Christmas Fooking Markets

[Nick]

It seems not so long ago that people flew off to Germany or beyond and came back raving about Gluhwein and scented candles. Now the bastards have spread like a rash    Every place seems to have them and they are full of TAT. I got dragged round the WInchester one yesterday and got sick of the sight of people sniffing tat made out of dried oranges and cinnamon sticks perched in little cabins decorated with trolls and suchlike. What else? "Hand carved" wooden toys at preposterous prices, more oranges and cinammon, tat jewellery, candles, orange and cinnamon candles, orange and cinnammon jewellery, wooden jewellery AND the inevitable overpriced outdoor skating rink.

There must be more fooking Bavarians over here flogging tat than there were in the fooking SS  

[Miss Demeanour]

Aaah yes but they normally sell freshly cooked crepes and doughnuts so you can put up with the orange and cinnamon sensation overload for the sake of this 

[Nick]

Aaah yes but they normally sell freshly cooked crepes and doughnuts so you can put up with the orange and cinnamon sensation overload for the sake of this 

So they can make you fat too!! 

[Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons)]

Come here for the weekend.  There is one in the city I had some disgusterous gunk there last week.

[Just One More]

It seems not so long ago that people flew off to Germany or beyond and came back raving about Gluhwein and scented candles. Now the bastards have spread like a rash    Every place seems to have them and they are full of TAT. I got dragged round the WInchester one yesterday and got sick of the sight of people sniffing tat made out of dried oranges and cinnamon sticks perched in little cabins decorated with trolls and suchlike. What else? "Hand carved" wooden toys at preposterous prices, more oranges and cinammon, tat jewellery, candles, orange and cinnamon candles, orange and cinnammon jewellery, wooden jewellery AND the inevitable overpriced outdoor skating rink.

There must be more fooking Bavarians over here flogging tat than there were in the fooking SS  

But it's traditional Nick  The Winchester one started about four years ago, I was dragged along there and my sentiments were exactly the same as yours. I've never been back. It it still 24 8' x 6' sheds with the front off... tasty! And all on the cathedral lawns too, the church must be coining it in