Christmas only discussion.

For unto us a Child is born,
unto us a Son is given,
For unto us a Child is born,
unto us a Son is given,
For unto us a Child is born,
unto us a Son is given,
and the government shall be upon His shoulder;
and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor,
the Mighty God,
the Everlasting Father,
the Prince of Peace.
For unto us a Child is born,
unto us a Son is given,
For unto us a Child is born,
unto us a Son is given,
and the government shall be upon His shoulder;
and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor,
the Mighty God,
the Everlasting Father,
the Prince of Peace.
For unto us a Child is born,
unto us a Son is given,
and the government shall be upon His shoulder;
and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor,…
 
The wife and I are taking an extended period off of work for Christmas and New Year's. Hoping to get some work done on our bathroom remodel. Will likely attend a Christmas Eve church service somewhere local. Going to a New Year's Eve party where a favorite local band is playing, and rented a room a half a block away from the party. Should be a good time. We usually stay home on New Year's Eve.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
We celebrated Yule today, even though it was a bit warm for a fire. Happy Solstice!
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I'm hoping to enjoy Christmas with my neighbor friends. This is looking like the last Christmas up here in Michigan. Fighting plenty of health issues but I'm still kicking along good enough to enjoy Christmas. I have little choice since the appointments to help me out scheduled months out. At least I'm hopeful we're getting to the root of some of my issues.
 
Casino-hopping along Mississippi Gulf Coast. After the kids left home, me and the Wife made this a ritual. Great Ride along the Coast, Gulf on one side, large Homes on the other. Fresh ground Dunkin' Donut coffee for the Ride, a Hundred Dollar Bill apiece, and Casinos about 10 to 20 miles apart. Enough time to talk about 'how we beat the House', or 'the House beat us'. :)
 
Jack said:
Casino-hopping along Mississippi Gulf Coast. After the kids left home, me and the Wife made this a ritual. Great Ride along the Coast, Gulf on one side, large Homes on the other. Fresh ground Dunkin' Donut coffee for the Ride, a Hundred Dollar Bill apiece, and Casinos about 10 to 20 miles apart. Enough time to talk about 'how we beat the House', or 'the House beat us'. :)
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$100? Sounds like a quick evening. I don't really gamble much anymore but I used to do it for fun or a good cause. I used to play video poker after a meal at the local Casino restaurant. I'd burn through $20 dollars in as quick as 10 minutes or so. I imagine $100 might stretch to an hour+. Some times it lasts a bit longer and I end up leaving with about the same as what I started with in winnings.
 
Crocodile said:
$100? Sounds like a quick evening. I don't really gamble much anymore but I used to do it for fun or a good cause. I used to play video poker after a meal at the local Casino restaurant. I'd burn through $20 dollars in as quick as 10 minutes or so. I imagine $100 might stretch to an hour+. Some times it lasts a bit longer and I end up leaving with about the same as what I started with in winnings.
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:) We would both plan on spending 20 bucks per Casino. One of us would win while the other lost, or some version of that. The Theory was that 'The longer you stay, the more chance you will lose', so after 20 to 30 minutes we would head out to the next Casino. It was more about a Scenic Drive along the Gulf Coast on a Winter Day. It's great when it's a rainy day, or windy, ... once it 'snowed'. The ground covered with whiteness, looking at the water, looking at little 'snowflakes' falling from the sky ... surreal. There's Free Drinks and Free Entertainment and usually a discounted (or Free) Buffet or Food Court. It's just a nice serene way to spend a day that was usually a hectic event with 5 kids and christmas presents.

:) A pleasant contrast!
 
I get to work Christmas. Will throw something in the oven before I run out the door, and my wife can retrieve it when she gets up. I do get New Year's off, though.
 
Bull Durham said:
I get to work Christmas. Will throw something in the oven before I run out the door, and my wife can retrieve it when she gets up. I do get New Year's off, though.
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I've noticed the Casino Workers grumble about working on Christmas Day too.
 
I'll be visiting my 82 year old friend at the nursing home where she lives on Christmas day. I plan to have dinner with her at the dining room in the home. No other plans after that. I'll most likely be staying home on Christmas Eve.
 
Steven VanderMolen said:
I'll be visiting my 82 year old friend at the nursing home where she lives on Christmas day. I plan to have dinner with her at the dining room in the home. No other plans after that. I'll most likely be staying home on Christmas Eve.
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That's actually very commendable.
 
My family lives all the way across the country...I in New Jersey, my bother and his family in Simi Valley and my sister and her family in Malibu. Ours will be a telephone call Christmas.

Nancy and I will go to her sister's for dinner (I hosted Thanksgiving)...and there will be lots of gift trading. I really am not nuts about that part...the ooohhh'ing and aaawww'ing is a pain.

We've already hosted visits from a couple of friends and did the trading of presents with them...and we will host several other friends during the week after.

Gonna be lots of football games to watch...and I will probably practice my golf swing a tiny bit in the backyard if we get no snow.

None of us in the family...or our friends, for that matter...are much into the religious aspects, although I have always had a soft-spot for religious and Christmas music...which I am sure I will enjoy.

Hope you guys all have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS...and may 2020 be a happy healthy year for you and yours.
 
We generally celebrated Christmas on January 7 in the Christian Orthodox tradition.

My mother imbued in me a sense that Christmas is more about family and religious tradition rather than a consumer orgy.

Collectively it is a reminder to me that I consider Jesus of Nazareth to be one of the great moral philosophers of antiquity along with Confucius, the Buddha, and Muhammad.
 
Crocodile said:
I'm hoping to enjoy Christmas with my neighbor friends. This is looking like the last Christmas up here in Michigan. Fighting plenty of health issues but I'm still kicking along good enough to enjoy Christmas. I have little choice since the appointments to help me out scheduled months out. At least I'm hopeful we're getting to the root of some of my issues.
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I sure hope so too. Guess when you move you'll have to start up new relationships with new physicians all over again. :~(
 
Jack said:
Casino-hopping along Mississippi Gulf Coast. After the kids left home, me and the Wife made this a ritual. Great Ride along the Coast, Gulf on one side, large Homes on the other. Fresh ground Dunkin' Donut coffee for the Ride, a Hundred Dollar Bill apiece, and Casinos about 10 to 20 miles apart. Enough time to talk about 'how we beat the House', or 'the House beat us'. :)
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Have you ever been to Tunica?
 
family and friends as always

for those of you who live in norther Utah, go to Layton's public buildings and see the lights: very nice for a small city.
 
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