Mine is to make fruitcake. If I have the energy.
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
P.M. Marc - Dec 09, 2010 12:39:09 pm PST #10018 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Atropa - Dec 09, 2010 12:42:42 pm PST #10019 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Ooh, fruitcake. Nom. I LOVE homemade, classic, soak-the-fruit-in-booze fruitcake.
Hil R. - Dec 09, 2010 12:43:03 pm PST #10020 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I also find a lot of wintry-type decorations, like [link] and this: [link] Or a bunch of these: [link]
I'm pretty sure my mother would count all of those as too Chrismassy for our house. Nutcracker is from the ballet, where the nutcracker is a Christmas present. Reindeer pull Santa's sleigh. The star might be OK.
P.M. Marc - Dec 09, 2010 12:47:20 pm PST #10021 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Ooh, fruitcake. Nom. I LOVE homemade, classic, soak-the-fruit-in-booze fruitcake.
So noted! Marzipan or no marzipan?
billytea - Dec 09, 2010 12:48:13 pm PST #10022 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Despite many years in northern climes I don't (yet) associate Christmas (or December) with snow
Me either, obviously. Yet we still tend to celebrate Christmas with roasts and other winter food, despite the likelihood of 30+ temperatures.
All the Christmas talk has made me realise, I have no Christmas rituals. My FAC didn't celebrate Christmas because of its pagan origins, and since I left an atheist, I didn't find much incentive to redevelop much connection. It's now pretty much an excuse to buy people pressies, and without much allegiance to the actual day (we tend to wait for the Boxing Day sales to buy for each other at least).
javachik - Dec 09, 2010 12:51:17 pm PST #10023 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Allyson, I'd like to give a few author-signed copies of Sam out for Christmas presents. What do you think is the easiest way to make that happen (considering I'm in Bay Area and you're in SoCal)?
Atropa - Dec 09, 2010 1:00:27 pm PST #10024 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
No marzipan. I like the idea of marzipan, but not the reality of it.
msbelle - Dec 09, 2010 1:02:12 pm PST #10025 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Our standing Thursday playdate went well and since there was no homework tonight, I dropped mac off at the house down the street to play with that boy. HOUSE TO MYSELF NOT ON WORKTIME!!! I will.....dunno.
Hil R. - Dec 09, 2010 1:05:44 pm PST #10026 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My town is having a Victorian Christmas celebration. I'm looking through the schedule now. Starts off with people dressed as Charles Dickens and as Dickens characters walking through town caroling and talking to people while in character. It goes right by my house, and it starts right after I get home from work. That could be fun, or awful. (Actually, "Could be fun, or awful" seems to describe most of this.) Tonight, there's a fancy dinner with some Victorian Christmas traditions and then a staging of A Christmas Carol, where "Victorian attire is encouraged but not required," but that's $75. Over the weekend are various sorts of concerts and activities and stuff, and house tours of some of the old houses.
megan walker - Dec 09, 2010 1:08:23 pm PST #10027 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
No marzipan. I like the idea of marzipan, but not the reality of it.
As with chocolate, I only like good marzipan.