Christmas Countdown - 2016

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Solice said:
Thank you ❤️
3 hours at the ER is finally over.
The finger was broken.

Makes me angry at the teacher throwing the ball.
He didnt even care that she was hurt, never asked her if she was okay.
Even though she was crying.
My poor girl.

Now we are grabbing some late dinner before driving home.
We are starwing! :)
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Sending up prayers, I hope she has a speedy recovery.
 
graywolf70 said:
Guys.....
Guys.....
HEY GUYS!!! (Yes it's my Pittsburgh-ian plural for everyone in the room)
I AM SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!

No one else would get why this is a big deal except for this forum, but for the past 18 years I have been searching for a particular Christmas album that was released in 1972. My mother bought it new way back then in the cassette tape version. When we moved to Florida, I was so disappointed and disheartened, particularly at Christmas, that I began playing it in my room at night as I was falling asleep.

When Christmas was over that year, I asked if I could keep it in my room and continue playing it. I remember my mother thinking I was crazy to want to continue playing it past Christmas, but by then it came to be a peaceful solace for me. So whenever I was missing my grandparents, aunt and uncles, home, snow, weather, seasons, school, friends... you name it... I played it while falling asleep. I think in the long run, it became a self-hypnosis of sorts. LOL The more I listened, the more of a Christmas-aholic I became. I kept it through college, into my first apartment, through every move.... you get the picture. It was old and I treasured it. When I got my first stereo system that allowed me to back up a cassette tape, I did so, to protect the original. It became so cherished to me, I only played it on Christmas Eve for fear of the tape breaking.

In 1998, two years after we were married, we had a bad hurricane come through and our house flooded. The cassette tape was at the bottom of an entertainment center cabinet along with other holiday CDs and such. Floor level - with the rest of the watery muck - it was ruined. I was crushed.

It wasn't until after that I realized I never really paid attention to the finite details of the album. I thought it was Time Life books or Reader's Digest who had published it. I knew for sure it was copyrighted in 1972 and the album picture I knew like the back of my hand. All those years I thought the album name was Christmas Magic. I started an internet search. Every once in a while I'd look for it hoping to find a copy, but it seemed hopeless.

Today for no particular reason, in between projects, I decided to just go through Google Images after putting in "Christmas Magic, 1972" Way down on the 8th page of images, I saw it!! The jpeg of the album cover!! It was an ebay item that was sold, but the cover images showed me that the name was "The Magic of Christmas," it was 1972, but the publisher was Columbia House Music! Back to Google - I put that in and found the vinyl album (turns out it was 3 albums in one set, I never knew that), on a collector's site store on Amazon in "Like New Condition," still in the plastic sleeve, records look flawless in the images! I bought it!!!!

It'll be here in two days!! Noah has a stereo system in his room that plays vinyls and records them to mp3s! I am so excited!!! I can have one of my favorite memories of Christmas back, on my cloud drive to access from anywhere and keep the vinyls in tact! I am on Cloud 9!!!

Yes - I'm that goofy. LOL

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That's amazing, I am so very happy for you ♥
 
HomemakinGirl said:
Thank you so much!



Sending get well wishes for your daughter!
I must get back on track with my diet & exercise too!
Enjoy the rest of the day SnowflakeMom!
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You can do it HMG. It's all really just about getting into a routine. The holidays throw everyone out of it. But hey leftover Christmas cookies...how can one resist? After all it'd be a shame to waste food. That's what my parents taught me :).
 
Well I packed 5 boxes of Christmas stuff, glad to have it done. So I'm sitting here resting from my labour and look around to discover I have missed at least a box full of Christmas stuff . I have more than I thought !
This place us starting to look like someone is moving.
 
I missed hanging with you all this afternoon! It was just "one of them afternoons" at work! Have a wonderful evening MMC!!!
 
I missed hanging with you all this afternoon! It was just "one of them afternoons" at work! Have a wonderful evening MMC!!!
 
Christmasstar said:
Well I packed 5 boxes of Christmas stuff, glad to have it done. So I'm sitting here resting from my labour and look around to discover I have missed at least a box full of Christmas stuff . I have more than I thought !
This place us starting to look like someone is moving.
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Sounds like a productive day!! ;)
 
'Tis the season said:
Evening everyone, hope Tuesday finds you all well. Home for an hour from work then heading to a meeting so I'm shovelling dinner into me. Diet started today so probably for the best I've no time. On a much brighter note a got 6 Christmas tree decorations in the sale at lunch time. Hurrah.
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Nice, enjoy the decorations Tis!
Have a great night!
 
Edge612 said:
You can do it HMG. It's all really just about getting into a routine. The holidays throw everyone out of it. But hey leftover Christmas cookies...how can one resist? After all it'd be a shame to waste food. That's what my parents taught me :).
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Thanks Edge. I lost twenty pounds before the holidays, I gained five back. That's not too bad I guess, considering I haven't been making the healthiest choices the past two months. Its definitely time to get back on track!
 
HomemakinGirl said:
Thanks Edge. I lost twenty pounds before the holidays, I gained five back. That's not too bad I guess, considering I haven't been making the healthiest choices the past two months. Its definitely time to get back on track!
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Yeah. The way I look at it you've still lost 15 lbs so you're ahead of the game. Nobody makes the healthiest choices in Nov and Dec. The next 10 months you can try to and then Nov/Dec you better be eating some cookies and stuff again!
 
graywolf70 said:
Guys.....
Guys.....
HEY GUYS!!! (Yes it's my Pittsburgh-ian plural for everyone in the room)
I AM SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!

No one else would get why this is a big deal except for this forum, but for the past 18 years I have been searching for a particular Christmas album that was released in 1972. My mother bought it new way back then in the cassette tape version. When we moved to Florida, I was so disappointed and disheartened, particularly at Christmas, that I began playing it in my room at night as I was falling asleep.

When Christmas was over that year, I asked if I could keep it in my room and continue playing it. I remember my mother thinking I was crazy to want to continue playing it past Christmas, but by then it came to be a peaceful solace for me. So whenever I was missing my grandparents, aunt and uncles, home, snow, weather, seasons, school, friends... you name it... I played it while falling asleep. I think in the long run, it became a self-hypnosis of sorts. LOL The more I listened, the more of a Christmas-aholic I became. I kept it through college, into my first apartment, through every move.... you get the picture. It was old and I treasured it. When I got my first stereo system that allowed me to back up a cassette tape, I did so, to protect the original. It became so cherished to me, I only played it on Christmas Eve for fear of the tape breaking.

In 1998, two years after we were married, we had a bad hurricane come through and our house flooded. The cassette tape was at the bottom of an entertainment center cabinet along with other holiday CDs and such. Floor level - with the rest of the watery muck - it was ruined. I was crushed.

It wasn't until after that I realized I never really paid attention to the finite details of the album. I thought it was Time Life books or Reader's Digest who had published it. I knew for sure it was copyrighted in 1972 and the album picture I knew like the back of my hand. All those years I thought the album name was Christmas Magic. I started an internet search. Every once in a while I'd look for it hoping to find a copy, but it seemed hopeless.

Today for no particular reason, in between projects, I decided to just go through Google Images after putting in "Christmas Magic, 1972" Way down on the 8th page of images, I saw it!! The jpeg of the album cover!! It was an ebay item that was sold, but the cover images showed me that the name was "The Magic of Christmas," it was 1972, but the publisher was Columbia House Music! Back to Google - I put that in and found the vinyl album (turns out it was 3 albums in one set, I never knew that), on a collector's site store on Amazon in "Like New Condition," still in the plastic sleeve, records look flawless in the images! I bought it!!!!

It'll be here in two days!! Noah has a stereo system in his room that plays vinyls and records them to mp3s! I am so excited!!! I can have one of my favorite memories of Christmas back, on my cloud drive to access from anywhere and keep the vinyls in tact! I am on Cloud 9!!!

Yes - I'm that goofy. LOL

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Great story, Graywolf. I really enjoyed reading that.
And I'm glad your search was successful!

For me, it was the Hollyridge Strings Christmas album. Wonderful instrumental selections!
 
Hello Christmas peeps :)
Hope ...
Everybody is safe and warm.
It's been raining here in Arizona, which is a rare event.

I'm almost ready to take the Christmas stuff down
Thought I would hold out one more day .lol

Wishing you all a great evening :lightman
 
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