The Christmas Season Thread

That's right..this is the consolidated place to post all Christmas related crap in. Talk about decorations? Remember old Christmas adverts? Post what you are doing for the holiday? Post it here.

As for myself, I have put up the lights on the outside of the house and they are all functioning fine and through one timer which is awesome!

Did all my shopping on Black Friday and got a buttload of stuff.

 

Would this be your place?rolleyesrolleyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEcCZrjkmQY&feature=related

 

BAAAAHHHHH Humbug !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Christmas :kissmy

 

Hahahaha rusty, I can't wait for this Christmas drivel to be over with so that I can get back to my normal life!rolleyes

 

you guys are a bunch of humbugs.

 

Yes and no because I have a 15 year old grandson and I go through the motions after being sufficiently liquored up. :-D (not now honey, granpa is tired).roflmao

 

Got that right.
Was Christmas decorations on sale here before Halloween.

 

yeha have to agree with the others motc7 - wouldn't want the christmas spirit to peek too early
As of yet, no xmas decorations up, i doubt they'll go up til next weekend. :-D :-D :-D opened the first door of the advent calendar today (any excuse for extra chocolate really), and had christmas songs in the common room this morning. also, true sign of christmas: went home early because of the snow

 

It is now December 1. I declare by royal command that all of Yorkshire put up their decorations now. heyyoop

 

NEVER!!! there are some people near my old school that go completely ott every year though :confused personally i don't really see the point

 

Put up their decorations?
Shouldn't Yorkshire be eating their pudding?rolleyesrolleyes:-D

 

Love Christmas. Actually like the music and Carols. LOL
Guess being in India, one doesn't get deluged.
The one thing I dislike is Christmas cake...akk!

It's baked religiously every November. In huge quantities by my mum and sister. Served on Christmas and lasts forever. Apparently it ages well. Convoluted recipe, passed down by my British grandma. After being baked it's wrapped in a muslin cloth soaked in Rum and then foil. Thank god I don't live in that house.

Don't think even TimW likes Christmas cake:-D

Cheer..

 

Boy oh boy we started early this year but i will join in the spirit of things.
http://bestsmileys.com/christmas2/25.gif

 

Well... first Sinterklaas on December 6 in Holland. Quite a tradition. He's the granpa of all Santa's.

See and listen to this. Scroll down a bit: https://us2.ixquick-proxy.com/do/sh...AAAAAAAAFDs/pvd3mBTxZI4/s1600/sinterklaas.jpg

 

:crybaby :eek :mad chistmas cake is amazing!!!! how can you NOT like it? we already ate one this year because it got 'burnt' so we had to make another. rolleyes we're still feeding the second one with brandy and rum though, and no doubt we'll pick up another somewhere along the way :drool

 

Ho Ho ****ing Ho... :-D Not feeling Chrimbo ATM.

Only reason I knew it was December was because my Dad asked me to put the lights and tree up.

"Richard put the lights and tree up!"

"Dad wait till December!"

"It is December?"

Sneaky months...People will be telling me its 2011 next,I'll be like "Don't be stupid dude,I'd be like 31."

 

I'm a cyber-shopper, so I'm almost done with presents.
I order, they ship and most of them offer free gift wrapping, so all that's left for me to do is pass them out. :-D

Done even earlier this year, due to being homebound.

 

Sorry :-o I did not explain fully.
We would have Christmas in the UK then down to Spain normally on 27 or 28 December for new year and come back the day before school began.

They would ride through the streets and throw sweets to all the kids.

 

Well I'm Messianic Jew, and last night was the beginning of Hanukah and today is the first official day.

Happy Hanukah to everyone!

 

I am with Rusty. If I see a reindeer while hunting, Santa is going to have one less animal to haul his fat A** around!

No Xmass lights, have a carbon neutral holiday! :cool

 

Getting ready for Cap and Tax huh?

 

No, the lights raise out carbon footprint, making the ice melt. The seas will rise, the polar bears will die, and, and... :-D:-D

 

and..and...bull crap! lol

 

No, perhaps Fred is like me and he doesn't want to hew and spew his lungs out. At any rate, the 'smart' way to go is LED.

 

I thought about that in all honesty, but those bulbs just aren't bright enough for me. I got good old fashioned C9 incandescent bulbs.

 

Every time you fire those high carbon footprint bulbs up... A baby penguin or maybe a baby seal dies. :cry :cry

:-D

 

good. They've been plotting against me for years.


Carbon footprints are a myth along with man made global warming.

 

Anyways, good for them as they ate up all the fish in the oceans in the first place! Now we can have cheap fish again!:yumrolleyes

 

Heartless bas$$$$$! I hope Santa brings you a big bag of coal! :-D Of course you will probably burn it, just to further your carbon footprint! :cry

:-D

 

you know this...Strip mining for the win!


http://en.citizendium.org/images/thumb/3/3e/Coal_strip_mining.jpg/375px-Coal_strip_mining.jpg

 

Bah! I have a bigger footprint than any light bulb . Guess I gave up caring about all the Pol. Correct hogwash after I bought my fifth car. I want my share of pollution, damn-it! - I paid enough for it.:-D

 

Meh,

Bought a small string of 'em --- 10 lights on a string approx. 3 in. separation with a box for two AA batteries --- to put on my smallish tree with the normal lights. Stupid things burnt out in two days! $6 for 'em too! :mad

:wave

I see nothing much has changed --- good to see I wasn't missed or anything...rolleyes

 

Just out of curiosity, how many of you actually buy a real tree? Probably should exclude those of you with youngsters.

 

I just go outside and cut a nice 2 ft. sapling, put that in a large vase and put a few lights on there, quite spartan but it works for us.

 

We used to have a real tree every year but my wife got sick of all the needles falling off (they say if you spray the tree with hair lacquer it stops them falling but i never tried that) so now it is imitation.

 

It's easy for us, tree comes in about the 17th, and is gone by the new year. It's always hydrated with a drop of chlorine and some sugar. I never have had 'needle drop' though I remember my mum cursing at those needles when I was a kid! roflmao The things that kids remember.

Hmm, that could be a good thread. Someone?

 

Christmas Cheer
Whisky
Supermarket own brand for those you are not really fond of.
A reasonable brand of blended for visiting relatives. :-D
Double malt for nice people
The 21 year old single malt is MINE MINE MINE :drool

 

Hehehe. It's strange that single malt lovers are so possessive!rolleyes:-D:drool Gawd man, a 21 year old? That had to of set you back a few pennies.yum:major

 

Worth every penny even if I do have to drink it in the attic :-D

 

I know Augie is a single malt lover but where is your patriotism???

At $150 a hit this should be your choice.(what a shame i don't drink any more http://bestsmileys.com/drooling/3.gif)

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2729/crownroyalxr8464371.jpg

 

Carbon Footprints my A$$hole, they blame it on the exhaust emissions and the cs gases coming out of the back of fridges, BULLS**T, what about the billions of gallons of aerofuel they've burnt up flying rockets through the ozone layer, what a load of old b8ll0ck5
A FRIDGE CAUSED THE HOLE IN THE OZONE ! :-D:-D:-D
Who are they trying to kid ! rolleyesrolleyesrolleyes Lets all think about this one hey !

 

I am not sure if this is true, but my source of liquor knowledge tells me that there is an interesting story behind the Crown XR. Supposedly, Crown needed to expand it's distillery. So, they bought one out. And they bottled the whiskey that was in the tanks, and named it XR, or Extra Rare I think.

If it is true, it is an excellent marketing job. The stuff is extra rare, as the original company can't duplicate it exactly, and rare due to a limited supply.

"In 2006, Crown Royal XR (Extra Rare) was introduced in the US by allocation and the Canadian market (initially, only in Ontario and Alberta). Available in Québec since January 2008. This limited-release special blend of Crown Royal is sold in numbered bottles, and is made from the last batch of whiskey distilled at the Waterloo distillery. After mothballing in 1992, the Waterloo distillery burned down in 1993, with only a small amount of whisky being left behind [11]. It received a 7¼ and 7¾ from Whisky Magazine critics [12]."

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Royal

Of course, as I am still at war with Canada, I don't drink their swill. A nice single malt Scotch, Irish whiskey or some good old American Jack Daniels for me! And yes, I keep the good single malt locked up!

Good value Whiskey if you can find it in your local stores is Buffalo Trace. I can't remember who makes it, but I think it is a second label from a good distiller. http://www.spiritsreview.com/reviews-bourbon-buffalo-trace.htm

:-D

Oh, got my Xmass present early. Got a nice gas grill from the folks. Of course, now they keep calling me to ask when I am cooking for them...

 

Okay, time to dust off my once yearly pic.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/Zobor/2010_New/HappyEverything.jpg

Now everyone...Leave me alone 'till next year! :wave:-D

 

Here's a couple of links for Irish Whiskey.
http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-2869.aspx
http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/B-32-Jameson.aspx

I've tried the "normal" Jameson, the "12 years old" Jameson, and Jameson "Gold". I thought "Jameson Gold" was the top of the range, but check out Jameson 2007 Rarest Vintage Reserve at £245 a bottle. :-D :-D

 

For Irish Whiskey, if you can't afford Midleton or Redbreast, get the Tullamore dew. Good stuffs.