Christmas Preparations 2013 - Page 4

Sundae · 11-26-2013, 12:45 PM

I've mentioned before that we are having a complete break with tradition this year and having Chinese. Me trying to head some of the flashpoints off before they start. We all enjoy Chinese and are going to make a feast if it, with hors d'oeuvres about midday and a sit-down at about £2.00. Of course there will be crispy duck

Going to eye up handcarved turkey over the next few weeks and buy when it is discounted. It's wonderful meat, but free-range and all that jazz, so you do pay for it. Pop in the freezer, just enough for sandwiches on Boxing Day as that's all Mum says she will miss. And after all, very little washing up, no long cooking times, no overstuffed fridge. Oddly I think we'll be more in the spirit of a (family) Christmas by not having a roast at all.

The 'rents can do the Christian thing. I just want to do the not having it end in tears thing.

So no preparations immediately. Got nearly a month to pull it all together.
Just 4 x prizes left to buy, and some cards.
I'm enjoying the build-up vicariously through my customers

Aliantha · 11-26-2013, 10:10 PM

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orthodoc · 11-26-2013, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

I just want to do the not having it end in tears thing.

That's my goal, too. Although my lifelong experience of Christmas, both in family of origin and family of procreation, is that 'It's not Christmas 'til somebody cries.'

First, we have to get through Thanksgiving. If nobody cries, threatens others with bodily harm, commits assault, or runs out of the house in tears to fall in a snowbank, I will truly give thanks.

orthodoc · 11-26-2013, 10:30 PM

Ali - that cake is beautiful.

Aliantha · 11-26-2013, 10:52 PM

Thanks ortho. This year i wanted to experiment with stencils. It worked ok, but i will do some things differently next time.

Aliantha · 11-27-2013, 04:15 AM

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Clodfobble · 11-27-2013, 06:41 AM

Very pretty, Ali!

Sundae · 11-27-2013, 08:44 AM

Lovely Ali. The stencils work beautifullt.

But you might want to watch the nativity cake around these parts; Joseph looks suspiciously hobo-esque to me

Big Sarge · 11-27-2013, 10:21 AM

Yes, Joseph looks like he might whip out a joint any minute. LOL. Just kidding Ali. Your cakes look fantastic!! Makes me want to hop a plane and eat your cakes. Yumm

footfootfoot · 11-27-2013, 10:24 AM

Sundae,

How Long is a Chinaman.

Sundae · 11-27-2013, 11:52 AM

Go on, you got me

Big Sarge · 11-27-2013, 01:32 PM

Sundae - are you going to bake anything special? I think you a fabulous baker and I haven't seen any lately.

Aliantha · 11-27-2013, 03:46 PM

Thanks guys. Heres a secret. The red one is going to my ss recipient. Just hope customs doesnt wreck it.

Lola Bunny · 11-27-2013, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Thanks guys. Heres a secret. The red one is going to my ss recipient. Just hope customs doesnt wreck it.

OHMYGOD!!!!!! Please let it be me!! Haha.....I know I live an ocean too far away for you to be my Secret Santa. But one can daydream, right? :-P

By the way, love all our cakes. :thumbs up:

(I can't get my emoticons....grrrrr...)

BigV · 11-28-2013, 09:01 AM

gorgeous cakes Aliantha. nomnomnomnom

11-26-2013, 12:45 PM	#46
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I've mentioned before that we are having a complete break with tradition this year and having Chinese. Me trying to head some of the flashpoints off before they start. We all enjoy Chinese and are going to make a feast if it, with hors d'oeuvres about midday and a sit-down at about £2.00. Of course there will be crispy duck Going to eye up handcarved turkey over the next few weeks and buy when it is discounted. It's wonderful meat, but free-range and all that jazz, so you do pay for it. Pop in the freezer, just enough for sandwiches on Boxing Day as that's all Mum says she will miss. And after all, very little washing up, no long cooking times, no overstuffed fridge. Oddly I think we'll be more in the spirit of a (family) Christmas by not having a roast at all. The 'rents can do the Christian thing. I just want to do the not having it end in tears thing. So no preparations immediately. Got nearly a month to pull it all together. Just 4 x prizes left to buy, and some cards. I'm enjoying the build-up vicariously through my customers __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-26-2013, 10:10 PM	#47
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	cake 1 of 3 __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-26-2013, 10:30 PM	#49
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Ali - that cake is beautiful. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

11-26-2013, 10:52 PM	#50
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Thanks ortho. This year i wanted to experiment with stencils. It worked ok, but i will do some things differently next time. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-27-2013, 04:15 AM	#51
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	cake 2 of 3 __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-27-2013, 06:41 AM	#52
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Very pretty, Ali! __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-27-2013, 08:44 AM	#53
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Lovely Ali. The stencils work beautifullt. But you might want to watch the nativity cake around these parts; Joseph looks suspiciously hobo-esque to me __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-27-2013, 10:21 AM	#54
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Yes, Joseph looks like he might whip out a joint any minute. LOL. Just kidding Ali. Your cakes look fantastic!! Makes me want to hop a plane and eat your cakes. Yumm __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

11-27-2013, 10:24 AM	#55
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Sundae, How Long is a Chinaman. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-27-2013, 11:52 AM	#56
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Go on, you got me __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-27-2013, 01:32 PM	#57
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Sundae - are you going to bake anything special? I think you a fabulous baker and I haven't seen any lately. __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

11-27-2013, 03:46 PM	#58
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Thanks guys. Heres a secret. The red one is going to my ss recipient. Just hope customs doesnt wreck it. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-28-2013, 09:01 AM	#60
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	gorgeous cakes Aliantha. nomnomnomnom __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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