tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post116482943636319009..comments2024-01-23T09:42:56.561-06:00Comments on Rancid Raves : Where's the Christmas Spirit?Cagey (Kelli Oliver George)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13691589813815058981noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1165091883121915452006-12-02T14:38:00.000-06:002006-12-02T14:38:00.000-06:00I have 15 nieces and nephews, so no, I don't buy f...I have 15 nieces and nephews, so no, I don't buy for my cousins' kids, ha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1164909474949384202006-11-30T11:57:00.000-06:002006-11-30T11:57:00.000-06:00Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas is You'. ...Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas is You'. Never fails. I really don't like her music, but I swear I could put that song on repeat the whole of December.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958937420315953817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1164903276106473942006-11-30T10:14:00.000-06:002006-11-30T10:14:00.000-06:00LOVE LOVE LOVE CHRISTMAS!!! Putting the tree up a...LOVE LOVE LOVE CHRISTMAS!!! Putting the tree up and decorating helps, but what REALLY gets me in the mood is baking Christmas cookies!Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17498882698871973763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1164894582364020022006-11-30T07:49:00.000-06:002006-11-30T07:49:00.000-06:00I'm a Christmas nut. We still do a fresh tree, so ...I'm a Christmas nut. We still do a fresh tree, so we have to get it closer to Christmas. At this point, it's the pets we have to worry about taking out the tree. Decorating it with the kids is just the best, well, that and decorating cookies. And opening the cards that come in the mail, and putting up the other decorations, and, and, and...<BR/><BR/>I send out cards each year with a recent Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273493776473085128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1164877200328262652006-11-30T03:00:00.000-06:002006-11-30T03:00:00.000-06:00We have a fake tree here at home, since my dad was...We have a fake tree here at home, since my dad was tired of cleaning up the dead pines after thirty days..<BR/><BR/>I can't blame him for that, but I do miss the smell.<BR/><BR/>My first year out, I'm absolutely buying a real one. Then I can throw a tantrum and purchase a nice fake one the year after.<BR/><BR/>I just love everything about Christmas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1164863679380948722006-11-29T23:14:00.000-06:002006-11-29T23:14:00.000-06:00I love Christmas tunes...as long as they are withi...I love Christmas tunes...as long as they are within my control(i.e., not the Muzak version of "Jingle Bell Rock" in the Wal-mart). <BR/><BR/>I also love Christmas lights...outside. Driving around looking at different colors and configurations. These giant blow-up Santa, Snowmen, etc. kinda bug me. There's no 'art' in them.<BR/><BR/>...oh yeah, and the holiday pies. Yum!Goofy Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352285444267475609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1164842055057380412006-11-29T17:14:00.000-06:002006-11-29T17:14:00.000-06:00Shalini,Yes! He is from Kerala.All,I totally forg...Shalini,<BR/>Yes! He is from Kerala.<BR/><BR/>All,<BR/>I totally forgot to include Christmas Vacation in the "movies" section. Horrors!Cagey (Kelli Oliver George)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13691589813815058981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1164838849892269562006-11-29T16:20:00.000-06:002006-11-29T16:20:00.000-06:00Fake trees have come a long way since the Christma...Fake trees have come a long way since the Christmas Queen™ of my childhood. There was a fake one at this produce market/farm we go to that I thought was real until I made a very, very close inspection of it. (Ironically, this place sells live Christmas trees, albeit none as gigantor as the one they had set up inside their store.)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, fake is fine in my book. Just get yourself a freshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1164837857981955402006-11-29T16:04:00.000-06:002006-11-29T16:04:00.000-06:00I grew up with a fake tree (is it an Indian thing?...I grew up with a fake tree (is it an Indian thing?:))and didn't know no different until I married Mr. Christmas. Now it's a real tree every year or he might cry like a little baby. <BR/><BR/>By the way, is X from Kerala? Just asking since he's Catholic...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-1164836339633546452006-11-29T15:38:00.000-06:002006-11-29T15:38:00.000-06:00I have to send out Christmas cards this year...it'...I have to send out Christmas cards this year...it's a #1 priority. <BR/><BR/>The only problem is that I'm trying to find cards I LIKE. I'd love some Nightmare Before Xmas cards, or a set I bought years ago (and now can no longer find) of Edward Gorey illustrations, but everything in the stores is that weird dude who draws pictures of lights in windows. Thomas Kinkade? No THANKS. <BR/><BR/>Funny Monkey McWearingChapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159146850159129520noreply@blogger.com