Christmas thread (secular)
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So true, but don't forget they will likely have the Valentine's Day cards and candies available right after New Year's.
It's just consumerism.
Right on. I definitely make a point not to support these materialistic “holidays.” Especially for Labor Day, Veterans’ Day, or Independence Day. I literally will not spend money on those days, and boycott the vendors doing so. Those businesses running sales have no business profiting from the sacrifice of Americans.
Merry Christmas Eve! Wishing you all a joyful Christmas!
Glory to God! He is good!
Happy Christmas Eve, ladies (and gentlemen)!
I'm pretty excited about the secular side of Christmas this year. I was blown away by how humble my kids' Christmas wish lists were. Their father and I always coordinate and divvy up the wish-list items, and I ended up getting them a few extra things not from their lists as well, because there were so few things! I think the most expensive thing either of them asked for was like $45, and everything else was cheap. I'm blessed with some pretty easy kids.
I can't wait to put the rest of the presents under the tree tonight, stuff the stockings, tidy up the living room, etc. after the kids go to bed.
I'm glad to hear about your mom and your aunt, Lamkins. That's some scary stuff. Christmas blessings, if ever there were. <3
I'm pretty excited about the secular side of Christmas this year. I was blown away by how humble my kids' Christmas wish lists were. Their father and I always coordinate and divvy up the wish-list items, and I ended up getting them a few extra things not from their lists as well, because there were so few things! I think the most expensive thing either of them asked for was like $45, and everything else was cheap. I'm blessed with some pretty easy kids.
I can't wait to put the rest of the presents under the tree tonight, stuff the stockings, tidy up the living room, etc. after the kids go to bed.
I'm glad to hear about your mom and your aunt, Lamkins. That's some scary stuff. Christmas blessings, if ever there were. <3
Merry Christmas Eve ladies! It’s been a real pleasure getting to know you all and be a part of this forum
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We spent the afternoon at my parents, opened some gifts, and then went to the early Christmas Eve service at church. Not too many people there but more than I expected. It was so nice to sing carols with the organ.
Definitely feeling grateful to God right now for our family’s blessings. Our greatest gift is God’s Son and His promise for our salvation.
I hope all of you have a wonderful day tomorrow with your families!
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We spent the afternoon at my parents, opened some gifts, and then went to the early Christmas Eve service at church. Not too many people there but more than I expected. It was so nice to sing carols with the organ.
Definitely feeling grateful to God right now for our family’s blessings. Our greatest gift is God’s Son and His promise for our salvation.
I hope all of you have a wonderful day tomorrow with your families!
Amen!
Merry Christmas to all of you! It's my very first Christmas actually as a Christian so it's very special. I went to church 2 weeks ago for the first time in 25 years, but the week after the church closed due to corona... so no shared Christmas at church unfortunately. My family is scared of the virus so no family meetups either. It's sad but hey at this point I don't even care so much, because all that counts now is I can now truly celebrate the birth of Jesus as King of Kings!
I wanna show off my favorite present. My husband made this beautiful pen for me! He only takes about half credit because he didn't make all of the parts for it himself. He says it's a little bit like paint-by-numbers. But I'm still pretty impressed (it's quite a process to turn the barrels, sand, polish, do the assembly, etc.). He's very talented and makes a lot of beautiful things, pen-making is the latest undertaking.
It writes nicely and is comfy to hold, too. I do most of my writing the old fashioned way with pen and paper, so this is GREAT!
Very Merry Christmas indeed!
It writes nicely and is comfy to hold, too. I do most of my writing the old fashioned way with pen and paper, so this is GREAT!
Very Merry Christmas indeed!
I wanna show off my favorite present. My husband made this beautiful pen for me! He only takes about half credit because he didn't make all of the parts for it himself. He says it's a little bit like paint-by-numbers. But I'm still pretty impressed (it's quite a process to turn the barrels, sand, polish, do the assembly, etc.). He's very talented and makes a lot of beautiful things, pen-making is the latest undertaking.
It writes nicely and is comfy to hold, too. I do most of my writing the old fashioned way with pen and paper, so this is GREAT!
Very Merry Christmas indeed!
Wow, that’s beautiful...and awesome! I had no idea one could make pens.
Merry Christmas! Glad your mom and aunt are alive and doing better. (But be careful; around here we still think Covid is a hoax.
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Merry Christmas! Glad your mom and aunt are alive and doing better. (But be careful; around here we still think Covid is a hoax.
Thank you! Merry Christmas! I’m not sure what to call it, so I call it covid. We all had something different than the regular crud/flu. None of us get really sick very often (my husband and I last had the flu in 1996), but whatever this was it knocked us to the ground, even those of us not hospitalized. Yet I know people who had it that were just mildly ill as well.
I lean towards the virus being real, but it‘s being used for a power grab and was probably created and released for that reason.
Very pretty. Does he turn them on a lathe? Are the colors some type of acrylic? I don’t know a lot about this type of craftsmanship but I know the colored acrylics/epoxys seem to be very popular in hamdmade trends lately.I wanna show off my favorite present. My husband made this beautiful pen for me! He only takes about half credit because he didn't make all of the parts for it himself. He says it's a little bit like paint-by-numbers. But I'm still pretty impressed (it's quite a process to turn the barrels, sand, polish, do the assembly, etc.). He's very talented and makes a lot of beautiful things, pen-making is the latest undertaking.
It writes nicely and is comfy to hold, too. I do most of my writing the old fashioned way with pen and paper, so this is GREAT!
Very Merry Christmas indeed!
I lean towards it being real, though not much of a threat to healthy, non-pregnant people under 60 or 70 with no pre-existing conditions whatsoever...which come to think of it may mean MOST adults and some kids are at risk.
And therefore (sadly, but necessarily) towards protecting the “at-risk“ from secondhand (or sixth-hand) exposure—by protecting almost everyone. By continuing with at least those of the new public health protocols that are just plain common sense. (Handwashing. Lower maximum occupancy limits. Not getting all up in each other’s faces. Partitions between cashiers and customers. Mostly things we should have been doing all along.) Masks (or face shields)? Maybe in crowded public places, like stores, subways, planes, and airports—as is common in Asian cultures. (And with alternative options for non-wearers.) Yes, closing schools is definitely overkill; operating them a little differently isn’t. Homeschooling (where feasible) is great (for many reasons), if it’s done well. And a cashless society? HECK no; and let’s not let them sneak THAT one past us!
So maybe it’s best—for others, if not for ourselves—to be careful, until the virus blows over or until there’s a vaccine that has been proven safe and effective by testing it on volunteers rather than using the general public as guinea pigs (which is another discussion for another thread).
And I do think the virus has been exploited by various interests that wanted a recession—political parties not in power, hoping to discredit those in power (obviously); but also: parties IN power, hoping to preempt the already-imminent cyclical market correction with a “controlled crash” for which an external circumstance (rather than current administrations) could be blamed; big business, which benefits long-term when a recession kills small-business competitors; big investors in search of “buying opportunities”; pharmaceutical companies hoping to sell treatments and vaccines; rival nations; the list goes on and on. We all have our pet villains, and there are many bad actors in this fallen world.
And yes, this somewhat-real threat has been handed badly and in ways that have done more harm than good.
Oh well; sooner or later, either a vaccine will work, or this thing will just peter out like the 1918-19 flu did. And prayer may also help.
To a better 2021 for all!
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