Christmas 2019 - Misc

Shopping is now complete :thumbsup:

We got to Sainsburys early, filled the car with petrol then did the shop. Wow it was busy, plenty of middle of the aisle dawdlers, aisle blockers etc..when we left the petrol station was chocca and long clues, the car park was getting really busy so we did the right thing. Now we can relax.
 
TastyReuben said:
Any idea why not? Makes no nevermind...I'm oozing with it over here, so I'll just beam a magic blast of Christmas lovelight across the ocean and over your way sometime today. Get ready! :)
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This year we have had a lot of s**t thrown at us and it has been a very worrying time. Some things have improved, weight has been lifted off my shoulders, so this will be more of a 'lets get this year over with and start afresh'
 
Lullabelle said:
This year we have had a lot of s**t thrown at us and it has been a very worrying time. Some things have improved, weight has been lifted off my shoulders, so this will be more of a 'lets get this year over with and start afresh'
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I understand how that goes. You get a lot thrown at you during the year and it feels like the whole year's been nothing but a struggle, so it can be hard to feel Christmassy. That's how my wife is, so that's why I'm always on Christmas spirit overload. I've got to have enough spirit for two! :)
 
Sorry for the naughty words.

Christmas Dinner....
I have concluded that the inevitable stress of Christmas dinner is created by adverts, supermarkets and TV chefs...
It's a Sunday dinner for farks sake!!! We do it quite happily 51 weeks of the year but can we the consumers be trusted to manage by ourselves on one day of the year...apparently not!
Here goes...
1. Turkey... It's a big fecking chicken that's all, 20 minutes per lb plus 20 minutes at 180 degrees - jobs a good un! Get yourselves a meat thermometer £3 off the Internet poke it in the offending bird if it says 75 degrees or over its cooked!
2. Stuffing - regardless of what Jamie Oliver says you do NOT need 2lbs of shoulder of pork, onions breadcrumbs,pine nuts and a shit load of fresh herbs to make stuffing....( no fecking wonder he's bankrupt if thats what he spends to make stuffing!)
What you need is Paxo and a kettle!! If you wanna liven it up squeeze 3 sausages out of their skins and mix that in with your Paxo before cooking 😉.
3. Gravy - Jamie Oliver is copping for this one aswell....
Bisto Jamie.... All you need is Bisto!
I ( nor any other woman I know) has got time on Christmas Eve to mickey about roasting chicken wings and vegetables, adding stock and flour,cooking it for another half hour, mashing it all up with a potato masher and then straining the whole sorry mess to make gravy 😠😠😠
4. Vegetables... Never mind faffing round shredding sprouts and frying them with bacon and chestnuts to make them more palatable... If you don't like them don't buy and cook the fecking things!! If your family only eats frozen peas then that's good enough!
5. Roast potatoes... Yes I par boil mine then roast them in goose fat but Aunt Bessie also does the same 😉.
6. Trimmings /Christmas pudding and the like.... Aldi or Lidl!
(oh and while we're on the subject of pudding- if birds custard is what your family likes on the wretched thing then that's fine - you do not need brandy butter /rum sauce etc or anything else that costs a fecking fortune and takes 2 hours to make!)
7. Family....
Children.. Feed the little blighters first separately, if they only want turkey with tomato sauce - fine leave em to it, it doesn't matter. Once they are fed bugger them off to play with their Christmas presents so that YOU can enjoy your dinner in Peace!
Adults... Anyone that can manage to get their sorry arse to your dinner table is also capable of helping to serve up/ sort the kids out/ clear the table /wash up /dry up etc.
And Finally.....
NO ONE.... And I mean no one APART FROM THE COOK IS ALLOWED TO GET PISSED AND FALL ASLEEP BEFORE THE WASHING UP IS DONE!!!
Rant over 😂
Merry Christmas!
P.s. I pinched this from another page so feel free to copy and share 🤣🤣
 
Our festive tableware is washed and ready for tomorrow's lunch-that is when Christmas officially starts.
 
We have been out for a walk, it is lovely and sunny, not too cold. Now vack and relaxing with hot chocolate with a tot of rum.
 
I put our cards up for a bit of festive cheer
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