We had great food and we were truly Thankful Thanksgiving, Christmas to me is a day for kids, and to think of and do for your parents, loved ones, and those less fortunate. New Years belongs to us, we no longer drink or party hearty, but stay up to welcome the New Year, the new beginning,we enjoy the neighbors fireworks at midnight, sleep in and enjoy a peaceful New Years day of football,movies and some simple home cooked food, pretty much a Do not disturb day. Whats your usual Holiday routine?
Favorite Holiday?
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Christmas I always spend at home with my mom and sister, and John stays here and works (there's no holidays on the railroad - but there is holiday pay ;-). Since there are no children in the family anymore, it's very low key and a little melancholy, since Dad died. It really is a holiday that begs for kids. But we still manage to have a nice time: Christmas eve we go to church, and then come home and have oyster stew and champagne, and open presents. Christmas day we make a big dinner and then vegetate.
New Year's Eve is amateur night: Too many people trying too hard to have a good time. Besides, I spent most of my young adult years in some hotel ballroom watching other people celebrate while I waited tables or tended bar, so I never got into it in the first place. The most fun I had on New Year's Eve was last year, when I went to San Diego on a whim, and spent the evening in a hotel bar with a bunch of stranded United Airlines flight attendants.
This year, we're having some friends in, and we'll have "finger foods" and champagne, and watch the New Year's fireworks from the deck.
New Year's Eve is amateur night: Too many people trying too hard to have a good time. Besides, I spent most of my young adult years in some hotel ballroom watching other people celebrate while I waited tables or tended bar, so I never got into it in the first place. The most fun I had on New Year's Eve was last year, when I went to San Diego on a whim, and spent the evening in a hotel bar with a bunch of stranded United Airlines flight attendants.
This year, we're having some friends in, and we'll have "finger foods" and champagne, and watch the New Year's fireworks from the deck.
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Jeeze... New years sounds alot more fun at either one of yalls places than here.. Its only me and the tv.... Oh and the cats... Last year i fell asleep...
Christmas is very low key here as well... It wasn't when us kids where around, but it is now.. We don't even have a christmas tree... We have a few decoratons up but thats it.. Mom still puts a tree up and Aunt Karen puts two up (then again she still has kids around).. My birthday is the 26, so usualy all the festivites are crammed into one night... Never minded it too much as a kid though... My mom and grams and Aunt Karen all saved detergent and food boxs up through the year and wrapped both christmas and birthday gifts in them as a kid.. I used to have them all saved, in moms attic, but i think she tossed em... When i got into my teens, all i wanted was money and cards... Usualy racked up $350 or so.. Plus the two bad checks i would get every year from my evil step grandmother and bilogical step grandfather and from Uncle Greg.. Though uncle greg usualy sent a money order after the firts few OOPS's (he usualy doubled the amount if his check bounced).. I know he didn't mean it... But Grandma ann did... Every single year.. Finaly quit talking to her at 16 and the problem when away...
My favorite holiday is Fourth of July... I love to go watch the fire works and be merry in the nice warmth of summer... I usualy go camping, although this year i may try out a nudist resort.... This is usualy the one day i am never home and usualy have a date of some kind... I love the smells of the BBq's and everything else... Makes me pine for summer....
Now its time to spice up new years...Need to find a place with strangers to go visit...
Christmas is very low key here as well... It wasn't when us kids where around, but it is now.. We don't even have a christmas tree... We have a few decoratons up but thats it.. Mom still puts a tree up and Aunt Karen puts two up (then again she still has kids around).. My birthday is the 26, so usualy all the festivites are crammed into one night... Never minded it too much as a kid though... My mom and grams and Aunt Karen all saved detergent and food boxs up through the year and wrapped both christmas and birthday gifts in them as a kid.. I used to have them all saved, in moms attic, but i think she tossed em... When i got into my teens, all i wanted was money and cards... Usualy racked up $350 or so.. Plus the two bad checks i would get every year from my evil step grandmother and bilogical step grandfather and from Uncle Greg.. Though uncle greg usualy sent a money order after the firts few OOPS's (he usualy doubled the amount if his check bounced).. I know he didn't mean it... But Grandma ann did... Every single year.. Finaly quit talking to her at 16 and the problem when away...
My favorite holiday is Fourth of July... I love to go watch the fire works and be merry in the nice warmth of summer... I usualy go camping, although this year i may try out a nudist resort.... This is usualy the one day i am never home and usualy have a date of some kind... I love the smells of the BBq's and everything else... Makes me pine for summer....
Now its time to spice up new years...Need to find a place with strangers to go visit...
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I would say that Thanksgiving is my favorite because of the family togetherness and food (and the 4 day weekend we take at my office). But I really like Labor Day: long weekend of barbecueing and beer drinking with friends. Often, the summer heat here is diminishing by then so it is more tolerable than the 4th of July. I really enjoy barbecueing and a big part of my backyard makeover will be an outdoor kitchen with both gas and wood-fired cooking ability. This will probably be a multi-year project since I am going to do all of it myself bit by bit when I have extra money.
Christmas is my favorite by a hair. It gets the edge over Thanksgiving because I like to see my little great nephews and nieces going bonkers during the gift-opening phase. But Thanksgiving is ALL ABOUT THE FOOD, so it's definitely a very close second, LOL.
Thanksgiving!
What's not to love?
You're going grocery shopping and (maybe) to the florist anyway.
Thanksgiving does not have to be bought, wrapped, packed, shipped.
Thanksgiving does not have to be drunken to be fun.
Thanksgiving can be utterly delicious.
(it's worth roasting a turkey just for leftovers!)
For years, my family on my Da's side had our family reunion on Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving weekend. Small years, just about 40. Big years, 80-100. (The 100 was when one of my second cousins got married that day, and the deception was held at the Thanksgiving house.)
For many years, I was part of the Food Committee, and peeled 25-35 pounds of potatoes for mashers. And some years I made all three cranberry sauces.....
This was literally up the street from us..my Great Aunt and Uncle...she of the Youngstown Kitchens dishwasher.....and it was used that day!
Now, it's some weekend in July, in Northern Kentucky.
Not the same.
Having that as a background, I am gently amused when hostesses yelp about having a Thanksgiving "crowd" of 10!
As for Christmas, I love Christmas, but could do without the commercial, expectation-laden, expensive, bloated bull that seems to be fatally(?) intertwined.
For many years, my statement has been: "If I could go to sleep the day after Thanksgiving, and wake up on February 20th, I would."
Lawrence/Maytagbear
What's not to love?
You're going grocery shopping and (maybe) to the florist anyway.
Thanksgiving does not have to be bought, wrapped, packed, shipped.
Thanksgiving does not have to be drunken to be fun.
Thanksgiving can be utterly delicious.
(it's worth roasting a turkey just for leftovers!)
For years, my family on my Da's side had our family reunion on Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving weekend. Small years, just about 40. Big years, 80-100. (The 100 was when one of my second cousins got married that day, and the deception was held at the Thanksgiving house.)
For many years, I was part of the Food Committee, and peeled 25-35 pounds of potatoes for mashers. And some years I made all three cranberry sauces.....
This was literally up the street from us..my Great Aunt and Uncle...she of the Youngstown Kitchens dishwasher.....and it was used that day!
Now, it's some weekend in July, in Northern Kentucky.
Not the same.
Having that as a background, I am gently amused when hostesses yelp about having a Thanksgiving "crowd" of 10!
As for Christmas, I love Christmas, but could do without the commercial, expectation-laden, expensive, bloated bull that seems to be fatally(?) intertwined.
For many years, my statement has been: "If I could go to sleep the day after Thanksgiving, and wake up on February 20th, I would."
Lawrence/Maytagbear
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Maytagbear:
(The 100 was when one of my second cousins got married that day, and the deception was held at the Thanksgiving house.)
The deception??????
(The 100 was when one of my second cousins got married that day, and the deception was held at the Thanksgiving house.)
The deception??????
Just
a play on words, nothing more.
It was a legal wedding, one man (my cousin) to one woman (his horrible wife). They are still married to each other, even after 10 years.
Instead of being at a catering hall or even the church basement, it was at the Thanksgiving Home.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
a play on words, nothing more.
It was a legal wedding, one man (my cousin) to one woman (his horrible wife). They are still married to each other, even after 10 years.
Instead of being at a catering hall or even the church basement, it was at the Thanksgiving Home.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
