Ch*****as

Puzzled: In October, that word offends ME, which ie why my post

Happy birthday anyway yggdrasil, whether you have it or not. ?

I too have a birthday coming up in November, Dh’s is at beginning of December. dd2’s is a week before Christmas and ds’ is 4 days after. All very exciting! Season always starts early for me with panto planning/rehearsal, village Christmas lights etc. Can’t leave it until 1st December unfortunately!

Black and white cat lives with me jane10!

I have par-boiled baby parsnips and frozen them ?

Who has "wild piss-ups" as part of Christmas?
All those good folk who stumble from pub to church for Midnight Mass! You can smell the alcohol in the atmosphere and it's not the communion wine.

Awwww lovely black and white cat. You are Postman Pat Katek busted!

I keep saying this but

There can be no mention of Ch*****as until after our local street fair in November and that has been cancelled so it throws the whole of the other thing into doubt.

And, what is a wild piss up?

I think one of the things I'll really miss will be the Christingle service, when the lights go out in the church, the candles are lit in the oranges and the children sing a Christingle hymn.

And, what is a wild piss up?
Something I vaguely remember from my student days when I helped other poor souls stagger home because I was the one who didn't drink.

Couldn’t the school/church arrange an outdoor Christingle service callistemon? Could be quite magical with candles (could use the little battery ones) and a choir of children.

There is one other thing that will change this Christmas , and for the better: NO DREADED OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTIES!! I dread them! Hundreds of pissed up revellers wearing Father Christmas hats, crammed into pubs and restaurants than can't really cope with catering for vast numbers and the food is mediocre/inedible. And then the obligatory pub crawl.... which is even worse to bear when you're tee total! Every cloud has a silver lining.....

It's worse when you have to go on them.
I loathe works doos!

Have you ever feined illness/prior engagement/clash with OHs birthday/urgent last minute family crisis/pounding migraine attack (even though you've never had a migraine in your life) MissAdventure?

Yes, and I end up so angry at the idea of going that I don't even care if it's believable, in the end.

me too! Eventually, I stopped giving the weak excuses as to why I wouldn't be going. The dreaded email with the attached "Christmas Festive Lunch Menu" that you had to choose from in October and still remember your choices on 20th December. I just kept deleting them until they stopped asking!

People start planning what to wear in October, and I always end up sitting between the boss, and the most drunk colleague in the party.

Sitting next to the boss? Double whammy!

Katek

Couldn’t the school/church arrange an outdoor Christingle service callistemon? Could be quite magical with candles (could use the little battery ones) and a choir of children.

They may do, Katek. There is a large green in front of the church.
I suppose it is weather dependent.

Gazebos without the sides are the answer along with cosy jacket and boots!