I feel sick now!

Lidl's tv ad isn't any better...... Was in M&S earlier and couldn't believe the stacks of Christmas food they're trying to shift, put me off even looking for a few extra treats (need an 'I feel sick emoticon', nearly used the envy one!)
Obviously have hit the 'food overload' stage

I am glad I ate my mince pie before I look at the paper.

When I walked round Waitrose today I wondered if they would shift all the sweet cakes, pastries, pies etc.
However, Lidl seemed to have run out of Christmas puddings, cakes and mince pies!

PS have just read Telegraph and see what you mean....centre spread includes ' mulled wine cheesecake' and 'melting in the middle chocolate Christmas pudding'................ (Definitely need an 'I feel sick' emoticon now)

Glad it's not just me!

Definitely not just you phoenix!
Perhaps need to add Alkaseltzer to last minute shopping list.....

Talking about stacking 'em high when I went into Lidl's yesterday they ahd trays and trays of Mini Stolen stacked in the foyer to above shoulder height it really put me off ever eating one again,the same for the mince pies,so you are not alone on this phoenix

I went to Waitrose today to do some shopping and being the last of the very big spenders, I came out with 2 tomatoes. I could not face going down the aisles eg laden with enough cream to keep the entire county supplied. They must have so much wastage of all sorts of food.

^^ back to front words again oopps !!

phoenix* are you sure you are not pregnant?

Thank goodness I am not the only one who reacts this way. The TV advertisements with all the food and chocolates ,puddings and drink make me feel slightly queasy. How on earth would you fit in time to eat them all?

I wonder how much more unsold food the supermarkets will end up with this year because of their madly competitive marketing practices.

These adds with tables groaning with food really annoy me.

Gives a whole new meaning to 'fed up', doesn't it!

OMG - there's Nigella on TV, stuffing not only the turkey but her guests. Yuk and yuk again!

And on a rather somber note (apologies emoticon.) how much food will be binned from over-buying?
Deliberately not doing usual siege/what if it snows us in etc routine to try and avoid either stuffing myself or binning food. It's so easy to get carried away....and very difficult to break the habits of a lifetime
DD doing Crisis at Christmas has really brought home to me that for many any food is a luxury......

Charley girl that made me laugh out loud. Thank you. I agree with you phoenix I do wonder just how many folk do have all those people round the table full of that food.
The expression that springs to mind is "in the advertisers dreams". I have adapted that a little!!!

The ads don't affect me like that at all, I don't actually imagine myself eating all that stuff (or even any of it...)!

It's the same with table decorations. I look at some of the suggestions in magazines and on the telly to get some inspiration for Christmas Day and then think, Where are you supposed to put the food?

I've often wondered who eats all that stuff. We rarely even manage to eat our xmas pudding until February! More often than not we will end up having sorbet or meringue and the pud will quietly be put in the fridge.

We treat xmas day food like a meal. The starter (smoked salmon and scrambled egg) for breakfast, the main course in the late afternoon, and dessert sometime in the evening, although it's just as likely top be a big bowl of exotic fruits.

The shops only close for a day or two - and Christmas dinner is really just a fancy roast - so I genuinely don't understand the siege mentality. Yet, every year I see trolleys laden as if to feed the five thousand. Maybe it's because people are not used to holding family get togethers and misjudge the amount of food needed?

I'm intrigued by the exotic fruits...not sure our local Tesco does those!

Ah - our local market! Considering it's in the middle of nowhere in east angular, it's amazing! I always used to let the children choose one weird fruit each a week when they were little, now I choose them for the GCs to try when they stay. Safeways used to be my nearest supermarket 30 years ago, and they were amazing for foreign foods and fruits.

Oh, you are lucky! Our local market doesn't seem to sell anything out of the ordinary (probably no call for it...). Perhaps I'll have a look further afield, but not before Christmas now!

Settle for a banana Ana ?

Every week, we buy the usual fruit, apples, pears, oranges and bananas, and then buy one 'guest' fruit as a change, trying to make it something different.