spikey Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 ... and what a delight it is to note this morning that Morrisons have at last got a variety of Xmas puds and Xmas cakes on the shelves. No more laying awake at night now wondering if they were leaving it until the last minute. Is this the only country in which Christmas starts in late September? 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2019 12 minutes ago, spikey said: ... and what a delight it is to note this morning that Morrisons have at last got a variety of Xmas puds and Xmas cakes on the shelves. Which have a "use by" date before Xmas? 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Next Christmas - History - when do the Easter Eggs come out !!! Brit15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, APOLLO said: Next Christmas - History - when do the Easter Eggs come out !!! Hi everyone, Two weeks ago today I was in a branch of a well known high-street supermarket, in the Wirral, and they were selling mince pies in the usual sort of 'Christmas' packaging; the duty manager told me that they'd been available since the previous day. I joked with him about Easter eggs, and he told me that his instructions were for them to go on display on Christmas Eve. Easter 2020 is 12th April. He was serious, and he was not amused. Regards, Alex. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 It's shorts and T shirt weather, so it's a good day. Who cares what the supermarkets are up to... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffAlan Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 We've been saying since late June that 'the nights are drawing in'. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Alex TM said: Hi everyone, Two weeks ago today I was in a branch of a well known high-street supermarket, in the Wirral, and they were selling mince pies in the usual sort of 'Christmas' packaging; the duty manager told me that they'd been available since the previous day. I joked with him about Easter eggs, and he told me that his instructions were for them to go on display on Christmas Eve. Easter 2020 is 12th April. He was serious, and he was not amused. Regards, Alex. The Easter Eggs will probably already have been made, and will be waiting in warehouses around the Midlands; this was certainly the case 40 years ago, when I spent the best part of two years putting up pallet racking for them. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2019 38 minutes ago, Fat Controller said: The Easter Eggs will probably already have been made, and will be waiting in warehouses around the Midlands; this was certainly the case 40 years ago, when I spent the best part of two years putting up pallet racking for them. It's one thing all the suppliers and manufacturers having to work things out long in advance, another when it's shoved in your face in the supermarket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, GeoffAlan said: We've been saying since late June that 'the nights are drawing in'. Get's my wife's goat every year, when I announce on the morning after the summer solstice, "Winter's on the way". (I have to do something to temper her relentlessly sunny disposition. If she had been on the Titanic the words "Stop complaining, a bracing swim in the sea is a positive tonic" might well have been reported by survivors.) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didcot Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Well at least we haven't got X Factor every Saturday from late August to Christmas this year!!! You know its a long trudge into Autumn and Christmas when that rubbish starts again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I was disappointed with Black Five Days in Morrisons, Looked everywhere and didn't see one. https://my.morrisons.com/blackfriday/ I think they need telling we don't do Thanksgiving in the UK.... Jason 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2019 Last week I saw a small child wearing snowmen boppers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Bah humbug! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2019 5 hours ago, spikey said: ... and what a delight it is to note this morning that Morrisons have at last got a variety of Xmas puds and Xmas cakes on the shelves. No more laying awake at night now wondering if they were leaving it until the last minute. Is this the only country in which Christmas starts in late September? I was in Walmart this morning and some Christmas stuff was out. So the answer to your question is "NO.". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2019 6 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: I think they need telling we don't do Thanksgiving in the UK.... The celebration or the general principle? Around here we seem to do less giving thanks than at any time before ...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2019 8 hours ago, Fat Controller said: The Easter Eggs will probably already have been made, and will be waiting in warehouses around the Midlands; this was certainly the case 40 years ago, when I spent the best part of two years putting up pallet racking for them. Agree with you entirely. A friend of mine is in the 'Tartan Tat' industry, and next summers nonsense will have been finalised, and production begun, before this summer started. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2019 is it just me or are we turning into a bunch of curmudgeons? (My beloved has suggested that I have used the wrong tense!) 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 17 minutes ago, Alex TM said: is it just me or are we turning into a bunch of curmudgeons? (My beloved has suggested that I have used the wrong tense!) Wheeltappers is RMweb's spiritual home of "get off my lawn" rants. "Driving Standards" is the benchmark. Four years on it is usually in the top two pages. Back in 2008 there was an RMweb member age survey. My sense is that the current active membership, particularly in Wheeltappers, is older than it was, at least by 11 years. (Funnily enough I am too.) (I think the the median age might have increased by more than the 11 years that has elapsed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 19 minutes ago, Alex TM said: The celebration or the general principle? Around here we seem to do less giving thanks than at any time before ...... The whole American thing. Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 9 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: The whole American thing. Personally, I would lay the notion of Thanksgiving at the feet of the English Reformation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: Personally, I would lay the notion of Thanksgiving at the feet of the English Reformation. So would most historians of religion, and National Geographic ..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: Personally, I would lay the notion of Thanksgiving at the feet of the English Reformation. Yeah. But we don't celebrate it by having a meal, holiday, watching football and shopping. I wouldn't even say the UK is particularly religious. Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2019 13 hours ago, spikey said: Is this the only country in which Christmas starts in late September? Late September? I saw the first christmas things in a shop in the first week of September! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted September 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 24, 2019 12 hours ago, Alex TM said: is it just me or are we turning into a bunch of curmudgeons? (My beloved has suggested that I have used the wrong tense!) I don't belieeeeeve it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted September 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 24, 2019 21 hours ago, GeoffAlan said: We've been saying since late June that 'the nights are drawing in'. It starts getting late early! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now