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!

 

[Lupo]

Been to Shrewsbury today and attended a showing of A Christmas Carol, the 1984 George C Scott version which was filmed in Shrewsbury and is my favourite version of the story, at the Old Market Hall cinema in the square

 

[sycophantia]

Been to Shrewsbury today and attended a showing of A Christmas Carol, the 1984 George C Scott version which was filmed in Shrewsbury and is my favourite version of the story, at the Old Market Hall cinema in the square View attachment 15459View attachment 15460View attachment 15461

Good little cinema that is.

 

[Lupo]

Good little cinema that is.

First time in. Had been to the cafe before but never the cinema

 

[The Saturday Boy]

I curated an album of music and spoken word to raise money for Acorns Children’s Hospice. If you would like to donate

From Acorns Grow...

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There is a link to Bandcamp where you can download/listen to the album for free.

Ta

 

[The Saturday Boy]

Thank you…

 

[PPB]

Christmas Eve breakfasts done, presents wrapped, shopping done, mince pies done, cats have had a few prawns, and the postmans had his tip. Didn't tip the binmen this year.

 

[b3h]

Christmas Eve breakfasts done, presents wrapped, shopping done, mince pies done, cats have had a few prawns, and the postmans had his tip. Didn't tip the binmen this year.

Spoke with my mates and their partners the other day about giving a tip/"christmas box" to someone other than a restaurant and I think it's died out with my generation. Or all 25 of them are just tight arses.

 

[sycophantia]

I always mean to give our postman a tip, he's brilliant but I often forget.
Binmen is more difficult as there's usually about 4 or 5 of them, plus the recycling guys and the food waste blokes.

 

[Lupo]

Last day at work today until next Friday. Should hopefully be quiet as WH who the majority of my work relates to are closed today

 

[BillyDee]

Popping into the office just on Tuesday next week. Was very nice unsetting my alarms this morning.