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[mirocu]

By the tail of the arctic fox, I still love this commercial!!

Also... Dean Martin


*sniff*


So, anything going on this year for you guys? Any special plans or so? I think we´re gonna have a regular Christmas over here, just at the new place my parents moved to. It´ll be nice, my mom is really good with both decorations and food

I got one of those Christmas calenders with chocolate bits in it; one a day

[Renee]

That sounds nice crow, always good to have family, that's for sure. I started Xmas shopping a couple weeks ago, I'm usually pretty good at getting it started early because I hate getting stuck in crowds. Ugh ... just the thought ... My daughter's getting a LOT of gifts, which is the advantage of having just one child; I can focus on her, and so can all her aunts & uncles. Grandparents, etc. I can't imagine what it would be like to have to shop for .. let's say .. more than two. Urk.

I was debating whether or not to get Minecraft for her. I'm not so sure. She's going to be 12 soon. I am interested in Minecraft myself, but I simply don't have time for it. So I start thinking it'll be good for her, but as I start to read about it, I'm not so sure. I don't know if it's too "adult" or not, what do you think?

We'll probably go to my sister's place on Xmas day. She lives in the country, next to a horse farm.

Is it off-topic to talk about egg nog? That's always a Chirstmasy sort of drink. Usually in America we start seeing egg nog at our markets right around Thanksgiving (last Thursday in November), but this year I noticed some right around Halloween!

Edit: that's a nice commercial. Love the lighted Coke trucks.

This post has been edited by Renee: Dec 2 2015, 01:32 AM

[hazmick]

I was debating whether or not to get Minecraft for her. I'm not so sure. She's going to be 12 soon. I am interested in Minecraft myself, but I simply don't have time for it. So I start thinking it'll be good for her, but as I start to read about it, I'm not so sure. I don't know if it's too "adult" or not, what do you think?

I reckon Minecraft would be fine for a 12-year-old, but it all depends on your daughter and what other stuff she's into. I was playing all sorts of games when I was 12, but I know other people whose parents were much more strict with that sort of thing.

Minecraft is rated as being suitable for 7+ by PEGI, and for 10+ by ESRB, and I think that's fair. There are different modes in the game, so you could always limit your daughter to the 'Creative' mode which is purely focused on building and exploring.

[mirocu]

Is it off-topic to talk about egg nog? That's always a Chirstmasy sort of drink. Usually in America we start seeing egg nog at our markets right around Thanksgiving (last Thursday in November), but this year I noticed some right around Halloween!

Egg nog is fine Haven´t had any though so I don´t really know what it tastes like. And don´t tell me to just google it!



*munches away on today´s piece of chocolate*

[mirocu]

This year´s Christmas tree has been selected. It´s one growing close to a road so I might as well take that. Could have use my parents´ plastic one as they had to get a shorter one for the new house but meh. I want a real one

We´re putting up the old plastic tree in the cottage instead.

[mALX]

By the tail of the arctic fox, I still love this commercial!!

Also... Dean Martin


*sniff*


So, anything going on this year for you guys? Any special plans or so? I think we´re gonna have a regular Christmas over here, just at the new place my parents moved to. It´ll be nice, my mom is really good with both decorations and food

I've never seen that commercial before, that was very cute! I am not great with decorations, usually leave it to the men-folk to handle while I cook, lol.

Plans = get in new house by X-Mas. I'm trying and hoping.

I got one of those Christmas calenders with chocolate bits in it; one a day

Ooh, just like in "Bad Santa!"







This post has been edited by mALX: Dec 5 2015, 02:59 PM

[Acadian]

Great choices indeed in your opening post here, mirocu!

[Destri Melarg]

Apple[™] gave me Stevie Wonder and Andra Day for Christmas.

This year we are hosting Christmas for my family for the second time. With TLMM[™]'s hand in a cast that means that the task of decorating and cooking falls to me. I imagine that my Christmas will be spent doing a lot of !

[mALX]

Apple[™] gave me Stevie Wonder and Andra Day for Christmas.

This year we are hosting Christmas for my family for the second time. With TLMM[™]'s hand in a cast that means that the task of decorating and cooking falls to me. I imagine that my Christmas will be spent doing a lot of !

Great lyrics! Uh, in the late 1980's Stevie Wonder called the police on his neighbors (who were friends of mine) because their dog was barking. So he doesn't win my vote as neighbor of the year, lol. But he does write some great lyrics.

[mirocu]

So cool you have friends living next door to Alice Stevie Wonder, mALX!

Nice Christmas song contribution, Destri Btw, I think you´ll get a lot more done in the kitchen if you don´t run around in circles...


As per one of my December traditions I´m watching mr. Bean celebrate Christmas in his own special way!

[mALX]

As per one of my December traditions I´m watching mr. Bean celebrate Christmas in his own special way!

BWAAHAA!

Apple[™] gave me Stevie Wonder and Andra Day for Christmas.

This year we are hosting Christmas for my family for the second time. With TLMM[™]'s hand in a cast that means that the task of decorating and cooking falls to me. I imagine that my Christmas will be spent doing a lot of !

Oh no, hand in cast? I'm so sorry to hear that! But you cooking a whole Xmas dinner? Hope you can cook good then!

[mALX]

So cool you have friends living next door to Alice Stevie Wonder, mALX!

Alpine, New Jersey. The place is chock full of people notable for one thing or another, but primarily wealthy. I only know just one of them, though; the one whose adorable puppy obviously irritated Stevie Wonder into calling the law (instead of just calling his neighbor or sending a man to the neighbor's door to ask them to bring the dog inside or something).

Me - I used to love Stevie Wonder, but I threw out all my Stevie Wonder albums and cassettes after that incident.

[mirocu]

Poundland is the best thing about Christmas!


Ashens is awesome!

[Grits]

Good luck, Destri! I imagine there will indeed be a lot of , but it will look like to everyone else!


The decorations are coming along at the Grits house. Tomorrow (hopefully) we will go get a tree.

[Decrepit]

With everyone linking X-mas vocals I figure I might as well toss my hat into the ring with this perennial favorite.

[mALX]

With everyone linking X-mas vocals I figure I might as well toss my hat into the ring with this perennial favorite.

Poundland is the best thing about Christmas!


Ashens is awesome!

BWAAHAA !!!! There were too many spots to pull out and mention in this one,

[mirocu]

The decorations are coming along at the Grits house. Tomorrow (hopefully) we will go get a tree.

A tree already? I usually get mine around a week or so before Christmas, but maybe I should get it earlier this year and enjoy it more

With everyone linking X-mas vocals I figure I might as well toss my hat into the ring with this perennial favorite.

BWAAHAA !!!! There were too many spots to pull out and mention in this one,

It´s especially funny if you knew the characters beforehand

[Jacki Dice]

So far my plans are solely food related.

I plan to make coquito, which is a Puerto Rican Christmas drink with rum and coconut cream. I don't like rum much, but my sibling and dad love it so it'll be a treat for them.

I'm hoping to make nacatamals, which are Nicaraguan tamales. I bought a Nicaraguan cookbook and found two recipes that sound amazing. We usually make Puerto Rican tamales (called pasteles, which also means "cakes" so it gets confusing talking to people about them sometimes) but I hate them. They're not horrible, but not only do they look like giant slimy slugs, the masa is just... well, not that pleasant. The meat inside os good though.

[mirocu]

Mom and Dad has just put up their new and smaller Christmas tree of plastic. The other one that was a bit too big for their new location is now proudly standing in the cottage with lights on a timer and everything

I plan to get my tree from the woods on Wednesday or so and have it all decorated and done by the weekend.

[Uleni Athram]

Me and da Krew are gonna spend Christmas and possibly New Years in Tokyo.

We Osaka Boyz are gonna tear $#!7 up!!!!!