The Christmas Thread

[frau kaleun]

Make of it what you will. :D

I'll start:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb-RaywZEFw&feature=player_embedded


And then, there's this, which is awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MioTYWrsVHQ

:rock:

[Reece]

No comment!:oops:

[1480]

And a few to consider for this joyous season:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg7v8MWHeUs

#2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nytkzah78eU&feature=related

And never been a favorite of mine watching grown men sticking their arms in the bum of a doll, but this did make me chuckle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaxXhwxiaSI&feature=related

[nikimcbee]

No Christmas thread until Dec 1. This ain't walmart.:hmmm:

So, I declaire this offical Spamtober thread.

Buna akhbar!

[nikimcbee]

In before Steed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzXKWKaxt3c

[nikimcbee]

...and now, the Reece precision dance team:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Qhbdijv5Y&feature=related

[BossMark]

Best Christmas song ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrAwK9juhhY

[Torplexed]

I have a feeling this award will be ruined under mysterious circumstances, but...

http://pyxis.homestead.com/majorawardcertificate.jpg

[Reece]

...and now, the Reece precision dance team:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Qhbdijv5Y&feature=related
Again:
No comment!:oops:

[Penguin]

No Christmas thread until Dec 1. This ain't walmart.:hmmm:


Heretic! Technically the Christmas time (Advent) began already on Sunday the 27th :|\\


Best Christmas song ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrAwK9juhhY

Definitely, a great song! :up:
Also not bad: Judge Dredd's version of Jingle Bells (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnwJULVIze0) (explicit lyrics ;))
And the classic LP I dig out every year: The Christmas album by The Yobs
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/1939/422219877652e2af4m.jpg
:rock:

[frau kaleun]

I have a feeling this award will be ruined under mysterious circumstances, but...



I have a feeling that award will be making an appearance in my sig within the next 24 hours! :rock:

(And thank you. I think...) :O:

[STEED]

HUMBUG TO XMAS...BAN THIS RUBBISH NOW!

[frau kaleun]

Uh oh, Steed found us. That can mean only one thing.














This thread is scrooged.

[STEED]

^^^:k_rofl:^^^

[Jimbuna]

http://www.powwows.com/gathering/images/smilies/grinch.gif

[Biggles]

I will use this thread to inform you all of something very significant for me, but not necessary for you:

In Sweden the main celebration at Christmas is held on Christmas Eve, rather than Day.

And I'm set to work on Christmas Eve.... :damn:

[Jimbuna]

For most children in Holland, the most important day during the Christmas Celebrations is 5th December, when Sinterklass (St. Nicholas) brings them their presents!

[frau kaleun]

Classic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oke4ZUhPDtw&feature=related

[Gerald]

http://youtu.be/bnvHbBK9J_8

[BossMark]

Another classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A8KT365wlA

[Ducimus]

Though I can never tell my wife who loves Christmas..... Christmas to me, died years ago. (insert 4 letter word here) Christmas.

[Gerald]

Christmas has always been the children's festival, and it's probably still with the family tradition.

[Jimbuna]

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/1632/dead20santa1.jpg

[Gerald]

I wondered when it would come up....

[Jimbuna]

And I knew who would be following my post :DL

[Gerald]

It's called intuition, :rotfl2:

[Reece]

It's called intuition, :rotfl2:
or predictable!:yep:

[Gerald]

or predictable!:yep: The word is used in other non-related christmas threads,FYI :arrgh!:

[Madox58]

Ferret Christmas song
:har:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sjQWx1cit0

[Jimbuna]

or predictable!:yep:

ROFLMAO :har:

[Sailor Steve]

Ferret Christmas song
:har:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sjQWx1cit0
AAAAAGGGHHHHH!!!

:eek: :eek: :eek:

[Rockstar]

It's all a hoax RUN AWAY!

http://www.history.com/topics/christmas/videos#evolution-of-christmas


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[frau kaleun]

Hoax, shmoax. People buy me stuff. :rock:

[Reece]

Originally Posted by privateer http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/smartdark/viewpost.gif (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=1796295#post1796295)
Ferret Christmas song
:har:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sjQWx1cit0

AAAAAGGGHHHHH!!!

:eek: :eek: :eek:
You're right, that's really BAD!!:x:oops::dead:

[Sailor Steve]

It's all a hoax RUN AWAY!

http://www.history.com/topics/christmas/videos#evolution-of-christmas


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Curse you, Rockstar! :stare: I sat and watched the entire series!

Actually they were quite enjoyable. Thanks for the link. :sunny:




p.s. Love your sig.

[Randomizer]

http://www.simonscat.com/Films/Santa-Claws/

Humbug. Christmas is a Humbug I say...

[1480]

Something to liven up Christmas cheer, a blast from the past:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK9auBEWS1I

[Jimbuna]

Always liked this Slade Christmas song as a teenager and the bonus in the link is the late Jimmy Saville presenting it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAUqI-cpMZE

[frau kaleun]

http://www.gifandgif.eu/animated_gif/Christmas/Animated%20Gif%20Christmas%20(107).gif

[Ducimus]

http://www.gifandgif.eu/animated_gif/Christmas/Animated%20Gif%20Christmas%20(107).gif

One more thing i hate about xmas. Have to put up a bunch of crap all over the house for the sole purpose of running up the electric bill.


Other things i hate.
- Have to put up with 10 times the idiots on the road on the way to the store, both coming and going
- have to hear the same tired BS xmas songs every freaking year on the radio and in the store.
- have to wait in long ass lines behind 50 other idiots.
- have to buy a bunch of crap I can't afford because its expected of me.

I hate xmas.

[AVGWarhawk]

One more thing i hate about xmas. Have to put up a bunch of crap all over the house for the sole purpose of running up the electric bill.


Other things i hate.
- Have to put up with 10 times the idiots on the road on the way to the store, both coming and going
- have to hear the same tired BS xmas songs every freaking year on the radio and in the store.
- have to wait in long ass lines behind 50 other idiots.
- have to buy a bunch of crap I can't afford because its expected of me.

I hate xmas.

http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Scrooge.jpg

Tell me it ain't so.

[Ducimus]

http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Scrooge.jpg

Tell me it ain't so.

Then there's having to drag a dying tree into your home. You spend 20 to 50 bucks on something your just going to throw away in a few weeks. Then you have to put a bunch of crap on it that your going to have to pack away again in a few weeks. By which time, it sheds a crapload of needles you have to sweep/vaccume up, turns excrement brown, and becomes a fire hazard. At which point you have to drag it back out, find someplace to chuck it, and sweep/vaccum some more.

Oh, and then there's having to play musical families. Have to be here, there, and somewhere else, by such and such a time. Reminds me of Thanksgiving. Big PITA. Time off i think should be to relax, not be made to drive all over hells half acre for BS social calls for people you hardly even know, while putting up with 10 times the stupidity on the road.

Whatever Xmas was supposed to be, it's was lost on me. My wife loves xmas however, so i keep my mouth shut and do whats expected of me. Seeing her smile and the spark in her eyes is worth it.

[nikimcbee]

Ferret Christmas song
:har:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sjQWx1cit0

Dowly shows up in the damned places:o.

[nikimcbee]

Whatever Xmas was supposed to be, it's was lost on me. My wife loves xmas however, so i keep my mouth shut and do whats expected of me. Seeing her smile and the spark in her eyes is worth it.

What would Freud say?:hmmm::haha:

[Egan]

No Christmas thread until Dec 1. This ain't walmart.:hmmm:

So, I declaire this offical Spamtober thread.

Buna akhbar!

The complaints about Christmas getting earlier every year are getting earlier every year!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh9PtXVsjrk

Best Christmas album ever made!

Neal should have made a Subsim Advent calendar. Missed a trick there, big guy! I'd have bought 5.

[AVGWarhawk]

Then there's having to drag a dying tree into your home. You spend 20 to 50 bucks on something your just going to throw away in a few weeks. Then you have to put a bunch of crap on it that your going to have to pack away again in a few weeks. By which time, it sheds a crapload of needles you have to sweep/vaccume up, turns excrement brown, and becomes a fire hazard. At which point you have to drag it back out, find someplace to chuck it, and sweep/vaccum some more.

Artificial tree! Mine lasted 18 years. Just got a new one originally priced at $150.00 for $49.99. Nice tree. Up in flash with folding limbs. :DL

Oh, and then there's having to play musical families. Have to be here, there, and somewhere else, by such and such a time. Reminds me of Thanksgiving. Big PITA. Time off i think should be to relax, not be made to drive all over hells half acre for BS social calls for people you hardly even know, while putting up with 10 times the stupidity on the road.

I did that for a few years then drawn the line. I told my family that I was not spending the holiday in a car for no reason at all. I see my family throughout the year. Christmas is stressful enough with about everything you listed in the previous post. Adding a roundy round in the car does not happen for me anymore. However, if anyone has the notion to drop by my house for a chunk of ham and pie they are welcome.

Whatever Xmas was supposed to be, it's was lost on me. My wife loves xmas however, so i keep my mouth shut and do whats expected of me. Seeing her smile and the spark in her eyes is worth it.

My wife is the Christmas person at our ranch. Xmas has been lost on me when I see thousands fly out the door for gifts. It is commercialized beyond recognition. It never ceases to amaze me watching "A Christmas Story" where entertainment was listening to Little Orphan Annie and a football was a REAL Xmas present. Not a $800.00 laptop and iPod! Things sure have changed and not always for the better. However, we make Xmas as special as we can for our kids. My Xmas as a kid were great (the football was a REAL gift back then) and I want my kids to have a great Christmas. My girls are older now. Want clothing!

[Ducimus]

Heh, so you know the tune I'm singing eh? :O:


Xmas for me pretty much stopped the instant I left home. I only remember two christmas's while in the service. One, was a huge empty parking lot outside the barracks, and a driving rain. The barracks were deserted because everyone went home for chistmas. I didn't bother. In my mind there was nothing to go "home" to. So I sat there on that cold rainy day, by myself, drinking beer and watching TV. Just another day.

Only other Xmas i remember was overseas. Commander had recalled all of us from the various construction projects in the field to celebrate xmas together as a "family". hell, those guys were more my family then my real family was at that point in my life. So we had a whole pig on a spit, and had a 4 cubic yard front end loader bucket set up as a beer trough. Stuffed ourselves, drank beer, shot the bull, good times, and a much needed break.

But the thing is, I had completely forgotten when xmas was. I didnt realize it until we had been recalled from the field. A buddy of mine used to tease the hell out of me for not knowing when xmas was. The truth is, i stopped caring. Hell, i didn't even remember how old I was or when my birthday was, let alone christmas. It all became Inconsequential trivial BS in my mind. Every day was a struggle, so i lived just one day at a time, and took things as they came, and didn't worry about meaningless dates or celebrations. In retrospect, i probably needed counseling when i got out.

Outside of that, most of my xmas experience was with my ex. I say my ex because I lived with the harpy for 7 years even though we weren't married. That left, left a sour taste in my mouth. Hopefully things will be different with this wonderful Gal I married a couple months ago. My life certainly has improved from the first day I met her.

[BossMark]

One more thing i hate about xmas. Have to put up a bunch of crap all over the house for the sole purpose of running up the electric bill.


Other things i hate.
- Have to put up with 10 times the idiots on the road on the way to the store, both coming and going
- have to hear the same tired BS xmas songs every freaking year on the radio and in the store.
- have to wait in long ass lines behind 50 other idiots.
- have to buy a bunch of crap I can't afford because its expected of me.

I hate xmas.
Ebenezer Scrooge by any chance

[geetrue]

No Christmas thread until Dec 1. This ain't walmart.:hmmm:

So, I declaire this offical Spamtober thread.

Buna akhbar!

December 1st is tomorrow, but I found this for your dog on a black friday sale.

If you hurry it could still be on sale :yep: under $5.00 too


http://cdn.flirtcatalog.com/images/product/catalog/sw/SW885963.jpg

French Maid Dog Costume (http://www.flirtcatalog.com/p-90578-french-maid-dog-costume.aspx?pagenum=1&pagesize=40&sortby=name&prevurl=under-ten-dollars.aspx&prevcategoryid=875)
Was: $14.50 Now: $4.95

[Jimbuna]

I feel similarly with most of what you posted...especially now that the kids have grown up.

The bit below is 100% me :yep:



My wife loves xmas however, so i keep my mouth shut and do whats expected of me. Seeing her smile and the spark in her eyes is worth it.

[Sailor Steve]

I don't have any family - none that will talk to me anyway. For me Christmas is pretty much like any other day. When I was homeless it was hard, but now? Meh.

[nikimcbee]

One more thing i hate about xmas. Have to put up a bunch of crap all over the house for the sole purpose of running up the electric bill.


Other things i hate.
- Have to put up with 10 times the idiots on the road on the way to the store, both coming and going
- have to hear the same tired BS xmas songs every freaking year on the radio and in the store.
- have to wait in long ass lines behind 50 other idiots.
- have to buy a bunch of crap I can't afford because its expected of me.

I hate xmas.

Motion to change Ducimus' name to Steed#2.

All vote:

[nikimcbee]

I don't have any family - none that will talk to me anyway. For me Christmas is pretty much like any other day. When I was homeless it was hard, but now? Meh.

You still have us!:D

[Jimbuna]

You still have us!:D

Too right :sunny:

[Platapus]

Best Christmas song ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrAwK9juhhY

I think that link is broken as it keeps sending me to some Pogues crap.

:D

[Penguin]

I think that link is broken as it keeps sending me to some Pogues crap.

:D

You are a musical barbarian! :O:

Maybe here's something for you:
The Yobs - Stille Nacht (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxag1nPMMKc) - Silent Night in German.

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/6098/838127theyobssilentnigh.jpg

(Is it possible to godwin a Christmas thread? :D)

[Sailor Steve]

You still have us!:D
Oh boy, that's cheering. I think I'll just shoot myself now. :dead:











Just kidding, of course. You guys are great! :sunny:

[Rockstar]

I'll be hanging out at the 'Singles bars, singles bar, singles bar'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTiuusQOX0o&feature=player_embedded#!


Ho ho ho ho!


WARNING this is a bad bad bad video.

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[Sailor Steve]

Here is my all-time Christmas favorite.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHI5lqk3NMU&feature=related

[BossMark]

I think that link is broken as it keeps sending me to some Pogues crap.

:D
Obvious not a music lover :yep:

[frau kaleun]

Obviously Penguin needs something a little more cultured and high class:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7trpOD-Dl0c&feature=fvwrel

[BossMark]

Once upon a time, a perfect man and a perfect woman met. After a perfect courtship, they had a perfect wedding. Their life together was, of course, perfect.One snowy, stormy Christmas Eve, this perfect couple was driving their perfect car along a winding road, when they noticed someone at the side of the road in distress. Being the perfect couple, they stopped to help.There stood Santa Claus with a huge bundle of toys. Not wanting to disappoint any children on the eve of Christmas, the perfect couple loaded Santa and his toys into their vehicle. Soon they were driving along delivering the toys.Unfortunately, the driving conditions deteriorated and the perfect couple; and Santa Claus had an accident. Only one of them survived the accident.Question: Who was the survivor? Answer:The perfect woman survived. She"s the only one who really existed in the first place. Everyone knows there is no Santa Claus and there is no such thing as a perfect man.**** Women stop reading here, that is the end of the joke.**** Men keep scrolling.So, if there is no perfect man and no Santa Claus, the woman must have been driving. This explains why there was a car accident.By the way, if you"re a woman and you"re still reading, this illustrates another point: Women never listen

[Penguin]

Obviously Penguin needs something a little more cultured and high class:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7trpOD-Dl0c&feature=fvwrel

:har: lmao

You want culture, I'll give you fine, classy and beautiful German culture - warning: nsfeae (1)

Heintje - Heidschi Bumbeidschi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=496QyjNE-Vo)

Marianne & Michael - Kling Glöckchen, klingelingeling (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zvTZhohFiY)

If you think I am showing you long-gone cliché music, this ran at prime time 4 days ago on our biggest tv station:
Heino & Kinder - Medley Weihnachtslieder 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTHh_9__Z4c) :o

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/3990/d39907c8a0fa008b935f9d2.jpg

:shucks:

(1)= not safe for eyes and ears :D

[nikimcbee]

Reece's fav Christmas song (maybe Steed's on a bad day):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kJ8kE5Kf3g

[nikimcbee]

Geordie Christmas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwknm_C-ZMY

[Sailor Steve]

A more recent favorite (ho ho ho):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3N90BXZHZs

[Jimbuna]

LMAO :DL

[Sailor Steve]

Just for Ducimus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHpMZPYWDm0&feature=related

[yubba]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke1MCaMjAI0&feature=related

[kiwi_2005]

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Christmas At Ground Zero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t039p6xqutU

[nikimcbee]

Just for Ducimus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHpMZPYWDm0&feature=related

Here! Here!:har:

[nikimcbee]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke1MCaMjAI0&feature=related

I just found my fav xmas song.:yeah::rock:

I wonder when Rammstein will do a xmas album?:hmmm:

[nikimcbee]

I see your video Yubba and raise you one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In3sApWlY1s&feature=related

[yubba]

I see your video Yubba and raise you one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In3sApWlY1s&feature=related That's a good one, that will be hard to beat, give me a few minutes I'll get back with you. Merry Chirstmas. and I see your raise, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTVBYNHT-p4&feature=related I must be slipping I chose the tamer one of this parody, so I not as sick as some think.

[Jimbuna]

Don't mess with santa http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/santa.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWyB0PTY72g

[yubba]

who's messin with santa, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63yiJ48v2u4&feature=related Merry Chirstmas and may your lives be filled with good holiday cheer, Ho Ho Merry X-Box, and up, up, and away, on, Grand Theft, on Call of Duty, he he said duty, on Gods of War, ect, ect

[frau kaleun]

http://chzmemebase.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/internet-memes-got-christmas-problems-i-feel-bad-for-you-son.jpg

[danasan]

:har: lmao

You want culture, I'll give you fine, classy and beautiful German culture - warning: nsfeae (1)

Heintje - Heidschi Bumbeidschi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=496QyjNE-Vo)

Marianne & Michael - Kling Glöckchen, klingelingeling (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zvTZhohFiY)

If you think I am showing you long-gone cliché music, this ran at prime time 4 days ago on our biggest tv station:
Heino & Kinder - Medley Weihnachtslieder 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTHh_9__Z4c) :o

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/3990/d39907c8a0fa008b935f9d2.jpg

:shucks:

(1)= not safe for eyes and ears :D

Thanks for bringing back my childhoods nightmares... :D

[1480]

Don't mess with santa http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/santa.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWyB0PTY72g

Pretty agile for such a fat guy....:har:

[Jimbuna]

Pretty agile for such a fat guy....:har:

I wanted to see what he did after the head kick when the eedjit was on the ground :DL

[frau kaleun]

http://chzsetphaserstolol.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/sci-fi-fantasy-doctor-who-celebrate.gif

[danasan]

@ Penguin:

Here you are ... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0yqKrGKukE&feature=related)

and here... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PxrRuRTUZs&feature=related):up:

hope that'll teach you... :D

[frau kaleun]

@ Penguin:

Here you are ...:up: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0yqKrGKukE&feature=related)

OMG I clicked on that WHY GOD WHY?!?




This year for Christmas I hope you get Legos SO YOU CAN STEP ON ONE.

[TarJak]

I see Xmas mullets!:o:dead:
Marianne & Michael - Kling Glöckchen, klingelingeling (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zvTZhohFiY)

[yubba]

I hear silver bells http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9nMZcdwJMk&feature=related ring a ling, hear them ring

[danasan]

OMG I clicked on that WHY GOD WHY?!?
...


My deeply felt apologises go to you, Frau.

As far as I can see, my mistake was that I didn't include a link to the German lyrics (http://www.magistrix.de/lyrics/Heintje/Mama-39887.html) of that lovely song for you.

So I guess you were sitting there, and because of missing some of the often rather complex word constructions used in this masterpiece you were not able to enjoy the full potential of that beautiful song. :O:

Please feel free to listen once again with the lyrics provided in this post. :doh:

As a next step, you could sing (trällern) this song karaoke - like for your and your neighbourhoods maximum pleasure. :D

BTW - Merry Christmas time to all of you!

http://www.offthemarkcartoons.com/cartoons/2004-12-27.gif

[Jimbuna]

Oldies are the best :sunny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ5TajZYW6Y

:yeah:

[BossMark]

Oldies are the best :sunny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ5TajZYW6Y

:yeah:
How true
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ8-UT8ojrk

[frau kaleun]

So I guess you were sitting there, and because of missing some of the often rather complex word constructions used in this masterpiece you were not able to enjoy the full potential of that beautiful song.

My German is still mostly nonexistent but the gist of it seems to be that a boy's best friend is his mother.

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110407101257/characters/images/3/35/Norman-bates.gif


BTW I left my kenpo lesson at 10:30 this morning to go Christmas shopping. Between the traffic and the crowds and the necessity of sorting through piles of picked-over sales merchandise looking for proper colors and sizes while dodging the perfume salespeople trying to spray scent at me plus having to be constantly on guard against making eye contact with mall survey takers and kiosk vendors eager to sell me cell phone contracts, matching holiday scarf and hat combos, and personalized tree ornaments, I didn't get home 'til almost 6:30 this evening.

And my day was STILL better than the the 30 seconds I spent watching that video. :O:

[Jimbuna]

BTW I left my kenpo lesson at 10:30 this morning to go Christmas shopping. Between the traffic and the crowds and the necessity of sorting through piles of picked-over sales merchandise looking for proper colors and sizes while dodging the perfume salespeople trying to spray scent at me plus having to be constantly on guard against making eye contact with mall survey takers and kiosk vendors eager to sell me cell phone contracts, matching holiday scarf and hat combos, and personalized tree ornaments, I didn't get home 'til almost 6:30 this evening.



It'll be my turn to experience that torture this coming Wednesday :doh:

[Rhodes]

It'll be my turn to experience that torture this coming Wednesday :doh:

Possibly I escaped this year by going last friday to the mall, the day after one of the first hollydays in December that everyone utilize for the xmas shopping!

But since until the 24 it will what Frau descrives, I do not want to talk soon.....

[Jimbuna]

Possibly I escaped this year by going last friday to the mall, the day after one of the first hollydays in December that everyone utilize for the xmas shopping!

But since until the 24 it will what Frau descrives, I do not want to talk soon.....

My overriding concern is buying something that turns out to be the wrong size for eaxample and having to go back for a double dose of torture :o

[Rhodes]

My overriding concern is buying something that turns out to be the wrong size for eaxample and having to go back for a double dose of torture :o

Ahhh, but here we got a 30 days for exchanging, so everyting is done after xmas time. But the 27th is when the sales begin here so... a small dose of the torture is back...

[Herr-Berbunch]

Tree's up, kids arguing, I'm hiding in bathroom with phone/interweb.

Bah, humbug!

[BossMark]

Tree's up, kids arguing, I'm hiding in bathroom with phone/interweb.

Bah, humbug!
Go for a pint, you deserve it :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Tree's up, kids arguing, I'm hiding in bathroom with phone/interweb.

Bah, humbug!

Just in from work and noticed a Lightning with a broken cockpit canopy but still mounted on the stand.

Of course nobody knows anything about it :stare:

[Kongo Otto]

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/1632/dead20santa1.jpg

Santa Claus is dead?
Was the fat guy finally overrun by a Coke truck?
:rock:

[1480]

My overriding concern is buying something that turns out to be the wrong size for eaxample and having to go back for a double dose of torture :o

Gift cards :know:

[Sailor Steve]

A very long time ago I saw a sign in a department store on December 26:

ONLY 364 MORE SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

[Kongo Otto]

ONLY 364 MORE SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

Sounds like a veiled threat. :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Gift cards :know:

Never went that much with them, I tend to put money in a card whenever possible :yep:

[Penguin]

@ Penguin:
Here you are ... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0yqKrGKukE&feature=related)


ha, I have Heintje's LP at home, couldn't say no when I bought it for 50 Pfennig - and it's a great tool to get unwanted guests to leave :D - if this doesn't help I rely on yodel country


and here... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PxrRuRTUZs&feature=related):up:

hope that'll teach you... :D

Ouch, you got me with this: Treffer, versenkt! This is exactly my childhood Christmas nightmare, my parents always put on the Heino Christmas tape.... :dead:

quick, I need to put on my antidote:
EA80 - It's Christmas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yt6-2gQXQE)
EA80 - Hallelujah (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZwD6QrdgeE)
ahh, that helps! :rock:

[frau kaleun]

A holiday message for you from HMS Ocean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SDZcGz4vmJc



Still not as gay as Twilight. :O:

[frau kaleun]

http://sketchysantas.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/sketchy-santa-fails-everyones-favorite-christmas-lizard.jpg

ZOMG DO WANT!!!

[Jimbuna]

http://amazingdata.com/mediadata16/Image/weird_stuff_cool_crazy_offbeat_biggest-xmas-tree-04_200907241440532873.jpg

[August]

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erdsterling/pwpimages/Xmas%20straphanger.jpg?PHPSESSID=99e719f1957484967 2ccad14abeef220

[Jimbuna]

http://help.berberber.com/members/sajalarora/albums/laugh-your-brains-out/4030-funny-cartoon-merry-christmas.jpg

[danasan]

You'd better not click on me... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5U179Ok98)

[frau kaleun]

You'd better not click on me... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5U179Ok98)

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/7/18/29a5fbea-1984-498a-9573-6110a63dc008.jpg

Actually that's still way better than the Heintje stuff. I don't mind the yodeling so much and the music was kinda pretty.

[frau kaleun]

Just because you've taken a vow of silence doesn't mean you can't get down wit yo bad self to some Handel at the holidays:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZCFCeJTEzNU

:rock:

[Sailor Steve]

I have nothing to say...that left me speechless.









And of course, hypocrite that I am, I said it anyway. :dead:

[Penguin]

A little bit to counter the prejudices that danasan and me had spread:
The Germans can perform Christmas songs in a non-schmalzy way!

So here's something a little more meaty:
Jingle Bells (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPQBnSkVT_o)

from the same artist, this time without Senor Felize Navidad:
Oh du Fröhliche (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHEixdgLbiE)

[Iron Budokan]

Oh joy another Christmas has us by the throats. :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

Mery Christmas TarJak

http://www.funny-potato.com/images/christmas/funny-trees/funny-christmas-tree.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Oh joy another Christmas has us by the throats. :yeah:
Not me. I don't even go downtown to look at the lights anymore. I'll be spending my Christmas alone, doing what I always do. And not regretting it one bit. :sunny:

[Jimbuna]

Not me. I don't even go downtown to look at the lights anymore. I'll be spending my Christmas alone, doing what I always do. And not regretting it one bit. :sunny:

Well that won't stop me thinking of you on the day and raising a toast to those I hold most dear in this community :sunny:

[nikimcbee]

Another Christmas video for Steed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS8kgSLA500&feature=related

[danasan]

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/7/18/29a5fbea-1984-498a-9573-6110a63dc008.jpg

Actually that's still way better than the Heintje stuff. I don't mind the yodeling so much and the music was kinda pretty.


I see you did it... I am not responsible for any damage you might have taken. I have to point out that I love the beautiful landscape in the South. During my time in the army I had to stay there for a while and I really enjoyed myself there...

[danasan]

A little bit to counter the prejudices that danasan and me had spread:
The Germans can perform Christmas songs in a non-schmalzy way!

So here's something a little more meaty:
Jingle Bells (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPQBnSkVT_o)

from the same artist, this time without Senor Felize Navidad:
Oh du Fröhliche (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHEixdgLbiE)

:dead::doh::o:88):dead:

[danasan]

OK, to calm down the waves a bit: Here is my All-Time-Favourite-Christmas-Song, and it is not from any German Artist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uey6VktC5ms

If I were honest, I would tell you that I had tears in my eyes while driving 1.000 km back home to my wife and that song was on the radio...

[Jimbuna]

OK, to calm down the waves a bit: Here is my All-Time-Favourite-Christmas-Song, and it is not from any German Artist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uey6VktC5ms

If I were honest, I would tell you that I had tears in my eyes while driving 1.000 km back home to my wife and that song was on the radio...

Amazing...an almost identical experience driving home for Christmas 1990 from Holland :o

[frau kaleun]

Well if we're going to start talking about Christmas songs that bring tears to the eyes... this one always chokes me up considerably:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlf---13Q0g

[danasan]

Amazing...an almost identical experience driving home for Christmas 1990 from Holland :o

I was still in the army here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1969-074-02%2C_Ordensburg_Sonthofen%2C_Modell.jpg

when the Gulf War started in 1990...

....and I had to get here

http://www.flensburg-online.de/fotos/nordertor-2.jpg

that was 1.031 km from door to door...

Edit: I did that once a week... :o

[Jimbuna]

Mine was a shortish drive to Europort from Dordrecht then a ferry crossing followed by a drive from Hull to home.

[danasan]

Well Jim,

even older guys like we both are can be overwhelmed by emotions some time. Being separated from our beloved for a period of time and awaiting the worst can do "wonders"

[danasan]

Well if we're going to start talking about Christmas songs that bring tears to the eyes... this one always chokes me up considerably:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlf---13Q0g

Yes, that is really a nice comprehensive analysis of the situation:

http://www.snoopypictures.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/snoopy-red-baron.jpg

Edit: I remember sitting on a flight on an UN air plane (Transall) from SARAJEVO to Cologne with bullet holes like that....

[Jimbuna]

Well Jim,

even older guys like we both are can be overwhelmed by emotions some time. Being separated from our beloved for a period of time and awaiting the worst can do "wonders"

Rgr that matey....family is sacrosant http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[Kongo Otto]

You'd better not click on me... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5U179Ok98)

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/7/18/29a5fbea-1984-498a-9573-6110a63dc008.jpg

Actually that's still way better than the Heintje stuff. I don't mind the yodeling so much and the music was kinda pretty.

Heintje? Wasnt he the Dutch revenge for 1940?

Btw bavarian Music is always pretty. :O:

Well if you dont like the Jodln, then something more modern maybe ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x954vuRGdz8

[frau kaleun]

Yikes, bring back the Jodln. Anything's better than WDWD.*



Anyway, I just bought my Christmas presents for myself. I won't get to enjoy them until next year, but the anticipation should be fun:



Cincinnnati Symphony Orchestra, Feb 3/4 2012

BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture
SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Cincinnnati Symphony Orchestra, Feb 24/25 2012


LISZT: From the Cradle to the Grave
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Cincinnnati Symphony Orchestra, Mar 23/24 2012

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique


:rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:





*White Dude With Dreadlocks *shudder*

[danasan]

Heintje? Wasnt he the Dutch revenge for 1940?

Btw bavarian Music is always pretty. :O:

Well if you dont like the Jodln, then something more modern maybe ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x954vuRGdz8


Heintje was the revenge for everything we did since we became the Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation

[frau kaleun]

http://hackedirl.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/epic-win-photos-proper-reaction-win.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://www.dobbies.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/10.jpg

[Madox58]

Anyway, I just bought my Christmas presents for myself. I won't get to enjoy them until next year, but the anticipation should be fun:




Cincinnnati Symphony Orchestra, Feb 3/4 2012

BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture
SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Cincinnnati Symphony Orchestra, Feb 24/25 2012


LISZT: From the Cradle to the Grave
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Cincinnnati Symphony Orchestra, Mar 23/24 2012

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique

:rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:





*White Dude With Dreadlocks *shudder*

Crap! Nothing like that is anywhere near me unless I drive over an Hour both ways.
:nope:
Guess Santa don't like me no more.

[frau kaleun]

Crap! Nothing like that is anywhere near me unless I drive over an Hour both ways.
:nope:

There are some definite advantages to living closer to the wretched hives of scum and villainy of the world. :smug:

[Jimbuna]

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2007/12/jurassic.jpg

[nikimcbee]

Forgot about my favorite christmas move: christmas Vacation.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKncYRJQRC8

The best scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHIsv0ddJUA

[Jimbuna]

The Griswolds :DL

[frau kaleun]

Look out everybody it's the dancing meme elves!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wdqFO8i5yaY

[frau kaleun]

"Wishing you peace at Christmas.... but just in case, we've got a sub parked right off your coast." :haha:


Also: Santa Penguin!

http://cheezdailysquee.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ce6cd1da-ed5c-4429-bea7-4acee9df983a.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://www.coolholidaygraphics.com/christmas/funnypictures/funny10.jpg

[nikimcbee]

Breaking news: Santa hit by jet:

http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2011/12/ultimate-christmas-yard-decoration.html

[Jimbuna]

Breaking news: Santa hit by jet:

http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2011/12/ultimate-christmas-yard-decoration.html
http://www.funnychill.com/files/funny-pictures/santa-airplane.jpg

[BossMark]

Not sure whether its been posted
Wizzard-
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoxQ4Ul_DME&ob=av2e

[gammaphialpha]

Merry Christmas Everyone. . .

[frau kaleun]

Welcome aboard, gammaphialpha, and Merry Christmas to you too! :sunny:

[danasan]

Are the drinks on you now?

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/6122/unbenannt3m.jpg

Well done, FK:salute:

[frau kaleun]

Are the drinks on you now?

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/6122/unbenannt3m.jpg

Well done, FK:salute:

:06:

What, the Welcome Committee? That's been there for a while. Nothing on there has changed lately.




Although something's about to... :O:

[Bilge_Rat]

who's been naughty....





http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/mmedia/34/fhk/cqq/66004/590120304.jpg

6 more hours and I'm gone....:woot:

[Tchocky]

Finished work until the 6th January, flying back to Ireland tonight.

Conveniently Belgian train drivers have gone on strike, so it's going to be fun getting to the airport, finding a car etc.

Ah, Christmas.

Well, better than last year when I got stuck in Vienna until Christmas Eve (not the worst place to be ;) ), and only got as far as Heathrow for the 25th.

Merry Fishmas everyone

[Bilge_Rat]

could'nt resist...

http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/01354/web-wededcar21c_1354576cl-8.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/12_03/white181207_468x599.jpg

[gammaphialpha]

nice! I didn't know white dolphin exists.. haha. :)
how tall is it?

[CCIP]

nice! I didn't know white dolphin exists.. haha. :)
how tall is it?

That's a Beluga Whale: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beluga_whale

[TLAM Strike]

could'nt resist...

http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/01354/web-wededcar21c_1354576cl-8.jpg

Good thing we got our own list... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5qqfsQGYus)

[danasan]

Caution: This little video can cause eye and / or ear cancer, but it is still funny after all these years, me thinks (http://www.mediafire.com/?b4i8k2dtorx51x1)

I would be glad if anybody with a youtube account could upload this video...

[MH]

:DHappy christmas to all infidels.:D

Gary Hoey: Ho Ho Hoey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9PIkSyA6yc&feature=related

[frau kaleun]

:DHappy christmas to all infidels.:D

Gary Hoey: Ho Ho Hoey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9PIkSyA6yc&feature=related


:haha:

Looking back, I probably should've called this "The Winter Solstice Observance Of Your Choice Thread." :D

[soopaman2]

I present to you, the legendary John Valby. A Christmas tradition here.

John is a dirty man, so if you can't handle a few cusses then man up and click it anyways. No one likes a whiner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWbR5rnbbHc&feature=related

5 mother fu.....Catchy, it is

More?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6XMoP_Ligs

This is even worse.

[Jimbuna]

I'm shocked :DL

:03: