Christmas

[jojojoanne]

i think ur mum-in-law's got the right idea ... givin all 7 families the same present .. there's no favouritism and it saves her worrying about the ideal present for everyone!!

[biggins]

My mother-in-law has 4 children and 3 step children.....one year she b*ght all 7 families identical toasters, the next year we all got the same set of saucepans!

.....and on the subject of recycling presents, I do it quite regularly if there is something I don't like I will pass it on to someone else, but I do have a set of make-up bags in the cupboard and I can't remember who gave them to me so I daren't give them to anyone.

If I open a xmas present and find it is something I don't want - for example I had four new purses!! I put a note inside saying who gave me it and then two years later give it to someone as a birthday present.

Toasters and saucepans aren't very exciting but at least useful.

[McG]

My mother-in-law has 4 children and 3 step children.....one year she b*ght all 7 families identical toasters, the next year we all got the same set of saucepans!

.....and on the subject of recycling presents, I do it quite regularly if there is something I don't like I will pass it on to someone else, but I do have a set of make-up bags in the cupboard and I can't remember who gave them to me so I daren't give them to anyone.

If I open a xmas present and find it is something I don't want - for example I had four new purses!! I put a note inside saying who gave me it and then two years later give it to someone as a birthday present.

Toasters and saucepans aren't very exciting but at least useful.

Thanks, raineylb for the warning re toasters and saucepans. I'll take them off 's list for you.
Biggins, I'll put them on your list for !

[biggins]

Well if it is a good toaster I'll have it. b*ght a new one recently but it doesn't toast the top part of the sliced bread as it is not deep enough and if I take the toast out and turn it upside down to toast the part that has been missed then the middle is burnt!!!

[McG]

Well if it is a good toaster I'll have it. b*ght a new one recently but it doesn't toast the top part of the sliced bread as it is not deep enough and if I take the toast out and turn it upside down to toast the part that has been missed then the middle is burnt!!!

I know they don't do toast but . . . . . would you like a McPanda for Christmas???? You can have one if you have bamboo for Christmas dinner (not toasted!)

[biggins]

Can a McPanda make a jelly piece then if it can't make toast!!!

[McG]

Can a McPanda make a jelly piece then if it can't make toast!!!

I'll check and get back to you! Save a space at the table . . . . in fact, make that a BIG space!

[anakin]

Am excited - we're going to decorate our flat today. No tree this year as we've not enough room (and it'd be rubbish in comparison to the 10ft one we had a couple of years back). A blessing in some ways as we found needles for about 6 months after we took the tree down!

[Ms Thrifty]

Even the artificial trees drop needles, which is bizarre, and I don't think it's a deliberate attempt at verisimilitude!

[Beate]

I am planning on writing the Christmas cards today. And I am going shopping tomorrow. We actually do get a "Christmas Shopping Leave" day every December from work. I am not making this up. You have to take it before 24th.