That movie clip is funny! The costume designers may have been inspired by Judas Priest and Village People...

I know French, so I was able to read the article you linked to.  Interesting. I like their sign, incorporating the mustache, hat, and monocle into the design.

 

Very fitting!


Ugh. I bought a Christmas present online and had it shipped directly to my boyfriend (he lives in the Netherlands) and it hasn't come... it was supposed to arrive 3 weeks ago. 
Well, I complained and got my money back... which is nice; especially since there's a chance it could still come

But if it doesn't come he won't be getting a Christmas present! 

I got him a lovely pair of leather gloves (yes, they look a lot like Sherlock's...) 

I've never even tasted a mince pie, I've thought about making it sometime though... 


What do we only eat at Christmas... hmm. 'Risalamande' springs to mind... it's rice porridge mixed with whipped cream, vanilla, sugar and almonds. It's traditionally eaten for dessert after either duck or pork roast (with crispy crackling still attached)... 

 

If a mince pie is the same as a mincemeat pie, then we have those in Canada.  They're the little pie things with raisins and stuff in them, right? They're not my favourite, but we will be having some since my mum's friend is buying a few and bringing them for Christmas.

One of my favourite Christmas treats is pumpkin pie. My mum makes great pumpkin pie, which she will be doing this year.  She also sometimes makes it in October for Thanksgiving, but we had a disappointing store-bought pie this year so I am looking forward to the real thing this Christmas! Other than pie, I also enjoy homemade cookies and pretty much any kind of chocolate.

Last edited by Yitzock (December 22, 2016 2:56 pm)

Yum!

I got some great stuff from my hubbie for Christmas - including a pre-order of the full Sherlock ASiP manga! 

Lis wrote:

Yitzock wrote:

If a mince pie is the same as a mincemeat pie, then we have those in Canada.  They're the little pie things with raisins and stuff in them, right? They're not my favourite, but we will be having some since my mum's friend is buying a few and bringing them for Christmas.

One of my favourite Christmas treats is pumpkin pie. My mum makes great pumpkin pie, which she will be doing this year.  She also sometimes makes it in October for Thanksgiving, but we had a disappointing store-bought pie this year so I am looking forward to the real thing this Christmas! Other than pie, I also enjoy homemade cookies and pretty much any kind of chocolate.

Yeah i think they must be the same

I've never tried pumpkin pie.

My step mum is in the kitchen baking now, I'm looking forward to eating some good food tomorrow!

Hope you all have a great Christmas with lots of good food too haha
 

I didn't see this until today, oops! My mum was calling them mince tarts all Christmas, so yeah, they are the same thing.  I enjoyed a few of them this year.  They were better than I remembered!

Glad to hear that your Christmases seemed pretty good.  Mine was as well.  I got some things I had asked for and some nice surprises, too.  My parents gave me a really nice card.  One thing I asked for was a watch, and in my Christmas card my mum put a drawing of a watch she made with a gift tag on it and a couple days ago I went to the store where I had seen the watch I liked and picked it out.

Last edited by Yitzock (December 30, 2016 10:22 pm)

I hope you enjoy yourself, Phantom.

I guess I might as well mention this now.  I may be late to the discussion of the first episode, since there is a possibility that I will not be able to watch it until January 2nd.  My parents and I are going to my grandmother's house to have New Year's dinner and then we will be driving home after the dinner.  I don't know how early we are planning on going home, but that will likely mean it will be too late to watch the show by the time we get back, we might all be too tired or it will have already started.  Luckily, I have set up my PVR to record the episode so watching it the next day or the next evening shouldn't be a problem.  But just letting you know that if you are wondering why I haven't chimed in yet, that will be the reason.  I'm sure I will have things to say, though, once I have watched it!

My fingers are crossed for you Yitzock!!


And Happy New Years everyone!

I ended up enjoying myself a bit too much... I just hope I can freshen up before tonight.

I had this neat plan of just getting a glass of champagne at midnight... but yeah...

I'm just waiting on everyone else to get up so we can nurse our hangovers and marathon Sherlock to be ready for tonight.

I feel like an idiot