Are the getting fucking sicker or what?

What the hell is it with this nostalgia trip they are all on? And these so-called great family christmases where 4-5 generations of the same family all gather round, and the kids are all well behaved and dont look at all bored.

And did that thing where the oldest member walks in with the turkey to a round of applause, really happen? Anywhere? Honestly?

Jesus wept.

dont forget the sad music in the background too

aye forgot about that.

I thought Christmas was meant to be a happy time?

Why they cant just play a good old christmas Classic like "another rock n roll christmas" is beyond me.

and I thought you were going to say that your lot sit round and applaud the arrival of the turkey.

not a christmas dinner fan myself, not a big fan of 'sunday dinner' n christmas ones are just a bigger version of that.

I just go along with it to be polite, but i'd much prefer an indian or a burger n chips or summit.

and turker christmas dinners are so dry.

What a lovely Christmassy thread it's properly getting me in the spirit.

I think I might go home and insist we put the tree up tonight.

Mines been up since October 1st.

But seriously, those adverts are way more depressing than this thread. They are awful. A bit like a christmas dinner.

Have you been made redundant or something, your on here a lot the last few months

I wouldn't mind Christmas starting in October as long as the Summer started in February.

We need to get back to the real purpose of Christmas- a pagan feast that cheers you up in the middle of winter. Everybody eats and drinks whatever they like- no presents, compulsory 'traditions' invented by Victorian tossers or mad relatives you don't like allowed. Absolutely no baby Jesus either.

And bring back Christmas day football!

Jesus wept. Amen to that brother.

Mind you I will be most vexed if Santa doesnt deliver my list.

Amen to that... Sunday dinners are massively overrated... My ideal Xmas dinner would be mash, gravy and pigs in blankets.

And shit loads of meat

Turkey's only dry if it's not done right. Still not the best quality meat to be fair though.

We're getting a goose this year, looking forward to it.

its just all wrong for me, i dont like gravy, im not a fan of stinky veg like sprouts n turnip n all that rubbish.

I think i'll just get a morrisons salad.

Goose is fucking ellish. Keep that fat off it for doing roasties as well.

We are having Goose, Duck, Beef and Ham. Lush.

I think people who say they like sprouts and turnip and the bloody rest, just believe that they should be punished in some way, and its their way of punishing themselves.

For gods sake who in their right minds would take stewed vegetables over much nicer food?

And I also hate gravy. And I am sure people have gravy to mask the taste of the punishment they are giving themselves.

Sprouts done with smokey bacon lardons are brilliant. Also you cant beat roasted parsnips and carrots.

Booooooooooo

Xmas dinner is the best meal of the year FACT

Its only mid november, yet some of you already know what you are going to be eating on one day in about 6 weeks time.

Fucking nuts the lorra youse.

If I knew I was having goose this far ahead, by the time christmas day came round, it would be the last thing I wanted.

I bet some ouf youse are like that advert, applauding the arrival of the roast.

Who the fuck are you King Arthur?

what the hell is a lardon?

If its THAT good why do you only have it once a year?

You don't stew vegetables, though. You do them very quickly so that they're still crunchy. This is probably where you're going wrong.

On the other hand, that ad you mentioned....the one with the turkey-bearer and the cheering kin....does anyone know what it's actually an advert for?

I have never cooked a sunday dinner. And the odds of me ever cooking a christmas dinner is just

I have no idea what that advert is for, but the depressing music played over it, makes me want to punch the tele.

I think its john lewis, they tend to do adverts like that at christmas.

Nope we have a big family. The goose and duck I shot so its free and we have beef and ham as my dad doesnt like the others. What that makes for is loads of meat left over for sarnies and seconds.

Ah, John Lewis....well that explains the sad music: a token acknowledgement of all the poor sods who can't afford to shop there.

I thought the advert was for a supermarket. Asda or Tesco.

I didnt even know John lewis was a shop.

John Lewis is a HUGE shop with lots of departments containing goods no-one needs or else used to be able to get cheaper in Woolworths

And where would the nearest John Lewis store be for us mere mortals fed on a diet of Pound shops and Greggs?

Newcastle. But don't say you weren't warned.

The target audience of said supermarket. The upper middle classes that only exist in 90's sitcoms like the upper hand.

Oh dont worry, I wont be going there. I wont be going to Newcastle, so the odds of going to that shop would appear very slim.

A Lardon is a strip of bacon and you use them mainly to flavour the oil and then remove and add them back at the end, they also rhyme with hardon, so quite handy really!

The funny thing is, Lewis's is always heaving, in this very depressed area. Unless the others are all like me and use it for a short-cut!

I always see them John Lewis group vans on the motorway for something called avacado and I still dont know what it is. Waitrose is the same I never go it the place, I didnt know what it was till I lived in Oxford and my mate said he was going there to buy some cigarettes and I asked him if it was the local shop, he looked at me as though I was mad.

Its Ocado, the Tesco Online equivalent for Waitrose.

I don't have anywhere near enough disposable income to shop in Waitrose, but if I'm on expenses then I will. The food is better than M and S in my opinion.

And John Lewis is good for furniture and electrical items. And duds. My knackers have never looked back since I switched from M and S. The lycra ratio must be quite high as they hold up brilliantly.

And to think Dibble once left the Bunker to set up on his own because we were too negative round here!

and his mates on here !!

About half of the 'people' on there have been roped in on Yewtree...

RBI is right . Christmas dinner is awesome and I can't believe so many people don't like gravy.

Most of the Christmas adverts are shite like but I used to like the old toys r us one....

Rock and roll Christmas is also brilliant but I can't see many having it on the playlist.

I was joking about the Glitter classic like.

If the only thing in that household worthy of applause is a dead, partly cremated turkey, it's a fucking sad place to be.

Mind I haven't seen it, so I shouldn't comment.