a friend always drops by for a and a slice of something sweet on her way home from a long walk on the coast with her dogs. And a picnic lunch - something for her and something for the doggos.

She always gets invited by another friend to have Christmas dinner with them and their family in one of the pubs in the village, but she always declines, mainly because she says the others drink too much and then it's not much fun when it comes to trying to enjoy the food or socialise coherently.

I'm hosting my mum as well. Theres rumours going round at work we are going to get extra time off (due to the way the BHs fall this year) so that will be nice.

I've no oven but have some gadgets that should let me cook a meat roast & veg ok.