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Archive through December 16, 2007

The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: Oct. 2007 ~ Dec. 2007: Free Expressions: Everything Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and whatever YOU celebrate this season: Archive through December 16, 2007 users admin

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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL I was thinking the same thing as Mocha, now it really feels like Christmas!

Juju, I believe I suggested that one year! Or at least that he come up this way, lol. Plenty of places up here to get them where there are no fences, of course, I think that might take some of the fun out of the tradition, lol!

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 3:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Wow, Eggie, Egbob did a fantastic job this year! (Bet he likes the danger, Eggie, heh.) I love the lights and hat on this year's Tumbleweed Snowman! Thanks for really launching the Christmas season around here by posting these photos!!

dox


Psst: What is that little picture you posted below your name? Can't make it out.

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 4:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
i have impeccable timing... been so busy i finally got a chance to check in and seems eggie is hard at work. omg i love that snowman so much. i grew up out west and deep in my soul i crave brown hills at christmas. you can keep this snow stuff!

turned out it took a lot longer to make a full tree of ornaments than i thought. i finally got it done last week but i cheated a little by adding some beaded ornaments my grandmothers made and a few filler things i pressed into use as tree decor.

alas i do not have a digital camera. i'm pretty taken with disposable cameras though i may get a digital at the after christmas markdowns. but i have a couple on my phone i am going to try to send to the computer.

i really liked the way the balls came out. the shape ornaments were okay but i found the darker fabrics didnt work that well. i plan to make more balls throughout the year since i have plenty of fabric left. i found sparkly stretch fabric made awesome balls.

the candy was a disaster and waste of time. i think if i had more time to play with it i might have gotten what i wanted. the candy glass was a real disaster and mess.

one of my DM's daughters in law wanted to make a gingerbread house with her children but isnt very domestic so they brought it to me. i never made a gingerbread house before either. and with a 8 year old and almost 4 year old helping it was interesting. i think i have a picture but with the cans holding it together while it dried.

but life is supposed to be an ever learning journey of growth and i really grew that day in i simply made sure the project happened without imposing my perfectionism on it. translation the kids had fun. we made a mess. it was really great. okay i didnt grow that much. DM bought me another kit so i can make a "perfect" one after the holidays.


Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Hi, GG! Love your photos! And thanks for starting this thread.

xmas

Washington Square Arch in the Bronx.

We went to see Loupup last Sunday and passed by this beautiful structure on the way to her apt in Brooklyn. A spotlight aimed at the structure changes colors, and it is quite a beautiful surprise--in the dark, as you are rushing by to somewhere in your car.
See below for pictures I found on the net, with the Twin Towers once so visible through the arch.


wash sq in winter with tt wstt


Maris
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03-28-2002

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
Are you sure that isn't Washington Square park in the village?

Anyway, finally got my decorations up today. Seems like it took weeks. I misplaced all the roads for my villages so they arent what I would have liked them to be.

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
Maris, is your village made of the Department 56 items? Either way, can you post a pic of yours? I would love to see it.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
yes Eg, its D56. But it isnt very good this year because I lost all my roads. Instead of doing one village I did a few vignettes. I have the dickens village. will try and get some photos posted in the next day or two.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Eggie, just showed dh your snowman, he wants one for here so we can have a snowman all year through. lol

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
That would be nice Maris, thank you.

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
Hi HP! So nice to see you. Hope all is well. I agree that first pic looks like Washington Square, especially the red building in the background.

Yay to Maris for putting up her village. Can't wait to see the pix. DM is getting a starter village for Christmas from my folks. They asked what to get him and I remembered he looks so longingly at those things in Fortunoffs and really any store that has them.

We went to some great Christmas events in our small town two weeks ago. Several of them were historical decorations from the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition. They had a lot of great stuff. One thing I had never seen before is a sassafras tree. It is peculiar to our region. Anyway I digress. They had dealers selling antique decorations and we both had a nostalgic moment with the old style paper houses. I had forgotten all about those. My grandmother had them in her display.

I did not see what my folks got him so I am not sure what set it is but he is going to be knocked out! I love it when that happens at Christmas.

And last weekend they had an animal and cart parade. No cars. Santa's helpers handed out oranges. I love small town living.


Egbok
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07-13-2000

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
Skootz, hahaha...tell your dh I want to see a 'real' snowman made with all the wonderful snow you have up your way!

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
Gidget, my dh's family comes from the Pennsylvania Dutch background. I'll have to tell my MIL about your post as I'm sure it will bring a smile to her face. All her family lives back in York PA and I'm sure she misses the small town living as well.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Gidget, What is DM? I thought it was darling mother until you said HE. LOL

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
LOL Twinkie. I am trying to size my pics so I can post them. DM stands for Dear Man. I was informed by a much younger co-worker that I am too old for a boyfriend and he is my "man". Hence DM.

I never in a million years thought I would like living in the sticks so much. We don't even lock our doors though it makes me nervous


Gidget
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07-28-2002

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Gidget
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Gidget
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Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 6:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Ack, Maris and GG. I probably am completely wrong. I knew Loupup told me it was called 'The Arch', and that it is decorated like that every year. But she was working when I posted that, so I went online to identify it 'properly.' Heh.

I've been in Washington Square Park before, cuz we've walked Hercky there in summertime while visiting Loupup. However, this one was situated on what appeared to be an 'island' (the cement variety) between roadways. Ed isn't here; he would know for sure what road we were on then, anyway.

But we DID pass by it (it was on our left as we were driving to Brooklyn) and it was beautiful. I am pretty sure we weren't in the Village, but what do I know? Are there TWO arches? Can one be seen as you're driving toward Brooklyn? (We were fairly close to her place at that point.)

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 6:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
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Gidget
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07-28-2002

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 6:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
soldiers and sailors memorial arch near prospect park... found on google

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Army_Plaza


Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 6:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Uh, GG, are those cell phone pix? Looks like a blanket instead of a tree!! (Just the pic, I mean, not your actual tree, of course.) Hee hee. No offense intended, Sweetie.

Hey, PA Dutch country is quite near us--Reading, PA. We used to go Christmas shopping there the outlets (in that day, a novel thing, believe it or not) were a huge draw. I don't know what a sassafrass tree is, either, though.

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 6:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
You live in Reading?!? I am near Quakertown. Sorry about the pix. I have some cameras to get developed with better pix including some of the cool things I saw the last couple of weeks.

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Egbok
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07-13-2000

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 6:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
Oh Gidget, I'm liking your pics!! The ornaments look great! and you should be proud of your creative side. And speaking of being creative...just look at that gingerbread house...I love it!!

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 6:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
GG, you were absolutely right! (I just got a hold of Loupup. SHE says she never called it an arch; I did!) She knew exactly what it was, and she wasn't even in the car when we were driving by it.

Here's another shot, this time properly identified:

gr

The Soldiers and Sailors Arch
at Grand Army Plaza,
situated at entrance of Prospect Park


Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 6:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
No, GG, I don't live in Reading. I live in Wilmington, Delaware. But Reading is close enough of a drive when your heart is into outlet shopping!