12-08-2004, 03:22 PM | #41 |
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We're having a family reunion. My sister is coming up from oz with her family and we're all going to the eastcoast of Scania (in the south of Sweden) to a little community south of the Residential Town of the Province where one of my cousins live. She invited us all for a Christmas day lunch.
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12-08-2004, 05:44 PM | #42 |
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He agreed to come out then? Cool beans.
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12-08-2004, 05:47 PM | #43 |
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Bop, YES!.... he arrives the evening of Dec 18th!
/me dances with wild abandon |
12-08-2004, 06:58 PM | #44 |
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WHO is he?????? Is he cute?
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12-08-2004, 07:07 PM | #45 |
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*blushes*
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12-08-2004, 07:32 PM | #46 |
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Might wanna turn the thermostat up, eh?
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12-08-2004, 07:42 PM | #47 |
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I MUST know the details!! Where's my fan?..my wine?..This could be good!
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12-08-2004, 09:57 PM | #49 |
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Thank you very much! That is cool news! You kids have fun, eh! Merry Christmas...Merry Christmas...
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12-09-2004, 07:56 AM | #50 |
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christmas? bah, humbug!
i usually go walking on the hills with my dogs on christmas morning, and have dinner with the family later on, my gran comes up to see us and the such like, pretty ordinary stuff |
12-09-2004, 08:07 AM | #51 |
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We're taking the kids to Lapland for a couple of days before Xmas - real reindeer sleigh rides, toboganning in loads of snow, ice skating on a lake, and meeting a certain white-bearded bloke.
Dunno about the kids, but I can't wait!
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12-09-2004, 08:18 AM | #52 | |
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12-09-2004, 09:37 AM | #53 |
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Maybe we should go the the Books forum and start a "Santa in Middle Earth" thread.
Of course Tolkien wrote a lot a Father Christmas-inspired stuff for his kids, so I assume he knew the guy quite well...
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12-09-2004, 11:31 AM | #54 |
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The guy with the white beard is Father Christmas, not Gandalf. It's too #$#!@ cold in Lapland for him.
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12-09-2004, 01:27 PM | #55 |
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sounds extremely nice draken! Lapland is in Finland, isn't it?
Christmas Eve I'm going to stay with my father and his family, home. my grandmother and one of my aunts are coming. certainly going to be lovely. besides I'm running the cafe
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12-09-2004, 05:20 PM | #56 |
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I think Lapland stretches right across northern Scandinavia, through Finland and into Russia. But yes, we're going to the Finnish part of it.
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12-13-2004, 03:02 AM | #57 |
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All i'm doing is...nothing, hehe...Just going to hang out at home...I'm not even sure if I'll get anything for christmas :P
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12-13-2004, 11:26 PM | #58 |
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Reading your posts I keep thinking, "Wow, I wish I was going somewhere exotic." But I guess that isn't too far away from home for you guys.
This weekend I'm going to my aunt and uncle's house in Connecticut to exchange gifts early with the Polish side of the family. The adults buy presents they'd like for themselves, wrap them, and then have some card game to see who winds up with what. That's usually really fun, but makes for less presents on Christmas Day. (That's why I'd like something a bit different.) We're also buying a bunch of stuff for a poor family. There's a lady, Grandma Mary, who literally takes in abandoned, abused, or neglected children although the house has no source of income. This year there are 15 people in total to give Christmas to.
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12-14-2004, 04:13 PM | #59 |
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The farthest I have to go for Christmas is an hour and a half away.
OH GODS!!! I HATE CHRISTMAS!!! (actually, I hate getting ready for christmas, christmas itself is usually fun) I wrapped presents last night. My first christmas out of five is this sunday because my Stepdad's family willl be out of town on christmas. Let's see, #2 Friday the 24th I am going up to my dad's house for his Christmas, then my mom is pickiing me up on chrismas day and I requested we switch #3 the immidiate family christmas to the car that day. Then in the afternoon/evening we have #4 christmas at my grandmother's house which is always fun. #5 is my "day-after-christmas-I-hate-this-present white elephant party". Ah, holidays are so weird.
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12-21-2004, 10:11 PM | #60 |
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How in the world is christmas percieved by our southern hemisphere bretheren? To anyone north of the equator (significantly) christmas is inseperable from snow and sleigh rides and all that stuff. Are things fundamentally different when its celebrated in the heat of the summer? Its gotta be. Its actually hard for me to imagine... So enlighten us northern hemispher-centric types.
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