It's been snowing for some time now, and the ground is covered with that white stuff. Christmas certainly comes to mind then.
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It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas...
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No kidding, though I started seeing Christmas stuff in August at various retailers, excluding the ones that had "Christmas in July" sales. Moratorium on decorations and stuff until November at least, PLEASE!EricNau said:I remember last year we were trying to buy patio furniture (It was right before the 4th of July, and Target had already gotten rid of it all
clayj said:Yeah, Thanksgiving is the holiday that was started by this nation's first permanent settlers... a bunch of people who were so uptight that the English said "Get the hell out."
well there are quite few thanksgivings:
the classical one predating even christianity..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_festival
(actually even in catholic churches.. despite it not being part of the liturgy)
and the american version including turkeys
but there isn't shortage of holidays on the horizon untill christmas
national celebration day (kinda 4th of july) on the 26th then
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception on the 6th/8th december
the advantage of living in a dominant catholic country
I think that's what I miss most. I used to live close to the mountains and we actually got lots of snow, and started in the fall. Where I am now, we're lucky to get one good snowstorm a year, and it usually isn't until around New Year's. (Judging from the 6 years I've been here.)dubbz said:
shadow95 said:I think that's what I miss most. I used to live close to the mountains and we actually got lots of snow, and started in the fall. Where I am now, we're lucky to get one good snowstorm a year, and it usually isn't until around New Year's. (Judging from the 6 years I've been here.)
Don't mention "snow", though I prefer it over rain, I still do not want a "white christmas."
I do not mind visiting a place that has snow during christmas on the other hand.
If you shovel that snow from your driveway you know what I am referring to.
Holiday shoping! Apples readdy new iMacs,iPod, iPod Nano, PowerMacs, PowerBook, New Software, unconnfirrmed new Mac Minis( iBooks kind of New)
just need a shuffle update!
just need a shuffle update!
nate_dog said:maybe santa will drop a quad Power Mac as a stocking stuffer.
Or a room heater, or maybe a hand-warmer.
gekko513 said:A good and refreshing work-out?
If you have been nipping a little too much at the St.Benards KEG.
God I hate Christmas. It's just so fake. Don't get me wrong I've got nothing against over drinking, over eating, taking a week off work, watching TV and screwing Mandy from accounts at the office party but the whole retail bollocks pisses me off. And don't bother bring Christ in to the equation 'cause I've had enough of him and his too.
Applespider said:
Funny you say that. A group of friends and I took the liberty of walking around campus drinking eggnog and playing christmas music this past weekend.
Result? Bitchy sorority girls screaming obscenities at us out their windows. Looks like they don't appreciate good ol' fun.
edesignuk said:Unless I've missed it, we don't really have any "holidays" in the UK until christmas
We have Labour Day coming up this Monday, does that count?
Last year, on the Day after Thanksgiving, the Online Apple Store put everything on sale. (Just in case someone didn't know.) The Day after Thanksgiving, that's when the real holiday festivities start. Right now all I can think about is Halloween! BOO!
I'd like to say that I love X-mas a lot, but since I won't be in Canada for xmas for the first time in my life, it really won't feel the same. I wouldn't be surprised if I almost forgot it, or didn't care as much as I normally would.
I even forgot Canada Day until late that night.
*ducks and runs from all the other Canadians who have Canadian flags stitched onto their backpacks and such*
And yet not stale? Wow.....miracle cake!
I even forgot Canada Day until late that night.
*ducks and runs from all the other Canadians who have Canadian flags stitched onto their backpacks and such*
Applespider said:That's exactly why I'm making it this weekend! Gives me two months to wrap it up in foil and 'water' it with Amaretto every week so that it will be lovely, rich, moist and slightly alcoholic when it's sliced on Christmas night.
And yeah, we have no holidays in the UK left so it's allowed
And yet not stale? Wow.....miracle cake!
Abstract said:
Nah, just fruit cake which is fruit held together by a little cake as opposed to cake with a little fruit. I don't think there's enough cake mix in it to go stale! Let's put it this way - 2.5kg of fruit and just 300g of flour...
Applespider said:That's exactly why I'm making it this weekend! Gives me two months to wrap it up in foil and 'water' it with Amaretto every week so that it will be lovely, rich, moist and slightly alcoholic when it's sliced on Christmas night.
And yeah, we have no holidays in the UK left so it's allowed
Ah, I knew it.
I'm sure somewhere, in some secret room, at some secret hour, our family Christmas cake is being prepared..
iGav said:And by the sounds of it... a not insignificant amount of Amaretto to pickle it.
Wherever did you get that idea? There's about 1/3 out of the bottle so far soaking the fruit and I suspect there might just about be enough for a single liqueur coffee in late December...
Applespider said:
There's about 1/3 out of the bottle so far soaking the fruit and I suspect there might just about be enough for a single liqueur coffee in late December...
sounds like you are going too light on it. Last time I made a fruit cake I had to get a second bottle. Then again I had to make sure that it was still good before I put it into the fruitcake...