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?

I do have a snow machine but do far it's been for outdoor use only.
Maybe I should bring it inside for a medical Christmas morning.

@CheeseMmmm

Do crumbs count as fake snow?

If so we are very festive indeed.

White bread is a dead ringer. We use it all the time.

@Snugglepumpkin

I have a Lego Christmas train that goes around my tree & Lego Christmas Village on the floor around the tree. I use white baseplates for the village.

But we're all Lego crazy in my house.

'@Snugglepumpkin

That sounds brilliant. I don't suppose you would pist a photo from a previous year would you..??

We have 3 tables (or had before I got rid of one last week) but one was round, one is rectangular and one is square and a different height to the rectangular one. Would her celebrity clients like that arrangement?

If you had a triangular one, you could maybe do a Squid Game themed Christmas.

That actually might be fun! Obviously not really killing people though.

I DO have a snow machine.
MAGICAL Christmas morning.

Must proof read before posting...

@flapjackfairy

Surely part of the joy of putting up the tree is unwrapping all the decorations that hold special memories or were given by special people many now long gone. It is like greeting old friends . One year my neighbours had an incident that meant they had to throw all their decorations away and start anew. I remember thinking how devastated I would be by that so no way do I want to buy new each year . No wonder the planet is in such a mess.

Same for me. I’ve got decorations given to me when my DCs were born from a long since departed friend. I always smile when I get them out. And ones the DCs picked when they were little. Some they made at school. Some I bought from a trip to New York for my 30th, some from a Christmas shop in Florida we went for my 40th. They don’t really ‘match’ but I wouldnt be without them. Because I only see them once a year, they bring back loads of happy memories.

I was making posh Christmas hampers one year for my customers as a thank you, and my dog ate a third roughly out of each of 3 Christmas cakes, 1 whole one would have cost me £7, but no I had to replace all 3! And she was fine not Ill at all.
Fake snow indoors is a no from me, and trains going in and out of presents sounds annoying. But then my kids are adults I might feel differently when I get grandchildren.

“Utilise the floor space.”
This brings back happy memories of trying to play Monopoly on the floor in my grandparents tiny front room on Christmas morning while my Dad protected us by fending off their mad snarling dog with a chair.
Ah happy days!

That actually might be fun! Obviously not really killing people though
Depends how you feel about your inlaws

@SpookyPumpkinPants, sorry I am a zero photos on the internet person.

My train is the Lego 10254 (now retired) one modded to have extra carriages & an engine & my village is mostly the Winter Village sets they release each year but once Lego retire them, they become silly money.
We buy the new one every year & add it to the village - it's part of our Christmas tradition.

This is the best thread ive read in a while🤣🤣🤣🤣 fucking laughing away here to myself in the middle of a softplay place.

Clearly that 'guru' hasnt got kids. I reckon my tree and decs and garlands on fireplace will have roughly 5 mins before they are trailed down by the dts. Little shits. They had the halloween stuff wrecked not 5 mins after seeing them.

Clearly that 'guru' hasnt got kids
But he must have the worlds best cleaner who can get rid of fake snow even though that stuff sticks like shit.

@flapjackfairy

Surely part of the joy of putting up the tree is unwrapping all the decorations that hold special memories or were given by special people many now long gone. It is like greeting old friends . One year my neighbours had an incident that meant they had to throw all their decorations away and start anew. I remember thinking how devastated I would be by that so no way do I want to buy new each year . No wonder the planet is in such a mess.

OMG I'd be devastated. I love unwrapping mine each year, with all the memories pouring out!

My Christmas Tree/Decorations/House will never be magazine/Instagram 'worthy' because they're not coordinated/styled. They're just full of love & memories and that's 'me'.

If I won the Euro Lottery & could buy a much bigger house I'd have all of my current ones in my bedroom/snug and have lots of fun 'designing' downstairs, I'd donate them each year to a hospice/children hospital etc & have fun redesigning at home. Until I got fed up of it.

But until then the old faithfuls will come out & be enjoyed again, with a new one added as usual. As I'm not going to any overseas markets this year, maybe it's the year if the train??

@SpookyPumpkinPants
I always say that if I could afford a big enough house I would have a permanent Christmas room. I would have a comfy chair and a Christmas tree up all year. I would go OTT with fairy lights and sit in .there of an evening watching Christmas movies and doing Christmas crafts wrapped in a fleecy Christmas blanket. Oh and drinking hot chocolate and eating mince pies. Bliss !

[quote Snugglepumpkin]@SpookyPumpkinPants, sorry I am a zero photos on the internet person.

My train is the Lego 10254 (now retired) one modded to have extra carriages & an engine & my village is mostly the Winter Village sets they release each year but once Lego retire them, they become silly money.
We buy the new one every year & add it to the village - it's part of our Christmas tradition.[/quote]
@Snugglepumpkin

No worries 😊

Thanks for the details. I had found 10254, but yes it's now quite expensive, especially when I factor in the power function upgrade...
But....
Hmmm...

[quote flapjackfairy]@SpookyPumpkinPants
I always say that if I could afford a big enough house I would have a permanent Christmas room. I would have a comfy chair and a Christmas tree up all year. I would go OTT with fairy lights and sit in .there of an evening watching Christmas movies and doing Christmas crafts wrapped in a fleecy Christmas blanket. Oh and drinking hot chocolate and eating mince pies. Bliss ![/quote]
Sounds brilliant!!

Please invite me over, when you get there!! I'll bring Christmas treats!! 🎅🏼

@SpookyPumpkinPants
It's a date . I will let you know when I have won the lottery

Scenticles- worked in a place that sold them and advertised them using a machine that killed everyone nearby wafted the scent out from a highly potent concentrated oil. The machine lasted a week before developing a terminal fault

@CheeseMmmm

Do crumbs count as fake snow?

If so we are very festive indeed.

I love you!

@goingback

Scenticles- worked in a place that sold them and advertised them using a machine that killed everyone nearby wafted the scent out from a highly potent concentrated oil. The machine lasted a week before developing a terminal fault

I bought the pine scented version one year, thinking it would smell of Christmas trees.

No such luck. More like the whiff of powerful disinfectant you sometimes get when you walk past dubious public toilets.

@AcrossthePond55

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

Hahaha, I was going to say similar..... that's just asking for a festive A&E trip after one too many baileys

How fucking big does he think our dining tables are? We're supposed to create a fucking Colorado ski slope on them now with trees and working cable cars??

I'm just pleased if there is enough room to move the glasses out of my 10 year olds reach as he's a clutz of epic proportions. Imagine the carnage he could wreak on poor model Colorado ski village

My dining table is the the West wing of our residence. I knocked through 6 rooms to make a standard dining room space.

It's 30 metres by 20. When not dining it doubles as an ice rink.

Naturally we use online conferencing to talk during meals. Like any normal family.

I think the ideas in that are passé tbh.

We have a pen installed at the moment with 3 reindeer inside. They have all been painted our Xmas theme colours this year. Monochrome with a splash of sapphire.

The staff are having to work hard to keep the room fresh but it's still worth it as far as I'm concerned. Truly magical in a way that should make others feel deflated.

Happy Xmas!

[quote flapjackfairy]@SpookyPumpkinPants
It's a date . I will let you know when I have won the lottery[/quote]
@flapjackfairy 👍🏻👍🏻🎅🏼🎅🏼