General Chat

I kid you not folks, today I saw a house in Corstorphine (posh part of Edinburgh) all decorated, tree, lights the lot. Much as I love Christmas, even I think that's a bit much! Especially as it was a beautiful summer's day here today. Is this the first in the country? best wishes (or should that be Merry Christmas?) Christine

I can just picture it Christine,i was stationed at turnhouse and know the area ,and edinburgh is a heck of a place to visit ,but christmas in september? maybe it,s a homesick digger and this is his christmas weather,lol..I remember seeing one old guy on telli who does it every day of the year ,breakfast ,dinner and tea ,the mind boggles.Fred.ptfg.

Hi Fred, bad enough a couple of weeks in December eh? I would have thought they'd be too posh out that way for this. Are you in the RAF then? My brother is, he's stationed up at Kinloss. BTW Are you another insomniac? Christine

Ex raf Christine i spent 12 months working in the commcen at Pitreivie and living at turnhouse,we used to go backwards and forwards every day over the new bridge in a clapped out coach. I have fond memories of the area from having loads of scottish breakfasts ,complete with haggis and lorne sausageTwo burns suppers ,oodles of good bars in edinburgh,so good in fact that i used to miss the last bus back to camp and had to walk,so sozzled at times that i probably walked a few extra miles each time. And yes i do have a lot of trouble sleeping but i,m lucky ,i can get by on a few hours a week.Fred.ptfg.

Aaw Gawd, it's SEPTEMBER!!! go and knock on the door and say'BAH HUMBUG!!!' What the hell will they do for the next[counting on fingers]3 months- have Easter bunnies by November? They'll get through next year pretty quick Bobby in Melbourne

There was a place around here all decorated for xmas only for a week they were having an early one as they had family were emigrating this month. Jan

morning Bobby ,yes ,my idea of the festive season is no more than a week long ,enough for most people i reckon .There is a pub in flackewell heath in buckinghamshire that used to do it twice a year ,but never wen,t cause it sounded a bit silly. Fred,ptfg.

Hi again, I get grumpy about the overdoing of Christmas, in our family we have lots of birthdays, November to December, and I'm ready to start the Christmas organisation after the last birthday-dec 4.NOT before. Today at our FathersDay lunch, d-i-l said it was her turn again, so that's organised. I will now ignore the whole thing as long as possible. Bobby in Melbourne

we had Christmas in summer once - when my son was in the army.

what are they thinking of i have to keep telling my boy's it's to early at the start of dec bit much in sept though. i love xmas i wouldnt dream of putting them up now

I never bothered with decorations when it was just me and my husband, it seemed a bit daft just for us, and we always spent most of Christmas with our parents/in-laws anyway. Now I have two children and a larger house. I also work in school where we start doing Christmas at the beginning of December - mad I know. We have the school Xmas fair early so it doesn't clash with all the other ones, and that means we have to decorate the school for it. So I am surrounded by it at work. I begin decorating our house slowly - a wreath on the front door, then a bit of tinsel. I put the tree up and add a few more decorations each day until 24th, when its complete. That way it strings things out for a bit. At school we have to take it all down before Xmas so its ready for the new year, which also goes against the grain with me. At home I remove a bit at a time and then take the tree down on 12th night. Otherwise I think the shock between decorated/undecorated is too much. Luckily my elder son's birthday is on 15th January, so we have lots of cards & banners to jolly the house up again. nell

i think that it is a little early for that but there again there are some shops that have christmas decorations for sale already.starting to get too comercialised nowxx(:

Safeways in Downpatrick County Down had CHRISTMAS stuff on a shelf THREE WEEKS ago. They started with crackers and cards !!!! *sigh*

hi christine my neighbour still has his xmas santas etc on his roof from last year. Still i suppose it saves going back up to put them up again. lol sandra