Christmas Watch 2025

[Reynard]

Felixstowe Morrisons had the Quality Street/ Celebrations/Roses tubs out on sale on Wednesday if that counts. Don't know if they were Ch****mas themed or not.

Both the Tesco in Ely and the Co-op in Littleport have them in.

I suspect the supermarkets operate on the premise that people will buy those big tubs early in order to get ahead, but that they will then become victims of unscheduled snaccidents, which means that further purchases will be necessary.

 

[king of the mole hills]

7 quid a tub at the moment about 20 sweets what a bargain

 

[Drago]

Local, and most excellent, garden centre cafe plugging its Christmas menu.

To quote the great Ross Kemp, it looks a bit poncey.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

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 herbal tea (Teapigs or something like that) one once. Some were quite nice, but others were utterly horrific!

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.

It's safe for dogs though.
I once tried a dog's easter egg and all it tasted of was mint. 🤔

We have a couple of all year christmas shops not far from me in Denmark. You come outside into 26 degrees and blinding sun. Its a bit weird.

Not if you were in the southern hemisphere though.

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All perfectly sane and balanced then?

Probably getting rid of last year's leftovers before getting new ones in.

"Best before dates? What best before dates?" 🤣

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

This just came up on my Facebook feed.

Dear oh dear!:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Kb6TSRuDv/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Way too early for any mention of Christmas

I've worked for two firms where Christmas was a vital part of the year, have a poor one and profits are low or non-existent. And if you don't get in early, you're dead.

 

[stephec]

See, mince pies are like Kryptonite to me. Any weightcI manage to shift during the year goes back on thanks to minde pies. Why, damn you, why?! 😭

There's mince pies in our Tesco, best before date is October.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Felixstowe Morrisons had the Quality Street/ Celebrations/Roses tubs out on sale on Wednesday if that counts. Don't know if they were Ch****mas themed or not.

Leicester Morrisons had selection boxes or advent calendars (can't remember which) on Friday. They also had Cadbury chocolate Xmas pudding.

August, it's bloody mental

 

[king of the mole hills]

I've worked for two firms where Christmas was a vital part of the year, have a poor one and profits are low or non-existent. And if you don't get in early, you're dead.

Do you live in the north pole

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Do you live in the north pole

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

 

[classic33]

Felixstowe Morrisons had the Quality Street/ Celebrations/Roses tubs out on sale on Wednesday if that counts. Don't know if they were Ch****mas themed or not.

Nestle made Quality Street "seasonal" years ago, Rowntree Mackintosh/Rowntree's kept them on sale all year. Nestle made them seasonal, and sales declined, they're now trying to up the sales.

 

[classic33]

7 quid a tub at the moment about 20 sweets what a bargain

Keep an eye open for the refill bags, about 2/3 the price of a tub.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

See, mince pies are like Kryptonite to me. Any weightcI manage to shift during the year goes back on thanks to minde pies. Why, damn you, why?! 😭

'Down the Curling Club, we always have a celebration on our final night before Christmas.

One year, a senior member bought our Mince Pies and proceeded to present them for us to eat.

*Cue a bit of consternation*

It turns out he'd only bought them in a rush and hadn't looked to see what they were.

They were raw meat and needed cooking. Not 'Mincemeat' at all!

Even more amusingly was that one guy, a big sheep farmer had already downed several before we realised! 🤣

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

... He's never been allowed to forget buying them either! 🤣

 

[VinSumRox]

Christmas stuff being set up in Dobbies last week.