Christmas Thread--Random

AGDee · #1 12-10-2006, 11:26 PM

I'm having a hard time getting into the spirit of the season this year. The house is decorated, most of the presents are bought.. about half are wrapped. There is still a lot baking to do and three dinners to provide for various family get togethers. I usually love this season and enjoy it all but for some reason, this year, it all just feels like a chore. I wish I could snap out of it.

AOIIalum · #2 12-11-2006, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

I'm having a hard time getting into the spirit of the season this year. The house is decorated, most of the presents are bought.. about half are wrapped. There is still a lot baking to do and three dinners to provide for various family get togethers. I usually love this season and enjoy it all but for some reason, this year, it all just feels like a chore. I wish I could snap out of it.

Agreed. Here's a little holiday comraderie for you and <<hugs>>.

I've been under the weather (nothing serious) since Turkey Day and am just getting back to semi-human. I feel like I'm two weeks behind on holiday prep, although it really isn't that bad. DH cut the tree on Saturday, brought it inside and did the lights yesterday. Most gifts but the stocking stuffers and such are already purchased, but still need to wrap and ship a few final ones in the next few days. Will wrap the guys' gifts next Monday night while they're all off at the hockey game. Hopefully can get the tree and house decorated this week. I'm all ready to bake, just don't have the energy or lack of cough to even consider starting that quite yet. Haven't even thought about Christmas Eve or Christmas dinner. It's the one year I wish we had an option to dine out instead of cooking.

PS--for those of you who need to hide gifts from prying eyes, luggage works wonders!

AXO Alum · #3 12-11-2006, 09:08 AM

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PS--for those of you who need to hide gifts from prying eyes, luggage works wonders!

Puhlease! Unless there were locks on the luggage, that's the first place I looked as a child - yeah, I was *that* kid

Glad you are starting to feel better.

I can't believe its just 2 weeks from today! I feel like there is so much to be done still -- but there's really not (except for deciding whether or not to tell hubby exactly what I want!) -- I do want to get some baking done.

epchick - make cookies & give them out. I just found the coolest thing at our Sam's Club -- sugar cookie dough SHEETS! Each sheet makes about a dozen cookies (depending on the size of your cutter) & it comes with red & green frosting. I bought it because I needed to make the apple taffy pizza from Pampered Chef - and it was much easier to put two side by side & cook it than to have to make the dough, refrigerate it, then roll out dough and all that mess.

Or, if you are crafty (and I am not, but they still looked cute), I bought the clear glass star ornaments from the craft store ($1 ea - but they were 40% off) & a pack of glitter paint (the kid kind sold in the plastic tubs that are all hooked together - a whopping 97c) -- I just made small circles in red, green, and gold all over.

tunatartare · #4 12-11-2006, 10:17 AM

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PS--for those of you who need to hide gifts from prying eyes, luggage works wonders!

I definitely looked in there when I was younger. Eventually my mom wisened up and just started ordering all of my gifts and having them shipped to her office so I wouldn't find them no matter how hard I looked.

Tom Earp · #5 12-11-2006, 05:30 PM

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I definitely looked in there when I was younger. Eventually my mom wisened up and just started ordering all of my gifts and having them shipped to her office so I wouldn't find them no matter how hard I looked.

Sneaky little thing even then I see.

tunatartare · #6 12-11-2006, 05:41 PM

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Sneaky little thing even then I see.

A grammatically correct Tom Earp post. What happened- did you finally clean out the beer distributor?

Drolefille · #7 12-11-2006, 05:42 PM

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A grammatically correct Tom Earp post. What happened- did you finally clean out the beer distributor?

BWAH HA HA

GeekyPenguin · #8 12-11-2006, 06:50 PM

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I definitely looked in there when I was younger. Eventually my mom wisened up and just started ordering all of my gifts and having them shipped to her office so I wouldn't find them no matter how hard I looked.

My parents hid my presents in my dresser last year. It was hilarious. I came home for Christmas a few days beforehand and they knew I was too tired to put my clothes away so I wouldn't go in there.

ISUKappa · #9 12-11-2006, 07:10 PM

I did decide to put up a tree this year (at first I wasn't going to because our house is a complete disaster area) so we got one yesterday and I decorated it last night. I will admit, I'm glad I gave in because it looks (and smells) so nice.

I always looked for my presents and knew all the usual hiding places: my parents' closet, the hall closets, the garage, the trunk of the car, etc... My husband now either waits until the last minute to buy my presents or keeps them at work so I don't find them.

Drolefille · #10 12-11-2006, 07:13 PM

Our presents are always in the closet under the stairs. It's kept locked and when we were little we didn't know where the keys were. Now, it's just not fun to find out your presents ahead of time!

TrueBlueKappa · #11 12-11-2006, 07:35 PM

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My parents hid my presents in my dresser last year. It was hilarious. I came home for Christmas a few days beforehand and they knew I was too tired to put my clothes away so I wouldn't go in there.

That is HILARIOUS! Sounds like something my parents would do.

SOPi_Jawbreaker · #12 12-11-2006, 09:32 PM

So we're having a Holiday Lunch Potluck at work on Friday and I don't know what to bring. Most people are bringing dessert or chips and dip, so I kinda want to make actual food. The only thing is that it needs to be something not too hard to make and that will taste good even though I'm bringing it in at 9am and we're not eating until noon. Anyone have any ideas?

tunatartare · #13 12-11-2006, 09:36 PM

I'm a huge fan of sesame string bean salad. Pretty easy to make and tastes amazing.

bluefish81 · #14 12-11-2006, 09:56 PM

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So we're having a Holiday Lunch Potluck at work on Friday and I don't know what to bring. Most people are bringing dessert or chips and dip, so I kinda want to make actual food. The only thing is that it needs to be something not too hard to make and that will taste good even though I'm bringing it in at 9am and we're not eating until noon. Anyone have any ideas?

Depending on what my unit was assigned (our total area has ~ 100 people, so we sign up for stuff to spread it out) I used to make a taco dip that was pretty easy, but sounds like that's covered.

What about something in a crock pot? Like lil' smokies. Those are pretty easy, unless you don't like meat or wouldn't have access to a outlet.

AGDee · #15 12-11-2006, 10:53 AM

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Agreed. Here's a little holiday comraderie for you and <<hugs>>.

PS--for those of you who need to hide gifts from prying eyes, luggage works wonders!

I don't even have an excuse of being sick! I think everything is just now catching me up to me from when my mom was sick this summer. Can that be possible? It's the only thing I can think of.

I hide the kids' gifts in the empty boxes from the Christmas decorations. After we do the decorating, the gifts go in there and back under the stairs. They've never checked there yet!