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Christmas Fun Questionairre - I'm having a nosey moment!!

71 replies

Sparkler · 21/12/2008 18:46

Which best sums up your Christmas?

1 - Fresh or Frozen Turkey?
2 - Real or Reusable Tree?
3 - Wrapping paper or gift bags?
4 - Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em?
5 - Christmas at home or away?
6 - Big family get together or quiet time?
7 - Open presents before or after dinner?
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech?
9 - What do you have for you Christmas Starter?
10 - What do you have for Christmas desert?
11 - What do you do on Boxing Day?
12 - Do you celebrate New Year?

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bigTillyMint · 21/12/2008 21:00

1 - Fresh or Frozen Turkey? Fresh
2 - Real or Reusable Tree? Real
3 - Wrapping paper or gift bags? Either
4 - Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em? Bit of both
5 - Christmas at home or away? Home
6 - Big family get together or quiet time? Just us and then lots of friends
7 - Open presents before or after dinner? Before
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech? Not since 1978!
9 - What do you have for you Christmas Starter? We don't.
10 - What do you have for Christmas desert? Christmas pud and custard - DC's and DH's choice
11 - What do you do on Boxing Day? Go for a walk and go to / have friends round usually, but the walk might be replaced by sales scramble this year!
12 - Do you celebrate New Year? Yes, with friends

CharleeInPantoPaperChains · 21/12/2008 21:02

1 - Fresh Turkey
2 - Reusable Tree
3 - Wrapping paper
4 - Christmas cards, recycle
5 - Christmas at home
6 - Quiet time?
7 - Open presents before or after dinner?
8 - God No.
9 - Nout
10 - Trifle
11 - Visit Rellies
12 - Yes a quite night in me and DP.

mummc2 · 21/12/2008 21:06

1 - FRESH!
2 - re-usable
3 - wrapping paper
4 - definitely recycle
5 - Home
6 - family - well you cant avoid forever!!!??
7 - before dinner - bout 7am
8 - unfortunately due to nan in law
9 - melon/prawn cocktail
10- yule log/viennetta/xmas pud (Yuurghh!!)
11-stay in and relax/play with kids
12 - try if we can

JingleBellsDennySmells · 21/12/2008 21:12

1 - Fresh or Frozen Turkey? Chicken/beef (dont like turkey)
2 - Real or Reusable Tree? Real if we have one, this year lights and tinsel round room
3 - Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper
4 - Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em? recycle
5 - Christmas at home or away? alternate years, this year away
6 - Big family get together or quiet time? family get together
7 - Open presents before or after dinner? before dinner
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech? no
9 - What do you have for you Christmas Starter? dont have
10 - What do you have for Christmas desert? cristmas pudding, apple pie, cheescake, pavolova, fruit, icecream (now u see why we dont have starters)
11 - What do you do on Boxing Day? walk in the am, mooch pm
12 - Do you celebrate New Year? depends on childcare

tinselroundtherock · 21/12/2008 21:12

1 - Fresh Turkey?
2 - Real Tree?
3 - Wrapping paper?
4 - Christmas cards,recycle 'em? into gift cards.
5 - Christmas at home ...varies?
6 - Big family get together...varies?
7 - Open presents before or after dinner? Both
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech? NO!
9 - Christmas Starter? Prawn cocktail
10 - Christmas desert? Figgy pudding/schnapps
11 - Boxing Day? buffet
12 - New Year? Haven't for years...we are trying it this year. DH was put off by an unpleasabt experience.

DingDongMerrilyOnEI · 21/12/2008 21:52
  1. fresh turkey.
  2. real tree (i have a reusable but im going for what i want here)
  3. wrapping paper of course
  4. recycle them
  5. at home
  6. family
  7. before- prefarably before washing/dressing/breakfast
  8. nope
  9. ive never had a starter on christmas dinner
10. christmas pudding and brandy sauce 11. usually nothing but this year were doing family meal with my parents and brothers and sister so cooking for 10 12. no i hate it

xx ei xx

newmumtobe84 · 21/12/2008 21:54

Which best sums up your Christmas?

1 - Fresh or Frozen Turkey? Fresh
2 - Real or Reusable Tree? Reusable (I'd prefer real, but reusable so much easier)
3 - Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper
4 - Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em? recycle (actually I keep most of them!!)
5 - Christmas at home or away? Home
6 - Big family get together or quiet time? Family get together
7 - Open presents before or after dinner? First thing in the morning!
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech? yes
9 - What do you have for you Christmas Starter? prawn cocktail & melon
10 - What do you have for Christmas desert? trifle
11 - What do you do on Boxing Day? watch football (out of love for DP)
12 - Do you celebrate New Year? yes

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nametaken · 21/12/2008 22:49

here's mine

1 - Fresh or Frozen Turkey? - fresh
2 - Real or Reusable Tree? - varies
3 - Wrapping paper or gift bags? - both
4 - Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em? - recycle
5 - Christmas at home or away? - home
6 - Big family get together or quiet time? - big family get together
7 - Open presents before or after dinner? - before
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech? - yes
9 - What do you have for you Christmas Starter? - alcohol
10 - What do you have for Christmas desert? - more alcohol
11 - What do you do on Boxing Day? - stay home and chill out
12 - Do you celebrate New Year? - no

mumeeee · 21/12/2008 22:49

1.Fresh or Frozen Turkey? Neither. Have a strange tradition of buyiny a take away late on Christmas eve then heating it for Christmas dinner, The kids have always loved this. We do sometimes eat out.
2.Real or Reusable Tree? We have used both, Reusable this year.
3.Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper
4.Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em? Recycle
5.Christmas at home or away? At home
6.Big family get together or quiet time? Our family time on Christmas Day, Then a big family get together just after Christmas.
7.Open presents before or after dinner? Usually before but went out for dinner last year so opened them afterwards.

  1. Do you watch the Queens Speech? No
10 What do you have for Christmas desert? Pavlova or cheesecake. 11What do you do on Boxing Day? Depends. May go for a walk or just relax around the house. 12. Do you celebrate New Year? sometimes
LucyEllensmummy · 21/12/2008 22:53

1 - Fresh or Frozen Turkey?*Fresh, free range but not organic"
2 - Real or Reusable Tree? Re-usable
3 - Wrapping paper or gift bags? Paper
4 - Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em? Recycle
5 - Christmas at home or away? At home
6 - Big family get together or quiet time? Usually quiet, but doing the full monty this year
7 - Open presents before or after dinner? Before
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech?NO
9 - What do you have for you Christmas Starter?Nowt
10 - What do you have for Christmas desert? Xmas pudding and mince pies
11 - What do you do on Boxing Day? Usually to ILs but this year they are coming to us.
12 - Do you celebrate New Year? Not really

BexieID · 21/12/2008 23:00

1 - Fresh or Frozen Turkey? Fresh
2 - Real or Reusable Tree? Reusable
3 - Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both
4 - Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em? Keep 'em
5 - Christmas at home or away? Goto PIL
6 - Big family get together or quiet time? PIL, SIL, BIL + 3ofus
7 - Open presents before or after dinner? Before
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech? No
9 - What do you have for you Christmas Starter? Prawn Cocktail
10 - What do you have for Christmas desert? Chocolate orange xmas pudding
11 - What do you do on Boxing Day? Goto PIL
12 - Do you celebrate New Year? Just toast the new one in

MotherChristmas2OliverJames · 21/12/2008 23:14

1 - Fresh or Frozen Turkey? I don't cook so wouldn't know
2 - Real or Reusable Tree? reusable (have young DS)
3 - Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper
4 - Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em? recycle them
5 - Christmas at home or away? away
6 - Big family get together or quiet time? family get together
7 - Open presents before or after dinner? before
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech? nope, tele doesnt go on xmas day (why would you want it on?)
9 - What do you have for you Christmas Starter? Whatever takes my dads fancy to cook
10 - What do you have for Christmas desert? something festive like christmas pud?
11 - What do you do on Boxing Day? eat bubble and squeak [vom]
12 - Do you celebrate New Year? it depends if i am in the mood, last year i feel asleep at 10 BFing DS

unknownrebelbang · 21/12/2008 23:18

1 - Fresh or Frozen Turkey? Fresh this year.
2 - Real or Reusable Tree? Fake tree.
3 - Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper.
4 - Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em? Recycle.
5 - Christmas at home or away? We've had, and enjoyed, both.
6 - Big family get together or quiet time? Quiet these days.
7 - Open presents before or after dinner? Before.
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech? Not since childhood.
9 - What do you have for you Christmas Starter? We don't.
10 - What do you have for Christmas desert? Christmas Pudding.
11 - What do you do on Boxing Day? Depends whether DH is working or not.
12 - Do you celebrate New Year? Not in recent years, but we may this year.

kslatts · 21/12/2008 23:19

1 - Fresh or Frozen Turkey? - frozen crown
2 - Real or Reusable Tree? - reusable
3 - Wrapping paper or gift bags? - wrapping paper
4 - Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em? - bin em
5 - Christmas at home or away? - home
6 - Big family get together or quiet time? - family get together
7 - Open presents before or after dinner? - before
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech? - no
9 - What do you have for you Christmas Starter? - nothing
10 - What do you have for Christmas desert? - choice of xmas pudding, raspberry pavlova or apple crumble
11 - What do you do on Boxing Day? - dh is working until 5pm, I'll take the dd's and dog for a long walk then going to Mum's for dinner
12 - Do you celebrate New Year? - no def. plans as dh is working until 9pm, but might go to a friends house

skrimbo · 21/12/2008 23:22

1 - Fresh or Frozen Turkey? Fresh chicken Frozen at home to make it last until Christmas day.
2 - Real or Reusable Tree? Reusable tree.
3 - Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper, couple of gift bags.
4 - Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em? Recycle.
5 - Christmas at home or away? Home, well PIL round the corner, second home.
6 - Big family get together or quiet time? Queit family time.
7 - Open presents before or after dinner? Before.
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech? NO
9 - What do you have for you Christmas Starter? Pate
10 - What do you have for Christmas desert? Ice cream or something light.
11 - What do you do on Boxing Day? Hand over kids to exH and go to work.
12 - Do you celebrate New Year? Yes but while I am working.

JodieO · 21/12/2008 23:23

1 - Fresh or Frozen Turkey? Fresh
2 - Real or Reusable Tree? Reusable
3 - Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrappig paper
4 - Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em? Bin
5 - Christmas at home or away? Home
6 - Big family get together or quiet time? Family
7 - Open presents before or after dinner? Before of course, how mean to wait!
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech? Never, I don't agree with the monarchy.
9 - What do you have for you Christmas Starter? Smoked salmon on melba toast and cream cheese on them for the vegetarians.
10 - What do you have for Christmas desert? Choice of mince pies, truffle torte or truffles with ice cream or cream
11 - What do you do on Boxing Day? A ham with another roast
12 - Do you celebrate New Year? At home

mypandasgotcrabs · 21/12/2008 23:34

1 - Fresh or Frozen Turkey? frozen
2 - Real or Reusable Tree? Reusable
3 - Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper
4 - Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em? Recycle
5 - Christmas at home or away? Home
6 - Big family get together or quiet time? Xmas day - quiet, Boxing day - family
7 - Open presents before or after dinner? Before
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech? No
9 - What do you have for you Christmas Starter? Do the chocs I've been munching on all day count?
10 - What do you have for Christmas desert? Chocolate!
11 - What do you do on Boxing Day? Busy, noisy, with the young families over (hopefully!)
12 - Do you celebrate New Year? No

SantasNuttySTaff · 21/12/2008 23:34

1 - Fresh or Frozen Turkey? - frozen
2 - Real or Reusable Tree? - reusable
3 - Wrapping paper or gift bags?- both
4 - Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em? recycle
5 - Christmas at home or away? home
6 - Big family get together or quiet time? quiet time
7 - Open presents before or after dinner? how does anybody manage to restrain themselves till after dinner??????
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech? never, yawn
9 - What do you have for you Christmas Starter? choc & goodies from stockings
10 - What do you have for Christmas desert? yule log
11 - What do you do on Boxing Day? carry on playing with prezzies
12 - Do you celebrate New Year? usually always, but not this year cos preg

xcited4xmas · 21/12/2008 23:44

Fresh or frozen turkey - frozen
Real or reusable tree - reuseable
Wrapping Paper or gift bags - mixture
Bin or recycle cards - bin em'
Xmas at home or go away - at home
Big family get together or quiet time - immediate family and dad and brother
Open presents bfore or after dinner - BEFORE
Queens speech - NEVER
Xmas dinner starter - dont have one but may start now as it seems to be what people do
Xmas dinner dessert - xmas pudding with brandy sauce 4 evry1 else but evap milk 4 me!
What do you do on boxing day - relax snd people pop in
Do you celebrate new year - have mum over for a new year dinner

thritbies · 22/12/2008 01:05

1 - Fresh or Frozen Turkey? Fresh
2 - Real or Reusable Tree? Reusable
3 - Wrapping paper or gift bags? bit of both
4 - Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em?
recycle
5 - Christmas at home or away? HOME
6 - Big family get together or quiet time? quiet
7 - Open presents before or after dinner?
before
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech?
no
9 - What do you have for you Christmas Starter? nothing
10 - What do you have for Christmas desert?
Pud, trifle or xmas cake
11 - What do you do on Boxing Day?
Roast or buffet, visit godson as it's his birthday
12 - Do you celebrate New Year?
NO. Hate it.

TwentiethCenturyHeffa · 22/12/2008 10:26

1 - Fresh or Frozen Turkey? fresh
2 - Real or Reusable Tree? real
3 - Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper
4 - Christmas cards, bin 'em or recycle 'em? recycle
5 - Christmas at home or away? at home
6 - Big family get together or quiet time? family get together
7 - Open presents before or after dinner? throughout the day
8 - Do you watch the Queens Speech? no
9 - What do you have for you Christmas Starter? nothing
10 - What do you have for Christmas desert? St Stephen's pudding or trifle
11 - What do you do on Boxing Day? family buffet and walk
12 - Do you celebrate New Year? We have a quiet, early dinner with my sister, BIL and children

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