After realising this is the third year in a row I've been staying away from certain things at Christmas (pg with bean, BFing bean, now pg with pip) - but really think of them as going with Christmas time:

Martni dry - just the smell makes me Christmassey
Small net of continental cheeses - I had to get the kiddie-type pants mild ones now, with no blue cheese etc.
Any wine - white, medium, mixed with lemonade... ah those were the days... am a total ligthweight now so prob have to be mini bottles as and when I can drink again
Plus staying away from Prawns / Pate / Peanuts.. oo, all p's...

At least I can have my fill of clementines / satsumas - another Christmassey smell for me - and have stocked up on some non-alc pear kopparberg cider already and some choccie treats of course - like twilights and elzabeth shaws - and will get in some celebrations etc. x

cheeeeeeeeeeese mostly and chocolate and satsumas, oh and probably peanuts

we dont drink so probably some kind of fizzy pop but thats all really

schloer (sp?) i've had that for chrimbo since i was little, it was always the kids wine! i don't drink on christmas day cos i don't like doing it in front of my family!
and after eights, yummy yummy yummy!

Ooo, I mentioned I liked after eights the Christmas I was expecting bean - I ended up with about 4/5 big boxes worth - enough to put me off... until the next year
Have got the schloer in already - Sainsbury's were doing bogof I think, oh and recently seen that Lidll are doing various pop (pepsi, 7-up) for about 80p for 2litres! How come drinking water etc. goes out the window at Christmas / New Year x

i had a craving for them too when i was pregnant. woman i work with gave me some
i'll have to see if sainsburys are still doing that!

says 2 for £2 (£1.90 each usually) on their website atm

Well I grew up mostly in Germany and because my mum is German we had alot of German cakes and biscuits so I do tend to go to Lidl and stock up on stollen, leibkuchen, dominosteine etc. I also get mulled wine flavour tea (from Whittards - its lovely!!).

But of course we have to have lots and lots of mince pies xx

it's buy one get one free in co-op but i didn't have the strength to lug them up the road

ooo - oooo - how could I forget - gregg's mince pies are the best shop-bought ones!!!
It's 6 for £1.30 or a dozen for £2 I'm sure - mmmmmmm bestest....
Have bought some bits from Lidl for a hamper I'm doing - nice different biscuits etc. - wanted a small stolen but only had huge ones!

You reminded me Susan - got some mulled infusion tea-bag things last year and the rest are still in the cupboard, swartz or similar, can do non-alc with apple juice or cranberry or a mix - makes me feel a bit more festive anyway x

Hellmans mayo, I think it might be to do with the advert though same with coke!

We dont really have any to be honest we buy the tins of chocolate and things like mint tiwgs or whatever you calll them etc and the boxes of christmas biscuits xx

Tin of quality street/heroes etc
Tin of biscuits incase people call... and then I end up eating them all in jan!
My mums stuffing!
Cheesy nibbles.
Matchmakers - mint or orange.

Generally junk, junk & more junk . Oh and blue wkd reminds me of xmas for some reason so usually get a few btls of that in

We're out Christmas Eve and Christmas day so I dont have to get too much, but our essential christmas shopping would have to be:

loads of chocolate bars like flakes, walnut whips, crunchies etc
tin of Roses
lots of minty chocs

nuts with their shells on (don't know why as they never get eaten)

good red wine
champagne
very smelly blue cheese
smoked salmon

Joint of meat for meat butties and stuffing

ginger wine

me and oh like our drink
we have about 12 bottles red wine 3 rose and 2 white
2 bottles of jd
1 bottle of southern comfort
and 60 bottles of beer which we bought in for xmas!

food wise we have just got some cheese, crackers and a tin of biscuits, altho oh's gran bought us a tin of choccies, and a box of after eights.

We arn't eating at home xmas day or boxing day so dont need too much!
x