Re: Christmas traditions
[Re: nvwrangler]
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12/22/19 08:22 PM
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Christmas eve mv.s and myself always go spot lightning porcupines on a ranch we do control work for. And that last till about 0400, than knap a lil and open gifts drink some coffee to of course. Than go check a few traps , and we have a prime rib or ham for dinner with all the fixings. And always end the day with watching Christmas vacation lol. Been doing this now for close to 15 - 20 years.
Let me sugar coat this
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Re: Christmas traditions
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12/22/19 09:52 PM
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Everybody gets in their pjs, the wife pops some popcorn and we ride through the subdivisions looking at Christmas lights and decorations.
Christmas Eve family and friends gather at one of my aunt’s for light table fair, beverages and story telling. Some old some new from the current year.
-Goofy-
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Re: Christmas traditions
[Re: nvwrangler]
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12/22/19 10:55 PM
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When I was a kid, we would put up the Christmas tree and decorations on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. We used a live tree until I was around 12, when my parents switched to an artificial tree with fake snow on it.
On December 6th, St. Nicholas Day, we would get our stockings stuffed with candy and some coins. We also got a calendar for the next year and usually a pair of new pajamas to wear at Christmas. I always got a Tolkein calendar.
On Christmas Eve, we would go to evening mass. When we got home we had a gift exchange among our immediate family members and received one big, meaning expensive, present from our parents.
The next technical morning, my brother Kevin would wake me up around 2:00am to 3:00am and start pestering my parents to get up to check for presents. My dad would go downstairs to check for presents and tell us Santa had not been here yet and that we had to go back to bed. My brother Kevin would wake us all up many more times, until finally around 6:00am my dad would tell us where our presents are and let us go down. My brother Kevin would rush to his presents and open them in a frenzy. Kevin would not even look at most of them and sometimes even threw them away with the wrapping paper.
When my younger brother Nick and sister Jennifer were born and throughout their childhoods, Kevin woke them up repeatedly too and used then to try to get our parents up earlier. Later on our parents tried having us take turns opening presents, but usually quickly gave up.
We then drove an hour and 15 minutes to our paternal grandparents and bounced around from there to our paternal maternal great grandparents, our maternal grandparents, back to our paternal great grandparents, our paternal paternal great grandmothers, back to our maternal grandparents and then home with a vehicle packed solid with Christmas loot. We ate and opened and exchanged presents at every stop. They all lived just minutes driving from each other.
My paternal paternal great grandmothers often had well over 100 people present and well over 200 people over the course of the day. She had 12 children and 48 grandchildren. There are probably over 150 great grandchildren in my generation. She is still having great great grandchildren. Sometimes we would drive by without stopping because there was to many people and have to come back later. I am the second oldest in my generation and the oldest male. Everyone always knew who I was and I only knew maybe 30 some people when I was little. I made $106.00 dollars, back in the seventies, bringing drinks to the card tables. It's hard to describe the feeling off love I got being greeted by and appreciated by hordes of family friends and relatives.
The amount of food and drinks consumed at my paternal paternal great grandmothers was amazing. My paternal paternal great grandfather had a grocery store, a bar and a catering business. The bar and catering business were still going and full box trucks would pull up and be emptied into the huge larders by chains of relatives, to be emptied again.
Did any of the rest of you go to huge family get togethers on the holidays?
Keith
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Re: Christmas traditions
[Re: nvwrangler]
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12/23/19 12:58 AM
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We used to have a big hoo rah for Christmas. Mama was such a champ bless her, I miss her so. I wish I could show you all, you couldn't see the tree for the presents. I still am blessed with six siblings but we don't get together for Christmas anymore, that died when Mama did. I'm that guy lol. Divorced, my babies are growed and I do what they wish. This year I won't get to be with them on Christmas day but we will have a great day with deer meat and noodles and tell stories. They are precious to me. I am the youngest and I do plan a prank on my siblings that are close. Few years ago my brother had a sign in his yard because they raised some cats. I snuck in his yard and put a sign over his sign that said I am gay, honk if you love gay people. Lol, this year will be better, I spent a fortune on cling wrap.
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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Re: Christmas traditions
[Re: nvwrangler]
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12/23/19 01:09 AM
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we have done Horsdoeuvrse for many years , make a meal out of it , everyone makes their favorite.
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Re: Christmas traditions
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12/23/19 01:16 AM
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I spent a fortune on cling wrap. What are you going to wrap. You should try to get some pictures. While in high school, my brother Kevin and some of his friends, got a nearly full roll of clear pallet wrap and started wrapping their friend Tex's car at a a movie theater, where he was on his first date with a girl he had been pursuing for a while. When they had almost finished, a cop pulled up. He took their names and information, laughed when they explained what they were doing and told them as long as he did not find any plastic in the parking lot, when he checked later, they were good to go. Tex and the girl worked for almost 20 minutes to get in, until my brother and his friends, who were watching, finally started helping. They picked up every scrap of plastic. Keith
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Re: Christmas traditions
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12/23/19 01:33 AM
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I spent a fortune on cling wrap. What are you going to wrap. You should try to get some pictures. While in high school, my brother Kevin and some of his friends, got a nearly full roll of clear pallet wrap and started wrapping their friend Tex's car at a a movie theater, where he was on his first date with a girl he had been pursuing for a while. When they had almost finished, a cop pulled up. He took their names and information, laughed when they explained what they were doing and told them as long as he did not find any plastic in the parking lot, when he checked later, they were good to go. Tex and the girl worked for almost 20 minutes to get in, until my brother and his friends, who were watching, finally started helping. They picked up every scrap of plastic. Keith My oldest Sister and her old man just bought a brand new vehicle and I'm gonna go into stealth ninja mode and wrap the (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) out of it, I'm so excited lol.
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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Re: Christmas traditions
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12/23/19 01:55 AM
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My oldest Sister and her old man just bought a brand new vehicle and I'm gonna go into stealth ninja mode and wrap the (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) out of it, I'm so excited lol. Bring a wood handle or piece of pipe to put through the rolls. You can put the wrap on quicker and tighter that way. Keith
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Re: Christmas traditions
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12/23/19 12:12 PM
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Catch that's awesome. Next time buy the plastic wrap from Costco for$15 We did that to a friend's car one night but used a costco sized cling wrap. We didn't use the entire roll even though we wrapped it up very good. Oh yeah adam!
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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