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Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

rubyromaine — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:08:17 -0000

Susan,

You are invited to come spend Christmas with my family, where you will interact with my two rude and snarling teen aged boys.

My wonderful long-suffering husband is obsessed with cars and Christmas lights, so if you want to drive over for a free tune-up or any other car repairs, come on!.

I can promise great food, heavy on the fat and sugar, (think mushrooms stuffed with bacon, green onions and cream cheese, cheddar and horseradish cream-cheese dip, cream-cheese shrimp dip, cream-cheese crab dip, cream-cheese smoked oyster dip and several varieties of homemade cheesecake.

I can also do low fat and/or vegetarian cooking, using fat free cream-cheese.

Your presents will include something I have made of felt, something I have made out of an old Mrs. Butterworth's syrup bottle and something made of nylon net. All will be beautiful, classy and useful items.

We live in Mid Michigan. If you want to come please drive or fly on over.

You will have to sleep at the foot of the Christmas tree on an air mattress, but you will be right next to the presents so that might be fun.

If you come, we will try to keep the family fights to a minimum. If you can't come, but would like something made from nylon net, please contact me via Melissa.

Any Shakers who need a small tin of homemade rum balls, contact Melissa and she can forward your info to me. I went crazy with the rum balls this year and have an excess.

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

Petulant — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:42:24 -0000

No need to cry Susan. I will think of you too and just enjoy my spectacle without any work on your part. Plus, Christmas is so OVERRATED. Believe me, I know. Oh dear, do I know.

You're probably part elf -- you know that, don't you?

Well this elf needs to consume amphetamines or something.

Do my pointsettia and jar full of candy canes (sitting in a saucer of water to ward off ants) count as decorating?

DRD, that sounds like the PERFECT Xmas decorating about now. : )

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

Susan — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:09:13 -0000

((((PortlyDyke)))),
Thank you so much. You're very kind. I appreciate it more than I can say.

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

PortlyDyke — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:14:04 -0000

"I don't own any Christmas ornaments as I am always alone on the day and it makes me cry."

((((Susan)))) I used to hate, hate, hate Christmas day for that reason. I finally started spending the day helping at a homeless shelter kitchen, and that was helpful to me. I sometimes still felt lonely, but I didn't feel so miserable.

Know that I'll be thinking of you on Christmas day, at any rate. Seriously.

Petulant, your perseverance and stalwart leadership astound me. I don't do Christmas anymore (except for the one present in the family name-draw), but I love the excuse to strew some greenery around as a Midwinter token, and I love getting to observe your "process". Ha!

(You're probably part elf -- you know that, don't you?)

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

lola — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:24:58 -0000

"I am sad and relieved that Sunny Von Bulow has finally died after 28 years."

Hard to believe she was only in her late forties when she fell (or was pushed) into a coma; such a sad, sick story--slipping into the coma just before Christmas of 1980 & slipping into death during the same season, 28 years later--a very strange circle.

This was written while she was still alive, but it's a lovely tribute to her life, and her daughter:

"Her impact continues to be felt, however, in the art world. Mrs. von Bulow was a major supporter of museums including New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and Morgan Library & Museum, and her daughter with Claus von Bulow, Cosima Pavoncelli, still buys and donates art in her mother’s name. “

"I don't own any Christmas ornaments as I am always alone on the day and it makes me cry."

Sorry to hear that, Susan--hope the day is kinder to you this year than in years before.

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

Quixotess — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:53:33 -0000

Petulant barrels through in a tank.
Best metaphor ever! His glittery, glittery tank!

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

DRD1812 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:34:25 -0000

Do my pointsettia and jar full of candy canes (sitting in a saucer of water to ward off ants) count as decorating? I have a mini string of lights to put around my window, too, though...

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

Linkmeister — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:12:45 -0000

Sniper, kinda like Hungarians in 1956.

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

Sniper — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:19:38 -0000

Yeah, baby, yeah!.

So this Rossiter, he says to me, he says, 'I don't like the cut of your jib.' And I go I says, IT'S THE ONLY JIB I GOT, BABY!

The way I look at it, those of us who only have 1 tree or maybe a string of lights thrown over the back of a chair are contributing to The War in Defence of Christmas according to our means. We're like the villagers throwing rocks as Petulant barrels through in a tank.

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

bibliowrecka — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:10:01 -0000

Ha, I totally was watching Buffy while putting my Christmas decorations up this year, too! For me, it took Season 5, episodes 2 and 3. Alas, I have a feeling my decorations are pathetic compared to the weaponry you appear to be amassing.

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

Susan — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:20:18 -0000

I am sad and relieved that Sunny Von Bulow has finally died after 28 years.

I don't own any Christmas ornaments as I am always alone on the day and it makes me cry.

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

Sam — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:14:31 -0000

after grading all day, nothing made me happier than a) thinking about buffy eps, b) xmas decorations, c) being called kittens! Thanks!

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

Quixotess — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:06:29 -0000

Don't give up, Pet! I'm rooting for you!

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

Susan — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:39:10 -0000

"Modern liberalism's irrationality can only be understood as the product of psychopathology. So extravagant are the patterns of thinking, emoting, behaving and relating that characterize the liberal mind that its relentless protests and demands become understandable only as disorders of the psyche."

Yeah, baby, yeah!

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

Sniper — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:34:50 -0000

Rossiter says the kind of liberalism being displayed by both Barack Obama and his Democratic primary opponent Hillary Clinton can only be understood as a psychological disorder.

Well, as Petulant would say, HA!

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

tlsintx — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:09:58 -0000

oh i envy you your ornament hangers...pretty!

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

Sunburned Counsel — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:07:21 -0000

It took us just a little over one episode of Season 1 to do our tree today. Small tree+teamwork+Buffy= bundle of awesome.

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

schrisa — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:35:19 -0000

Okay, only two Buffy's? That takes will-power. I am almost always down for at least 3, often 4.

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

OuyangDan — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:28:05 -0000

Petulant, after reading yesterday(?), since I am in the process of taking things out of storage and getting them ready for our pack out for our Korea move (no decorating for us this year), I decided to also measure time in Buffy.

It took two Buffy's to make dinner.

It took three Buffy's to go through all the boxes of books and board games.

Last night took Season 1 to get all of our tasks accomplished. Thanks for the idea!

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

confirmed spinster — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:53:33 -0000

Your ornaments and ornament hangers are so pretty. I'm not decorating this year (no one sees my apartment so it would be useless), so I am getting my Christmas decorating high vicariously through your posts. Christmas contact high, I guess.

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

Linkmeister — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:33:16 -0000

I like the musical instruments. We have a couple of trumpets and saxophones which are made of cheap plastic and date back to 1952 or 1953. Then I have an acoustic and an electric guitar which date back to, oh, 2006.

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

Sniper — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:04:08 -0000

These are the times I really need a boyfriend to be a willing slave.

Sure, you say that now, but what if you get a crazy one? You could end up with someone who chides you for "hating Christmas" because you had the audacity to take your damned shoes off and peel a squash before turning on the Christmas lights.

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

Petulant — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:16:54 -0000

the Golden Glow of Christmas Past

I am afraid many of my ornaments are too new, but I have a friend who really should join.

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

polyblog — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:13:30 -0000

You really should be a member of the Golden Glow of Christmas Past. It's no longer just for antique Christmas lovers. Many many gay guys and lols.

http://www.goldenglow.org/.

Re: War in Defense of Christmas: Day Four

car — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:57:57 -0000

Oh, those ornament hangers are beautiful. I was about to offer our hanger solution, which is dark upholstery thread tied in a big circle. It stays on the ornament permanently and is invisible on the tree. That seems awfully tame next to those hangers, though.