Christmas 2021 - Omicron version

[DanOregon]

Merry Christmas everyone. Stay safe out there.

Thought I'd kick it off with a classic Christmas tune that is very underplayed.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Thought about going to California for the holidays this year then changed my mind after Thanksgiving. I've already got a Chinese buffet picked out for my Christmas dinner.

 

[Batman]

MIL and her husband are going out of town the day after Christmas, and I think BIL has to return overseas for work a day or two after as well, so everyone got together for Christmas dinner yesterday. On actual Christmas, the plan is to join up with MIL and her husband for lunch at Waffle House.

Waffle House is our Christmas tradition. Some years ago we had lunch with a bunch of family on Christmas Eve, got home and took a nap, and woke up hungry. We hadn't brought home any leftovers, so we set out to see what was open. Waffle House was it, and a Bat Family tradition was born.
You'd be amazed how busy that place is on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

 

[Driftwood]

Our family tradition is a huge oyster roast on Christmas Eve ahead of Christmas Eve church service and Bloody Marys on Christmas morning.
My shucking knife is ready, and the vodka is in the pantry.
Last year, we did it on a much smaller scale, and it was honestly way more pleasant.
Oh well, Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and Festivus for the rest of us to my friends here.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

 

[DanOregon]

Another underplayed Christmas tune.

 

[Vombatus]

Merry Christmas everyone. Stay safe out there.

Thought I'd kick it off with a classic Christmas tune that is very underplayed.

Back Door Santa sounds like Christmas at Boots’ house.

 

[Scout]

 

[JRoyal]

Posted this on the Post a Song You're Listening To thread. Not a cheery Christmas song, but good nonetheless.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Picked up Micro Jr. at PDX yesterday, he's home for 2 1/2 weeks. That made a miserable drive to PDX, in the middle of 40hours of continual rain, worth it.

Happy holidays/merry Christmas, everyone.

2,000 Miles by the Pretenders is my favorite Christmas song, memories of a long-ago romance.

 

[maumann]

Heard this Saturday morning at the Target on Archer Road in Gainesville. Merry Christmas, Tom. We miss you.

 

[MileHigh]

My sister is renting their mountain home through Jan. 1 so I'll be up in Boulder for Christmas. Temps in the mid-50s with zero snow. Bleh.

 

[wicked]

Ah, what it was like to work every Christmas because you were the young single guy and you hoped that at least one Chinese joint in town was open. Otherwise you hoped that 7-Eleven had something out on the rollers, and that was hit or miss.

Wishing you all a merry one, or happy whatever you celebrate.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Two responses. First, I remember Christmas 1987, when Mark Blaudschun of the Globe and I were the only two reporters covering the Pats preparing for their final game at the Dolphins at Dodgertown in Vero. Pats had a huge Christmas dinner for team, front office, families, etc. and did not invite us. We had dinner at the buffet at the Vero Beach Holiday Inn. A table for two with two thirtysomethings reduced the average age of the full dining room's customers to about 83 from God knows what.
2. Family all here for Christmas. Son and wife and my daughter. It's all good. Tree trimmed, presents under, my childhood Lionel trains around the tree (they still work! They're 60 years old! There's no American railroad left from the engines and cars!). We spend a lot of time planning meals, and tomorrow morning I will go with my daughter, internationally certified wine expert, to pick the libations for Christmas Eve and Christmas. Menu already planned. Christmas Eve: Crab cakes and Florida-themed sides. Christmas Day: Roast goose and Dickensian trimmings. Might be a little champagne squeezed in at cocktail time.

 

[Batman]

Christmas Day: Roast goose and Dickensian trimmings. Might be a little champagne squeezed in at cocktail time.

Figgy pudding or GTFO!

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Christmas Day: Roast goose and Dickensian trimmings.

I’m impressed by your dedication. Goose costs well north of $100.

 

[Octave]

I liked working Christmas. Many of the office assholes were nowhere to be found.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Back Door Santa sounds like Christmas at Boots’ house.

That's funny. Sounds like Christmas at Drip's house too.

 

[Justin_Rice]

Apparently my entire family hates key lime pie, and has turned their noses up at my suggestion that Key Lime would be one of the pies I make for Christmas Eve Dinner.

My family is stupid.

 

[maumann]

Apparently my entire family hates key lime pie, and has turned their noses up at my suggestion that Key Lime would be one of the pies I make for Christmas Eve Dinner.

My family is stupid.

More for you!