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The commercialist market trying to shove the holiday down my throat (thus, christamas time tends to start mid-october and gain full force power by late november for me...)

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:Merry Kristinmas, Zaia-hime!
(bows and scrapes)

Merry Kristinmas to you too, ESB *kisses cheek*

EDIT: And of course, I will be nice to people, because Zaia-hime is nice to people and that is what she would like people to do!

LOL, if only it was that easy! Peace could reign supreme!

*smacks self in face* Ok, back to reality...

XaLEv, that move is AWESOME! Fa ra ra ra rah...

Ah the lamp...wish my dad was cool enough to have a lamp like that.

And yes, back to cold hard reality...wooooo GBA...with portable Zelda now !

Snow.

Merry Kristinmas, dammit!

Duh. The 24-hour "Christmas Story" marathon on TNT.

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Snow.

Merry Kristinmas, dammit!

Mmm, I love snow too. Not only does it look lovely, but there's something about the way the air smells right before it starts to snow that makes me think of Christmas and lights and hot chocolate and people being nice to each other and fires in fireplaces and cuddling with loved ones. Mmmmm. Yay.

Hmm, I wonder if I sound a bit crazy. Ah, well. It an association thing, I suppose. *shrug* Whatev.

And Merry Kristinmas to you too, Spanky. *kisses cheek*

Zaia wrote:Ok, so maybe most people celebrate Christmas or something vaguely similar (Kristinmas is a lesser holiday that takes place on Dec. 26th; it's the celebration of me--so mark your calendars!! ), but the point of the thread remains the same:

What things signal to you that Christmastime is here? Xmas music in the malls? Lights on houses? Something special your mom bakes? Egg nog being carried in the grocery store?

Hot chocolate, and of course...

A CHRISTMAS STORY!


Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Ramadan, a Joyous Winter Solstice and of course Merry Kristinmas

Zaia wrote:And Merry Kristinmas to you too, Spanky. *kisses cheek*

Hee hee...

Winter is actually my favourite season.

So, that would mean I would get Kristinmass, Christmas MkI, Christmas MkII, Boxing Day, New Years MkI, New Years MkII this year.

Damn, thats a lot of celebrations and gifts I get.

I feel it is such a hollow holiday... anyway the best signs of the coming of Christmas is the ridiculous amounts of Christmas advertisements on TV, huge posters on the big chain stores offering Christmas discounts.

Oh and watching that fat guy wearing so many winter garments in the middle of the summer. Same for hot chocolate.

Zaia wrote:Ok, so maybe most people celebrate Christmas or something vaguely similar (Kristinmas is a lesser holiday that takes place on Dec. 26th; it's the celebration of me--so mark your calendars!! ), but the point of the thread remains the same:

What things signal to you that Christmastime is here? Xmas music in the malls? Lights on houses? Something special your mom bakes? Egg nog being carried in the grocery store?

Travel and hotel prices are being jacked up, folks are lighting up their houses like the fourth of July, shopping for Christmas gifts is clogging shopping centers, my favorite jazz station is playing Christmas tunes every once in a while, and some folks are sticking wreaths on the grills of their vehicles.

Around Thanksgiving, they start calling to me....15,000 of them....whispering to me from the attic....C-7s, C-9s, minis, jewel lights, pearl lights, indoor, outdoor, indoor/outdoor, net lights, icicle lights, clear, multi, 1 color, 2 color, 3 color, flashing, chasing, dancing, slow-fade, fast-fade, 8-mode programmable, 16-mode programmable.....I do so love Christmas lights. Last year, the tree (6 feet) had 8 or 9 strands on it...2 strands of C-9 (25 lights) bulbs (orange and white) around the center post (aritifical tree) inside the branches, 2 strands of colored C-7s (25 lights) pushed back into the branches along with a strand of clear C-7s (50 lights) and a strand of clear minis with C-6 sized multifaceted outer casings. On the outer branches, I strung 2 strands (100 lights) each of steady-burning clear and multicolored bulbs. On top of them went 2 strands (140 lights) of programmable chasing lights, 1 clear, 1 colored, and a final layer of blue pearl lights (75 lights). Oh, and the star on top of the tree had 15 lights. So it actually worked out to 12 strands and 870 individual lights, total.

To make a long story short, I know it's Christmas when I start getting a strange, twitchy urge to waste electricity by designing a Christmas tree visible from the Space Shuttle. Don't ask me how. I think it might be instinct.

RedImperator wrote:To make a long story short, I know it's Christmas when I start getting a strange, twitchy urge to waste electricity by designing a Christmas tree visible from the Space Shuttle. Don't ask me how. I think it might be instinct.

LOL Sweeeet. I especially like the bit about the Space Shuttle. Will your life be complete if you get a late Christmas card from NASA complimenting your decorating skills?

Btw, rock on that you're in Jersey; I was born & raised there.

Zaia wrote:Ok, so maybe most people celebrate Christmas or something vaguely similar (Kristinmas is a lesser holiday that takes place on Dec. 26th; it's the celebration of me--so mark your calendars!! ), but the point of the thread remains the same:

OK:

1. Your name is Kristin?
2. Care to explain about "celebration of me"? I've you've done so, sorry for wasting time.

What things signal to you that Christmastime is here? Xmas music in the malls? Lights on houses? Something special your mom bakes? Egg nog being carried in the grocery store?

I make Chocolate chip cookies. Good ones, too. (or so I'm told)

scratch that

Zaku-chan wrote:OK:

1. Your name is Kristin?

Yes.

2. Care to explain about "celebration of me"? I've you've done so, sorry for wasting time.

This was posted on the first page of the thread:

Zaia wrote:No, I didn't say the celebration of my birth was then. It's just the celebration of me. I was actually born in March.

Years ago, I kept asking people what Boxing Day was for, and no one could tell me, so I decided I'd make my own holiday, and my friends and family have been celebrating it ever since!

Pretty self-explanatory. I was a punk kid and wanted a day where people would tell me how nice I was, so I made my own holiday. My friends and family have been 'celebrating' for 8 years now. Pretty soon, I'll be on calendars WORLD-WIDE!!!! *chuckle* Ya know, or not.

I make Chocolate chip cookies. Good ones, too. (or so I'm told)

Hey! Me too!

Zaia wrote:

I make Chocolate chip cookies. Good ones, too. (or so I'm told)

Hey! Me too!

Thanks for filling me in on that stuff.

So, do people like your cooking? I barely manage to take the tray out before I get crazed wolves pounding on my door.

I better...given my girlfriend have a track record of burning Hot dogs(while boiling them)

And I live alone and DC is a tad expensive on the food side.

Zaia wrote:

RedImperator wrote:To make a long story short, I know it's Christmas when I start getting a strange, twitchy urge to waste electricity by designing a Christmas tree visible from the Space Shuttle. Don't ask me how. I think it might be instinct.

LOL Sweeeet. I especially like the bit about the Space Shuttle. Will your life be complete if you get a late Christmas card from NASA complimenting your decorating skills?

Btw, rock on that you're in Jersey; I was born & raised there.

My life will not be complete until outdoor Christmas display is large and powerful enough to fool a 747 pilot into landing on my steet, at which point I will scale it back. However, a nice card from NASA would be appreciated. As it is, we get a very sweet, if late, one from the electric company every January.

And congratulations on getting out of Jersey. My location isn't completely accurate right now, as I'm going to school in Pennsylvania, but it's still legally my residence.

Zaku-chan wrote:Thanks for filling me in on that stuff.

So, do people like your cooking? I barely manage to take the tray out before I get crazed wolves pounding on my door.

My pleasure.

In my world, there is a HUUUUGE difference between cooking and baking. I am a fantastic baker, which makes me the most popular person among my friends & family around this time of year, all begging for me to make their favourite type of cookie.

And people have offered to pay me mucho dinero for my chocolate chip cookies; they are that good.

However, my cooking skills are somewhat lacking. I'm really great at spaghetti and other pasta dishes, and I make a mean tuna-melt, but other than like three other dishes, that's about all I can do. *shrug* It's really a pity, since cooking is a hell of a lot more practical.

Ah, well. I'll just have to find myself a man who cooks well...ooh, and maybe does laundry too...and cleaning! Yes..yes...*rubs hands together* Excellent idea, self.

Zaia wrote:In my world, there is a HUUUUGE difference between cooking and baking.

Ack, good point. I should've clarified.

I am a fantastic baker, which makes me the most popular person among my friends & family around this time of year, all begging for me to make their favourite type of cookie.

And people have offered to pay me mucho dinero for my chocolate chip cookies; they are that good.

However, my cooking skills are somewhat lacking. I'm really great at spaghetti and other pasta dishes, and I make a mean tuna-melt, but other than like three other dishes, that's about all I can do. *shrug* It's really a pity, since cooking is a hell of a lot more practical.

My skills line up the same way. My baking is good, but my cooking tends to be a bit...explosive.

Ah, well. I'll just have to find myself a man who cooks well...ooh, and maybe does laundry too...and cleaning! Yes..yes...*rubs hands together* Excellent idea, self.

I can do all three.

The first (and probably biggest) sign of Christmas is the Thanksgiving Day parade in NYC.

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:The first (and probably biggest) sign of Christmas is the Thanksgiving Day parade in NYC.

*thwap*

Yew idiot! That's KRISTINMAS, not the anniversary of the son of history's greatest mass murderer!

Unfortunately, I will most likey not be online for Kristinmas, as I'll be watching DVDs.

Nor will I.
My Christmas presents will be 400 push-ups from my drill instructor and 50 rounds around the parade square by my sergeant.

Life is good, isn't it?