Films:

Its A Wonderful Life
Elf
Bad Santa
Scrooged
National Lampoon
Home Alone 1 & 2

Drinks:

Snowballs & Mulled Wine

Traditions: still allowed to open 1 present on Xmas Eve night, usually aim for the one that looks like a DVD to give us something to watch.

Used to really enjoy taking the Dog for a walk to walk of Xmas Dinner and clear my head, its always so eerie hearing the streets so quiet and calm. Sadly the Dog's no longer with us though

Same here, know the script "Its a bit nipple out." ,also Bad Santa.

Everton doing the business at old Trafford has made it feel like Xmas has come early for me

All very civilised.

Always fancied skiing at Christmas.

Time with family for me with a few beers, Desperado's and vodka along the way.

Love to watch Elf, home alone and few other kids Christmas films. Always used to watch Nightmare Before Christmas on Christmas eve day and It's a Wonderful Life Christmas eve night.

I'm surprised no one has picked up the fact that Scrooge is the name of the character in A Christmas Carol or am I missing something here?

relevance. At a guess.

I was assuming people were referring to the film Scrooged, will Bill Murray

For me, Miracle of 34th Street and White Christmas
All family at ours Christmas Eve, presents Christmas morning, dinner out, and back to my parents, bit of a break and everybody back to ours again for more food and merriment.
I normally have to miss Boxing day rugby for trip to in-laws but may be able to dodge that this year.

I have the full 2 weeks off as well so looking forward to a good long family Christmas

I like Scrooged myself.

Scrooge and Christmas Carol are different films though. I just felt like having a little dig, he / she does it to me sometimes

Think he may have ment Scrooged with Bill Murray

Just been to York designer outlet we all went on the outdoor ice it was real good & proper made it feel like xmas well worth going.

We always watch Blackadder Xmas Special on Christmas Eve.

Humbug.

scrooge,first shown as a film in 1935,staring seymour hicks,also in 1970 as an adaptation of a christmas carol,staring albert finney and alec guiness.1951 alistair sim staring in a christmas carol.merry christmas and a happy hogmanay to you LifeLongHKRfan.

I must be odd.


I can hand on heart say I haven't watched a single film mentioned on this thread in my 48 years.
I don't intend to anytime soon either.

You've never seen [iIt's a Wonderful Life[/i? It's the greatest film ever made.

Buy it and watch it on Christmas Eve.

Nope.
My sister informs me it's her favourite.

you've not missed much WIZEB, it's schmaltzy, like Christmas itself.

What are your 5 favourite things in life Standee other than family ?

Helping someone out
Seeing something new
Learning something new
Watching anyone do anything to a world class level, be it sport, entertainment, art etc.
The feeling of freedom (Skiing, Driving, Walking)


but I guess I should say "getting drunk on crap beer and watching some blokes in black and white throw a ball around whilst shouting or singing about the team from the east", if I wanted to fit in with [isome[/i on here, eh?

I'm a west stand (virtually)tee total haha
I love Christmas , Everton , f1 , hull fc and rugby( obviously ) , I love films and music
And you can't beat a good board game with friends even if one of them is a dobbin .

I only asked pal because you seem to be a glass half empty on most subjects on this forum

my comment wasn't aimed at you L&I.

I am not a glass half empty person about most things, but I am not a blindly optimistic person either, I see things as I see them and (usually) for what they are. Christmas in the UK is awful (not quite as bad as it in the US, granted) I have been somewhere in France for Christmas for the last 7 years and it is brilliant, those who believe go to Church, there's no mass hysteria, no great commercial engine driving unwarranted expectation for weeks (if not months) before, they don't have wall to repeats on TV (because few people are even in to watch TV), I get to see the roof of the world and slide down it's sides.

Most threads on here are not based in the real world, that is to be expected, it's a fans forum and fans, by their very definition, rarely see anything negative about the club they support.

They do over here too I believe.
As an aside ,how do Atheists celebrate Christmas??

Worship at the altar of consumerism.


And eat. A lot.

Don't expect miracles next season but we won't be as bad as some suggest like you.As for Xmas..I will be relaxing after a busy work period from Aug to Dec and Xmas in Britain is what you make it,you prefer to stand on sticks and go down a mountain...me,I like to see the look on my kids faces...give me a choice of the 2 and the look wins hands down.

you need to buy a smile from your kids, that's quite sad baldy.

my niece smiles when I bother to take her to the seaside with a bucket and spade, not because of deliveries from the laminated book of dreams.