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David Adams
David Adams
Red-Nosed

Dec-10-2008 14:18

Hi all -- Breit is recovering from her to-do this summer and my mother is gearing up for a round of radiation therapy, so I'm really trying to bring some cheer to our holidays. I'm doing everything I can think of, including Dungeness crab and Canasta for Christmas Eve and a movie night this weekend. But my question to you all is, What are some of your holiday traditions? And yes I don't care which holiday you celebrate, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas or none of these; I just want to see if I can find some ideas and have a laugh at the same time. So Happy Holidays and let fly all!!!

Not Breit

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Makensie Brewer
Makensie Brewer
Super Steeper

Dec-12-2008 11:02

from those who have passed on to added members to family, etc...this is my Mom's side of family. My mamaw and papaw is right in the middle of the quilt, with all of their kids, and grandkids, etc around them. It is very nice...and its so great when you win the quilt. Each year we give money to help have a quilt made.

This year, we are adding another thing to do. We have to each write a story from our heart about memories at the farm. My Mamaw and Papaw had a farm,and that is where all of our memories are at....especially Christmas time. At the party this year, we have to each stand up and read our memories we have to everyone. Be a very touching, nice thing :)

if I dont get a chance to say it later on....I will say it now....Merry Christmas everyone, and Have a Happy, safe, New Year!! :o)

Akemo
Akemo
Well-Connected

Dec-12-2008 16:24

Thank you for sharing such nice traditions! We do the quilt idea for 50th anniversaries. The celebrating couple gets a quilt that has had pictures of them and their family printed on fabric. Then someone in the family pieces the quilt together and we all delight in watching the couple's eyes light up when they see it!

I like the pickle idea too but i have to ask if you use a pickle ornament or a real pickle. And if it's real, do you really keep it all year or just until it dries out?

Thank you again. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Enjoy listening to your stories!


David Adams
David Adams
Red-Nosed

Dec-12-2008 17:04

Oops. Body borrowing again! Happy Holidays Mak!

Makensie Brewer
Makensie Brewer
Super Steeper

Dec-12-2008 17:14

hehe thank you :o) It's a Pickle Ornament...I THINK the ornament is called the christmas pickle or something like that. :)

crunchpatty
crunchpatty
Old Shoe

Dec-12-2008 23:10

On first instinct, a christmas pickle sounds like the worst, least festive, most vinegary holiday porn ever. Even worse than that poorly animated 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' thing that has been removed by security from the FAQ section of the 'What not to sniff' website.

That said, I don't think the average reader is reading this for dirty subtext. If you wanted that, you would have been upstairs quietly surfing pickle-related niche chatrooms by now waiting for someone who claimed he was wearing a Santa suit to ask you if you want to 'feel the christmas spirit' from behind, and call you a naughty little elf.

So. enough about you. That said, most of my christmas traditions revolve around a) the bringing of smoked salmon for the morning of the 25th and b) watching my parents current rescue cat get high as hell off of a stocking full of catnip. They can bounce, under the right conditions.

Good times.

Makensie Brewer
Makensie Brewer
Super Steeper

Dec-12-2008 23:12

It is very festive....no matter the sound of it :)

Makensie Brewer
Makensie Brewer
Super Steeper

Dec-13-2008 08:24

I also think this thread should be kept respectful, with no perverted insinuations, etc......there is a time and place for all things, and I just think since this is a thread about Christmas, it should be kept to that topic...Family Traditions :)

ctown28
ctown28
Huntsman

Dec-13-2008 08:39

One fun game that we used to play but unfortunately dont any longer is the safety pin game. Everyone gets a safety pin when they arrive. They pin it on their shirt. The object of the game is to collect all the safety pins by the end of the nite! How do you acquire the safety pins you ask? Well since nobody likes negativity, anytime you hear someone say the word "no" you call them out on it and take the pin away from them and add it to yours. If someone has 5 pins and you catch them, you get all 5 pins! I know it sounds a bit boring, but once things get going it becomes rather comical. Of course you could pick any buzz word you like as well!

nicnic
nicnic
Battered Shoe

Dec-13-2008 10:23

OK this is a sidebar.

Mak- When I first read your post I literally thought it was a real pickle. And I was thinking it was somewhat interesting that you kept hiding the same rotten pickle year over year. lol.

Makensie Brewer
Makensie Brewer
Super Steeper

Dec-13-2008 11:35

LOL I guess i should've explained that its an actual pickle ornament in my first post LOL oops..i didnt even think to explain.....wouldnt that be nasty saving an old rotten pickle? *grin* sure wouldnt have trouble finding it in the tree...all u would have to do was follow the smell hahaha :o)

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