A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-23-02

Billie, Aquamarine and daisyscarlett

[daisyscarlett]

Thanks for that great photo of Nancy and Santa....

[The Thin Man]

That would be one crazed homicidal reindeer . . . .

LOL! That's what I figured. Never meant to imply that Aqua made a mistake. :)

[FreeTheHostages]

LOL!

[The Mayor]

A Christmas card for all !!

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[FreeTheHostages]

Billie, thanks again for all your help this December. I really hope you have a blessed and peaceful and restful Christmas.

[daisyscarlett]

Good afternoon Louie. Are you going to have a White Christmas?

Santa left a stack of these for you...

[FreeTheHostages]

Julie, speaking of cheerful and sparkling personalities, I hope you have a Merry Christmas too.

Even you Louie, although apparently you've been naughty!! I hope that Santa is nice to wolves too! For my gingerbread house parties this year, I found some candy coal that is chock full of blue dye and if you eat it, it's very sweet but it turns your teeth and tongue and everything blue for an hour! I could be wrong but I'm guessing you're the type of prankster that would *love* that stuff.

[daisyscarlett]

Well we have George Strait under our Country Section; Spook played a great Jim Reeves "Silent Night" last week..encore? Aquamarine is still looking for Elvis's Blue Christmas but she probably won't have time to find it today....Anyone out there have a wav of Elvis' Blue Christmas?

[FreeTheHostages]

{{{lodwick}}} I hope you and also your wife have a peaceful and restorative Christmas.

[lodwick]

That's great - thank you.

[lodwick]

Hi Loddy....its been quite a while since I have emailed you, just have been so busy.....busy decorating for the Christmas festivities.....we have five trees up, and each tree is loaded and decorated full tilt....in the family room is a 6 ft tree, decorated with Santa and snowmen, and lots and lots of different and various animals...we call this the Mr. Dizzy tree, as it has lots of his animal friends on the tree to look at, including two Himalayans, which were extremely difficult to find, but find them I did...

Then in the Kitchen we have the Victorian tree, trimmed with old fashioned decoupage balls, bows, pearls and lace...its smaller, at only 5 ft......then down one of the halls, is the food tree, loaded with frosted fruits, glass candies, glass lollipops, and even has a glass hamburger, a glass slice of pizza, a pickle, and a glass chili pepper...looks good enough to each....

Then the big front room has two trees....one is the 4 ft patriotic tree, filled with wooden flags, police and firefighters(for 9/11) and various Santas from around the world....its also loaded with bubble lights(unlike the other trees which all have just tons of the winking and blinking tiny lights)....

Then the main tree, 7 1/2 ft tall, is in the front room, and that tree is covered with a melange of various ornaments, that I have collected over the years, and have had from my childhood...its a strange melange...you might find a big expensive ornament, right next to a little chinty felt ornament, that one of my boys made....but each ornament has special meaning...

After all that decorating of the trees, I still have boxes and boxes of ornaments left over....I cannot throw out an ornament, no matter how battered it may be, no matter if it is broken, nor if there are chips in them.....somehow throwing out an ornament, (unless its completely shattered), seems wrong....just because an ornament has seen better days, seens like not a good reason to throw it out....I guess I keep it, because it brings back to me memories ot a time, when that ornament was in its prime, and I was glad to have it on the tree.....

I guess I am just sentimental, especially at this time of year....

BigDom and I went to Costco yesterday, and bought lots of food goodies, and tons of beer goodies which were available...we were thrilled to find one of our all time favorite beers, Samuel Adams 'Fezziwig", which we thought had been discontinued, but apparently is only available in a taster choice case with 4 each of 6 different Sam Adams beers sold in a holiday case...naturally we had to buy two of those, so that gives us 8 'Fezziwigs' to enjoy at this festive season....Dom also bought a giant sized bottle of Heineken, ,in a bottle which contains a little over 100 ounces....now thats some big bottle....and we made the rounds of different specialty stores, which Bigdom knows about, where he went to purchase many locally brewed specialty Christmas beers....each time he came out of the stores, with a big grin on his face, and a shopping cart loaded down, and I knew he had found something ot make him so very happy....

BigDom has been working so hard, at the trusty post office, 11 hours a day, 5 days a week, and then 6-8 hours on Saturday...this has been going on since right after Thanksgiving....but he took a leave day for Christmas Eve, so finally he will have two days in a row off, both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day....

He has worked so hard, I am glad that he found all the beers he wished for, to make for some relaxation and cheer, after working all those long and hard hours, moving the mail...

Andy will be coming down sometime on Christmas Eve, and then our little family is complete....we will begin the evening, with an appetizer of steamed clams and mussels with veggies...we love this dish and it quells the appetite, until the main course, which is deep fried prawns, scallops, fish, and a small broiled lobster tail...accompanied by various salads and breads....

Around midnight we will then have a variety of sausages, meatballs, raviolis, chips, dips, and such to snack on while either playing music or watching the different Midnight Mass programs on TV....also have lots of Christmas cookies, and candies...marzipan and baklava....and of course, let the beer and wine flow....

Then Christmas Dinner will be a giant turkey, a giant ham, and a giant Prime Rib Roast(who says meat is not good for you?)....with all the fixins of taters, yams, gravy, stuffing, corn, green bean casserole, olives, and cranberry sauce, with hot rolls, and butter....

Desert is cheesecake, and pumpkin pie....

Roll us around, we will be as round as beach balls....and then we will just loll around, the menfolk watching sports, while playing Christmas music, and I will be asleep on the couch, happy and content, with my little family, but oh so tired..

Be sure to watch TNT beginning Christmas Eve, and continuing for 24 hours into Christmas Day....they will show 'A Christmas Story', to my mind, one of the finest Christmas films ever made....its been a tradition on TNT for several years now, to run this wonderful film twelve times in a row, beginning on Christmas Eve....I just love this film, and if you love it be sure to watch it, and if you have never seen it, tune in and see it and enjoy it for the first time....Prime phrases to pay attention to in this film, are "OH, FUUUUDGE"....'FRA GIL EEEE' and the line 'YOU'LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT'.....and look at Darin Mcgavins face, when son Randy is snorting up his dinner like a pig, or lying passed out among the Christmas wrappings...its a priceless film, and one to be enjoyed time and time again.....


And so for the Christmas wishes for you and all who dwell and visit and lurk on DD....wishes for health, wishes for happiness, wishes for love of family and friends, wishes for full hearts full tummies and full lives....Christmas is best, when surrounded by those we love and cherish....

And let us remember always the birth of our Lord, and what his birth means...that he came to earth to provide for us a way to heaven, where hopefully we will all be one day, communing with one another once again....

My best wishes, and much love to you and yours at this time of yeary....

MERRY CHRISTMAS......


Be well friends, a blessed Christmans to one and all. JL

[Aquamarine]

Nutcracker Suite

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[daisyscarlett]

First off, that is one of the most beautiful nativity Christmas cards I have ever seen. Thank you for sharing.

Secondly, you are correct, Grandpa did not get run over....

[daisyscarlett]

Thank you, MistyCa. Will you be changing your name again to MistyMN?..lol...

Know you will have a White Christmas...Wonder if you will have lutefisk? ha ha...

Merry Christmas! DaisyScarlett

[daisyscarlett]

Thanks for the g.i. JOE/Bob Hope cartoon. It reminded me of the USO Tours that Bob Hope did all those years. Wish he could over to Afghan this year for our troops...

[The Mayor]

"OH, FUUUUDGE"....'FRA GIL EEEE' and the line 'YOU'LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT'

One of my all time favorites!!I've watched it twice already, now my 10 year old son wants a BB gun, the first thing my wife said was, "you'll shoot your eye out!

Merry Christmas!

[ST.LOUIE1]

TOO, TOO cute, Louie! It is just too cute! You and Amy are the cutest hooligans I've ever seen, and when you do one of these posts, I can't quit smiling!
(Santa is pretty smart, you know - he's been watching you) :)

Thank yoooou! Santa wasn't "watching"....you and your Babes ratted us out. : (

P.S. Hugs for the Texas Christmas Tree. :)
(((((((((((((((((Louie))))))))))))))

Love your hugs. : )

Welcome home!!!!!

(((((((((((((((((BillieBlue)))))))))))))))

[daisyscarlett]

What a wonderful photo you are leaving us with...Have a safe trip to AZ and don't forget to leave Santa lots of goodies so he will leave you that special Beebee gun you are wanting...lol....I sometimes leave carrots for the reindeer, too...

[Aquamarine]

I have Elvis right here.........

Blue Christmas
by Elvis Presley

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[ST.LOUIE1]

Here's a (((HUG))) some candy and a song!
Enjoy!

Finally, a *hug* from Aqua. And candy to boot. : )

Frosty The Snowman
by Gene Autry

Believe it or not....one of my faves. : )