I like Christmas..What do you like about it

reply to post by cmd18B

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She is a beauty!! How long did it take you to put it up?




The thing I loved the most about the holidays that still stands to this day are all of the holiday goodies that get made.

We always go way overboard on the cookies and gingerbread men and home made fudge and pecan pie and so on and so on. My mom always had a habit of making enough junk food every year to feed a small army so the tradition still lives on. It gets painful after a while but in a good way.


Question I have always wondered about....what do you folks add to the egg nog where you are from? We use a splash of shine down here (store bought though..usually not the good stuff).

reply to post by BlackOps719

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Hey OPS..Took me about three hours total..I had a few beverages between the trimming, Im selling the house so ive been conflicted about exterior illumination..Its still up in the air...Thanks for the compliment on my tree..I just didnt want to spend 50 bucks on a real tree this year so I went fake

reply to post by cmd18B

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i just love it.


do you got it in your house already?

i would love that too, but tradition in germany says: christmas tree on christmas eve.
but you can buy them everywhere!


another thing i really like: it is a feast all over the world, and unlikely all the other global feasts humans really try to be united in love and peace and that mosts wars stop even for a couple of days.

and light is coming back, the days get more and more light each day!

reply to post by BlackOps719

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i have never tasted real eggnog
i met eggnog the first time when i was on a vegan newslist.

20 ounces silken tofu
16 ounces vanilla soy milk
2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup rum (optional)
1/2 cup brandy (optional)
Freshly grated nutmeg

everything mixed together - tofu is like a cream than, chill it enjoy it!

but i simply love it
since i don.t drink that much i just take a little bit of brandy for my eggnog and get another bottle for the son without alcohol.

so thanks to my american friends to give me another christmas tradition!

Only half a cup?

Try a full cup for each, it makes christmas funner

you wanna get me drunk!


don.t hit me, but 1/4 cup just of one alc bev is completely enough for me


do you make eggnog by yourself? or do you buy it in stores?

Its to hot for egg nog here....usually just hit the beer and spirits

Remember, I live in the tropics and the southern hemisphere....our christmas is in summer

However I did make egg nog with my grandparents when I was younger.....

i know oz i knwo
but to me it is a bit odd to celebrate christmas in the middle of the summer - being a child of northern hemisphere!
some people overhere go on vacations to tropical locations, very strange

have you ever been abroad at christmas and be in the snow?
everybody wants to have a white christmas at least in northern hemisphere.

for eggnog: i drink it chilled and cold lovely



btw: any traditional food for the holidays?

reply to post by orange-light

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Hello Orange..Its an artificial tree, We usually cant get real ones until the day after Thanksgiving, My local fire department sells real trees every year but times are a bit tough this years so I decided to save fifty dollars and put up an artificial tree, Yes real trees are very expensive in some places here in the states..I hope to see pictures of everybodys christmas trees on here soon!!!!!

reply to post by cmd18B

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hi cmd

i still stick to real tree - although they range from 20 euros to 40 eruos ($25 to $50)
hope i will find a cheap one.


will have a look to find pictures of previous christmas trees

just 31 days to wait.


when is your traditional gift giving?
christmas eve - at 5pm traditionally for my familiy
or christmas morning?

Nope never had a cold christmas.....had some really warm ones, and ones with missing time (if you get what i mean), but our summer is hotter than most too

I dont think we have any traditional foods for christmas.....maybe some prawns and if you can get your hands on some scampi, that would be worth while

reply to post by orange-light

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Im pretty bad with gifts, I like to give them early, My younger brother is coming home from overseas and i have not seen him in two years so Im looking forward to spending time with him so after he comes home and sees all his lady friends and gets settled we will probably exchange gifts on Christmas Eve. Im looking forward to seeing all the houses decorated with lights and I would love to see some snow but anymore we have not been getting too much snow but it would add to the good old fashioned Christmas feeling.

some former xmas decoration


an advents wreath


window decoratin



staircase decoration


THE tree in 2004

reply to post by orange-light

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I love that tree!!!..It looks so fat and healthy!!

reply to post by OzWeatherman

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do i understand right that traditional christmas "food" in australia besides prawns and scampis is booze in different ways?
so blackout is the explanation for losing some time at xmas?

cheers oz!

@cmd
you describe the tree as if you could eat it

any traditional food?