Christmas Countdown - 2008
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Also, didn't I recall you all saying last year that November 13 makes it exactly 6 weeks until Christmas? A significance in my opinion...
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Read post #1 of this thread, Wenceslas. It should expain our feelings.
It IS arbitrary, but a date that has reached general agreement with most of us here.
Going to look for tree pics now 
Yeah, I thought I remembered 6 weeks figuring in somewhere! You all should really pat yourselves on the back. It really is a brilliant concept!
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Oh, I have read post #1. And it left me puzzled what the significance was of six weeks before Christmas, and wondering why a more relevant date hadn't been chosen.
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No matter what date was chosen, not everyone would agree because the start of any holiday "season" is subjective. We just felt that by about Nov 13, the public at large was starting to get into the Christmas spirit.
Plus you have the round figures of it being exactly 6 weeks before Christmas, with a "depth" of exactly 50 days (Nov 13 through Jan 1).
Plus you have the round figures of it being exactly 6 weeks before Christmas, with a "depth" of exactly 50 days (Nov 13 through Jan 1).
It's like Yabba; it's because it is!! You can't really answer how long is a piece of string or how high is up, so this kind of falls into the same bracket.
Not everything comes in black and white; those shades of grey can be a bit of a b*gger at times, eh???!!!!!!!!!
Not everything comes in black and white; those shades of grey can be a bit of a b*gger at times, eh???!!!!!!!!!
Besides - Carl can't wait any longer than November 13th! I'm not sure if that was the date the camels started following the star..... but it is a very important date for Carl. Personally, if Carl is happy.... then I am happy.
It is just as relevant as December 25th being chosen for Christmas. It was agreed upon years ago and has become tradition.
If you're looking for some official pronouncement, here -- I'll make it:
Be it known herewith, henceforth and forever that the official start of the Christmas season begins on said date of 13 November and the countdown to such is led by the noble, righteous, and incurably merry Crown. He, and his minions, are hereby certified, notorized, authorized, dignified and hopefully not euthanized within these precincts to celebrate said season with all manner of mirth, witty reparte, wry observation, good humor and poignant repose.
This I declare by the authority vested in me as the domain proprietor of the only surviving Christmas portal dating back to the 20th Century and the owner of the largest, brightest, merriest, cheeriest and doggone Christmasiest website in the world.
So let it be written, so let it be done.
Hallelujah, holy sh*t -- where's the tylenol?
Oh my gosh. I better grab my popcorn again
My pleasure...now, can we quit straining at gnats here and get back to celebrating the season?
By the way, I'm in LA today (and the day before and the day before), where it is in the mid-70s and should be about 90 by Friday. This has got to be one of the most un-Christmasy places in the entire world. No wonder we don't have many members here from SoCal.
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Nuthin' says Christmas like lights on palm trees...I lived there for two Christmases...I agree 100%...Sometimes at night you'd get a slight chill and that would make me think of the fall but it never felt like Christmas...
I have a bit of a head cold and have felt pretty lousy while here all week. Last night I thought I'd go out to the stores to try and find some Christmas. But there's a plastic quality, dare I say, to Christmas decor here that just seems to scream LA. Even the places here that sell Christmas can make it feel like Christmas.
Be prepared to explain who Carl is and why a 3-humped camel is frequenting a Christmas forum!!
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You are da bomb...did You memorize funny lines to crack me up?....
Now we have the official stamp--woo hoo!
So sorry about LA Jeff. I can imagine just how un-Christmasy it is! Hope you feel better, by the way!
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