Christmas Thread--Random - Page 3

carnation · #1 10-30-2007, 05:06 PM

Does anyone know if any Atlanta stations are going to do 24-hour Christmas music after Thanksgiving since Randy and Spiff have moved?

SWTXBelle · #2 10-30-2007, 05:20 PM

PLEASE add this to the "worst wedding you ever attended " thread after the blessed event . . .

MysticCat · #3 10-31-2007, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

PLEASE add this to the "worst wedding you ever attended " thread after the blessed event . . .

Co-sign. There is just so much potential.

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Originally Posted by AGDee

I can say though that my son still liked Itunes gift certificates before he got his ipod because he could get songs he liked and easily make mix CDs to listen to. If they don't have a cd burner, now that would be a problem!

Very good point.

FSUZeta · #4 10-31-2007, 09:24 AM

fruitcake for them all!

ZTABullwinkle · #5 11-09-2007, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Fawn Liebowitz

Bah Humbug - it's too early for Christmas! Especially for us grinches...

I am not a grinch, but my family has a tradition....no talk of Christmas until Santa arrives at Macy's during the Macy's day parade. My brother and I would have our lists in our hands so as soon as he showed up, we could turn it over to our parents. It didn't help that they would start teasing that Santa was arriving in the beginning of the broadcast.

KatieKate1244 · #6 10-31-2007, 10:31 AM

How much would a really good fake tree cost? Two of my sisters (one with allergies, the other asthma) can't breathe when a live tree is in the house, and my mother --a Christmas purist--thinks the fake trees in the stores look tacky. I figure if I can find a nice looking one that's not too expensive, she might cave in so folks can breathe.

ThetaPrincess24 · #7 10-31-2007, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by KatieKate1244

How much would a really good fake tree cost? Two of my sisters (one with allergies, the other asthma) can't breathe when a live tree is in the house, and my mother --a Christmas purist--thinks the fake trees in the stores look tacky. I figure if I can find a nice looking one that's not too expensive, she might cave in so folks can breathe.

Good fakes usually cost money

One of ours was mail order from a catalog and the other was just an expensive tree that my husband got from Dillards. Both look real though. We cant have real trees either because of mine and my step-daughter's allergies.

OtterXO · #8 10-31-2007, 07:36 PM

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Good fakes usually cost money

One of ours was mail order from a catalog and the other was just an expensive tree that my husband got from Dillards. Both look real though. We cant have real trees either because of mine and my step-daughter's allergies.

I was just at Costco and saw some really nice ones. I think they were around $200. They weren't the pipe cleaner looking branches, they were really realistic looking molded plastic that looked like actual pine needles. Except for the non-pine smell I couldn't even tell it was fake from a few feet away.

FSUZeta · #9 10-31-2007, 08:04 PM

there are lots of beautiful, realistic looking artificial trees out there. when looking at the cost, you need to divide the cost of the tree by what you pay yearly for a real tree. say you pay $60 a year for a real tree. you could easily get 10 years out of a fake before it begins to look shop worn. if you spend $300 for a fake, you will have 5 years(possibly more) of free trees.

my tree is over 10 years old and still looks great when decorated. friends have actually gone up to it and touched it to see if it was real.

Fawn Liebowitz · #10 10-31-2007, 02:34 PM

I haven't priced one in a few years, but there are some really good-looking fakes out there, and the pre-lighted ones are even better. All you do is pop it up, plug it in, and fluff the branches and you're ready to decorate.

BBelleADPi · #11 10-31-2007, 04:57 PM

Soooo....the Fish station in Atlanta is playing Christmas music all day today (Halloween). And I listened to it all the way to Fayetteville to the doctor's office. And...guess it did something for me, because I ended up buying all of my daughter's teachers' Christmas presents today!! School, church, piano, tennis...done!!

ZTAMich · #12 11-10-2007, 01:37 PM

We got a 1st Christmas ornament as part of a wedding gift. Can't wait to get a tree this year!

SWTXBelle · #13 11-10-2007, 03:15 PM

. . .has "A Christmas Story" Ralphie - complete with BB gun, glasses (unbroken) and leg lamp. I really, really want it. I really, really, won't get it. But I am happy it exists.

AGDee · #14 11-12-2007, 12:08 AM

Because I lost my mom in September, I'm dreading everything about the holidays this year. If it were up to me, I wouldn't put up a tree or decorations or anything. However, my teen and tween are all gungho and can't wait for Christmas, so I will suck it up and do it all .. the decorations, the baking, etc. I really, really don't want to though.

Munchkin03 · #15 11-12-2007, 12:35 AM

^^^^

I'm sorry. The holidays are pretty rotten when you've just lost someone. My grandfather died on Dec. 10, and my mother was the only person in the entire family who wanted to do the whole Christmas thing. We all wanted to be together--but none of the tree/big meal/presents thing.