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CHRISTMAS IS COMING.....
« on: 15:21:14, 13/11/13 »
Anything Christmassy,  fun, anecdotes, poems
 
childhood Christmasses,  memorable ones (for whatever reasons) ;D
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Re: CHRISTMAS IS COMING.....
« Reply #1 on: 15:30:16, 13/11/13 »
I'll start with the Christmas Quiz  -  British Towns & Cities
 
1.  What we breathe
 
2.  McGuigan
 
3.  Emu's friend
 
4.  Replacement ship for Noah
 
5.  Fruit skin
 
6.  Carry on Barbara
 
7.  Sausage
 
8.  Tub of Water
 
9.  Toilet
 
10. Ship's complement
 
11. Dionne
 
12. Where milk comes from
 
13. Creepy
 
14. Battle town
 
15. Monarch's girl
 
16. Date on perishables
 
17. Sauce
 
18. Fawlty professor
 
19. Continue tearing
 
20. Helps to keep you warm
 
21. Bargains can be found here
 
22. These marbles are not for playing with
 
23. U.S. President
 
24. Usual place for swimming
 
25. Older D.J.Tony
 
Please pm me your answers - alternative answers will be accepted provided they fit the clue exactly.
 
 
 
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Re: CHRISTMAS IS COMING.....
« Reply #2 on: 07:22:42, 15/11/13 »
Celeste, sorry friend but I got two boxes with
those horrible red crosses, cant recall what
I sent.
 
December 1939, Dad had,nt long been back from 3years working in Turkey building the Steel mills
at Ankara..very excited not only that MY DAD had
come home but we had gone Christmas shopping.We went to Peacocks, the best shop for presents in West B romwich, counter after counter
jam packed with wonderous things and my Sister
and I had been told we could pick two things as a
special not Santa Claus present.I think Mum was
getting a bit tired cos she kept offering things do
you like this/thatand the other.Audrey and Icould,nt make up our minds not to be expecte
when she was only 4 but in the end I chose a doll
now this was a Dutch doll legs ,head ,arms, body
all attached by elastic,I thought it beautiful so
clever. Got a Rupert Book as well.Ok away home to bed cos Father Christmas would,nt come ifwe
did,nt go to sleep... THIS is what I remember my darling sister had woken early played withMY doll and it had fallen to bits evidentally she had undone some how the knots...
I can assure you I was not a happy Bunny an remember that day really clearly even now..
It was,nt as if I was short of gifts,got them from
all the family, BUT it was MY special present.

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« Reply #3 on: 08:48:07, 15/11/13 »
'Twas the night before Christmas (Politically correct)

from sheilanz
 

'Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck...
How to live in a world that's politically correct?
His workers no longer would answer to "Elves".
"Vertically Challenged" they were calling themselves.
And labor conditions at the north pole
Were alleged by the union to stifle the soul.
Four reindeer had vanished, without much propriety,
Released to the wilds by the Humane Society.
And equal employment had made it quite clear
That Santa had better not use just reindeer.
So Dancer and Donner, Comet and Cupid,
Were replaced with 4 pigs, and you know that looked stupid! The runners had been removed from his sleigh;
The ruts were termed dangerous by the E.P.A.
And people had started to call for the cops
When they heard sled noises on their roof-tops.
Second-hand smoke from his pipe had his workers quite frightened.
His fur trimmed red suit was called "Unenlightened." And to show you the strangeness of life's ebbs and flows,
Rudolf was suing over unauthorized use of his nose
And had gone on Geraldo, in front of the nation,
Demanding millions in over-due compensation. So, half of the reindeer were gone; and his wife,
Who suddenly said she'd enough of this life,
Joined a self-help group, packed, and left in a whiz,
Demanding from now on her title was Ms. And as for the gifts, why, he'd ne'er had a notion
That making a choice could cause so much commotion.
Nothing of leather, nothing of fur,
Which meant nothing for him. And nothing for her.
Nothing that might be construed to pollute.
Nothing to aim. Nothing to shoot.
Nothing that clamored or made lots of noise.
Nothing for just girls. Or just for the boys.
Nothing that claimed to be gender specific.
Nothing that's warlike or non-pacific. No candy or sweets...they were bad for the tooth.
Nothing that seemed to embellish a truth.
And fairy tales, while not yet forbidden,
Were like Ken and Barbie, better off hidden.
For they raised the hackles of those psychological
Who claimed the only good gift was one ecological. No baseball, no football...someone could get hurt;
Besides, playing sports exposed kids to dirt.
Dolls were said to be sexist, and should be passe;
And Nintendo would rot your entire brain away. So Santa just stood there, disheveled, perplexed;
He just could not figure out what to do next.
He tried to be merry, tried to be gay,
But you've got to be careful with that word today.
His sack was quite empty, limp to the ground;
Nothing fully acceptable was to be found. Something special was needed, a gift that he might
Give to all without angering the left or the right.
A gift that would satisfy, with no indecision,
Each group of people, every religion;
Every ethnicity, every hue,
Everyone, everywhere...even you.
So here is that gift, it's price beyond worth...
"May you and your loved ones enjoy peace on earth."  6167
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Re: CHRISTMAS IS COMING.....
« Reply #5 on: 09:41:37, 15/11/13 »
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Re: CHRISTMAS IS COMING.....
« Reply #6 on: 12:24:19, 15/11/13 »
Santa has already arrived.  :)

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Re: CHRISTMAS IS COMING.....
« Reply #7 on: 01:37:06, 16/11/13 »
Is that Santa in Manchester a giant gingerbread man?   ???   Odd-looking thing.....
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Re: CHRISTMAS IS COMING.....
« Reply #8 on: 03:21:43, 16/11/13 »
I thought it a blown up baloon,
more cartoon ishthan anything..

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« Reply #9 on: 08:39:43, 16/11/13 »
Santa at the Trafford Centre....
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYq-d0LUvO0
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« Reply #10 on: 09:55:06, 16/11/13 »
Yes, Sheila, it's an inflatable - couldn't have anything else at that size without risk to life and limb balancing it! It's just such a bizarre shade of ginger and has those staring eyes.....
 
I have just watched Santa arriving at the Trafford Centre.  His costume is rubbish, isn't it?  One of those horrible fancy dress shop efforts that are fine for the office party..... the money they make out of kids at Christmas, I'd have thought they could spring for one decent Santa suit. 
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« Reply #11 on: 19:24:57, 16/11/13 »
This is our Santa up on Farmers department store
no baloon  for us.

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« Reply #12 on: 23:53:39, 16/11/13 »
Oooooh, that's lovely - and those reindeer are wonderful.    O0
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« Reply #13 on: 09:46:42, 19/11/13 »
The reindeer look really realistic :)
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« Reply #14 on: 09:47:23, 19/11/13 »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN4HtiSzBY4
 
Xmas song - The Darkness
 
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