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Merrysea
Member
08-13-2004
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 12:34 pm
Escapee, we went through the same thing, first buying for everyone, then drawing names. I was the Scrooge who finally pushed for just buying for the kids and my parents (who insisted they were buying for everyone no matter what we decided to do). I don't know how everyone else felt, but it made my Christmases much easier after that! Now that the nieces and nephews are all over 18, the only presents I buy are for my kids, my mom and my dogs! 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 12:56 pm
We did the buying for everyone until there were so many kids and in laws left to buy for Christmas was just outrageous and I put my foot down and told everyone (we'd talked about just picking names or buying for the kids and no one wanted to) if we couldn't find some more cost effective manner to give gifts I wasn't giving any! By then everyone else was feeling it too and it was easy to come to the agreement that we buy just for the kidlets. I do buy one gift that could go for either a man or woman because every year it seems someone shows up who has no where else to spend the holidays and I like for them to have at least one present to open while everyone else is opening stuff. This year little adopted sis decided instead of buying just for the kids (there's so many of them now) she was going to do a family gift. She's doing baskets with a board game, some card games, dice. We all thought it was a great idea that the rest of us are doing the same.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 1:11 pm
I only do the grandchildren anymore. My kids can afford their own stuff. One son said something a couple years ago about not getting his Christmas present and I told him he should have thought about that before he decided to have kids. LOL
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 1:36 pm
We are down to just the kids. Actually now we just have the kids draw names. That is so much better!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 1:55 pm
Well I was in a group who did the name pull thing, then we did the kids only thing. Now they are to old to want anything except gift cards, which is no fun. So I told my girlfriend we needed to stop with the gift thing and just enjoy each others company. So I buy for my sister, and small gifts for my office friends. Then I send Christmas cards to the rest of my family and friends, make fudge to give to anyone who wants it, do all the charitable gift things (toys for tots, giving trees, etc), and try to increase my charitable giving. It works for me. And I don't want anything, I don't want any cutsie things that will clutter up my house, LOL. My sister did ask me for a list, I told her patio furniture covers or knee pads, LOL. I like to give my friends gifts,when I find the right things rather than around a holiday.
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Frootjuuce
Member
02-24-2007
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 7:36 pm
Everyone I buy for lives far away from me now and the cost of the postage to mail a gift is usually as much as the gift inside is worth - so I don't do it anymore. We all made a group decision to pick someone close to home and do something in honor of that person rather than send to each other. For example, rather than buy for my friend Katie - I picked a child from an angel tree and spent the money (that I would have spent on Katie) on that child instead. Then I call Katie and tell her what she "got" for Christmas. In this case, it was a curling iron and hair stuff that the young lady requested. Katie was so excited! She said that I am "buying" diapers and a jacket for the baby of a young teen mom that needs some help. I'm going to buy "Oprah socks" for an angel I picked in honor of my friend, Shiela. If I can just figure out what Oprah socks are, I will be in good shape.... Anyway, we have done it for two years now and it is great fun. The people that I celebrate Christmas with here at home actually have a party and instead of opening gifts we tell each other what we did in their name. ...and that idea actually evolved from the gift exchange that I have seen (and participated in) here at TVCH. So thank you folks for helping me with my Christmas giving...
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 9:39 pm
How do you look for someone on Facebook?
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 10:48 pm
If you use Yahoo or Hotmail or one of those online email sites you can put in your email info and it will look for everyone in your address book. Other than that I don't know. I don't use one of those email sites so it won't let me do it. You need to search for me and add me. Demmit.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 11:00 pm
That's what I want to do but I don't have those emails either. I use gmail, so I don't know how to search for you.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 11:17 pm
Me either right now. I'll try to figure it out when I get a chance. Maybe tomorrow. If I do I'll let you know. Someone on TVCH knows though so they'll probably tell us how dumb we are tomorrow. LOL
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 12:46 am
LOL I hope so!
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Ducky
Member
08-27-2000
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 9:02 am
Twinkie and Chili you can go here and put in an email address to find someone. Just put the email address in the Search for box. Leave the last one on All Networks, then hit Search. Hope this helps. https://register.facebook.com/s.php
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 12:11 pm
Thanks so much, Ducky. You're the best! I knew I saw something somewhere that you could do that but couldn't get my mind back on track last night to find it.
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Ducky
Member
08-27-2000
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 12:32 pm
Your Welcome Chili!
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 12:39 pm
You can enter random names in the search box, too... doesn't have to be an email addy. If you're looking for your college roommate who you haven't seen or heard from in 20 years, you can enter just their name and search through the results until you (maybe) find what you're looking for. I found my Mum's HS sweetheart for her that way. Also, if you're using Facebook to try to find long lost friends, if a result comes up that you think might be who you're looking for but the user has set their profile to private so you can't tell for sure, you're still allowed to look through that person's friends list. Sometimes by doing that you can get a better idea of the geography or age of that person, and can help narrow down your search.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 7:51 pm
Anyone know anything about live Christmas trees? Our uncle who just moved into his new house that he built lives out in the middle of no where and doesn't have any trees yet. He asked that if we were going to buy real trees this year, that we buy the potted ones so when we're done with them we can plant them out on his property. We want to buy a small one, but between Dakota, Darren and I and our allergies and her asthma, we can't have it in the house. I was thinking we could get one and decorate it, if we could leave it on the porch outside. My concern though is that the nights here are really cold (was 28 last night) and I'm not sure if a tree in a pot would survive in the cold? Is it different if they're in the ground?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 8:11 pm
Most likely the tree will have been outside for a while anyway, the only problem you would have is if you're moving it from a warm, indoors environment to the outside as the cold will shock it and will probably damage it. (That's why you usually can't successfully plant potted trees outside after they've been inside for Christmas, particularly in colder areas.)
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 8:16 pm
Do you get frost War, or is it too dry where you live? I would think you could just throw a tarp over it at night and it would be ok, but this is coming from someone who had a front yard of carrots one summer.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 8:36 pm
I think the tree in the pot would do much better outside than inside, actually.. sometimes they don't do so well inside. My brother and SIL had a grove of ex-Christmas trees at their first house.. funny because they would get different types and some grew so much taller than others. I had a living one one year but kept it inside for a long time and it croaked. (well just dried up and died, really) You might check with the fire dept and try for the less flammable types and heck they might even have free ones available for him.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 8:41 pm
Half yep, there's been frost on the grass every morning for the last week or so. LOL, I may end up buying it and just taking it straight to him to plant. We could always decorate it in his yard!
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 10:41 pm
I would think being in a pot that the root ball would get colder than if it were planted in the ground. Does that make sense? You could call a local nursery and ask them. They should know.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 7:04 am
War, if the tree is in a pot on a porch, it's usually protected from frost. Do you get ice crystals on your porch? If you do, you can drape a sheet over the tree on those nights where temps drop below freezing. Usually, if the pot is pulled up closer to the house (rather than the edge of the porch), it's also more protected.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 9:42 am
Yesterday a couple coworkers were telling me all about a 2-part scary movie they both love. The more they told me, the more I wanted to see the movies. Neither one of them can remember the name! I hope someone here can Name That Movie. This (older) scary movie had one sequel. It was shown recently on tv. The characters in the movie were trying to cheat death. If a person was meant to die but somehow escaped (switched flight at the last minute, left late for work, etc.), then they would die soon in some bizarre way. I know it sounds sick, but the way they described it sounded interesting, lol. A couple characters figured out what was happening and were discovering how to reverse their impending doom. One counted the wrong number of seats, so he died anyway. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Do you think these coworkers are drawn to sick and twisted movies, or is it really just a suspenseful, scary one? LOL!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 9:51 am
Mak, the movies are of the Final Destination series. And there's actually 3 of them. Final Destination Final Destination 2 Final Destination 3
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 9:56 am
LOVED those movies! and i hate scary movies.
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