kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
It’s all preparation mate!
You guys doing anything for Christmas?
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It’s all preparation mate!
vickster
Legendary Member
You poison them all. Adults and kids are fair game. But try to spare the baby until next year at least
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
If you start drinking when you put the turkey in, by the time everything is ready you won't care if anything goes wrong.
Bazzer
Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.
- Location
- On the edge of reality
Saturday, my eldest eldest daughter and I will be visiting my Dad's and Step Father's graves, both of whom died in December. Mrs B and youngest daughter will go into Manchester, with some hats and gloves bought for the rough sleepers.
Sunday, meal and dining room preparation, then in the evening we go for a drive, looking at how people have decorated their houses.
Monday, pressie, breakfast, church, pressies, lunch with Bach playing in the background, relax. Evening meal followed by non banging fireworks.
A little prescriptive for some, but it suits us.
Sunday, meal and dining room preparation, then in the evening we go for a drive, looking at how people have decorated their houses.
Monday, pressie, breakfast, church, pressies, lunch with Bach playing in the background, relax. Evening meal followed by non banging fireworks.
A little prescriptive for some, but it suits us.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
I'll be feeding my sister's pigs in Hampshire over Christmas. Then down to Cornwall for a few days over New Year.
winjim
Smash the cistern
Some of us will be getting a decade older...
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Christmas is a bit of a mixed bag here chez Casa Reynard. Being of assorted mixed northern and eastern European ancestry and me born a Cockney, we pick and choose the best bits. 
It's just mum, me and the cats, so we please ourselves.
My lovely 90 year old neighbour is coming round tomorrow afternoon for a brew and a chinwag. I have a box for him with six bottles of nice beer and a dundee cake, plus some toys and treats for his cat. On Saturday I'm meeting up with some very dear friends for tea. One of them isn't terribly well, so I may go visit rather than hosting them here - we'll be playing that one by ear. And on Christmas Eve, I'm meeting up with another lovely friend who lives in the village for a brew and a chinwag.
Christmas Eve is Wigilia or Heiligabend, but we're fairly flexible about the food the food. We just have fish as it's the last day of advent, (this year I have steamed salmon, smoked mackerel and herrings in a cream sauce), rye bread, a salad, fruit and some nice home baked Lebkuchen. Then in the evening I might go to midnight mass in Ely Cathedral or to St Leonard's in the village. If not, I'll watch the midnight mass on the telly.
Christmas Day is a quiet day here. I might go for a spin on the bike (heaven knows it's been a while), but it's generally a day for curling up in front of the fire with a good book, some nice music and a plate of snacks. We have our main dinner in the evening - don't tend to bother with turkey as none of us are that keen. This year we're having a gammon with all the nice trimmings. Muggins loves to cook up a storm and push the boat out a wee bit.
Oh yes, and then there's the Christmas Eve and Boxing Day yellow stickering, but we won't go into that...
It's just mum, me and the cats, so we please ourselves.My lovely 90 year old neighbour is coming round tomorrow afternoon for a brew and a chinwag. I have a box for him with six bottles of nice beer and a dundee cake, plus some toys and treats for his cat. On Saturday I'm meeting up with some very dear friends for tea. One of them isn't terribly well, so I may go visit rather than hosting them here - we'll be playing that one by ear. And on Christmas Eve, I'm meeting up with another lovely friend who lives in the village for a brew and a chinwag.
Christmas Eve is Wigilia or Heiligabend, but we're fairly flexible about the food the food. We just have fish as it's the last day of advent, (this year I have steamed salmon, smoked mackerel and herrings in a cream sauce), rye bread, a salad, fruit and some nice home baked Lebkuchen. Then in the evening I might go to midnight mass in Ely Cathedral or to St Leonard's in the village. If not, I'll watch the midnight mass on the telly.
Christmas Day is a quiet day here. I might go for a spin on the bike (heaven knows it's been a while), but it's generally a day for curling up in front of the fire with a good book, some nice music and a plate of snacks. We have our main dinner in the evening - don't tend to bother with turkey as none of us are that keen. This year we're having a gammon with all the nice trimmings. Muggins loves to cook up a storm and push the boat out a wee bit.
Oh yes, and then there's the Christmas Eve and Boxing Day yellow stickering, but we won't go into that...
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Tomorrow, work. Saturday night, The Prodigy at Brixton Academy. Then a couple of days off, in which I probably won't be doing any cycling if the early weather forecast is accurate. Probably catching up on a load of telly...
Maverick Goose
A jumped up pantry boy, who never knew his place
- Location
- A champagne supernova in the sky
Christmas is a bit of a mixed bag here chez Casa Reynard. Being of assorted mixed northern and eastern European ancestry and me born a Cockney, we pick and choose the best bits.
My lovely 90 year old neighbour is coming round tomorrow afternoon for a brew and a chinwag. I have a box for him with six bottles of nice beer and a dundee cake, plus some toys and treats for his cat. On Saturday I'm meeting up with some very dear friends for tea. One of them isn't terribly well, so I may go visit rather than hosting them here - we'll be playing that one by ear. And on Christmas Eve, I'm meeting up with another lovely friend who lives in the village for a brew and a chinwag.
Christmas Eve is Wigilia or Heiligabend, but we're fairly flexible about the food the food. We just have fish as it's the last day of advent, (this year I have steamed salmon, smoked mackerel and herrings in a cream sauce), rye bread, a salad, fruit and some nice home baked Lebkuchen. Then in the evening I might go to midnight mass in Ely Cathedral or to St Leonard's in the village. If not, I'll watch the midnight mass on the telly.
Christmas Day is a quiet day here. I might go for a spin on the bike (heaven knows it's been a while), but it's generally a day for curling up in front of the fire with a good book, some nice music and a plate of snacks. We have our main dinner in the evening - don't tend to bother with turkey as none of us are that keen. This year we're having a gammon with all the nice trimmings. Muggins loves to cook up a storm and push the boat out a wee bit.
Oh yes, and then there's the Christmas Eve and Boxing Day yellow stickering, but we won't go into that...
We're ABT people as well (my mum is a terrible faffer though), maybe involving some Middle Eastern flavours. Well that Jesus bloke was from the Middle East after all!.
Happy Yellow Stickering-may it bring you everything you wished for!
Can't beat a bit of custard at Chrimbo
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vickster
Legendary Member
...hopefully for the sake of the baby at least
jayonabike
Powered by caffeine & whisky
- Location
- Hertfordshire
After working from 11 till 11 for 3 weeks and 10 hours on top of that last Sunday it was nice to relax having afternoon tea with the wife this afternoon.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
We're ABT people as well (my mum is a terrible faffer though), maybe involving some Middle Eastern flavours. Well that Jesus bloke was from the Middle East after all!.
Thank you!
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
It's beginning to look a lot like I have a tree and pressies
