The CHRISTMAS Thread

[leedswolf]

Mince pies are the shit. I could eat them all year round.

My dad ate them all year round. Mum used to bake a dozen mince pies weekly.

 

[Dire Wolf]

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[lemonjelly]

My dad ate them all year round. Mum used to bake a dozen mince pies weekly.

My nan used to bake mince pies year round. Her shortcrust pastry was amazing.
Can remember as a kid coming home from school & her and mum had done a day's baking & there was something delicious cooling on every available surface in the kitchen.

 

[leedswolf]

My nan used to bake mince pies year round. Her shortcrust pastry was amazing.
Can remember as a kid coming home from school & her and mum had done a day's baking & there was something delicious cooling on every available surface in the kitchen.

Mum always baked on Sunday including mince pies, jam tarts, sponge cakes and buns (called cup cakes these days for some ridiculous reason), fruit pies and scones.

 

[PPB]

Does anyone else get less and less Christmas cards with each year? I'm hoping it's cos of a price of a stamp and not cos nobody likes me.

 

[PPB]

Just injected the cake with Brandy again. Made a coffee and put a dash in it too.

 

[BillyDee]

Save some for this evening...

 

[sycophantia]

Does anyone else get get less and less Christmas cards with each year? I'm hoping it's cos of a price of a stamp and not cos nobody likes me.

Yep ours are on a downward spiral.
Reasons.
1. children no longer live with us.
2. Wive used to work in a achool, now retired
3. Half our friends are dead or or simply dont have the mental capacity left to remember us.

 

[lemonjelly]

Does anyone else get less and less Christmas cards with each year? I'm hoping it's cos of a price of a stamp and not cos nobody likes me.

Only really get cards off my wife & parents. Even the step kids don't bother nowadays.

Wife mentioned appreciating how the shops in wolves had festive displays when we visited recently. Birmingham shops don't seem to bother anymore.

 

[lemonjelly]

Yep ours are on a downward spiral.
Reasons.
1. children no longer live with us.
2. Wive used to work in a achool, now retired
3. Half our friends are dead or or simply dont have the mental capacity left to remember us.

Bless you!