Dzldoc Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Hello everyone that celebrates Christmas, do you have anything special planned for the holiday? Feel free to chime in on this thread even if you celebrate another holiday we don't descriminate here. Which brings me to a tradition if you will, on my way to the hospital this morning(I'm having my port removed today yahoo!) I saw lines of people crowding outside some of the retail stores waiting for that "Black Friday" special purchase. Hahaha it's like 38 degrees outside, they can have it! Happy Holidays to you and yours:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 First of all, Woo Hoo Charles on your port removal!!! That's fantastic news!! No Black Friday for us; I love to shop during the Christmas season, but hate the craziness of Black Friday. We are going to put up our tree and decorations tomorrow evening during the UVa/Virginia Tech game (that's unofficially become a tradition over the last ~ 2 years) We are very blessed to have almost all our immediate family within 1/2 hour of us, so we will spend Christmas Eve and Day with family without having to travel (yeah!!) And everyone will be here. This year I am off the week of Christmas (Dec 21-25) and am working Mon-Wed of the following week. Looking forward to a nice break! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan_S. Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 --------♘-------- Hey Charles! Yay Congrats on the port removal! I'll spend a beautiful Christmas with my daughter. First we'll do some black Friday shoppin'--wish us luck! Then I'll try to make our dollhouse (not our real abode--apt.!) resemble this, at least a little! haha. --------♘-------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 We don't go anywhere for Christmas because we can't afford to and no one can afford to come to us. So it'll just be the 4 of us this year, like always. We'll put the tree up sometime after my sister's birthday (Dec. 3) since that's tradition in our house. We'll put up some grid lights outside on the bushes on either side of the staircase, maybe a wreath on the front door. We'll watch White Christmas and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on Christmas Eve. Christmas Day, we'll unwrap our gifts, if we'll even have any this year, and then eat some ham. C'est fini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evster2012 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Hey Charles, great news my friend!!! I am REALLY looking forward to this Christmas! I'm living on a farm in Wisconsin. We've got 40 acres all to ourselves! Remember, I grew up on the California coast. I've never had this kind of experience. I'm used to wearing shorts and a t-shirt on Christmas! We have a hill, and I'm gonna sled! Angi's little sister is insisting on helping me make my first snowman. But yeah, it will be my first true White Christmas with lots of outdoor activity i.e. not spent in a house in the suburbs! I'm going to take every advantage of the situation and go all-out holiday hog-wild! I will makes me a snow angel! Best wishes Charles! Merry Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrycja Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Very happy for you that you're getting the port out, Dzldoc! Family's visiting from Poland so that should shake up the holiday routine this year. Looking forward to the families spending time together (and trying to keep the digs and daggers in check Bella figura and all that) while enjoying the borsch soup, mashed potatoes, white fish, and bigos...mmmm! And then there's the dessert Also, a few friends and I have rented a cottage for New Year's (and getting away from it all post Christmas). What's Black Friday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving and the official begin to the Christmas shopping season. It got its name because stores hope to go in the "black" or make a profit with their sales. The name for the day originated in Philadelphia and dates back to the mid-60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrycja Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving and the official begin to the Christmas shopping season. It got its name because stores hope to go in the "black" or make a profit with their sales. The name for the day originated in Philadelphia and dates back to the mid-60s. Oh I see. We just have the Christmas merchandise/decorations and 'buy here' signs starting to creep up shortly after Halloween. And then there's the insanity of Boxing Day (often stretching into Boxing Week in many places). EDITED to add: how timely - on the heels of this exchange, Yahoo Canada just put up an article about Canadian stores feeling the pressure to lower prices to compete with Black Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Hey Charles Great news about them removing the port ! We'll be having the family and extended family over on Christmas Day ! First time in over 30 yrs. that we haven't been guests somewhere else. It may be a bit of a bittersweet day as it will also be the first Christmas without my mother in law. A few tears will be shed but, having everyone together will more than make up for any sadness. I'm looking forward to being at home for the whole day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzldoc Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 Hey Charles, great news my friend!!! I am REALLY looking forward to this Christmas! I'm living on a farm in Wisconsin. We've got 40 acres all to ourselves! Remember, I grew up on the California coast. I've never had this kind of experience. I'm used to wearing shorts and a t-shirt on Christmas! We have a hill, and I'm gonna sled! Angi's little sister is insisting on helping me make my first snowman. But yeah, it will be my first true White Christmas with lots of outdoor activity i.e. not spent in a house in the suburbs! I'm going to take every advantage of the situation and go all-out holiday hog-wild! I will makes me a snow angel! Best wishes Charles! Merry Christmas! Thanks everyone, unfortunately I received a bit of disappointing news today. The doctor wants to wait til after my next CT scan before he sends me back to my surgeon. This makes me a little uneasy though I know it's just a precaution, cancer is a tough bugger Now! Evster you are going to have a blast playing in the snow. It's the working in it that will be a bitch! I spent many of my childhood years in Virginia and Newport RI. A word of advice about sledding though, stay off of the saucers and inner tubes there's no control and you may end up spending the holidays in a cast otherwise enjoy the hell out of it while you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evster2012 Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Sorry the icing on your Christmas cake is not so sweet. Hopefully you'll be clear. If I can't get internet over the holidays (I'll be back in the wind Tuesday), do please know that you have all my wishes and prayers, and if I don't/can't post, I'm still with you in spirit my friend, and thinking of you. Take care. All the best, Ev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzepfvr Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Hey Evster...look out for that yellow snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evster2012 Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Hey Evster...look out for that yellow snow. There's only four letters in Evan. Now Nanook is obviously more difficult. Oh the circular motion, rub it! Sorry, went off into Zappa-land for a sec! Apologies in advance! Well, right about that time people A fur-trapper (who was strictly from commercial) Had the unmitigated audacity to jump up from behind my igloo (peekaboo) ) And he started into whippin on my favorite baby seal With a lead-filled snowshoe) I said, with a Lead- Filled With a lead filled snowshoe He said, peekaboo I said, with a Lead- Filled With a lead filled snowshoe He said, peekaboo He went right upside the head of my favorite baby seal He went whap with a lead-filled snowshoe, and He hit him on the nose and hit him on the fin, and he That got me just about as evil as an eskimo boy can be. so I bent down And I reached down, and I scooped down and I gathered up a generous Mitten-ful of the deadly yellow snow The deadly yellow snow, from right there where the huskies go! Whereupon I proceeded to take that mittenful of the deadly yellow snow Crystals and rub it all into his beady little eyes with a vigorous Circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined To take the place of the mudshark in your mythology Here it goes,the circular motion, now rub it! (here fido) And then In a fit of anger I pounced And I pounced again Great googly moogly! I jumped up and down on the chest of the him I injured The fur trapper Well he was very upset, as you can understand And rightly so, because the Deadly yellow snow crystals had Deprived him of his Sight And he stood up, and he looked around, and he said I can't see I can't see Oh, woe is me I can't see Well.....you know I can't see Nothin He took a dog-doo snow cone and stuffed it in my right eye He took a dog-doo snow cone and stuffed it in my other eye And the husky wee-wee I mean the doggie wee-wee Has blinded me And I can't see Temporarily Well, the fur-trapper stood there, with his arms outstretched across the Frozen white wasteland, trying to figure out what he was going to do about His deflicted eyes. and it was at that precise moment that he remembered And ancient eskimo legend, wherein it is written (on whatever it is that They write it on up there) that if anything bad ever happens to your eyes As the result of some sort of conflict with anyone named Nanook, The only way you can get it fixed up is to go Trudging across the tundra Mile after mile Trudging across the tundra Right down to the parish of st. alphonzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninelives Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Thanks everyone, unfortunately I received a bit of disappointing news today. The doctor wants to wait til after my next CT scan before he sends me back to my surgeon. This makes me a little uneasy though I know it's just a precaution, cancer is a tough bugger Now! Evster you are going to have a blast playing in the snow. It's the working in it that will be a bitch! I spent many of my childhood years in Virginia and Newport RI. A word of advice about sledding though, stay off of the saucers and inner tubes there's no control and you may end up spending the holidays in a cast otherwise enjoy the hell out of it while you can. Sorry the news wasn't as you hoped but fingers crossed it will turn out fine and they're just being extra cautious. Thinking good thoughts for you mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan_S. Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 ↑ditto, Charles on what ninelives said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzldoc Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 Sorry the news wasn't as you hoped but fingers crossed it will turn out fine and they're just being extra cautious. Thinking good thoughts for you mate. Thanks nine, yes much better to leave it in than have to re-install it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djzoso Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 --------♘-------- --------♘-------- i live in hollywood, i will never see a sight like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan_S. Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Hi djzoso! haha. I live in NYC and haven't seen a sight like this in years. We only got a little snow last winter. I know most fellow NYC'ers (mainly, drivers) will disagree with me, but I'm hoping for a white Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzepfvr Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Today we go out to get our tree to decorate tonight. We listen to Christmas music, have a little wine and hang decorations full of memories of people and places. Christmas eve is always at my house. I make a plethora of finger foods to graze on all evening and my kids and guests come over. Sometime during the evening we bundle up, throw cusions and blankets in the back of our truck and drive around the neighborhood and look at everyones lights and yard decorations. Some are quite nice and some are ...well, they tried. When we get back , I make a big pot of hot chocolate and we open a few gifts with the family we will not be seeing on Christmas Day. Christmas day we go to my brother in laws. He is married to a woman from China so its an American/Chinese Christmas dinner. I really enjoy that. Watch the ball games there on his big screen and open presents in the evening and have dessert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Our tree is up and decorated, although we're not decorating outside. I'm hoping to hang a wreath on the front door, but we'll see. So far, our puppy loves running into peoples' yards to inspect their Christmas lights and decorations, which is cute because he got the piddle scared out of him from one house's animatronic reindeer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzldoc Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 Our tree is up and decorated, although we're not decorating outside. I'm hoping to hang a wreath on the front door, but we'll see. So far, our puppy loves running into peoples' yards to inspect their Christmas lights and decorations, which is cute because he got the piddle scared out of him from one house's animatronic reindeer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 LOL! Thankfully our basset doesn't need to exercise on a treadmill - he gets plenty just running around outside and taking walks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59LesPaul Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 But yeah, it will be my first true White Christmas with lots of outdoor activity i.e. not spent in a house in the suburbs! I'm going to take every advantage of the situation and go all-out holiday hog-wild! I will makes me a snow angel! Ev I don't know if you'll see this before Christmas,but I've got two words for you: Snow Football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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