The CHRISTMAS Thread

[Paddingtonwolf]

Like a bin liner

 

[Tony Towner]

Like a bin liner

Hwang? Difficult to get open and when you do it often breaks and disappoints.

 

[Alan]

I can only imagine that y'all have not had very good examples of grits.

 

[lemonjelly]

We put it on the road every winter al!

 

[Alan]

Well played.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

I can only imagine that y'all have not had very good examples of grits

It tasted like how I imagine wallpaper paste would taste. Adding cheese ain't saving that abomination.

 

[Alan]

The fuck kinda grits are you eating

 

[Paul]

The fuck kinda grits are you eating

Tried them in three separate states over there and they were all shit, in fact it would have to go three years at culinary college to even be considered shit, in fact there are several shits out they indignant that I compared them to grits.
No I wasn't overly keen, mate

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

The fuck kinda grits are you eating

Regular ones!!!

 

[Alan]

Y’all’s loss!

 

[b3h]

As I clicked to open the thread just I laughed to myself at the thought of the sausage in a croissant. Love you Al

 

[The Bear]

 

[Paul]

It's time to educate you lot to the original meaning of Christmas

 

[Wolf Hunting]

I recently read (and to my surprise, the fact having escaped me all these years) that Americans don't really do Christmas!
I know that Thanksgiving is your meal of gluttony often preceded by a day of fasting, but it seems you don't do a big dinner on Christmas day!
So Alan, what do you eat on the 25th?
Do you break it up and have snacks or what?
In fact here's how it all pans out in our house...
Christmas Eve, before bed Susie (9yrs old) will open 1 small present.
Christmas morning, Dressing gowns on, put the tv on for some Christmas carols in the background, (If it's very cold, I'll light a fire) cups of tea and coffee then gather round the tree where Susie will hand out the presents one at a time for each of us to rip open with huge anticipation, saving the big ones till last, then into the kitchen for breakfast of something lovely, like Arbroath Smokies or Panatone.
Then if the weather isn't wet, we'll go out for a run and play with the dog on the beach, come back for a light lunch then sit by the fire, with a glass of peated whisky and read a (present) book then watch a kids film and play games then get ready for the big dinner.
In England and Ireland the place shuts down from the 23rd Dec to around 3rd or 4th of Jan, so you get a good break.

 

[darlowolf64]

The whole country shuts down apart from doctors, nurses, shop workers, rail workers, police, ambulance drivers/paramedics (have I missed anyone?)

So yes, the UK shuts down from 23rd Dec to 4th Jan... I'm working Christmas Eve, day off Christmas Day, back in on Boxing Day, New Years Eve, 12hr shift on New Years Day... Really looking forward to all my time off (3 days in the 2 weeks)

 

[Tony Towner]

I recently read (and to my surprise, the fact having escaped me all these years) that Americans don't really do Christmas!

Suggest you get new reading material. They very much do, just a bit more nuanced with Hanukkah at the same time. Happy Holidays.

 

[leedswolf]

The whole country shuts down apart from doctors, nurses, shop workers, rail workers, police, ambulance drivers/paramedics (have I missed anyone?)

Retail (with exception 25 Dec)?
Hospitality?
Airports?
Ports?
Road transport?

 

[Tony Towner]

Retail?

Hospitality

 

[leedswolf]

Hospitality

I was editing...

 

[Alan]

Suggest you get new reading material. They very much do, just a bit more nuanced with Hanukkah at the same time. Happy Holidays.

Kwanzaa, as well, although you could probably debate its validity (though, given Christmas is an appropriated Pagan holiday, I think it’s best to let Kwanzaa be).