How Do You Holiday?

[McRib]

Me and Wife use to do a yearly Company Christmas Party here in Ontario till the recession took its toll on Santa and I was givin my walking papers. I haven't done it since. The one thing that use to amaze me about dressing up as Santa, the horny woman that would hit on me. I remember 3 woman sitting at the bar and my greeting to them Ho, HO, Ho...

Holy shit!! You look like a cross between the actor that played kringle in the orignial miracle on 34th st movie with Maureen ohara and the grand pa scientist guy in jurassic park.

btw. I dont holiday! I do merry christmas!

I dont celebrate with my dads side anymore. After gma died 20 yrs ago it all kinda fell apart. My aunts get togethrr still but we never get invites so we just brush it off. That was the xmas eve thing for me as a kid. Now its xmas eve with the wifes fam. Tamales, turkey, ham, and all the traditional mexican and american fixings and the worlds most horrible pumpkin pies!

The gift exchange with her fam SUCKS!! There is a bagillion people in her family and they don't do any5hing till exactly midnight!

Prior to that at about 1115 they all sit in silence while someone does the entire rosary in spanish. (Shoot me status) then at 12 exactly everyone hugs everyone for 30 min the one person plays santa in a horrible 30 yr old outfit and he hands out one present at a time. They call your name and u have to say ho ho ho before he will give it to you. They do this one at a time! The next gift isnt called out till the preceding gift has been opened and shown to the crowd! (More shoot me status stuff) the amount of people involved with this can make it last till 3 to 4 in the morning and we still need to drive home!

Ain't nobody got time fo dat!

Xmas morning we go to my moms side around 1 and have a quite linner, open gifts, and play a game of some sort with a lil drinkin. that ends around 6 and xmas is over. I cant stand going to the wifes side. However, heavy drinking makes is tolerable.

[Wendi]

Holy shit!! You look like a cross between the actor that played kringle in the orignial miracle on 34th st movie with Maureen ohara and the grand pa scientist guy in jurassic park.

btw. I dont holiday! I do merry christmas!

I dont celebrate with my dads side anymore. After gma died 20 yrs ago it all kinda fell apart. My aunts get togethrr still but we never get invites so we just brush it off. That was the xmas eve thing for me as a kid. Now its xmas eve with the wifes fam. Tamales, turkey, ham, and all the traditional mexican and american fixings and the worlds most horrible pumpkin pies!

The gift exchange with her fam SUCKS!! There is a bagillion people in her family and they don't do any5hing till exactly midnight!

Prior to that at about 1115 they all sit in silence while someone does the entire rosary in spanish. (Shoot me status) then at 12 exactly everyone hugs everyone for 30 min the one person plays santa in a horrible 30 yr old outfit and he hands out one present at a time. They call your name and u have to say ho ho ho before he will give it to you. They do this one at a time! The next gift isnt called out till the preceding gift has been opened and shown to the crowd! (More shoot me status stuff) the amount of people involved with this can make it last till 3 to 4 in the morning and we still need to drive home!

Ain't nobody got time fo dat!

Xmas morning we go to my moms side around 1 and have a quite linner, open gifts, and play a game of some sort with a lil drinkin. that ends around 6 and xmas is over. I cant stand going to the wifes side. However, heavy drinking makes is tolerable.

HO HO HO Bish, that is freakin funny!!!

[Eli]

Well, If the upholsterer gets done in time, I'm gonna Xmas at the river (drink) being he didn't meet the Nov. 14th deadline, It's probably not gonna happen. Looking like another Superbowl rivertrip.

Do you usually celebrate Xmas at the river? What are you guys gonna do if you're not at the river?

We've done the white elephant gift deal before at parties, and it's a lot of fun. A little different version, but the same concept.

We're pretty traditional with turkey and fixings for Xmas dinner.. Usually Chicken Divan for Xmas eve.


Sent from somewhere on the water

What's Chicken Divan?

Xmas Eve with Dad's side of the family and we used to exchange gifts, then as the kids got older, we did elephant gift, where we would spend $20 and compete for best gift. Now everyone is getting divorced and too cheap so no gift exchange just getting together with what little family is left. Usually chili and cornbread dinner.

Xmas Day Mom's side of the family. However this year may be different as no one is talking. My brother comes out with his family and my cousin from st. Louis is coming out as well. This will be interesting to say the least how we are going to ALL get together under one roof. We usually have prime rib dinner and all the fixins! If WMC could have it his way we would ditch both sides and head to the river. But unfortunately he will not get his way this year. We are staying home and figuring out how to all get together civily.

Merry Christmas!

Family…can't get along with everyone and can't exile anyone

We are going to do a major change this year.

For the past 30 years, we have always had a fairly quiet Christmas at home with enchiladas on Christmas Eve and a traditional meal on Christmas Day.


This year, however, my (now very small) family will be spending the Christmas holidays in Lake Tahoe. Not sure yet on the food, but the traditional meal will not be served.


Tahoe's probably not a big deal for you Cali folks....but we are all from Texas, so it's a major shift.

That sounds like a ton of fun, I haven't been to Tahoe since I was a very young child. Will you be partaking in snow sports? I'd just stay inside and drink

We bring our own Santa to Christmas. This is my dad with my nephew...and that isn't a fake beard or hair...

You have your very own Santa!! That's too cool!

Me and Wife use to do a yearly Company Christmas Party here in Ontario till the recession took its toll on Santa and I was givin my walking papers. I haven't done it since. The one thing that use to amaze me about dressing up as Santa, the horny woman that would hit on me. I remember 3 woman sitting at the bar and my greeting to them Ho, HO, Ho...

Sorry about the walking papers…bet you had fun greeting them with a Ho, Ho, Ho

Holy shit!! You look like a cross between the actor that played kringle in the orignial miracle on 34th st movie with Maureen ohara and the grand pa scientist guy in jurassic park.

btw. I dont holiday! I do merry christmas!

I dont celebrate with my dads side anymore. After gma died 20 yrs ago it all kinda fell apart. My aunts get togethrr still but we never get invites so we just brush it off. That was the xmas eve thing for me as a kid. Now its xmas eve with the wifes fam. Tamales, turkey, ham, and all the traditional mexican and american fixings and the worlds most horrible pumpkin pies!

The gift exchange with her fam SUCKS!! There is a bagillion people in her family and they don't do any5hing till exactly midnight!

Prior to that at about 1115 they all sit in silence while someone does the entire rosary in spanish. (Shoot me status) then at 12 exactly everyone hugs everyone for 30 min the one person plays santa in a horrible 30 yr old outfit and he hands out one present at a time. They call your name and u have to say ho ho ho before he will give it to you. They do this one at a time! The next gift isnt called out till the preceding gift has been opened and shown to the crowd! (More shoot me status stuff) the amount of people involved with this can make it last till 3 to 4 in the morning and we still need to drive home!

Ain't nobody got time fo dat!

Xmas morning we go to my moms side around 1 and have a quite linner, open gifts, and play a game of some sort with a lil drinkin. that ends around 6 and xmas is over. I cant stand going to the wifes side. However, heavy drinking makes is tolerable.

We use to do that every year when I was a kid, we started out as 5 kids My sister, Older Cousin, two younger cousins and myself. By the time I was 16 I had 30 cousins younger than me and about 10 older than me so we all had to get a reality check that it would take 3 days to just open up the gifts one at a time and take a picture. We didn't even have digital cameras back then. I wonder how many rolls of film went undeveloped.

[FormulaZR]

That sounds like a ton of fun, I haven't been to Tahoe since I was a very young child. Will you be partaking in snow sports? I'd just stay inside and drink

We'll see. Typically I love to ski...but my knee has gotten worse in the last year, so I'm not sure if I'm that brave. We'll for sure go to the "little hill" for some sledding, but beyond that...it's unknown. I'm a fairly qualified drinker, though...so at least I have that base covered!



For food, it appears that after the Thanksgiving success of my smoked turkey legs; that's what we'll be having for Christmas.

[hbchgirl]

Holy shit!! You look like a cross between the actor that played kringle in the orignial miracle on 34th st movie with Maureen ohara and the grand pa scientist guy in jurassic park.

btw. I dont holiday! I do merry christmas!

I dont celebrate with my dads side anymore. After gma died 20 yrs ago it all kinda fell apart. My aunts get togethrr still but we never get invites so we just brush it off. That was the xmas eve thing for me as a kid. Now its xmas eve with the wifes fam. Tamales, turkey, ham, and all the traditional mexican and american fixings and the worlds most horrible pumpkin pies!

The gift exchange with her fam SUCKS!! There is a bagillion people in her family and they don't do any5hing till exactly midnight!

Prior to that at about 1115 they all sit in silence while someone does the entire rosary in spanish. (Shoot me status) then at 12 exactly everyone hugs everyone for 30 min the one person plays santa in a horrible 30 yr old outfit and he hands out one present at a time. They call your name and u have to say ho ho ho before he will give it to you. They do this one at a time! The next gift isnt called out till the preceding gift has been opened and shown to the crowd! (More shoot me status stuff) the amount of people involved with this can make it last till 3 to 4 in the morning and we still need to drive home!

Ain't nobody got time fo dat!

Xmas morning we go to my moms side around 1 and have a quite linner, open gifts, and play a game of some sort with a lil drinkin. that ends around 6 and xmas is over. I cant stand going to the wifes side. However, heavy drinking makes is tolerable.

That's too funny! Good luck!

[Singleton]

In the office, I take my team to a Holiday Lunch (company pays), then they each get a bottle of wine (my pocket book).

At home, we do Christmas. Christmas Eve is very relaxing (just the wife, daughter and me). Christmas morning my daughter opens her gifts. My step-sons return from my wife ex in the late afternoon and they open gifts then we have a family meal (usually something from the Mesa Grill cook book) then we hit the road. We spend the week after Christmas snowboarding in Denver. That has been the family tradition for the last 10 years.

[2manymustangs]

From the Fireball website... SOunds like something nice to try... All this talk of FIREBALL has piqued my curiosity... Maybe mix in some brown sugar into warm apple juice, brown sugar is the key/secret ingredient to GOOD apple pie...

Christmas Hug
The perfect drink to get you in the christmas spirit ! Like eating a warm spicy apple pie on christmas morning
•1 part Fireball Whisky
•2 parts apple juice
•1 part cranberry juice
•Mix them together

Glass Type: Short Glass
Mood: Christmas, Warm, Winter nights
Occasion: Nights in november / december !
Contributor: Josh "Christmas hugging" Crabb

[YLDBOYZ]

Always spend it with the boyz and the parents.

[pvhca1]

Christmas Eve is HUGE with my family. As I've said before I'm the baby of 9, there are 8 left, I've lost count on grand kids, nieces and nephews. Just a round figure with family and friends it's close to 50/60. My parents use to host at their home, huge family room, since they have passed my oldest brother hosts it each year, his home is HUGE, 7700 SQ FT, single story huge, LOL!! We are traditional Sicilian/Italian, Ciopino, Linguini and Clams, Clams on the half shell(I'm one of two that has this art mastered, shucking), crab/shrimp cocktails, Lasagna, Stuffed Shells, Prime Rib(my contribution), every side you could think of and of course enough wine to start our own winery.

Christmas Day is much quieter, I spend it with my son, GF and her family. Friends come by later for a very quiet dinner that I prepare, this year I'll do Chicken Parmigiana, green salad, a veggie and dessert.

I love this time of the year.

[The Doctor]

Traditions make all the difference!!!

Here, at the Millers' we have many that we have faithfully continued for decades.
* The last Monday night before Christmas, our entire family gathers to go caroling.
* We also hold a Birthday party for Baby Jesus - cake and all on Christmas eve
* At midnight, on Christmas eve, we head out to our favorite tradition of all which we don't talk about publicly. It's totally anonymous and our kids/grandkids look forward to this one far more than opening presents of their own the following Christmas morning. Suffice it to say that we never spend a penny of our change all year long. It goes in a jar for this "special project." On Thanksgiving night we dump the bottle of change, count, sort and roll it for this special project. I took the rolled coins into the bank today and it was well over half a grand! Makes the project all the more special.

We have others but, you get the drift. Traditions are really important to us.