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Do we have a MN Christmas threads full house yet?

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CloseEncountersOfTheTerfKind · 20/12/2019 10:33

Another thread has made me realise there are so many threads/posts about Christmas stresses and angst, and the same things seem to pop up every year. Every single year! I think we need cards and a competition to see who wins Full House first...

DH went out for his works Christmas party and has not come home yet and it's 7am - where is he?

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LinguaQuirma · 22/12/2019 17:57

AIBU to take my Christmas decorations down on Christmas Eve? I put them up on September 1st.

AIBU not to answer the door? Dripfeed: I've ordered 20 Amazon parcels and an Ocado delivery.

iklboodolphrednosedreindeer · 22/12/2019 17:52

How dare you not invite everyone you share even the remotest strand of DNA with to Christmas dinner? They're faaaaaaaaamily! Angry

elephantoverthehill · 22/12/2019 17:36

I don't think 'I've nobody to share Christmas with this year' thread has been mentioned yet. Replies are generally 'Go and help with a soup kitchen'. Not so easy - Dm was refused as they thought she was too old. I am actually doing it this year.

FruitcakeOfHate · 22/12/2019 17:11

crisis, Close, it's always 'obesity crisis, because 'people' just don't know what normal portion sizes look like anymore, everyone in the 70s was slim, rationing was great, no one is fat in France or Italy, it's all this snacking, de menz needs more food . . .

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CloseEncountersOfTheTerfKind · 22/12/2019 17:00
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CloseEncountersOfTheTerfKind · 22/12/2019 17:00

This is why we have an obesity problem in the U.K.

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WorraLiberty · 22/12/2019 16:50

"AIBU to think MIL tried to starve me on Christmas day? She only gave me 8 roast potatoes"

"YANBU. My MIL would be dead to me if she did that. I normally have at least 12 and snaffle 6 while I'm dishing up"

SmuggyMcKnobson · 22/12/2019 16:46

@KatherineJaneway doesn't really matter, but HOW many sprouts should there be? Xmas Smile

KatherineJaneway · 22/12/2019 15:40

I love the threads about what does and does not belong on the Christmas dinner plate. So much indignation Xmas Grin Don't get me started in the 'do you plate up or let guests help themselves' saga's.

PortiaCastis · 22/12/2019 14:49

Well wearing pjs more than an hour in bed is quite diabolically grim and you must never wear your kecks under pj trousers as you'll perish I tell you even if your kecks are clean your bits will fester and drop off in the night !!!

WeGoHigher · 22/12/2019 14:27

Have we had a central heating Thermostat-Gate thread yet, where MiL either has it set at a tropical 40 or low enough to mimic an artic tundra?

Cue all the posters blathering on about woolly jumpers for goalposts and icicle-infested childhoods like we've never heard it before, or made the connections ourselves between quantity of clothing being worn and body temperature.

DoloresTheDonkey · 22/12/2019 14:26

Portia I just read that thread Xmas Grin

I'm not too sure why people get so wound up with what others wear on 'the BIG day'. I'm even less sure how pyjamas are manky unless you've been out for an early morning dip in the local slurry pit Xmas Confused

PortiaCastis · 22/12/2019 14:19

Do not under any under any circs wear your jim jams on Christmas Day as you must be a manky minx who is a seasonal slutbag .

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 22/12/2019 14:18

This thread is GOLD!!

Callthemidwifeplease · 22/12/2019 14:14

The Turkey is still frozen and lunch is due to he served... can I defrost it and cook it in 30 minutes without getting food poisoning?
What should we est on boxing day...for breakfast on Christmas day...for a snack on 29th december....need some inspiration!! Grin

DoloresTheDonkey · 22/12/2019 14:00

Thank you for the laugh. I do love a 'Christmas is ruined' pisstake thread.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 22/12/2019 13:56

The Ocado champagne thread was gold. 'You could serve the Prosecco to a guest who can't tell the difference' was a highlight.

Crankybitch · 22/12/2019 13:54

Not seen teachers gifts mentioned on this thread yet either

Or the card with collections - how much to put in and who to let sign the card....

Gfplux · 22/12/2019 13:52

This is a classic thread. Thank you

Alsohuman · 22/12/2019 13:48

Yes, we’ve had the Ocado substitutes. Three bottles of Prosecco instead of Veuve, which OP obviously can’t serve to her guests, dahling. Christmas is totally fucked.

IceMagic177 · 22/12/2019 13:44

Best thread of the year...well done! I’m sat crying with laughter 🤣

VioletCharlotte · 22/12/2019 13:34

This thread is so funny!

Have we had:
-The one about the competitive under-eating MIL who serves tiny portions at mealtimes (bonus points if OP is 39+5)

  • MIL who lets her dog on the sofa/ lick the plates clean/ sleep in the beds (OPs DC have severe allergies)
  • Christmas ruined by Ocado substitutions
  • Relative staying at the OPs home (normally BIL/ FIL) who never washes or changes his clothes
LaPufalina · 22/12/2019 13:29

Report first post and say "nominate for classics" is how I do it

BrandoraPaithwaite · 22/12/2019 13:18

I love this thread! How do you nominate for Classics?

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CloseEncountersOfTheTerfKind · 22/12/2019 13:17

I really have to restrain myself and have failed recently from posting on the alcohol threads as I stopped drinking in 2012 (imagine a female version of the showbiz man from Father Ted who had a glass of Sherry and later had to be shot with a tranquiliser dart and make it worse BlushGrin I definitely could have been the subject of many MN threads Blush)

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