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We used to have bacon butties when the kids were young. Graduated to the smoked salmon and scrambled egg when they left - that's why they come back I reckon!
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breakfast is a MUST! the bratz have to eat breakfast before they are alowed to open anything ( except the stocking contents of which have usually been munched by 5am)
scrambled egg, smoked salmon, kippers, we tried bucks fizz, none of us like it, so I have beer, thay have shandy
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no lunch ( Baileys whilst i cook all afternoon)
wine is on offer with dinner, they dont like it, they do like mead though so we have that later.
dinner is usually around 4pm, cos it takes me that long to get it all on the table despite cooking the meat xmas eve.
cheeseboard at 6pm
supper at 9pm, cold meat and pickies ( accompanied by vodka for me, i need it by then
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How do you all drink so early in the day? I admit the idea of a glass of bubbly sounds good, but I'd be asleep before the presents were opened. I'm such a lightweight (well in the alcohol department anyway.)
Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.
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i have to admit to a 'habit' ( politely put) when it comes to alcohol, but i am very good the rest of the year ( apart from fridays mainly), but xmas day i do drink steadily, but not excessively all day, and to be honest, the amount we eat soaks it up no problem.Originally posted by bluemoon View PostHow do you all drink so early in the day? I admit the idea of a glass of bubbly sounds good, but I'd be asleep before the presents were opened. I'm such a lightweight (well in the alcohol department anyway.)
light beer during the morning, thats easy, 2 cans tops, Baileys whilst i cook, thats a traditon my mum started, wine with dinner is 2 glasses max, beer afterwards in the afternoon, then a few vodka and cokes in the evening, there is actually way more food than booze.
the reason i don't like bucks fizz or champagne (shock horror) is fizzy wine gives me a hangover in an hour, so i avoid it like the plague. I prefer LONG drinks so there is more coke than anything in the glass, so its not as bad as it sounds
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That's one of the reasons for drinking champagne, its soooo easy to drink and doesn't bring on the afternoon snooze! Mind its only half a bottle....Originally posted by bluemoonHow do you all drink so early in the day? I admit the idea of a glass of bubbly sounds good, but I'd be asleep before the presents were opened. I'm such a lightweight (well in the alcohol department anyway.)
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What's breakfast - Oh yeah, that's what everyone else has while I'm mucking out stables. I know, my choice!
Went to my Sister's in Spain last Crimbo - weird to eat all the traditional stuff in the full sun at 60+ temperatures, but a fab time.
This year back to normal, smoked salmon, this year with my own 'ladies' fresh scrambled eggs, and bucks fizz, just like my folks always do.
Later I go on to the Kir Royale, but I can drink it like Ribena, so I have to ration myself (yeah, right!) coz I have to go back and put the neddies to bed later and it's too far to walk and everyone else will be far too sozzled to drive me!
One of my best friends, a foreigner from Gloucestershire
, always has Oatcakes for Crimbo breakfast, because her Mum did. Do we all continue with our parents' traditions?
All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
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i would love to think so, from now onOriginally posted by Glutton4... View PostWhat's breakfast - Oh yeah, that's what everyone else has while I'm mucking out stables. I know, my choice!
Went to my Sister's in Spain last Crimbo - weird to eat all the traditional stuff in the full sun at 60+ temperatures, but a fab time.
This year back to normal, smoked salmon, this year with my own 'ladies' fresh scrambled eggs, and bucks fizz, just like my folks always do.
Later I go on to the Kir Royale, but I can drink it like Ribena, so I have to ration myself (yeah, right!) coz I have to go back and put the neddies to bed later and it's too far to walk and everyone else will be far too sozzled to drive me!
One of my best friends, a foreigner from Gloucestershire, always has Oatcakes for Crimbo breakfast, because her Mum did. Do we all continue with our parents' traditions? but i have to be honest we had cornflakes when we were kids, even on xmas day, smoked salmon kippers and scramble , well i just read about it years ago and decided it was far nicer than cornflakes, so all i can say its traditional from NOW! ( ok 5 years ago)
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Yep, if you like it, and it suits the family make it a tradition - it's called progress innit!
All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
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definitley, plus a tradition ressurected is one not lost, its so easy to lose these things just because your family didn't do it.............how many of you will be out just before xmas eve gathering holly and evergreens for the decorations?..........does anyone here still 'first foot' on new years morning?Originally posted by Glutton4... View PostYep, if you like it, and it suits the family make it a tradition - it's called progress innit!
when new neighbours move in, who still takes salt and a new baked loaf round.
silly things i know, but they mean something.
well more than shopping at tescos
Last edited by BrideXIII; 05-12-2008, 11:25 PM.Vive Le Revolution!!!'Lets just stick it in, and see what happens?' Cigarette FREE since 07-01-09 Comment
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No, don't do most of it!
But I do decorate with only greenery from the hedgerows and trees. I don't know who thought up glitz and tinsel, but it's just not right.... All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
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THOSE EVIL BEGGERS the victorians, they have a lot to answer for, not least the commercialisation of xmas, cos queeny and alfie wanted the whole nation to project an atmosphere of 'happy families' despite the degradation and political upheaval of the time.Originally posted by Glutton4... View Post
what better way to cover up child abuse, poverty and war by hanging tinsel over it
ooh, nothing changed there then?Last edited by BrideXIII; 06-12-2008, 12:01 AM.Vive Le Revolution!!!'Lets just stick it in, and see what happens?' Cigarette FREE since 07-01-09 Comment
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So do we - I make a door wreath myself and the rest is arrangements of flowers and greenery - keeping life going in the darkest month.Originally posted by Glutton4... View PostWhoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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Nice with absinthe.Originally posted by smallblueplanet View PostChampagne.The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
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really??? ...what proportions do you use??Originally posted by bubblewrap View Post"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
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Do it to taste a normal glass of champers to a single measure of the absintheOriginally posted by Nicos View Post
I got my last bottle of absinthe(55%) in FranceThe river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
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