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MUScoop => The Superbar => Topic started by: Galway Eagle on December 14, 2019, 11:24:37 AM
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Thought it could be a fun thread to share weird/fun/quirky family Christmahanakwansika traditions.
Out of ordinary Foods?
Drinks?
Out of ordinary white elephant themes?
Etc
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Euchre. There is always euchre.
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Euchre. There is always euchre.
Sloughing. +1
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Christmas Eve, one gift gets opened. When the kids were young, it was almost always Christmas pajamas
Christmas Day, everyone lines up oldest to youngest upstairs and oldest leads the crew downstairs to the stockings
Merry Christmas cards sent out to family and friends --- that's what we celebrate
Coffee Cake Christmas morning
Bourbon soaked meatballs Christmas day
One big gift for the family
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Euchre. There is always euchre.
Wow!
I haven't heard or played since my Marquette days.
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My Italian side of the family has always done for Christmas , Thanksgiving and Easter and, I have taken over, is make a giant Antipasto Salad. It's full of pickled stuff from the Italian ailse in the grocery store peprocini, hot peppers, artichokes, eggplant, green and black olives, pickles, various cheeses, celery sticks and carrot sticks. (My wife went vegetarian, so we have since omitted prosciutto and Italian sausage/ham.). Layer the bottom of the plate with Romaine and then build a pyramid of items.
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Christmas Eve, one gift gets opened. When the kids were young, it was almost always Christmas pajamas
Christmas Day, everyone lines up oldest to youngest upstairs and oldest leads the crew downstairs to the stockings
Merry Christmas cards sent out to family and friends --- that's what we celebrate
Coffee Cake Christmas morning
Bourbon soaked meatballs Christmas day
One big gift for the family
We always did the one gift Christmas Eve as well. Bourbon soaked meatballs sounds intriguing.
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Christmas Eve: All the cousins and aunts and uncles do a liquor white elephant on Christmas Eve. Some hilarious beers, wines, malort, etc have made their way through. My sister and I always watch the grinch after the party.
Christmas morning my nephew opens Santa gifts first then we do a Full Irish breakfast. My first time cooking it this year.
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We always did the one gift Christmas Eve as well. Bourbon soaked meatballs sounds intriguing.
We need the recipe!
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We need the recipe!
Yeah ditto.
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Egg nog sucks.
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Egg nog sucks.
I second this. There's so many better Christmas drinks like mulled wine, peppermint chocolate martini, peppermint martini, Blazing Brandy, hot buttered rum, straight whiskey or scotch. Why do eggnog?
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Egg nog sucks.
I disagree with scratch made egg nog. I recommend the Williamsburg Cookbook recipe. Delicious.
Only store bought non-booze version I have liked is Southern Comfort’s offering. It’s the closest to the recipe above.
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I disagree with scratch made egg nog. I recommend the Williamsburg Cookbook recipe. Delicious.
Only store bought non-booze version I have liked is Southern Comfort’s offering. It’s the closest to the recipe above.
Oberweis makes a pretty decent egg nog.
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We always did the one gift Christmas Eve as well. Bourbon soaked meatballs sounds intriguing.
Some solid recipes out there...you need a crock pot, takes a few hours but outstanding results. Cheap bourbon does just fine.
2 cups prepared barbecue sauce
1 cup bourbon
1/2 cup honey
1/3 cup molasses
1/4 cup sweet chili sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 pounds fully cooked frozen meatballs, thawed
4 hours in cooker
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Egg nog sucks.
If you are a fan of Dave Attell comedy, he has a funny bit on this. Can not recall what album this is from.
“Eggnog, who thought that one up? I wanna get a little drunk, but I also want some pancakes. You know what eggnog really is. You’re not gonna want to hear it, but I’ll tell ya.
It’s elf cum.
You might as well pour it down your back and slap your self on the ass.”
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The Reinko family does take out Chinese on XMas eve. Most local spots are always open, we generally go to a late afternoon XMas Eve Mass, order for it to arrive a few minutes after we come home...no fuss!
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Returning gifted ornaments to the neighbors.
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Christmas Eve: high end steakhouse
Christmas Day: movie at a theatre and my wife makes pizzas,
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Christmas Eve Dinner: Lasagna
Christmas Morning Brunch: Eggs/Bacon with cinnamon rolls baked in the shape of and frosted to look like a Christmas Tree
Christmas Dinner: Roast Beast (Rib Roast) with Yorkshire Pudding. Hands down favorite meal of the year.
Weird Christmas tradition....Boggle. It's a bloodsport in my family. There are arguments every years about which dictionary we are going to use and tons of arguments about the rules mid-game.
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Returning gifted ornaments to the neighbors.
With a big bah humbug, aina?
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Some solid recipes out there...you need a crock pot, takes a few hours but outstanding results. Cheap bourbon does just fine.
2 cups prepared barbecue sauce
1 cup bourbon
1/2 cup honey
1/3 cup molasses
1/4 cup sweet chili sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 pounds fully cooked frozen meatballs, thawed
4 hours in cooker
Sounds yummy
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In recent years, our Christmas tradition has been Florida. Our children usually come down the weekend before -- or when college closes down for winter break in my son's case -- and we spend the week on the beach here.
Christmas Eve tradition is football on the beach with the children and the dog (who plays a pretty mean linebacker/bull rusher). Christmas day is a traditional rib roast, potatoes etc., with Christmas cookies. Presents get open one at a time in the morning.
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One necessary component to good holiday food is .. having good cook(s) somewhere in the family. My in-laws are functional cooks, but they're always ruining food with nuts and berries, tofu, wheat germ or something they read in a health magazine. #sadtrombone. #arbys
As for the other topic .. last year I was checking out at Sendik's (grocery) and the owner (a friend) was behind us. I saw my opportunity: "Ted, I've got three words to improve your store. Year. Round. Eggnog."
Eggnog is liquid ice cream. I don't understand the haters.
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Good friend of my wife’s family had a Tom And Jerry recipe up in Superior sold commercially. Dgies, you parents knew the family.
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I recently inherited the 80 some year old family eggnog mugs, scoop (Scoop!) and punch bowl. Made Eggnog. Did not go over well. :(
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Eggnog shakes at Kopps, thru da month, hey?
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Sounds yummy
They really are. Give them a try.
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Chinese food, followed by a movie.
Hey, I'm an atheist now, but I was raised Jewish!
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Hey, I'm an atheist now, but I was raised Jewish!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGzO1ghRKp4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGzO1ghRKp4
This SNL clip always cracks me up.
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Usually get so hammered drunk on Xmas Eve, I skip Xmas day with the less fun side of the family. Also, listening to Burl Ives with my dad in the basement with whatever gaggle of kids are present between dinner and “Santa” arriving for a special stop at Grandma’s house
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGzO1ghRKp4
Always loved that one. Thanks for posting.
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Our longstanding tradition was Christmas Eve dinner at my parents, decorating their tree and playing games (we have been playing spirited games of Pit for more than 50 years, though we have added a bunch of other games since.) Midnight mass on our way home, gifts the following morning. Now that they have passed on, things have changed. Most of my siblings go to their in-laws family on Christmas Eve (mine are in Florida so we go there for Christmas every five years or so). We have my brother over Christmas Eve and then the whole family comes to our house early afternoon Christmas Day for food and games and presents.
My favorite story was when my son was two, the first year that he was conscious of Santa. After the evening at my parents we get home from midnight mass, he is 90% asleep (he slept through mass) and insists on unbuttoning his coat, but he is basically out and is fumbling and I let it go on for about a minute or two and then I do it for him over his protests. After we put him to bed and he is asleep, Santa Claus put a fully decorated 4 foot tree in his room with a stocking beneath (we had no fireplace in our condo at the time.) My wife is in tears of joy as it is put in. About 7 AM the next morning he comes running into our room, and I am happily anticipating his excited reaction to the tree, and he angrily says "I wanted to take my coat off last night!" He didn't even notice a lit tree in his room.
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hanging Christmas decorations in my neighbor's tree.
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Eggnog is liquid ice cream. I don't understand the haters.
Liquid frozen custard, to be precise. But I agree. My wife loves Culver's custard but hates eggnog. I tried telling her its literally the same thing in liquid form, but no dice.
I have been putting a shot of Fireball with my cup of eggnog. It is delicious.
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Liquid frozen custard, to be precise. But I agree. My wife loves Culver's custard but hates eggnog. I tried telling her its literally the same thing in liquid form, but no dice.
Yeah but I don't drink melted custard either.
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Our longstanding tradition was Christmas Eve dinner at my parents, decorating their tree and playing games (we have been playing spirited games of Pit for more than 50 years, though we have added a bunch of other games since.) Midnight mass on our way home, gifts the following morning. Now that they have passed on, things have changed. Most of my siblings go to their in-laws family on Christmas Eve (mine are in Florida so we go there for Christmas every five years or so). We have my brother over Christmas Eve and then the whole family comes to our house early afternoon Christmas Day for food and games and presents.
My favorite story was when my son was two, the first year that he was conscious of Santa. After the evening at my parents we get home from midnight mass, he is 90% asleep (he slept through mass) and insists on unbuttoning his coat, but he is basically out and is fumbling and I let it go on for about a minute or two and then I do it for him over his protests. After we put him to bed and he is asleep, Santa Claus put a fully decorated 4 foot tree in his room with a stocking beneath (we had no fireplace in our condo at the time.) My wife is in tears of joy as it is put in. About 7 AM the next morning he comes running into our room, and I am happily anticipating his excited reaction to the tree, and he angrily says "I wanted to take my coat off last night!" He didn't even notice a lit tree in his room.
Ha, thanks for sharing this story. I feel like this is definitely the type of thing that would happen in our house.
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Going to start a new tradition. Family gathering bingo.
Euchre
Princess Bride quotes.
My mom creating drama
Someone laughing so hard they snort.
Pop culture reference no one under 30 gets.
Pop culture reference no one over 30 gets.
Marveling about the amount of food.
Bad hair choices for the youth insult.
Bald old guy insult.
Short joke.
Etc. Starting at the next family gathering.
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My mom creating drama
This made me laugh. I can relate.
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hanging Christmas decorations in my neighbor's tree.
What? No nativity scene?
Also, make sure the neighbor is an atheist first. That adds to the hijinks!
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My siblings and I have been described as "Kennedy-esque" in terms of competitiveness, so we try playing some sort of game that doesn't end up in an argument.
Cards Against Humanity seems to be working out pretty well.
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My siblings and I have been described as "Kennedy-esque" in terms of competitiveness, so we try playing some sort of game that doesn't end up in an argument.
Cards Against Humanity seems to be working out pretty well.
I love CAH amongst friends, but I've tried playing it with my parents and in-laws and it always ends up pretty awkward, not in a funny way. Kudos to your family for being able to do it.
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I love CAH amongst friends, but I've tried playing it with my parents and in-laws and it always ends up pretty awkward, not in a funny way. Kudos to your family for being able to do it.
My mom actually surprised me.
The answers people submitted for "What does Obama due to unwind?" had us all laughing so hard we were wiping tears from our eyes. Thank goodness for the Fifth Amendment.
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My mom actually surprised me.
The answers people submitted for "What does Obama due to unwind?" had us all laughing so hard we were wiping tears from our eyes. Thank goodness for the Fifth Amendment.
CAH with mom works great until she gets the pixalated bukkake card.
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Has anyone played this Horse Races game? That has been a family tradition for years at my uncle's house. So fun and you can add any kind of drinking rules you want
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Has anyone played this Horse Races game? That has been a family tradition for years at my uncle's house. So fun and you can any kind of drinking rules you want
I do love horse racing. I'm going to need to investigate that one.
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I do love horse racing. I'm going to need to investigate that one.
My favorite horseracing game is Sigma Derby. Only one left in Las Vegas that I know of
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I do love horse racing. I'm going to need to investigate that one.
Uncle got his from some carpenter he knew, as far as I know. Now you can get 'em on etsy
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My family always gathers for dinner on Christmas eve and exchange gifts after Christmas eve mass.
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Poll released today.
Most Americans prefer overwhelmingly Merry Christmas over Happy Holidays
https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/no-war-on-christmas-this-season-st-leo-university-poll-says/
Definitely part of our tradition.
Also shows an increase in Americans celebrating Christmas this year...perhaps because of the booming economic times? I’m glad some traditions will keep going strong as people embrace the holiday.
Merry Christmas
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Poll released today.
Most Americans prefer overwhelmingly Merry Christmas over Happy Holidays
https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/no-war-on-christmas-this-season-st-leo-university-poll-says/
Definitely part of our tradition.
Also shows an increase in Americans celebrating Christmas this year...perhaps because of the booming economic times? I’m glad some traditions will keep going strong as people embrace the holiday.
Merry Christmas
Please keep your political commentary away from threads meant to bring people together.
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Poll released today.
Most Americans prefer overwhelmingly Merry Christmas over Happy Holidays
https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/no-war-on-christmas-this-season-st-leo-university-poll-says/
Definitely part of our tradition.
Also shows an increase in Americans celebrating Christmas this year...perhaps because of the booming economic times? I’m glad some traditions will keep going strong as people embrace the holiday.
Merry Christmas
The fact that people get riled up over one saying or the other is dumb.
Happy Honda Days.
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Poll released today.
Most Americans prefer overwhelmingly Merry Christmas over Happy Holidays
https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/no-war-on-christmas-this-season-st-leo-university-poll-says/
Definitely part of our tradition.
Also shows an increase in Americans celebrating Christmas this year...perhaps because of the booming economic times? I’m glad some traditions will keep going strong as people embrace the holiday.
Merry Christmas
Why do this? Nobody here has told you not to say Merry Christmas
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Why do this? Nobody here has told you not to say Merry Christmas
He can't resist. This is a prime example of him actively trying to take a thread and turn it toxic with absolutely no provocation and yet he'll claim it wasn't his fault or that his intentions were innocent which they clearly aren't as he's been sniping for months with MU82 about this.
Then there's a political element added.
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Please keep your political commentary away from threads meant to bring people together.
It isn't political commentary. This thread is about Christmas traditions. Part of the traditions we have as a people is saying Merry Christmas or other such things. Those traditions seem to be making a comeback.
Sometimes you guys go looking for something that isn't there....and it's almost always the same group that goes looking.
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Why do this? Nobody here has told you not to say Merry Christmas
Actually, this is false. Several people did...one active here can admit to it if he wishes. But that isn't really the point....this is about Christmas traditions and it used to be Merry Christmas was what was always said, then that tradition started to be broken. It's good to see an independent poll showing the tradition is holding, perhaps even growing. That's what traditions are about.
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It isn't political commentary. This thread is about Christmas traditions. Part of the traditions we have as a people is saying Merry Christmas or other such things. Those traditions seem to be making a comeback.
Sometimes you guys go looking for something that isn't there....and it's almost always the same group that goes looking.
Wrong, the thread is about holiday traditions as stated very firmly in my title and then description. I was careful to include the few Jewish individuals on here in addition to people who may celebrate the 3 Kings day etc.
Some people have a tradition of saying happy Hanukkah, kwanza, holidays, etc. the only reason you posted a link to some poll about preference is because of that stupid back and forth you've been having with 82 for months now.
The comment on the economy wasn't necessary either, and from previous experiences when you do this, was put there to bait posters into a political discussion.
Your goal was to post it and then claim plausible deniability.
This thread is for holiday traditions, you grasped it the first time with the on topic post about food and presents. But are clearly in some sort of mood due to the USC thread getting locked.
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Poll released today.
Most Americans prefer overwhelmingly Merry Christmas over Happy Holidays
https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/no-war-on-christmas-this-season-st-leo-university-poll-says/
Definitely part of our tradition.
Also shows an increase in Americans celebrating Christmas this year...perhaps because of the booming economic times? I’m glad some traditions will keep going strong as people embrace the holiday.
Merry Christmas
So, your tradition is to pass down your Napoleonic Douchebaggery, or is it Douchebaggidness?
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Actually, this is false. Several people did...one active here can admit to it if he wishes. But that isn't really the point....this is about Christmas traditions and it used to be Merry Christmas was what was always said, then that tradition started to be broken. It's good to see an independent poll showing the tradition is holding, perhaps even growing. That's what traditions are about.
I usually stay out of this stuff, but come on. The myth that people weren't allowed to say Merry Christmas but now they have achieved some sort of unseen triumph and can now safely say it again is deeply strange. I've seen people who have said Merry Christmas to me my entire life, and have undoubtedly said it every year of their lives before that, act like it's some new victory. Why? You literally said it to me last year, and the year before that, and the year before that, and the year before that. Starbucks choosing to put Happy Holidays on a cup, or Target saying it in a commercial, in no way impedes your ability to say Merry Christmas. Also, saying merry is "was what was always said" is not true. Happy Holidays is not some new invention just to mess with you.
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There was no reason to bring it up in this thread. Worse, going out of your way to define it as “our tradition” implies people who don’t adhere to it are outsiders/others/not American. That sucks!
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https://www.theonion.com/nation-s-oppressed-christians-huddle-underground-to-lig-1819578481
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I'm sure God is happy that Christians have weaponized his son's birthday.
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I usually stay out of this stuff, but come on. The myth that people weren't allowed to say Merry Christmas but now they have achieved some sort of unseen triumph and can now safely say it again is deeply strange. I've seen people who have said Merry Christmas to me my entire life, and have undoubtedly said it every year of their lives before that, act like it's some new victory. Why? You literally said it to me last year, and the year before that, and the year before that, and the year before that. Starbucks choosing to put Happy Holidays on a cup, or Target saying it in a commercial, in no way impedes your ability to say Merry Christmas. Also, saying merry is "was what was always said" is not true. Happy Holidays is not some new invention just to mess with you.
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There was no reason to bring it up in this thread. Worse, going out of your way to define it as “our tradition” implies people who don’t adhere to it are outsiders/others/not American. That sucks!
Why?
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Actually, this is false. Several people did...one active here can admit to it if he wishes. But that isn't really the point....this is about Christmas traditions and it used to be Merry Christmas was what was always said, then that tradition started to be broken. It's good to see an independent poll showing the tradition is holding, perhaps even growing. That's what traditions are about.
I don't usually weigh in on your off topic rants/posts but this is a cheap ploy to squeeze in what you think will be a trigger for others and sit back waiting for reactions. You're really some unnatural carnal knowledgeing troll.
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I would like to apologize to everybody on this board.
I believe my parents started the war on Christmas.
Back in the mid 60's, they sent out Christmas cards that said Happy Holidays and had a snowman on the front. This had to be the first shot in the war. They hid their participation well. To cover their tracks, they hauled me out of bed for mass every Sunday morning, and after they retired attended mass every day.
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I would like to apologize to everybody on this board.
I believe my parents started the war on Christmas.
Back in the mid 60's, they sent out Christmas cards that said Happy Holidays and had a snowman on the front. This had to be the first shot in the war. They hid their participation well. To cover their tracks, they hauled me out of bed for mass every Sunday morning, and after they retired attended mass every day.
This horrible provocation has been rattling through the echo chamber ever since. Thanks a lot Archie.
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https://youtu.be/NWF2JBb1bvM
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Yeah, see, there's the "Merry Christmas" as the offhand thing people say in late December.
And there's the "Merry Christmas" some say to spread the joy of the birth of Jesus.
Then there's "Merry Christmas" some say to grind their axe.
Cheeks, whether you are going for door #1 or #2 .. your online persona makes people think it's always door #3.
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Since this thread was hijacked. This Christmas as some don't shut up about traditions and religious impact please remember that Christmas has nothing to do with the birth of Christ and was adopted from the Celtic Winter solstice. The Yule log, tree decorating, gifts under the tree, and mistletoe all developed from that.
Happy winter solstice everybody, a holiday that actually had a war against it.
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https://youtu.be/NWF2JBb1bvM
A five year old ad for a British supermarket, about a dramatization of events from a hundred years ago, which took place between the *British and Germans*, is somehow proof of an American tradition. Brilliant
I finally understand why so many threads devolve into petty arguing with you. I engaged once and now I want to keep responding to whatever inane junk you throw up onto the thread. Instead I’ll stop here, wish you a joyous winter season and just move on.
Go Marquette
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A five year old ad for a British supermarket, about a dramatization of events from a hundred years ago, which took place between the *British and Germans*, is somehow proof of an American tradition. Brilliant
I finally understand why so many threads devolve into petty arguing with you. I engaged once and now I want to keep responding to whatever inane junk you throw up onto the thread. Instead I’ll stop here, wish you a joyous winter season and just move on.
Go Marquette
It is my favorite Christmas ad, award winning and touched a lot of people. Christmas is not an American only holiday. Merry Christmas Warrior Code.
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Since this thread was hijacked. This Christmas as some don't shut up about traditions and religious impact please remember that Christmas has nothing to do with the birth of Christ and was adopted from the Celtic Winter solstice. The Yule log, tree decorating, gifts under the tree, and mistletoe all developed from that.
Happy winter solstice everybody, a holiday that actually had a war against it.
The first a Christmas celebration was held in 336AD, to celebrate the birth of Christ. Christmas means the Mass of Christ. It isn’t the actual day Christ was born, but the day chosen to celebrate the event.
Merry Christmas
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Never understood "Merry Christmas" being said throughout the entire month of December. Christmas Eve, or Day go for it, but you never hear someone say "Happy Easter" on a Monday, or "Happy Thanksgiving" on a Wednesday. I generally say "Happy Holidays" more around work because 1.) I don't know what everyone celebrates, and 2.) it's easier than saying "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year", since I won't see most co-workers between Christmas and New Years. Never gotten upset when someone prefers one or the other, don't really understand why people do, when this is really supposed to be a happy time of the year, to get triggered over something so minor seems counter-intuitive. FWIW "Peace on Earth" is vastly underrated IMO.
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The first a Christmas celebration was held in 336AD, to celebrate the birth of Christ. Christmas means the Mass of Christ. It isn’t the actual day Christ was born, but the day chosen to celebrate the event.
Merry Christmas
Historically, for the truly religious, the Feast of Epiphany was the primary holiday, and still is in many parts of the Christian world that have been somewhat shielded from the Western commercialization of Christmas.. Christmas became celebrated in early modern times as the beginning of Christmastide, or the beginning of the season that led to the culmination of the Great Feast of Epiphany.
And the Feast of St. Nicholas was the great gift-giving holiday.
Christmas became more heavily celebrated in popular culture in its own right in Early Modern times (such as in Tudor England), more as a night to drink and feast and kick off the run up to Epiphany. Christmas became what it is today with the advent of Western commercialization. "Traditions" such as Christmas trees and Santa are relatively new innovations within the time span of Christianity. Santa evolved from a tradition of the Feast of St. Nicholas, which is earlier in December, not from Christmas. Epiphany has been celebrated for much, much longer.
Happy Feast of St. Nicholas.
Happy Epiphany.
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Never understood "Merry Christmas" being said throughout the entire month of December. Christmas Eve, or Day go for it, but you never hear someone say "Happy Easter" on a Monday, or "Happy Thanksgiving" on a Wednesday. I generally say "Happy Holidays" more around work because 1.) I don't know what everyone celebrates, and 2.) it's easier than saying "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year", since I won't see most co-workers between Christmas and New Years. Never gotten upset when someone prefers one or the other, don't really understand why people do, when this is really supposed to be a happy time of the year, to get triggered over something so minor seems counter-intuitive. FWIW "Peace on Earth" is vastly underrated IMO.
I think it is because it is tied to a seasonal event and build up, partly as a result of the commercialization pst Thanksgiving. People typically take many days off, etc...not tied to just one day.
I don’t get upset with folks using whatever they wish to say, but I expect the same treatment back...not someone saying I, or a company, or anyone else cannot say Merry Christmas without backlash. Want o say Happy Holidays...go for it. Season’s Greetings...sure. Merry Christmas or Merry Xmas...fine by me.
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I don’t get upset with folks using whatever they wish to say, but I expect the same treatment back...not someone saying I, or a company, or anyone else cannot say Merry Christmas without backlash.
I have literally never once heard anyone upset about hearing "Merry Christmas," besides Ebeneezer Scrooge in a Christmas Carol.
I have heard infinitely more people upset about hearing "Happy Holidays."
The problem is not with the people you think it is.
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The first a Christmas celebration was held in 336AD, to celebrate the birth of Christ. Christmas means the Mass of Christ. It isn’t the actual day Christ was born, but the day chosen to celebrate the event.
Merry Christmas
So I assume you guys don't do any Christmas tree, mistletoe or Yule logs since those aren't Christmas traditions of the one from 336AD?
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I have literally never once heard anyone upset about hearing "Merry Christmas," besides Ebeneezer Scrooge in a Christmas Carol.
I have heard infinitely more people upset about hearing "Happy Holidays."
The problem is not with the people you think it is.
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I have literally never once heard anyone upset about hearing "Merry Christmas," besides Ebeneezer Scrooge in a Christmas Carol.
I have heard infinitely more people upset about hearing "Happy Holidays."
The problem is not with the people you think it is.
I could share a few messages sent to me here from a certain poster upset about the use of Merry Christmas if you wish. I took a few screen shots to preserve because I was so amazed by it.
Say what you want, celebrate what you celebrate, ‘Tis the Season.
Washington Post last year had an article about not wishing someone a Merry Christmas that received quite a bit of feedback.
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I could share a few messages sent to me here from a certain poster upset about the use of Merry Christmas if you wish. I took a few screen shots to preserve because I was so amazed by it.
Say what you want, celebrate what you celebrate, ‘Tis the Season.
Washington Post last year had an article about not wishing someone a Merry Christmas that received quite a bit of feedback.
If that's not an admission that you took this thread off track to continue that passive aggressive back and forth I don't know what is.
Happy commercialized culturally appropriated version of Christmas to you
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I could share a few messages sent to me here from a certain poster upset about the use of Merry Christmas if you wish. I took a few screen shots to preserve because I was so amazed by it.
Say what you want, celebrate what you celebrate, ‘Tis the Season.
Washington Post last year had an article about not wishing someone a Merry Christmas that received quite a bit of feedback.
Ok, so this whole tangent that completely took the thread off the rails is because you have some personal feud with another Scooper that you chose to inject into everyone else's enjoyment of Scoop. Got it.
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If that's not an admission that you took this thread off track to continue that passive aggressive back and forth I don't know what is.
Happy commercialized culturally appropriated version of Christmas to you
Nope. But it is a response to the statement made above that he has heard of no one...we are blessed to have someone right here in our midsts that has a problem with it...also plenty of other examples in the public sphere.
Say what you want...’Tis the season.
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Ok, so this whole tangent that completely took the thread off the rails is because you have some personal feud with another Scooper that you chose to inject into everyone else's enjoyment of Scoop. Got it.
Nope. I read an article yesterday about a poll around Christmas tradition of saying a merry Christmas, which is what this thread is about...traditions at the holidays. I posted poll and article, and it apparently triggered a few people....why, I have no idea because as you said no one gets upset about this stuff.
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Nope. I read an article yesterday about a poll around Christmas tradition of saying a merry Christmas, which is what this thread is about...traditions at the holidays. I posted poll and article, and it apparently triggered a few people....why, I have no idea because as you said no one gets upset about this stuff.
Yeah, see, there's the "Merry Christmas" as the offhand thing people say in late December.
And there's the "Merry Christmas" some say to spread the joy of the birth of Jesus.
Then there's "Merry Christmas" some say to grind their axe.
Cheeks, whether you are going for door #1 or #2 .. your online persona makes people think it's always door #3.
I think that's your answer.
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What an pretty boy
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So I assume you guys don't do any Christmas tree, mistletoe or Yule logs since those aren't Christmas traditions of the one from 336AD?
Yule Log - The TV version.
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I think it is because it is tied to a seasonal event and build up, partly as a result of the commercialization pst Thanksgiving. People typically take many days off, etc...not tied to just one day.
I don’t get upset with folks using whatever they wish to say, but I expect the same treatment back...not someone saying I, or a company, or anyone else cannot say Merry Christmas without backlash.
No one has told you that you can’t say Merry Christmas.
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Happy commercialized culturally appropriated version of Christmas Holidays to you
FIFY
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Hahaha a tip of the cap to you sir!
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We pick names as a tradition for the relatives. Large family and cuts down on costs. The name picking is done usually over the Summer.
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Anybody go all out for lights and such every year?
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Anybody go all out for lights and such every year?
Depending on how cold it is, we pack a few thermos of warm contents and walk the neighborhoods. If we hear of an extravagant lighting setup within reasonable driving distance that is also a consideration.
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Anybody go all out for lights and such every year?
We have a pretty cozy/festive situation going for the inside but don't do a whole lot outside. I could do more but I don't want to climb up to the second story to hang lights on the gutters.
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We have a pretty cozy/festive situation going for the inside but don't do a whole lot outside. I could do more but I don't want to climb up to the second story to hang lights on the gutters.
Same
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Good friend of my wife’s family had a Tom And Jerry recipe up in Superior sold commercially. Dgies, you parents knew the family.
I kinda remember my parents talking about it years and years ago.
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On of my favorite Christmas "traditions" was the last year my Mother-in-Law was alive.
She had been suffering from Pancreatic Cancer and would die about five weeks later. But she was in skilled care and my wife and I drove to Iowa to be with her that Christmas. She had dinner at noon in the facility and we missed it, largely because we were driving there from Chicago.
We spent a very nice afternoon with her speaking of the "old days" with her brothers and sister. As dusk settled in, her sister and one brother went home while another out-of-town brother and us had to find dinner. Needless to say, finding a gourmet Christmas dinner at 5:30 p.m., Christmas night in Dubuque, Iowa was not easy!
We ended up at a bar down on Central Avenue north of downtown Dubuque. The bar was dark, it was cold outside but, my gosh, the bar was open. We walked in and the bartender had an old-fashioned cast iron skillet in which he fried hamburgers. We ordered three and some beer. When we asked for french fries, all he could do was roll his eyes."We have chips lady," he said to my wife.
Dinner came, stories were told and we probably had one of the more interesting family dinners you could ever imagine. It was kinda depressing at first -- until you thought about why you were there.
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Every year (except this one) I make Christmas Breakfast
baked French toast layered with brown sugar sautéed apple slices along with Gran Marnier soaked dried cranberries. Served with real Maple syrup and thick sliced bacon sprinkled with a mixture of cayenne, brown sugar and black pepper.
Damn, I am salivating thinking about this
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Every year (except this one) I make Christmas Breakfast
baked French toast layered with brown sugar sautéed apple slices along with Gran Marnier soaked dried cranberries. Served with real Maple syrup and thick sliced bacon sprinkled with a mixture of cayenne, brown sugar and black pepper.
Damn, I am salivating thinking about this
Screw my Irish breakfast I'm coming to your place for Christmas breakfast 😂
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Wonder what the good Lord thinks of those who say "Merry Christmas" to spite one's fellow man.
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Wonder what the good Lord thinks of those who say "Merry Christmas" to spite one's fellow man.
Pretty sure that God shakes his head at most things done in his name today.
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Pretty sure that God shakes his head at most things done in his name today.
Feel like it's been that way for upwards of a thousand years.
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Feel like it's been that way for upwards of a thousand years.
I stand corrected.
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Does “eating cashews non-stop for two straight days” count as a tradition if I do it every year?
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Our family tradition is to have dinner at my folks house Christmas eve. they have over 20 grandkids. Everyone attending has to bring a favorite food to share. The foods range from Kraft Mac and cheese (my two year old niece's entree') to shrimp cocktail, to caramel corn to 15 year old Macallan. It's a pretty hilarious smorgasbord.
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Our family tradition is to have dinner at my folks house Christmas eve. they have over 20 grandkids. Everyone attending has to bring a favorite food to share. The foods range from Kraft Mac and cheese (my two year old niece's entree') to shrimp cocktail, to caramel corn to 15 year old Macallan. It's a pretty hilarious smorgasbord.
That sounds like a wonderful tradition. Definitely would be funny to see the collection of various dishes
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Bump