Christmas Countdown - 2013

[Christmas-A-Holic]

I only read a few post, all 3 of my grandchildren just got here so I will try to catch up later.

We plan to have a busy fun day!!!

 

[Christmasstar]

one last picture of the living room...it all comes down today :-?

 

[MerryCarey]

Just look how close we are to our first Milestone!
It's the 300-day Season Window and it arrives just TWO weeks from tomorrow!
(Take that, post-Christmas blues.)

And if that isn't enough, consider that we will be at the ONE QUARTER mark to the Season just 26 days after the 300-day Window opens!
(Feeling better now?)

The best antidote for the post-holidays blues: Crown's Countdown! The milestones keep coming!:???:

I sure could sleep in one more day....

AMEN to that, brother ...

Maybe listen to a funny movie while putting things away? Or some type of comedy skit? Something cheerful and funny just might help!

Good suggestion ... maybe I've got some Fibber McGee and Molly shows with January airdates. The Jordans always make me smile!

 

[sugar142286]

You know, we suffer the blues so much because Christmas people are just very sentimental types. We cherish family so much and Christmas is the only time of the year that most people are off work. I know when I get with family during Christmas and Thanksgiving we "talk" about getting together more often through the year but it just don't happen! I hate that but everyone has a busy schedule and we just cannot seem to get off work at the same time. I see my parents and grandchildren every single day but my daughter is a teacher and I chat with her all the time but really don't get a lot of time to hang out with her. With the rest of the family, it's usually just visiting on Thanksgiving and Christmas only.

Sorry for rambling but us sentimental people just don't want to let go of Christmas!!!

I actually feel okay since joining these forums but I understand what you all are going through! I been there before! I feel just a little blah but I'm okay.

I hope you (and everyone else) feel better soon!!!

I know exactly what you mean and that does make me kind of sad. I don't get to see my family very often either. We just had my dad's family Christmas on Sunday and I know some of you will remember me saying about it, probably 2 months ago or so, but my uncle had surgery because he was having urinary problems, bleeding and such - they thought maybe he had cancer, but we all thought he checked out okay, even my other uncle thought he had. My aunt just told us on Sunday he hadn't, that indeed he had cancer, but my uncle didn't want to tell anyone. It sounds like they got it all with the surgery, which is a blessing, but this is how I feel when you don't always see each other and get to be as close, things are, that is what really makes me sad I think.

 

[sugar142286]

Hello everyone

HAPPY NEW YEAR too...

Good to hear from you, Laurie! Happy New Year to you, your hubby, and furbabies! :-D

 

[sugar142286]

Yes, thank goodness for the short week. I kept thinking like today is Monday, but it's Wednesday (and Pinesday!)---the last short week of the holiday season. So in reality the full-time grind doesn't begin until Monday. But the decorations will be drifting back into their boxes this week and weekend, so it'll be a little blue. It makes me a little sad to leave them up past the first week in January.

Thanks for the reminder! I totally forgot it was Pinesday! :???:

 

[sugar142286]

I only read a few post, all 3 of my grandchildren just got here so I will try to catch up later.

We plan to have a busy fun day!!!

Have an enjoyable day with them! :-D

 

[sugar142286]

one last picture of the living room...it all comes down today :-?

Love all the calendars! Are each different ones, one of the kids?

 

[Undrtakr]

Oh and for those that are getting the Christmas blues, Carl has done something special! Heck its special for everyone! He is pulling an after Christmas, Christmas party! Complete with egg nog and the Christmas vacation moose mugs. He has Christmas movies running all day and the music is cranked. Hot chocolate, candy cane chocolate and more!

 

[Bradmac]

is that a traditional thing to eat over in your area......

we have a similar thing here in germany....or at least in some parts....and what other could be in Germany than

SAUERKRAUT..........we usually ate with Würstchen....it dont know if it brings luck....or money....either one is always good....usually after midnight....i have not eaten it this or the year before or three years before.....maybe i should pick up the tradition next new years.....maybe it will help

It's traditional good-luck food, at least in south GA. I love sauerkraut, too!

 

[sugar142286]

Oh and for those that are getting the Christmas blues, Carl has done something special! Heck its special for everyone! He is pulling an after Christmas, Christmas party! Complete with egg nog and the Christmas vacation moose mugs. He has Christmas movies running all day and the music is cranked. Hot chocolate, candy cane chocolate and more!

Thank you, Carl! I've always wanted one of the moose mugs! :dance:

 

[Bradmac]

Good Wednesday morning, my Christmas friends!

I had a lazy day yesterday, lazier than I meant for it to be. I wanted to go over to my brother's shop to work on the car, but Nancy & the kids talked about going bowling instead. I waited till late afternoon until I realized they had changed their minds, and I had wasted the day watching TV. Maybe next weekend I can get something done on the car.

No PCBs so far, thank goodness. I didn't even mind coming back to work.

I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy

 

[made582]

Good Morning MMC!!!! It's freezing here in central Indy!!!! We currently stand at 7 degree's on our way to a high in the low 20's. Brrrrr. Of course by the end of next week they are talking about high's in the 60's. I have a lot to do today but I don't know how much I'll get done. I really shouldn't have stayed up until 4am watching Christmas movies on hallmark. The Santa Suit is one of my favorites though and I hadn't seen it all the way through this season. Well I'm off to do the dishes and I have any energy left I'm going to start packing up my Santa's. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!

 

[SinatraClaus]

Back to work for the first day of 2013. And what a way to start the year off with quite a few fires to put out.

I hope everyone's Wednesday is treating them better!

 

[ReineV]

Come on December 2013!!! The season is barely 11 months away!

 

[xmas365]

Well. Well. Well.

Happy New Year to all! My Wife and I went to bed before midnight! lol. Oh well. New Years isn't that big in this house. We had a wonderful busy Christmas. I'm not ready to have it end so it wont! Heh. I have the Christmas music still going in my car and home. The tree is up and lit right now and the house is still festive. I'm going to see how long I can get away with it! Why not! The neighbors still have all their stuff up and on. I love it! William loved his gifts. He keeps saying "Daddy, I love my gifts!". We did a good job this year. I hope everyone else had a good one too. Don't get the blues people. If you do we still have HERE! I found a pine yankee candle at Halmark for 12 bucks! YAY! I get excited when I find the Christmas scents. We are all recovering from a virus that has been pretty bad this year. Flu like symptoms but not the flu. You know what I don't like? When radio stations stop right away on December 26th with Christmas music. It should go through till the first week of January. Well, that's what I think. Hope everyone has a good evening!

I feel the same way about the Christmas music, I am glad to hear you had a great Christmas.

 

[xmas365]

Hey friends happy new year! We are in Ames, Iowa. Wisconsin tomorrow!! Miss you guys. Hope all is well, Keeping you all my thoughts.
Sending lots of love!!




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Glad to hear your trip is going well, I hope you can get some rest when you get to Wisconsin.

 

[shellie12]

You know, we suffer the blues so much because Christmas people are just very sentimental types. We cherish family so much and Christmas is the only time of the year that most people are off work. I know when I get with family during Christmas and Thanksgiving we "talk" about getting together more often through the year but it just don't happen! I hate that but everyone has a busy schedule and we just cannot seem to get off work at the same time. I see my parents and grandchildren every single day but my daughter is a teacher and I chat with her all the time but really don't get a lot of time to hang out with her. With the rest of the family, it's usually just visiting on Thanksgiving and Christmas only.

Sorry for rambling but us sentimental people just don't want to let go of Christmas!!!

You no i think your right . or as well think a lot of people just cant get into it and love to see it over. most have heard that today in the shop 3 times "glad its over" i could have hit them lol

 

[shellie12]

Good morning, MMC! Hope you are all having a great day so far and a wonderful New Years Day yesterday.

I see some of you are mentioning about taking your decorations down already. We will be taking ours down on Sunday, which is the Epiphany and the end of the Christmas season. It will make it perfect this year, since we will both be off too.
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I try and keep as much up as i can but with the shop i take a bit down each day to after the 6th as i do think its unlucky but i wood need a week to take all the in door and outdoor down in one go and store away, and i just cant do that with the shop ,

 

[xmas365]

I am feeling so down in the dumps right now. I don't want to go to sleep tonight b/c I don't want to miss a minute of the remainder of Hallmark Christmas movies....though I know staying up all night is not an option. Back to work tomorrow.... and that makes me say "UGH"! too! I am dreading turning on the tv to see...no Christmas!! Booo!!! We had friends over today for our annual NYD party....it was so fun & then when they leave the "it's all over" feeling really starts to set in! I know in a few weeks the Christmas blues will be all behind us & things will be "normal" again...but for now I'm feeling blah. Thankfully we have a short work week this week!!!! :smile:

No Christmas on TV drives me nuts now. I really think there needs to be a Holiday Cable channel, it doesn't have to be all Christmas all the time, but keeps something about all the holidays in rotation.