Question Tin of Sweets for Xmas

[callan]

With the festive season about to come into full swing, and having completed the budget you can imagine my Joy when despite the credit crunches worst efforts, we have enough money to buy a tin of sweets for christmas.
Now I'm no grinch when it comes to the season of goodwill, so hastily arranged a family conference to announce this splendid news, and it's always nice to see the little ones faces light up, without the use of fireworks.
The conference went ahead and after stopping for applause at the end of it,
I fished a fiver from my pocket handed it over to the missus and instructed her to get out to Asda to fetch back a tin of quality street forthwith.
You will no doubt imagine my horror when she said Celebrations would be the sweets coming back, and further perturbed by kids demanding Cadbury Roses.
So my question/s is this, what is your choice of Sweets this Christmas, and what action would you take over the Missus / Kids questioning my choice of Sweets (Dr Bernardos will take the kids but not wife....if that helps).

 

[OldBlueLady]

Haha! Kind of know what you mean - it's what is your own tradition, isn't it? Well, we used to be a Quality Street family way back when, but are now very firmly in the Roses camp. Celebrations are an abomination at Christmas - who wants mini versions of proper chocolate bars?! No, you want your "purple one", strawberry creme, toffees and such like.

Apart from Roses, we do also do the good old traditional After Eights as well, and in recent years, also Mingles as my daughter likes them!

 

[weststander]

Maltesers all the way, i'd rather have a box of them than a tin of anything else.....

 

[Cricko]

I would of thought the last thing you should be eating is Chocolate you fat ****.

 

[EastStandBlue]

**** you all, ****ing Celebrations are the ****ing King.

****.

 

[BrettieAngell]

****ing Quality Street all the way!

 

[callan]

I would of thought the last thing you should be eating is Chocolate you fat ****.

Go and suck on a werthers original, you antiquainted piece of old dog ****.

 

[BrettieAngell]

I'm feeling the love today!

 

[canveyshrimper]

Go and suck on a werthers original, you antiquainted piece of old dog ****.

He'd prefer a fishermans friend. BTW mate push the boat out Quality Street are two for a tenner in Sainsbury's. Obviously Ron rewarding you.

 

[OldBlueLady]

I'm feeling the love today!

Indeed, I feel very much at home!

 

[please delete my account]

I fished a fiver from my pocket handed it over to the missus and instructed her to get out to Asda to fetch back a tin of quality street forthwith.
You will no doubt imagine my horror when she said Celebrations would be the sweets coming back, and further perturbed by kids demanding Cadbury Roses.
So my question/s is this, what is your choice of Sweets this Christmas, and what action would you take over the Missus / Kids questioning my choice of Sweets (Dr Bernardos will take the kids but not wife....if that helps).

Hey there chap. I think the issue here is your wife not doing what she is told.
The second she questioned your orders should have resulted in a loud open handed slap to her face, in front of your kids.

You should then have snatched back the fiver, marched down the offy and bought yourself £5 of Special Brew, which you should have quickly consumed whilst your family watched.

The rest of the evening should have been spent drunkenly shouting abuse at them all, then aggressively banging your wife.

Hope this helps

Kind Regards

 

[Benfleet A1]

Haha! Kind of know what you mean - it's what is your own tradition, isn't it? Well, we used to be a Quality Street family way back when, but are now very firmly in the Roses camp. Celebrations are an abomination at Christmas - who wants mini versions of proper chocolate bars?! No, you want your "purple one", strawberry creme, toffees and such like.

Apart from Roses, we do also do the good old traditional After Eights as well, and in recent years, also Mingles as my daughter likes them!

Quite right, tradition should be upheld. Back in the day it was always Quality Street, After Eights and Chocolate Brazil Nuts. Also, our house would have KP Salted Nuts, Ritz, Twiglets, Mini Cheddars and Cracker Barrel cheese. Not forgetting a bag of mixed nuts, tangerines, Yule Log, Christmas Cake about 4ft deep in marzipan and of course, the McVites Biscuit Selection.

I'm not bothered with the gifts and presents I recieve anymore but there will always be plenty of food and nibbles in my house.

 

[jassyfa1]

Forget celebrations, they are to modern, as all the supermarkets are having a sale on tin sweets why not buy a tin of quality and roses. Happy days

 

[OldBlueLady]

Quite right, tradition should be upheld. Back in the day it was always Quality Street, After Eights and Chocolate Brazil Nuts. Also, our house would have KP Salted Nuts, Ritz, Twiglets, Mini Cheddars and Cracker Barrel cheese. Not forgetting a bag of mixed nuts, tangerines, Yule Log, Christmas Cake about 4ft deep in marzipan and of course, the McVites Biscuit Selection.

I'm not bothered with the gifts and presents I recieve anymore but there will always be plenty of food and nibbles in my house.

Exactly, we make our own marzipan petit fours and chocolate brazil nuts and have the tins of twiglets and mixed nuts etc as well. You invariably don't need meals at all, just graze on nibbles all day long!

Calls for a poll really doesn't it?!

 

[Vange Shrimper]

No one has mentioned MatchMakers?!

Used to always have those at Xmas. As well as Quality Street.

 

[Mad Cyril]

I quite like Miniature Heroes.

Quality Street and Roses have too many Linda McCartneys and not enough paul McCartneys.

 

[Pubey]

This thread needs the input of Tarquin!

Personally I like celebrations, and not a fan of roses or quality street. I'm not a big chocolate lover really

 

[Hotman]

I'm not a big chocolate lover really

unlike Polanski?

 

[Uncle Leo]

Poll added; any other options wanted, please request them.

 

[please delete my account]

This thread needs the input of Tarquin!

Personally I like celebrations, and not a fan of roses or quality street. I'm not a big chocolate lover really

Morning Chap!

I've already offered some sage advice on page 1, which I believe addresses the real issues here.

Kind Regards