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Hang on a minute dave, not all old codgers think that way, I love christmas and can't waite to see what Santa's brought me:D

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I wonder how we should decorate Accyweb - will someone be putting the tinsel out this year?

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Oi ! Gayle ! Noooooo! Not till December !

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Still got the Easter Bunnies up in the Arndale Centre....

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Perhaps they just forgot to mention in the Bible, that the three wise men also brought some lovely gifts for the animals in the stables too.;)

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Let's keep Christmas in December. Preferably the week before the big day and for the traditional 12 nights. That way, I might not be ready to top myself by the middle of the month. A man can only stand "Stop the cavalry" so many times without going quite mad.

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'Wish I was at home for Christmas' da da da da da, at least I will be this year

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The gifts for baby Jesus were so sick

Myrrh was used as an embalming ointment and up until about the 15th century, as a penitential incense at funerals and cremations

Ugh?

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And lets not forget Noddy skreaming ITSSSSSSSSS CHRISTMASSSSSSSSS at the top of his voice ound every supermarket:rolleyes:

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I bet Big Ears wished his lug 'oles weren't so big, every time he does that.:D

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I actually refuse to go into any shops during Christmas. I do most of my shopping online because I fear if, on top of the mass of people barging past you, grabbing things off shelves and the rest that if I hear the same pile of excrament that we insist on pouring through supermarket speakers for 6 weeks of the year then I will quite literally lose it and start slapping people with a big wet fish.

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Advent calendars have a purpose- a "countdown" to Christmas allowing both the kids and their parents to get excited. A lot of pets are "kid replacements" - where the kids have flown the nest or there are no children in the house. I think pet advent calendars allow pet owners the same anticipation as parents (although the animals themselves don't care).

Having said all that, I think they should be warned about the drool puddle they'll get on Boxing Day, from the Pavlovian response: "He's going to the notice board! Here comes my treat! Here c... Hey where's my treat!?!?"

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Having said all that, I think they should be warned about the drool puddle they'll get on Boxing Day, from the Pavlovian response: He's going to the notice board! Here comes my treat! Here c... Hey where's my treat!?!?"[/quote] is that the animal or the hubby :-) drooling:D

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Noddy Holder, not Big Ears mate in Toy Town:D