Christmas Thread
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Just found out that my Tiny Tim on the other forum I'm on got his gift I sent him (for Secret Santa). He seemed to like it 
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I checked two presents of my list yesterday. Yay!
I am having a very quiet Christmas this year. Only my youngest two sons will be partaking because I have banned my eldest son’s very obnoxious girlfriend from my house and my son won’t come without her.
I told my sons last year that I would not be cooking Christmas dinner anymore as they are both in their mid-30s and they can cook Christmas dinner for me instead of me cooking it for them. As a result it looks like my son is going to cook pizzas for Christmas.
I am only giving them inexpensive presents as I gave my youngest son $1500 earlier in the year to help pay for a Pacific cruise he went on, and I also bought my middle son a computer and gave him $250 to spend on clothes. So my middle son will be getting Horatio Hornblower DVDs and my youngest son a rhino head (he collects rhinos)
My two best friends will be visiting Christmas Eve and I am more excited about that then Christmas Day. During the week I will be making a couple of notebooks for them using my new binding machine.
I told my sons last year that I would not be cooking Christmas dinner anymore as they are both in their mid-30s and they can cook Christmas dinner for me instead of me cooking it for them. As a result it looks like my son is going to cook pizzas for Christmas.
I am only giving them inexpensive presents as I gave my youngest son $1500 earlier in the year to help pay for a Pacific cruise he went on, and I also bought my middle son a computer and gave him $250 to spend on clothes. So my middle son will be getting Horatio Hornblower DVDs and my youngest son a rhino head (he collects rhinos)
My two best friends will be visiting Christmas Eve and I am more excited about that then Christmas Day. During the week I will be making a couple of notebooks for them using my new binding machine.
The holidaze gets worse.
My dimwit cousin Billy looks to need his stomach pumped. He ate some of the plants set aside for decoration....and now?
He's decked the halls with bowels of holly.
No worries. This too will pass.
If you go out for breakfast and order eggs benedict, and they don't have any clean plates, suggest a car hubcap as a convenient substitute.
Because....there's no plate like chrome for the hollandaise.
Shopping all done! Took awhile as I think I started a bit later than usual. I have a niece and nephew and every year it seems to get a bit harder to shop for them and knowing what to get them. They'll be 4 and 6 soon and they're all we buy for now as we adults in the family made a familiy policy shortly after the birth of the kids, that we wouldn't be buying for the adults anymore aside from hostess gifts here and there.
Funny but true story: Decades ago, it was our turn to host the Christmas family celebrations and my Mom had put in a lot of effort with the turkey dinner. She turned on the oven, waiting for it to preheat and eventually put the turkey in. As everyone knows, it's easy to get sucked into conversation, but eventually she had to check to see how her Turkey was doing. It was about the expected time for her to get it out of the oven, but when she went to go check, to her shock the oven was not even on. The turkey had sat in a cold oven and finally she suspected that the oven was on the fritz. Gah, what a terrible time for an electric appliance to choose to die! We ended up ordering in a turkey dinner from a restauraunt.
Funny but true story: Decades ago, it was our turn to host the Christmas family celebrations and my Mom had put in a lot of effort with the turkey dinner. She turned on the oven, waiting for it to preheat and eventually put the turkey in. As everyone knows, it's easy to get sucked into conversation, but eventually she had to check to see how her Turkey was doing. It was about the expected time for her to get it out of the oven, but when she went to go check, to her shock the oven was not even on. The turkey had sat in a cold oven and finally she suspected that the oven was on the fritz. Gah, what a terrible time for an electric appliance to choose to die! We ended up ordering in a turkey dinner from a restauraunt.
Trying to get good Christmas photos of Junior--had some good ones last year but this year, he's not having it. I waited until he was in his kitty-bed and then slid the bed in front of the tree....because I'm a crazy cat lady, who has one picture of myself and my husband on my phone and two million shots of my cat.
Junior the unenthusiastic Christmas Kitty
Junior the unenthusiastic Christmas Kitty
^ I would watch it! 
@auntiehill is Junior a Maine Coon? He's a beautiful guy... 
I just got my very first wave of excitement for the holiday... probably because tomorrow is my last day of work for the next 2 weeks!
I just got my very first wave of excitement for the holiday... probably because tomorrow is my last day of work for the next 2 weeks!
The bulk of my shopping is happening between today and Christmas Eve.
@cosmic mouse : Yes, he is a Maine Coon. He's the best cat I've ever had. I had heard the breed made great pets but had no idea how sweet and affectionate they could be.
When I still had a cat, he used to play with the baubles and the lametta, trying to snatch it from the tree......
I suspected he was... one of my co-workers had two Maine Coons. One of them (he sadly died last year) looked just like Junior, and he used to follow her everywhere like a dog. He was very affectionate and playful. The other one she has is orange striped, which I'd never seen before in a Maine Coon.
@Marynator : those are adorable! Better than I could do.
Was anyone here ever disappointed because of an unwanted gift? Maybe not now, but as a kid.
I'm asking because I watched a TV report where families were told to give their kids just unwanted things for Christmas. Clothes, healthy food, decent stuff and so one. The kids were crying when they opened their presents. Kind of cruel. It was a hidden camera situation and the children got real and cool presents after the situation was revealed.
I was never disappointed, but I'm not good at making gifts. So I'm glad someone mentions his/her preferences. So it's easier for me to pick a gift.
I'm asking because I watched a TV report where families were told to give their kids just unwanted things for Christmas. Clothes, healthy food, decent stuff and so one. The kids were crying when they opened their presents. Kind of cruel. It was a hidden camera situation and the children got real and cool presents after the situation was revealed.
I was never disappointed, but I'm not good at making gifts. So I'm glad someone mentions his/her preferences. So it's easier for me to pick a gift.
