The Christmas thread - Page 8

***Varnafindë*** · 12-03-2008, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Coffeehouse

*To GW: I'm reading Den Medialiserade Demokratin by Jesper Strömbäck, in Swedish in one of my courses, and I'm telling you I am becoming quite the Swedish-literate! I have no idea why our Professor gave us Swedish literature. I suspect he does it for the Purpose of Torturing us*

Reading Swedish isn't torture - unless that book would be torture in any language (but I suppose you don't see it that way, Coffeehouse, since you've chosen that subject for your studies). I've become Swedish-literate, too, but that's been by reading Ivar Lo-Johansson, Harry Martinsson and Jan Guillou

I've even translated two books (non-fiction) from Swedish into Norwegian.

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*To EF: In a foreign land.. yeah that does make it different doesn't it. Well, I'm celebrating Xmas in South Africa! So we're all in the odd hemisphere it seems

and you can console yourself with the fact there are some (hint) who won't be seeing a single snowflake on Xmas eve

Actually when I think about it, that would be the case for London too so nevermind

*

London? Not necessarily. You might have snow in London. I've been there in snowy weather at Easter.

Ingwe · 12-03-2008, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Mari

Sane, you're so cool! *waves fanclub-president-flag*
Andreas, you are going to S-A again? I am so jealous >_<

We will have all our relatives over for the night of the 24th to the 25th, maybe even to the 26th... There goes the peace on earth

lol, I have no relatives around where I live. They all live about 320km away. The only relatives who will be with me is my wife and sister in law, and the kids should they not be late to arrive. However, I go back to what once was home the day after Christmas, to experience the full-fledged power of the Dark Side that is my family. So December 26th will be the day to worry about. We're going to stay there until New Year's, which should prove to be rather...'amusing'.

o.O.o

katya · 12-05-2008, 03:55 PM

Evil Santa · 12-05-2008, 04:41 PM

meeeeoooooWWWWWWWW.........mmmmrrreeeeeeoooowwww *cat screeching*

**Mari** · 12-06-2008, 05:34 PM

Awwww! Kitty!

***Jonathan*** · 12-24-2009, 06:44 AM

It's that time of the year again!
Christmas carols a-plenty, lovely gifts and tasty food and drinks. And (in many places) snow! It covers the trees and houses in a wonderful white blanket. Yep, this year's Christmas brings tidings of comfort and joy

Merry Christmas y'all!

**Mari** · 12-24-2009, 07:43 AM

And to you! ^_^

***Earniel*** · 12-24-2009, 08:00 AM

You know it's Christmas when your dad asks you to photoshop one of the cat's pictures in the snow to include a santa hat so he can send it to his friends.

Man, I can't even remember the last time we had a white Christmas. I think maybe I should go out tomorrow and make a snow dragon, before it all melts away.

Merry Christmas, all!

***Valandil*** · 12-24-2009, 08:51 AM

White so far here in Chicago. The temps are borderline for it to stay. We've had some snow and also some rain - sometimes freezing, sometimes not. There's still snow on the ground with forecasts of rain today - but for more snow tomorrow on Christmas day. Stay around, snow!

Merry Christmas everyone!

***Varnafindë*** · 12-24-2009, 10:50 AM

It's snowing in Oslo. We had some snow last week, and the weatherman promised that there would be frost to keep it from melting before Christmas, so we would have a White Christmas - and now the frost is gone, and we're just below thawing point, but it's been snowing most of the day!

We're hoping to go somewhere by car in a couple of days - just hope the snow won't make it difficult by then ... just glad we didn't need to use the car today, it wouldn't have been very comfortable.

Merry Christmas ...

Comic Book Guy · 12-24-2009, 12:50 PM

It's been white all week in Ireland, and incredibly bitter. I helped build a snowman outside my house, it's a very festive scene.

***Tessar*** · 12-24-2009, 01:00 PM

Awwwwwwwwww. I wanna live in Ireland *sulk* It's only about 44 degrees here so not a chance of snow at all. As usual. I'm super excited though!! It's almost Christmas!!!!

***Earniel*** · 12-24-2009, 01:16 PM

*sneaksneak*

<.<

>.>

*throws big virtual snowball at Tessar*

Mwahahahah!

GrayMouser · 12-25-2009, 02:18 AM

Paid my annual visit to church last night for Christmas Eve Mass- my wife's family is Catholic, and I enjoy the lights and singing.

Twas special this year as my youngest son was an altar boy. Everybody told me he looked especially angelic- they're all dark-skinned Taiwanese aborigines, but raised on pictures of blond angels. He's not like that at home!

Merry Christmas to all

Midge · 12-25-2009, 03:02 AM

It decided to ice around here. That's pretty much ALL it does. We don't get snow days anymore. We get ice days.

This is going to be my last Christmas with my parents. Next Christmas I'll be married. It's really weird to think of all that will be changing when I get married.

My mom bought an elf costume for our slightly new puppy. She hated it. Yep, it's Christmas indeed. I'm so happy! It's odd, but I think I like the thought of all the gifts more than the actual gifts themselves. Like, they're wonderful to open, but once they're open, they're not gifts anymore. It's kind of like how Monk kept the Christmas gift his wife bought for him but never gave him before she died. He put it under the tree every year and then never opened it. It's sort of like that.

***Earniel*** · 12-25-2009, 07:24 AM

Wow, it's been 23 years since we last had a white Christmas! Too bad it started to rain during the night, so what snow we had left is slowly melting away now. No snow-dragon this year, darn.

**Mari** · 12-25-2009, 08:14 AM

We still had some snow coming down this morning, but it's changed to rain. Who knows, the temperature may drop again.

I wasn't able to go to Church this morning, but last night was great

GM, as I understand it, being chosen as an altar boy is a pretty big deal. Congrats! ^_^

***Tessar*** · 12-25-2009, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Midge

It's odd, but I think I like the thought of all the gifts more than the actual gifts themselves. Like, they're wonderful to open, but once they're open, they're not gifts anymore. It's kind of like how Monk kept the Christmas gift his wife bought for him but never gave him before she died. He put it under the tree every year and then never opened it. It's sort of like that.

Yeah, I tried to convince my family not to do gifts this year... I'm personally not huge on the idea of Christmas gifts. I much prefer that it be about being together as a family and at least pretending to get along for a little while

.

Still, they wanted to do them, so it'll be pretty cool.

I'm gonna be getting Dragon Age (WHICH I'M SUPER STOKED ABOUT!!!!), and my sister is getting me the new Star Trek movie (WHICH I'M ALSO SUPER STOKED ABOUT!!!).

YAY CHRISTMAS!

This year is a little odd because I'm actually house/dog sitting for a guy right now... so I'll be going home for a few hours but likely not the whole day. I'l be going over in a few hours for lunch, and we'll do gifts, and then my sister and I will play from a book of Christmas music (guitar duets!!!) that I spontaneously decided that we had to have and dragged my poor dad out to the music store just before they closed so that we could find and buy it

.

katya · 12-25-2009, 06:34 PM

I didn't know you were in Chicago, Val. I'm not too far away! It's been snowy/icy here but today it got really warm and most of the snow melted. Which was alright with me- we did most the Christmas stuff yesterday anyway.

We got Guitar Hero World Tour and so I've been playing it allllll day. I'm pretty pleased with it. I've been saying that I don't like anything about GH except that it's fun to play- I don't like the music, or the art style, or any of that. But there are some ok songs, and they are pretty fun to play, not very many boring ones.

***Valandil*** · 12-25-2009, 09:21 PM

Hey Katya - are you in a suburb, or just relatively close?

Yes - the warmer temps and rain were just too much, and the snow we got a few days ago almost all melted away. I deep-fried a couple turkies today, and had to do it out in a light rain. It was OK though - always fun to do, and always very good to eat!

12-05-2008, 03:55 PM	#143
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	meow Last edited by katya : 04-13-2009 at 06:07 PM.

12-06-2008, 05:34 PM	#145
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Awwww! Kitty! __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

12-24-2009, 06:44 AM	#146
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	It's that time of the year again! Christmas carols a-plenty, lovely gifts and tasty food and drinks. And (in many places) snow! It covers the trees and houses in a wonderful white blanket. Yep, this year's Christmas brings tidings of comfort and joy Merry Christmas y'all! __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

12-24-2009, 07:43 AM	#147
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	And to you! ^_^ __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

12-24-2009, 08:00 AM	#148
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	You know it's Christmas when your dad asks you to photoshop one of the cat's pictures in the snow to include a santa hat so he can send it to his friends. Man, I can't even remember the last time we had a white Christmas. I think maybe I should go out tomorrow and make a snow dragon, before it all melts away. Merry Christmas, all! __________________ We are not things.

12-05-2008, 04:41 PM	#144
Evil Santa Hobbit Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 27	meeeeoooooWWWWWWWW.........mmmmrrreeeeeeoooowwww cat screeching

12-24-2009, 08:51 AM	#149
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	White so far here in Chicago. The temps are borderline for it to stay. We've had some snow and also some rain - sometimes freezing, sometimes not. There's still snow on the ground with forecasts of rain today - but for more snow tomorrow on Christmas day. Stay around, snow! Merry Christmas everyone! __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

12-24-2009, 10:50 AM	#150
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	It's snowing in Oslo. We had some snow last week, and the weatherman promised that there would be frost to keep it from melting before Christmas, so we would have a White Christmas - and now the frost is gone, and we're just below thawing point, but it's been snowing most of the day! We're hoping to go somewhere by car in a couple of days - just hope the snow won't make it difficult by then ... just glad we didn't need to use the car today, it wouldn't have been very comfortable. Merry Christmas ... __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

12-24-2009, 12:50 PM	#151
Comic Book Guy Best Ex-Administrator ever Join Date: May 2001 Location: Ireland Posts: 60,547	It's been white all week in Ireland, and incredibly bitter. I helped build a snowman outside my house, it's a very festive scene.

12-24-2009, 01:00 PM	#152
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Awwwwwwwwww. I wanna live in Ireland sulk It's only about 44 degrees here so not a chance of snow at all. As usual. I'm super excited though!! It's almost Christmas!!!!

12-24-2009, 01:16 PM	#153
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	sneaksneak <.< >.> throws big virtual snowball at Tessar Mwahahahah! __________________ We are not things.

12-25-2009, 02:18 AM	#154
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	Paid my annual visit to church last night for Christmas Eve Mass- my wife's family is Catholic, and I enjoy the lights and singing. Twas special this year as my youngest son was an altar boy. Everybody told me he looked especially angelic- they're all dark-skinned Taiwanese aborigines, but raised on pictures of blond angels. He's not like that at home! Merry Christmas to all __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

12-25-2009, 03:02 AM	#155
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	It decided to ice around here. That's pretty much ALL it does. We don't get snow days anymore. We get ice days. This is going to be my last Christmas with my parents. Next Christmas I'll be married. It's really weird to think of all that will be changing when I get married. My mom bought an elf costume for our slightly new puppy. She hated it. Yep, it's Christmas indeed. I'm so happy! It's odd, but I think I like the thought of all the gifts more than the actual gifts themselves. Like, they're wonderful to open, but once they're open, they're not gifts anymore. It's kind of like how Monk kept the Christmas gift his wife bought for him but never gave him before she died. He put it under the tree every year and then never opened it. It's sort of like that. __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

12-25-2009, 07:24 AM	#156
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Wow, it's been 23 years since we last had a white Christmas! Too bad it started to rain during the night, so what snow we had left is slowly melting away now. No snow-dragon this year, darn. __________________ We are not things.

12-25-2009, 08:14 AM	#157
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	We still had some snow coming down this morning, but it's changed to rain. Who knows, the temperature may drop again. I wasn't able to go to Church this morning, but last night was great GM, as I understand it, being chosen as an altar boy is a pretty big deal. Congrats! ^_^ __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

12-25-2009, 06:34 PM	#159
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I didn't know you were in Chicago, Val. I'm not too far away! It's been snowy/icy here but today it got really warm and most of the snow melted. Which was alright with me- we did most the Christmas stuff yesterday anyway. We got Guitar Hero World Tour and so I've been playing it allllll day. I'm pretty pleased with it. I've been saying that I don't like anything about GH except that it's fun to play- I don't like the music, or the art style, or any of that. But there are some ok songs, and they are pretty fun to play, not very many boring ones.

12-25-2009, 09:21 PM	#160
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Hey Katya - are you in a suburb, or just relatively close? Yes - the warmer temps and rain were just too much, and the snow we got a few days ago almost all melted away. I deep-fried a couple turkies today, and had to do it out in a light rain. It was OK though - always fun to do, and always very good to eat! __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

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