¡¡ʎǝuɹnoɾ s,ǝpuolqǝǝzʇıp - same old, same old!

[LVLLM]

oh can you Linz? i want one with toys. I love those fabric ones you can put your own treats in x

 

[ditzeeblonde]

Yes but they don't come cheap, we used to get Jacob the lego ones until AJ came along but they're £25ish, which is alot!! So we knocked it on the head!

We have a fabric pocket one... I love the wooden drawer ones. x

 

[LVLLM]

oh no seen the wooden drawer ones. im googling

 

[ladyfelsham]

Still getting used to the idea of advent calendars - they don't do 'em in the colonies

 

[ditzeeblonde]

Did you have any traditions that we don't do over here?

 

[Jim]

They are German, we didn't use to do them over here either. I had them every year, but then I pretty much grew up in Germany.

 

[ladyfelsham]

Did you have any traditions that we don't do over here?

BBQs on the beach for Christmas Day hehehe - sorry to rub it in! And they don't do turkey - it's usually cold ham.

 

[LVLLM]

im moving to australia btw x

 

[ditzeeblonde]

My brother moved to Aus 16yrs ago & still struggles feeling Christmassy having a BBQ, we often throw an Austrailian Christmas day party around the 25th June & do secret santa, crackers, christmas decs & turkey on the barbie... its great fun!

 

[ladyfelsham]

You mean NZ lol

 

[Jim]

Susie's a KIWI.

 

[LVLLM]

No australia

 

[LVLLM]

i know but she sounds more like an australian.

 

[ladyfelsham]

The funny thing is Kiwis give each other Christmas cards with pics of robins and old coaches careering down snow covered hills, and sing carols about dashing through the snow, and you look outside to brilliant sunshine lol - must be a emigrant hangover from the Mother Country

Actually I'm both - born and bred in NZ, but lived in Oz for a while and have Oz citizenship and accent

 

[LVLLM]

what made you move to the Uk?

 

[ditzeeblonde]

Yes why on earth!!

 

[ladyfelsham]

And miss all this great weather? LOL. Speaking of which, think it's time for the heating to go back on, just went out for a ciggie and OM giddy aunt it's cold out there!

Always wanted to live in the UK - the history, architecture, London, being close to Europe and so on. NZ and Oz are great places but they can be a bit racist (just a bit!) and closed to new things. They really suit some people, but not me - I love the city, the bustle, the multiculturalism and (apart from my slow patch right now) there are so many more job opportunities. This is home for me now, when I do go home to NZ, I feel like a stranger in a strange land

 

[LVLLM]

I suppose we all want something we cant have - like the 'grass is always greener'.

 

[ladyfelsham]

Ain't that the truth!

 

[ditzeeblonde]

Isn't it just!