Wedding Forum - Official Christmas 2016 and New Year thread...

Yayyyy to the Christmas thread.

Christmas sock day is on the 6th btw. Not that it makes any difference to us at work, we wear them all year round.

Hoping to get the tree this evening. We went off last night to get it but the place was shut. Cannot wait to get it.

I've done all my present buying, just got some homemade bits to make. Going to do some gingerbread and shortbread the week leading up to Christmas to put in some hampers. Today I've been making some paper pine cones. If I get a hence I want to have a go at doing good some other decorations too.

I've written cards that need to be sent overseas and I'll get them posted next week I think.

Tree is going up this weekend.

Most presents bough and just need wrapping x

We went and got the tree yesterday and put it up last night so all Christmassy in our house now, yayyyyy

thats a really pretty tree!

We always have an artificial tree and went to put it up last night and found out the stand was missing which resulted in a quick dash to tesco to buy a new one!

Ours will go up on the 16th when OH gets back if his work trip. If he doesn't make it back for christmas I probably won't bother with one as me and the dog will be at my parents.

It won't be the first time one of us has been away for it if he is, its just annoying not knowing until the last minute. Usually we know a few months in advance if one of us will miss it. And I love going shopping for a lovely fresh tree and decorating it. I'll help my mum but its not the same as your own tree.

We just have a fake tree too. An old one of mom and dads from when they used to put 3 trees up. Hasn't been used in years since mom came to her senses and now only has one...

First presents wrapped.
Nativity up.

Front room rearranged and cleaned ready to put the tree up tomorrow :)

Mine is an artificial tree too. Cheaper, cleaner and easier at the end of Christmas to take down needing no special disposal.

Trees up x

I put up all my decorations and tree this weekend :) there was a live wasp in my decorations box which I wasn't too happy about, had to be rescued by the OH.

We have five presents so far, still quite a few to get but I do love Christmas. Just going to be me and OH this year we won't be able to make it to either families cause of his working pattern but should make a nice change.

Very tempted to buy more decorations but OH would definitely kill me, might just add them in one by one haha :)

Looking forward to making cakes as I always do. Love decorating them I have a signature penguin and snowman which I make out of fondant.

We put our tree up on Saturday.



Got most of my pressies ordered today, just need one or two more things for my mum and for hubby.

Been feeling a bit "scrooge" with Christmas this year, we're in the middle of the legal work with moving house so we've more pressing things on our mind this year (and obviously less funds to buy presents!). Putting the tree up on Saturday did make me feel more Christmassy though and we watched a couple of Christmas films after which did make me feel festive!

Trees are looking great ladies.

I managed to wrap half the presents on Sunday and they look fab under the tree. I don't want them opened now as they look so pretty.

Put our tree up today!

Going shopping today to try to finish the shopping then one day next week I will sit and wrap them all. I love wrapping presents. OH has done his usual trick of buying for his family and leaving them for me to wrap. If he doesn't get home I'm not sure how he thinks they are getting from Kent to Liverpool. Im not doing a 600 mile round trip to drop off presents. The decs are out of the loft just incase, I love looking at all my lovely glass decorations, maybe just a little tree with my favourites on :-)

Finishing our Christmas shopping at the weekend (fingers crossed) and then going to start planning the food shop for what we need for Christmas and get that sorted next weekend/week after next as we break up on the 21st.

Going to be my first ever Christmas without being with my family or OH's family it will be very different for me for it to be just us. Should make a nice change.

I updated my online Christmas groceries delivery the other day, keep remembering things.

All the trees look lovely! We're doing ours on Saturday, I'd love a massive real one but we have the same fake one every year.
Christmas has really crept up on me this year, shopping is very nearly done so not too behind just not as organized as normal! Going to my mum's on Christmas day for the last year without baby, very strange feeling.

Going to sort out the last present on Sunday after my credit card cut off date so I'm not paying for it until January. Got my mum's Christmas and birthday presents to get. I know what I want to get her but just waiting for credit card cut off.

Got everyone done except my mum who I'm really stuck on. Usually its my dad and my nan that I'm panicking over two days before christmas but they were quite easy this year.
Surprise surprise the guy who is supposed to be taking over from OH has failed his medical so I will be at my parents and OH will be somewhere at sea in Indonesia. On the bright side, when everyone else has the post christmas blues we will still have ours to come. 2 christmases is always a bonus. Plus no pine needles to clear up.

Tiffany, its amazing how quick these companies can get hold of something that was 'out of stock' once they realise someone won't just put up with it.

Try J0 M@1on3 for citrus perfumes Michelle. Love that brand - bit more expensive but to me it's worth every penny and it's super special x

Thanks IDL will have a look

First married Christmas, first year of me cooking for the in-laws... eeek! xxxx

Got all my pressies wrapped over the weekend... hubby was out on Saturday night for his work Christmas do so I spent my night wrapping pressies with the help of Th0rnt0ns chocolate liqueur! The last few pressies are being delivered today so will probs get them wrapped tonight too then I know it's all done and dusted. It's a nice feeling knowing I don't have anything else to purchase. I popped out to W@lm@rt yesterday to get some food and Christmas cards and it was just utter mayhem.... can't deal with it!!!!