Author Topic: Merry Christmas, APS! (Read 3286 times)

T.O.M. · « **on:** December 25, 2016, 12:19:16 AM »

It's 12:14 where I am, or 0014hrs. Got home from Mass around half an hour ago. Now sitting alone, sipping on some vodka, enjoying some quiet alone time before chaos erupts in the morning.

And so I it's been said, many times, many ways, Merry Christmas to you and yours. We'll start the "what did you get " thread in about 14 or 15 hours.

roo_ster · « **Reply #1 on:** December 25, 2016, 01:16:20 AM »

Quote from: Chris on December 25, 2016, 12:19:16 AM

It's 12:14 where I am, or 0014hrs. Got home from Mass around half an hour ago. Now sitting alone, sipping on some vodka, enjoying some quiet alone time before chaos erupts in the morning.

And so I it's been said, many times, many ways, Merry Christmas to you and yours. We'll start the "what did you get " thread in about 14 or 15 hours.

Kiddos sang and read in the Christmas Eve service. Both did well. And our church has upheld its tradition. What tradition is that? Oh, just 75 years of not burning the sanctuary down after candle light Christmas Eve service. We're pretty proud of that.

Scout26 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 25, 2016, 01:32:54 AM »

Hallelujah ! Noel ! Be it Heaven or Hell, the Christmas we get we deserve.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqwqknq7nuI

Angel Eyes · « **Reply #3 on:** December 25, 2016, 01:58:47 AM »

HeroHog · « **Reply #4 on:** December 25, 2016, 02:57:28 AM »

A very Merry Christmas to all my friends and those otherwise classified here at APS! May your day and evening be spent with family and/or friends or at least the warm memories of someone.

For some this time of year can be tough. You can call me at any hour if you need someone to talk to. I understand family and friend issues and seasonal depression all too well: 00110011 00110001 00111000 00101101 00110100 00111001 00110111 00101101 00110100 00110010 00110111 00111001

Ben · « **Reply #5 on:** December 25, 2016, 10:37:11 AM »

Merry Christmas everyone! I'm glad to know every one of you. :)

Chris, I did almost the opposite of you at around the same time. We follow the German tradition of opening on Christmas Eve. Once I kicked everyone out of the house, I poured a glass of whiskey and contemplated in silence in front of the fire and the tree. :)

230RN · « **Reply #6 on:** December 25, 2016, 10:44:53 AM »

"to all my friends and those otherwise classified"

A warm and merry Christmas to all on APS, including HeroHog's unfriends.

Terry, 230RN

charby · « **Reply #7 on:** December 25, 2016, 11:06:44 AM »

Joyeux Noel!

Hawkmoon · « **Reply #8 on:** December 25, 2016, 11:49:22 AM »

Feliz Navidad.

FrÃ¶hliches Weihnachten

Natale allegro

Natal feliz

RocketMan · « **Reply #9 on:** December 25, 2016, 11:50:09 AM »

Merry Christmas everyone! The missus and I managed to survive last night's family festivities. Now that church is done (and I managed not to bungle the audio and projection duties too badly) we're getting ready to start today's family fun.
I think a quiet glass of Scotch in front of the tree is how I will close out the day.

Ben · « **Reply #10 on:** December 25, 2016, 12:09:55 PM »

Quote from: RocketMan on December 25, 2016, 11:50:09 AM

I think a quiet glass of Scotch in front of the tree is how I will close out the day.

I'll be repeating mine tonight as well, accompanied by the music from the end of A Christmas Story. :)

charby · « **Reply #11 on:** December 25, 2016, 12:54:45 PM »

Quote from: Ben on December 25, 2016, 12:09:55 PM

I'll be repeating mine tonight as well, accompanied by the music from the end of A Christmas Story. :)

Just poured my first cocktail of the day. Satsuma rum and club soda.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #12 on:** December 25, 2016, 01:34:48 PM »

Quote from: Ben on December 25, 2016, 10:37:11 AM

Merry Christmas everyone! I'm glad to know every one of you. :)

Chris, I did almost the opposite of you at around the same time. We follow the German tradition of opening on Christmas Eve.

Well, Donald Trump is gonna put a stop to that kind of immigrant nonsense.

Ben · « **Reply #13 on:** December 25, 2016, 01:40:45 PM »

Quote from: fistful on December 25, 2016, 01:34:48 PM

Well, Donald Trump is gonna put a stop to that kind of immigrant nonsense.

Make Christmas great again!

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #14 on:** December 25, 2016, 02:09:44 PM »

We're having a ~~white~~ wet Christmas here. Foggy, with occasional rain.

I ventured onto the little-used "front" porch of my parents' house, and found a package addressed to their neighbor. No telling how long it was sitting there, as everyone uses the back or side door.

Doggy Daddy · « **Reply #15 on:** December 25, 2016, 02:57:53 PM »

Merry Christmas to all of my second family here. I hope you're all as content and comfortable on this day as I and those around me are. I toast you all with my coffee cup. Not saying what all is in it.

And here's hoping that those of us that follow the true meaning of the day are comforted by it.

mtnbkr · « **Reply #16 on:** December 25, 2016, 03:04:57 PM »

Quote from: Ben on December 25, 2016, 10:37:11 AM

We follow the German tradition of opening on Christmas Eve.

I didn't know that was a German tradition. Interesting because that is how my family did it and we have no German in our family tree. Xmas Eve was for family gifts, while Xmas day was for "Santa".

However, my wife's family does it all on Xmas day.

These days, we (me, wifey, and kids) open our gifts to each other days before Xmas because it's that much less to drag all over the South as we do the "Mtnbkr Family World Tour" through NC and SW VA. We also open gifts early at whichever house we hit first (my folks this year) because there's no way to be with both families on Xmas Day and the drive is too long to open gifts and drive from one place to the next.

It was much easier when my folks and my wife's folks lived in the same town. Back then, we didn't even open our gifts to each other before Xmas. :|

Chris

Viking · « **Reply #17 on:** December 25, 2016, 04:33:59 PM »

Quote from: Ben on December 25, 2016, 10:37:11 AM

Merry Christmas everyone! I'm glad to know every one of you. :)

Chris, I did almost the opposite of you at around the same time. We follow the German tradition of opening on Christmas Eve. Once I kicked everyone out of the house, I poured a glass of whiskey and contemplated in silence in front of the fire and the tree. :)

Not just Germany, Sweden and the other Nordic countries follows the same tradition.

Ben · « **Reply #18 on:** December 25, 2016, 04:39:12 PM »

Quote from: Viking on December 25, 2016, 04:33:59 PM

Not just Germany, Sweden and the other Nordic countries follows the same tradition.

Yeah, I just meant it was a German tradition for us because we're German and kept it after immigration. Most Nordic / Germanic societies seem to observe it, and I think some others too. My mom grew up in a German village in Hungary, but the slavics did Christmas Eve too.

K Frame · « **Reply #19 on:** December 25, 2016, 04:50:24 PM »

No offense to anyone here, but *expletive deleted*ck Christmas.

charby · « **Reply #20 on:** December 25, 2016, 05:03:17 PM »

Friends are on there way over for bigger blacker box with special Trump cards.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #21 on:** December 25, 2016, 07:06:14 PM »

Quote from: Mike Irwin on December 25, 2016, 04:50:24 PM

No offense to anyone here, but *expletive deleted*ck Christmas.

I might have agreed with Mike earlier in the day. I've mellowed a bit since I'm loopy tired and I have a fancy pink pig piggy bank with (fake) jewels on it and other assorted loot.

I really wasn't in the Christmas spirit after getting up at 6:30 and going to work. You know it's bad when your boss, who has lupus and a torn muscle in her back, that you look worse than she usually does and she's drugged. Pain, lot's of pain.
And then, it's Sunday, which despite Christmas means it's trash day tomorrow and I clean the house on Sunday. So, more pain, scrubbing and sweeping and vacuuming and cat boxes and all that fun.
We were a good 45 minutes late for the family get together, but I had fun anyway.

And I got a pig. I like my pig.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #22 on:** December 25, 2016, 07:07:24 PM »

Pig pix?

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #23 on:** December 25, 2016, 07:34:42 PM »

not the best picture, but PIG!!

roo_ster · « **Reply #24 on:** December 25, 2016, 08:18:22 PM »

Quote from: bluestarlizzard on December 25, 2016, 07:34:42 PM

not the best picture, but PIG!!

Good looking pig.

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Author Topic: Merry Christmas, APS! (Read 3286 times)