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.

I’ve severely underestimated the amount of fancy beer I needed. I’ve been drinking too much and am going to run out, the order I did doesn’t look like it’s arriving before Christmas. I’m going up have to drink Prosecco, gin and baileys instead!

DH has bought me a Kindle paperwhite but I would have preferred some Hunter wellies for Christmas, because it’s muddy as heck round here, and that he gave me the paperwhite on my birthday.

@rollinggreenhills

I need to get the turkey crown out of the freezer and start to defrost it, but there's no room in the fridge.

Thank god I've just read your comment - you've reminded me to take mine out!

The kids ate all the smoked salmon today. We have nice smoked trout but it's not fancy enough for Christmas brunch to just have one kind of smoked fish. I will have to go out and get more smoked salmon so we have an assortment to choose from. I will have to go when the supermarket opens at 7am as I had vodka tonic before dinner and then a glass of wine.

And I wonder why I don't fit into my jeans at the moment

My hero's got substituted for quality streets - the driver didn't tell us. I'm mortified

My bananas are too ripe for the banana trifle I had planned.

We have eaten out on Xmas day for the past 12 years. I'm going to have to cook a whole Christmas dinner as we are in tier 3

Some of these are very funny🙂

I forgot to move Jingles the Elf last night😬

I am loving this thread

The people making up my enormous fruit and veg box omitted the kilo of carrots.

1/3 of our Christmas lights aren't working on the tree.

Maternal cat keeps bringing live worms in as gifts (will it ever stop raining)!

Oh, and we need to make sure one of us looks reasonably presentable/coherent for tomorrow's 7am supermarket delivery.

We have fairly low expectations for Christmas, so we'll be easily pleased by whatever goes well.

What’s the difference between a satsuma a tangerine and a Clementine?! I thought they were all the same...

My current problem is no chocolate in the house, none.

I just want coffee creams back in Quality Street and Roses,

... not enough wine either, and we’ve already been back to majestic twice.

Tesco didn't deliver the coloured icing I ordered so we can't make penguins to go on the Christmas cake. We're isolating due to positive test so can't go out and get any... they delivered white icing instead so it's snowflakes or polar bears...

My new dishwasher won't be here by Christmas so we will have to wash up by hand!

My Ocado order didn't have my mini beef wellingtons - never order as too pricey to serve to lots of people so thought we could treat ourselves as just us! Or my trifle - I know I can make one but I like a shop one as a sneaky treat!

There is only me and the toddler for Christmas dinner and she doesn’t really eat meet. I managed to get the last small turkey thing from the shelf at Tesco on Monday morning, I didn’t look at it closely as I was afraid someone would clobber me for it. I got it home and it is a two bird roast, with pork and cranberry stuffing, sounds delicious but I also have 12 pork and cranberry stuffing balls. I’m going to be eating stuffing until New Year!

@HermannlovesPauline that sounds awesome! Do I just substitute it in? More christmassy as well. I don't have one but Tesco's might.

I need to pop back to the shops for a few bits, but don't want to drag a 5 and 2 year old around the supermarket.
DH just dropped a bottle of tonic and it's now quietly hissing in the fridge.
But I think I've wrapped all the presents!

@Lurkingforawhile - Yep, just slice it and butter it, then add the liquid- it is immense

My favourite ice cream gives me heartburn!

Oh, and I need to make a choc log, gingerbread cake, mince pies, fudge, chutney and biscuits tomorrow whilst simultaneously cleaning the bathroom and ironing a pile of clothes. 😬

Hermes have lost a delivery of 3 gifts for parents - what a surprise 🙄
Our snowflake projector has died.