There are houses here that adore Xmas! Santa Clauses climbing onto their rooves, I know its early but as I love xmas it,s fine by me-

One such person coming to my place for xmas dinner has ordered Chicken Katsu for that meal-its easy so its ok!!
https://www.sugarandsoul.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/christmas-punch-recipe-3.jpg

Agnes. wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2022 at 6:20pm:

There are houses here that adore Xmas! Santa Clauses climbing onto their rooves, I know its early but as I love xmas it,s fine by me- One such person coming to my place for xmas dinner has ordered Chicken Katsu for that meal-

There should be no mention of Christmas before 01 December, on pain of violation by a very prickly piece of holly! ;)  Seriously, the commercial build up gets earlier every year and the magic wears off long before the day arrives.  :(

Belgarion wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2022 at 6:46pm:

Agnes. wrote on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 6:20pm: There are houses here that adore Xmas! Santa Clauses climbing onto their rooves, I know its early but as I love xmas it,s fine by me- One such person coming to my place for xmas dinner has ordered Chicken Katsu for that meal- There should be no mention of Christmas before 01 December, on pain of violation by a very prickly piece of holly! ;)  Seriously, the commercial build up gets earlier every year and the magic wears off long before the day arrives.  :(

   I don't see it as magic- I'm into it 'cos of the lights and all the other sparkly stuff- seriously! I was 7 when the magic wore off, my poor parents!

https://cdn.sodelicious.recipes/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/304ab-whole-chicken-stuffed-with-onion-and-lemon-1024x1024.jpg

I will be settling into my new house. Dinner might be sandwiches, depends how soon I find my pans and culinary implements!

Get KFC-it's good for you anyway!

Belgarion wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2022 at 6:46pm:

There should be no mention of Christmas before 01 December, on pain of violation by a very prickly piece of holly! ;)  Seriously, the commercial build up gets earlier every year and the magic wears off long before the day arrives.  :(

I agree absolutely.  For a start, being a lifelong atheist—who had Christmas
force fed to my by my conservative Christian family—I detest the so-called
"festive" season.  One that celebrates the imagined, non-birth of someone
who in all likelihood never existed. 

It's become an overcommercialised, crass, odious, marketer's wet dream that
for some reason sucks the plebs in to spending hundreds of dollars they don't
have on kid's cheap and nasty, nonbiodegradable plastic toys for $400 a hit.

I'll be mailing this out to all my enemies this year.....

https://i.postimg.cc/nL6bfmCy/Screenshot-2022-10-24-at-01-23-42-Happy-Christmas-You-frontbottom-Card-grande-png-WEBP-Image-424-600-p.png

About 10 days to go , so get your ideas going - make  sure the kids have been catered for as well as yourself!!

Got any ideas ready at this stage?

Put them down here?

Washing walls

Patching walls

Sanding walls

Painting walls



Some unbelievable bogan did some terrible things to this house! I need a new wood burning heater too—will Santa deliver one you think?

Want to get rid of stupid curtains and fit vertical blinds.

Will Santa spring for a new bathroom you think? So I can turn the present poky one into a walk in pantry?

Jovial Monk wrote on Dec 16^th, 2022 at 3:05am:

Washing walls Patching walls Sanding walls Painting walls Some unbelievable bogan did some terrible things to this house! I need a new wood burning heater too—will Santa deliver one you think? Want to get rid of stupid curtains and fit vertical blinds. Will Santa spring for a new bathroom you think? So I can turn the present poky one into a walk in pantry?

Get some sleep Mad Mong! You've been up all night again Manic Moron!

AusGeoff wrote on Oct 24^th, 2022 at 12:27am:

Belgarion wrote on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 6:46pm: There should be no mention of Christmas before 01 December, on pain of violation by a very prickly piece of holly! ;)  Seriously, the commercial build up gets earlier every year and the magic wears off long before the day arrives.  :( I agree absolutely.  For a start, being a lifelong atheist—who had Christmas force fed to my by my conservative Christian family—I detest the so-called "festive" season.  One that celebrates the imagined, non-birth of someone who in all likelihood never existed.  It's become an overcommercialised, crass, odious, marketer's wet dream that for some reason sucks the plebs in to spending hundreds of dollars they don't have on kid's cheap and nasty, nonbiodegradable plastic toys for $400 a hit. I'll be mailing this out to all my enemies this year..... https://i.postimg.cc/nL6bfmCy/Screenshot-2022-10-24-at-01-23-42-Happy-Christmas-You-frontbottom-Card-grande-png-WEBP-Image-424-600-p.png

Totally agree.

I don't participate in it at all.


:)     [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

https://purplefrogdesigns.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/O2A0148-scaled.jpg

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16^th, 2022 at 8:09am:

AusGeoff wrote on Oct 24th, 2022 at 12:27am: Belgarion wrote on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 6:46pm: There should be no mention of Christmas before 01 December, on pain of violation by a very prickly piece of holly! ;)  Seriously, the commercial build up gets earlier every year and the magic wears off long before the day arrives.  :( I agree absolutely.  For a start, being a lifelong atheist—who had Christmas force fed to my by my conservative Christian family—I detest the so-called "festive" season.  One that celebrates the imagined, non-birth of someone who in all likelihood never existed.  It's become an overcommercialised, crass, odious, marketer's wet dream that for some reason sucks the plebs in to spending hundreds of dollars they don't have on kid's cheap and nasty, nonbiodegradable plastic toys for $400 a hit. I'll be mailing this out to all my enemies this year..... https://i.postimg.cc/nL6bfmCy/Screenshot-2022-10-24-at-01-23-42-Happy-Christmas-You-frontbottom-Card-grande-png-WEBP-Image-424-600-p.png Totally agree. I don't participate in it at all. :)     [smiley=thumbsup.gif] https://purplefrogdesigns.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/O2A0148-scaled.jpg

As it's a pagan based festival you (being godless and a pagan) should be celebrating it big time.

Lisa Jones wrote on Dec 16^th, 2022 at 8:35am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 8:09am: AusGeoff wrote on Oct 24th, 2022 at 12:27am: Belgarion wrote on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 6:46pm: There should be no mention of Christmas before 01 December, on pain of violation by a very prickly piece of holly! ;)  Seriously, the commercial build up gets earlier every year and the magic wears off long before the day arrives.  :( I agree absolutely.  For a start, being a lifelong atheist—who had Christmas force fed to my by my conservative Christian family—I detest the so-called "festive" season.  One that celebrates the imagined, non-birth of someone who in all likelihood never existed.  It's become an overcommercialised, crass, odious, marketer's wet dream that for some reason sucks the plebs in to spending hundreds of dollars they don't have on kid's cheap and nasty, nonbiodegradable plastic toys for $400 a hit. I'll be mailing this out to all my enemies this year..... https://i.postimg.cc/nL6bfmCy/Screenshot-2022-10-24-at-01-23-42-Happy-Christmas-You-frontbottom-Card-grande-png-WEBP-Image-424-600-p.png Totally agree. I don't participate in it at all. :)     [smiley=thumbsup.gif] https://purplefrogdesigns.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/O2A0148-scaled.jpg As it's a pagan based festival you (being godless and a pagan) should be celebrating it big time.

No, Christmas isn't a pagan festival - it's a festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ.

You're thinking of Saturnalia.

Some people mistakenly believe that Christmas originated from Saturnalia, but it didn't.

They just happen to be two festivals that are held at the same time of year.

A common mistake, but a mistake nonetheless.

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16^th, 2022 at 12:22pm:

Lisa Jones wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 8:35am: greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 8:09am: AusGeoff wrote on Oct 24th, 2022 at 12:27am: Belgarion wrote on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 6:46pm: There should be no mention of Christmas before 01 December, on pain of violation by a very prickly piece of holly! ;)  Seriously, the commercial build up gets earlier every year and the magic wears off long before the day arrives.  :( I agree absolutely.  For a start, being a lifelong atheist—who had Christmas force fed to my by my conservative Christian family—I detest the so-called "festive" season.  One that celebrates the imagined, non-birth of someone who in all likelihood never existed.  It's become an overcommercialised, crass, odious, marketer's wet dream that for some reason sucks the plebs in to spending hundreds of dollars they don't have on kid's cheap and nasty, nonbiodegradable plastic toys for $400 a hit. I'll be mailing this out to all my enemies this year..... https://i.postimg.cc/nL6bfmCy/Screenshot-2022-10-24-at-01-23-42-Happy-Christmas-You-frontbottom-Card-grande-png-WEBP-Image-424-600-p.png Totally agree. I don't participate in it at all. :)     [smiley=thumbsup.gif] https://purplefrogdesigns.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/O2A0148-scaled.jpg As it's a pagan based festival you (being godless and a pagan) should be celebrating it big time. No, Christmas isn't a pagan festival - it's a festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. You're thinking of Saturnalia. Some people mistakenly believe that Christmas originated from Saturnalia, but it didn't. They just happen to be two festivals that are held at the same time of year. A common mistake, but a mistake nonetheless.

Here we go, this will clear things up for you:

Did the Romans Invent Christmas?

Did the first Christian Roman emperor appropriate the pagan festival of Saturnalia to celebrate the birth of Christ? Matt Salusbury weighs the evidence.

"It was a public holiday celebrated around December 25th in the family home. A time for feasting, goodwill, generosity to the poor, the exchange of gifts and the decoration of trees. But it wasn’t Christmas. This was Saturnalia, the pagan Roman winter solstice festival. But was Christmas, Western Christianity’s most popular festival, derived from the pagan Saturnalia?"

Gwynn concludes: ‘The majority of modern scholars would be reluctant to accept any close connection between the Saturnalia and the emergence of the Christian Christmas.’

Full details here: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/did-romans-invent-christmas

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16^th, 2022 at 12:22pm:

Lisa Jones wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 8:35am: greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 8:09am: AusGeoff wrote on Oct 24th, 2022 at 12:27am: Belgarion wrote on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 6:46pm: There should be no mention of Christmas before 01 December, on pain of violation by a very prickly piece of holly! ;)  Seriously, the commercial build up gets earlier every year and the magic wears off long before the day arrives.  :( I agree absolutely.  For a start, being a lifelong atheist—who had Christmas force fed to my by my conservative Christian family—I detest the so-called "festive" season.  One that celebrates the imagined, non-birth of someone who in all likelihood never existed.  It's become an overcommercialised, crass, odious, marketer's wet dream that for some reason sucks the plebs in to spending hundreds of dollars they don't have on kid's cheap and nasty, nonbiodegradable plastic toys for $400 a hit. I'll be mailing this out to all my enemies this year..... https://i.postimg.cc/nL6bfmCy/Screenshot-2022-10-24-at-01-23-42-Happy-Christmas-You-frontbottom-Card-grande-png-WEBP-Image-424-600-p.png Totally agree. I don't participate in it at all. :)     [smiley=thumbsup.gif] https://purplefrogdesigns.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/O2A0148-scaled.jpg As it's a pagan based festival you (being godless and a pagan) should be celebrating it big time. No, Christmas isn't a pagan festival - it's a festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. You're thinking of Saturnalia. Some people mistakenly believe that Christmas originated from Saturnalia, but it didn't. They just happen to be two festivals that are held at the same time of year. A common mistake, but a mistake nonetheless.

Christmas has nothing to do with Saturn or Saturnalia. You need to go further back in time.

Its pagan roots are entrenched within the very ancient and abominable Baal - Sun god cult worship which is often referred to in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible.

If your link doesn't state this ....then keep Googling.

Lisa Jones wrote on Dec 16^th, 2022 at 12:59pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 12:22pm: Lisa Jones wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 8:35am: greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 8:09am: AusGeoff wrote on Oct 24th, 2022 at 12:27am: Belgarion wrote on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 6:46pm: There should be no mention of Christmas before 01 December, on pain of violation by a very prickly piece of holly! ;)  Seriously, the commercial build up gets earlier every year and the magic wears off long before the day arrives.  :( I agree absolutely.  For a start, being a lifelong atheist—who had Christmas force fed to my by my conservative Christian family—I detest the so-called "festive" season.  One that celebrates the imagined, non-birth of someone who in all likelihood never existed.  It's become an overcommercialised, crass, odious, marketer's wet dream that for some reason sucks the plebs in to spending hundreds of dollars they don't have on kid's cheap and nasty, nonbiodegradable plastic toys for $400 a hit. I'll be mailing this out to all my enemies this year..... https://i.postimg.cc/nL6bfmCy/Screenshot-2022-10-24-at-01-23-42-Happy-Christmas-You-frontbottom-Card-grande-png-WEBP-Image-424-600-p.png Totally agree. I don't participate in it at all. :)     [smiley=thumbsup.gif] https://purplefrogdesigns.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/O2A0148-scaled.jpg As it's a pagan based festival you (being godless and a pagan) should be celebrating it big time. No, Christmas isn't a pagan festival - it's a festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. You're thinking of Saturnalia. Some people mistakenly believe that Christmas originated from Saturnalia, but it didn't. They just happen to be two festivals that are held at the same time of year. A common mistake, but a mistake nonetheless. Christmas has nothing to do with Saturn or Saturnalia.

Correct.  As the article says.

"It was a public holiday celebrated around December 25th in the family home. A time for feasting, goodwill, generosity to the poor, the exchange of gifts and the decoration of trees. But it wasn’t Christmas. This was Saturnalia".

‘The majority of modern scholars would be reluctant to accept any close connection between the Saturnalia and the emergence of the Christian Christmas.’

Lisa Jones wrote on Dec 16^th, 2022 at 12:59pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 12:22pm: Lisa Jones wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 8:35am: greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 8:09am: AusGeoff wrote on Oct 24th, 2022 at 12:27am: Belgarion wrote on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 6:46pm: There should be no mention of Christmas before 01 December, on pain of violation by a very prickly piece of holly! ;)  Seriously, the commercial build up gets earlier every year and the magic wears off long before the day arrives.  :( I agree absolutely.  For a start, being a lifelong atheist—who had Christmas force fed to my by my conservative Christian family—I detest the so-called "festive" season.  One that celebrates the imagined, non-birth of someone who in all likelihood never existed.  It's become an overcommercialised, crass, odious, marketer's wet dream that for some reason sucks the plebs in to spending hundreds of dollars they don't have on kid's cheap and nasty, nonbiodegradable plastic toys for $400 a hit. I'll be mailing this out to all my enemies this year..... https://i.postimg.cc/nL6bfmCy/Screenshot-2022-10-24-at-01-23-42-Happy-Christmas-You-frontbottom-Card-grande-png-WEBP-Image-424-600-p.png Totally agree. I don't participate in it at all. :)     [smiley=thumbsup.gif] https://purplefrogdesigns.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/O2A0148-scaled.jpg As it's a pagan based festival you (being godless and a pagan) should be celebrating it big time. No, Christmas isn't a pagan festival - it's a festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. You're thinking of Saturnalia. Some people mistakenly believe that Christmas originated from Saturnalia, but it didn't. They just happen to be two festivals that are held at the same time of year. A common mistake, but a mistake nonetheless. Christmas has nothing to do with Saturn or Saturnalia. You need to go further back in time. Its pagan roots are entrenched within the very ancient and abominable Baal - Sun god cult worship which is often referred to in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible. If your link doesn't state this ....then keep Googling.

Edit : Your link DOES refer to the Sun god! That Sun god is/was Baal!

Re Baal : Baal has been revived by Neo-Pagan and Wiccan groups who often choose him as their personal deity in ritual worship.

The celebration of Christmas iS linked especially wrt the date ... to this pagan god. Back in ancient times our pagan ancestors gave presents to each other and cut down trees and celebrated the birth of the sun god in order to please him.

True Christians know all this....but what can we do?

Some Christians have re defined the day to reflect on the birth of Jesus Christ knowing full well it wasn't the day at all. It was most likely in March. Other Christians ignore the day and treat it like any other. These Christians tend to be very adamant about not participating in a pagan festival.

On 25 Dec - I'm happy to host a bbq for family and friends. It's a public holiday so that means it's a great opportunity to do this as more people will be off work and can therefore attend.

Re presents : I buy/give presents to people on THEIR birthday AND whenever I find something on sale which I know will be a blessing for them (something they need/have been looking for).

I never wait for the 25 December to give someone a present. Everyone who knows me in real time knows that's how I operate. As I find bargains throughout the year including December...I buy them and pass these through to family, friends and neighbours throughout the year. It makes them happy and it makes me happy.

How do you celebrate the 25th of December? Do you even celebrate anything on that day??


From Greg's link :

The festival of dies natalis solis invicti, ‘birthday of the unconquered sun’. The Philocalian calendar also states that December 25th was a Roman civil holiday honouring the cult of sol invicta. With its origins in Syria and the monotheistic cult of Mithras, sol invicta certainly has similarities to the worship of Jesus. The cult was introduced into the empire in AD 274 by Emperor Aurelian (214-275), who effectively made it a state religion, putting its emblem on Roman coins.

Sol invicta succeeded because of its ability to assimilate aspects of Jupiter and other deities into its figure of the Sun King, reflecting the absolute power of ‘divine’emperors. But despite efforts by later pagan emperors to control Saturnalia and absorb the festival into the official cult, the sol invicta ended up looking very much like the old Saturnalia. Constantine, the first Christian emperor, was brought up in the sol invicta cult, in what was by then already a predominantly monotheist empire: ‘It is therefore possible,’ says Dr Gwynn, ‘that Christmas was intended to replace this festival i

Lisa Jones wrote on Dec 16^th, 2022 at 2:20pm:

How do you celebrate the 25th of December? Do you even celebrate anything on that day??

I celebrate France/Austria/Slovenia.  True story.

On the 25th December I have a Champagne breakfast with some friends, usually around 8am.

We drink French Champagne and eat Viennese croissants (the original croissants are from Austria, not France. The modern ones are a French creation) with ham, chicken, and French cheese.

There's no exchanging gifts.

At around 2pm we have a BBQ (with some Slovenian wine), and for the rest of the day we watch a Christmas movie (Die Hard this year), drink too much beer and whiskey, play Jenga, and then fall asleep on the couch watching '70s & '80s video clips on Foxtel.

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16^th, 2022 at 2:41pm:

Lisa Jones wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 2:20pm: How do you celebrate the 25th of December? Do you even celebrate anything on that day?? I celebrate France/Austria/Slovenia.  True story. On the 25th December I have a Champagne breakfast with some friends, usually around 8am. We drink French Champagne and eat Viennese croissants (the original croissants are from Austria, not France. The modern ones are a French creation) with ham, chicken, and French cheese. There's no exchanging gifts. At around 2pm we have a BBQ (with some Slovenian wine), and for the rest of the day we watch a Christmas movie (Die Hard this year), drink too much beer and whiskey, play Jenga, and then fall asleep on the couch watching '70s & '80s video clips on Foxtel.

Oh, I forgot.

We have Italian coffee at the Champagne breakfast too.

So it's a celebration of Italy, France, Austria, and Slovenia.

Jesus doesn't crack a mention, I'm afraid.

Wouldn't mind if we were celebrating the summer equinox. / / /

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=summer+equinox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safari_group=9
But the supposed birth of Jesus Christ disguised under mountains of tinsel ? It's a tragic joke....

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16^th, 2022 at 3:47pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 2:41pm: Lisa Jones wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 2:20pm: How do you celebrate the 25th of December? Do you even celebrate anything on that day?? I celebrate France/Austria/Slovenia.  True story. On the 25th December I have a Champagne breakfast with some friends, usually around 8am. We drink French Champagne and eat Viennese croissants (the original croissants are from Austria, not France. The modern ones are a French creation) with ham, chicken, and French cheese. There's no exchanging gifts. At around 2pm we have a BBQ (with some Slovenian wine), and for the rest of the day we watch a Christmas movie (Die Hard this year), drink too much beer and whiskey, play Jenga, and then fall asleep on the couch watching '70s & '80s video clips on Foxtel. Oh, I forgot. We have Italian coffee at the Champagne breakfast too. So it's a celebration of Italy, France, Austria, and Slovenia. Jesus doesn't crack a mention, I'm afraid.

Oh yeah, another silly tradition we have: we buy a Cheesecake Shop cheesecake and eat it over three days.

Still no mention of Jesus though.

nor should he- it's xmas after all- bugger jesus !!

Agnes. wrote on Dec 18^th, 2022 at 9:18pm:

nor should he- it's xmas after all- bugger jesus !!

Always suspected he was 'one of those'

Albo was so poor growing up,

That on Christmas Eve his mum would close every window and door in his home so he'd have something to open on Christmas Day.

;D

Ayn Marx wrote on Dec 18^th, 2022 at 9:27pm:

Agnes. wrote on Dec 18th, 2022 at 9:18pm: nor should he- it's xmas after all- bugger jesus !! Always suspected he was 'one of those'

you have already announced that you were

Captain Nemo wrote on Dec 19^th, 2022 at 4:48pm:

Albo was so poor growing up, That on Christmas Eve his mum would close every window and door in his home so he'd have something to open on Christmas Day. ;D

nothing wrong with being poor either!!

My plan is to survive this one and be ready for next Xmas.

Dnarever wrote on Dec 19^th, 2022 at 7:57pm:

My plan is to survive this one and be ready for next Xmas.

my plan is to just ignore it

Dnarever wrote on Dec 19^th, 2022 at 7:57pm:

My plan is to survive this one and be ready for next Xmas.

  You have big plans for next Xmas? Why??

The tiny envelopes I painted for the kids present cards.

Working on the cards now.

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👆 Ohhh that's GORGEOUS!

My husband makes our cards and envelopes too. We retain these as keepsakes.

Up until now I used to think he was the only guy on the planet who did this lol.

Christmas shopping has been greatly reduced to "Secret Santa" this year. I spent $100 on groceries this week, including the present that I would add to the list. The only thing I am not looking forward to is leaving the house for Christmas day still untidy. What has it been? Like, 3 months of promising to clean up the house? And still, I have yet to even sweep the floor.

Dnarever wrote on Dec 20^th, 2022 at 10:37am:

The tiny envelopes I painted for the kids present cards. Working on the cards now.

The cards watercolour done.

Note: this done the easy way - nothing is original. That would have taken too long.

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They will be special ! A great addition to xmas- your kids will love it so much- a keeper!!

https://i.imgur.com/eZKsa7i.jpg

;D

https://i.imgur.com/lhw1vJo.jpg

Tree is down and packed away, lights are wound on the reel and batteries removed, decorations neatly packed in bags.     Christmas 2022 is now securely taped in Bunnings boxes and stowed in the shed.

Captain Nemo wrote on Dec 27^th, 2022 at 10:06am:

https://i.imgur.com/lhw1vJo.jpg

Seen a dog neck scarf with the start of the dogs version of Santa Claus is coming to town on it.

He's making a list
I've eaten it twice

Vic wrote on Dec 27^th, 2022 at 10:25am:

Tree is down and packed away, lights are wound on the reel and batteries removed, decorations neatly packed in bags.     Christmas 2022 is now securely taped in Bunnings boxes and stowed in the shed.

Gee, what's the rush? I leave mine until after new years eve.its a lot of work to set it all up so I may as well enjoy it for a few weeks

John Smith wrote on Dec 27^th, 2022 at 1:44pm:

Vic wrote on Dec 27th, 2022 at 10:25am: Tree is down and packed away, lights are wound on the reel and batteries removed, decorations neatly packed in bags.     Christmas 2022 is now securely taped in Bunnings boxes and stowed in the shed. Gee, what's the rush? I leave mine until after new years eve.its a lot of work to set it all up so I may as well enjoy it for a few weeks

When the Kids were younger John, ours would stay up as well.  Now it is just us, once the Grandkids have visited and received their presents we clear the decks for the next event.    Coles down here were selling Hot Cross Buns on Boxing Day!

John Smith wrote on Dec 27^th, 2022 at 1:44pm:

Vic wrote on Dec 27th, 2022 at 10:25am: Tree is down and packed away, lights are wound on the reel and batteries removed, decorations neatly packed in bags.     Christmas 2022 is now securely taped in Bunnings boxes and stowed in the shed. Gee, what's the rush? I leave mine until after new years eve.its a lot of work to set it all up so I may as well enjoy it for a few weeks

Yes it goes up on 1/12 and comes down on 1/1.

My Griswold neighbour had all the bells and whistles out the front. It was all gone when I got home Xmas night.

Oh well. That is all over for another year. I miss winter already. We have had summer for 3 months too long, and still another 3 months of summer until Autumn kicks in around April.

Dnarever wrote on Dec 27^th, 2022 at 4:20pm:

My Griswold neighbour had all the bells and whistles out the front. It was all gone when I got home Xmas night.

My sister had a neighbour (directly next door to them) that decorated the house in all manner of Christmas lights. They could have possibly won the Christmas lights competition, judging by people that went out of their way to drive up to Cotswold and have a look. Straight across from them, another neighbour had an arrow lit up with the words "Ditto", pointing towards the decorated house.

I could not get to sleep before midnight each night. But, I did notice that the neighbours turned their Christmas lights off after midnight.

I can't wait for Xmas Kate.
I've put some decorations up already.

Jasin wrote on Jan 25^th, 2023 at 8:42am:

I can't wait for Xmas Kate. I've put some decorations up already.

My neighbor kept her lights up all year- lol

Only 329 shopping days to Christmas.  Expect to see Christmas decorations,
trees, cards and wrapping paper very soon in Kmart and Woolworths stores.

     ::)

I'm ahead of the pack.
My decorations are already up.
People walk past and shake their heads.
Definitely no Xmas spirit.

I am ready for winter. Christmas can hold off for another 11 months.

We need a major Volcanic eruption to knock the world's temperature down a few degrees for a few years.
Maybe Yellowstone can go off, smother the planet in a haze and knock off a few billion people with famines from failed crops, etc. There will be snow in Brisbane at least.

Assuming that there would be enough humidity in the air for that winter storm to form over Brisbane.

I am redecorating my place soon. there were no decent decorations in the shop this time around- so trying again for luck.

I'm wondering wether to get one of those blow up santas for the roof or not? Anyone had one? Easy to arrange on the tiles?
Do they get hot in the sun and burst?

Jasin wrote on Jan 27^th, 2023 at 6:06pm:

I'm wondering wether to get one of those blow up santas for the roof or not? Anyone had one? Easy to arrange on the tiles? Do they get hot in the sun and burst?

With all of those problems I would not bother - one of them most likely be a problem and the fun would be all over!! Save youself the head f/uck Jasin.

Agnes. wrote on Jan 28^th, 2023 at 3:11am:

Jasin wrote on Jan 27th, 2023 at 6:06pm: I'm wondering wether to get one of those blow up santas for the roof or not? Anyone had one? Easy to arrange on the tiles? Do they get hot in the sun and burst? With all of those problems I would not bother - one of them most likely be a problem and the fun would be all over!! Save youself the head f/uck Jasin.

I think you're right Kate. Too many possible problems not worth wasting money on.