The Christmas Thread

[CD]

Few Christmas questions for our posters.

Angel or Star at the top of your tree? Angel - about thirty years old and looks her age!
Host your own Christmas Dinner or attend someone else's? - 21st here, Christmas eve at wife's sisters, Christmas and Boxing Day at parents and in laws. Nice!!
The Royale Family or Vicar Of Dibley? Neither (Why punish yerself!)
Christmas Eve Mass or Christmas Day? Neither (See above)

Do you eat:
Brussels Sprouts? Nope
Mince Pie? Nope
Christmas Pudding? Nope - love it, it doesn't enjoy me! A fistful of Rennie. Will settle for fruit flan and my sisters aero cheesecake.

What time on Christmas Day will you have your first drink? Shloer with dinner

[laoislad]

Few Christmas questions for our posters.

Angel or Star at the top of your tree? Angel - about thirty years old and looks her age!
Host your own Christmas Dinner or attend someone else's? - 21st here, Christmas eve at wife's sisters, Christmas and Boxing Day at parents and in laws. Nice!!
The Royale Family or Vicar Of Dibley? Neither (Why punish yerself!)
Christmas Eve Mass or Christmas Day? Neither (See above)

Do you eat:
Brussels Sprouts? Nope
Mince Pie? Nope
Christmas Pudding? Nope - love it, it doesn't enjoy me! A fistful of Rennie. Will settle for fruit flan and my sisters aero cheesecake.

What time on Christmas Day will you have your first drink? Shloer with dinner

What's this "Boxing Day" you speak of?
And Shloer? Are you a pregnant woman?

[Milltown Row2]

Few Christmas questions for our posters.

Angel or Star at the top of your tree? Angel - about thirty years old and looks her age!
Host your own Christmas Dinner or attend someone else's? - 21st here, Christmas eve at wife's sisters, Christmas and Boxing Day at parents and in laws. Nice!!
The Royale Family or Vicar Of Dibley? Neither (Why punish yerself!)
Christmas Eve Mass or Christmas Day? Neither (See above)

Do you eat:
Brussels Sprouts? Nope
Mince Pie? Nope
Christmas Pudding? Nope - love it, it doesn't enjoy me! A fistful of Rennie. Will settle for fruit flan and my sisters aero cheesecake.

What time on Christmas Day will you have your first drink? Shloer with dinner

What's this "Boxing Day" you speak of?

That has a thread of it's own ffs

[CD]

Few Christmas questions for our posters.

Angel or Star at the top of your tree? Angel - about thirty years old and looks her age!
Host your own Christmas Dinner or attend someone else's? - 21st here, Christmas eve at wife's sisters, Christmas and Boxing Day at parents and in laws. Nice!!
The Royale Family or Vicar Of Dibley? Neither (Why punish yerself!)
Christmas Eve Mass or Christmas Day? Neither (See above)

Do you eat:
Brussels Sprouts? Nope
Mince Pie? Nope
Christmas Pudding? Nope - love it, it doesn't enjoy me! A fistful of Rennie. Will settle for fruit flan and my sisters aero cheesecake.

What time on Christmas Day will you have your first drink? Shloer with dinner

What's this "Boxing Day" you speak of?
And Shloer? Are you a pregnant woman?

By that stage we're all sick o' the sight of each other - hence boxing day!!
Mrs CD is the pregnant woman! I've taken a vow of abstinence in sympathy - that and I get to do all the driving!!

[Puckoon]

Few Christmas questions for our posters.

Angel or Star at the top of your tree? Star
Host your own Christmas Dinner or attend someone else's? In-laws
The Royale Family or Vicar Of Dibley? Neither
Christmas Eve Mass or Christmas Day? Neither

Do you eat:
Brussels Sprouts? As many as I can
Mince Pie? No
Christmas Pudding? Very much no

What time on Christmas Day will you have your first drink? Champagne with breakfast and Baileys in the coffee

[CD]

Few Christmas questions for our posters.

Angel or Star at the top of your tree? Star
Host your own Christmas Dinner or attend someone else's? In-laws
The Royale Family or Vicar Of Dibley? Neither
Christmas Eve Mass or Christmas Day? Neither

Do you eat:
Brussels Sprouts? As many as I can
Mince Pie? No
Christmas Pudding? Very much no

What time on Christmas Day will you have your first drink? Champagne with breakfast and Baileys in the coffee

Jaysus - the Celtic Tiger's still alive and well in some homes! A drop of Cava or Blue Nun laced with Lemonade are the closest to Champagne you'd get around here!

[Puckoon]

It's easy to save money when you aren't horsing the Rennies into you.

[CD]

It's easy to save money when you aren't horsing the Rennies into you.

Good man - having a good oul chortle to myself here

[heganboy]

Few Christmas questions for our posters.

Angel or Star at the top of your tree?  Star
Host your own Christmas Dinner or attend someone else's? home sweet home
The Royale Family or Vicar Of Dibley?not much telly on in our house Christmas day
Christmas Eve Mass or Christmas Day? Christmas Eve midnight mass

Do you eat:
Brussels Sprouts? missus loves her sprouts
Mince Pie?  no
Christmas Pudding? nope no room at the inn

What time on Christmas Day will you have your first drink? tradition dictates a wee glass of vintage port to be consumed on the strike of midday

[Captain Obvious]

Few Christmas questions for our posters.

Angel or Star at the top of your tree? whichever i can find in the attic.
Host your own Christmas Dinner or attend someone else's? my own
The Royale Family or Vicar Of Dibley? neither.
Christmas Eve Mass or Christmas Day? don't go to mass

Do you eat:
Brussels Sprouts? no
Mince Pie? no
Christmas Pudding? no

What time on Christmas Day will you have your first drink? orange juice for breakfast. 

[armaghniac]

Angel or Star at the top of your tree?  Star
Host your own Christmas Dinner or attend someone else's? Sister's residence
The Royale Family or Vicar Of Dibley?not much telly on in our house Christmas day
Christmas Eve Mass or Christmas Day? Christmas Eve

Do you eat:
Brussels Sprouts? of course
Mince Pie?  one or two
Christmas Pudding? the essence of Christmas

What time on Christmas Day will you have your first drink? coffee at 10am

[ONeill]

Angel or Star at the top of your tree?  Dunno
Host your own Christmas Dinner or attend someone else's? Everyone else can feck off
The Royale Family or Vicar Of Dibley? Neither.
Christmas Eve Mass or Christmas Day? Neither

Do you eat:
Brussels Sprouts? Yes
Mince Pie? No
Christmas Pudding? No

What time on Christmas Day will you have your first drink? 1pm

[illdecide]

Few Christmas questions for our posters.

Angel or Star at the top of your tree?  star I think
Host your own Christmas Dinner or attend someone else's? Monster in Law
The Royale Family or Vicar Of Dibley? [/b]Neither
Christmas Eve Mass or Christmas Day? Weddings and Funerals only

Do you eat:
Brussels Sprouts? Yes
Mince Pie?  No way
Christmas Pudding? No way

What time on Christmas Day will you have your first drink? Can't remember ever having a drink on Christmas Day tbh.

[The Iceman]

Angel or Star at the top of your tree?  Angel
Host your own Christmas Dinner or attend someone else's? We have a wee baby due on the 27th so we'll host our own if it's on time and who knows where we will be dining if it's early.
The Royale Family or Vicar Of Dibley? Neither
Christmas Eve Mass or Christmas Day? Christmas morning

Do you eat:
Brussels Sprouts? Yes
Mince Pie?  By the tray full
Christmas Pudding? If I can get my hands on a good one over here....

[seafoid]

Few Christmas questions for our posters.

Angel or Star at the top of your tree? Neither
Host your own Christmas Dinner or attend someone else's? Ours
The Royale Family or Vicar Of Dibley? Go away out of that
Christmas Eve Mass or Christmas Day? Christmas morning

Do you eat:
Brussels Sprouts? Not if they are boiled to death
Mince Pie?  No
Christmas Pudding? Yes

First drink?  Lunchtime

I thought this was interesting

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0c2c025e-57c6-11e3-86d1-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz2n9qZKrNk

Whatever one cooks and eats this Christmas, I cannot help thinking that the actual cooking process should be one of the chief pleasures. I am reminded of Bill Baker, a much-missed wine merchant of heroic proportions and generosity, who always did the cooking on Christmas day. Straight after breakfast he would nobly dispatch his cherished family to attend the morning ceremony at Wells Cathedral and, on their departure, open a bottle of Louis Roederer Cristal champagne. He generally reckoned to have finished the bottle by the time he had roasted the potatoes and before his family returned – whereupon he would open a more modest bottle and toast everyone's health. Charity begins at home.