Christmas Countdown - 2019

[Edge612]

Good Morning, MMC'ers!
It's almost here.
Christmas Season 2019. We are nearly on the threshold itself!

The numbers tell the tale:
Days to the Season: 2 (DAY AFTER TOMORROW!!)
Days to Thanksgiving: 17 (Under 2 1/2 weeks remain!)
Days to Christmas Day: 44 (Six weeks from the day after tomorrow!)
(Just about on the brink, Guys!)

Not too bad for early November here yesterday. A tad nippy but I definitely would not call it uncomfortable.
Today should see it even warmer, with a prediced high of 68.
But tomorrow night? Twenty-Four. (Too cold for me.)
We commence the week of the Season's debut at 45 degrees, here.

Have a Marvelous Monday, Everybody!

The Special Post Series is winding down. Two more posts to go:
Today (Day 2 before the Season) = Christmaswarlock
Tomorrow (Day 1 before the Season) = Auntie Mistletoe
Nov. 13 -- CHRISTMAS SEASON 2019 ARRIVES! --

Thanks Crown! Happy Veteran's Day!

 

[Christmaswarlock]

Good Morning, MMC'ers!
It's almost here.
Christmas Season 2019. We are nearly on the threshold itself!

The numbers tell the tale:
Days to the Season: 2 (DAY AFTER TOMORROW!!)
Days to Thanksgiving: 17 (Under 2 1/2 weeks remain!)
Days to Christmas Day: 44 (Six weeks from the day after tomorrow!)
(Just about on the brink, Guys!)

Not too bad for early November here yesterday. A tad nippy but I definitely would not call it uncomfortable.
Today should see it even warmer, with a prediced high of 68.
But tomorrow night? Twenty-Four. (Too cold for me.)
We commence the week of the Season's debut at 45 degrees, here.

Have a Marvelous Monday, Everybody!

The Special Post Series is winding down. Two more posts to go:
Today (Day 2 before the Season) = Christmaswarlock
Tomorrow (Day 1 before the Season) = Auntie Mistletoe
Nov. 13 -- CHRISTMAS SEASON 2019 ARRIVES! --

Thanks Crown!! We are sitting here under a Winter Storm warning and I can think of no better time to get the Special Post going.

 

[Bradmac]

Merry Monday and Happy Veterans Day! Today is my husband's birthday too!
Work for me today and not sure what my husband wants to do....maybe we will order takeout?
Hope you all have a great day!!

Happy Birthday to Mr. SfM!

 

[Bradmac]

Good Monday morning, Christmas friends!

We have a beautiful day lined up here in SE Ga. It was 38° this morning, going to 75° this afternoon.

Nancy and I started our house cleaning project, getting ready to host Thanksgiving for the first time. I hope it goes well!

Elizabeth's car battery died Saturday, so I picked it up to replace the battery and get some other maintenance stuff done. Money, money, money! LOL

I hope y'all have a great day!

 

[KimB]

Happy New week....the week Christmas season begins!

 

[Christmaswarlock]

Special Post Day #2

I have always loved reading these posts through the years and having a opportunity to write one up finally is awesome. This year has had some great posts and a thanks to all the contributors and MMC for giving us all a Christmas home to visit.
What makes Christmas special to each person varies like the changing of the seasons. I just brought out the first red and green tote containing the 1st of 3 trees and the kids literally just lost their minds. I was remembering when I was little and we would go cut a real tree and drag it inside, it seemed like anything was possible once we stood it up. Sleepless nights worrying about Santa, wondering if the mail delivered my list to him or if there would be enough snow. No matter when we decorated Thanksgiving Day was unofficially the day that Christmas started. Our Sears and JcPenney catalogs have turned into Ipads and I catch the kids "dog earring" Amazon toy sections, asking if Santa has a email addy or if they can video chat him. Some things definately have changed but some have stayed the same. If you love Christmas there is definately some of that sleepless child left inside you that worries about the mail and weather. Pass on traditions that will last a lifetime and be passed to the next generation. Most importantly is to give something of the Christmas spirit back. Christmas has given me so much that I could spend my entire life trying to repay for it and never cover the interest.
Happy Holidays to everybody here!

 

[Bradmac]

Special Post Day #2

I have always loved reading these posts through the years and having a opportunity to write one up finally is awesome. This year has had some great posts and a thanks to all the contributors and MMC for giving us all a Christmas home to visit.
What makes Christmas special to each person varies like the changing of the seasons. I just brought out the first red and green tote containing the 1st of 3 trees and the kids literally just lost their minds. I was remembering when I was little and we would go cut a real tree and drag it inside, it seemed like anything was possible once we stood it up. Sleepless nights worrying about Santa, wondering if the mail delivered my list to him or if there would be enough snow. No matter when we decorated Thanksgiving Day was unofficially the day that Christmas started. Our Sears and JcPenney catalogs have turned into Ipads and I catch the kids "dog earring" Amazon toy sections, asking if Santa has a email addy or if they can video chat him. Some things definately have changed but some have stayed the same. If you love Christmas there is definately some of that sleepless child left inside you that worries about the mail and weather. Pass on traditions that will last a lifetime and be passed to the next generation. Most importantly is to give something of the Christmas spirit back. Christmas has given me so much that I could spend my entire life trying to repay for it and never cover the interest.
Happy Holidays to everybody here!

Wonderful Special Post, CW!! Thanks!

 

[KimB]

Special Post Day #2

I have always loved reading these posts through the years and having a opportunity to write one up finally is awesome. This year has had some great posts and a thanks to all the contributors and MMC for giving us all a Christmas home to visit.
What makes Christmas special to each person varies like the changing of the seasons. I just brought out the first red and green tote containing the 1st of 3 trees and the kids literally just lost their minds. I was remembering when I was little and we would go cut a real tree and drag it inside, it seemed like anything was possible once we stood it up. Sleepless nights worrying about Santa, wondering if the mail delivered my list to him or if there would be enough snow. No matter when we decorated Thanksgiving Day was unofficially the day that Christmas started. Our Sears and JcPenney catalogs have turned into Ipads and I catch the kids "dog earring" Amazon toy sections, asking if Santa has a email addy or if they can video chat him. Some things definately have changed but some have stayed the same. If you love Christmas there is definately some of that sleepless child left inside you that worries about the mail and weather. Pass on traditions that will last a lifetime and be passed to the next generation. Most importantly is to give something of the Christmas spirit back. Christmas has given me so much that I could spend my entire life trying to repay for it and never cover the interest.
Happy Holidays to everybody here!

Lovely words. Thank you for posting.

 

[Yuletide Junkie]

Merry Monday and Happy Veterans Day! Today is my husband's birthday too!
Work for me today and not sure what my husband wants to do....maybe we will order takeout?
Hope you all have a great day!!

Enjoy the celebration, this evening!

 

[Yuletide Junkie]

Good Monday morning, Christmas friends!

We have a beautiful day lined up here in SE Ga. It was 38° this morning, going to 75° this afternoon.

Nancy and I started our house cleaning project, getting ready to host Thanksgiving for the first time. I hope it goes well!

Elizabeth's car battery died Saturday, so I picked it up to replace the battery and get some other maintenance stuff done. Money, money, money! LOL

I hope y'all have a great day!

The lunch time temperature is 15F, tomorrow morning it will be 8F, and Tuesday's high will get clear up to 21F. We're looking forward to the low 40s on Sunday.

 

[Meceka]

Merry Monday and Happy Veterans Day! Today is my husband's birthday too!
Work for me today and not sure what my husband wants to do....maybe we will order takeout?
Hope you all have a great day!!

Happy Birthday to your husband!

 

[Meceka]

Thank you, Meceka!

You're welcome!

 

[Meceka]

Special Post Day #2

I have always loved reading these posts through the years and having a opportunity to write one up finally is awesome. This year has had some great posts and a thanks to all the contributors and MMC for giving us all a Christmas home to visit.
What makes Christmas special to each person varies like the changing of the seasons. I just brought out the first red and green tote containing the 1st of 3 trees and the kids literally just lost their minds. I was remembering when I was little and we would go cut a real tree and drag it inside, it seemed like anything was possible once we stood it up. Sleepless nights worrying about Santa, wondering if the mail delivered my list to him or if there would be enough snow. No matter when we decorated Thanksgiving Day was unofficially the day that Christmas started. Our Sears and JcPenney catalogs have turned into Ipads and I catch the kids "dog earring" Amazon toy sections, asking if Santa has a email addy or if they can video chat him. Some things definately have changed but some have stayed the same. If you love Christmas there is definately some of that sleepless child left inside you that worries about the mail and weather. Pass on traditions that will last a lifetime and be passed to the next generation. Most importantly is to give something of the Christmas spirit back. Christmas has given me so much that I could spend my entire life trying to repay for it and never cover the interest.
Happy Holidays to everybody here!

Well done, Christmaswarlock!

 

[GWarren]

Hello all,

Today is Remembrance Day here in Canada and Memorial Day in the US, so firstly, I want to thank all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

Secondly, the snow has begun. We're expecting about 10cm (~4 in) of the fluffy stuff. I'm going to wait until tomorrow to start shoveling, but I'll have to go out later because my mother is coming to visit for a week. She's from out west, and they've had snow for a least a couple of weeks already. I'm going to take her to the local Christmas fair on Friday for some holiday fun.

Thanks to Jeff and all the wonderful elves for getting the card exchange up and running again this year. I'm part of another world-wide card exchange group, so there will be over 100 cards going out this year. I'm so looking forward to it.

Other things to look forward to: Christmas movies. There are so many great holiday movies coming out this year, on the big screen and the little one. I've already seen some of the Hallmark ones, and I'm especially looking forward to seeing Last Christmas, Noelle, and Klaus. They all look like fun.

While mother is here, I'm hoping she'll be up to putting up the tree. Since we've moved out here, she doesn't seem to be as enthusiastic about decorating as before, but we'll just crank the tunes and get decorating.

Keep warm all and take care.

 

[Christmaswarlock]

When you realize your container of hot chocolate has gone bad and you have a 1/4" of sleet on the road.

 

[Christmaswarlock]

Well done, Christmaswarlock!

Thank you Meceka!

 

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Merry Monday and Happy Veterans Day! Today is my husband's birthday too!
Work for me today and not sure what my husband wants to do....maybe we will order takeout?
Hope you all have a great day!!

If we couldn't make things work out, we'd mark the day somehow and celebrate the next chance we had.

Happy Birthday to your husband.

 

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Good Monday morning, Christmas friends!

We have a beautiful day lined up here in SE Ga. It was 38° this morning, going to 75° this afternoon.

Nancy and I started our house cleaning project, getting ready to host Thanksgiving for the first time. I hope it goes well!

Elizabeth's car battery died Saturday, so I picked it up to replace the battery and get some other maintenance stuff done. Money, money, money! LOL

I hope y'all have a great day!

I'm pretty sure I'll be needing a replacement soon. I've had CAA come to jump start it 3 times since April; today marked the first one since I renewed my service. Thing is I don't usually plug it in until it drops below -14. Maybe it needs to be warmer sooner.

If I get CAA to put a new battery in; I only pay for the battery, the installation is free.

The next time, it fails to start; I'll make the arrangements.

 

[Crown 84]

Special Post Day #2

I have always loved reading these posts through the years and having a opportunity to write one up finally is awesome. This year has had some great posts and a thanks to all the contributors and MMC for giving us all a Christmas home to visit.
What makes Christmas special to each person varies like the changing of the seasons. I just brought out the first red and green tote containing the 1st of 3 trees and the kids literally just lost their minds. I was remembering when I was little and we would go cut a real tree and drag it inside, it seemed like anything was possible once we stood it up. Sleepless nights worrying about Santa, wondering if the mail delivered my list to him or if there would be enough snow. No matter when we decorated Thanksgiving Day was unofficially the day that Christmas started. Our Sears and JcPenney catalogs have turned into Ipads and I catch the kids "dog earring" Amazon toy sections, asking if Santa has a email addy or if they can video chat him. Some things definately have changed but some have stayed the same. If you love Christmas there is definately some of that sleepless child left inside you that worries about the mail and weather. Pass on traditions that will last a lifetime and be passed to the next generation. Most importantly is to give something of the Christmas spirit back. Christmas has given me so much that I could spend my entire life trying to repay for it and never cover the interest.
Happy Holidays to everybody here!

Yep. Pay Christmas forward, so to speak.
Real nice post, Christmaswarlock.
I enjoyed it!

 

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Special Post Day #2

I have always loved reading these posts through the years and having a opportunity to write one up finally is awesome. This year has had some great posts and a thanks to all the contributors and MMC for giving us all a Christmas home to visit.
What makes Christmas special to each person varies like the changing of the seasons. I just brought out the first red and green tote containing the 1st of 3 trees and the kids literally just lost their minds. I was remembering when I was little and we would go cut a real tree and drag it inside, it seemed like anything was possible once we stood it up. Sleepless nights worrying about Santa, wondering if the mail delivered my list to him or if there would be enough snow. No matter when we decorated Thanksgiving Day was unofficially the day that Christmas started. Our Sears and JcPenney catalogs have turned into Ipads and I catch the kids "dog earring" Amazon toy sections, asking if Santa has a email addy or if they can video chat him. Some things definately have changed but some have stayed the same. If you love Christmas there is definately some of that sleepless child left inside you that worries about the mail and weather. Pass on traditions that will last a lifetime and be passed to the next generation. Most importantly is to give something of the Christmas spirit back. Christmas has given me so much that I could spend my entire life trying to repay for it and never cover the interest.
Happy Holidays to everybody here!

Thank you for your merry words for our special Day 2 posting ceremony. You can bet I still strain my ears on Christmas Eve listening for the sound of sleigh bells passing over.