Merry Ishmas

[Andy Hamilton]

I decided today that I no longer celebrate Christmas and instead I celebrate Ishmas

We created a word with “selfsufficientish” and so whats to stop us creating another one with Ishmas? So what is ishmas, what does it mean? Well it’s like Christmas in fact it really is what Christmas future will have to be as it is sustainable and thoughtful.

Ishmas is celebrated on the 25th December and has one message and one alone and that is to really think before you do anything for Ishmas day. Think about what you buy and thing about your loved ones, don’t allow any of them to go hungry and don’t get tricked into thinking that the more money you spend on them the happier they will be.

- have a quick read of my blog to see what I else mean by it

So who else is celebrating ishmas?

[Green Aura]

I would like to second Andy's Ishmas sentiments.

And also, if this is an appropriate place (if not can someone bung it in a new one), may I take the opportunity to thank my Secret Santa - I look forward to some wonderful new veg next year. And if Iwasn't supposed to open it yet, apologies - as I've mentioned in another thread I'm not much good at following rules.

[StripyPixieSocks]

I have always celebrated Ishmas by the looks of things!!!



Happy Ishmas to one and all... I think the word of Ishmas needs to be spread far and wide!

Are you the messiah or are you just a very naughty boy?!

... sorry, I watched Life of Brian the other night

[Thomzo]

I think it's a great idea - Happy Ishmas everyone

Zoe

[Ellendra]

Well, my "Ishmas tree" this year is a potted rosemary pruned to a cone shape, looks just like a mini-pine, although I had to stop my nephew from eating it over the weekend. He managed to eat so many rosemary needles he got sick!

For presents, I'm making candies and treat and putting them in decorated boxes, along with some of my homemade jams. This was a big hit last year, which was the first time I did that. I also know what I'm receiving for Ishmas: my dad is paying to have my truck repaired!!!!!

[snapdragon]

......... making a scarf! I was trying to crochet one of those trendy twisted look ones ........!

ah they use more yarn than you'd think don't they?


happy Ishmas beautiful sentiment Andy

[the.fee.fairy]

Happy Ishmas!

Ellendra: have you got a pic? I've got a rosemary that i saved from a rubbish heap last year...it might end up being my office ishmas tree...

Crocheted tinsel is a fab plan! When i've finished knitting the things i'm knitting at the moment, i may break out the novelty yarn and see what can be created!

[Millymollymandy]

Happy Ishmas everyone!

Last year's little Xmas tree is outside in its pot waiting to come in and be decorated (with not very Ish decorations !). It's a bit on the yellow side probably cos I forgot to feed it but the fact that something that had only a pathetic little bit of root has lasted a whole year and can be reused is brilliant! Hopefully being in a pot will stunt its growth a bit so I can reuse it for several more years to come.

[Andy Hamilton]

Happy Ishmas!

Ellendra: have you got a pic? I've got a rosemary that i saved from a rubbish heap last year...it might end up being my office ishmas tree...

I second that, lets see a picture.

[mrsflibble]

I hav tinsl around one of my massiv alos. joy to the world, pace be with you and i hop to goodnss that on of my family mmbrs ss fit to buy m a nw computr kyboard 'cos thr ar a fw slightly scrwy buttons on this on.


like the "e". i have to press it really hard to get it to work.

[Millymollymandy]

Mrs Flibbl Shame it wasn't the Z.

[sleepyowl]

I'm celebrating Ishmass too lats of baked goodies & knitwear are being dished out as presents

[snapdragon]

Happy Ishmas!

Ellendra: have you got a pic? I've got a rosemary that i saved from a rubbish heap last year...it might end up being my office ishmas tree... ...

woo thanks for the idea FeeFairy - I have a variegated Myrtle that suddenly sent out a dark green branch/sucker which won't mind being cut, your Rosemary will smell lovely inside - and I think that a branch of Myrtle will too :)
yay I don't have to brave the attic to find the 20 yr old fake pine.
Nature has given me two small hollies one in the front garden, and one in a pot in the back yard, isn't she wonderful?
I'm knitting or Oxfam-ing mostly for gifts

[StripyPixieSocks]

When I moved in my OH had a 10" Christmas tree (plastic)... no decorations... nothing so I had to make all the decorations from what I had to hand.

His Aunt gave us her 4' plastic tree and I made the decorations to go on that... I also have non-ish decorations as I have always loved 'the shiny' but they are used year after year and will be for a long, long time... why buy new every year? I don't get that at all when they old ones are just as good!

I do however, use up old and tatty tinsel to make wreaths with as when they are all wrapped around a cardboard circle and bunched together you don't see the threadbare bits where they have been stuck up with cellotape or some such and then it's been yanked off!

My Mom has glass decorations for her tree when I was little going back decades and they were truly beautiful... until my Dad bought my sister a cat and we woke up one morning and it (and my older cat) had had a wonderful night jumping up the Christmas Tree, totally flattening all the branches and smashing the baubles up and down the living room... luckily they hadn't cut themselves but that was the end of glass baubles in our family

[Mr and Mrs luvpie]

My Mom has glass decorations for her tree when I was little going back decades and they were truly beautiful... until my Dad bought my sister a cat and we woke up one morning and it (and my older cat) had had a wonderful night jumping up the Christmas Tree, totally flattening all the branches and smashing the baubles up and down the living room... luckily they hadn't cut themselves but that was the end of glass baubles in our family

How I used to laugh at stories like that, however this year the eldest boys have now decorated the tree 3 times thanks to the 8 week old kittens and the 49 week old baby! I think it may have survived if there wasn't both of those in the house as the kittens only discovered it hiding from the baby


I wanted a real tree, but remember vividly the real tree we had every christmas as a kid, which my dad tended all year and always managed to kill in November, I hope we have more luck next year, when I hope that George is more understanding/accepting of the word NO, so that the poor thing can at east have a clight chance of survival!

Merry Ishmas everyone!