Christmas Poncing fine, but surely this is insane?

[TrickyD]

I read this ‘advice’ in the Daily Wail today. Some party expert or other.

Utilise the floor space by weaving garlands between presents under the Christmas tree and add fake snow to corners and the bottom of table legs.

I also use toy trains snaking through the presents or travelling through the dining table. Both can be bought cheaply, and look adorable, creating the wonder of a Christmas morning.

Fake snow on table legs anyone?

Nothing says Cosy Christmas like snow on the inside of the house…

LivingLikeADickensCharacterChic?

Fake snow? Amateurs. I keep real snow in my freezer and pile it round the table legs before every meal from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day.

"Use the floor space" ...

I use it as floor... bit of a novelty really - not much space here, especially not at Christmas.

Oh HELL no! Weaving Xmas decs round the floors? Sounds like a recipe for a broken hip!

I can just imagine what my dogs and cat would do to a train chugging about the place.

Ha! Cross post with @Floundery

I don’t need fake snow my ddog’s long fur freely winds itself around chair legs when it’s not clogging up the vacuum cleaner.

Do crumbs count as fake snow?

If so we are very festive indeed.

I have a train which wends its way round the tree and round one end of the dining table legs. The cat watches it from her basket, one eye open.

No fake snow though.

I have a train that goes around the base of the tree, and I quite like the idea of threading garlands around the presents. Fake snow sounds a bit grim though.

I like to add atmosphere by spraying the dust balls under the sofa white.

so many great comments. You’ve all made my laugh, no mean feat as I feel like I’m swallowing razor blades today.

I also use toy trains snaking through the presents or travelling through the dining table. Both can be bought cheaply

Yup, the planet's fucked, children in factories are being exploited, but you enjoy your Late Victorian Plastic Era Xmas from the Range, hun.

Dogs really up the festive joy Floudary. My dog climbed onto the table one Christmas morning and ate a glass bauble off the tiny tabletop tree - he crunched it up. He was fine with no ill effects. I was utterly panicked and started drinking early that day.

Floor space…what’s that?

Clearly doesn’t have pets. Or kids. Or possibly friends.

@Carboncheque

I like to add atmosphere by spraying the dust balls under the sofa white.

Lord, mine would be an avalanch! I sometimes lie in bed at night listening to them softly growling under the bed, and plotting world domination!

This is hilarious! You are all on it today. I am going to leave up the festive spider webs!

My DD, about 10 at the time made snow once using the inside of a disposable nappy, and made our tree into a winter wonderland. It does not look like snow!

My husband's sister once put the spray-on fake snow on all the panes of her dining room doors. It was still on there for the following Christmas (yes, the tramp hadn't cleaned it off )

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10192063/Royal-events-planner-reveals-throw-chic-Christmas-party.html
I particularly like this, ‘ Lots of my celebrity clients love a u-shaped table - easily recreated at home with three tables from around the house’.
Yeah really, we all have three tables just lying around our mansions 🤣

The space 3 tables would need! I’m sure my elderly parents won’t mind sitting in the garden in December. The squirrels can play with the train.

Paint your front door??
Do people really do that for Christmas??

This has reminded me the clock is ticking and I need to clean the 'easy to remove' Halloween bastard decals off our massive front window