Countdown To Christmas!!

flat-top · Dec 5, 2011

flat-top said:
I love that song! When I was a kid, the only time I could hear that song was when the rock stations would play Christmas music only on Christmas Eve. It still feels a little taboo to listen to it "early".

Here's another one of those "rock radio" classics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeShHAZk3to

lolly_loisides · Dec 5, 2011

I really know it's getting close to Christmas when I see these in the shops (I saw them today).

Darrell Lea nougat christmas puddings. Resistance is futile.

rue · Dec 5, 2011

Oooo.... what's inside of them? Just nougat? I've never seen them before!

lolly_loisides · Dec 5, 2011

Yep, just nougat, but geez they're nice. I just bought one (and with remarkable self control cut it into small pieces, ate a little bit & put the rest away).

rue · Dec 5, 2011

lolly_loisides said:
Yep, just nougat, but geez they're nice. I just bought one (and with remarkable self control cut it into small pieces, ate a little bit & put the rest away).

Nothing wrong with that!

And you're amazing with self control.... I don't think I could do it! Put a box of See's candy in front of me and I'm a magician... it'll disappear lol

Gregg Axley · Dec 5, 2011

amador said:
... And we won't have to take down the tree or the lights.

In the South, I think there is a law that says you can leave your lights up all year long. Just a hunch, but I've seen too many people do it.

kamikat · Dec 5, 2011

Well, last night, at the weekly extended family dinner, I tentatively mentioned that my family might not attend. My husband's new job has him flying to Europe for a week each month since this past August. He really wants to spend the day at home. Wow, did that start a fight. My sister took it upon herself to lecture me about disappointing my mother and being selfish. The suggestion was that we do our Christmas "thing" on Christmas Eve so that we could still have Christmas dinner with "your family". There are times when I hate living so close to my family.

amador · Dec 5, 2011

So if we had Christmas all year long due to Christmas Creep then you could have Christmas Christmas Eve or even Christmas Pearl Harbor Day. Problem solved.

LocktownDog · Dec 5, 2011

kamikat said:
The suggestion was that we do our Christmas "thing" on Christmas Eve so that we could still have Christmas dinner with "your family". There are times when I hate living so close to my family.

Yikes.

Connery · Dec 5, 2011

V.C. Brunswick said:
That's always good if you happen to forget or run out of something on Christmas. You know that they'll probably be open.

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kamikat · Dec 6, 2011

LocktownDog said:
Yikes.

It becomes YIKES!!!! when you understand that I'm closing in on 40 and my sister is 45. It's not like I'm a teenager, ditching the family.

sheeplady · Dec 6, 2011

kamikat said:
It becomes YIKES!!!! when you understand that I'm closing in on 40 and my sister is 45. It's not like I'm a teenager, ditching the family.

An uncle (husband's family) has spent one christmas not in his mother's home *in his entire life.* He's 63, married, two adult children (one is married), and has 3 grandchildren. Needless to say, his mother has always said he needed to come celebrate... and he has.

AmateisGal · Dec 6, 2011

kamikat said:
It becomes YIKES!!!! when you understand that I'm closing in on 40 and my sister is 45. It's not like I'm a teenager, ditching the family.

You guys DESERVE to stay home. Wow. I can't imagine flying to Europe once a week every month - just the jet lag alone would get to me. But your husband has every right to want to stay home. It may just have to be as simple as, "We're staying put and that's that."

Mr. Hallack · Dec 6, 2011

I won't try to sound like Scrooge here, but personally I don't give a damn about Christmas. I haven't for years (I blame it on my years working at Mervyn's) BUT......I do help with decorating and stuff cause the wife and kids, especially our oldest, love Christmas. I'm not one that's going to be a SOB just cause I don't like holidays, I make sure the family enjoy it and have a great time. Me and the wife don't do gift exchanges, never have at any occasion, but we make sure the kids are spoiled by Santa and are happy.

I have had tried to personally get back into the Christmas spirit, but in the end it's all the same for me: "Who gives a ****"

But I sincerely hope that everyone else here does have a great Christmas/Hannukah/Winter Solstice/Whatever else!!

Warden · Dec 6, 2011

One of my good chums posted this picture on her Facebook, It shows the RAF dropping boxes of sweets over the occupied Netherlands for Christmas.

http://twitpic.com/7oztme

V.C. Brunswick · Dec 6, 2011

amador said:
So if we had Christmas all year long due to Christmas Creep then you could have Christmas Christmas Eve or even Christmas Pearl Harbor Day. Problem solved.

December 26 -- 364 More Shopping Days Till Christmas. :doh:

Snowdrop · Dec 6, 2011

I'll be going home to my parent's for the holidays. We celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah, so it's always a big deal this time of year that we're all home together. I love the big family dinners and opening gifts together, especially with all my nieces and nephews around.

My Christmas tree is decorated with all my Grandma's old ornaments, mostly from the 40's and 50's, which I love, and Bing and Frank generally provide the soundtrack for the season.

On a more stressful festive note, I'm trying to plan a party for work right now (I'm an Events Organiser for a charity), and finding a decent entertainer is proving to be a total nightmare.
If anyone in the north of England wants an hour's work on December 16th, let me know! lol

Solid Citizen · Dec 6, 2011

Mr. Hallack said:
I won't try to sound like Scrooge here, but personally I don't give a damn about Christmas. I haven't for years (I blame it on my years working at Mervyn's) BUT......I do help with decorating and stuff cause the wife and kids, especially our oldest, love Christmas. I'm not one that's going to be a SOB just cause I don't like holidays, I make sure the family enjoy it and have a great time. Me and the wife don't do gift exchanges, never have at any occasion, but we make sure the kids are spoiled by Santa and are happy.

I have had tried to personally get back into the Christmas spirit, but in the end it's all the same for me: "Who gives a ****"

But I sincerely hope that everyone else here does have a great Christmas/Hannukah/Winter Solstice/Whatever else!!

If I could roll out a pre-decorated tree on a dolly cart & have ALL decorations up & then down five weeks later in 30 min's each I'd be a happier camper! Solid Citizen

Edward · Dec 7, 2011

Solid Citizen said:
If I could roll out a pre-decorated tree on a dolly cart & have ALL decorations up & then down five weeks later in 30 min's each I'd be a happier camper! Solid Citizen

Five weeks?????

flat-top · Dec 7, 2011

Edward said:
Five weeks?????

It's gotta stay up til January 6th!

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