Xmas / Holiday Season 2020

[mongers]

Half the world is entering lock-downs again, so I've come around to Shelf's idea of celebrating the holiday season for longer and I think in a more indulgent way.

So what are your plans for the December/New years?

Me just keeping it to the immediate family and sticking with the lock-down restrictions whatever those are at the time.

Food and drink-wise I'm thinking of starting early, perhaps 1st December, so spreading the rich food out a bit rather than concentrating it into a handful of days. 

[Monoriu]

I will go eat in the hotels. 

[Eddie Teach]

Food and drink-wise I'm thinking of starting early, perhaps 1st December, so spreading the rich food out a bit rather than concentrating it into a handful of days. 

Gorge yourself for a month instead of a couple days, that sounds way healthier.   

[Sheilbh]

A constant stream of warmed mince pies and mulled booze. Appropriately festive scented candles.

Christmas tree(s) throughout the season. Decorations up early.

Multi-blankets.

Christmas movies and music on the regular (may have already started this ).

I'll be going to family and I'm actually thinking of travelling to the south-west early, self-isolating in a cottage or something for a couple of weeks beforehand and then going in (just because of certain vulnerable family members). Even the alternative of getting in a car all the way door-to-door seems potentially risky given I'll be mixing two very different (if low spread) areas of the country.

[Admiral Yi]

Multi-blankets.

Que es eso?

[Sheilbh]

Many blankets

[Admiral Yi]

And when the festive yuletide season comes around, you harken back to the old traditions, pull various blankets out of the ancient Christmas chest, and sleep under them?

[Grey Fox]

My kids & SO put all the decorations on Saturday afternoon.

Now to the gift buying!

[mongers]

There was I found some port in the house. 

[Sheilbh]

And when the festive yuletide season comes around, you harken back to the old traditions, pull various blankets out of the ancient Christmas chest, and sleep under them?

I have many blankets and when it gets to winter - especially Christmas - crack out the blankets and stay warm

[mongers]

Man hell hath no fury like a waitrose customer leaving a product review for a substandard Xmas item; take that Green and Blacks for selling a defective Xmas chocolates advent calendar. 

[Duque de Bragança]

There was I found some port in the house. 

Vintage?

I intend to have port, champagne and cakes for the réveillons i.e Christmas and New Year's Eve.

[Tamas]

And when the festive yuletide season comes around, you harken back to the old traditions, pull various blankets out of the ancient Christmas chest, and sleep under them?

I have many blankets and when it gets to winter - especially Christmas - crack out the blankets and stay warm

If I have to do more than a jumper I feel like heating and insulation are failingn me and I get annoyed, which probably doesn't help with the heating bill, not with the outer walls having cardboard-like insulation properties.

[mongers]

There was I found some port in the house. 

Vintage?

I intend to have port, champagne and cakes for the réveillons i.e Christmas and New Year's Eve.

No just some bog standard Taylor's special reserve stuff.

Duque, seems you've got your priorities right for the holidays.

[Sheilbh]

If I have to do more than a jumper I feel like heating and insulation are failingn me and I get annoyed, which probably doesn't help with the heating bill, not with the outer walls having cardboard-like insulation properties.

Yeah I grew up with very limited to poor central heating (in Scotland) so have always had that "if it's cold put another layer on" view. But in my flat the heating is on the blink, but I actually like just being wrapped up in lots of layers and blankets and winter. It somehow feels more cosy/wintery than just having reasonable ambient heat. So I don't really have the heating on full whack even in winter.

And yes British properties are horrendously insulated/glazed for energy efficiency