tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post4182056978369622489..comments2023-09-22T13:57:20.922-04:00Comments on From The Valley To The Palais: The Twelve Days of Christmas (US version)nappy valley girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-6674114208082399132011-12-10T05:16:09.704-05:002011-12-10T05:16:09.704-05:00ha ha loved this! things over here are getting a b...ha ha loved this! things over here are getting a bit out of hand too, with some things starting in july!<br /><br />my blogging has been really scant recently, but my mum keeps me up to date with your blog! am going for a good catch up now xxElsie Buttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768998561385293241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-87262540200919751302011-12-07T14:35:45.415-05:002011-12-07T14:35:45.415-05:00Incredibly clever, this belongs in the New York Ti...Incredibly clever, this belongs in the New York Times. The holidays here are so driven by a million emails from all and sundry (mostly friends) about jewellery parties etc. And people in NZ can't believe that you must term it "Holiday', unpc to do anything else...About Last Weekendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716571630418078937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-85745769298378453492011-12-06T15:08:33.564-05:002011-12-06T15:08:33.564-05:00Love it! Am so not prepared - have bought nothing....Love it! Am so not prepared - have bought nothing. Been too busy and it's so distinctly un-Christmassy here in the desert. Tho that said, the shops are full of it...found enough Christmas mojo at the weekend to put the tree up, under pressure from the boys, but that's it and the mums who keep posting pictures on Facebook of all the cookies they're baking/decorating -well, inadequate doesn't come close!!Circles in the Sandhttp://dubaiunveiled.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-11565635658939449942011-12-05T13:44:40.982-05:002011-12-05T13:44:40.982-05:00Loved this - you're so right. I too have been ...Loved this - you're so right. I too have been drowning in Christmas-ness (if there is such a word) since early November. Sigh. Am a fan of the Gingerbread Lattes though so they can never start too early in the year for me! Ho Ho Ho indeed. xHot Cross Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17052268534992433595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-55475172703200822862011-12-03T07:40:10.201-05:002011-12-03T07:40:10.201-05:00That made me laugh out loud. It would be impossibl...That made me laugh out loud. It would be impossible to miss a holiday in the US with all the promotions, ads, mid-season finales and other such rubbish. Made me homesick and glad to be missing it all at the same time! Ho ho ho!'Cross the Pondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440785047330329486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-78887925931804754152011-12-03T02:05:42.342-05:002011-12-03T02:05:42.342-05:00Take no notice of EPM, NVG - I love this, scanning...Take no notice of EPM, NVG - I love this, scanning or not! x (And thanks for the name check, not necessary but always appreciated)Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-43512302671327674952011-12-02T18:20:31.568-05:002011-12-02T18:20:31.568-05:00Ahh..you captured it perfectly...commercialized Ch...Ahh..you captured it perfectly...commercialized Christmas in America! The thing that I absolutely miss the most, though......Target! I'm taking Son#1 back to the US for University in January, and that's the one place I cannot wait to go!MsCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623997911568143459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-75223168204186004062011-12-02T13:59:18.555-05:002011-12-02T13:59:18.555-05:00Even though it scans even less than Potty's do...Even though it scans even less than Potty's does, it's great. (Sorry, but I'm a stickler for rhythm ;-)<br />Loved the Gingerbread Lattes - NOT. Yuck - have you tried one?Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.com