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Re: Christmas

#31 Post by sarahjc78 » Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:11 pm

Im starting to think destresserai is Mrs Claus in disguise........
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#32 Post by anakin » Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:13 pm

I do the same, hence the red paper - plus I love red! Liking the colour scheme idea ... might give it a try!

I tend to make tags using the little scraps of wrapping paper left over (if there is any).
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Re: Christmas

#33 Post by butterfly » Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:05 pm

the colour scheme idea is genius in the past i have wraped presents leaving off tags only to forget who it was for, resulting in unwapping and rewrapping.

destresserai i wish i was as organised as you not even thought about cristmas yet but, with a big family it gets crazy near the run up to christmas. however, there are still main birthday presents to b*y untill the start of Nov... the next set of birthdays are on the run up to christmas. plus my sister is pregnant and due mid october, b*ying christmas gifts start in November even though every year i say it will start earlier.
your table must be huge if you can fit 14 round it we have a fair few at our christmas table but we have to do it in two sittings.
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Re: Christmas

#34 Post by destresserai » Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:36 pm

I have the advantage of having a through arch way from the kitchen to the dining room.

My table sits 8 people and I have a second table that is used to run off it (in a T shape) to sit the others!
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#35 Post by a_person » Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:38 pm

sarahjc78 wrote:Im starting to think destresserai is Mrs Claus in disguise........
Lol, it does seem like that, doesn't it?!
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Re: Christmas

#36 Post by anakin » Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:51 pm

butterfly wrote:however, there are still main birthday presents to b*y untill the start of Nov... b*ying christmas gifts start in November even though every year i say it will start earlier.
I have the same problem (except sister is not pregnant as far as i am aware!) so keep putting it off. :nono:

I really must check posting dates! I keep saying that... :roll:
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Re: Christmas

#37 Post by destresserai » Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:05 pm

Please don't take these as gospel but I have the dates as being:-

Fri 4 Dec 2009: Airmail to South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Far East (except Japan), New Zealand, Australia

Wed 9 Dec 2009: Airmail to Eastern Europe, USA, Canada, Japan

Fri 11 Dec 2009: Airmail to Western Europe

Mon 14 Dec 2009: UK standard parcels

Thu 17 Dec 2009: UK second class letters

Sat 19 Dec 2009: UK first class letters
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#38 Post by Ms Thrifty » Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:08 pm

Gosh, Destresserai, I thought I was organised (about some things, not this) but you are beginning to scare me!
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Re: Christmas

#39 Post by anakin » Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:20 pm

LOL - thanks Destresserai! :star: You really are mega organised - all part of staying destressed I guess :cool: Actually I had just looked as well and found these useful links which tie up with your dates I think!

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/cont ... stid=70973
ftp://ftp.royalmail.com/Downloads/publi ... ements.pdf

Now if I could only get them done next week I could save a packet on postage and send them by surface mail (to Australia)... oh well... NEXT YEAR... :blink:
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Re: Christmas

#40 Post by a_person » Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:57 pm

Just found stashes of Christmas cards to use! Hehe.
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