Guest Trueblue22 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 really? [ATTACH=CONFIG]16696[/ATTACH] If I want snow I'll head for Snowy Mountains.....besides the snow is a bit more guaranteed there :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckleface Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Can't say I envy you having a cold Christmas but I hope it turns out better than you expect. :hug: At least it is only for two weeks and then you will get to come back home to warm weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest17301 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Christmas is the highlight of the year in the UK...I kind of get the impression it's not given that much credence in Oz...correct me if I'm wrong Aussies...it's to be looked forward to and celebrated but not the massive event of the year it is in the UK, like we have the season of xmas in the UK where here it feels like it's just the day???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisleylass Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 This year we're spending Christmas in the northern hemisphere, in Hawaii :oD should be nice and balmy weather, a break from Brissie heat. I'm sure it'll be most festive in a Polynesian way! I don't miss snow/ice/mucky slush no siree not one bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I had to spend Christmas in the UK about 15 years ago- still have nightmares about it. Ghastly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Yuills Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 OMG Cath I saw your post and nearly choked on my chocolate!!! You are the last person I thought I would see that post from Enjoy if you can and make some money while your there...take orders and hike your prices up and make a fortune! lol only joking... xxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 Thanks everyone, its so much bloomin money and anyone who knows me knows, Im really happy here and really dont feel the need to return, but my OH has a new neice and nephew he hasnt seen, ( theyve been bloomin busy since we went :wink:) I will be glad to see my sister though as she has just had a masectomy and people who know me also know that I no longer have my Mum and Dad, but my OH does so I will make the most of it, but quite frankly there are loads and loads of Australia let alone the world I could seen for the money its going to cost to take us back to rainy old Bristol for two weeks. ( It never snows! ) I shall look forward to seeing some lovely friends and also my sons face when he sees his Nan. Also I shall bring back a suitcase full of yellow dusters........(well we all have our weaknesses :biglaugh:) But mostly I shall be watching my OH have a lovely time getting bladdered with the family.........nothing else for it but to join in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 OMG Cath I saw your post and nearly choked on my chocolate!!! You are the last person I thought I would see that post from Enjoy if you can and make some money while your there...take orders and hike your prices up and make a fortune! lol only joking... xxxx Chocolate, you could have shared :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Enjoy your quality time in the uk, at ,at least you will be able to have a REAL Xmas and be able to eat some decent food and decent ale fr a time. I thought he was going to the UK, not The Holy Land. Judging by the amount of sunshine Israel gets, even at Xmas, you are much closer to a 'real Xmas' in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devon67 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 i find it so funny how people crave and rave about xmas, my god its one day in the year, full of people arguing etc etc. People obsess about open fires, snow etc how often do you get that in the UK. i lived in Poole for 5 years and we had parties on the beach, which was such good fun, hopefully that will transfer to our life in oz, and if its just me and the wife, even better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobby1000 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Ewww UK at Xmas....I personally can't think of anything worse!! Sorry guess that's not cheering you up lol!! Ermmmmm I really can't offer up any positives sorry :laugh: Why? We have found our Christmas' here to be the hardest times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthe Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Sorry but all my sympathy is for the "outlaws" being lumbered with a family member for Xmas lunch in their "cramped little house" who really doesn't want to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 Sorry but all my sympathy is for the "outlaws" being lumbered with a family member for Xmas lunch in their "cramped little house" who really doesn't want to be there. Excuse me this thread was supposed to be completely tongue and cheek, thanks for making such a nasty comment. I am flying a long way all the way there and back to make my OH and the Outlaws happy and I will be very friendly whilst there, I am a nice person and wouldnt dream of not being grateful, The term Outlaw is an affectionate one that we all use about eachother. Dont make such personal comments when you dont know me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthbum Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I had to spend Christmas in the UK about 15 years ago- still have nightmares about it. Ghastly. Yep, I still have the same about my Xmas,s in oz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landv Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Make sure you don't tick the 'leaving permanently' box on your departure card, will you :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 Make sure you don't tick the 'leaving permanently' box on your departure card, will you :wink: OMG is there one? If my OH ticks his, Im coming back without him! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 really? [ATTACH=CONFIG]16696[/ATTACH] Nothing positive there. I hate the cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northshorepom Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Make sure you don't tick the 'leaving permanently' box on your departure card, will you :wink: I must admit I'm often tempted to fill those things in incorrectly just for the sake of throwing a miniscule spanner in the works of a rather silly system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landv Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I must admit I'm often tempted to fill those things in incorrectly just for the sake of throwing a miniscule spanner in the works of a rather silly system Ha ha ... same here, I was tempted before to tick all boxes, or draw smiley faces on it, or whatever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candygirl Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I wouldn't be too fussed either. I think you are being very gracious by going and spending the time with your Outlaws. I am sure once there, you will have a ball. At least it will be different this year. Could you take some time out to go off and visit some places. I appreciate if it did snow, the UK would declare a "national emergency" and the country would come to a standstill, but perhaps make the most of the time you have there and visit some places that you didn't manage to see whilst living there. If it were me, I would be hyperventilating at the thought of the Boxing Day Sales, but I am a bit of a ShopaFrolic:biggrin:. Every year we are asked to go over for Xmas and we just don't feel the same about it any more, so really understand where you are coming from. Wishing you a lovely time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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