Christmas Countdown - 2008

SparkleNana · Oct 27, 2008

It is OK here. Must buy more Halloween candy. Some of the relatives have told each other where the "candy stash" is. It is being raided daily now. Luckily, not too many days until Halloween.

Crown 84 · Oct 27, 2008

JayIsh said:
That's Crown...Steady as the North Star...How many years has it been that you've counted down? Has to be five or six right? One of life's great pleasures are the traditions that develop!

jay

Started with Christmas.com in 2003, so it's been 5 years.
Been counting ever since!

RadioJonD · Oct 27, 2008

Crown 84 said:
Started with Christmas.com in 2003, so it's been 5 years.
Been counting ever since!

Speaking of C.com, we have an anniversary coming up! Stay tuned!

sila · Oct 27, 2008

thank you soooo much soarkle nana she seems settled now xxxxxxxxxxx

JOHNOR · Oct 27, 2008

glad to hear your daughter is feeling a bit better sila.

i lost my activity award *sob*

caseydbell · Oct 27, 2008

have a marvelous monday evening all

AuntieMistletoeDear · Oct 27, 2008

You are welcome to countdown whatever days appeal to you. We've been using the same method for many years. It was born out of fun and merriment rather than polls and voting. You can celebrate Chrsitmas whenever you want, I do.

I celebrate it through music, movies, books, writing, visiting festive forums, shopping all year, but in here, I'm content with our traditional countdown.

Wenceslaus said:
Can we have a group vote on when the Christmas season begins? The current arbitrary date used here (November 13) didn't match anyone's in another thread asking when Christmas begins for us. There was no majority opinion in that thread, but the plurality said the season began either on Thanksgiving Day (when Santa Claus appears in the Macy's Parade), or the day after.

Binger · Oct 27, 2008

we have been together since Christmas.com circa 2002 Jay.. Ithink I was there slightly ahead of Crown and you and Cedar also joined us there.... we are the "old guard.."

YABBA YABBA YABBA

Binger · Oct 27, 2008

Hey Radio- were you at christmas.com- seems I remember you there towards the end.. when it collapsed... I remember when the cite use to go down in January and then not come back up till august- and were were all orphaned until then..... Gracie was there then also...

YABBA YABBA YABBA.. hi ya jon..

Binger · Oct 27, 2008

ummm SITE..

Binger · Oct 27, 2008

when did Christmas.com collapse- anyone remember?

sila · Oct 28, 2008

morning xxxxxxxxxxxxx

SparkleNana · Oct 28, 2008

Binger said:
Hey Radio- were you at christmas.com- seems I remember you there towards the end.. when it collapsed... I remember when the cite use to go down in January and then not come back up till august- and were were all orphaned until then..... Gracie was there then also...

YABBA YABBA YABBA.. hi ya jon..

Binger.... All those Christmas orphans.... so sad! Thank goodness (and thank Jeff) that we all will not be Christmas orphans anymore!

Crown 84 · Oct 28, 2008

Gee! What a wave of nostalgia brought on by talk of Christmas.com!
Those were fun days, too. Remember the simple forum board where you could not post pictures or even edit spelling errors? (Sort of like our grandparents or great-grandparents speaking whistfully of the horse-and-buggy days)
We were a close-knit group, weren't we?

Yes, Wenceslaus, November 13 is indeed arbitrary. No one can really pinpoint exactly when the "Christmas Season" really begins, since it starts for each person differently.
Back in 2003 (at C.com) I proposed November 13 as a possible date to begin our Season count on that site (for the reasons stated in post one of this thread). The idea was seconded by my dear friend Binger and gradually adopted by the thread participants as a whole.
After a bit, I introduced the idea over at The Christmas Place and ran a dual count on those 2 sites until C.com went down. We then continued at TXP until it failed and I began counting here in July (August?) of last year.

That's a brief history of what we are doing with the Season count.
If the majority would like to change the date, we could certainly consider doing that. (Of course, that would require a complete overhaul of our milestone chart!)

With that said, Good Morning, fellow Christmas Comrades!

A cold one here in Raleigh this morning, where we stand at 40.
But as usual, it is calm and sunny!

Our count:
Days to the Season: 16 (Barely over 2 weeks!)
Days to Christmas Day: 58
Days to Halloween: 3 (Really closing in!)

Have a Terrific Tuesday, everyone!

Oh! And a travel head's up. We are heading to the coast to winterize and shut down our cottage over there and will be leaving Saturday.
Will need a volunteer to do the count for Sunday through Tuesday mornings, and quite possibly Wednesday. Takers?

JayIsh · Oct 28, 2008

I like the 13th Crown...I believe it is six weeks of Christmas season and that suits me just fine!!! I'd be hard pressed to find a reason to change it at this late date!

And Binger...02 sounds about right!!! Perhaps even before that...I can remember sitting in the kitchen of my apartment and visiting Christmas.com...And we moved into our house in 02...A long time though, no matter how you slice it...And through thick and thin, Christmas friends have been my home base, my lifeline to things red and green...Nobody understands me like folks here do...And I like to think others feel the same...

Crown, I'll volunteer to watch over the countdown!!! And if I miss a day, I'm sure your other fans will grab the chance to post in your stead.

JayIsh(dancing boy...)

Holiday · Oct 28, 2008

Awwwwe, christmas.com ~ what a fond memory!! It's amazing how far we've come since then! :grin: It went down in or around October of 2002 ~ right before the Christmas season! What a sad day!! Thought I had finally found a great place to share my love of Christmas w/ other people who love it as much as me & then I thought I lost contact with them forever!! But here we are! YAY!!! :dance: Thank goodness a few of us had exchanged emails, etc. & were able to re-group! If you look back on the wayback machine, Oct. 1st 2002 is still the old christmas.com format, but Oct. 10, 2002 is the new c.com format. I found where I had posted on Oct. 2, 2002...but there are still posts on Oct. 16, 2002. Hmmm... I still think it's a shame that the people who have the rights to "christmas.com" don't even have a forum...you would think christmas.com would be the coolest place on the internet, but it's definately NOT...THIS is the coolest place on the inernet!!! :wiggy:

Hope you are all having a great day!!!

RadioJonD · Oct 28, 2008

Binger said:
Hey Radio- were you at christmas.com- seems I remember you there towards the end.. when it collapsed... I remember when the cite use to go down in January and then not come back up till august- and were were all orphaned until then..... Gracie was there then also...

YABBA YABBA YABBA.. hi ya jon..

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RadioJonD · Oct 28, 2008

If we altered the countdown season start date at all, I would suggest November 15 - http://tinyurl.com/64qgzn

Holiday · Oct 28, 2008

RadioJonD said:
http://tinyurl.com/26jf42

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So it was still up & running in '04!! Maybe they switched to a new format in '02??? And then it didn't shut down until Aug. of 2006? Is that right?? Seems longer ago than that.