to think its not too early to hit the Christmas food stash?

[freddiefrog]

DH is guarding the Christmas food stash as he says it's not officially Christmas yet

I say 6pm on Christmas eve is near as dammit.

I want mince pies!!!!!

I have just eaten a turkey and chutney sandwich!

We've started on the cheese!

nice cheese all in my tummy

Is it heck not Christmas, crack open the grub cupboards , we I'd (about 2 days ago!)

I've had posh crisps and Maltesers and wine - it's officially Christmas

I've started on the cheese, pate, crackers and fancy crisps.
I let DD open the tin of biscuits.
We're moving on 3rd January and have a ridiculous amount of food.

I'm almost through my first pack of mince pies & Christmas pate & chocs already open!! Tell your dh he's a grinch!!!

The official start time is 6.00pm on Christmas Eve... I know this cos my mum told me when I was little... Back then we would decorate the top of the sideboard (see how ancient I am, no-one has them now) with all the good stuff, apples and pears from the trees in the garden, polished up, dates stuffed with marzipan (for my mum), Christmas cake, chocolate log, satsumas, oranges and grapes. At 6.00pm you could start... and that is when the sausage rolls and mincepies emerged from the kitchen.

So tell you OH, you can start, cos my mum said so and she knew everything!

Oh yes, opened the mince pies too.

We started on ours when the kids broke up on Friday, apart from the mince pies which I've been eating since I baked them last weekend

LatteLady that sounds just perfect. :)

Have wrestled the mince pies from his grasp!!!!

Have also noticed some empty tree chocolate wrappers hanging on the tree so I think the kids had already started, they're just more stealthy than me

Oh no, I forgot to buy a chocolate log and to decorate the Christmas cake

Shittin hell fire, I started mid November

Will probably resume normal eating habits around the end of jan

4pm on Christmas eve is the rule here.

Get cracking freddie, you're late!

We started Friday

I have started on wine while dd is still up its has lemonade in so that ok isn't it?

after lunch xmas eve is Christmas here!

I presume you mean early for next year? We cracked open the Xmas chocs and wine in November and have bought them all about 3 times since!! Get a bloody move on. And handcuff Dp out in the shed.

We did hit the Quality Street early, I've replaced the tin about 4 times.

I've had a stinker of a cold and had no interest in food at all, let alone Christmas food

YANBU

In some ways I love Christmas Eve more than Christmas Day.

As soon as it goes dark, lights are on and it is officially Christmas in this house.

Enjoy!

I've hit the Xmas port!

it's requiring ALL of my willpower not to crack open my special Big Day jellybeans. and/or eating my BILs giant pack of smarties we got him.

One giant tin of heroes? Down the hatch already!