Kids also love to get Band-aids in their stockings.
Yeah, the fun kind. I still like getting them. We'd get practical and goofy and candy, too. And an orange. And some small change.
This is a time of celebration, so sit still and be quiet.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
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.
JenP - Dec 03, 2006 4:56:28 pm PST #4280 of 10007
Amy - Dec 03, 2006 5:00:35 pm PST #4281 of 10007
Because books.
That's what my nine-year-old said, Jesse! Good eye.
I want to root for Alabama, because I would love to see an all-female team win but I'd kind of hate myself for doing it. So I think I will sit back and watch without rooting for anyone in particular.
sarameg - Dec 03, 2006 5:01:02 pm PST #4282 of 10007
And an orange.
OMG. After reading the orange-in-a-stocking from the Laura Ingalls Wilders books, I was SERIOUSLY bent out when I didn't get an orange for a few years running. Then I got a clementine and mom explained how, even in her youth, they were so rare during the winters. Never did figure out the whole peppermint straw in an orange thingie. Ew.
Jesse - Dec 03, 2006 5:03:56 pm PST #4283 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Granted, I could see Rob and Kim being so done with the race and with each other that they don't smile, and the boys smiling anyway, because they're models, but still.
I think my family may have bailed on the oranges in the stockings, which I think it kind of a bummer.
JenP - Dec 03, 2006 5:04:54 pm PST #4284 of 10007
I was SERIOUSLY bent out when I didn't get an orange for a few years running.
Hee. There were a couple of years in there where they didn't have oranges on hand.... so we got apples. Well, you know, it's about the same size, round, and a fruit, right?
Cashmere - Dec 03, 2006 5:06:53 pm PST #4285 of 10007
Now tagless for your comfort.
Well, you know, it's about the same size, round, and a fruit, right?
You really can't compare the two, you know.
SailAweigh - Dec 03, 2006 5:08:02 pm PST #4286 of 10007
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
We don't do oranges in the stockings, but my brother usually buys a crate of clementines to share out among us on Christmas day. It's one of my favorite prezzies.
brenda m - Dec 03, 2006 5:14:28 pm PST #4287 of 10007
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh yeah, we always had oranges in stockings. Which was sometimes not so great when they ended up spending four or five days hanging in front of a roaring fire when we forgot to take them out.
tommyrot - Dec 03, 2006 5:16:37 pm PST #4288 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
JenP - Dec 03, 2006 5:19:22 pm PST #4289 of 10007
Cash made me snort. How did I not realize what I was doing? So, so sad.
(And what the hell is with that saying anyway? You can totally compare them!)