Are we being prepared for Christmas food shortages?

the MSM scaremonger this crap every single year especially the turkeys, then the next thing you know they'll be pulling people to pieces for bulk buying,stocking up and leaving poor granny with no bread & bog roll again &even worse no 15lb turkey!!!! (shock horror how very dare they!) poor granny however will she cope! Thankfully there's just us two & a dog to care for. We have a small but enjoyable Christmas, pressies for the dog only, a nice dinner of whatever we fancy plus a few sweeties & goodies. There's no rush, no pressure, nothing wasted & nobody does without, it's wonderful.

My first grandchild is due Christmas Day so it’s going to be exciting and different. I don’t care what happens as long as she’s heathy.

Lizzy60

Christmas isn't Christmas these days , its just a Winter festival that starts after Halloween ! The sooner we realise this , the soner we can learn to live with it as we now live with Covid , hahaha !

Lizzy60, it’s still Christmas to me! I’m not religious but still love traditional carols, Carols from King’s on the 24th etc. I don’t play carols until 1st Dec. though, usually when I’m making the first batch of mince pies. ?. Very likely with a glass of mulled wine, too.
If there’s a Nativity play at Gdcs’ primary school this year, that will be a bonus. Will need plenty of tissues if a lot of little kids start singing Away In A Manger - it gets to me every time.

My family and myself are definitely scaling down this Christmas, whilst still looking forward to it as much as ever! I have always stocked up early, from September usually, to spread the cost and pick up bargains. I used to start buying my children’s stocking fillers in July back in the day! This year we have decided said stocking fillers (yes, I still do stockings for my three children, and my four grandchildren!) will be more practical, clothes, useful toiletries etc. We are also not going overboard with ‘main’ presents. As for food, well we will accept with gratitude what is available! I feel it is important to remember those who are suffering the REAL shortages in this world and be grateful for how very lucky we are.

my gift shopping was done back in march, not really much to get and all the cards had been written back in january (got a 10 year supply when all reduced to 10p per pack...lol) it was just me and my partner for dinner so just a sunday roast, this year just me as my partner died back in may, never did a big shop any year as the shops only closed christmas day. i have explained to family that i want and prefer to have christmas on my own this year, and to be honest have never been a fan of christmas, it is just another day, my son would like me to be there as my grandson is 3 and they want to make a fuss as it is really the first christmas that he will understand what is going on. i am not a grinch and it is great that family can all get together, just not for me, please don't panic buy...as long as you have an extra pack of toilet roll and some chicken nuggets for the fussy eater kids you will be fine.

Remember Christmas is ONE day, if people just buy what they need there will be enough for everyone

Yes, definitely. Why else would they be talking about it now, when it’s over three months away - I think it’s more that we’re being prepared for having to pay more for what we want. But after the disastrous last minute lockdowns of last Christmas maybe people will be happy with scaled down celebrations. Does it really matter if there’s no turkey ? I think real issue is that there are a lot of people struggling to make ends meet for one reason or another, and they’re going to struggle even more with the inevitable price rises.

Please don't be rude about the Chinese industry. China supplies us with what WE ask for. It is a case of demand and supply. China supplies us with affordable phones, SD cards, com huge computers. Barbies were not invented by the Chinese. China supplies a market which already exists at a reasonable price. If there was a demand for bamboo toys, they will supply them too.

Awesomegranny

Remember Christmas is ONE day, if people just buy what they need there will be enough for everyone

This.

Awesomegranny

Remember Christmas is ONE day, if people just buy what they need there will be enough for everyone

I don’t know about anyone else but since I hate shopping anyway, I like to avoid it altogether between Christmas and New Year, which means a bigger than usual shop beforehand. But not much of it is out of the ordinary food, and since I loathe waste, it does all get eaten. (I am the Queen of Leftovers!).

I really don't care if we can't get certain food at Christmas. We are spoilt rotten. Thinking of the people of Afghanistan brings it into prospective.

Can’t stand supermarket shopping coming up to Christmas. The sight of overloaded trolleys horrifies me, knowing how much will be wasted. Minimal Christmas for me.

so we may have to have christmas dinner without turkey and xmas pud, kids cannot have the presents they wanted due to shortage,why do we have to make such a big thing about this, just being alive and able to share with friends and family what we haveshould be enough

I love Christmas, not for presents but for the food shared with the family.
I have already started putting a few things away. I just check the use by dates and if it will be ok then I get a jar each week in my regular shop so that we can have a great family buffet on Boxing Day. (No panic buying or stripping of shelves)
We stopped buying presents for each other a long time ago.
We have the same decorations etc. I probably sound a bit tight but I like to think everyone is happy with the food and drink so they don’t care about the decorations etc.

We are just buying a little extra each week now to build what we have in the cupboard and freezer. Not just for Christmas in case there’s another sudden lockdown.

I have never bought a "real" Christmas tree, ever, nor have I bought new tableware, except for my first marriage (I'm twice widowed - and married again)! Incidentally, I still own and use that original tableware (with some losses over the years).
I have bought additional tree decorations from time to time, but not sufficient to change the colour theme.
I do, like a number of other posters, start buying gifts from September onwards. I also buy additional food, although I didn't do that last year!

As we now live hundreds of miles away from family and friends (for health reasons - not because we no longer wanted to be nearby), we won't be catering for anyone other than the two of us, either this year, or any other. My Brother and sister spend their Christmas holidays with their own children, most of whom have children of their own - so we have tended to visit them, rather than they visiting us.
We will be very quiet, as per usual now, until such time as we hopefully make new friends in our new home (near John O'Groats).
We will eat what is available at the supermarket, whatever that proves to be. I'm pretty confident that we won't starve!

Eeek! Panic! Never mind the food. What are we going to do about the dodgy outdoor fairy lights which brought shame on our household last year at the grand street switch-on ceremony?

Bah humbug! I have grown to hate Christmas. I look back on all the lovely ones I had as a child with great fondness. My big present was my Girls Crystal Annual and a few bits and pieces. Now it’s just too much food and drink and who can outdo who on the very expensive presents. The real meaning seems to have gone out of the window. I bet if you asked children what Christmas means, the first thing they would say is presents. I would like to hibernate from Nov till spring when it’s all done. As for food shortages, who is that bothered, we all will survive even if it’s only soup.

Myself personally I’m not worried I shop for gifts from jan sales all through the year for birthdays and Christmas and anything that pops up out the blue. As for food shopping I don’t eat a lot I live alone. But I’ve always had a cupboard full of tins. I got made redundant years ago. Didn’t have much in as was going to go shopping that week. So when found new job. Filled cupboards and stuck to it. Hence also why start early on gifts. I always look at it as if I’ve got I’ve got if I haven’t oh well it’s not life threatening and it’s just a one day. I love Christmas. Love seeing little ones faces lite up. Im spend it with my my oldest sons house this year and grandkids and new year with my other son and grandkids. We eating in a restaurant one of daughter inlaw doesn’t like Christmas dinner. Me personally I look forward to it.

I don’t see that there’s anything wrong with real Christmas trees, CBBL - they are a crop, like any other, and incidentally such fast growing trees use up a great deal of CO2.

A turkey is far too big for my freezer anyway.
We have a cockerel but I think they're only available at Christmas - fingers crossed for this year.
I've not been able to get my usual Cravendale milk and multipacks of yoghurts recently.

How long do christmas puddings actually last????

Would we have been stocking up in the autumns of the 1940's were we facing christmas's based on what our rationbooks allowed.?
I never recall my mother getting any where near stressed as what myself and others , 21 C are pushing ourselves into preparing for what is going to take place in three YES three months time lasting but a few hours.

Ive had cravendale but no supermarkets own filtered milk.

I am getting fed up with hearing and reading about this.
We will end up in the same panic buying situation that we had with covid, so I hope people will won’t be doing that.