Christmas 2025

[Neilds]

I checked the delivery time before I ordered, and didn't order anything if they didn't state categorically that it was arriving in time. Of course, they could still cock it up I suppose.

Did they say which house they are delivering them to?

 

[arnieboy]

Panic over for now. Just managed to do my entire Christmas shopping in two hours, all online only. God bless the internet.

 

[arnieboy]

Another busy afternoon at work then.......

 

[Fromtherough]

Christmas officially started for me yesterday. Finished work at 2pm and straight out for food and drinks. Not back until 6 January, so a nice break.

Good job too as plenty on. Golf today. Poker night tomorrow. Panto on Sunday, an extended family night in the pub on Monday. Golf away day on Tuesday. Christmas Eve afternoon in the local followed by our traditional family night. Christmas Day we’re at my Mam’s for lunch and the in laws on the evening. Boxing Day is a boys beano at the football. Then hopefully a couple of days off it… Plenty of food, drink, friends and family. Love it.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

This week last year I decided to buy myself a present.
Having always loved books, libraries, book shops, reading, I saw a lovely hardback version of War and Peace. I held it, fondled it and said to myself "Take the challenge" and bought it.
NY resolution - read it in 2025.
I'm sat here tonight halfway through my Jack Reacher book and decide that my NY resolution is - read it in 2026. Each time I've browsed it I realise the challenge.
Last night I watched a, I have to say, very good YTube clip on "How to read WP" and I think the first thing I need is a notebook.
At least I've saved a few bob on this year's treat!

That’s the way to do it. Not read War and Peace but couple of years back had a Tolstoy choice…W&P or Anna Karenina. I choose the latter. At 880 pages it’s a long read, and the different names the same characters have according to context is confusing at times and difficult to keep track of - I kept having to check list of characters…but I stuck at it and got totally engrossed - it was with a sadness I read the last page and closed the book.

So it will be with W&P…but perseverance will be rewarded…I am certain.

 

[anotherdouble]

Panic over for now. Just managed to do my entire Christmas shopping in two hours, all online only. God bless the internet.

Amazon, invented by man for man especially at Christmas

 

[Slab]

Just watching Mr Bean episode called merry Christmas Mr Bean from 1992
You forget what a genius programme it was