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I have just bought a vienetta and an arctic roll

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Heathcliff27 · 21/12/2015 11:26

Yes simple pleasures in life I know, but, standing there at the checkout I suddenly had the "it's beginning to look a lot like christmas" feeling.

Whats the christmas purchase that makes it for you?

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shouldwestayorshouldwego · 21/12/2015 11:58

Lidl/ Aldi mini stollen, although be fair they are usually bought and eaten by mid November.

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WhoKn0wsWhereTheMistletoes · 21/12/2015 12:04

Big tubs of peanuts.

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FuckYouChristmasAndThatClaus · 21/12/2015 12:09

I am so filled with Xmas Envy

Why didn't I think to do that?!

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momb · 21/12/2015 12:17

Stilton. I love it but the rest of the family resist the smell so I wait until Christmas and to hell with them! And nuts; I only buy nuts on their shells at Christmas.

For me the Christmassy feeling begins when the paper chains go up. Making them is a family activity and whatever else is going on everyone comes together for one afternoon for that.

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MrsJayy · 21/12/2015 12:20

Bought pretzels yesterday i know they are not very festive but i have them watching a film christmas eve. I love vienetta my sister is doing puddings this year so no vienetta at mums

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DiscoDiva70 · 21/12/2015 12:25

Baileys
Christmas isn't Christmas without it!

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InQuiteAChristmasPickle · 21/12/2015 12:38

The 80s called and they want their desserts back, OP! Xmas WinkXmas Grin

It's not Christmas until I have a tin of Roses and Quality Street in my trolley.

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InQuiteAChristmasPickle · 21/12/2015 12:39

And Baileys of all different flavours.

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TurduckenForDinner · 21/12/2015 13:01

I bought the sprouts this morning. I know I should have started them boiling a couple of weeks ago, but it'll be fine I'm sure. Wink

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NeedsAMousekatool · 21/12/2015 13:06

MIL and PIL decided yesterday that they would come to us for Christmas after all and I am weeks behind on boiling their veg :)

I might have to buy a Vienetta. Yum.

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MrsJayy · 21/12/2015 13:07

HaXmas Grin dd just said when are you taking gran for her shopping she wil be wanting to get the sprouts on

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Peppaspants · 21/12/2015 13:09

After eights, matchsticks (mint and orange), tin of roses, loads of nuts, Pringles and brie. Can't wait to eat it all!

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Peppaspants · 21/12/2015 13:09

Oh and Buck's Fizz and port. And baileys of course!

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Heathcliff27 · 21/12/2015 14:49

Haha i am totally a 70's born brought up in the 80's woman. We also have a mini xmas pudding for DH. I might buy a tin of fruit cocktail to go with the arctic roll Grin.

Watched Home Alone for the first time this year, yesterday, another xmas turning point.

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Heathcliff27 · 21/12/2015 14:49

Yy to matchsticks and aftereights. When I was little it used to be the eat me dates and walnut whips appearing that signified the start of xmas.

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iklboo · 21/12/2015 15:00

Baileys, fruit pies for Santa & a tub of cheesy nibbles.

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SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 21/12/2015 15:00

I bought a strawberry vienetta from Lidl last week! Strawberry. They also had mint and chocolate flavours Grin.

We always have a vienetta for anyone who doesn't want Christmas pudding on Christmas Day. This may be a tradition I have inherited from the mid 1980's Xmas Grin.

Harvey's Bristol Cream sherry says Christmas to me. I'd never think of buying it at any other time of year!

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IHaveBrilloHair · 21/12/2015 15:04

Twiglets

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Heathcliff27 · 21/12/2015 15:05

Hmmm harveys bristol cream you say..... I've always imagined myself settling down with a nice glass of sherry, snow falling outside, carol service on. I'm turning into my mother!

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Owllady · 21/12/2015 15:11

We also watched home alone yesterday :o
i've had my ocado delivery and we are making christmas cake and i have allthe ingredients for a sausage plait

for me def pork pie

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Peppaspants · 21/12/2015 15:15

also just remembered mini cheddars....I'm not sure if any of us even like them...

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OSETmum · 21/12/2015 18:22

Mint sauce! I'm aware I'm some kind of heathen because of this!

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MrsJayy · 21/12/2015 18:56

Ooo tubs of cheesey nibbles and baileys (making a list) a great aunt used to get me those dates i never liked them my dad aways ate them

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Paperblank · 21/12/2015 18:59

Oh no....I'm going to have to buy a vienetta now, he'd love it. DH loves them (and calls them vienetra...) and always had them at Christmas when he was a little 'un.

I do not have any ice cream either. I shall rectify this oversight immediately.

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IsItMeOr · 21/12/2015 20:04

We have a strawberry vienetta coming from Ocado.

I also have to have honey roasted cashew nuts.

And that extra thick cointreau cream.

Plus a whole packet of hovis digestives for with cheese because there are never enough in one of those mixed packets of biscuits for cheese.

We are strictly Roses only, after Quality Street toffees broke a tooth of mine and one of DH's one fateful (and expensive) year.

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