Christmas comes earlier every year....

[Meadowmufn]

I don't know about y'all, but they're already whippin' out the Christmas decorations around here. And I thought it was strange to see Halloween stuff in July. LOL.

Just 106 shopping days left! Y'all better get busy. Khee!

[Brian Coltrane]

I know it. For months I've been thinkin', "Gee, we should take down this Christmas category. " Well, now it's pointless. I guess procrastination ain't always a bad thing. :D

[Meadowmufn]

Well, the nice thing about it is, since we haven't taken the lights down from last year, we won't have to go through all the trouble of puttin' 'em up again! Khee! It was kinda hard to weed whack around the animated deer all year tho' and I think some birds built a nest in our artificial light-up Christmas tree.

For Easter, we put a nice easter bonnet on the Grinch and on the 4th of July, he wore a big Uncle Sam top hat. Khee!

[Brian Coltrane]

So instead of garden gnomes in your yard, you've got elves?

[Meadowmufn]

Elves and grinches and deer... oh my. Khee!

[RogerDuke]

I suppose a lot of you folks don't like the fact that Christmas commercials are already on but I'm an exception. I actually like it. I'd like to hear other opinions on this....

[Meadowmufn]

I suppose a lot of you folks don't like the fact that Christmas commercials are already on but I'm an exception. I actually like it. I'd like to hear other opinions on this....

I'm all ready to trim up the tree with fuzzle fuzz and blipper bloops and wuzzle wuzz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_GwSN_tNN0). How 'bout you? LOL.

[i1976]

I suppose a lot of you folks don't like the fact that Christmas commercials are already on but I'm an exception. I actually like it. I'd like to hear other opinions on this....


Also in Italy it's already Xmas... but... it's not so bad.
I like Christmas' feel I don't like shopping.

[Emy-Rae Duke]

I didnt even take down my christmas tree from last year lol

[General Grant]

Okay, I like Christmas, I really do! I just don't like all the glamour, glitz, and commercialism that goes along with it. Now, we do take down our decorations every year, but I think we are probably the last ones to get them up. Usually a week (or less) before hand. In our house, it is always a "fight" over the traditional REAL trees (I'm on that side) vs. the fake trees. I like the real ones. They smell great, look great, and it just isn't the same to decorate a hunk of metal and plastic. To me... it just seems... STRANGE.
Well, I like Christmas, but not mixed in with Halloween... or Thanks giving for that matter. I'm a very "let me celebrate/recover from one holiday before you drag me into the next" type of person. (I may sound crazy here) but I don't actually "celebrate" Christmas in the normal sense. I dont' go out and buy gifts, so to me the X number of shopping days until Christmas is Irrelevant. I'm cheap... I go out AFTER christmas and take advantage of them Sales! It is just great and I love finding a great deal! Sure, there isn't as much of a selection... but it is the thought that counts, right? Anyways, my family doesn't go overboard. I'll settle for time with my family and the great food! YUM! That is the most awaited meal of teh entire year, after my birthday feast, I think!
And the music... I prefer them old time traditional songs that seem to be more and more unpopular.

But I will say, that watching "How the Grinch stole Christmas" is a tradition that is met with much anticipation. That is the only time of the year that the whole family really watches a movie together... with intrest. And that is the one time I get Delicious Red Apples and Carmel Dip. (that is what I was eating the first time I saw "the Grinch") so, that is the one time I have a very intense craving for it! (more then Y'all wanted, or cared, to hear, Right?!)

Anyways, Y'all Have fun this Christmas, and I apologize for my rambling on.

General Grant

[daisydukeXenosstrait]

Okay, I like Christmas, I really do! I just don't like all the glamour, glitz, and commercialism that goes along with it. Now, we do take down our decorations every year, but I think we are probably the last ones to get them up. Usually a week (or less) before hand. In our house, it is always a "fight" over the traditional REAL trees (I'm on that side) vs. the fake trees. I like the real ones. They smell great, look great, and it just isn't the same to decorate a hunk of metal and plastic. To me... it just seems... STRANGE.
Well, I like Christmas, but not mixed in with Halloween... or Thanks giving for that matter. I'm a very "let me celebrate/recover from one holiday before you drag me into the next" type of person. (I may sound crazy here) but I don't actually "celebrate" Christmas in the normal sense. I dont' go out and buy gifts, so to me the X number of shopping days until Christmas is Irrelevant. I'm cheap... I go out AFTER christmas and take advantage of them Sales! It is just great and I love finding a great deal! Sure, there isn't as much of a selection... but it is the thought that counts, right? Anyways, my family doesn't go overboard. I'll settle for time with my family and the great food! YUM! That is the most awaited meal of teh entire year, after my birthday feast, I think!
And the music... I prefer them old time traditional songs that seem to be more and more unpopular.

But I will say, that watching "How the Grinch stole Christmas" is a tradition that is met with much anticipation. That is the only time of the year that the whole family really watches a movie together... with intrest. And that is the one time I get Delicious Red Apples and Carmel Dip. (that is what I was eating the first time I saw "the Grinch") so, that is the one time I have a very intense craving for it! (more then Y'all wanted, or cared, to hear, Right?!)

Anyways, Y'all Have fun this Christmas, and I apologize for my rambling on.

General Grant





Its okay i love apples and carmel and i also love apples and peanut butter on christmas and i love mints too and lots of cookies anyway i hope this Christmas comes soon i cant wait!!!!!!!!!!

[BoJamesDuke]

LOL I celebrate christmas all year round! :p Nah i'm kidding...i do tend to watch films like Christmas Comes to Willow Creek and listen to John's christmas albums before christmas though but that's because i'm impatient and Christmas or the thought of christmas really cheers me up. So whenever i'm down I do that to pick me back up lol.

I would watch Mary christmas as well but I had to give Daisy's DVD back.... lol :p

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Yeah....such a sweet movie....what is really sad though is that my dvds have made it to England to spend Christmas with you and I have yet to do so:(

[daisydukeXenosstrait]

Yeah....such a sweet movie....what is really sad though is that my dvds have made it to England to spend Christmas with you and I have yet to do so:(





its okay DaisyMae youll get your DVD's back trust me my sis does the same dang thing with my DOH and Knight Rider DVDs

[BoJamesDuke]

Uhhh you read Daisy's post wrong...she has the DVD's back, I sent them back ages ago. She's saying its sad that they have been over here in England with me but she hasn't been able to come over herself yet for Christmas in England.

[daisydukeXenosstrait]

Uhhh you read Daisy's post wrong...she has the DVD's back, I sent them back ages ago. She's saying its sad that they have been over here in England with me but she hasn't been able to come over herself yet for Christmas in England.




oh sorry my bad i have trouble paying attention to little things like that sometimes

[RogerDuke]

Okay, here it is mid-Nov and I have to admit that I've already listened to my Elvis Christmas CD. Has anybody else heard any Christmas music yet? Any Elvis fans out there? What Christmas music does everybody else like?

[Denver C.]

Okay, here it is mid-Nov and I have to admit that I've already listened to my Elvis Christmas CD. Has anybody else heard any Christmas music yet? Any Elvis fans out there? What Christmas music does everybody else like?

There's actually a radio station here that starts playing nothing but Christmas music on the weekends beginning on November 1. On Thanksgiving that one and another one play all Christmas all the time. (But, yes, I did break down and listen to my Muppets Christmas cd on my way to work today.)
I pretty much love all Christmas music, but my favorite silly Christmas song is 'Snoopy vs the Red Baron." (Yes, I'm a geek, I admit it.:))