Forums > Events, Performances and Gatherings > HoPpy Christmas (bit early but...)
Login/Join to ParticipateBRONZE Member
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hello.
Edited this page for the new year (so ignore the first couple pages of comments as this would be about last years)
Anyway, PM me for details if you interested in having a HoPpy Christmas
EDITED_BY: Pink...? (1161862982)
Hello.
Edited this page for the new year (so ignore the first couple pages of comments as this would be about last years)
Anyway, PM me for details if you interested in having a HoPpy Christmas
EDITED_BY: Pink...? (1161862982)
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
Pancake Maker
151 posts
Location: south wales
151 posts
Location: south wales
Posted:
Please ignore the above post....Will will be there, wont you Will.
Please ignore the above post....Will will be there, wont you Will.
GOLD Member
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
Posted:
x mas morning poss no, but if anyone is driving from londonish way on during the day i can def come,
but yes becci i'll come
does any of that make sense
x mas morning poss no, but if anyone is driving from londonish way on during the day i can def come,
but yes becci i'll come
does any of that make sense
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind
Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife
"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian
BRONZE Member
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Posted:
We also will start needing names who's actually coming on xmas day - as we need to sort out the secret santa
I had an idea how to do it to keep it all secret. Get someone who isn't coming to pick names out the hat for all of us. Otherwise one of us is going to know who everyone has to get for. (did that make sense?)
How come you can't make xmas morning Will? You'll miss pressie exchanges!
We also will start needing names who's actually coming on xmas day - as we need to sort out the secret santa
I had an idea how to do it to keep it all secret. Get someone who isn't coming to pick names out the hat for all of us. Otherwise one of us is going to know who everyone has to get for. (did that make sense?)
How come you can't make xmas morning Will? You'll miss pressie exchanges!
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
GOLD Member
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
Pink why don't you just do raffle ticket presents. Everyone buys 1-2 small presents and wraps them. When you get all the presents together you jumble them up and stick a raffle ticket to each one. Then you each take it in turns to draw tickets from a hat until they are all gone. That way if someone turns up unexpectedly they won't be left out.
We used to always do it that way when I lived in shared rented houses, as you never were quite sure how many people would turn up, what with all the firends and family. We used to agree on a sum of money that everyone was allowed to spend up to and you just went out and got as many bits and bobs as you could for that amount.
It can be quite a laugh. My Dad popped by one year on Boxing day (the houses Christmas day) just as we were about to start and he was made to stay. He managed to get himself tinted Lip balm and a pair of bright red suspenders
Now imagine a man that looked like Buster Merryfield (uncle Albert in Only fools and horses) in a pair of red suspenders, and lipstick and you'll be close to imagining what my dad looked like that day.
Pink why don't you just do raffle ticket presents. Everyone buys 1-2 small presents and wraps them. When you get all the presents together you jumble them up and stick a raffle ticket to each one. Then you each take it in turns to draw tickets from a hat until they are all gone. That way if someone turns up unexpectedly they won't be left out.
We used to always do it that way when I lived in shared rented houses, as you never were quite sure how many people would turn up, what with all the firends and family. We used to agree on a sum of money that everyone was allowed to spend up to and you just went out and got as many bits and bobs as you could for that amount.
It can be quite a laugh. My Dad popped by one year on Boxing day (the houses Christmas day) just as we were about to start and he was made to stay. He managed to get himself tinted Lip balm and a pair of bright red suspenders
Now imagine a man that looked like Buster Merryfield (uncle Albert in Only fools and horses) in a pair of red suspenders, and lipstick and you'll be close to imagining what my dad looked like that day. Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
activist for HoPper liberation.
1,643 posts
Location: ffidrac
1,643 posts
Location: ffidrac
Posted:
this sounds like a another fine idea from skully, because i also don't know yet if i will be able to come xmas day... seeing as xmas at my house is not usually a BIG family event, it's kind of hard to be absent without someone noticing, so i have to ask permission first
or you can make like a big lucky dip of the presents because they don't normally let you do that for "grown ups" but you'd need a big bin...
this sounds like a another fine idea from skully, because i also don't know yet if i will be able to come xmas day... seeing as xmas at my house is not usually a BIG family event, it's kind of hard to be absent without someone noticing, so i have to ask permission first
or you can make like a big lucky dip of the presents because they don't normally let you do that for "grown ups" but you'd need a big bin...
Aurinko freedom agreement reached 10th Sept 2006
if it makes no sense that's because it's NOn-sense.
BRONZE Member
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Posted:
That is a good idea...
But we were kind of hoping for "thoughtful" gifts. Our idea was to have presents that were tailored for that person, so not generic gifts.
But If people aren't going to know if they're turning up...
What's people's thoughts? Becci?
That is a good idea...
But we were kind of hoping for "thoughtful" gifts. Our idea was to have presents that were tailored for that person, so not generic gifts.
But If people aren't going to know if they're turning up...
What's people's thoughts? Becci?
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
Check ya later
500 posts
Location: Lower Shaw Farm
500 posts
Location: Lower Shaw Farm
Posted:
also, what if you dont know the person you have to buy for - it would be dificult to get a 'thoughtful' gift for them
also, what if you dont know the person you have to buy for - it would be dificult to get a 'thoughtful' gift for them
Jake the Juggler
GOLD Member
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
Posted:
yeh, plus everyone hates fridge magnets with their names on it
yeh, plus everyone hates fridge magnets with their names on it
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind
Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife
"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian
BRONZE Member
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Posted:
Well that was half the mission - finding out about a person.
I've never had a fridge magnet with my name on
Well - the idea behind "thoughtful" gifts was to avoid the year in-year out smellys (bubble bath etc... - yeah yeah we all know the joke "maybe it's because you smell so you don't have to say it), candles, fluffy pens etc...which to be honest i'd prefer not to have anything as you're just saying to the person "I don;t know what to get you, and can't be bothered to find out what you like so i'll get you a generic gift i got in the sales"
Well that was half the mission - finding out about a person. I've never had a fridge magnet with my name on
Well - the idea behind "thoughtful" gifts was to avoid the year in-year out smellys (bubble bath etc... - yeah yeah we all know the joke "maybe it's because you smell so you don't have to say it), candles, fluffy pens etc...which to be honest i'd prefer not to have anything as you're just saying to the person "I don;t know what to get you, and can't be bothered to find out what you like so i'll get you a generic gift i got in the sales"
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
activist for HoPper liberation.
1,643 posts
Location: ffidrac
1,643 posts
Location: ffidrac
Posted:
ah-ha ah-ha, but i think you can do this without being too generic... somehow... but i agree, smellys are crap. and you wind up with so many you can never use them all, or you smell like a perfume shop...
uh, but i've never had a fridge magnet with my name on either, i don't think they do them but i never have anywhere to magnets anyway, (the fridge isn't mine i can hardly claim that), so it's no great loss....
ah-ha ah-ha, but i think you can do this without being too generic... somehow... but i agree, smellys are crap. and you wind up with so many you can never use them all, or you smell like a perfume shop...
uh, but i've never had a fridge magnet with my name on either, i don't think they do them
but i never have anywhere to magnets anyway, (the fridge isn't mine i can hardly claim that), so it's no great loss.... Aurinko freedom agreement reached 10th Sept 2006
if it makes no sense that's because it's NOn-sense.
BRONZE Member
enthusiast
272 posts
Location: bristol, uk
enthusiast
272 posts
Location: bristol, uk
Posted:
becci pink
i'll be there for chrismas and maybe new years eve. is it okay to turn up a couple of days before christmas becci? cheers for giving me somewhere to be over christmas with lots of lovely people. my immediate family have attempted to get as far away from me as possible by going to australia.
becci pink i'll be there for chrismas and maybe new years eve. is it okay to turn up a couple of days before christmas becci? cheers for giving me somewhere to be over christmas with lots of lovely people. my immediate family have attempted to get as far away from me as possible by going to australia
. SILVER Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,276 posts
Location: Oxfordshire/Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,276 posts
Location: Oxfordshire/Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
Does that mean your not gona be in my part of the world at all over xmas? xxx
Does that mean your not gona be in my part of the world at all over xmas? xxx
tHeReS gOoD aNd EvIl iN EaCh InDiViDuAl fIrE, iDeNtIfIeS nEeDs AnD fEeDs OuR dEsIrEs.
Pancake Maker
151 posts
Location: south wales
151 posts
Location: south wales
Posted:
sorry vixen my dear, he is mine and I am keeping him, if you want him you will have to come and fight me (most probably in the naked and covered in gravy type way) for him.
sorry vixen my dear, he is mine and I am keeping him, if you want him you will have to come and fight me (most probably in the naked and covered in gravy type way) for him.
GOLD Member
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
Posted:
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind
Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife
"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian
BRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Posted:
okay semi-bad news on the mausy front, the b******s at the millenium stadium deceided last week they cant actually afford us- 
which means i wont be getting a free lift to cardiff around crimbo time...
however....i am attempting to buy another car at the end of the month which means i can probably drive up myself,probably the morning of christmas eve all being well.
all being well i should also be able to give a couple of people a lift if needed.
will keep you posted,but its looking hopeful!
okay semi-bad news on the mausy front, the b******s at the millenium stadium deceided last week they cant actually afford us-
which means i wont be getting a free lift to cardiff around crimbo time...
however....i am attempting to buy another car at the end of the month which means i can probably drive up myself,probably the morning of christmas eve all being well.
all being well i should also be able to give a couple of people a lift if needed.
will keep you posted,but its looking hopeful!
BRONZE Member
veteran
1,453 posts
Location: Lancs England
veteran
1,453 posts
Location: Lancs England
Posted:
bump
bump
before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
GOLD Member
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
Minty will you be over in Wales at Christmas? If you are you can't get away without coming over to see my sister. She may need your help by then
Shhhhhhhhh she might read this!
Minty will you be over in Wales at Christmas? If you are you can't get away without coming over to see my sister. She may need your help by then
Shhhhhhhhh she might read this! Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
Pancake Maker
151 posts
Location: south wales
151 posts
Location: south wales
Posted:
Nicely bumped...suppose it is about time to start finalising plans.
I know what some people's plans are but could do with PM's from everyone else who is interested in coming.
There currently seem to be two groups: those coming for christmas day and those coming over for a spin on boxing day.
Not too bothered about the boxing day lot (who are welcome to stay a night or 2 etc. some indication on this would be good but not vital-just so can plan on food/drink type stuff)
but.... really do need to know about the christmas day people, could you send me a PM with some sort of plans of day of arrival and sort of how long you would like to stay, etc etc. doesn't have to be set in stone. But we may need to know what board games you have and of any special culinary skills.
Pink and I now have tickets for tribe of frog new years eve party in Bristol, anyone who cares to join us may need to get tickets quite quickly.
Oh maus, 2bags says you have to come so thats that, go get your car sorted.
Think thats about it- I'll just wait for Pink to tell me I have forgotten something vitally important.
Nicely bumped...suppose it is about time to start finalising plans.
I know what some people's plans are but could do with PM's from everyone else who is interested in coming.
There currently seem to be two groups: those coming for christmas day and those coming over for a spin on boxing day.
Not too bothered about the boxing day lot (who are welcome to stay a night or 2 etc. some indication on this would be good but not vital-just so can plan on food/drink type stuff)
but.... really do need to know about the christmas day people, could you send me a PM with some sort of plans of day of arrival and sort of how long you would like to stay, etc etc. doesn't have to be set in stone. But we may need to know what board games you have and of any special culinary skills.
Pink and I now have tickets for tribe of frog new years eve party in Bristol, anyone who cares to join us may need to get tickets quite quickly.
Oh maus, 2bags says you have to come so thats that, go get your car sorted.
Think thats about it- I'll just wait for Pink to tell me I have forgotten something vitally important.
BRONZE Member
Watcher of 80s cartoons
665 posts
Location: Chepstow & Bristol, United Kingdom
Watcher of 80s cartoons
665 posts
Location: Chepstow & Bristol, United Kingdom
Posted:
Boxing day spin sounds good - Mel and I are having a quiet Christmas in Chepstow this year. May be able to offer floor space on Boxing day - will check first!
Boxing day spin sounds good - Mel and I are having a quiet Christmas in Chepstow this year. May be able to offer floor space on Boxing day - will check first!
>What do you think about the state of the Earth?
>I'm optimistic.
>So why do you look so sad?
>I'm not sure that my optimism is justified.
BRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Posted:
am trying...trust me!xx
Written by: becci
Oh maus, 2bags says you have to come so thats that, go get your car sorted.
am trying...trust me!xx
BRONZE Member
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Posted:
Becci & I decided that we would have a secret santa instead of the raffle idea (although it was a good one thanks)
The exchanging of the presents will be after dinner on xmas day.
So when you PM Becci or me with your time of arrival etc... about xmas day - please include whether you want to join in the secret santa.
Becci & I decided that we would have a secret santa instead of the raffle idea (although it was a good one thanks)
The exchanging of the presents will be after dinner on xmas day.
So when you PM Becci or me with your time of arrival etc... about xmas day - please include whether you want to join in the secret santa.
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
GOLD Member
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
Posted:
If i buy chutneys car off him and insure it i'll be driving to wales either on x mas day or the eve, not sure
If i buy chutneys car off him and insure it i'll be driving to wales either on x mas day or the eve, not sure
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind
Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife
"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian
GOLD Member
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
Posted:
I will hopefully be driving most likely on Christmas day from the london area if anyone needs a lift and is on the way
I will hopefully be driving most likely on Christmas day from the london area if anyone needs a lift and is on the way
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind
Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife
"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian
SILVER Member
Star Trekker
1,733 posts
Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom
Star Trekker
1,733 posts
Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
Only just found this thread! That'll teach me to bury my head in the sand instead of opening myself up to HoP when I'm down and miserable
Anyhoo, I've committed myself now so hope you guys have a great time and if you do it next year I'm there!
I haven't read all the posts - is there anything happening New Year? Not committed for that yet!
Only just found this thread! That'll teach me to bury my head in the sand instead of opening myself up to HoP when I'm down and miserable
Anyhoo, I've committed myself now so hope you guys have a great time and if you do it next year I'm there!
I haven't read all the posts - is there anything happening New Year? Not committed for that yet!
'The last rays of crimson on the spindle tree as the cerise fruit splits and reveals its orange seeds in a gloriously clashing colour scheme no-one would ever dare to wear'
Euonymous Europeus
activist for HoPper liberation.
1,643 posts
Location: ffidrac
1,643 posts
Location: ffidrac
Posted:
hmmm.... the trains seem to be mildly inconvienient around christmas time.... i hoped to come up on boxing day but they just ain't running... becci, do you know if buses will be running from cardiff up ton pentre way on bank holidays?
hmmm.... the trains seem to be mildly inconvienient around christmas time.... i hoped to come up on boxing day but they just ain't running... becci, do you know if buses will be running from cardiff up ton pentre way on bank holidays?
Aurinko freedom agreement reached 10th Sept 2006
if it makes no sense that's because it's NOn-sense.
GOLD Member
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
Non in Swansea First Cymru buses won't be running on Boxing day. Not sure if that answers your question though because it could be a different bus company out with you people in the sticks
Non in Swansea First Cymru buses won't be running on Boxing day. Not sure if that answers your question though because it could be a different bus company out with you people in the sticks
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
BRONZE Member
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Posted:
Ok as some of you know I am off to my parents on Saturday - next Thursday.
So unless you get your names to me or Becci to participate in Secret Santa by TOMORROW - that's Friday the 16th Dec...
I shall only buy prezzies for a select few.
Ok as some of you know I am off to my parents on Saturday - next Thursday.
So unless you get your names to me or Becci to participate in Secret Santa by TOMORROW - that's Friday the 16th Dec...
I shall only buy prezzies for a select few.
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
BRONZE Member
Watcher of 80s cartoons
665 posts
Location: Chepstow & Bristol, United Kingdom
Watcher of 80s cartoons
665 posts
Location: Chepstow & Bristol, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hey all,
what are people up to after Boxing day? Mel and I are going to see my family on Boxing day as they will be over from Spain this year. It would be great to see you all.
Merry Christmas,
Stoo.x
Hey all,
what are people up to after Boxing day? Mel and I are going to see my family on Boxing day as they will be over from Spain this year. It would be great to see you all.
Merry Christmas,
Stoo.x
>What do you think about the state of the Earth?
>I'm optimistic.
>So why do you look so sad?
>I'm not sure that my optimism is justified.
GOLD Member
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
Posted:
im arriving tomorrow, see you all then
im arriving tomorrow, see you all then
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind
Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife
"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian
BRONZE Member
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Posted:
Just got back home from an AMAZING xmas.
All those who didn't make it - you missed out on some serious fun & risk (not forgetting Uno, scrabble, Rummy-up & Poo Head)
to all those who went - thank you for making that my best ever xmas!
Especially Becci - Thanks for everything honey
And 2bags - you so cheated with that extra cannon.
Photo's will come soon. As soon as i've slept, unpacked, been to work and eaten something. So maybe tomorrow evening?
Just got back home from an AMAZING xmas.
All those who didn't make it - you missed out on some serious fun & risk
(not forgetting Uno, scrabble, Rummy-up & Poo Head)to all those who went - thank you for making that my best ever xmas!
Especially Becci -
Thanks for everything honeyAnd 2bags - you so cheated with that extra cannon.
Photo's will come soon. As soon as i've slept, unpacked, been to work and eaten something. So maybe tomorrow evening?
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
Similar Topics
Using the keywords [hoppy christma * bit early] we found the following existing topics.
- Forums > HoPpy Christmas (bit early but...) [170 replies]
Show more..
© 1998 - 2025 Home of Poi
All prices converted to United States dollars using XE.com