After going to <http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw> and realizing that it's a
small world after all, orchid@somewhere.net (Orchid) said:

I'm sorry.  I really am, because I know what it's like to have to work on
Christmas Day while everybody else is running around having fun.  3+ years at a
movie theatre taught me that.

I will be getting The Return of the King extended dvd edition, and then spending
11-12+ hours of one day watching the entire trilogy.  Pass the popcorn, lightly
salted, no butter flavoring, the large, refilable soda, and the kosher 100% beef
hotdogs.   Mmmm... good stuff.

Same to you.

be working).

Yep, Christmas Day is the one day of the year my work is closed all day(but
I actually get Christmas Eve off too, YAY!)

Christmas Eve I'll be opening gifts with my dad and stepmom here, my sister
and her husband and baby will be here to do their stuff with us too.
Christmas Day both my sister(and family) and me will be joining our mom at
her parents house to do our gifts and stuff with the grandparents, and have
some dinner there. Then we'll come back down here, where my dad's parents
will be coming down with their gifts to have the rest of our Christmas
dinner(we love my mom's parents, but both me and my sis agree that our dad
and his parents are the better cooks in the family, so we'll eat a little at
their house so they don't feel left out, but save the majority of the meal
for here;-)

Since I'm nearly impossible to shop for, I just want money(and a CD tower. I
only like 1 style and they are VERY hard to come buy locally, nor can I find
them online. Only place that still carries them is a store in ONE local
mall, and I HATE the mall. And if I don't get one, I'll have to go to the
mall and get one myself, so I'd rather get one as a gift and save the trip).
For starters I'm a bargain hunter, and often get stuff I want online from
Ebay or Half.com or pawn shops(local pawn shop sells PS2/Xbox games for $12,
CDs for $3, DVDs for $4, and have a very nice selection) at much less than
it would cost in stores. I just can't justify asking for a movie, CD, or
video game cause I know they'd run out to Best Buy or some place similar and
buy it new, and I wouldn't feel right having them buy something new at $15
or more, when I can get it used for $8-10 or less. Plus, I tend to be
impatient, when something comes out I want, I want it NOW-every Tuesday I go
to the local movie/CD stores, and if a new release came out I want, I get it
then, and usually watch or listen to it by the end of the night. So money
benefits me more than most "real" gifts.

Sorry to hear you're working Shari. Oh well, after all is said and done,
it's just another day.

I will be saying goodbye to shady in the morning as she departs to spend the
next few days with her family while I stay home alone playing D2. Gifts? We
don't have money for gifts. We have each other, (At least we will have when
she gets home).

I hope you have a great New Year break.
--
~misfit~

Merry Christmas to you too.

I'm envying you all

My mother has to work Christmas Eve, Day, as well as new years day (and
possible eve). In 1999, she had to spend NYE at work monitoring the
clocks (You can probably guess why)

Tonight and possibly tomorrow, my sis and I are going to be cooking a
christmas dinner for our parents; tonight we're having butterball
chicken (i think that's what it's called when you butter it up with
pepper and thyme), tomorrow we're having lamb and fish. Both meals will
be accompanied by fixings. Since our extended family is in TO
(Toronto), we will be having a small dinner, just the four of us, and
then going to TO on Boxin Day to visit em.

and what gifts are you hoping for?

As for gifts, as corny as it sounds, I've come to the realization that
our family has been blessed with a good life and plenty of gifts in the
past. Christmas for us is no longer about buying and giving presents,
tho some presents are given. For our family it's more about spending
time together since we don't do that often.

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Hey, back at you, Shari!

I'll be enjoying watching my three grandkids enjoy their Christmas, I
suppose.

About the only thing I hope for is that they'll get what they're hoping for.
If you've got 'em, it's pretty much all about *them*.  :-)

And a Merry to everybody else, as well!

Not this little black duck, 6am start :(

well, I'd really love a porsche but I dont see anything that large under the
tree  ;)

Craig

The Swedish contingent celebrates Christmas on December 24th. Lucky for you
your message is dated December 24th in my newsreader. <loosens his belt> If
I had known you'd be working I hadn't saved a seat for you at the dinner
table.

I spent Christmas eve+day with my parents, my sister and her husband. We
don't spend much money on gifts anymore but I got some kitchen appliances,
clothes and home baked cookies (from my sister). I don't look like a bum
anymore.

I like you.

desktop at home dot se

Merry Christmas!

I'm late, apparently.

I spent Christmas in the hospital with my wife while everyone else was
eating ham and deviled eggs :(

Don't really care about gifts, but I would like my wife to get better.

short