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Message started by houstonbofh on 12/21/12 at 17:21:53

Title: Re: Our Chrismas is going to be very low key this
Post by houstonbofh on 12/21/12 at 17:21:53

I recommend a bottle of mulled wine, a warm fire, a fuzzy rug, and a significant lack of inhibitions.

Merry Christmas!

Title: Re: Our Chrismas is going to be very low key this
Post by Serowbot on 12/21/12 at 22:03:53

I've learned to keep all holidays much lower key than I used to...
The faster the world turns,... the slower I want to go...
It helps differentiate the regular days from the special days...
.. which, in turn, makes me appreciate every day... :-?...

Profoundly circular logic... Uh huh?... ;D...

Title: Re: Our Chrismas is going to be very low key this
Post by LANCER on 12/22/12 at 03:15:31

6C6B7177706B6A666B626C040 wrote:

I recommend a bottle of mulled wine, a warm fire, a fuzzy rug, and a significant lack of inhibitions.

Merry Christmas!

Wine ?
Fire ?
Soft place to lay ?
Significant other ..... 8-)
Inhibitions ??? That is not in my vocabulary for this type of situation. :D

Title: Re: Our Chrismas is going to be very low key this
Post by clearush on 12/22/12 at 13:58:08

if I didn't have 4 children under 10 it would be nice

Title: Re: Our Chrismas is going to be very low key this
Post by gerald.hughes on 12/22/12 at 14:11:18

Except for the children, everyone on my wife's and my Christmas list got the same gift this year-a donation in their name to the local food bank. Our food banks are feeding more people that ever before, and their shelves are almost bare. It bothers me that we are concerned about the "Fiscal Cliff," when we should be concerned about the fact that most of the people in homeless shelters are women and children. I know that I am an old fart, but what has happened to this country?

Title: Re: Our Chrismas is going to be very low key this
Post by arteacher on 12/22/12 at 14:12:53

323D343023242239510 wrote:

if I didn't have 4 children under 10 it would be nice

Relish these years when your kids are at home. Kids are what make Christmas special.

Title: Re: Our Chrismas is going to be very low key this
Post by Jerry Eichenberger on 12/22/12 at 14:50:19

Artteacher -

You hit it right on. We have only one child, a 32 year old daughter. The nice part now is that she and her husband live only 7/10ths of a mile down the road from us. Far enough away that we all have our privacy, yet obviously close enough to visit often. Tonite she invited my wife and me over for dinner, seafood linguine with mussles, shrimp, clams, and fish in an olive oil drizzle. She has become an amateur gourmet chef.
I always feel bad for people whose kids move half a continent away. I get along great with my son-in-law, we go out on a boys night at least once a week - I'm a lucky guy.

Merry Christmas.

Title: Re: Our Chrismas is going to be very low key this
Post by arteacher on 12/22/12 at 16:10:55

3738343E3538333F382F3A382F5D0 wrote:

My youngest is up da far nort (Whitehorse) this year and won't be home for Christmas. He is 33. My oldest who is 39 is taking the grandkids (4 and 7) to visit his in laws in Bracebridge over the holidays. We will go to my in-laws for Christmas dinner.
Merry Christmas to you.
P.S.- get me the recipe. ;D

Title: Re: Our Chrismas is going to be very low key this
Post by ToesNose on 12/24/12 at 03:40:28

585F4543445F5E525F5658300 wrote:

I recommend a bottle of mulled wine, a warm fire, a fuzzy rug, and a significant lack of inhibitions.

Sounds like almost every X-mass before marriage for me LOL ;D

Title: Re: Our Chrismas is going to be very low key this
Post by Boofer on 12/26/12 at 22:12:15

232C202A212C272B2C3B2E2C3B490 wrote:

Jerry, I believe you are wrong about being lucky. I was recently complimented on my wife and being lucky to have her. I replied that I waited and looked and waited and looked until I got what I wanted--the cream of the crop. And that's not luck. I think perhaps you show your wife and daughter respect, so she looked for someone who would do the same for her. A parent's life is the best instruction book for our children. Happy New Year, you lucky dog.! ;D

Title: Re: Our Chrismas is going to be very low key this
Post by houstonbofh on 12/26/12 at 22:15:13

1F32323B382F5D0 wrote:

I replied that I waited and looked and waited and looked until I got what I wanted--the cream of the crop. And that's not luck.

I agree with you to a point. It takes patience and persistence to find the right one. It took me 38 years to find Aida, the love of my life and my perfect match. She was lucky though, since it only took her 22 years to find me. ;)

Title: Re: Our Chrismas is going to be very low key this
Post by Boofer on 12/26/12 at 22:30:23

Houston, Merry Christmas to you and Aida. Sounds like a perfect fit. As my cousin once told me as we paddled a canoe down a snakey creek when I was 15 he said there's nothing like finding the right woman--and after about 5 seconds he said,'Then again ther's nothing like finding the wrong one, either." ;D

Title: Re: Our Chrismas is going to be very low key this
Post by jcstokes on 12/27/12 at 00:33:25

Gerald.Hughes, it's the same everywhere. In New Zealand the food banks are busier than ever, the womens refuges full to overflowing, the voluntary aid workers overworked and according to some, near overwhelmed. No doubt some will be watching what some "celebrities"child got for christmas and the boxing day sales were packed out. Trade Me the NZ equivalent of EBAY is packed with unwanted gifts for sale.

Title: Re: Our Chrismas is going to be very low key this
Post by mpescatori on 12/27/12 at 07:12:31

This year my wife Patricia and I celebrated 23 years marriage on Dec.23, and rather than buying ourselves expensive presents we splurged (?) on two train tickets and a long weekend at the Officers' Club (cheapest place there is pricewise) in Venice.

No, not Venice, NY, rather Venice, IT !

Everybody deserves a 2nd honeymoon, especially when it ISN'T the right anniversary ;) ... yet ...

:)

=== 000 ===

As for the kids, too many, not many enough, kids are like happiness, you only realize how much they're worth when they aren't around... anymore...

In order to allow ourselves that one long weekend, we accepted my siste-in-law's invitation (my wife's sister) and flew our son to Belgium for him to enjoy XMas with his cousins.
Else, he would have been alone (albeit with us) and no firnds/mates/siblings with whom to spend the Holidays - he's an only child.

By the time we returned home and unpacked, my wife and I looked at each other and agreed the house was sooo silent without him around...
:-/
We enjoyed our three days so much, but now we can't wait for him to return ! :)