What are you getting (or hoping to get) for Christmas

[BarrieJ]

Not been a fan of Christmas for several years now, don't mind giving presents if I know what's wished for, people mean well but I hate receiving gifts and pretending they were just what I wanted.
The wife's not enjoyed the best of health; I'm her sole carer and we're in isolation, so won't be seeing anyone, she doesn't sleep well and has little appetite so lunch will be something light, no point me doing a typical roast for three quarters of it to be wasted.
No presents between us. Gave our adult kids money and money for them to buy whatever the grandkids wanted.
Like many, I'm looking to offload stuff not add to it.

 

[DennisCA]

My mom knitted me another pair of woolen socks, great to have in the winter time.

 

[Ubique]

We just got home and it has snowed twice as much, we got stuck in the snow with our car in our own driveway! I had to shovel the car clear and then also shovel the driveway so my SO can leave tomorrow, hope it doesn't snow so much it needs clearing again next morning. We've at least gotten half a meter or more of snow now.

Whereabouts in Finland are you? I spent a fair bit of time around Rovaniemi in the 90's - I can't remember it not snowing there!

 

[DennisCA]

West coast near Vaasa area, in the middle of finland on the north - south axis.

 

[Onoff]

My mom knitted me another pair of woolen socks, great to have in the winter time.

Sounds like you need a snowmobile!

 

[Maker]

Thomasina Miers Mexican cookbook

I'll have a look. I'd been considering this one, my friend's got the the Thailand one from the same publisher/series/whatever it is and raves about it.

 

[DAPPH]

Sex would be good but she will probably have a headache.

A full English breakfast would be good but she will probably burn it.

As for roast turkey lunch well who knows.

You'll be sat naked in front of the electric fire ?

 

[ronan]

we have agreed for years to give the money we would spend on each other to a local dog charity......
Plus when we got married all prezzy's (money, went to the same charity).....
anyway,
we have these bundles of joy to share Xmas with.....
they were found at 2 days old dumped in a forest.....we only take in new born pups....all 7 have homes now and will travel towards the end of January.....
Finland, Holland, 2 to Germany and the rest to the UK...
as for tools I'm allowed to buy what I want, when I want....works for me.....hahaha.....

Wish u all the best....thanks for the forum, a great place to be.....

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Smashing, i'd love one of those. My last dog, i got at christmas time too. I was out for a walk on boxing day and came across a Fyffes banana box in a ditch up the road. Inside the box was a bin liner. I could hear a noise coming from it. So very gingerly i opened it. Turned out to be a litter of collie pups that some kind christian soul had dumped.

They were all dead apart from one, i remember being on my hands and knees in the grass, trying to see by moonlight if each one was alive, i had to hold them up to my face and see if they were breathing, but i knew by how cold they were, they were dead. So the one that was alive i kept, wrapped her up in my hat and took her home. Very kindly a local vet looked her over for me and didn't charge, wouldn't happen now. I had to get up every two hours and feed her stuff called "Whelpie" or something like that, a milk substitute.

I'd never buy a dog, so many out there in dire need of homes.

 

[northwest]

I'd never buy a dog, so many out there in dire need of homes.

^^^^^^ This

 

[Ubique]

West coast near Vaasa area, in the middle of finland on the north - south axis.

Ah, right - never been there but seen the signs for it! we used to spend some time just outside Kouvola as well, usually long road trips but occasionally a helicopter ride at night! - if it wasn't snowing too much....

 

[DAPPH]

Whilst I was doing some 3D prints for Knighty , my lass sat by the printer enclosure fascinated at how such a thin film of plastic could be precisely melted and made to build up a block of printed plastic. She said do you have enough filament to complete the job ? I told her it might be a close run thing .

She asked me what sort of filaments I'd be needing , I got them for my birthday 21 Dec & our family Christmas with our daughter & her hubby was also had on 21 Dec . Alison gave me eight x 1 kg rolls of black PETG ...I'm really chuffed , it beats getting things that you'll never use or find a use for .

From Alison over the recent years I've had £1500 worth of Canon camera & kit plus nigh on £1000 of 3D printer & set up for struggling to modernise several of our homes to allow us to move here & be mortgage free .

My prezzie to her this year which she hasn't a clue about is going to be a sensible sum to start off her stock market trading venture ... She's hoping to try and secure a long term old age pension income for herself & has little pension prospects. When I snuff it she will have very little disposable income for herself due to being my full time carer for the last 23 years.

She's been studying with a company doing real time online study , seminars & podcasts five days a week for the past 18 months and feels she is ready to start off by herself in Jan 2022 .

 

[Moose McAlpine]

I'm hoping for an easy day, but i've got a 12-hour shift of rescuing people, so i'll probably be busy.

 

[Ubique]

12 hours? we used to get a max of 4, sometimes stretched to 6 at 5x pay for working Christmas day, how times change....

 

[julianf]

I'm not much into just getting more *stuff* however I think my brother has got me one of these -

...which is, basically, a tool, so I'm happy with that.

 

[Moose McAlpine]

12 hours? we used to get a max of 4, sometimes stretched to 6 at 5x pay for working Christmas day, how times change....

I asked for all 12 and got them.

Other guys who put in availability got 6 or 8 hours.

I think my resource planner likes to give me 12 hour shifts, i've had loads this month.

 

[Ali]

Hoping to rekindle my interest in the gee-tar this year: pig nose type practise amp and a set of strings for the classical if I’ve been a good boy.

Actually got everything I really wanted yesterday but can’t talk about it just yet.

 

[Dell]

Not been a fan of Christmas for several years now, don't mind giving presents if I know what's wished for, people mean well but I hate receiving gifts and pretending they were just what I wanted.
The wife's not enjoyed the best of health; I'm her sole carer and we're in isolation, so won't be seeing anyone, she doesn't sleep well and has little appetite so lunch will be something light, no point me doing a typical roast for three quarters of it to be wasted.
No presents between us. Gave our adult kids money and money for them to buy whatever the grandkids wanted.
Like many, I'm looking to offload stuff not add to it.

I know how you feel as I have had cancer more than once ,we are on our own , handicapped son in a home in Gloucester other son in Manchester, the only good thing about Xmas is time off work although I only work part time now.
best wishes Dell

 

[selectedgrub]

Not one bottle of deodorant that I could pop the ball out to use on a project.
Santa, I don't like your supply this year.

 

[northwest]

I used to spend a lot of time at Christmas on my own,my ex missus would up sticks and take the boys off "back home " 5000 miles West! leaving me to keep everything going here. now things are different and downstairs is a riot right now, it is George's (the Afghan) first Christmas and as he is a greedy bugger I am just wondering how long it is going to be before he starts looking green around the gills and throws up from too many "treats". not long I wouldn't think, he has already had half a dozen Pigs in Blankets, he likes this Christmas thing!

 

[ajlelectronics]

Not one bottle of deodorant that I could pop the ball out to use on a project.
Santa, I don't like your supply this year.

That's because when you shopping for it, the assistant asks "Ball type?" and the response is always "No, just for my armpits".