Go Flashie.
Remember what it was like to be a kid.
Great Fun.
@imastawka wrote:I can't even get my head around how this year has flown.
Have done some shopping, but nowhere near finished.
We were supposed to be doing a Secret Santa this year,
but not everyone agreed.
So it's bankruptcy for Grandma, now that even the grandkids
have partners that I have to buy for!
Stawka i realy feel for you there used to absolutly hate xmas shopping (except when my daughter was tiny and used to actualy like the things we bought her lol) so glad we dont do ANY now i know baaah humbug at our place
but we find it suits us no stress just a big greedy hot pork baked lunch and a glass 
money still in the bank and no trip to the shops for a bunch of returns lol
@the_great_she_elephant wrote:I love the sound of your Christmas, Flashie. Ours tend to be a bit quieter these days, since all the grandchildren hav grown up. We do have one Christmas tradition though - the telling of The Octopus Joke This is a silly joke about a man who buys an octopus and is warned never to put it down on a flat surface. It was first told by my no 4 son at a Christmas gathering about 20 years ago and he has been made to tell it every year since - though last year he passed the baton on to his nephew. As I said it is a really silly joke that depends almost entirelyon body language for its humour, but we still fall about laughing every time we heear it, even though we all know it off by heart.
You would have to actually be there (preferably with a few drinks under your belt) to appreciate it fully. but this will give you some idea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWN02K-pNh8
i told this to my hubby and daughter
and they actualy laughed 
i havent told a joke in a millenium
We also have a tradition of telling corny jokes around the Christmas table. One son in particular saves them up all year LOL
i hope it's something he passes on to the LPs as they get older, it's great fun 
