Countdown to Christmas 2017

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Ooooh tomorrow is a Rudolph Day

I don't have an organised Rudolph List (for shame)
but mine usually starts on the June one (DD Birthday and 6 months to go ) then QVC Christmas in July which I used to always book a day off work for , now a bit meh

Planning a low key Easter Tree this year (I did white painted branches in a felt Easter bucket before) with all the decorations but smaller.

I'm coveting some decorations on QVC to put away for Christmas, nearly PayDay so I reckon I will .

Happy Rudolph Day Everyone! 9 months to go!

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I love this thread, I love all you Christmas lovers!

I bought something in the Woolly Hugs craft sale that is going to be a perfect stocking filler for one of my DDs.

Nothing planned for Rudolph Day here. Too busy enjoying having the house to myself

Rudolph day! Same day as the Annunciation - Virgin Mary learns she is with child. (Luke 1:26-38)The countdown officially begins!!!! 9 months to go!

Clocks going forward tomorrow vaults us into summertime in a sense, but then thinking on, we are three months from summer solstice - from which time the nights draw in again.

So all told I am definitely feeling that Xmas is drawing closer!

873 and happy Mother's Day!

I forgot Rudolph Day! Still, glad to see it's now only 9 months to go. I wonder if the movie channels will put Christmas films on again for Christmas in July?

Ohhh the extra hour daylight is lovely and the sun shining is beautiful , so much nicer than rain rain go away , hope all ok ?
bought a pr of ferocious beast plimsolls for HP mad dd1 for Easter , £8 from yes you guessed it PRIMARK! lol

Well, after 2 glorious days of sunshine (all weekend spent sitting on the decking and bbq's with ice cold ciders) Xmas seems a world away.

Our solar powered fairy lights on the decking fired-up into life last night when it got dark so that was nice.

I think about Xmas ten times a day and would love a dark cloudy day that makes the house cool and gloomy so we can get some indoor lights lit-up with a festive smelling wax melt to add atmosphere. Maybe watch a Xmas blu-ray.

It is grim and grey here today, shame as the weekend was so lovely.
Hope everyone had lovely Mother's Days and Rudolph Days!

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I spent Rudy Day afternoon doing something about Christmas dinner - digging my garden and sowing the first seeds (which will include cauliflower later this week, and some purple sprouting broccoli), and harvesting the last of this year's PSB which I must freeze a few bags of yet (which may also feature if the new stuff doesn't grow in time!).

Dull grey day today but at least it's still dry. Work is mad busy, and so is home, Cubs are hostelling this weekend so I am buried in paperwork.

But I have organized some nice easter eggs for DM and DMIL ( each is getting 10 small eggs, each one on top of plastic stalks with leaves, making a bunch of flowers - look so cute!). DD has told me what she wants and I'll get that this weekend - and find something for DH. Small steps....

This is MY countdown until we start putting our Xmas trees up (we have 2 big ones and 3 small ones)

I had a weird Christmas nightmare last night. In my dream I had forgotten to buy any pudding for Christmas Day and my oven had broken so I took the turkey to sainsbury's to cook in their bread oven.
I can only share this nightmare on here. No one else would share my pain!

Constantly how have you survived the day after that nightmare? Sit and have , I insist

I am still ploughing through my crochet Easter presents (and was informed of a very early pregnancy announcement in the family with requests for all sorts of handmade things for Christmas) so I think I'll be busy right up until C day!

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That reminds me blacksmith I need to buy some new tree lights, the ones on my landing tree bit the dust about December 20th last year I couldn't be bothered to re-decorate the whole bloody tree so late in the season so I just left it with the plan of buying some in the Jan sales, clearly I forgot! Oopsy

Hello! I've been mia this week as all been hectic

No more presents bought so far 😳 Will be 250 days before we know it!

Ooh Christmas is Coming and the £2 Jar is getting fat......well it should be , though I had to wrestle £2 from the sweaty paws of my teenage son.

We have a House Rule:
£2 in the tin and we divvy it up in late Nov.
This year I've joined the £2 and the change (10p/5p/2p/1p) together, stops me weighing the tin and trying to guess ...

I threatened DS if he didn't give me the £2 , he'd get nothing from the jar. Commonsense and DS penny pinchyness won. Hurrrah!

I have a weirdy Christmas dream too. I've got to the Big day and I've done nothing.
No decorations, no food, nothing.
In my dream I'm running round the garden cutting ivy to wrap round the candles, and trying to ponce up dinner.
I wake uo really sad because it's a whole year till I can try again. Then relief...its March!

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and the last day of March..............so we have the first quarter under our collective belts.

I've had the paniced Christmas dreams before. I either have no money to buy presents or I get money but it's Christmas Eve and all the shops are shut!
Does anybody have a recommendation for a Christmas gift app? I downloaded one a few days ago but the pictures aren't showing up on it.

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