The Christmas thread
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The Christmas thread
As it is now December and I am feeling suitably festive after making Christmas tree biscuits and dancing round the kitchen with the twins to Christmas music this morning I thought we ought to have a proper thread, even if its just for 89BWFC89 and I to admire each others pretty Christmas trees. Then the forum scrooges know which thread to avoid if they don't want to hear about it.
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Oh I want to hear about it - just at an appropriate time.
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Will toddle off out of here til what you think is an appropriate time then! Boxing day?Bruce Rioja wrote:Oh I want to hear about it - just at an appropriate time.
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more like 10:30pm after a skinfull...Gooner Girl wrote:Will toddle off out of here til what you think is an appropriate time then! Boxing day?Bruce Rioja wrote:Oh I want to hear about it - just at an appropriate time.
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Hmm. Much to my chagrin, the two houses facing mine have BOTH put exterior Christmas lights up over the weekend. Thankfully it's dark when I get home so I have the blinds shut!Gooner Girl wrote:Will toddle off out of here til what you think is an appropriate time then! Boxing day?Bruce Rioja wrote:Oh I want to hear about it - just at an appropriate time.
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Re: The Christmas thread
With the look on poor Rudolphs face, it appears good old Santa is administering his own christmas stuffing to the poor reindeer!!!!Lost Leopard Spot wrote:
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Time to unless the flamethrower and shotgun
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Re: The Christmas thread
What a great thread!
I put more lights up this weekend
I put more lights up this weekend
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Re: The Christmas thread
Looks lovely! Gonna do our tree next weekend I think, dependant on when I can go out and buy it.89bwfc89 wrote:What a great thread!
I put more lights up this weekend
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The HR Department (World champions in having too little to do) have been in our office nearly all morning, erected a plastic tree and decorated it.
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Re: The Christmas thread
Strikes me as a "if they think we're doing this again well they can fck-off .... let's make such a pig's ear of it they ask sales next year !!"Bruce Rioja wrote:The HR Department (World champions in having too little to do) have been in our office nearly all morning, erected a plastic tree and decorated it.
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Ah well, the gaffer doesn't like it one bit - thinks that fake trees are shit and that we should have a real one. Lines about the tossers in HR once again imposing their shite on us without any consultation whatsoever abound.bobo the clown wrote:Strikes me as a "if they think we're doing this again well they can fck-off .... let's make such a pig's ear of it they ask sales next year !!"
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He'd be right on that count!Bruce Rioja wrote:Ah well, the gaffer doesn't like it one bit - thinks that fake trees are shit and that we should have a real one. Lines about the tossers in HR once again imposing their shite on us without any consultation whatsoever abound.bobo the clown wrote:Strikes me as a "if they think we're doing this again well they can fck-off .... let's make such a pig's ear of it they ask sales next year !!"
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Aww, mine is fake and looks lovely! I couldn't be bothered with a real one dropping pines everywhere!
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Handy Hints. In order to keep your (non-fake) Christmas tree hale, hearty and healthy with non-dropping of pine needles simply water the thing. Place cling film on the inside of a tub. Plant tree in tub cutting as few roots as possible in order to fit treee snugly in tub. Fill any and all spaces in tub with fresh soil. Water thoroughly when outside. Bring cling film over top of soil and wrap Xmas paper around tub and over the top to hide the soil. Keep tree in a place where natural light can reach it. Leave tree in this condition for a maximum of 14 days.
Result - no shedding of needles. Healthy tree which can be replanted and used year after year. Ithankyou
Result - no shedding of needles. Healthy tree which can be replanted and used year after year. Ithankyou
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Re: The Christmas thread
More handy hints. Remove box and plasic bag from garage where they've been since early January of this year. Untape box, remove sections of tree and assemble in correct order fitting base in a decent sized plantpot filled with a few small bricks. Wrap plantpot in bacofoil tucking it around tree base to hide bricks (stones) and tie up with tinsel.. Lift the lot up onto cupboard ( lined with more bacofoil to reflect the fairy lights) out of reach of a thieving hound and infant mitts, hand the bag of lights and decorations to the wife, retire and settle down with a brew ( or tipple of choice) and your pc whilst playing Christmas carols over the stereo. (This is all better done around December 18th, soonest).
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You had me until the date!TANGODANCER wrote:More handy hints. Remove box and plasic bag from garage where they've been since early January of this year. Untape box, remove sections of tree and assemble in correct order fitting base in a decent sized plantpot filled with a few small bricks. Wrap plantpot in bacofoil tucking it around tree base to hide bricks (stones) and tie up with tinsel.. Lift the lot up onto cupboard ( lined with more bacofoil to reflect the fairy lights) out of reach of a thieving hound and infant mitts, hand the bag of lights and decorations to the wife, retire and settle down with a brew ( or tipple of choice) and your pc whilst playing Christmas carols over the stereo. (This is all better done around December 18th, soonest).
LLS' tip sounds like a lot of work!
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Re: The Christmas thread
Why's that?Gooner Girl wrote:He'd be right on that count!Bruce Rioja wrote:Ah well, the gaffer doesn't like it one bit - thinks that fake trees are shit and that we should have a real one. Lines about the tossers in HR once again imposing their shite on us without any consultation whatsoever abound.bobo the clown wrote:Strikes me as a "if they think we're doing this again well they can fck-off .... let's make such a pig's ear of it they ask sales next year !!"
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Re: The Christmas thread
Real ones look better, smell better, you have the excitement of going to get them... Maybe it's what you are used to but I know going to get the christmas tree with my dad was always a special part of christmas for me as a kid (in fact, I still insists he takes me with him to get the tree even now...)Annoyed Grunt wrote:Why's that?Gooner Girl wrote:He'd be right on that count!Bruce Rioja wrote:Ah well, the gaffer doesn't like it one bit - thinks that fake trees are shit and that we should have a real one. Lines about the tossers in HR once again imposing their shite on us without any consultation whatsoever abound.bobo the clown wrote:Strikes me as a "if they think we're doing this again well they can fck-off .... let's make such a pig's ear of it they ask sales next year !!"
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