Spooky Holidays

[deathbymascara]

(01-12-2009 12:56 AM)JHyde Wrote:  What are you doing for Christmas deathbymascara? Apart from eating Advent calendar chocolates?

My christmasses are very boring haha, my whole entire family (great aunts, distant cousins, everyone..) go round to my grandparents and just eat a lot and drink a lot... Every christmas I have a very heated arguement with my uncle about fox hunting (he goes to the boxing day hunt every year ) and me and my sister usually argue about something pretty insignificant, well that really isn't just Xmas more like everyday

This year I am more looking forward to New Years My first ever house party whilst my parents are away Although it will of course be a very controlled and responsible affair

[JHyde]

Your house party sounds awesome! Are you having a theme? You should, dress up compulsory. And send out invites, because it seems much more of a big deal if you do.

Seriously, that's very exciting. I want to have New Years over there!

[Beatriz]

Yes! That's sounds great!!! I love dressing up in New Years Eve I always choose a dress and high-heeled shoes )

[Margaret]

The best New Year's Eve I experienced was in the Scottish Highlands many years ago -- Hogmany!! All other New Year's celebrations pale into insignificance once you have had a 'real' Scottish New Year. There was fabulous food, including fresh salmon, more whiskey than I have ever seen before or since. The nicest part is the custom of 'first footing". It is considered to be good luck if the first visitor to the house in the new year is a dark haired man. (I'm not sure how that came about.) Because we were in a small village I went with my uncle -- a dark haired man -- to visit a number of houses of the older people in the village who didn't go out to the party. Great thing to do. I remember it being soooo COLD, but one of the best things I've ever done at New Year.

[JHyde]

God, I'm so boring. My best New Years have been when I was working.

[HellsBells]

(01-12-2009 04:31 PM)Beatriz Wrote:  

(01-12-2009 02:40 PM)HellsBells Wrote:  Then persuading the children to go for a walk mid afternoon for some fresh air, after watching the Queen of course.

Do you have a Christmas speech made by the Queen? Here in Spain too, but of course by the King

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What do you have for Christmas dinner? (I'm very nosy, I want to know!)

I think our Christmas lunch is fairly typical....my husband has roast turkey,bacon & sausages,(I have some sort of nut roast) and roast potatoes, new potatoes, roast parsnip, mashed swede, stuffing, peas, carrots, brussel sprouts, gravy. The children then cover it all with ketchup (but who cares it's Christmas) !!

[JHyde]

Brussel sprouts at Christmas? That's a bit rough! I love veggies but can't get next to sprouts.

The rest of it sounds bloody marvellous. What's a nut roast? Is that for you because you're a vegetarian?

I think Harry would be more of a baked ham fan than a turkey man.

Do you play AC/DC at Christmas, HellsBells?!

[deathbymascara]

I adore brussel sprouts haha
But for xmas dinner I usually eat spaghetti bolognaise lol not very traditional the rest of my fam all have the traditional meal though
And my party is 80s themed ashes to ashes inspired

[JHyde]

That's a brilliant theme! Play lots of New Order, Joy Division, The Pretenders, INXS, Midnight Oil, early Kylie, The Cure, The Birthday Party.....can I program your music?

[HellsBells]

(03-12-2009 02:47 PM)JHyde Wrote:  What's a nut roast? Is that for you because you're a vegetarian?

I think Harry would be more of a baked ham fan than a turkey man.

Do you play AC/DC at Christmas, HellsBells?!

Yeah, I'm vegetarian, nut roast is basically lots of mixed nuts and breadcrumbs sort of stuck together !
Music at Christmas tends to be whatever is playing on Radio 2 (sorry, that's because of my age ) or the kids will put on Bob the Builder !!