We are drinking, snacking, and watching a DVD of The Snowman that my dad gave to my mom for Hanukkah last night. Later we will read the rest of "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" and a variety of other Christmas books. We generally end with "A Child's Christmas in Wales" and then pick up again with "The Christmas Day Kitten" or somesuch on Christmas Day.
Simon: I'm trying to put this as delicately as I can... How do I know you won't kill me in my sleep? Mal: You don't know me, son. So let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.
'Serenity'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
smonster - Dec 24, 2011 1:54:13 pm PST #12966 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Tom Scola - Dec 24, 2011 2:02:19 pm PST #12967 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
le nubian - Dec 24, 2011 2:16:35 pm PST #12968 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Oh, phoo. That's Koch Brothers toilet paper.
You know, as much as I want to wipe my ass with the Koch Brothers, I will not allow them to profit from it.
DavidS - Dec 24, 2011 2:27:46 pm PST #12969 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What dogs want.
So true. I will note, many of those were stinky.
flea - Dec 24, 2011 2:30:40 pm PST #12970 of 30001
information libertarian
The kids have opened their Christmas Eve presents - fleece balaclavas that make them look like ninjas and wish for snow so they could go skiing (they have never been skiing) and A Child's Christmas in Wales illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. We have also done our traditional read of The Tailor of Gloucester. No more twist!
smonster - Dec 24, 2011 2:36:03 pm PST #12971 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
A Child's Christmas in Wales illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
That's the one we have!! Such beautiful illustrations.
DavidS - Dec 24, 2011 3:17:07 pm PST #12972 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
EM has laid out a lovely antipasti tray, and most of the prezzies are wrapped. Nibbling on prosciutto and roasted peppers and fancy cheese.
We've wrapped Emmett's gift in a sneaky sized Disney box.
JZ and Matilda are off to Children's Mass with the xmas pageant/parade.
Dinner will start at 6 or 7.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 24, 2011 3:19:50 pm PST #12973 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Tom and I have continued our laaaaaaaaazy day. But I did make a spinach lasagna! It's cooling now. I'll go over to feed smonster's kitties soon, but other than that, it's all very low key.
Sue - Dec 24, 2011 3:23:28 pm PST #12974 of 30001
hip deep in pie
So it's not a scandal yet, but it could be. I am staying in a room where my 15 YO nephew often stays. He is our only nephew and my family think he walks on water. Anyway, as I was wrapping gifts, I discovered, not very well hidden, a mouth guard case, the type a 15 YO hockey player would have. In the case, GIRL'S PANTIES. (I assume they belong to a girl, not him.)
I don't really know what to do. Should I bust him, and keep it our little secret? Should I pretend I never saw them and hope he retrieves them before his grandmother does and has an aneurysm? Or should I just destroy the evidence and pretend it never existed?
(He is forever losing keys and leaving things behind, so it's possible he hid them and forgot about them entirely.)
Stephanie - Dec 24, 2011 3:38:58 pm PST #12975 of 30001
Trust my rage
I think if it were me, I would give them to him and tell him to hide them better. Or just leave them. But I wouldn't bust him because, well, to me, it's his own private business.