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Vacanick
Member

07-12-2004

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
1. Eggnog or Hot Chocolate? Spiked Eggnog :o)

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Wraps.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Colored lights.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? No .. I get my kisses either way.

5. When do you put your decorations up? We usually start the weekend after Thanksgiving.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish? There's this Portuguese pressed pork recipe that's a tradition in our family. So good!

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? So many!

8. Favorite Christmas movie? White Christmas

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day? Last year we opened all our presents on Christmas Eve ... such fun!!

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? With old and new ornaments.

12. Can you ice skate? No.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? A Fenton Art Glass figurine that my mom bought for me before she passed. My dad gave it to me and let me know she was saving it to give to me for Christmas.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Family & friends.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Fudge

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Taking the boys to donate canned food and jackets for the needy. Spending the evening walking around "Candy Cane Lane" and looking at all the beautifully decorated houses. Christmas mass.

17. What tops your tree at home? Angel.

18. Which do you prefer -- giving or receiving? Giving.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Silent Night.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? Yum :o))

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 10:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
We gave Kota one of her Christmas presents tonight. It wasn't one of those, I can't wait to give it to her gifts so give it to her now. Every year we buy her gloves, a hat, and matching scarf for Christmas. We couldn't find any of her old set this morning so Darren and I had a chat tonight and decided she had to have it, not because it's a great gift and we can't wait but because it's freaking cold, lol. Tomorrow morning is supposed to be like 19 degrees so we thought it neccessary. Last week I was complaining that it was still 80 degrees out and not feeling like the holiday season...this week, it has definitely arrived!

Callasin
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06-21-2005

Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 5:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Callasin a private message Print Post    
1. Eggnog or Hot Chocolate? Eggnog

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? both

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Colored lights on the tree none on the house this year.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? no

5. When do you put your decorations up? Right after Thanksgiving. I brought the tree up from the basement today. The nativity will probably go up Sunday if I can get time to clear the entertainment center.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish? My housemate makes a wonderful French-Canadian pork pie.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? There are so many but this one always makes me smile. When I was little in late 60s early 70s big plush snakes about 5 feet long were a popular toy. Of course I wanted one. And when I heard "Santa" bringing the gifts in my sister and I peeked down the hall and though I saw him bringing in 2 snakes for me and my sis. It turned out to be our tights filled with goodies intead of our stockings. My parents had thought we would be thrilled with the extra big stockings but instead we were disapointed when they didn't turn out to be snakes. Thats what we get for peeking.

8. Favorite Christmas movie? Love Actually

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day? It depends on when we can all get together.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? This year with all handmade cross stitched and embroidered ornaments.

12. Can you ice skate? Yes I took figure skating lessons as a kid.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? The brand new bike I got when I was in junior high that wasn't a hand-me-down.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Family & friends & the Christmas story.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? pecan pie

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Ours is silly. We drive around looking for the tackiest, overdone decorations and try see who can find the worst "extravaganza" which they have to photograph or video. This all started with a decoration contest at my grandma's complex.

17. What tops your tree at home? an angel

18. Which do you prefer -- giving or receiving? giving

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Hark the Herald Angels Sing

20. Candy Canes! Yummy!

Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 9:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Second gift purchased. Shopping online is fun but I really need to speed up my selecting.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
When I left my parents' place yesterday, this is what I left behind for them, my grandma, and my brother's family:

<photo deleted by request>


For them, I am done.
I had these purchased and wrapped and left them there because I won't see them at Christmas.

Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 9:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
I wanna see the photo! lol

Oh boy, just found, what I think will be, a great gift for the kitty, but I have to actually go to the store.

This would make it 3 gifts selected so far. Yankee beat me by a mile. lol

Vacanick
Member

07-12-2004

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 9:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
I bought gifts for my dog Maggie's Christmas stocking yesterday ... so fun!!! I love that your buying for your kitty Rosie.

Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Vaca, we have to buy for the furbabies. lol

Found an ad for a child's moon chair. I am always looking for additional furniture for the cat. Hopefully, this will help to keep her off of the big people furniture? hahaha

Big Lots has them for $10.00. What do you think - one for every room? lol

Gotta run for now.

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 9:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Actually, I thought I'd just asked for it to be resized, but maybe my exhausted frame of mind isn't typing coherently LOL.

Here's the post again, with photo:
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When I left my parents' place yesterday, this is what I left behind for them, my grandma, and my brother's family:

presents

For them, I am done.

I had these purchased and wrapped and left them there because I won't see them at Christmas.

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 10:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wow, those packages look fabulous!! I am wrapping a bunch of stuff this weekend, only have 2 more things to buy and I am done!

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 10:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
the only package in light blue is "Hello Kitty" wrapping paper and it's my one-year-old niece's gift LOL

I also got my 3-year-old nice an American Girl "Bitty Baby" crib -- but it's too big to wrap so it's in a closet with a big bow on it.

When I was in NY this weekend, my mom and I tried to go to the American Girl store on 5th Avenue -- but there was a huge line just to get into the store. We said NO WAY -- we'll order online.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 10:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Yesterday I finished sorting the kids gifts into Santa piles and mom/dad piles and wrapped all of ours. Some of Santa's need to be wrapped but I have to get paper for it. And I've also got a couple more orders from Scholastic I'm waiting on. We won't put presents out til the day or two before Christmas otherwise the dog will be into them. When I take the kids shopping to buy their presents for dad and grandma, they'll pick something out for Harvey. He usually has no interest in the gifts though, just wants the paper, lol. It's like giving a 2 year old an empty cardboard box.

Tomorrow the kids school will be walking down to the boulevard. They make ornaments then go down and decorate Christmas trees. It's a part of the city's attempt to make the blvd the shopping center of the city, later in the evening, all the shops will stay open late for people to stroll down the blvd, look at the decs and shop. They have roaming carolers, other entertainment, food and beverages, and Santa. We've never done it before, but I'm thinking if Darren gets off work on time, we might take a stroll down. After the Christmas parade tomorrow, the trees the kids decorated (a lot of the schools get into it, they not only decorate the Christmas trees but also the permanent ones) will be donated to needy families. There's also a place to pick up the angel tree ornaments (where kids write their wishlists and people buy stuff off the lists and donate it,) a place to drop off food, toys, coats, and money. I'm going to talk to Kota's teacher today and see if they need volunteers to go in the morning and offer my services. All of the third graders go...the fourth and fifth only send those students who have passing grades and good citizenship. It should be fun, I know Kota's class has been working on the ornaments all week and they're really excited about going. I just hope she needs volunteers, lol!

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 10:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    


Darrellh
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07-21-2004

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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, we just got our first Christmas card of the season from Darren's mom and step dad. They're in Hawaii on a cruise, "Merry Christmas from Hawaii!" The funny part is they'll be back on Monday. I think they're just rubbing in the fact that they're nice and warm while we're freezing our butts off, lol.

Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 11:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Yankee, I posted that we *cannot* resize a photo once it has been posted, (without going through a directory that most of us don't know how to use). It's simplest to just delete it and let you repost it. Hope that helps!

Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 11:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
War, kid piles, mom/dad piles. What about the TVCH pile?

I bought two of the moon chairs for the cat. Since the chairs are made for children, they had pinks, purples, reds, turquoise and I grabbed the only khaki and dark blue ones.

Look out, I am on a roll...

Vacanick
Member

07-12-2004

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Yayyy for Christmas shopping!!! I've been shopping the last 2 days for stocking stuffer's .. so fun!!

War .. how many times do you think they can say "Merry Christmas from Hawaii"? I think I'd probably do the same thing. I wish I was warm too!!!

Native_texan
Member

08-24-2004

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 11:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Native_texan a private message Print Post    
I bought my first Christmas presents today - White House commemorative ornaments for my sis and bil. I saved about $50 buying them on ebay instead of the official website.

I also picked a 4-yr.-old boy from the Angel Tree in our lobby today.

Lancecrossfire
Animoderator

07-13-2000

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lancecrossfire a private message Print Post    
1. Eggnog or Hot Chocolate? hot chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? the wife wraps everything

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Colored lights on the tree and house.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? no, it was acquitted of all charges

5. When do you put your decorations up? The wife puts them up right after Thanksgiving. I have requested one year of no decorations. She told me I sucked, that I'm an ahole and she showed me that I'm number one with a finger. Then she said I'll never get that request.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish? my wife. If you are talking food, I'm not sure I have a favorite. I'll be trying a turducen for the first time. I'm hoping to really enjoy that.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? getting gifts (as a small kid I liked gifts--sorry) and watching sports on TV with dad.

8. Favorite Christmas movie? don't watch them

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day? now both because of family obligations. when i was single i didn't do anything for Christmas--I just worked and ate pizza

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? the wife does that task--and her 2 girls help. she uses a tone of lights; well, ok, about 15 pounds worth, garland and lots of various ornaments. Often there are additional decorations she didn't add in the form of cats climbing in the tree.

12. Can you ice skate? not that I'm aware of, as I've never had on a pair of ice skates.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? I don't remember any of the being a favorite.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? spreading the message that the spirit of giving isn't limited to the Christmas season

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? my wife. If I have to pick a food, it would be something made with lots of chocolate.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? I don't have any

17. What tops your tree at home? an angel

18. Which do you prefer -- giving or receiving? giving

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? I don't listen to them

20. Candy Canes! no thank you

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 12:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Good point Vac, lol. This isn't their first trip to Hawaii, but it is the longest one and they were pretty excited about it. Cracks me up though to think of her packing her Christmas cards to send from there.

Gidget
Member

07-28-2002

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 12:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
i'm glad that you clarified you had them wrapped yankee. i was feeling happy just to get paper on mine let alone ribbons!

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 12:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Oh, Gidget, I can see where you thought that from my wording, but rest assured, I wrapped them ALL myself!!!!

It is a relief to have it all done, I must admit.

Scooterrific
Member

07-08-2005

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 12:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
<-----running out of this thread...you people make me ashamed....lol :-)

Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 12:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
I am available for Lance's Number 18.

Question:

I telephoned my DIL to clear some dates with her for their family Christmas present. The first thing she said was, is it the Mystery Train Ride? Now, that was Mocha's suggestion, way back on first page of this thread. How did she know about the train? But I digress, the real question is:

The tickets that I want to buy are available for two different locations. First place is farther away and the (purchase) cost would be more to buy but the date is preferable. The second place is closer and the (purchase) cost would be less but is her second choice for the date.

Should I purchase the better seats for her second choice date or not as good seats for her first choice? I have to buy 4 tickets and there is considerable difference in the prices.

I don't want to post what the tickets are for since DIL seems to read my mind. lol

Does this even make sense?