I have a few Christmas puddings that I haven’t got around to eating. The good thing is that they are soaked in alcohol, so they get better with age. The bad thing is that I’m not that fond of alcohol, so don’t bother to eat them ☺️
 

22 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

Turn the aircon down to 22C at 8.00am. Prepare Xmas lunch for a 2.00pm start. Eat, drink and be merry with family and friends until the sun goes down, then loosen the top button of one's trousers and sit outside with a glass of something nice.

I have cooked our traditional Xmas lunch every year since moving here in 2005 - I've started planning the menu and I'm looking forward to the day.

So what are you having? Not a fan of turkey, as it’s relatively tasteless. Instead would go for goose, though a bit fatty. 

8 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

I hate Xmas day and for those of us old we sometimes have bad memories 

 

Also my brother used to be a policeman in Australia,every Xmas day it was calls out to family fights at Xmas family parties , old uncle Joe gets drunk has a fight with Uncle Ben he hasn't seen since 1974 etc 

They call the cops then don't want to lay charges 

 

Same with domestics in Xmas day all getting drunk and fighting

Personal family experience?  That's what is known as a "bogan" family, isn't it?

7 hours ago, worgeordie said:

"Where are you doing Xmas Day? " what does that even mean ?

it should be either  what or who ....

It should also be "Christmas Day".

7 hours ago, Chris Daley said:

Everything is in Thai writing but we expected to do it.  Draw the seating plan on the whiteboard, arrange the desks in that order, hand the papers out in that order except there are two year groups in each room so now the papers are different because one groups is doing math and the other is doing science so now we collect the papers except math finished after 1 hour and science is 40 minutes so now we collect the papers and put them into your fingers in a certain order (the thai teacher insisted that I stack 20 papers between my fingers and another 20 between the others so they are 'in order') but we check them again anyway so collect the papers except 3 students are not finished so now there is no order and also walk up the rows in order and skip every other row because there are two subjects also ask the students to tear apart certain pages now sort the papers into different bags except the torn pages go on top and now use a huge metal spike to stab 15 test papers (i actually saw one thai teacher bleeding blood over the papers because she had cut herself) put the papers into the bags and take them to the office. 

That's a hideous sentence from a "teacher".  Have you ever heard of full stops, commas, paragraphs or, perhaps, taking a breath?   Let's hope you don't pretend to be an English language teacher. 

7 hours ago, Chris Daley said:

i actually saw one thai teacher bleeding blood

Bleeding blood?  What else would you expect her to bleed?

7 hours ago, Chris Daley said:

I will be working.  Xmas day is test day in Thai schools.  So I will be an exam invigilator.

 

The Thai testing system is the most out of date and confusing thing.

 

Everything is in Thai writing but we expected to do it.  Draw the seating plan on the whiteboard, arrange the desks in that order, hand the papers out in that order except there are two year groups in each room so now the papers are different because one groups is doing math and the other is doing science so now we collect the papers except math finished after 1 hour and science is 40 minutes so now we collect the papers and put them into your fingers in a certain order (the thai teacher insisted that I stack 20 papers between my fingers and another 20 between the others so they are 'in order') but we check them again anyway so collect the papers except 3 students are not finished so now there is no order and also walk up the rows in order and skip every other row because there are two subjects also ask the students to tear apart certain pages now sort the papers into different bags except the torn pages go on top and now use a huge metal spike to stab 15 test papers (i actually saw one thai teacher bleeding blood over the papers because she had cut herself) put the papers into the bags and take them to the office.  do it again for the next 5 days.

Wow, really interesting, I'm guesstimating about 250 words of unpunctuated, lung-bursting, off-topic irrelevance.

45 minutes ago, NextG said:

So what are you having? Not a fan of turkey, as it’s relatively tasteless. Instead would go for goose, though a bit fatty. 

We will be having a turkey dinner on Xmas Eve with family, at theirs.

So, on Xmas day, roast leg of lamb (NZ) and roast pork with crackling, roasted veg, cauliflower cheese, mashed potatoes with cream and scallions, Yorkshire puddings etc.

Haven't decided on the starter or sweet yet, but a cheeseboard, crackers and home-made bread rolls to finish.

We'll probably be eating leftovers for a few days after.

50 minutes ago, NextG said:

I have a few Christmas puddings that I haven’t got around to eating. The good thing is that they are soaked in alcohol, so they get better with age. The bad thing is that I’m not that fond of alcohol, so don’t bother to eat them ☺️
 

Most are horrible

2 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

We will be having a turkey dinner on Xmas Eve with family, at theirs.

So, on Xmas day, roast leg of lamb (NZ) and roast pork with crackling, roasted veg, cauliflower cheese, Mashed potatoes with cream and scallions, Yorkshire puddings etc.

Haven't decided on the starter or sweet yet, but a cheeseboard, crackers and home-made bread rolls to finish.

We'll probably be eating leftovers for a few days after.

Sounds good. But do you think there’ll be space for bread rolls after all that? 

 

In bed late, as FM 95 concert the day before, then get up and start on the single malt and tramadol, frozen veg dinner (mrs does not cook) and Sainsbury's Christmas pud and custard followed by brandy and port. Probably watch a daft film PM where the mrs will fall asleep. 

4 minutes ago, bignok said:

Most are horrible

 

M&S are good and can buy here, I got Sainsbury's one this year

1 minute ago, bignok said:

Most are horrible

My mum used to make her own, starting around New Year's Day - complete with a sixpence for the lucky recipient (to spend at  the dentist).

Happy memories.

 

 

15 minutes ago, NextG said:

Sounds good. But do you think there’ll be space for bread rolls after all that? 

 

We will do our best.

 

14 minutes ago, proton said:

 

M&S are good and can buy here, I got Sainsbury's one this year

Cheesecake

Mud cake

 

Puts puddings to shame

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Personal family experience?  That's what is known as a "bogan" family, isn't it?

I think you are a massive bogan

46 minutes ago, bignok said:

Most are horrible

 Oh no… I was signed out and accidentally saw this…. another one of your stupid posts. Anyway, signed in again and you are gone. Better. 

44 minutes ago, proton said:

In bed late, as FM 95 concert the day before, then get up and start on the single malt and tramadol, frozen veg dinner (mrs does not cook) and Sainsbury's Christmas pud and custard followed by brandy and port. Probably watch a daft film PM where the mrs will fall asleep. 

I don’t have custard, which is partially the reason why I haven’t eaten any Christmas puddings. Brandy butter isn’t appealing to me. Need to practice making custard before Christmas. 

51 minutes ago, proton said:

In bed late, as FM 95 concert the day before, then get up and start on the single malt and tramadol, frozen veg dinner (mrs does not cook) and Sainsbury's Christmas pud and custard followed by brandy and port. Probably watch a daft film PM where the mrs will fall asleep. 

Frozen veg? Surely you can do better than that. Christmas is the time to remember to be kind to others…. and yourself. 
Tramadol doesn’t sound good either. But probably you are afraid of the alternatives. 
 

14 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Going to my GF's village to distribute modest cash gifts to her family. Then taking her grandchildren to KFC for Christmas dinner.

 

Such a nice thing to do.

 

Best post I have read from you in many months.

 

Good plan.

 

 

Fat git that I am, I'll be donning the Santa Clause suit, "Ho ho hoing" around the school.

Wine & bubbly hanging around my yard and pool alone because everybody else is working.  

Where are you doing Xmas Day?

 

At home with my dogs, it's just another day and the dogs are better company than most humans! Bah humbug!

11 hours ago, steven100 said:

in my condo drinking some beer but it won't matter much because all my relatives are dead, cousins are dead and family are all dead,  i'm only left here now and the sad thing is I never seen them in 30 or more years to say hi or goodbye before they died. 

Look on the bright side, big savings on presents.

14 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Kidney removal, Cancer.

Had mine removed a year ago last week. Took a while to recover but I’m 90% back to normal now. Good luck mate, you got this.. 

What! is it Christmas again? I must have missed Easter again then.

Me and all my mates are going around Dans house . It will be a nice surprise for him. Bar crawl first so we'll all be a bit half cut when we get there. Looking forward to meeting Thailands expert vlogger in person.

Xmas? A day formally known as Twitter?

10 hours ago, NextG said:

Instead would go for goose, though a bit fatty. 

 

'Set me googling. Not avail in Chiang Mai. 2K baht for a full one at a couple of places in Bangkok.

 

Very hard to cook right. Gotta be eaten very hot due to the grease factor.

 

More crispy skin than meat ratio compared to duck. A half a goose is enough for two people. It's been decades. 'Will def indulged next time I go to BKK.

 

 

https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/1413122/your-goose-is-cooked-on-soi-26

18 hours ago, Chris Daley said:

I will be working.  Xmas day is test day in Thai schools.  So I will be an exam invigilator.

 

The Thai testing system is the most out of date and confusing thing.

 

Everything is in Thai writing but we expected to do it.  Draw the seating plan on the whiteboard, arrange the desks in that order, hand the papers out in that order except there are two year groups in each room so now the papers are different because one groups is doing math and the other is doing science so now we collect the papers except math finished after 1 hour and science is 40 minutes so now we collect the papers and put them into your fingers in a certain order (the thai teacher insisted that I stack 20 papers between my fingers and another 20 between the others so they are 'in order') but we check them again anyway so collect the papers except 3 students are not finished so now there is no order and also walk up the rows in order and skip every other row because there are two subjects also ask the students to tear apart certain pages now sort the papers into different bags except the torn pages go on top and now use a huge metal spike to stab 15 test papers (i actually saw one thai teacher bleeding blood over the papers because she had cut herself) put the papers into the bags and take them to the office.  do it again for the next 5 days.

 

 

 

Sounds like a fun way to spend Xmas day.