The angst of Christmas

Actually, salmon of any kind is off the menu in our house at Christmas as DGD is allergic to it. However we will feast on it the couple of days before she arrives and after she has left.

Now Maw has put it in my mind, I wonder if she would eat kipper?

Probably because it's trying to hold back all that wild salmon....

M0nica

Don't get me started on that smoked wild salmon. As I said before, you have to watch the wild stuff. It probably smoked some marijuana and now it's high as well as wild.

Not even a moderately annoyed salmon, Saetana?

My husband and I have been spending Christmas alone for 30 years- if we happen to live near close family at the time then we will visit for Christmas Eve or Boxing Day - we NEVER spend Christmas Day with anyone else, its our day and not to be shared with anyone.

Especially riding all that way on a donkey Bradford, about 90 miles on rough tracks, carrying all their provisions.

Although goodness know how my Mary will get there as I haven't even started knitting the donkey yet.
Donkey brown acrylic, pure sheep's wool or spun donkey hair?

MawB oh, so true.

Mind you, arriving in a crowded town after a long, hot and dusty journey, when your waters have just broken and the room you'd hoped for is unavailable, is real angst.

Still, she managed and the baby even grew up to make something of a mark in the world.

Really cheered me up

Feelingmyage yes, I have heard even up to two years later.
Plenty of time for even procrastinator me to sew them up and stuff them.

Now - acrylic or wool?
Acrylic wrecks the environment
But they're not going to be washed much
Pure wool?
Vegans will be annoyed at my exploitation of animals

No such worries in anno domini
Or was it 6 BC?
Or BCE if you prefer.

No such angst then, acrylic hadn't been invented.

This is not the kitchen but I have left some mulled wine anyway to add cheer ?

Crackers about crackers in this house. Apparently they are a no-no now even although they are left over from last year. Advice on what to do about the organic vegan who does not want to eat with the rest of us - or maybe no words would be better. Thinking about suggesting she eats in the garden! ??????

callistemon The kings were very late arrivals anyway so don’t worry - about med June will be fine - maybe even June 2021. Biblical scholars welcome to correct me.

I’ll join you maddyone but can you make mine a double ? ?? I’ve just finished doing some wrapping..phew

Me too Maddyone with a mince pie or two

Ok Doodle, I’ll have a little tipple now , anyone want to join me?

maddyone please have some Christmas cheer. It is a lighthearted thread not condescending in any way.

I am not condescending all the time , just trying to bring a bit of a smile into a grim few days on Gransnet.
Thank goodness some people got the point.
#canipossiblydomore

Sorry, condescending all the time.

“Condescendingly all “ = ??
Surely everybody (else) got the point abut a woke 2019 Christmas?

I need to think about that. Kippers and blinis to start Christmas lunch? Should I just put the indigestion tablets beside the kippers or crumble them over the top?

This was a wonderful and funny thread. After all the politics recently it’s a breath of fresh air. I am still giggling about the salmon. . Humour is what keeps some of us going at times. It’s importance should not be ignored.

Maw, no need to be condescendingly all.

Or as I have heard - how can smoking be harmful when it cures kippers?

Vaped salmon?

It's the smoked salmon that worries me. Smoking can kill you and the smoked salmon is clearly dead. is it safe, or should I find some smoked salmon that only smoked filtered cigarettes or was vegan or something, do these exist, or should we just have sardines instead.