A few questions for Christmas (7 Viewers)

Sky_Blue_Daz · Dec 19, 2017

slade I wish it could be Christmas everyday or the pogues fairytale of New York
Sprouts or carrots and parsnip mashed together
Turkey or any equivalent
Dress up or dress down for Christmas Day
Christmas pudding or Yule log
Champagne or Buck's Fizz
Open a sneaky present on Christmas Eve or leave it till Christmas Day

richnrg · Dec 19, 2017

pogues (other song was Wizzard, not Slade)
Sprouts
Turkey
Dress down
Pudding
Champagne
Christmas Day

Otis · Dec 19, 2017

Sky_Blue_Daz said:
slade I wish it could be Christmas everyday or the pogues fairytale of New York
Sprouts or carrots and parsnip mashed together
Turkey or any equivalent
Dress up or dress down for Christmas Day
Christmas pudding or Yule log
Champagne or Buck's Fizz
Open a sneaky present on Christmas Eve or leave it till Christmas Day

Christmas Every Day

Carrots and parsnips. Sprouts are the spawn of the devil and the most hated food in the history of this entire planet. Maybe someone on Uranus or Pluto might like them.

Nut roast or mushroom and brie wellington.

Up

Yule log

Neither

Wait til Christmas Day

skyblueinBaku · Dec 19, 2017

Christmas Every Day
Sprouts and a mixture of carrots, swede and parsnip diced together
Anything but turkey
Up
Yule Log
Both
Christmas Day

RegTheDonk · Dec 19, 2017

Sprouts
Any equivalent
Up
Pudding
Buck's Fizz but prefer Brandy
You're kidding surely Daz???? Christmas Day !!!! And we've got an American staying with us, none of that nonsense thank you.

jimmyhillsfanclub · Dec 19, 2017

pogues
Sprouts (never understood the carrot/parsnip mash idea.......why take 2 tasty veg & turn it into one mushy plate of meh...)
Turkey
I have a bit of a Mod mentality, so don't really understand the question :emoji_mans_shoe::emoji_tophat::emoji_ok_hand:
Pudding
Champagne.
Christmas Day.

skybluesam66 · Dec 19, 2017

slade
anything but sprouts
turkey
dress up
xmas pud and yule log
beer or red wine
xmas day

Otis · Dec 19, 2017

skybluesam66 said:
slade
anything but sprouts
turkey
dress up
xmas pud and yule log
beer or red wine
xmas day

Yep, has to be anything but sprouts. If I had the choice of eating sprouts or eternal damnation I would choose eternal damnation.

jimmyhillsfanclub · Dec 19, 2017

roasted our sprouts with lardons last year.......bloody lovely......and it frees up a layer of the steamer....

skyblueinBaku · Dec 19, 2017

jimmyhillsfanclub said:
roasted our sprouts with lardons last year.......bloody lovely......and it frees up a layer of the steamer....

Good idea, JHFC. What temperature and for how long?

Otis · Dec 19, 2017

skyblueindorset said:
Good idea, JHFC. What temperature and for how long?

Til hell freezes over.

Johnnythespider · Dec 19, 2017

Pogues
Sprouts with bacon and cream
Turkey
Dress up, knickers down
Christmas Pudding
Champers
Christmas Day

skyblueinBaku · Dec 19, 2017

Otis said:
Til hell freezes over.

Thanks for your culinary advice, Otis.

bringbackrattles · Dec 19, 2017

Not bothering this Christmas Day. Family working and to be honest bored with it all. I'm meeting up on Friday with my football mates so a good drink then on to the match, so that's like a family get together. Am I the only one though who reckons Christmas is tedious, and has passed it's sell by date ?

Otis · Dec 19, 2017

bringbackrattles said:
Not bothering this Christmas Day. Family working and to be honest bored with it all. I'm meeting up on Friday with my football mates so a good drink then on to the match, so that's like a family get together. Am I the only one though who reckons Christmas is tedious, and has passed it's sell by date ?

No, it's not just you.

There's a grumpy old fella too, goes by the initials ES.

bringbackrattles · Dec 19, 2017

Otis said:
No, it's not just you.

There's a grumpy old fella too, goes by the initials ES.

Bah humbug !

Otis · Dec 19, 2017

bringbackrattles said:
Bah humbug !

What you doing Christmas Day then, BBR?

bringbackrattles · Dec 19, 2017

Otis said:
What you doing Christmas Day then, BBR?

Nothing really. Just like a Sunday to me. My son may pop round but if not I'm easy. I really don't bother with it anymore, find it tiresome. I buy a few presents and cards, but that's about it. I know its often said but it is for kids, but the way some adults act you'd never know would you !

Otis · Dec 19, 2017

I don't know you, BBR, but if we weren't going out for Christmas lunch I'd invite you round to my house.

I always think Christmas is for friends and family. You're neither, but still.

Don't like to see anyone alone at Christmas. I did it one year, just me on my todd and I loathed it.

Otis · Dec 19, 2017

The offer is there for later in the day if you want. It will just be my wife, my daughter, my parents and me.

Otis · Dec 19, 2017

And Bring Back Rattles sounds so formal. Do you mind if I call you Bring for short?

bringbackrattles · Dec 19, 2017

Otis said:
I don't know you, BBR, but if we weren't going out for Christmas lunch I'd invite you round to my house.

I always think Christmas is for friends and family. You're neither, but still.

Don't like to see anyone alone at Christmas. I did it one year, just me on my todd and I loathed it.

That's a nice gesture Otis. But I'm really not bothered. I see friends anyway in the pub etc, and my lad will pop up sometime. Just drop some leftovers round !

Otis · Dec 19, 2017

bringbackrattles said:
That's a nice gesture Otis. But I'm really not bothered. I see friends anyway in the pub etc, and my lad will pop up sometime. Just drop some leftovers round !

I can post some stuffing balls through your letterbox if you want.

bringbackrattles · Dec 19, 2017

Otis said:
I can post some stuffing balls through your letterbox if you want.

You'll get six months for that !

Sky_Blue_Daz · Dec 19, 2017

I done a Cheese, cauliflower and bacon bake with grated sprouts over the top last year

Tasted lovely

bringbackrattles · Dec 19, 2017

Sky_Blue_Daz said:
I done a Cheese, cauliflower and bacon bake with grated sprouts over the top last year

Tasted lovely

Did you watch Gone With The Wind after eating that !

Otis · Dec 19, 2017

Nope, but I bet no-one dared light the candles or switch the gas hob on.

richnrg · Dec 20, 2017

Sky_Blue_Daz said:
I done a Cheese, cauliflower and bacon bake with grated sprouts over the top last year

Tasted lovely

"i done" sounds like you fucked it instead of eating it.

Otis · Dec 20, 2017

richnrg said:
"i done" sounds like you fucked it instead of eating it.

Maybe he fooked it then ate it.

fernandopartridge · Dec 20, 2017

Sky_Blue_Daz said:
slade I wish it could be Christmas everyday or the pogues fairytale of New York
Sprouts or carrots and parsnip mashed together
Turkey or any equivalent
Dress up or dress down for Christmas Day
Christmas pudding or Yule log
Champagne or Buck's Fizz
Open a sneaky present on Christmas Eve or leave it till Christmas Day

I wish it could be Christmas is Wizzard, not Slade! I think I prefer Fairytale of New York (although it is now perhaps over played even beyond the Wizzards and Slades of this world)
Prefer Gammon to turkey
Dress up within reason, wear a shirt at least
Yule Log
Both
Leave til Christmas Day

richnrg · Dec 20, 2017

fernandopartridge said:
Dress up within reason, wear a shirt at least

why not push the boat out and put some pants and trousers on, too?

wingy · Dec 20, 2017

richnrg said:
why not push the boat out and put some pants and trousers on, too?

Like the Royle Family.

ovduk78 · Dec 20, 2017

bringbackrattles said:
Not bothering this Christmas Day. Family working and to be honest bored with it all. I'm meeting up on Friday with my football mates so a good drink then on to the match, so that's like a family get together. Am I the only one though who reckons Christmas is tedious, and has passed it's sell by date ?

I'm with you bbr. It is just another day to me and whilst we buy presents and put up a tree etc it is more for our 12 years old and I can see that diminishing as he gets older. We have a roast dinner but don't go mad buying stuff we never eat because of some traditional nonsense. I have real problems with some aspects of christmas like the false caring for those alone/in hospital/less well off when we don't give a shit about them for the other 364 days of the year and the over the top consumerism which seems to convince some to overspend and put themselves in debt. Have you seen how much stuff some people buy, the shops are only closed for 1 day ffs?! I also don't get the New Year celebrations, again it is just another day, and I can't remember the last time I stayed up to see the New Year in.

It's not all bad as I get 13 days off this year starting yesterday and my wife doesn't mind me coming down to watch us play so my son & I will be at Carlisle on the 30th and at the Ricoh on the 1st and heading straight back up to go back to work on the 2nd.

richnrg · Dec 20, 2017

you've lost, that loving feeling..

Otis · Dec 20, 2017

ovduk78 said:
I'm with you bbr. It is just another day to me and whilst we buy presents and put up a tree etc it is more for our 12 years old and I can see that diminishing as he gets older. We have a roast dinner but don't go mad buying stuff we never eat because of some traditional nonsense. I have real problems with some aspects of christmas like the false caring for those alone/in hospital/less well off when we don't give a shit about them for the other 364 days of the year and the over the top consumerism which seems to convince some to overspend and put themselves in debt. Have you seen how much stuff some people buy, the shops are only closed for 1 day ffs?! I also don't get the New Year celebrations, again it is just another day, and I can't remember the last time I stayed up to see the New Year in.

It's not all bad as I get 13 days off this year starting yesterday and my wife doesn't mind me coming down to watch us play so my son & I will be at Carlisle on the 30th and at the Ricoh on the 1st and heading straight back up to go back to work on the 2nd.

Get what you are saying, but don't people also show care for Comic Relief and Children in Need etc? And the UK is ranked 4th in the world and number 1 in Europe for charitable donations, so I would say there's a lot of us DO, do this all year round.

I am nice and polite to people all the time anyway. Always say please and thank you when I am in a shop and at tills or asking an assistant a question. The only difference for me is that I tag on 'have a lovely Christmas' to my politeness at this time of year.

I love Christmas. The commercialism is not compulsory. Our family don't fall for it and simply ignore it. Just ignore the commercialism. It's very easy I find.

For me it is all about having a lovely family meal together, giving your loved ones gifts (I still love to see the look on my daughter's face with each and every unwrapping of each present), having time off to be together and sitting watching some TV etc.

You go down town on Christmas Eve and so many people are smiling and so many strangers are wishing you a happy Christmas. I love it.

Yep, agree, we should be nice to each other all year round anyway, but if we turn our backs on Christmas that is one less day where we are being nice to each other and spending time together as friends and family.

Ignore the commercialism and just do your own thing.

I can't wait.

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