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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 2:44 pm
Wassail is the only Christmas word remotely like that that I can think of. Congrats to Huk for first thinking of it. Kitt, Bigdog found that program on Kim Komando this morning and was trying it out and loved it. (He normally used Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 too) We had a newbie photographer/computer user over this morning, and he immediately forced her to look at the program.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 3:51 pm
I just bought a big jug of apple cider to make some wassail. I keep it on low in the slow cooker when I have a Christmas get together and it stays at the perfect temp. (It's really good with a shot of Jack Daniels in it too.)
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 3:53 pm
Holly, you just caught my attention. However, I'll be putting Crown Royal in it. Jack Daniels tastes like motor oil after drinking crown.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, December 18, 2009 - 5:36 pm
That would work too ;) ETA: You'll have to tell me how it turns out Escapee.
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Taysmomcj
Member
03-24-2008
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 5:37 am
I have a new question...My FIL is having us pick up my daughter's gift from him today. We already know that it is $100 cash in a card. In previous year's, DD would get a PILE of gifts from Poppy & Grammy. Since MIL passed away this summer, FIL is not shopping. Which I completely understand. My question is, since DD is used to getting several gifts from Poppy & Grammy and a 7 year old might not fully comprehend what a great gift a card with $100 in it is, is it rude for us to open the card early and go buy her gifts that we know she'll love and wrap them from Poppy? Or should we respect that he stated that he wants her to open the card on Christmas? Thanks!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 5:43 am
I would ask your FIL if he would like you to buy presents with it. I don't think it would hurt an adult's feelings to say something like "she doesn't have to know that I picked out the gifts, they'll still be from you" or something like that. Just ask him if he would be o.k. with that. He may be very relieved that you're willing to shop for him.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 6:06 am
or you could try and explain to your daughter that she can go out shopping for something she really wanted for Christmas and did not get after Christmas. I don't know if your father in law lives near you or is able, but maybe he could tag along and maybe make a Poppy and grandaughter day with lunch
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 6:30 am
Does he live close? I like the idea of having his gift be a day with poppy shopping and having lunch.
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Taysmomcj
Member
03-24-2008
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 6:54 am
He is over an hour away.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 7:08 am
My kids have a grandparent that does the same thing Tay. We used to (when dd was younger) take her out shopping after christmas and let her spend the whole $100 and then call Grandpa to tell him what she got with the money and say thank-you. Part of the fun was letting her sit down and make a shopping list for herself - 1 movie, 1 sweater, 1 book etc. She would go through all the catalogues and flyers with a big marker. We always wait until the after Christmas sales so she gets more for her money. Both of your options are fine though, especially if you already have something in mind that your daughter would really like. You could buy it before Christmas and let FIL know what that is so when dd calls to say thank-you, he isn't perplexed.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 7:13 am
that's not really that far. could he come on a saturday?
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 8:51 am
and maybe spend the night. You could have a little party. make a special dinner
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 10:42 am
Both my aunt and my fil give us cash. My aunt wants us to go buy something the kids want because she wants to see them open a gift (she's 80 and in poor health, shopping is not something she can do anymore.) Sis and I give her a short list of things the kids want, sometimes we might have to tell her what something is (like last years ipod shuffles,) and what we think they'd be happiest with, and then she decides what she wants us to buy. This year she had to make second choices for the girls since we couldn't find the first thing she'd picked out. My fil lives in a different state and sends us a check for Christmas and birthdays. He sees the kids once every couple years or so and really doesn't know what they have or would like so he leaves it to us to pick something out. The kids love to have a gift under the tree from Grandpa to open on Christmas and call him right away to thank him for whatever it is. It works for us because both aunt and fil like the kids to have presents to open instead of gift cards or checks and I don't mind doing the shopping (I find it fun, grandpa and aunt NEVER buy practical gifts, they get to buy the fun ones the kids will be excited about and they're the few gifts I get to pick up and not be mom about with that little nagging voice telling me they really need shoes, jackets, or clothes!) But, there's also nothing wrong with your dd getting a gift card from grandpa and getting to go shopping after Christmas. There may be something she wants that she didn't get or didn't mention, or as in our case with aunts first choice gift this year (Mind Flex) something that is absolutley impossible to find before Christmas that can be found afterwards. Though at 7 you might have to help her narrow down choices and guide her a bit in picking something out (Dakota would have spent $100 on cheap $1 toys at 7 if we'd let her, lol.)
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 11:06 am
Wendy and Gail (who are ten and eight) enjoy the immediacy of gifts but they also both enjoy going shopping. We encourage them in a certain direction but they have a lot of input into what they buy and the shopping experience is fun. So they enjoy both.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 11:21 am
My granddaughter is 5 and lives 1400 miles away so I always send her mother a Walmart gift card and she does the shopping and wraps the gifts for Sierra to open Christmas morning from Gramma and Grampa. That is the most fun for me and for her.
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Taysmomcj
Member
03-24-2008
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 1:27 pm
We would ask him to come, but his health isn't the greatest. We don't want him driving such a distance during the winter. Thanks for your ideas everyone!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 7:26 pm
Taysmom, I like a couple of the ideas - you buying the gifts and wrapping them up from Poppy, but starting a new tradition where Poppy sends money and she gets to go shopping later and blow it all on things SHE wants is also a good idea.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 10:59 am
It is his gift, so, I'd ask him. If you don't want to ask him, I'd let her open it and make a big deal out of "WOW $100!!!!!"etc. and explain that that is a very generous gift and such a great gift etc. Then I'd use the experience of shopping with her to teach her about money. She can save some for later, she can spend it all the way she wants...whatever. I think a 7 year old can be helped to understand what a great gift it is.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 6:52 pm
NEW QUESTION: DH and I think we invented a new drink. It's delicious. And we are currently enjoying it. But, we're thinking maybe we didn't invent it at all. LOL Has anyone else ever had...or heard of...this delightful new drink of ours? 2/3 Vodka 1/3 Peppermint Schnapps With a twizzle stick of peppermint. The Peppermintini. 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 5:34 am
I think it's called a Peppermint Patty. I've had it before, with the rim dipped in chocolate. (There's a local martini bar I used to go to that made them. Those, and the Mounds martinis were my weakness!)
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 7:32 am
Technically, I think a Peppermint Pattie is made with peppermint schnapps and crème de cacao
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 7:33 am
Beek, maybe you could call it a Schnavodkermint? ha ha ha
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 7:42 am
That sounds good. We enjoy peppermint schnapps in Hot chocolate at this time every year.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 7:55 am
I discovered schnapps and cocoa years ago on the slopes of Big Bear (before I was legally old enuf to drink). I still pull it out as a "I'm NOT gonna freeze my butt off" drink whenever I do anything that's gonna be outside in the cold. Like, stargazing in the desert in the winter... Best.Warming.Drink.Ever.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 8:04 am
Yes, it is awesome. However, my friend turned me onto it and we would have movie nights while drinking it, but now she's pregnant and I lost my drinking buddy. Costa, maybe you need to move a little closer to N. California....
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