Treat bits - when do you put yours ‘out’?

[BarnabyJude]

My late teen kids joke that the Christmas stash (as they refer to it) is out of bounds til a certain date (usually 23rd ish Dec). I’m just curious as to when you have your treaty bits out for general consumption?

I'm fairly confident that the list of people's DHs with curd cupboards is fairly short

He found a company that sold interesting curds, started putting together an order, and got carried away. Then found a second company and did the same. Now we have 30-odd jars of curd stacked up in order of use-by date. I'm not complaining, mind you; the orange one we had on pancakes this morning was divine and I'm keeping a jar of cherry for a pancake morning close to christmas (possibly on Tree Weekend), with some whipped cream and grated chocolate.

From Christmas Eve here.

Usually just leave it all in the cupboard and people take what they want rather than putting it out though.

I don't think we particularly have lots of extra stuff in before Christmas. Some mince pies maybe.

Ooh I like the shrine of gluttony photo thread.

I've got a Christmas Shelf in the pantry , my DS will appear with something in his sticky paw and ask "Is this for eating or Christmas?" with a hopeful tone in his voice .

Big glass jar for sweets on the coffee table . At the moment there's a tub of Heroes decanted in it .

Well done on the weightloss, but I think it's all mindset.

A mince pie over the weekend, a couple of chocolates or Christmas biscuits doesn't do anyone any harm.

Anytime in December is acceptable. Just stagger them.

What do you mean by Christmas stash

I have a constant supply of nuts, caramelised nuts, dates, chocolate, biscuits, mince pies, lebkuchen and sweets for December

We don't stuff our faces so I do t really have to top up much

So far we've had Lindt, caramelised nuts and mince pies

Our shrine to gluttony is declared open at DH finishes work for Christmas.

It has to be when he finished as I work all through it.

I like the idea of fairy lights and special paper/cloth to really emphasise it.

As we're not religious Christmas is a total celebration of gluttony really - it's the best bit for us. We don't like stuff, not really into gifting so it's all about the food and drink.

I'm quite fond of the lights though, so if I can incorporate that into the gluttony it can be a celebration of food, drink and fairy lights.

Such a shame that quality street is so non quality these days. You could always have a tub out in December that would keep being replenished.

As late as possible or we end up eating them all before the big day!!! Christmas day itself there are bowls of fancy crisps, quality street and roses dotted around.

We usually bring out the Christmas snacks when we get our Christmas tree. So around mid-December.

I am eying up the meagre supply of electric sockets and wondering if I can set up a twinkly lit Shrine to Gluttony.
If I ditch the tree I could make it happen.

Have you ever seen the uproar around the Christmas fridge threads? I've a feeling a 'Shrine to Gluttony' thread would go down even worse than those! 😬

I'm loving the idea of one though...and I have just the location for one! 🤔

"Shrine To Gluttony" needs to be a band's name!!

When we've all finished work/school... so usually around the 23rd, but this year we're all finished on the 20th and that feels a bit early! Will be nice to have a few festive days off before Christmas though.

Only problem is, somebody will be along soon making comments like, "Read the room" ...and, " Disgusting when there's a Col crisis at the moment"... Personally, i say, long live the Shrines to Gluttony!!

@Bbq1 doubtless the UPF brigade will be on it like a bonnet as well! But I think it's a pretty ancient impulse to indulge and gorge a little in the dead of winter (and the more twinkly lights the better!)

I've usually eaten the secret Christmas stash by about mid December. I then buy the second one and try really really hard to have some of it left for Christmas eve when it is officially available for all household members.

Already working my way through gin and mince pies to be honest... I don't condone it though. Mid Dec for most things I'd say.

I'm absolutely holding the line on Christmas decs, I'm not an absolute heathen. I've agreed Dec 1st and am immune to protests from the Children. Even that is too early for me. Nov just ain't happening though, moan away kids 🤷‍♀️

We don't ever leave things out, we just get them out of the cupboard. I didn't know it was a thing!

(anyway, we couldn't leave chocolate out because of our dog)

In the past I had a Christmas treat drawer in the dining room. One year I went to get the After Eights out, smiling with anticipation and licking my lips, mmm......all that was left was the empty box with all the empty black paper squares in it.
Yes son, I have still not forgiven you and I never will.

That's awesome, I want a gluttony shrine too 🤣