Re: Top ten things that remind you of Xmas from childhood. : Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:38 am  

Cronus wrote:

7. The Radio Times, Morecambe and Wise and the 'Big Film' in early evening - ET springs to mind.

that line has almost convinced me that it is a Masters team we should run next year...boy you're old.

Re: Top ten things that remind you of Xmas from childhood. : Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:17 am  

1. One of my Dad's socks with an apple, an orange, a fondant mouse, some mini cookies and a pot of bubbles in it.
2. The Perry Como Christmas Album (we also had Jim Reeves and Mario Lanza).
3. My parents hiding presents all over the house and then sending us on ridiculous errands to find them.
4. Going to bed on Christmas Eve.
5. Shandy.
6. Telly on Christmas night.
7. Christmas cake.
8. Huge portions of Christmas dinner.
9. Putting the tree up, then sitting around it and eating mince pies.
10. The cardboard sleigh and reindeer the would adorn our living room wall every December.

Re: Top ten things that remind you of Xmas from childhood. : Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:14 pm  

mmp wrote:

that line has almost convinced me that it is a Masters team we should run next year...boy you're old.

Oooh can we please?!

Fed up of chasing around after young whipper-snappers every week. We could play Chorley Panthers Masters 8 times a season.

Re: Top ten things that remind you of Xmas from childhood. : Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:37 am  

Mintball wrote:

6. The classic B&W film late on Christmas night on BBC2. My introduction to Humphrey Bogart came in such a fashion.

You should be creaming your drawers this year then, with all the "Dickens 200th Anniversary" stuff the beeb will be pumping out on TV & radio

Re: Top ten things that remind you of Xmas from childhood. : Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:05 am  

Someone should PM tb and remind him to cling film the sofa.

Re: Top ten things that remind you of Xmas from childhood. : Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:05 am  

cod'ead wrote:

Mintball wrote:

6. The classic B&W film late on Christmas night on BBC2. My introduction to Humphrey Bogart came in such a fashion.

You should be creaming your drawers this year then, with all the "Dickens 200th Anniversary" stuff the beeb will be pumping out on TV & radio

Aha ... you have reminded me..
Years ago (1970's, 80's?) there were a couple or more "Christmas" ghost stories recorded for TV.
Of the two I remember, one was "The Woman in Black" (the forerunner of the West End long-running play) and the other was by the BBC, "The Signalman" (adaptation of Charles Dicken's "Mugby Junction : The Signalman").

Please note, I'm not talking about subsequent remakes, films, stage plays or radio programmes ... I'm referring to TV dramas in both cases.
"The Signalman" had Denholm Elliott as the signalman, and "The Woman in Black" had Bernard Hepton in it (although not in the lead role).
If you can lay hands on a recording, I can't recommend these too highly, either or both of these will have the hairs on the back of your neck bristlingly erect.
Great for Christmas Eve viewing with the fire lit and a glass of something warming at your elbow.

Re: Top ten things that remind you of Xmas from childhood. : Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:39 am  

El Barbudo wrote:

Aha ... you have reminded me..
Years ago (1970's, 80's?) there were a couple or more "Christmas" ghost stories recorded for TV.
Of the two I remember, one was "The Woman in Black" (the forerunner of the West End long-running play) and the other was by the BBC, "The Signalman" (adaptation of Charles Dicken's "Mugby Junction : The Signalman").

Please note, I'm not talking about subsequent remakes, films, stage plays or radio programmes ... I'm referring to TV dramas in both cases.
"The Signalman" had Denholm Elliott as the signalman, and "The Woman in Black" had Bernard Hepton in it (although not in the lead role).
If you can lay hands on a recording, I can't recommend these too highly, either or both of these will have the hairs on the back of your neck bristlingly erect.
Great for Christmas Eve viewing with the fire lit and a glass of something warming at your elbow.

Oh, they were very good.

Re: Top ten things that remind you of Xmas from childhood. : Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:42 am  

cod'ead wrote:

Dickens

That reminds me, I haven't read A Christmas Carol yet this year. Might have to sneak it in before the big day.

Re: Top ten things that remind you of Xmas from childhood. : Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:44 am  

Don't know if this is the best place to post this, but any parents should have a look at this: Santa's personalised video message You get to input your child's name, upload photos and say whether they've been naughty or nice, and Santa reads them a personal message based on the info you've provided.

Don't know if this is the best place to post this, but any parents should have a look at this: Santa's personalised video message You get to input your child's name, upload photos and say whether they've been naughty or nice, and Santa reads them a personal message based on the info you've provided.

Re: Top ten things that remind you of Xmas from childhood. : Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:30 am  

1) putting the christmas decorations up on christmas eve
2) being blindfolded christmas morning and led into the living room to be shown the presents
3) making mince pies, and christmas cake
4) roast chestnuts on a tray
5) set menu for christmas day, never knowing what would be on the table
6) church on christmas morning
7) the endless phonecalls from family
8. home alone and christmas carol on the tv
9) the family coming over for boxing day where another set menu for the day was put together
10) lots of chocolate, selection boxes, and sweets