@the-gravedigger saidWomen rarely forget.
You are too generous Drew.
When people tell me what they want I tell them I will get it for them in the January sales. Then hope they forget about it.
I knew someone who used to buy next year’s Christmas presents in the January sales and I ALSO knew someone who’d return say, a new Christmas jumper to M&S, get the refund and then buy it back at the sale price. She once even had me standing around, supposedly waiting for the assistant to put the very same jumper back out for sale then quickly grab it and buy it for her 😮
@ponderable saidMine’s done! Got a new phone for one son and a £100 gift voucher for my other son & his partner to use in a lovely new seafood restaurant in a local country pub.
Looks like there are the ones shopping early and those shopping late (and then there are those who don't shop at all)
And how do I get away with only having to buy 2 Christmas presents? It’s the consequence of growing up in a large family of 8; we all decided to just buy for our own family because it was getting so silly and expensive 🙂
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@drewnogal saidI think this is the normality now. My family was similar, it went form buying gifts to everyone, to doing a secret santa to knowing who your secret santa was and asking them what they wanted to buying nothing.
Mine’s done! Got a new phone for one son and a £100 gift voucher for my other son & his partner to use in a lovely new seafood restaurant in a local country pub.
And how do I get away with only having to buy 2 Christmas presents? It’s the consequence of growing up in a large family of 8; we all decided to just buy for our own family because it was getting so silly and expensive 🙂
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@torunn saidThat’s kinda cheating isn’t it…combining Xmas and birthdays together?🤔😲
I will take my family out for brunch to celebrate three birthdays in December - my daughter's 5th Dec, my great-granddaughter 9th and my own 10th. That's my Christmas gift to the family, 8 people.
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@great-big-stees saidJesus was the same.
That’s kinda cheating isn’t it…combining Xmas and birthdays together?🤔😲
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@drewnogal saidmy wife purees chestnuts with the vanilla from 2 pods and a drop of baileys,then coats them in dark chocolate, i love them as they are not to sweet but a lovely christmas treat.
Bought 3 Terry’s chocolate oranges tody.
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@great-big-stees saidyeah the tax man cought up with him.
Ya and look what happened to him.
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@david-burton saidThat sounds different and very interesting. I love dark chocolate!
my wife purees chestnuts with the vanilla from 2 pods and a drop of baileys,then coats them in dark chocolate, i love them as they are not to sweet but a lovely christmas treat.
@great-big-stees saidHmm …. don’t think you’ll be getting a nice new Swedish calendar this Christmas somehow 🙄
That’s kinda cheating isn’t it…combining Xmas and birthdays together?🤔😲
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@drewnogal saidMaybe not. 🙂
Hmm …. don’t think you’ll be getting a nice new Swedish calendar this Christmas somehow 🙄