[Lups]

Originally Posted by lemetier

Lol I said shove a Charlie Brown plush on the top...not Dalmatian.

In retrospect that was before I realized the tree was wedged against the ceiling.

Well, at least we can cross the box " let your friend get drunk in the middle of a potato crisis during the cooking night before the party."

I thought that dude has a Dalmatian? The kids said he has one! And the tree is half an inch shorter than our ceiling! With a hammer I could fit a real dog to it!

Happened at 6.30 pm today....

Hubby: " thank coffee Liam didn't show up for this"
I: "why?"
"Your mom is now shouting her lungs off to dominate the conversation. You remember her speaking English, right? We all would go deaf."

But hey, if you're in the neighbourhood tomorrow, my mom won't be around then so our ears would be safe. The woman can not stop shouting like a lunatic.

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by Real Dodger

Who's hosting Christmas Day? I get that honor tomorrow. Luckily the price is right on the turkey, thanks to the folks at Greenberg turkey and American Amicable. I carve it the day before, soak it in chicken stock overnight, and put in the oven in the morning! I think I got a good yield this year.

Originally Posted by RickFLM4

We are hosting Christmas Eve starting in about 90 minutes. Non-traditional (i.e. not fish) Italian was a last minute switch from churrasco-style prime tenderloin when my brother in law told us (yesterday) he no longer eats beef. Made about 3 dozen meatballs this a.m. and saved the tenderloin for another date. BIL can have some chicken and pasta with pesto.

i'm tired of Turkey since Thanksgiving was only what 4 weeks ago but the family insisted I make turkey again along with my famous gravy and the wife's mash potatoes

[Lups]

[QUOTE=lsturbointeg;24154435]i'm tired of Turkey since Thanksgiving was only what 4 weeks ago but the family insisted I make turkey again along with my famous gravy and the wife's mash potatoes




I'm quite good at pealing potatoes these days, I fucked up my Christmas favourite 5 times before I have up on making it gluten free and the first 20 lbs of potatoes died for nothing.

Anyways... going well as usual here...

[positiveions]

Another thread should be made:”what are your big Christmas plan for next year?”
I know what I am going to do: train set, nativity, Christmas village. Best part I might live in it.

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by positiveions

Another thread should be made:”what are your big Christmas plan for next year?”
I know what I am going to do: train set, nativity, Christmas village. Best part I might live in it.

I usually wait til the after Christmas Sale when everything come's down to 75% off. so much cheaper than buying at normal prices or even 25% off prices. after driving through many of our sub division neighborhoods i'm getting ideas I wanna do for next year like lighted up deer, snowman and different color lights for the bushes instead of the white that I have now. I dunno...so many ideas

[Captain Blood]

When I was running errands yesterday, the wife took down my tape light wrapped around like Live Oak. wait till she sees what I have in store for her next year! Probably about 45 feet of tape led light wrapped around that Live Oak. With synchronized lighting!

[positiveions]

Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

I usually wait til the after Christmas Sale when everything come's down to 75% off. so much cheaper than buying at normal prices or even 25% off prices. after driving through many of our sub division neighborhoods i'm getting ideas I wanna do for next year like lighted up deer, snowman and different color lights for the bushes instead of the white that I have now. I dunno...so many ideas

Walmart has after Christmas sale 50%off. Can’t wait til tomorrow.

[Nuckle]

Surf and turf.

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by positiveions

Walmart has after Christmas sale 50%off. Can’t wait til tomorrow.

there's a store here in OH called AtHome and they have 50% this week but once Jan 1 hits they than discount their Christmas stuff down to 75%.

[xsb00st]

Here's our tree. Sucks to setup, but the end results are beautiful.

[Captain Blood]

Used my Amazon gift card to order a 33 foot rope fairey light, 16 colors. Going to wrap that around my live oak next year to go with my laser show. Should be good.