Thread 8 - the one with Poopy the troll

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@NobodyGivesADamn thanks for the title

Greetings and welcome one and all to a friendly and joyful corner of mn - the Christmas bargain thread. Here, we share Christmas present purchases, ideas, links and discount codes, with the aim to spread the Christmas magic and joy and reduce the financial stress.

It's a very busy thread, so see the tips below for helping everything run smoothly and avoiding repetitions of Cookiegate etc al. It's a lovely, friendly bunch and I'm so grateful to each and every one of you for building such a warm, fuzzy and generous spot on mn. I know I've save so much over the years and am so grateful to all of you for sharing.

Pull up a sleigh and relax with a mulled wine and mince pie, for Christmas has nearly arrived!

@ me if you need anything or you want to let me know anything - the thread moves so fast I can't always keep up so this really helps

A few pointers to make everyone’s life easier and the thread be as useful as possible:

• It’s handy to put in bold the bargains so they’re easy to spot
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The current referral thread for sharing referral codes https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/christmas/4940918-4940918-bargain-referrals-thread-6 . Please use this rather than this page to share referral links to make the sharing fair.

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Thanks @RainbowZebraWarrior for the instructions below.
To make something bold, put this star * either side of the word you want to bold (with no spaces in between)

So starhellostar would look like this.

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Obviously use the * not the word star

Some of the below is copied and pasted from previous years, so do @ me if the links don't work

Stock informer is a handy site http://www.stockinformer.co.uk/default.aspx?fullsite=1

Camelcamelcamel is a great amazon price tracking tool http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com

The following links compare price products including postage
www.find-book.co.uk
www.find-cd.co.uk
www.find-dvd.co.uk
www.find-game.co.uk (as in PS4/xbox etc)

I have no idea if the taller solid ones do/did, sorry, but now I’m intrigued! I was stupidly just laughing as someone asking for a child friendly cracker for nuts was being sent ideas for tree decorations instead….not quite so funny now ‘X’ amount of time later, and having to explain it!

Sorry edited. I hadn’t read the thread properly and just noticed you had linked the very one

All this talk of nutcrackers has reminded me of one of the best Christmas DVDs to have in if you have young kids - Tom and Jerry - A Nutcracker's Tale - which is a snip at £2.97 (cheaper than renting on Prime!).

It's basically Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker music, whereby Tom and Jerry get sucked into the tale and the usual T&J shenanigans ensue... there's very little speaking, there are some really funny bits and it's the sort of thing that I used to put on (or indeed the dc) and have it on in the background as it's lovely classical music where you don't need to watch the story too much - if you dip in and out you'll see some fun bits. Big bonus is it's not as intrusively noisy or relentless as lots of the younger kids shows these days so it becomes a win win - they think the tv is on, but they can listen without needing to watch and if they do then they learn the story of the nutcracker, see some classic T&J escapades as well as hearing the music.

Enjoy :)

Some bargains on studio.co.uk, just bought a couple of duvet sets for around £5 each here

We’ve had our velvetiser for a year and love it. We use it a lot and have had no problems with either luke warm drinks, or small cup servings. I can’t comment on the Salter one.

I’ve got £10 off a £60 Argos spend if anyone wants the code 💸

Same here.

@rhubarbhandsoap ooh, me please! just about to go to sleep so can you pm me it for morning please, would really appreciate it ☺️

Thanks I’ve tried that one but it’s just taking it off the board game. There was one for BOO20 but think that’s expired now 😬

Smyths have some black Friday deals - one of them is 3d pen for €18

For anyone looking for photo gifts for Xmas….🎄

Hey, can someone advise what age the magic mixies tpys are suitable for please? I need to buy a present for a six year old girl. Are they too young are about right?

Sure! I’ll send now, I may or may not have had a bit too much bargain Nespresso today and still be wide awake 😂

I’ve had so many good gift ideas from these threads over the years. So thought I would chip in …

GARDENERS - this is a great mini spade for £10. The size of a trowel but more powerful

https://www.toolstation.com/roughneck-micro-round-shovel/p61959?utm_source=Rakuten&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_content=Skimlinks.com&utm_campaign=1&ranMID=46390&ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-GA9MA8YC93Nv9DSQhhyh3w

Hope that helps someone!

Dgd would like a mini fridge for her room. Can anyone recommend a quiet one please. Preferably pink!

Just ordered this. My girls love Tom & Jerry and the Nutcracker, so I'm sure thus will make a great new Christmas film for them to watch this year.

@Changingagain if your daughter will not understand relative size then The Entertainer have an 80cm unicorn on sale for £19.99 at the moment but this is smaller than Smyths’ which is 120cm. The Works have one for £6 but that is only 60cm so ‘giant’ depends a bit on the age of the child!

We have a Chad Valley much-bigger-than-Robert unicorn bought for DD2 (when I was too sleep deprived to think about relative size!) - it is huge and I bought in a 3-for-2 deal at a bargain but that was 7 years ago so I don’t know if they still make them.

Other large soft toy bargains I have had in the past were a 80cm Narwhal from Clintons for £10 one year and a similar sized unicorn from Dunelm for about £5 so worth checking those online.

Good luck with your unicorn hunt!

About right. My DD both loved these, aged 5 - 7.

I would say 6 is about right. My 5 year old had one last year and couldn’t do much of it herself, I basically did it all and she just got a doll afterwards. A 6 year old may have half a chance of being able to do the actual mixing.

I've just bought the mixies lamp for a 6 year old so hoping it's suitable!

These are amazing, had ours for years and still work (used to hold a scratching cat when removing tangles and she couldn’t bite through them too)
https://www.realflowers.co.uk/gardening-gloves

another velvetiser fan here. we don't find it lukewarm or small cup? it fills the mugs it comes with. can only make one cup at a time though.

the current best deal i think is the HC vip deal. i bought mine for £100 from qvc a few years ago & got free choc sachets included. i think the hc deal is better but you have to buy choc separately. they have an even cheaper deal for £45 (i think,) if you subscribe to 6 months of choc sachets.

For those still looking for a coffee machine, Very have a Tassimo one down to £39 with a pod bundle. Looks like a good deal.

Home bargains had some great national geographic sets yesterday. I got these 2 for DS as he loved one that he got for his birthday. One set was £3.99 and the other was £2.99.

They also had some hismile products. I got a peach iced tea toothpaste for £1.99 and this tooth gloss for £2.99. I wouldn’t normally buy this range but DD loves it as she’s seen it all over social media and will be delighted to see these in her stocking. She bought a toothpaste with her own money a while ago for £9!!!!