about Kirsty and Phil's Christmas programme being a pile of twattery?

[KellyBronze]

All beautiful but no bloody way she did that all by herself with one or two toddlers snapping at her ankles.

[traceybath]

It was vomit-inducing.

And honestly the whole 'oh looke even a man can do it' was seriously irritating.

They must be really desperate for cash is all I can think.

[Katisha]

I have managed to stop being enraged by these programmes and just see them as fluffy entertainment now.
Otherwise you'd be pushed to the brink of despair on several levels...

[Greenshadow]

But that wrist band thing she made for her sister last week - would anyone ever wear that ? Was awful.

[discobeaver]

Watched for 5 mons then switched off after listening to Kirsty waffling about her fabulous childhood christmases with her mum putting ribbons on picture frames and around the ears of every servant in the mansion.

[PhishFoodAddiction]

Oh it drove me mad! They were both so smug and annoying.

I agree with Traceybath too- 'wow, look, even a man can do this' really got on my nerves.

As for his trumpet playing I felt irrationally annoyed by that!

[KellyBronze]

glad I wasn't the only one who can't stomach more than 45 seconds.

as seriously annoying as Nigella.

Only one thing left: C List Celebrity Deathmatch.

[thx1138]

I deliberately didn't watch this. I sensed it would anger me.

I also couldn't understand why I should be taking tips on making the perfect christmas from two estate agents (or whatever they are).

What is the perfect christmas anyway, I seriously doubt whatever Kirsty and Phil were suggesting would be my idea of a cool yule.

[EvilTwinsAteRudolph]

I love Kirstie. She is my girl crush. And even I thought it was vomit-inducingly smug.

I think I'll rent a huge and beautiful house (clearly uninhabited) for the season purely so I can tart it up for parties.

[JodiesMummy]

Id like to knock the plum in her mouth into her oesophagus.

[wahwahwah]

I saw about 1 minute. It was a huuuuuge open plan kitchen and lounge which 'magically' became all christmassy.

Where were the piles of laundry, kids toys, odd furniture that doesn't fit in the room, ironing board, bits of wallpaper falling off, crayon on the walls...

Obviously not a 'real' home!

An nobody is as annoying as Nigella. Possibly Tom Parker Bowles.

[Katisha]

I found it particularly hysterical that we are supposed to change the colour scheme of our festive decorations between Christmas and New Year.

Hahahahahahahahaha

[Spinkle]

Every time I look at him I think 'why the smugness? especially since your firm went belly up owing millions'

Still, s'pose he's got to make a living.

Christmas is bloody hard work for us mums. Everybody else thinks it just 'happens' - and I'll bet we've been thinking about it for months.

In fact, I'm bored of it already and I really don't need some posh arses telling me how I should be doing it.

[wewishyouamerrylissiemas]

totally agree, i normally love kirsty too, but really, id love her to come to our pigsty tiny council house and try to create that scene.

the local drugdealers would congregate outside our front door so they could do their business by festive candle-light!

[oneofsuesylvesterscheerios]

I had to laugh at AAGills review of this in last week's ST. kirstie apparent hates Adrian with a vengeance after he was spectacularly rude about her in a previous review. But then he got sent a tape of the Christmas programme that hadn't been fully edited and still had production notes on it, popping up as subtitles.

In one scene featuring the 'reveal' of some home-made thing for a roomful of children, a caption popped up saying 'please add more Ahhhhs here' ... Of all the people for this to have been sent to. I bet someone from the production company's had an earful!

[Beveridge]

DH and I were most amused by the concept central to the programme that making things yourself would 'cost less' than buying similiar presents - it depends on what you can afford to spend in the first place.

[Iwasthefourthwiseman]

Sprinkle, did it?

[thenightsky]

I used to like them both in Location Location, but this programme is so crap it should never have been made.

[Katisha]

No it shouldn't have been really. But then a lot of Christmas tv is just filler, and rehashing of old stuff. Cheap I suppose.
I quite like seeing how well they have managed to disguise the fact that they are all filmed in the summer anyway.

[discobeaver]

I think the someone at the production company might have done it on purpose...not company policy but maybe a personal 'I fecking hate Kirsty, let's see AA rip her again..'

[deepheat]

Slightly off topic, but did anyone watch Rick Stein's Christmas special thingy last week. Quite liked his introduction,l which was something along the lines of "Well, I must admit to feeling a bit silly because we've got all these Christmas decorations up in my house for this programme, but its actually the middle of summer." The camera then cut to the film crew sunning themselves in the back garden.

Generally hate the smugness of all these Christmas specials and that opening cut through it quite nicely.

[prettyfly1]

I love Kirsty and this programme. I will totally get flamed but when I grow up I want to be her. Uninhabited mansion and all.

[ImeldaM]

I quite like it, in a 'christmassy entertainment' way, but had to laugh at her 'new year wreath' for the door, "would cost about £90 to buy ready made but we can 'throw it together' for under £30", £30 for a home-made wreath??? She really is not in touch with reality!

And the room would definately have taken a team of workers to create, where's my team of christmas workers? Oh I forgot, I don't have any!

[Spinkle]

fourthwiseman

Yep, went tits up.

I think though, look at him cloesly, he has the look of a haunted man.

Bit like that James chap paired up with Pamela Stephenson on Strictly.

[Iwasthefourthwiseman]

He needs the money then!

[NinkyNonker]

I like P&K, but am not convinced by him doing this kind of programme.

I want her place in Devon.