Mumsnet #48 Cherchez la spunk splatter

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Aab41 said:
My granddaughter is still wearing her Christmas pj's from last year, they still fit so why not? And bedding gets reused every year. Surely that's normal?
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And this is why I get so annoyed by the "why waste money on PJ's for a few days/a week" brigade. Because we don't? They just keep wearing them until they don't fit like any other pjs. It's not like wearing a Christmas jumper in July, they're only going to bed. Currently the Christmas pjs are some of the only ones that still fit my kids so they are getting used a lot.
 
TenerifeTigger said:
One Xmas eve I put put the carrot, milk etc and mrT went to bed and left me with some vodka. Cue the oldest saying in morning, why hasn't santa taken anything, did he forget?

No little one, your mum was pissed so forgot to sort it out!
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I don’t know whether to call social services to report that your child is living with an alcoholic or applaud you for not peddling lies to your child in the form of Santa which could cause trauma to a child when they grow up to realise adults they should be able to trust have been deceiving them all their life.
 
sistersofpercy said:
I’ve mentioned this before, but my dad, who was born in 1934, had a variant of a Christmas Eve box, or at least as much as was possible in war time. Mum would tell me dad was ‘posh’ though, she didn’t have anything special, but for dad there was always a treat or a book etc, even if it was cobbled together by my nan.
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The Christmas Eve box threads always have plenty of people in their 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond who remember having them as kids and can therefore state that they aren't new. There may have been a rise in efforts to capitalise on them in recent years, but that's only because they already existed.

And yes, they're an attempt to make money when sold ready made in shops etc. So is the 8 foot tall Christmas tree with soft white lights (MN taught me that coloured lights are common), the enormous roast dinner and everything else. You never hear complaints about rampant capitalism from established middle class stuff like long haul holidays or expensive tech.
 
Just thinking about Christmas brings me out in hives. For decades, I'd be asking the parents of all the kids for whom I'd buy gifts what they'd like. The parents would keep deferring the decision until it was (for me) far too close to Christmas. And, of course, they'd then ask for the items they couldn't source.

Previous mentions of Mr Frosty brought me out in a cold sweat (pun intended)! Thanks, lads. Thanks a lot. :confused:

Obviously, I nipped all that nonsense in the bud with the great-nieces/nephews. I was cute enough to not even ask the parents what they'd like. They were just told I've just popped some money into their ISA, and I'll send a card and some pjs for them. :D
 
Tastes of pine 🙁

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Millie2023 said:
I won’t be answering the door, I’ll be hiding behind the sofa, shaking and calling 101
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Chavs duck off ! She means the working class. What a miserable bleep . I will be going to the co op and buying some chocolate and sweets for any trick or treaters love seeing little children happy. Tween Daughters are dressing up as American Cheerleaders and toddler Son will be a Ninja Turtle . Teen son too old to dress up but he gets to eat any leftover Sweeties 😋
 
I’ve shagged loads of marines and even a navy seal.

I’ve also shagged a para. Bad sex, strange foreskin and he pissed all over the hotel bathroom floor so I had to put my heels on to get in. 🤮 1 star out of 5 - would not recommend.

*I am not Noddy. Even though I’ve shagged more special forces than I’ve had Christmas jumpers.
 
Zara zara said:
Chavs duck off ! She means the working class. What a miserable bleep . I will be going to the co op and buying some chocolate and sweets for any trick or treaters love seeing little children happy. Tween Daughters are dressing up as American Cheerleaders and toddler Son will be a Ninja Turtle . Teen son too old to dress up but he gets to eat any leftover Sweeties 😋
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She sounds like the chav, she hasn’t even got iron gates with a watchman, and a 3 mile drive.
 
ElectricDreams said:
But today I saw a Christmas toilet roll holder and just wondered WHY?!
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My mother bought a Christmas toilet lid cover from a craft fair when I was in my early teens.
It was made of felt and slipped onto the lid. With the lid down, you could see a jolly Santa... oops, Americanism, I mean Father Christmas. On the underside of the lid, to be seen when raised, there was San...erm...FC covering his eyes.
So tempted to put this forward as an excellent idea on MN; don't know whether they'd be most shocked by the potential for germs or the Carry On film vulgarity.
 
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