On What Date And At What Time

[Tilly2]

can I start stuffing my face with food I don't normally eat? I need to know exactly when it's the right time to say, 'Well, it is Christmas!'

[baza]

From now.

[mallyh]

as soon as the first door on the advent calendar opens is the start of christmas for me lol x

[Tilly2]

So soon?

[AlwaysConfused]

Today is official 'Eat food set aside for tomorrow' Day. The cheese and pate has already called me, the Pringles have softly spoken my name. I couldn't resist. Eat now!

[ummmm]

I can't over eat. I get full and can't physically eat anymore.

[solvitquick]

Too late, you can't!
According to the supermarkets and media, Christmas started in late October and now it's time to prepare for Easter. Time flies.
SIQ.

[Tilly2]

I don't buy Pringles, OC. They are addictive.

[Tilly2]

Ok then, SIQ. Easter eggs it is.

I don't overeat either, ummmm. It's just that the sorts of things one has at Christmas tends to be rich and fattening.

[EcclesCake]

I've been thinking this over and having looked at my Christmas food shopping lost there is nothing on it that I wouldn't buy at any other time of the year.

I'm not sure I understand the need to use Christmas as an excuse to eat differently to normal. As a child I remember my Mother would have a side table ladened with sweets, nuts and nibbles throughout Christmas, to this day I've never fathomed why!

[janbee]

Any minute now Tilly xxx Stand by for the gluttony to commence. Ready Steady... go !

[carrust]

I'm starting tonight with a curry. Being taken out by my daughter as I'm looking after her dog for three weeks whist she's in Thailand.

[janbee]

Do you mean those vile Eat Me dates? Who ever eats them? They're bought, lie around for a few days and then get turfed out.

[janbee]

I've already had 4 Christmas lunches this month. I had some neighbours in today for an open house between 11 -2 for mulled wine and mince pies and roast chestnuts. I've now cleared away all the mess and have another open house 6-7 tonight for champagne. I'll be throwing up later ! Ho ho ho...hic !

[flump1]

In August Tilly......when you put the sprouts on.

[alexanderd]

As soon as you hear Johnny Mathis singing "When a child is born" in your local supermarket

[mushroom25]

//As soon as you hear Johnny Mathis singing "When a child is born" in your local supermarket //

so September the 24th, then?

[janbee]

flump, yes, I've had the sprouts on a low light since the August Bank holiday !

[flump1]

Me too Jan ! x

[corylus]

I'm just going to warm up last years uneaten soggy sprouts in the microwave, less bother than buying any more.

[solvitquick]

Sprouts! I hope they never invent smellyvision and apply it to the internet!
Are these Brussels things designed by the EU as a comment on our moaning I wonder.
Until I was 60 years, I thought the eventual "aroma" was just me! But when I declined them at a family Christmas dinner and admitted why, everyone laughed and sang "You'll Never Walk Alone".
SIQ.