Christmas Is I'cumin . . . ho-hum

[celticleather]

And as soon as Christmas is over the Easter eggs will be on the shelf!!!

Oh Noooo!! Dare I say it? Our local newsagent has a whole display of Cadbury's Creme Eggs just inside the front door!

And B & Q are starting their Boxing Day Sale on Christmas Eve!

Must be something to do with the shortest day! Perhaps time has gone into reverse??

[Timd]

The wife and I braved a trip to Wal-Mart this morning, and they were putting Valentine candy on the top shelf. falalala.

[badger]

I'm in England too.

I wish we had something like Thanksgiving.

I work with a lot of Americans and travel to the USA often.

It seems to me that Thanksgiving is to you guys what Christmas used to be to us; more of a family oriented celebration and less of a commercial free-for-all.

It would be nice to have a festival which isn't about avarice, more about family and friends...the important things.

Regardless, Merry Christmas to you all.

Cheers,

Karl

Edited December 22, 2008 by badger

[celticleather]

Karl

Sounds good to me - although it's a bit of a puzzle knowing what we in the UK should give thanks for! Perhaps we'd have to come up with another name for it . . . any suggestions?

I really must stop being so cynical!

All the best to everyone!

Terry

[CitizenKate]

...it's a bit of a puzzle knowing what we in the UK should give thanks for!

Although Thanksgiving is a national holiday, for many of us, it's a time just to reflect on anything in our own lives we are grateful for... our families, friends, livelihoods, homes, making it through a difficult life experience and suddenly finding that something really good came out of it, good food, and great times.

Now THAT is a holiday I wouldn't mind having go year 'round. (Except maybe for the eating part! )

Kate

[tonyc1]

How many of us have snow at Christmas time?

Tony.

[TwinOaks]

Karl,

Here in the U.S., especially the South, we do have holidays that are family-centric. In fact some of them are even community-centric. The most prevalent is Football Season. It's a time of gathering, boisterous cheering, and heavy drinking.

Whole regions of the U.S. will turn out in support of a favorite team. Here in Alabama, the penultimate game is the Iron Bowl, played between the University of Alabama an Auburn University.

Tony,

This year, it'll be about half of the U.S. members- the northern half.

Edited December 22, 2008 by TwinOaks

[Washroad]

How many of us have snow at Christmas time?

Tony.

It hasn't snowed where I live since 1948, a couple of years before I was thought of!

I like Christmas, but being the godless heathen that I am, I just like getting together with the families (mine on Christmas Eve, her's on Christmas Day) and enjoying the company and the dinner.

I really love Thanksgiving! It's a desert trip, no family involved, just friends who really want to be there! This year we had 28 adults for dinner outdoors, enjoying the sunset, the conversation, the lies about how good we ride our quads, etc. Everyone brings something for the dinner, even if it's just dinner rolls and no one is turned away from our table for any reason and no one leaves hungry! An absolutely wonderful time!

[Washroad]

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

[tonyc1]

I just heard a song on the radio that has prompted me to let you know that Santa doesn't use reindeer "Down Under" to pull his sleigh, he uses 6 White Boomers, which are old man Kangaroos. They handle the heat much better than the reindeer!

Tony.