Cheer up! It might never happen!

[caddyman]

Here we are a fortnight from Christmas and it occurs to me that few people seem to be in the Christmas mood. Step one in the remedy: I am breaking out the Santa icon for the first time since last year.

If the thought of a holiday, lots of presents and much over-eating, against the backdrop of family squabbles and hideous expense fails to tickle your timbers, we should find ways of making the festive period bearable for those natural scrooges with which we surround ourselves.

I propose, therefore, that people submit tips to either make Christmas more bearable, or otherwise enhance the experience. I’ll start us off. Pile in when you have an idea:

Tip #01: Enliven the cooking process by imagining the vegetables are screaming while you peel them;

Tip #02: Pretend that your highly decorated Christmas tree is a cross-dressing Ent;

Tip #03: If you still have a turntable, play any old Elpee at 45rpm to make it sound like the Smurfs at Christmas;

Add to this list – the festive period needs help. There might even be a meme in the making (probably not, but you never know)...

Comments

[nyarbaggytep.livejournal.com]

I have bought a fiendishly difficult jigsaw from a charity shop which I plan to keep my family quiet with as a challenge when they come visit, I'm going to tell my (extremely competitive) future brother-in-law that I couldn't do it... then he will be compelled to prove he can. :)

[captainweasel.livejournal.com]

thought of taking out several important pieces and mix in others from a very similar jigsaw?

[nyarbaggytep.livejournal.com]

brilliant!

[mr-h-r-hughes.livejournal.com]

"we are a fortnight from Christmas and it occurs to me that few people seem to be in the Christmas mood"

Really, not round here, here it's Christmas-tastic. the cold weather helps a lot I find

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to imagine the first Motorhead elpee sounding like the smurfs, and coming up blank.

[ellefurtle.livejournal.com]

I feel festive, work does not. No decs at all, not a festive sausage!

[mollpeartree.livejournal.com]

Only bake treats that include some form of alcohol in the recipe.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

That is Officer Thinking that is!

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

I suggest, to watch this: http://womanonfire.livejournal.com/1144506.html because it´s far better than christmas, if you ask me. Though I confess, loving christmas, nonetheless!

[fencingsculptor.livejournal.com]

Not much Festive Cheer in the Defunkment of Confibularities and Local Gulibillity as 1 in 3 of us is facing the prospect of being unemployed in the New Year.

Very wary of our SOS dressing up as Santa and invite us to form an orderly queue as he hands us our P45s....

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Yo ho hum.

Remember: He is NOT The Fat Controller.

[captainweasel.livejournal.com]

Gin. lots of Gin.