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Lugnut

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8. Spending time with family is great.

Reply to Hugabear (Original post)

Wed Dec 21, 2011, 02:46 AM

Dec 2011

I love buying some junk for the great-grandkids. The older kids appreciate getting restaurant gift cards which makes things easier for me. When they go out to eat they're helping to provide jobs for restaurant staff members who need jobs.

While there's not much religion going on in our house there are ethnic traditions. Christmas Eve dinner is comprised of various fish dishes to celebrate my husband's Italian roots. Before dinner is served we do oplatki and honey to celebrate my Slovak roots. It's simple peasant food but that's who we are.

If Santa is checking in I want a Buick LaCrosse in big red bow in my driveway on Sunday morning. Yeah, right.

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K&R this thread if you can't wait for Christmas season to be over with [View all] Hugabear Dec 2011 OP

I can't wait for my son's break to be over. RandySF Dec 2011 #1

I'm always greatly relieved when Network Maintenance is complete for another year. n/t TygrBright Dec 2011 #2

This time of year always makes me glad not to have regular TV. iris27 Dec 2011 #3

On the contrary, Hug, I have it on good authority Permanut Dec 2011 #4

Eh, I'm just not feeling it this year TlalocW Dec 2011 #5

I'm enjoying it. The whole Thanksgiving -> Christmas time has been great. pinto Dec 2011 #6

Parts of it yes, grandkids crawling all over me Christmas day, I can't brewens Dec 2011 #7

Spending time with family is great. Lugnut Dec 2011 #8

K&R Populist_Prole Dec 2011 #9

+1. nt riderinthestorm Dec 2011 #25

Of course you can help it. HuckleB Dec 2011 #26

Except when it's welcomed and proffered by the OP Populist_Prole Dec 2011 #27

My least favorite holiday by far. joshcryer Dec 2011 #10

I'm basically oblivious to Xmas. roody Dec 2011 #11

I like the holidays but then, have no connection to either wingnuts or EFerrari Dec 2011 #12

I really hate the endless greed and materialism that are brought out every Christmas season. Peter1x9 Dec 2011 #13

Perfectly said. Every word. Populist_Prole Dec 2011 #29

we don't celebrate it. haven't in years. DesertFlower Dec 2011 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Dec 2011 #19

K & R ellisonz Dec 2011 #15

My least favorite holiday too. Dulcinea Dec 2011 #16

Used to love it, even though I'm not Christian. Daemonaquila Dec 2011 #17

My new favorite bumper sticker, 'Put the X back in XMas'... n/t SmellyFeet Dec 2011 #18

Like church services and getting hit with a hammer, it feels so good when it STOPS. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2011 #20

Caption to a cartoon in the New Yorker from a few years back-- mistertrickster Dec 2011 #21

believe it or not, there was actually a time in this country when christmas was discouraged if not notadmblnd Dec 2011 #22

It's the most wonderful time of the year. Nye Bevan Dec 2011 #23

+1 HuckleB Dec 2011 #24

k&r n/t RainDog Dec 2011 #28

K&R! backscatter712 Dec 2011 #30