Boom! I can laze over the rest of the year--I have two and a half weeks of provocateuse locked and loaded to dribble my inanities along with the pretties.
Dreg: Glory, Your Most Fresh-And-Cleanness. It's only a matter of time-- Glory: Ugh, everything always takes time! What about my time? Does anyone appreciate I'm on a schedule here?! Tick tock, Dreg! Tick freakin' tock!
'Sleeper'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2012 9:59:29 pm PST #5052 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Calli - Dec 19, 2012 1:46:29 am PST #5053 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
My family use to do fondue for New Years Eve. I miss it--maybe I'll invite some people over for dinner before the party stuff starts. It's vegetarian, too.
Liese S. - Dec 19, 2012 2:05:07 am PST #5054 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ooh, really, Calli? We did too! They started doing it in the 70s when it was trendy, and we kids loved it, so they just never stopped.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 19, 2012 3:49:23 am PST #5055 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My mom usually slow-bakes a ham for Christmas. Though last year she didn't feel up to it, so I brought a rotisserie chickenzilla and dressing.
erikaj - Dec 19, 2012 4:01:54 am PST #5056 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
We've been having Cornish game hens. Special, like turkey, without having tons.
brenda m - Dec 19, 2012 4:03:59 am PST #5057 of 30001
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
We've been having Cornish game hens. Special, like turkey, without having tons.
When my sister and I were on our own for thanksgiving we got stuffed pork chops at the market as a turkey/stuffing alternative. (Then we decided there wasn't enough stuffing and got on a roll and by the time we were done we basically had made a full T-day dinner for like eight with the sole exception of the turkey. Oops.)
askye - Dec 19, 2012 4:21:03 am PST #5058 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
In recent years our Christmas has been pretty simple. Especially when we were up in NC with my brother and weren't visiting family.
Nice breakfast we can eat after opening stockings. Then open presents and have something simple like seafood gumbo or chili for lunch and then another simple dinner.
Last year, I can't remember what I ate but I did something special for myself and skyped with the family.
This year Will and I are going to make dinner on Xmas eve, play some games, exchange gifts. Don't know what we'll make. Then Xmas day I'll skype again with the family.
msbelle - Dec 19, 2012 4:48:57 am PST #5059 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I prefer a meal on the Eve if there is going to be a big family sit-down and then just snacking on Christmas, but I rarely get all that I want. We are a small group this year, so hopefully no formal meal. There should be the following though on Christmas:
Cranberry salad (the same as from Thanksgiving)
sausage dip and chips
Cranberry Orange cake
some sort of pie
Chicken or Turkey (cornish hens are a good option)
Crescent rolls
lots of cookies and possibly caramels
Calli - Dec 19, 2012 5:10:35 am PST #5060 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
We did too! They started doing it in the 70s when it was trendy, and we kids loved it, so they just never stopped.
Yep, that's what happened with my family, too. I have a fondue pot in the back of a cupboard somewhere that I should pull out.
Jesse - Dec 19, 2012 5:11:52 am PST #5061 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Now I want fondue! I bet my parents still have a pot.