To tell you that it is only

[RabidEchidna]

307 days till Christmas

Do I have the record for the first Christmas thread of 2012?

All his gifts were wrapped in the same birthday paper
Most of his gifts were money he is now richer them me

Happy birthday Anchovy's ds!

I WON THE LIGHTS! :o:o:o:o:o:o:o

£49... not sure that's a bargain but I needed those lights!

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Happy birthday rabid's ds.

That's great you got your lights magneto are they for your tree?

milk are your parents going to yours for dinner?

We've been clearing out the loft as we're moving. I'd forgotten how rubbish our Xmas tree is, DH got it from Asda for a tender. It may have to get lost in the move!!

Is anyone else in pinterest?

I'll explain:

I'm a Jew that celebrates Christmas I think I'll tell DH that my parents are just coming for lunch due to the bank holiday, then make Turkey He'll love the food so much he'll just go along with it (My DH is a humbug :( )

I saw the lights on Ebay magneto - where they the ones shaped like a carriage?
Very pretty.
And now you've got them you've got months to look for ways to cut back a bit on spending so you can justify the £49

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Yes they were the ones with the carriages. My grandad had those Christmas lights and I just remember thinking they were the most wonderfully magical things I'd ever seen when I was very small, I don't know where I'm going to put them yet -somewhere high and out of ds's reach is all I know so far

milk my dh is a humbug too. He doesn't hate Christmas he just doesn't care, I'm sure your dh will love the food!

milk my DH is meh too.
Just as well I'm completely obsessed organised with All Things Festive.

(My DC has Standards Y'know )

Magneto, 70isaLimitNotaTarget- I know my DH will be excited if I cook his favourite food :P I wish he was more into Christmas though :(

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EEks, time is ticking away.....

OK we need to do a picture tomorrow to celebrate the two hundredth day to countdown.
I can't because I'll be at work, but I'm sure someone will rise to the Challenge

Is this a themed picture we're talking about?

Magneto

Themed picture. On Christmas thread you say?

Hmmmmmm.....

I tried to do a tree with colours but couldn't get them to sit right.

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That's the best I can do with a hangover...I just hope it works

OK, that looked SOOOO much more like a real tree in the "writing a msg" box

Sorry

Whoo its getting closer!
Right I brought my PIL's gift yesterday. A John Lewis voucher and a bottle of wine.

I'm made my 9 year old do a Lego wish-list on Amazon so I can start to buy his stuff.
I went into the works yesterday too. they had some really nice bits but DH gave me this face so I left empty handed.

Woohoo! Only 200 days! Sure it will fly by

Loving the tree pictures, very festive.

Is everyone's DH bah humbug too then? Thought it was just mine, he only gets excited very late on Xmas eve?

DH is "Bah humbug" until December - but he actually quite likes the fuss that's made once he doesn't have to do it. And he doesn't like the tree up too early (that's ok with me too - I prefer to get a real tree so mid-Dec is fine). He goes when I order "Santa train" tickets in July - but they sell out by early august. And he did enjoy it the year he went (he was away last year so my sis came instead).

He actually quite enjoys helping the man in red to shop - we find time in late autumn sometime for a child-free wander to look, and he will go off and get the large items himself pretty quickly afterwards. Some years he doesn't think much about presents - other years they are very thoughtful (seems to be about general stress levels - our lives are too full-on normally).

But he will cook, buy the tree (he's now banned from doing it without me after last year's disaster), offer constructive criticism on decorations. And he has evolved his own little tradition of decorating the weeping tree in our front garden himself - only 1 set of lights through it, but he likes to see that bit of outdoor festiveness.

Today I bought two Christmas outfits for the new baby!

A jumper with a Reindeer on the front and a red dress

My DH is a bit meh but accepting of my completely overboard Christmasism organisation of all things festive.

I like to start early with the stocking gifts and do My Lists.
He gets dragged along on a child free Christmas shop and Family Christmas shop.

But even he would admit it's worth it in the end.

We don't do any decorations until after DS birthday (7th Dec) apart from the Advent Tree and Elf on the Shelf.