Ok light hearted thread, post your first world Christmas problems here....

[FinallyFluid]

We order a Serrano ham every year, every year DS from the age of twelve now nineteen manfully takes on the task of decimating it, last week for probably the first time in a long while his anxiety over Covid and everything started to bubble up, he was really twitchy as to whether Tesco would deliver the Serrano ham, ( it really wasn't about the ham, I can see that now)

We agreed that we would try and order a second one and if the first one arrived we would cancel the second one, the first one arrived yesterday, straight on to the Tesco website to cancel the second one. Computer says no......

We are in tier two but living as though we were in tier four as I am CEV, we have been nowhere, done nothing and whilst the extra spend is annoying in the extreme, it is not the end of the world.

Looks like Serrano ham for Easter as well.

[AmandaHoldensLips]

I managed to buy some coleslaw today to go with the turkey I'm frying on a camping stove. Oh yeah, coleslaw. And some of those fizzy haribo things.

There will be photos.

[GreekOddess]

My Christmas table looks a little too bling which is not the look I was going for.

[SantasBritchesSpelleas]

Update - finally got giblets out with pliers!

[Wellthisismorethanabitgrim]

Bought some cheese footballs weeks ago. Ate them a week later. Sold out everywhere now. I'm so annoyed

[Olivetreekeeper]

My robot hoover chewed up some of my wrapping on a gift it decided to hump- no spare paper, so it's a sellotape jobby.

[Grumpetvoluntary]

I forgot to get a ham. But you've reminded me to get the other meat out of the freezer so thank you santasbritches!

[DahliaMacNamara]

Hurt my foot like a fucking twat on my way out to get the final Christmassy bits yesterday, and had to eat the entirely random odds and ends DH brought home while I got the swelling down instead. Anyway, if I want 3 different kinds of custard tomorrow, I'm sorted.

[SantasBritchesSpelleas]

Bird still too frozen to get the giblets out.

[Katinski]

8am this morning I had a(nother) Amazon delivery. The most ginormous fillet of prime beef from family in the US. I live alone and don't eat meat.

[ChocolateSantaisthebestkind]

No M&S Woodland Yule log or best ever trifle in our ocado order, but all the cream has turned up!

[lakesidexmas]

I finally got my act in gear to make dd's pickled red onions only to discover the only color of onions I don't have is red.

[HerRoyalNotness]

I was out when the pool cleaner came, DH is working from home. He texted me to say he’ll give him his Christmas bonus, a weeks worth. I texted back straight away and said I’d sent it already in the direct deposit. He then said it’s too late he gave it to him. So extra bonus for him!

[SoMuchToBits]

A miracle has just happened! A friend of mine saw my post on this thread, had some spare mistletoe and turned up on my doorstep with a bunch!

[DecemberDiana]

Came to collect ingredients for the stuffing and found that I didn't have a tray of sausagemeat in the freezer this last fortnight but a tray of mini chipolatas.

Alas, alack.

[BorderlineHappy]

We got our M&S Turkey,Ham and Caterpillar cake.Lovely
Except the ham is tiny, had to go out and buy another one.

[FleeceNavidadToEwe]

@Vebrithien - don’t tell them! See if they notice the difference (hide the packaging at the bottom of the bin obviously

Our lovingly decorated gingerbread house suffered catastrophic subsidence overnight, due to poor engineering and my insistence on adding 3 packets of white chocolate button roof tiles...made for an unexpected festive breakfast though

[Vebrithien]

This may/may not be so light hearted...

My whole Christmas order from the semi-local butcher and pie maker wasn't delivered yesterday. It was due any time between noon and 9pm. But no show. No online/24 hour presence. Includes free range turkey, chipolatas, bacon, stuffing, mince pies, BAILEY'S profiteroles and local smoked cheese.

Am waiting for 9am to phone them.

Went on an 11pm Lidl supermarket dash last night, managed to get a frozen stuffed turkey breast joint, cheaper chipolatas, bacon, pork stuffing and a sweet tart. And I felt like a weight off of my mind.

The PIL are visiting for Christmas Day, and are very much all about free-range, organic food. And pretty critical. Currently, I've got frozen supermarket stuff to feed them.

However. I'm vegetarian. Whilst I'd miss the profiteroles and cheese, I DON'T CARE about the meat. Tough shit, they'll need to learn to make compromises.

[Indoctro]

@rainbowstardrops

Wow! Where are you *@Indoctro*? I'd love some snow for Christmas! Especially as we're not allowed to go anywhere 😂

@rainbowstardrops

I'm in NE Scotland , we have had a few inches of snow overnight

Makes for a magical Xmas for kids...just ruins my early morning run plans

[SilenceIsNoLongerSuspicious]

Tesco delivered everything except the dairy free Christmas pudding. So DH and the kids are fine, and I won’t get any. I really like Christmas pudding.

[Queuing4Fergs]

... and there were none in Tesco either. So I'll have to go back to Sainsburys today and hope they still have their shitty ones in stock.

To make matters worse when I recounted my tale of woe to my MIL last night (we were meant to be at hers for Christmas) she said she had 3 bastard boxes of the damn things

[Queuing4Fergs]

I don't have any Christmas crackers. I counted on being able to get some from Sainsburys and while they had loads they were all shit - cheap looking and in weird colours. So went to M&S but they'd sold out. Aldi's are worse than Sainsburys

[HunterHearstHelmsley]

I wrapped one present in the wrong paper. It was an utter pain in the arse to wrap so I don't want to unwrap and redo.

[Thankssomuch]

I’ve just put the ham in the oven for a twelve hour cook and I snipped the string off before it went in. I realised afterwards you’re supposed to leave it on. Will it be ruined? It’s in a black treacle glaze and fully foiled.

[SallyTimms]

I know what dh has bought me for Christmas and its a print from an artist he likes. I don't. I will have to smile and trot out to my car for a swig if hidden baileys.

[Malin52]

@thenewaveragebear1983 re your avocado. @KitKatastrophe is right. Put your avo in a brown paper bag with a ripe banana near a radiator and it will be ripe in 24 hours.