Well today its officially 27 days till Christmas but who is counting? I am counting! I have whittled my gift list to less than 10 people due to various and selfish reasons.

My favorite of this holiday season is classic christmas music found on a few radio stations or now on my cable provider box. Did I mention I have "Christmas Cat meowings of the Season"? Yes Silent Night to the tune of cats meowing! I can sense your jealousy!

My pet peeve of this holiday season is people who are 100% clueless in stores and just standing in the middle of the aisle with their cart blocking everyone from passing. And dont even try to mention 'excuse me' or attempt to move their cart without getting a death stare from that person.

The past 5 or 6 years I have been a serious online shopper for a few reasons but mainly because as I grow older I have less patience for dealing with the public without tempting fate with a stint in jail if I lose my cool.

Anyone else with favorites and pet peeves?

My favorites- Jingle Bell Rock
EAGLES vs Cowboys THIS YEAR
Snow

My Peeves- people who completely disregard your requests and get you crap you don't want.
(no offense, I'm sorry) People who countdown until Christmas. You wait 30 days for one. It has to be a letdown.

I'm glad somebody brought this up.

People who are determined to spend the EXACT SAME AMOUNT down to the friggin' penny on every single person in the family. If this means that I'm going to get yet another vinyl wallet or a cheap bottle of eau-de-poo that smells like industrial strength bug spray, please save your money.

Did that sound totally ungrateful?

Favoite Things: The tree helps take the weird smell out of my house.

Pet Peeves: X-mas is two days after my Birthday, and it totally steals my thunder.

My Mom does this. She starts by asking me what my husband or daughter wants. Once the proper $$ amt. has been reached, if it's available on-line, she'll ask me to order it for her, since the internet is just too difficult to learn. If Christmas is at my house, then she'll ask me to have the items shipped here, and could I wrap them? I don't know, am I making too much out of this?

Favorites: the way everything looks, especially driving through my town. All the trees have lights strung around them and at night its so pretty. Plus the snow really makes everything look prettier. As far as songs go, my fave is "The Christmas Song" (you know, Chestnuts roasting......). I also love the food haha.

Pet Peeves: how long it takes for Christmas to come! The month of December feels the length of all the other months combined. Plus, picking out gifts can be stressful. Opening gifts that you secretly hate is stressful too. That may sound bad, but I feel like the most awkward person alive when I open something I really don't like. I'm bad at faking it....

Also, I hate the drummer boy song. I don't know, something about it just drives me crazy.

Favorites: The first five minutes of the holiday season, before it starts to give me a headache.

Pet peeve: Just like Michael, I usually end up giving someone a nice gift and receiving a hand-made scarf, hat, or oven mitt in return. Every year!

I'm going to take a page out of your book this year.

Favorite things: Christmas lights; the look of fresh snow; finding just the right gift for someone (extra points if it's on sale); actual Christmas day.

Hated things: Houses with so many Christmas lights you can't tell the difference between midnight and noon; actual presence of snow; Christmas shoppers in the stores and on the road; people who buy me perfume; Secret Santa at work.

And it's two days before mine! but I like it because I get extra presents.

Favorite things: The lights and getting to watch a lot of Christmas movies- I always watch Its A Wonderful Life and White Christmas this time of year- my mom gave my the White Christmas DVD as an early present-I watched it last week- incidentally my favorite Christmas song is White Christmas (only the one Bing Crosby sings though- anyone else ruins it for me )

Pet peeve: Stores putting out Christmas stuff right after Halloween- or even sooner. One holiday at a time people!

Okay, enough complaining Mixed, tell the nice people what you LIKE about Christmas. . .

Absolute favorite thing, turning off all the room lights, and sitting down in front of the tree to enjoy the tree lights and ornaments.
A nice roaring fire in the fireplace.
Favorite movie: "A Christmas Story". sooooooo good.
Opening presents Christmas morning. Now that we have a kid, it's a whole new experience.
Favorite carole: "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", reminds me of a Dicken's Christmas.
If at all possible see some production of "A Christmas Carole". This was my first experience with the theatre as a kid, and I like to re-live it. We'll also try "The Nutcracker" this year too.

My husband is jewish, so during this time he's teaching our daughter about Hanukkah. She LOVES lighting the menorah. Pyro.

Me too! this is one of my only pet peeves with the holidays. the other is the "political correctness" issue. i really don't care if other people want to celebrate their religion publicly, with lights or signs. i don't understand why people make such a huge deal out of this.

enough of my rant, my favourite things about christmas time is pretty much everything. i love snow, presents, the smell of the christmas tree, the christmas songs(my fave is mariah careys "all i want for christmas is you, i don't know why ), the christmas movies (even the old claymation ones), and the food, ****, even my family i can stand at christmas time.

I love these! The Rudolph ones and stuff- my favorite!! I love the Frosty the Snowman cartoons too!


Another one of my favorites! "You'll shoot you're eye out!" So great!

I love Chanuka! It's one off the best parts of being jewish. (That and I just had my Bat Mitzvah, and I'm rich.)
I also have a little Christmas thing because my dads not jewish, but it's really nothing.

I don't like why that's all people ever talk about. The publisity is too much for me.

i love that movie! that's what got me loving the song in the first place. is that version sung by the actress from the movie, that young girl? she has an incredible set of pipes.

My season faves:

Movies - It's a Wonderful Life & Christmas Vacation (save the neck for me, Clark)
Songs - White Christmas & Silver Bells
Gifts - Money, Grey Goose Vodka & lottery scratch offs


Season hates:

Movies - Home Alone 3 and 4
Songs - Anything by Kathy Lee Gifford and Christina Aguilera
Gifts - Cheap perfume and socks

Have to throw in a shout-out for "Scrooged." Best Christmas movie EVER.

Favs: Candy Canes, "A Christmas Story", "A Charlie Brown Christmas" wow...what else lol....

pet peeves: i wouldnt call them pet peeves....i would call them major psychotic hatreds....of which there are only two. Malls, and Parking Lots.

Love the Rudolph avatar. This will only be the second year we've done this with her, but yeah, we usually wrap up some pencils, or a little toy for each night. Oh and the chocolate coins! Oy vey! I stock up on those at Cost Plus, and I can bribe her with those the rest of the year.

oh the hoildays are usually a downer overall, but there are a few things i love about it.

favs:

movies- a christmas story(a must) christmas vaction(a double must)
music-any station that isnt playing 24 hrs of christmas musiclol
chinesse food in the evening, it's really awesome
cadbury flake bars melted in coffee
and a sleeping pill so the cousins cant bother me laterlol

dislikes:
movies, miracle on 34th street, my god do we have to have that every year
and im sorry but im hating on rudolph now.
any christmas music really i think some things shouldnt be redone ya know
and having to watch my grandpa get his gums around xmas dinner..the sight alone can make a grown man cringe.
and rude shoppers, cause ive been known to move a few shopping carts that are just the middle of a asile.(helpful hint: you dont own the store, dont act like a deer in head lights, please be considerate of others who want to walk by)

Faves: Good Christmas Carols played after Thanksgiving day (a favorite is Colin Raye, "If it could happen then") Going up into Yellowstone Park to cut a Christmas Tree for 5.00. My in-laws presents (they pick perfectly). Mistletoe. Fondue. Surprising everyone with cool gifts I've really thought out. Snow. Dressing warm and getting jammies on Christmas Eve. Polar Express.

Peeves: Crappy Carols played anytime. Walmart. My mom's totally thoughtless gifts (last year she gave me some makeup she got free from Avon...I don't wear makeup, I don't like it.) Doing gifts for neighbors (I can't ever think of good ones although last year I did pretty good.) Crusty frozen snow.

bets part of A Christmas Story is when the dad is reading the paper and the dogs run by and eat the turkey.



funny christmas story spoof

i spent one xmas in boston and i went ice skating in the commons, it had snowed eariler and walk around the park, and took pics of the macys display windows, all in the theme of A christmas story, if i had a scanner i would post them up for everyone, cause it was awesome, best one was the dogs trashing the kitchen and turkey. And my fav pic of that year, a guy dressed as santa using a pay phone near fenway park. it makes me laugh every time.

Actually, I was most worried by Santa saying "Happy Holidays" in an Orick (sp) commercial, HE'S SANTA FOR GOODNESS SAKES! Or when you're buying a christmas movie, ornements for a christmas tree, a reindeer for your lawn and they still wish you a happy holiday

Favorites: Decorating the tree, getting gifts you're sure the recipients will love, the anual Christmas play (both at church and in my family, which is doing an office Christmas ) A night of watching Christmas classics then falling asleep in the living room on Christmas eve eve (the 23rd), playing dredal with choclate coins, even though we aren't even remotly Jewish, watching Elf, Miracle on 34th Street, White Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life "Merry Christmas you old building and loan" A Christmas Carol, Rudolf, A Claymation Christmas(I doubt any one else has heard of this but it is a classic in our house) andA Charlie Brown Christmas, all Christmas Carols including the hokey "Baby It's Cold Outside" and "Santa Baby"
Other Peeves: All that is but the"60's feel" Santa medly we're singing in choir (Naughty and Ni-eyce, and rapping S-A-N-T-A, what were they thinking!) and Grandma got run over by a reindeer, (the animated special was really unnecisary), having to be married to an idiot in the church Christmas play and be "dating" brother in the family Christmas play (we have really short casting), Christmas specials with wanabes who you really don't want to even look at, much less listen too, stupid holiday ads, the annual holidaycrud that doesn't even rate a 15% on rotten tomatoes (this year's offerings, The Santa Claus 3, 12%, and Deck the Halls, 9%), Living in California so there is an absolute 0% of geting a white Christmas

Everyone who knows me knows I LOVE Christmas! But not because of the shopping, but because of traditions and family! I'm such a sap!

My favorites of the season:
Christmas Movies
-How the Grinch Stole Christmas
-A Christmas Story
-The Muppet Christmas Carol
-A Charlie Brown Christmas
-Home Alone
-Garfield Christmas Special
-Die Hard I and II (a little out of place I know, but sometimes you need a good action movie!)

Christmas Music - almost all of it!

Family Christmas Party
My husband and I host every year. We play Christmas Bingo coupled with Yankee Swap (ha ha). We eat a lot, laugh a lot, and play a lot. It's just a great time to be together!

Making Christmas cards
Every year my family and I make each other cards. It's extra special to give and recieve handmade cards by your loved ones.

Baking Christmas cookies for family and friends.

Wrapping and giving gifts

Decorating the house

Giving to Charity (Arizona Humane Society, Salvation Army, etc.)

New Tradition - watching Christmas Office episodes!

I could go on and on, but I think I've hit most people's threshold for sap, so I'll stop here!

Holiday Pet Peeves:

People who lose sight of the meaning of Christmas (Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store, perhaps it means a little bit more --- I'm already infected with the Grinch's lesson!)

Finding a parking spot

Being inundated with store ads on television and junk mail

I have to end on a positive note so . . . Happy Holidays everyone!

Peeves:
12 yr olds who still believe in Santa.
I have to see my family all day, everyday for at least a week.
I don't get gifts because I don't celebrate Christmas.

Favorites:
After a week of free-loading my family goes about a week without coming to my house. That is my vacation.
I don't have to buy gifts because I don't celebrate Christmas.
Since most of my friends still go to school I get to hang out with them.
I will never tell them, but hanging out with my family for a week while they aren't working is not quite as bad as the rest of the year.
Last but most definately not least my christmas bonus.

Oooooh, I love Half.com, JCPenney.com (free shipping this week!) I love any site that offers free shipping.


Haha, I make an Excel spreadsheet to make sure everyone is around the same dollar amount.


You should hear it by Johnny Cash - I didn't think he could make anything sound this bad, but it makes me wanna impale myself with that drum stick. But you would love it if you saw the video of Bing Crosby and David Bowie singing it.


Lizzie, I'm getting a little worried about you and those pesky sleeping pills!

Faves:
TV: Charlie Brown Christmas, Miracle At Moreau, Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Music: John Denver and the Muppets Christmas, Handel's Messiah (I'm going to a sing-along this year!)

Singing "Silent Night" by candlelight at church and rereading the Christmas story

Eating Christmas cookies, especially rumballs

Shopping online - NOTHING beats Christmas shopping in your PJ's - Happy, happy, joy, joy! Getting a good deal and free shipping.

That I am not working in retail anymore

Putting the presents under the tree and stuffing the stockings.

Watching everyone else open their stuff.

Sitting at the dinner table and thanking God we all had another year together. And we say like Tiny Tim, "God bless us, every one."

Peeves:
Christmas letters from perfect people with perfect lives, spouses and children.

Madonna singing anything.

Retail Commercialization - they pretend really care about Christmas, we all know they just want to make money

Political Correctness - They started calling Christmas "Sparkle Season" in Pittsburgh about 10 years ago. Ick and double ick.

Doing all the shopping for my entire family. It was OK when I was working in retail because I was in the store every day and started shopping in July. Now that I am not well and I am caring for my parents, it is too much. But it is still better than having my brother ask me at 5:00 on Christmas Eve, "So, what should I get for everyone?" Now they come to shop at my store, and I charge a fee to wrap. And they have to write out their own gift tags.

Peeves:
People fighting over scarce items on Black Friday
Over commercialization
When it's all over
Political correctness run amok

Faves:
Movies/TV - It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, A Charlie Brown Christmas
Music - Nat King Cole's version of The Christmas Song, Johnny Mathis version of The Sleighride, Vince Garibaldi's fabulous soundtrack for A Charlie Brown Christmas
Sitting in the dark with just the Christmas tree lights
This victorian house in town has 4 floors and a Christmas tree on each level in a window facing the street. They were lit last night for the first time this season

I'll go out on a limb and say it --- Merry Christmas to all!

I love Christmas, but I hate feeling like everyone expects you to go into debt buying presents every year. Unlike Michael my love can not be measured in dollar amounts. Because of this my husband and I only buy 10-20$ gifts for each other. I have been trying to talk my siblings into just sending cards every year, because now that we are all procreating it can get really out of hand. To be honest I dont think over the top gift giving was what Jesus had in mind.

I do love deorating the house.

Best Christmas Movie of all Time: Christmas Vacation

The best Christmas gift in my mind is just being with the people I love and sipping cider.

Peeve -->

Thanks to the miracle of modern divorce (not mine, but both my wife's and my parents) and re-marriage (rinse and repeat as necessary), my son has 85 grandparents and 43 great grandparents. Okay. Exaggeration...however slight.

Heretofore, we've managed to satiate the Gift Burden Monster by having The Boy™ (ala Homer Simpson referring to Bart) do some sort of craft. Usually it's a semi-functional thing. I think last year he painted these ceramic garden turtle things for each of them...before that it was his picture within personalized frames (painted, glued on letters, symbols, etc...).

We're running out of ideas. Also, I think, Knucklehead™ (a.k.a. The Boy™) is getting tired of working in a Southeast Asian-style craft sweatshop every December.

It's a hassle. I'd just as soon chuck each of them a store-bought chotchke or two and be done with it...mebbe a gift certificate. The whole process brings out The Grinch in me.

Not Peeve -->

The aforementioned Knucklehead™ and Mrs. Impugn. This is what Christmas is for. These are gifts that matter. These are the ones that require thought. Sure, my wife and I have a few items that we both know about that are put under the tree just because they happened to be bought during "the season"...but there are [usuallly] "smaller" items that we exchange that make the statements.

There have been rough patches...initially a full set of Calphalon cookware plus just about every accessory (link) flew like a lead balloon. First off, it's quality gear and if we were just buying for the household on a normal day, we'd have probably settled for something from Sears. Since it was a gift, it gave the opportunity to go full tilt. In the end, though, it became clear that the cookware was the first thing we acquired as a couple that would last, basically, forever. This stuff cannot be destroyed - trust me we've tried.

She still remembers that Christmas for being special (and for the overall comedic element). Oh, yeah...Bon Jovi tickets + a limousine voucher hidden in one of the pots helped, too. Took a while for her to get to 'em because I wrapped every friggin piece individually...haha. (No, I did not go...that would be too much of a sacrifice! She had a girls' night out.)

I've surprised her by filling gaps in her various collections (i.e. Disney snowglobes) (doing much research and EBay hustling) and it's fun to get that one little thing that she might have mentioned once in, like, March.

She's better than I am at it, though. I'm a Rush (link) aficionado and own tons of their stuff, but it was she that, seemingly out of nowhere, hooked me up with their Different Stages box set and, years later, the Rio DVD set. I'm also a huge Mystery Science Theater (link) fan and must have mentioned the DVD releases they issued. She purchased every volume via normal means and then acquired every other release (many out of print) via EBay and such, even the hard to find MST3K Movie (link) DVD. She was very thorough about it...kinda like when she set up a surprise birthday for me when I turned 30. I still don't know how she arranged for some friends I'd not seen in 15 years to be there...

Of course, the gifts for our son are a ton of fun. At his age, though, it's actually pretty easy to hit a home run...or at least has been so far. Heh...

I spent my whole child hood doing those.

Here are some ideas that I had to mass produce:

painted ceramic plant pots.

potporie filled hangers with the hot glue gun and some lace. (for all the grandmas)



It all usually ended with me crying that I didnt want to do it anymore and my mom yelling.

One of the nicest, most inexpensive gifts I received from a friend was a paperwhite narcissis bulb started in gravel in a bowl she had bought at a yard sale. It smelled so nice when it bloomed. I stole the idea the next year for hostess gifts, and everyone else is free to do the same. Costs about two bucks and a little time.

Adding my two cents to the thread ....

Favorites -

Holiday gatherings make me happy during this season! I host a cookie exchange for my neighborhood association every year. Everything from shopping for napkins with Christmas cookies on them to picking out a recipe and baking the cookies is part of the fun. We take a break from the holi-daze, share cookies; just slow down and visit for a while. A community association I belong to hosts a potluck which is probably my favorite event of the season. Some of our City representatives, police and fire folk, etc., join a diverse group of neighborhood leaders for Christmas fellowship. We share an awesome meal and the complaints about potholes, speeders, and trashy neighbors are put aside for a wonderful, peaceful night. My husband and I usually spend Christmas alone and throw a couple of steaks on the grill. A simple meal tastes great after all the goodies we've had since Thanksgiving.

Last year, I think I watched the Christmas episode of The Office about a dozen times and it has already been viewed a few times already this season! I also try to catch A Charlie Brown Christmas and one or two of the other specials while writing Christmas cards. James Taylor's Christmas songs are my current favorites, although I love hearing Gene Autry's version of "Here Comes Santa Claus" every year.

Peeves -

Gift giving is part of the season, but it just causes too much angst. I'd rather receive an inexpensive gift chosen for me because the giver thought I would enjoy it than a gift chosen because it cost X amount of dollars. My parents are guilty of that. I have an interesting collection of Christmas decorations because money had been budgeted for gifts. We no longer exchange gifts with brothers and sisters, and everyone was relieved when that decision was made. However, I revel in buying fun gifts for my nieces and nephews, probably putting me on relatives peeve lists!

Another thing that gets me going is what I call Christmas Creatures. These are women, all dressed up in Christmas jewelry, sweaters, socks, cellphone ringtones, and a Grinchy frown who are nasty wherever they go. You see them running wild at parties, in the grocery store, and especially at the malls and discount stores. They got all this Ho-Ho-Ho going and are just dreadful and rude. I wonder if they've had too much eggnog and cookies or are they thinking about the bills to come in January? Makes me want to shop online or off-hours.

I got my husband tickets to the game for Christmas this year. He is insanely excited. Best Christmas gift I ever got him. But, sorry, we're Cowboys' fans.


I also don't get the offense. If they want to say "Happy Kwanza" back to me, I'd be happy with that!

Favorites: (almost too many to list, but I'll try to be brief)

-decorating (but mostly buying new stuff to decorate with!)
-making toffee for friends
-husband's work party (we get a sitter, get to dress up, eat free and really good food, and dance!)
-plugging in the Chrismas tree lights at night and in the morning when the kids wake up
-singing in the Church Choir
-giving baskets of goodies to neighbors
-shopping!!!
-wrapping presents
-Christmas cards (both making them and receiving them)
-Three little girls in their Christmas finery
-Christ


Peeves:
Only one- Let There Be Peace on Earth by Vince Gill and some little boy. About 10 years ago, I was taking a road trip in college and the guy driving played this song over and over just to be annoying. It worked. We listened to that song for hours. I can't stand it!

Christmas Favorites:

- Seeing family (everyone's schedule is more and more hectic each year)
- Holiday bargain shopping (when else can you buy a quality 6.0 megapixel digicam for $100?)
- Giving presents (I feel better if I know they like what I got them)
- Receiving presents (bonus points if it's something I actually like, but the effort alone is appreciated)
- Seeing all the pretty decorations on other peoples' houses (weirdly uplifting)

- Eggnog and fruitcake (yes I like them at this time of year)
- A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (reminds me of childhood)

Christmas Peeves:

- Seeing Family (same old question: when are you getting married? we're getting old, we want grandkids)
- Holiday bargain shopping (people lose their minds and manners in pursuit of a good deal)
- Giving presents (everyone won't say what they want, making them impossible to buy for)
- Receiving presents (if I don't like it, it goes in the closet)
- Seeing all the pretty decorations on other people's houses (makes me feel guilty if I don't help put them up on my parents' house)

- Carollers (get away from my condo or my parents house when I'm there )
- There's a radio station in Detroit WNIC (100.3 FM) that plays nothing but Xmas music from November 1st till January 1st. Two frickin' months of non-stop Christmas carols!

New favorite Christmas movie = "LOVE, ACTUALLY"
Maybe it's technically not a Christmas movie, it is set during Christmas. It has a great British cast (the Jim character from the UK Office, what's his name?) Also Hugh Grant, Kiera Knightley, and Alan Rickman... better known to us Harry Potter fans as Snape!

Can't think of any peeves at the moment (good mood prevails). Will check back later .

Peeves -
that would take too long. Basically, the whole commercialized buying frenzy. It's like a religiously sanctioned greedfest.

But my favorite part? that's easy - the music.

Of course, I love all the beautiful traditional carols. But last year I got a couple CDs that are so much fun to listen to, I can't wait for the holidays to start so I can play them. The kids love them, too. We even play them - really loud - when we clean house, really gets you movin'.

Dig That Crazy Christmas - Brian Setzer Orchestra
fast, fun rockabilly big band swing - hard to explain, you gotta hear it. I dare you not to dance.

Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby"
sooo good

And I plan on buying the sound track from Elf just for
Zooey Deschanel's "Baby It's Cold Outside" (what a voice) and Louis Prima's "Pennies from Heaven" (not a Christmas song, technically, but great, esp. they way they use it in the movie)
oh, and it also has Eartha's "Santa Baby" on it, too.

That is one of my peeves also. But to add to that: how they are trying to call a Christmas Tree a Holiday Tree . Really, what's up with that?

My favorite things are looking at my tree at night with the lights on sipping hot chocolate. Driving up and seeing my beautifully decorated house. I just love that. Shopping for presents and then watching my 3 boys open their gifts. Seeing the anticipation on my children's faces as Christmas comes nearer. Really, I could go on and on. This is by far my most favorite holidays!!

Oh, an oven mit!, Marry Christmas!!

That was hilarious about your offspring. Good luck with all that. RUSH...ahhh...I got my husband Neal Pearts book for his birthday. It's the one about riding his BMW across the country? Have you read it? I can't remember the name but I even like it. GREAT READ! Just an FYI!

Wow, Impugn! Sounds like you have it really good! How old is the Knucklehead? Maybe we can come up with some more ideas. Off the top of my head, a framed Knucklehead original painting (saved throughout the year), tree ornaments decorated by Knucklehead, cookies baked and decorated by Knucklehead, small photo albums with pictures of Knucklehead and captions hand written by him of stuff he did throughout the year (like "this is when my Dad made me make this gift for you).

Ooooh, I just got my brother a stocking stuffer - The Poo-Lar Bear. It's a plastic bear that poops jellybeans. Last year I got him the pooping reindeer.

FAVORITES: To actually be getting out of Michigan for Christmas this year! Two weeks in India! Hey, hot & humid beats cold & frigid anyday in my book.

PEEVE #1: My return flight from India back to the States takes off at 1 AM ... on New Year's Day. My classes start early so my family is staying back a few days. Alone in an Indian airport at midnight. This could be the most boring New Year's Eve ever

PEEVE #2: There are 4 weeks in December and only 1 new episode during those 31 days. Hope it's a doozy, it'll have to tide everyone over till the calendar turns over to 2007.

PEEVE #3: My flight to India leaves Detroit on Thursday, Dec 14th ... so I'm missing the Christmas episode.

SO, to recap: Going to India, missing the OFFICE Xmas episode, spending New Year's Eve alone in an airport.

Umm, wow, that kinda dampened my spirits. Oh well, hopefully the two weeks in the hot sun will be worth it ...

maybe you could pick up a Kama Sutra book to keep you occupied at the airport?

i prefer saying happy hoildays. Im not a bah humbug but i like to see christmas come fast and go fast.
I love it when it's super foggy and there is zero visiablity and all the decorated houses look faded through the fog.

peeve- road work in front of the malls! come on, do you really to do it during the busiest time of the year

Hey, Die Hard takes place on Christmas and that's enough to cut it in my house (my dad watches it every year)

THANK YOU ! That can be a hoilday must. whats more xmas than a bloody bruce willis with a gun taped to his back you tell me?

Are you going to try some googie googie while sitting Indian style?

I'm kidding...

Unfair. I protest. Everyone (who wants to) should be able to get out of Michigan for Christmas.

Love Actually is my fav movie period! LOL well ok behind SW and LOTR

Die Hard is also our familys X-mas movie

and I got my Dad Season One of the Office as one of his gifts

Not sure if this is what the thread is about but hey Merry Christmas!

I'm going to try to stay off the googie googies this time. Indian deserts are verrry fattening (but oh so sweet ... like donuts fried in sugar and then drowned in syrup, and then fried again).


Hey, I agree about getting out of MI in the winter. But, then again, this will mark the 2nd straight year where my "party" for New Year's Eve will be boring as ****, even though I'll be half a world away, it'll still be just another frickin' airport terminal when the clock strikes midnight.

14 days and counting till takeoff (and the Christmas ep, which I will also miss) ...

Last year I was in the Emergency Room - and the hospital staff was popping open champagne! Yeah, I felt safe.