**Woohoo !! It's Christmas Day **

[natalielongstaff]

Im off to asda in a mo to get the food shopping and them im ready :cool1: :cool1:

I bet it will be really packed :headache:

[mark&sue]

We went to Sainsburys and Tescos yesterday and they were not that busy. Mark went to Asda today to see if he could get some more Baileys and he had to turn around as it was just too busy. He got us some more Baileys in Sainsburys. Tomorrow we are off at 8:30 to Marks & Spencer to pick up our order. I can't believe we have been shopping to so many supermarkets this weekend. We must be mad!!!

We are planning to go shopping again on Boxing Day at Carrefour in Torrevieja!

Have a great build up to Christmas everyone.


Susan

[BRobson]

That is me all finished as well :) Sitting with a glass of wine and the Great Escape on tv - it must be Christmas :rotfl2:

[florida sun]

Well just 2 days to go :goodvibes Popped into Morrisons on my way home from work and got some great food bargains- Sherry Trifle reduced to 1.29, 2 loafs of bread at 9p each, Cherry Pie and Blackberry Pie down to 49p, all good until Christmas Day and a Box Of Christmas Crackers Reduced from 9.99 to 1.99, Bargain:thumbsup2

[Minniespal]

Well just 2 days to go :goodvibes Popped into Morrisons on my way home from work and got some great food bargains- Sherry Trifle reduced to 1.29, 2 loafs of bread at 9p each, Cherry Pie and Blackberry Pie down to 49p, all good until Christmas Day and a Box Of Christmas Crackers Reduced from 9.99 to 1.99, Bargain:thumbsup2

You'd be an asset in the sales Sue:thumbsup2

[florida sun]

Not long now:

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap.

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tinny reindeer.

With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!

"Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! On, Cupid! on, on Donner and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of Toys, and St Nicholas too.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound.

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.
A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler, just opening his pack.

His eyes-how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly!

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself!
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk.
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose!

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"

[natalielongstaff]

thanks for that Sue, i love it :thumbsup2

[KayleeUK]

We went into Sainsburys this afternoon it was a nightmare!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[natalielongstaff]

We went into Sainsburys this afternoon it was a nightmare!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Asda was a doddle yesterday...we got there for 9.25 and were out by 10.15 :thumbsup2 result

[florida sun]

I was just thinking back to this time last year, Spike caught my eye, remember he went on his adventures to London on Boxing Day, only to return over 5 days later:) He has his new Christmas Top on, snuggled up on the sofa and we are keeping a close eye on him. We dont want the "Adventures Of Missing Spike" again this year.:)

[natalielongstaff]

i remember that ! Hope spike stays home this xmas ;)

[florida sun]

Only half an hour to go now, Am I up all alone waiting for Santa??:santa:

[BRobson]

I am still here :goodvibes Molly (DD8) is really struggling to get to sleep :confused3

[florida sun]

Aww bless her Jackie, she must be too excited:goodvibes

[florida sun]

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

Hope you all have a wonderful day

Sue

xxxx


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[BRobson]

Merry Christmas to you Sue :santa: :santa: :santa:

[Ware Bears]

Merry Christmas all :santa: time for me to go to bed now so Santa can visit. ;)

[emily1982]

Merry Christmas everyone! I'm just doing abit of online shopping then off to bed!

[natalielongstaff]

Hope you all got the gifts you wanted :banana: Santa was very kind to the longstaffs and we managed to get both the nintendo ds and a wii :thumbsup2

[tony64]

Merry Christmas everyone, my lot are still in bed!
So this :surfweb: is me until they surface. :goodvibes

[bazzanoid]

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[natalielongstaff]

Merry Christmas everyone, my lot are still in bed!
So this :surfweb: is me until they surface. :goodvibes

I had to wake my kids up at 8am !!!!! lazy lot

[jen_uk]

Merry Christmas everyone!! I got lots of lovely pressies including loads of Disney/Florida stuff! :banana: What has santa bought everyone else then?

[mark&sue]

Mark got me a trip to Disneyland Paris. I am so excited as after our last trip to WDW in August he said no more Disney until 2010. :cloud9:


Susan

[florida sun]

I have only opened 2 pressies so far, as Vic is now out to lunch with her Dad, so we will be opening them all this evening when she gets back. So far I have had a bottle of my favorite perfume Aramatics Excliar from my 2 Goddughters, and a new wireless free keyboard and mouse, one of my gifts from Vicki. Which is great as all the letters on my current keyboard has worn off.;)

Be back later to tell you what else I had:thumbsup2

Merry Christmas:santa:

[mushumadness]

Merry Christmas

I have wii wrist lol!!!

bless him Chris got me a wii, with the mario and sonic olympic games, and rayman 2. I love it!!! Plus I got loads of bubble bath, a morphy richards mr cappicino and all the Harry Potter movies

My dad and mum bless them got me a guess handbag and $2000

Chris loved his playstation 3!!

[Ware Bears]

Hope everyone had a wonderful day. :goodvibes

My favourite pressie was from my lovely DH :love: ~ he managed to get me a brand-new copy of an out-of-print book called One Day at Disney. :yay:

Hope Santa has been very kind to everyone else. :santa:

[bazzanoid]

DW is extremely happy with me - i managed to get 2 tickets for Hairspray the musical, row F in february, which is no mean feat!!!!!

Also on the pressie list for me was a couple of ps3 games, the 3rd series of doc who on dvd, rather geekily a model kit of the enterprise from the most recent star treks series, and a couple of books, including one on theme park landscapes, what turns an amusement park into a theme park etc etc!! :goodvibes:

DW also got from me a couple of PS3 games, a new mobile, a new mp3 player, a stable-full of hagen renaker porcelain horses, dvds, choccies, smellies, books etc, and a new bath spa as our old one is starting to get somewhat out of date!

One of our friends, in a complete shocker, got me £25 Vue giftcard and DW four vouchers for the health suite (jacuzzi/steam/sauna) at our local leisure club :santa:

Off to my parents today, apparently they went a bit overboard, so i'll report back later what they've got..... and we're seeing our other friends on saturday so more pressies on the way (and on the way out, clearing me some cupboard space!!)

Glad everyone had a good one, ours has been great so far, DW also got me $50 as a token toward our WDW trip next december :wizard:

Off for our second turkey dinner of the season now!