What do you guys plan on doing for Christmas dinner or dont you bother? 

I must admit I do like a bit of Turkey so we are going to the new central

Have my Christmas dinner there, last years was great lots of things to choose from

Turkey, Pulled Pork, Ham and all the trimmings

Good choice for the midget although she does like Turkey with gravy 

A couple of glasses of wine I'll be made up

Not expensive

Had the turkey with mashed potatoes and brown+sang som sauce there on friday. Was good and not dry. Go for it.

Merry Christmas.

 

14 minutes ago, Magicsoul said:

I definitely will open my  and choose one good Italian bottle of red. I know, that my wife's going to make a Turkey and a couple of salads. Waiting for this moment.

 

Red wine from the fridge............ says everything about wine drinking in Thailand.

2 minutes ago, Jip99 said:

 

Red wine from the fridge............ says everything about wine drinking in Thailand.

Agree with you, wine drinking here is a joke.

Many years ago i was in Bangkok with my ex, we were staying in the++++Mark hotel, at dinner i asked for a bottle of red, and the plonker brought it in an ice bucket full of ice.

I refused it, nobody could understand what was wrong, bloody re wine in ice.!!!

5 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Agree with you, wine drinking here is a joke.

Many years ago i was in Bangkok with my ex, we were staying in the++++Mark hotel, at dinner i asked for a bottle of red, and the plonker brought it in an ice bucket full of ice.

I refused it, nobody could understand what was wrong, bloody re wine in ice.!!!

Same as putting ice cubes in beer or cider. Yuk. 

Now ice cubes in a drop (glass) of Scotch is totally different!

Nobody in my village will be doing anything at all for Christmas, myself included. It's one of the things I hated about the west that I wanted to get away from. It's just purely about money.

Gonna get a bottle of NZ Sauv Blanc from Villa tomorrow, & if there's some mince pies or Christmas cake at a reasonable price, I'll drench 'em in Bird's Custard.

 

Then feel bloated & grumpy...
????????

 

Sadly, I've not seen Mistletoe here, otherwise I'd be off to Chez Colin....????

 

31 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Agree with you, wine drinking here is a joke.

Many years ago i was in Bangkok with my ex, we were staying in the++++Mark hotel, at dinner i asked for a bottle of red, and the plonker brought it in an ice bucket full of ice.

I refused it, nobody could understand what was wrong, bloody re wine in ice.!!!

 

You would think the Land++++ hotel would know better.

 

 

Probably thought you were from Preston..............

3 hours ago, colinneil said:

Agree with you, wine drinking here is a joke.

Many years ago i was in Bangkok with my ex, we were staying in the++++Mark hotel, at dinner i asked for a bottle of red, and the plonker brought it in an ice bucket full of ice.

I refused it, nobody could understand what was wrong, bloody re wine in ice.!!!

Thought all you bleddy Northerners drank Ale - none of that 'poncy wine stuff'!

 

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On 12/22/2019 at 10:30 AM, schlog said:

Had the turkey with mashed potatoes and brown+sang som sauce there on friday. Was good and not dry. Go for it.

I was thinking is the stupid drinking laws apply? cant buy after 2pm? 

Strange title for a thread that the majority of comments are people whinging.

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On 12/22/2019 at 6:03 PM, Shot said:

Merry Christmas.

 

Now that would be my kind of Christmas.

29 minutes ago, patongphil said:

Now that would be my kind of Christmas.

With your grandchildren you mean?

I will maybe go and have a Christmas dinner at a decent restaurant here in Luang Prabang.  The only problem is that it's "too much"!  No, not the cost but the quantity ????  The amount of food would last me a week...

 

Happy Christmas everybody in Phuket, from a Phukexiteer (long gone...)

23 hours ago, SteveK said:

Nobody in my village will be doing anything at all for Christmas, myself included. It's one of the things I hated about the west that I wanted to get away from. It's just purely about money.

hey... I made most of my living doing christmas in the shopping malls.. you just need to be on the right side of the equation. 

On ‎12‎/‎22‎/‎2019 at 5:03 PM, Shot said:

Merry Christmas.

 

Yummy, 3 course Christmas dinner

Eat drink watch television and hope someone comes to pay a visit.

Not Santa. Screw Christmas.

I am not religious so Christmas has no connotations for me but...I do put up a Christmas tree and give out a few bits & pieces to people I know. The reason for me is that most of the year it's 'this & that' so I take the opportunity to wish people well.

So whatever you do I hope you enjoy it. Merry Christmas.

I have a hot date with a Makro 99bt chic-ken and a 125bt lump of pork and more than one bottle of red from the fridge cos it has to be cold ???? 

11 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

I have a hot date with a Makro 99bt chic-ken and a 125bt lump of pork and more than one bottle of red from the fridge cos it has to be cold ???? 

In order to numb the tastebuds?

14 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

I have a hot date with a Makro 99bt chic-ken and a 125bt lump of pork and more than one bottle of red from the fridge cos it has to be cold ???? 

I'll just enjoy my mash, pork sausages and beans, followed by a big glass of ice cold milk.

On 12/23/2019 at 3:09 PM, SteveK said:

Nobody in my village will be doing anything at all for Christmas, myself included. It's one of the things I hated about the west that I wanted to get away from. It's just purely about money.

Me too. Hated Christmas in the West. Happy to be here 

On 12/23/2019 at 3:06 PM, wgdanson said:

Same as putting ice cubes in beer or cider. Yuk. 

Now ice cubes in a drop (glass) of Scotch is totally different!

That reminds me. I was in a restaurant once and the beer turned up. Waiter starts putting ice in all the glasses with one hand whilst holding the bottle in the other .

 

' My ow nam keng  krap '

 

He just looked at me and smiled and carried on. I repeated myself 3 or 4 times but he just did his thing and I had to fish the ice out myself. Deaf plonker or from Burma or something.

Just got my mince pies out of the oven, that's about it for Xmas.

 

There are so so many miserable depressing people on this forum (thread), everyone outdoing each other to outline how they don’t give a shoot about Christmas!

 

Sad, screw the religious connotations if you want, just celebrate life, family & friendship.... 

 

....  of course, if you have no family, friends or life, then agreed, what’s there to celebrate? Humbug ! 

16 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Just got my mince pies out of the oven, that's about it for Xmas.

 

Very nice looking pies. Robertson's mincemeat?

23 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

I'll just enjoy my mash, pork sausages and beans, followed by a big glass of ice cold milk.

No rice pudding for afters?

I am going to take one of the girls from the boarding house to see the doctor as she has some of the worst eye infections I think I have ever seen. She seems less concerned than I am though. Then I will probably box with the kids for the morning and let them try out some of their new equipment that was graciously donated.

 

Nothing too exciting on my end