Christmas traditions that are awesome

[Jonathan Capps]

1. Nigella Lawson’s Christmas Breasts

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[Phil]

36. Bing Crosby pretending he knows who David Bowie is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9KpNznVLlY

[Jonathan Capps]

37. Watching Schindler’s List.

[Seb Patrick]

“We’re not watching that.”
“Hey, remember when we watched that?”

[TheLeen]

There is an awful amount of TELLY amongst these christmas tradtitions…

[Pete Part Three]

There is an amount of awful TELLY amongst these Christmas traditions…

[peas_and_corn]

There is an awful amount of CHRISTMAS amongst those telly traditions…

[Tarka Dal]

> NOT THAT IT MATTERS I HAVE NO LIFE

Ah well I looked up and 19 was the bottom number. It’s not my fault if an edited comment defaults to the bottom of the thread ;-)

Although it is my fault for not reading the thread properly in the first place.

[Jo]

38. Hoisin Crispy Owl

[pfm]

39 playing Slap The Butcher.

[Jonathan Capps]

> 38. Hoisin Crispy Owl

40. Jo making me lol myself sick.

[hummingbird]

> There is an amount of awful TELLY amongst these Christmas traditions?

that’s because

41. Awful telly

[Mnoooah]

42. Spreading shocking false rumors about family members to distract them from the totally true rumors about meeee.

[Ben Paddon]

My family are Pagan, so we celebrate Yule on the 21st.. or, really, the weekend nearest the 21st as the 21st is usually a work day. We got lucky this year, really.

Traditionally, my Mum will cook a four-course meal on the Saturday night. People will eat, drink, talk, joke, share and enjoy. On the Sunday morning we have a breakfast fry-up, and afterwards we open presents.

Last year I missed this tradition because, well, I live in Los Angeles. My Dad and Stepmom, who I currently live with, are Pagan themselves, but they have a very different tradition – they don’t really do anything other than the Winter Solstis circle.

[Seb Patrick]

The Poseidon Adventure back-to-back with Some Like It Hot on Christmas Eve. Sky Classics <3

[pfm]

43. Playing online Scrabble on my Mactini.

[Phil]

44. Only having to work until 6 pm, as compared to the usual…6 pm.

…I want to go home.

[Mnoooah]

Aw, Phil Cratchit. ;)

[mick]

45. Flight of the Navigator

[Pete Part Three]

46. Drinking too many Rum and Cokes on Christmas Eve and being unable to sleep due to the caffeine.

[ChrisM]

47. Watching Wallace and Grommit!

Watching the repeats on Gold+1 now. (The wrong trousers finished and we’re on the sheep one now.) Curse of the Were Rabbit later on BBC1 (4.30pm) and a whole new episode on 8.30 (Loaf and Death). Unfortunately I had that one spoilt for me on Den of Geek. Apparently the Ausies got to see it first.

[Jonathan Capps]

Den of Geek spoil everything.

[ChrisM]

>Den of Geek spoil everything.

Yeah. I like the site a lot, and it’s interesting reading other people’s views on various shows, (even if I disagree.) but you really have to be careful what you read. It’s a shame they don’t provide light* versions for those of us who’d like a taster without the full meal.

* ‘lite’ seems to be the spelling people on the net use here. Heh, not even the spell-checker minds it. I’m sticking to the traditional though.

[hummingbird]

I have been boycotting Den of Geek for a long time now. ‘Nuff said.

[Seb Patrick]

Well, thanks.

(No, like any site with loads of people working on it, it does have some rubbish writers, and there are ways in which it’s badly run, and the comments system is appalling. But it does have some good writers. Such as this guy.)

Why the boycott, incidentally? Just not liking the site generally? Or something specific?

[Ian Symes]

Why the boycott, incidentally? Just not liking the site generally? Or something specific?

Why not provide your answer in a list format?

[Tarka Dal]

> 45. Flight of the Navigator

God I love you Mick. I love you so much.

48. Xmas Day Fry-Ups – I forget about these every year.

I think I’m going to make a point of watching a Moffat Who episode every Xmas from now on too having re-watched ‘Girl in the Fireplace’ this morning.

[Ian Symes]

In two years’ time, you won’t have to re-watch Moffat Who.

[Tarka Dal]

Oh god that’s true. Still I’ll probably do it anyway.

[TheLeen]

49. The obligatory family fight

[Pete Part Three]

50. Struggling to feign enthusiasm at shit presents

[Phil]

Is that your passive aggressive way of telling me you DIDN’T like the Complete Fresh Prince DVD set I mailed you?

[Pete Part Three]

It was what was also in the envelope that offended me.

[Carlito]

Father Ted Christmas Special… awesome tradition for about the first three or four years… having repeated it annually, without fail, for the last 12 years however, it has started to lose its lustre.

[si]

51. Always being ill around Christmas. (Everyone should find out about my hilarious epileptic seizure in the company of my ex-girlfriend – what an anecdote!)

[Jonathan Capps]

Don’t leave the good people hanging, si!

[si]

I think Symes knows. Ask him, he’ll make it funnier.

[ChrisM]

Were new flickery light installed on the Christmas tree that year?

I hope that wasn’t too bad taste. Apologies in advance if it was…
I Hope you’re ok now anyway.)

[Ian Symes]

50. Struggling to feign enthusiasm at shit presents

Over mulled wine?

[Dave]

>Over mulled wine?

Can you over mull wine?

[Andrew]

I dunno. I’ll give it lengthy consideration.

[Tarka Dal]

To Symes. *Applause*

To Si. Yes, he does.

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