Can we see your home Christmas decorations? - Page 6

Gargamel · 12-18-10, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

No Christmas decorations here castout. I don't get into that bullsh*t

But across the road from me a new neighbor moved in and when I go outside to drink my coffee I look over and his house is light up with Christmas stuff the whole house is one big neon lights. The guys an idiot but if it makes him and his wife happy then theirs no argument I suppose.

Growing up in the northern hemisphere, I dont think I could deal with Xmas in the summer......

Platapus · 12-18-10, 09:25 AM

Holy crap!, I thought our family was the only one with the ceramic christmas tree. For the last 10 years I lived at home as a kid, that's all we had.

That brought back memories.

kiwi_2005 · 12-18-10, 03:46 PM

edit: Double post I already answered to this thread.

Got up to early today...

tater · 12-18-10, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

My kids used to leave Santa a glass of brandy and Rudolph his reindeer a mince pie before they went to bed on Christmas Eve

Good idea. I'll pass that to my kids.

onelifecrisis · 12-19-10, 12:02 AM

This is our tree. Sorry for the bad image quality. In true Christmas style the bottom half of the lights on the tree stopped working two days after we put it up!

Gerald · 12-19-10, 12:21 AM

An excellent tree,

TLAM Strike · 12-19-10, 02:04 AM

.... I wish....

Morts · 12-19-10, 02:54 AM

Exterminate !

Capt Sinbad · 12-19-10, 08:00 AM

my offering..reece you into footy?

DarkFish · 12-19-10, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

My kids used to leave Santa a glass of brandy and Rudolph his reindeer a mince pie before they went to bed on Christmas Eve

Is that customary where you live?

I ask because Santa comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas). Children here traditionally put their shoes in front of the fireplace, with a carrot or some straw in it for Sinterklaas' horse. At night Sinterklaas or one of his helpers descends into the chimney and replaces the carrot with small presents (usually candy).

Jimbuna · 12-19-10, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by tater

Good idea. I'll pass that to my kids.

It's a bloody excellent idea actually....the more kids you've got the more pi$$ed you can legitimately get

Jimbuna · 12-19-10, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkFish

Is that customary where you live?

I ask because Santa comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas). Children here traditionally put their shoes in front of the fireplace, with a carrot or some straw in it for Sinterklaas' horse. At night Sinterklaas or one of his helpers descends into the chimney and replaces the carrot with small presents (usually candy).

Certainly was in my part of the country and the rest of the UK as far as I am aware.

I remember in the early nineties when I was living in Dordrecht.......didn't christmas (or some part of it) get celebrated somewhere around Dec 5th?

DarkFish · 12-19-10, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I remember in the early nineties when I was living in Dordrecht.......didn't christmas (or some part of it) get celebrated somewhere around Dec 5th?

December 5th is the Sinterklaas holiday

Christmas is on December 25th/26th as usual, but apart from christmas dinners we don't really celebrate it. We do the present giving at "Sinterklaasevening" on December 5th. Also Sinterklaas looks a bit like Santa (Santa's an " Americanized" Sinterklaas).

Jimbuna · 12-19-10, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkFish

December 5th is the Sinterklaas holiday

Christmas is on December 25th/26th as usual, but apart from christmas dinners we don't really celebrate it. We do the present giving at "Sinterklaasevening" on December 5th. Also Sinterklaas looks a bit like Santa (Santa's an " Americanized" Sinterklaas).

LOL

Reece · 12-19-10, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Capt Sinbad

my offering..reece you into footy?

No!! Not into any sport really!!

Sorry TarJak!!

Nice tree!

12-18-10, 09:25 AM	#77
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,379 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Holy crap!, I thought our family was the only one with the ceramic christmas tree. For the last 10 years I lived at home as a kid, that's all we had. That brought back memories. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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onelifecrisis Maverick Modder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Posts: 3,895 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 3	This is our tree. Sorry for the bad image quality. In true Christmas style the bottom half of the lights on the tree stopped working two days after we put it up! __________________ Freedom of speech - priceless. For everything else there's Mastercard.

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	An excellent tree, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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