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To try and recreate a Christmas market in my back garden.

213 replies

Namechabged · 27/11/2020 23:26

All I’ve got so far is an extension lead so I can plug a slow cooker and a microwave in outside, and taking £100 out of the cash machine. I’m thinking I sling four bottles of Aldi mulled wine and some sliced oranges in the slow cooker and charging myself £7 deposit for a mug and £6 for a top up, and then mircrowaving some hotdogs and doughnuts and Nutella and charging £6 for them too. I haven’t got any further than that but welcome ideas.

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Ifionlyknewthenwhatiknownow3 · 27/11/2020 23:51

I love youGrin

MrsWooster · 27/11/2020 23:50

Make sure the sausages are radioactively hot, so your mouth blisters immediately and the onions sting.

GarethSouthgatesWaistcoat · 27/11/2020 23:49

Build lots of crowd barriers and force yourself to queue for 1.5hrs in the freezing cold while listening to repetitive and preferably clashing tinny music before you arrive at your garden wonderland!

moralminority · 27/11/2020 23:49

You need a bottle of baileys so you can add so little of it to your hot chocolate that you can't taste it but charge yourself an extra fiver for it.

LoisWilkersonslastnerve · 27/11/2020 23:48

10 years out of date fudge stall? Remember to charge 20 'cheeky bastard' pounds per bag.

WorraLiberty · 27/11/2020 23:48

Can you nip round the pound shop and buy up some 'bespoke' jewellery and knock them out for £15 a piece?

viques · 27/11/2020 23:47

Don’t forget to put some wonkily iced stale ginger biscuits in a little bag tied up with Christmas —ribbon— string .

myhobbyisouting · 27/11/2020 23:47

I'm doing this Grin

Holothane · 27/11/2020 23:45

Hahaha love it, just brilliant.

Namechange2020lalala · 27/11/2020 23:44

Add on a constant drone of a generator and some unattractive metal fencing to add to the festive ambience?

LoisWilkersonslastnerve · 27/11/2020 23:44

You need a ferris wheel or at least a helter-skelter to rip your tights on.

SquareSausage17 · 27/11/2020 23:43

If you really want authenticity you need some very tinny speakers playing off brand versions of Christmas carols and about five million people all jostling to be in the exact same space at once. You’ll also need some wonky crafts to sell at extortionate prices.

Inthewoodshed · 27/11/2020 23:42

Sounds like a great idea, OP. Make sure you get quite drunk by about 4pm and bump into yourself lots. Could you put some mouldy oranges on a string and charge yourself extortionate prices for them?

Don't forget to make sure your hot dog has so many onions on that they fall down the front of your top when you try to eat it, or better still do a hog roast in a bun and let it all immediately fall out onto the floor.