Christmas 2010

[Blodwen]

I love Christmas Brummers!! nearly finished my shopping, Ive never been so organised before! All done online though, cant be bothered with the Christmas rush and the Swansea traffic. Hope Mrs Brum is going to spoil you this Christmas!

[Gill the Piano]

Me toooooo....I'm just packing Crimbo in a box to go to my poor friend marooned in Florida. You wouldn't believe the stuff the septics don't have....plain flour, glace cherries, salt and vinegar crisps, Remegels ( ), Christmas pud, crackers, sultanas, sherbet fountains, Cadbury's, stilton....the place is a cultural desert. AND their robins are deformed - I had to find a proper shaped one for the top of her cake. So what with that and having had a flurry of Christmas shopping on QVC AND having booked in all my Christmas church service organ gigs, I'm feeling v. festive now. Nuts, anybody?

[Gill the Piano]

She gets proper English telly beamed in or something; septic telly is dreadful, apparently - makes ours look like Nobel winning stuff!

[Gill the Piano]

No, I'm sure she goes on about 'beaming'.

[Gill the Piano]

No, it's 'streaming'. I've just remembered.

[Gill the Piano]

Does anybody have any 'top tips' about keeping cats away from Christmas trees?

Tell 'em Father Christmas doesn't come to naughty cats.
Bad news re your poor neighbour; but my brother was made redundant at 60 this April and has just got a job with a local firm who are 'fed up with useless graduates'. There is hope out there.

[OneHandOnly]

dave brum wrote:Does anybody have any 'top tips' about keeping cats away from Christmas trees?

how about the CATTERY!! only joking, i love cats but mine stays home alone while i go to spain, a woman comes twice a day to look after her.Unfortunately already booked the holiday but as i hate christmas and love cats, next year bring them all to my house and i'll look after them for you. how many do you have?

[Blodwen]

Oh I know what you mean Dave Brum!! Some people in Swansea have had their decs up since halloween and bonfire night! It drives me nuts! Mine wont be going up for at least a fortnight! I find the tree gets in my way so the less time its up- the better!!

[Gill the Piano]

My decs go up on Beethoven's birthday!

[Gill the Piano]

No!

[Gill the Piano]

My customer gave me a confection she made up herself - a cross between a mince pie and an Eccles cake...we called it a mincle pie. It was v.v. good!

[Blodwen]

2 weeks today!! I cant wait!!

I love Christmas, I love waking up Christmas morning, opening pressies, going to mammy's for the most amazing Xmas dinner!! yum yum!! soooo excited! Cant wait to give everyone their pressies, have bought my parents a long weekend in Krakow, my mums never been out of the country so I hope she likes it!

Whats everyone else getting for Christmas?

[Blodwen]

Krakow is amazing Dave Brum, I went last year in April and experienced Auschwitz, and wow what an experience, I've never felt such sadness in all of my life, I couldn't comprehend how cruel the human race can be!The city itself is very old and so beautiful, I would highly recommend going if you get the chance!

[Gill the Piano]

Well you can always quote the pissed Bishop of (I think) Southwark; 'Because I'm a Bishop and this is what Bishops do...' as you throw stuff around drunkenly... Have a merry one, everyone!

[Gill the Piano]

If I remember rightly he was hurling things out of a taxi...goggle it and have a look!