MERRY CHRISTMAS THREAD (post your favorite songs, carols, family traditions, childhood memories)

[Liz]

This thread is lovingly dedicated to the members, friends and supporters of the American Civil Liberties Union.

My sincerest wish for you is that the universal peace and love exemplified by the birth of the Christ child will fill your hearts with joy at Christmas time and on everyday of the year.

[ConservativeMan55]

Laura Bush is hot!

[Liz]

A Scottish Christmas? More details will be appreciated since I have not had the pleasure of sharing Christmas on the British Isles.

[philetus]

Since he can't do it any more, I'd like to wish every one a really nice Bob Hope christmas.
He always meant it.

[Liz]

Mmmmm. I think I've seen these displayed in elegant pastry shops. They are mounded and have tiny multicolor sugar balls sprinkled all over them.

[Mudboy Slim]

Thanks...kinda worried I might have offended after seeing the reverent tone of #'s 19 & 20...LOL!!

FReegards...MUD

[monkeywrench]

Re: #18. BTTT!!! LOL!!

[Conservative4Ever]

When my son and daughter were small we would play Bible Trivia...my son's question (he was about 7 at the time) was..."and there were shepherds abiding in the fields keeping watch over their flocks by...."? There was a little pause, his little wheels in his head were turning...then he said...helicoptor? I have loved this for years. I know ...it's a Mom thing.

Merry Christmas to all.

Red

[Liz]

The editor's sentiments are timeless. Merry Christmas and I hope Santa brings you everything you want.

[cyborg]

here's the compendium of christmas in the charles household... Three weeks before christmas, my mom would soak fruits for the black cake, currants,cherries,things like that in rum (Vat 19 or Old Oak).

We also made black pudding and pastels (same thing as the pastie).

The Guiness stout would drunk alone OR was mixed with evaporated and condensed milk as a cold beverage. I've had that since I was little.

All this merry making is a hundred times more involved back in the old country. In Trinidad, Christmas merry making start at least week before and finishes on Boxing Day.

[Liz]

Cute, so cute.

[Liz]

very nice. The stout beverage is unusual. Kinda like eggnog without the eggs?

[petercooper]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

[Liz]

Hope your child is OK for Christmas. He/she should have something real special to compensate.

[cyborg]

Exactly! My mom likes egg nog, but not by itself as I usually see her adding a jigger of brandy to it...lol

[Liz]

Nice pic. Merry Christmas may God bless America.

[Quilla]

I know exactly what your talking about, but our honey balls are the size of marbles. You simply cannot stop eating them once you start. The above recipe makes approximately 800 little honey balls. I believe what you're thinking of is more in line with something Martha Stewart might tackle, stacked high on a footed platter and drizzled with spun sugar - not quite something Quilla and her little sister would tackle. ;-)

[Conservative4Ever]

Thanks for the sharing...being of Scottish extraction...I have made it a custom to wear my clan's tartan sash to church on the Sunday before Christmas and New Year's.

Red

[Fishrrman]

My favorite Christmas song:

December brings the King of Kings
They tell us that a child is born
But snowy nights and Christmas lights,
They only leave me cold and worn
Salvation bands reach out their hands
To ask you for a dime or two
To praise the Lord...
and Henry Ford
Detroit, December....

The friends I meet along the street
I know them from the factory
But thirty years of buildin' gears
Make Christmas seem untrue to me
Eight hours a day to earn my pay
And overtime to see me through
And peace on earth, for what it's worth,
Detroit, December...

The things I had, the things I made
Are lost like pebbles on the beach
And everything I want the most
Is always furthest out of reach
To trade these blues for dancin' shoes...
And trade the old year for the new
But time it seems
Will steal your dreams,
Detroit, December,
....and you.

"Detroit December" by Si Kahn
From John McCutcheon's "Winter Solstice: Songs for the Christmas and Chanaukah Season"
Rounder CD 0192

Best to all for a Merry Christmas and a good New Year,
- John

[Liz]

[hope]

"YOU WON'T FIND PEACE ON A MIDDLE EAST TABLE>>>

IT WAS GIVEN TO US OVER 2000 YEARS AGO IN A MIDDLE EAST STABLE"!