Xmas Food

[jennyjoan]

how soon would you get your xmas food in like the savouries (frozen food) - sometimes by the time one gets around to it - the good food has gone.

I had a bah-humbug Christmas last year and I was miserable and so I said never again. I am making a big effort this year - bought a beautiful tree in June and Star so looking forward to putting that up.

I have loads of decorations in the attic but can't be a%sed getting them down as the attic door is too heavy for me.

A little story - I went to my cousin's daughter (whom I love) last year for dinner - she had all the decorations up and on her hall wall - the most magnificent velvet scoll of the Old Daddy Christmas sitting by the fire - little toys, presents, armchair. You put a battery into the back of it and it flickers with lovely lights.

I asked the daughter - oh that is beautiful - she said laughing "you gave it to me". Jeepers. Must have been out of my mind.

[jennyjoan]

^^^scroll

[retrocop]

If you are getting frozen savouries you could start bit by bit now providing you have freezer space.

[Bobbisox1]

Hi JJ, I’m ordering some online for me and the girls going to stay in a log cabin for 4 days on the 13th and we’re having the big Xmas dinner on the 15th, Turkey and everything else, for my own ,we ( well my son in law and OH ) are going on the Monday night ,23rd to get ours in, tree goes up on Sunday x

[jennyjoan]

Bobbs - you are going to be one busy lady.

[AuntPollyGrey]

I've started getting a few frozen 'nibbles' in every time I do my weekly shop, because, as you say, sometimes the good stuff goes before Xmas. Also my Aldi Xmas Pud is bought as they ran out of small ones last year and I had to get one as big as a football -only me and my daughter eat it so the hens got most of it.

[Bobbisox1]

It’ll be all hand together on the 13th JJ,it’ll me like a military operation with one doing the veg, one doing the table and one doing the prawn cocktail , it’ll be fun tho

[Rockrose]

Got some already and some being delivered on Sunday the rest I will get as of when I see them

[ummmm]

Probably next week once I've ran the freezer down a bit. I still don't know who is coming and when.

I will only buy things I'd eat on a regular basis anyway.

[hereIam]

Started buying bits and bobs for the freezer already, like you say jj while there is still plenty of stuff in the shops.

[woofgang]

I don't have to get a lot but most of the storecupboard stuff is bought already. I am running down the freezer to make space but I don't buy a lot of party frozen stuff. I do get frozen luxury food but I buy that all year round when I see it reduced

[diddlydo]

I buy the party food in the days after Christmas when it's usually heavily reduced in Waitrose! It cheers up a dreary January.