classic33
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Heard Jingle Bells today.
The Christmas Commercial Insanity Everyone's Lost Their Marbles Thread 2024
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Rusty Nails
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I'm still eating Christmas pudding bought last year. I eat it all year round.
Reynard
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My xmas pressies come in the form of a jar of homemade preserves nicely tarted up with fancy ribbon. This year's selection includes rowan jelly, apple & damson jam, apple & sage jelly and orange & chilli marmalade.
If the recipient also has a companion animal, then some appropriate treats will also be gifted.
I'd much rather gift food than fripperies which just end up gathering dust.
If the recipient also has a companion animal, then some appropriate treats will also be gifted.
I'd much rather gift food than fripperies which just end up gathering dust.
Accy cyclist
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I've been meaning to eat this since last Christmas. It's been on top of my microwave since I found it in my tinned and dried food cupboard last June.
Will this out of date custard go with the out of date Christmas pudding? 🤔 If so I might have both together soon.
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Alex321
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They are both "best before" rather than "use by" so should be safe enough, just may have lot a bit of flavour.
Reynard
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They'll be fine. I buy my puddings on clearance, this year for next kind of thing.
Here's a tip for you though. Open the pudding the night before you want to use it, stab it with a skewer, and pour over a couple of tablespoons of strong black tea. And maybe a little bit of brandy if you so wish. Cover with cling film. Cook pudding as per instructions the next day.
Here's a tip for you though. Open the pudding the night before you want to use it, stab it with a skewer, and pour over a couple of tablespoons of strong black tea. And maybe a little bit of brandy if you so wish. Cover with cling film. Cook pudding as per instructions the next day.
And when it comes to the supermarket Christmas Ads, hoping for some amusing "didn't think that would happen ..." as was the case with Waitrose's famous Social Media Campaign that went ... not quite as expected. For those not remembering that famous "I shop at Waitrose because ..." campaign
https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/A...-Waitrose-social-media-campaign-turns-cutting
example answers they received
“I shop at Waitrose because ... 'you say ‘10 items or fewer’ not ’10 items or less’, which is important.”
"I shop at Waitrose as Tabitha and Tarquin only eat phoenix eggs that have been collected by wizzards who share their values."
"I shop at Waitrose because Jocasta simply WON'T eat any other supermarkets' sun-ripened quava."
"I shop at Waitrose because Clarissa's pony WILL NOT eat ASDA Value straw."
etc.
Of course some marketing people decided that engagement through humour is a success ...
Ian
https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/A...-Waitrose-social-media-campaign-turns-cutting
example answers they received
“I shop at Waitrose because ... 'you say ‘10 items or fewer’ not ’10 items or less’, which is important.”
"I shop at Waitrose as Tabitha and Tarquin only eat phoenix eggs that have been collected by wizzards who share their values."
"I shop at Waitrose because Jocasta simply WON'T eat any other supermarkets' sun-ripened quava."
"I shop at Waitrose because Clarissa's pony WILL NOT eat ASDA Value straw."
etc.
Of course some marketing people decided that engagement through humour is a success ...
Ian
FrankCrank
Old layabout
They've gone berserk over this way with all the Halloween malarkey.
They really jump on the band wagon with these commercial fads - all good fun really.
Some stores here stock Waitrose products, but yet to see any Unicorn related items. Only a matter of time methinks
They really jump on the band wagon with these commercial fads - all good fun really.
Some stores here stock Waitrose products, but yet to see any Unicorn related items. Only a matter of time methinks
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Drago
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Thank God I'm out on the evening of Halloween.
Rusty Nails
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Hope you're not going knocking on doors dressed as a zombie. And don't eat too many sweets.
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Drago
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I'll be in fancy dress, albeit not as a zombie...
MidnightRider
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Large Christmas tree spotted in the window of a flat last night, tree not decorated yet. Person I was with confirmed I was not imagining it!
MidnightRider
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My favourite Christmas moment of last year (I hope its repeated this year) is a local work hire shop, who have decorated their windows with great care and diligence with lights, figures, all sorts of stuff every year for as long as I can remember. Last Christmas Eve I drove past and they had put up a huge scaffolding tower on their frontage, between the shop and the road and a real person dressed as Father Christmas was stood on the top with a sack and was keenly waving at all the drivers and people passing. It brought real happiness to my day. I have lost count of the number of times I have driven past this place over the years, sometimes feeling happy, sometimes desperatly sad if someone I loved had died or when my family was breaking up - the companies over the top display has brought me a moment of happiness every time. Sometimes mad christmas decorations can really help if things are personally rough.
Saw my first Xmas lights (switched on) in someones house last week, definitey Xmas due to the design.
Saw my first Xmas lights (switched on) in someones house last week, definitey Xmas due to the design.
Reynard
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I have to confess though, that I have most of the things I need for both Wigilia (Polish Christmas Eve) and Christmas dinner already in. Which means that other than tatties, veggies and a few sundries, I can sit back and watch everyone else run around like headless chickens. Or should that be turkeys?
It's the advantage of yellow stickering, I suppose.
Guinea fowl here, this year.
It's the advantage of yellow stickering, I suppose.
Guinea fowl here, this year.
