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 Topic: Christmas 2011, and things!!!

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  • Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     OP - November 20, 2011, 12:53 PM
    :O There's no santa smilie?

    I love the christmas-y feeling, so thought we should have a thread to post anything christmas related....songs...pictures....jokes....stories etc etc....

    We need Christmas smilies!!



    "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor E. Frankl

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  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #1 - November 20, 2011, 12:55 PM
    So I'll start with: Have yourself a merry little Christmas....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g4lY8Y3eoo&feature=related
    "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor E. Frankl

    'Life is just the extreme expression of complex chemistry' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Re: Christmas, and things!!!
     Reply #2 - November 20, 2011, 12:58 PM
    How about posting our Christmas lists on here?

    I mean, this festival is mainly about buying or getting stuff, right? Also, some dude in a red suit with a pot belly.
    Before it gets too late, you will find escape.
  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #3 - November 20, 2011, 12:59 PM
    Yay,  dance I'm looking forward to it for a change!  dance When I was a Muslim, I never dived into the christmas spirit for obvious reasons, and I even tried to hate it. But now, I will do my upmost to enjoy it. I agree with starsdust, the christmasy feeling is nice and not "evil". Roll Eyes

    Looking forward to see what's on TV.
  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #4 - November 20, 2011, 01:01 PM
    I prefer the more traditional picture of christmas Tongue

    lol, time to be thoughtful, christmas lights, snow...it's that nice cosy feeling, crappy christmas tv :p (although as a kid it was good since the films weren't yet another repeat for me lol.)
    "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor E. Frankl

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  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #5 - November 20, 2011, 01:02 PM
    Ice-skating rinks are popping up around London!  cool2

    http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/1554/ice-skating-in-london

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  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #6 - November 20, 2011, 01:06 PM
    Dashing through the snowwwww, on a one horse open slayyyyyy..... :-D
    "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor E. Frankl

    'Life is just the extreme expression of complex chemistry' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #7 - November 20, 2011, 01:10 PM
    Quote from: stardust on November 20, 2011, 01:06 PM
    Dashing through the snowwwww, on a one horse open slayyyyyy..... :-D




    More of a one-man open slay, but you get the idea.
    Before it gets too late, you will find escape.
  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #8 - November 20, 2011, 01:21 PM
    Quote from: HighOctane on November 20, 2011, 01:02 PM
    Ice-skating rinks are popping up around London!  cool2

    http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/1554/ice-skating-in-london

    (Clicky for piccy!)


    Yea, I'm going to the hampton court one that is around the castle.  That is gonna be awesome.

    Also taking the kids to see the pot bellied man at santa's grotto.


    I kind of love and hate christmas.

    I hate all the work that goes into this one day of the year when people suddenly have expectations that you have to buy them something.  Then again I love it, because for some I enjoy seeing the look on their face when they open a gift.  It's just I have kids and friends so my finances get fucked over at that time of year. 

    Plus my kids break the shit, once within a day of it they broke the xbox 360.  So I hate and I love this stupid holiday.

    It reminds me of being a child, when my dad was westernised and he used to put up a tree and do xmas for us.  Xmas as a child is fun, as a parent its only fun vicariously because it's all work on my part.

    Decorations, shopping, cooking all day like an idiot over food that is nowhere near as nice as moroccan food.

    But still, I'm gonna get drunk with my friend and her mum since I have invited them over.  Hopefully this will be a good year and I won't end up getting mad at all the god damn work involved.

    Tree is going up in less than 2 weeks.  I love chilling at night with the warm glow of the lights on a tree.   parrot
    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #9 - November 20, 2011, 01:44 PM
    Classic!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A03tpV-70k
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  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #10 - November 20, 2011, 02:34 PM
    Quote from: BerberElla on November 20, 2011, 01:21 PM
    Yea, I'm going to the hampton court one that is around the castle.  That is gonna be awesome.


    Nice location! Have fun!!
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  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #11 - November 20, 2011, 02:35 PM
    And... the best Scrooge film I know (1951)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxXpXmfabB8&feature=related
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  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #12 - November 20, 2011, 04:50 PM
    You can't have Christmas without Wizzard and Slade  dance

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoxQ4Ul_DME&ob=av2e

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A8KT365wlA
  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #13 - November 20, 2011, 04:56 PM
    wow i was just thinking about this yesterday!

    Heres the Trans Siberian Orchestra "Christmas Eve in Sarajevo"
    (recommend full screen and full volume!)

    http://www.vh1.com/video/trans-siberian-orchestra/58927/christmas-eve-sarajevo-12-24-concept-version.jhtml

    When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
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  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #14 - November 20, 2011, 06:17 PM
    ^Awesome!  Wink
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  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #15 - November 20, 2011, 06:56 PM

    Christmas parade on my local main street.











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    Khaled Hosseini - A thousand splendid suns.
  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #16 - November 20, 2011, 07:04 PM
    Fantastic photos Paloma, thanks for sharing!   Smiley
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  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #17 - November 20, 2011, 07:36 PM
    If I hear Slade, I will conduct a massacre. Last year I was almost pushed to complete irreversible psychopathy after a series of Slade, in different places, like it was FOLLOWING me.
    Before Jesus was, I AM.
  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #18 - November 20, 2011, 07:37 PM
    "So here it is Merry Christmas, everybody's having fun."

    Sounds like propaganda to me.
    Before Jesus was, I AM.
  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #19 - November 20, 2011, 07:51 PM
    That's awesome Paloma  Afro

    I do like the christmassy atmosphere too. Like every year I'm looking forward to the german market, gluhwein and ice skating  dance
  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #20 - November 20, 2011, 07:52 PM
    I do like the traditional Christmas though, I'm not a Grinch, it's just the BAD cliches like Slade that annoy me. The TV is painful. I prefer just being outside in my area, saying MC to people you never otherwise speak to, and the foody atmosphere.
    Before Jesus was, I AM.
  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #21 - November 20, 2011, 07:54 PM
    In Scotland, what's more important than Christmas is Hogmany, I love it!

    We sometimes go to Edinburgh for it, now that's magic. Hogmany in Edinburgh, or even Glasgow. I think we make a bigger deal out of New Year than Christmas.
    Before Jesus was, I AM.
  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #22 - November 20, 2011, 08:52 PM
    Quote from: posthuman on November 20, 2011, 07:36 PM
    If I hear Slade, I will conduct a massacre. Last year I was almost pushed to complete irreversible psychopathy after a series of Slade, in different places, like it was FOLLOWING me.

    Noooooo! Completely corny I know, but there is something inexplicably delightful and uplifting about the combination of Slade and Christmas! Lmao.

    Christmas was always low key in our household and is even more so now that the kids are older. It's all about relaxing and having a  fun family time with good eats and drinks, games and long walks in the countryside. Oh and I love the tree and picking holly, ivy and mistletoe to hang in the house.





  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #23 - November 20, 2011, 08:56 PM
    Quote from: BerberElla on November 20, 2011, 01:21 PM
    Yea, I'm going to the hampton court one

    If you have time, get the boat there or back. It is fab.
  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #24 - November 20, 2011, 11:21 PM
    I hate Christmas, I'm off to Egypt to escape it.  Tongue
    "The greatest general is not the one who can take the most cities or spill the most blood. The greatest general is the one who can take Heaven and Earth without waging the battle." ~ Sun Tzu

  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #25 - November 21, 2011, 12:38 AM
    I like the Christmas feeling, everyone is so jolly and in such a good festive mood. Smiley

    Bring on the parties!
    'The greatest glory of living lies not in never falling but in rising everytime you fall'
  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #26 - November 26, 2011, 03:30 PM

    Tomorrow is 1st Sunday in Advent - time to light the Christmas wreath





    drink Glögg (Gluhwein) and eat aebleskiver



    Barnaby (a.k.a. John Nettles) having Glögg and Aebleskiver in Tivoli in Copenhagen



    From the Tivoli Christmas market :


















    Like a compass needle that points north, a man?s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.

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  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #27 - November 26, 2011, 05:05 PM
    I very much like Glögg, but waht are aebleskiver?
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  • Re: Christmas 2011, and things!!!
     Reply #28 - November 26, 2011, 07:12 PM

    You´ll like Aebleskiver too

    Æbleskiver (Danish meaning apple slices (singular: æbleskive)) are traditional Danish pancakes in a distinctive shape of a sphere. Somewhat similar in texture to American pancakes crossed with a popover, æbleskiver are solid like a pancake but light and fluffy like a popover. The English language spelling is usually aebleskiver or ebleskiver.

    In the United States, a version of æbleskiver is sold with a commercially repackaged pan, branded as "Pancake Puffs".

    Æbleskive pan :

    PreparationThe batter for æbleskiver usually includes wheat flour, which is mixed with buttermilk, milk or cream, eggs, sugar and a pinch of salt. Some recipes also include fat (usually butter), cardamom and lemon zest to improve taste, and a leavening agent, most often baking powder, but sometimes yeast, to aerate the batter.

    Batter is poured into the oiled indentations and as the æbleskiver begin to cook, they are turned with a knitting needle, skewer or fork to give the cakes their characteristic spherical shape. They were traditionally cooked with bits of apple (æble) or applesauce inside but these ingredients are very rarely included in modern Danish forms of the dish. Æbleskiver are not sweet themselves but are traditionally served dipped in raspberry, strawberry, lingonberry or blackberry jam and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

    Æbleskiver can be bought fried and frozen at supermarkets, only needing heating in an oven.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86bleskiver




    Like a compass needle that points north, a man?s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.

    Khaled Hosseini - A thousand splendid suns.
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