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I was choking back tears during the church scene of the original HA when we watched it on Saturday.
OT: The Holiday Thread
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im in mass.
got ours in athol. $45 for any tree. we cut ours on saturday. raining all day.lol.
McGarnagle
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i like a christmas story. think its the music.
home alone
just friends
elf
xmas vacation
and jim carrey grinch. those are my gotos
ODAAT
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Lampoons Christmas Vacation - Classic, no words needed to describe
Original A Christmas Carol - remember as kids watching it on Christmas Eve with the folks
Home Alone- feels like it still holds up well
Deck the Halls- Matthew Broderick/Danny DeVito- hardly a classic but I still watch it yearly, find it easy to watch and fun
One`s I love strictly because of the laughs and a bit of raunchy
Bad Mom`s Christmas
Bad Santa
The Ref
Original A Christmas Carol - remember as kids watching it on Christmas Eve with the folks
Home Alone- feels like it still holds up well
Deck the Halls- Matthew Broderick/Danny DeVito- hardly a classic but I still watch it yearly, find it easy to watch and fun
One`s I love strictly because of the laughs and a bit of raunchy
Bad Mom`s Christmas
Bad Santa
The Ref
EverettMike
FIRE DON SWEENEY INTO THE SUN
I didn't really like it (or hate it), but one aspect really got to me.
Why A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS Was an Unexpected Gift to a New Dad
A Christmas Story Christmas gave a worried dad a gift: it doesn't matter if you give your kids a perfect holiday, only that you love them.
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I didn't really like it (or hate it), but one aspect really got to me.
Why A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS Was an Unexpected Gift to a New Dad
A Christmas Story Christmas gave a worried dad a gift: it doesn't matter if you give your kids a perfect holiday, only that you love them.
you nailed with this:
“But A Christmas Story Christmas gave me reason to think I shouldn’t worry quite as much. The film’s most moving idea was an unexpected gift to a dad who will never be at his best in December. Because it shows why it doesn’t matter if you make every aspect of Christmas absolutely perfect for your kids. It only matters that you try, because in the end they’ll only remember the good stuff their Old Man did.”
as I age and being a dad it becomes much more apparent that the old saying of ‘it not what’s under the tree but who is around it’ is the undeniable truth.
Aside from a handful of Christmas’ I cant recall what I got. But I do remember my Dad ( and mom) sitting there smiling as we opened our stuff. The holiday dinner and deserts. The look on his face Christmas Day 1992 when we told him we had one more gift. He was gonna be a grandpa. And how when times were tough we always had a great Christmas. Lord knows what they went without to make it happen.
I told you when you were about to become a dad how wonderful your life would change. I stand by that. Savor each and every Christmas you are granted.
Ludwig Fell Down
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The Ref! I forgot about that one. If I ever had a role in a movie, it would be Dennis Leary in the Ref. Just walking around and telling everyone to "shut the f--- up!"
I enjoyed A Christmas Story Christmas. About 20 minutes in, I said to the Missus that this movie better get going somewhere or we're turning it off. Then it did. A bit meandering but fun to see all the old characters and a heartwarming story. Doesn't have the rewatchability of the original, but a good watch nonetheless.
whatsbruin
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I have a wife and two grown children.
My wife has 2 sisters and a brother.
They all come to and stay at our house a few days
before Christmas then a few days after.
I'm no neat freak, but glasses are left all over the first floor,
food left out on the counter, spills over the counter. If milk
runs out, no one gets it, just lets me know we need more milk.
It puts me in a bad mood.
We buy for our family and my wifes family.
Honestly it's a bit much.
I will say, wifi plug, connected to Alexa, for the christmas tree is a game changer.
My wife has 2 sisters and a brother.
They all come to and stay at our house a few days
before Christmas then a few days after.
I'm no neat freak, but glasses are left all over the first floor,
food left out on the counter, spills over the counter. If milk
runs out, no one gets it, just lets me know we need more milk.
It puts me in a bad mood.
We buy for our family and my wifes family.
Honestly it's a bit much.
I will say, wifi plug, connected to Alexa, for the christmas tree is a game changer.
ODAAT
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Nice, not sure if you recall the scene where the drunk Santa was taking a leak on the tree outside? In my drinking days, my buddies said that was me 8 days a week, not proud of it but.....
Such a fun movie, wasn`t sure if I could classify it as a Christmas movie but it does take place around Christmas so thought I`d put it in there
Wife out Christmas shopping for 2d straight day.....pray for me
todays Globe:
O Christmas tree, why do you cost so very much? - The Boston Globe
Prices are jumping 10 percent this year amid inflation, drought, and a host of other woes.
Nothing, it seems, will be spared from the fierce plague of inflation — not even that most venerable symbol of the winter holidays, the Christmas tree.
And it’s becoming something of an unwelcome tradition: All things green — balsam and Fraser firs, spruces, and white pines — will cost around 10 percent more this season, according to Tim O’Connor, executive director of the National Christmas Tree Association. The supply and demand issues at play in the earlier COVID years are to blame.
But that’s little comfort to people who sell trees, or those who buy them.
Prices for premium trees in particular are well up. Chris Kennedy of Kennedy’s Country Garden in Scituate buys from growers in northern New England and Canada. A tree that in 2020 might have cost him $34 wholesale cost $92 this year. Customers, he said, must bear a portion of that burden.
The sticker shock caused Courtney Dwyer to shop around. The West End resident received a quote of $221.96 for an 8-foot balsam fir from Christmas Tree For Me, an online tree delivery service based in Boston, when she paid $120 for a similar one in 2020.
“I went with another company and got a smaller tree,” Dwyer said in an e-mail, adding a parenthetical sad face.
Jeff Feccia, owner of Christmas Tree For Me, said the price increase is because both trees and labor are far more expensive now — up to 20 percent — than last year. It’s unfortunate, he added, but most customers don’t seem to mind.
In the suburbs around Boston, some shoppers said they are still able to find an average-size tree for around $60, although prices for the bigger and better ones quickly escalate. Jack Bradley of Dover, N.H., elected to head over the border to Maine to find a cheaper, pre-cut tree for $75. And Dan Doherty of Brighton said the 6-foot tree he bought for $122 this year was substantially more than the $75 he paid in 2021.
Several factors are behind the higher prices. Lengthy droughts have reduced the harvest nationwide, while fuel costs doubled the cost to truck trees from the forest. The industry is also still grappling with the fallout of the 2008 Great Recession, when demand crashed and growers planted fewer saplings. Repercussions of that decision can be felt over a decade later, because of how long trees take to grow.
Jill Sidebottom, seasonal spokesperson for the National Christmas Tree Association, said growers also have to account for a myriad of mundane purchases the public may forget: chain saws, balers, twine. “It’s all going up,” she said. The association found 98 percent of wholesalers planned to bump up prices this season because of inflation, she said.
Trees at Mistletoe Tree Farm in Stow, for example, now cost $12 to $14 per foot this season — $1 a foot more than last year. Owner Mark Harnett said the hike was unavoidable after being hit with higher fertilizer and fuel bills.
ODAAT
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Paid $60 for a 6 footer last night, definitely more expensive in years past but we were prepared for it costing more.todays Globe:
O Christmas tree, why do you cost so very much? - The Boston Globe
Prices are jumping 10 percent this year amid inflation, drought, and a host of other woes.www.bostonglobe.com
Nothing, it seems, will be spared from the fierce plague of inflation — not even that most venerable symbol of the winter holidays, the Christmas tree.
And it’s becoming something of an unwelcome tradition: All things green — balsam and Fraser firs, spruces, and white pines — will cost around 10 percent more this season, according to Tim O’Connor, executive director of the National Christmas Tree Association. The supply and demand issues at play in the earlier COVID years are to blame.
But that’s little comfort to people who sell trees, or those who buy them.
Prices for premium trees in particular are well up. Chris Kennedy of Kennedy’s Country Garden in Scituate buys from growers in northern New England and Canada. A tree that in 2020 might have cost him $34 wholesale cost $92 this year. Customers, he said, must bear a portion of that burden.
The sticker shock caused Courtney Dwyer to shop around. The West End resident received a quote of $221.96 for an 8-foot balsam fir from Christmas Tree For Me, an online tree delivery service based in Boston, when she paid $120 for a similar one in 2020.
“I went with another company and got a smaller tree,” Dwyer said in an e-mail, adding a parenthetical sad face.
Jeff Feccia, owner of Christmas Tree For Me, said the price increase is because both trees and labor are far more expensive now — up to 20 percent — than last year. It’s unfortunate, he added, but most customers don’t seem to mind.
In the suburbs around Boston, some shoppers said they are still able to find an average-size tree for around $60, although prices for the bigger and better ones quickly escalate. Jack Bradley of Dover, N.H., elected to head over the border to Maine to find a cheaper, pre-cut tree for $75. And Dan Doherty of Brighton said the 6-foot tree he bought for $122 this year was substantially more than the $75 he paid in 2021.
Several factors are behind the higher prices. Lengthy droughts have reduced the harvest nationwide, while fuel costs doubled the cost to truck trees from the forest. The industry is also still grappling with the fallout of the 2008 Great Recession, when demand crashed and growers planted fewer saplings. Repercussions of that decision can be felt over a decade later, because of how long trees take to grow.
Jill Sidebottom, seasonal spokesperson for the National Christmas Tree Association, said growers also have to account for a myriad of mundane purchases the public may forget: chain saws, balers, twine. “It’s all going up,” she said. The association found 98 percent of wholesalers planned to bump up prices this season because of inflation, she said.
Trees at Mistletoe Tree Farm in Stow, for example, now cost $12 to $14 per foot this season — $1 a foot more than last year. Owner Mark Harnett said the hike was unavoidable after being hit with higher fertilizer and fuel bills.
Had our office Holiday party yesterday afternoon, word was they used to have it at dinner where everyone went bar hopping after and it wound up being a disaster each year as a few ruined it for the many so we hit a nice venue near the office at 3 pm, appetizer buffet set up, 2 drink maximum except for those who took the tickets of those who don`t drink like myself.
I was outta there by 4:30, not like the old days for this guy
That's okay.
The holidays are tough for many.
Me, I'll be spending my Christmas more or less by myself. Which is fine by me.
I come from, and have, a large and loving family, many of whom now reside in CO.
My sister Julie did all she could to facilitate a holiday visit. Aside from my resolution never to set foot in Denver again, I was amenable, as I don't know when, or if, I shall see my family again.
Alas and alack, it was not to be.
$$$ and absurd connections, lay over's, etc. Effing garbarge. Airlines may get their holiday greed on, but they ain't getting it from me. Eff you, effing bastards!
Shooting for a summer visit, unhurried and unharried. Certainly less expensive.
In the event, I know how to keep company with myself.
There are few places I'd rather be.
In parts, as YouTube dictates, one of my absolute favorites.
"And that's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown,"
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Loved The Ref. Looking forward to Violent Night,
"All my life, I never understood what this song means."
"Well, it's about old friends,"
"Shut up or you'll hurt his feelings,"
"The Cranes of Maine,"
"And on top of all that, I have to go to a mall!"
Believe it or not, just watched Home Alone and Home Alone 2 (lost in ny) for the first time.
Both were good, but by my criteria I wouldn't call either a *Christmas movie*
Both were good, but by my criteria I wouldn't call either a *Christmas movie*
Okay, here's another absolute holiday fave rave. It's sweet, it's funny, it has two characters too many, and it's overly long.
One of the most absurdly romantic, "feel good" Christmas flicks ever. God help me, I love it.
The eyes have it, so let 'em roll,
God only knows.
And he's not telling.
Merry Merry,
One of the most absurdly romantic, "feel good" Christmas flicks ever. God help me, I love it.
The eyes have it, so let 'em roll,
God only knows.
And he's not telling.
Merry Merry,
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EverettMike
FIRE DON SWEENEY INTO THE SUN
Was thinking about how no movie since Elf has entered that rarified Christmas movie air, so I tried to figure out which film since there deserves a spot. (I did not consider horror movies or comedies, since those are very different from the seasonal standard bearers.)
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Which Modern Christmas Movies Deserve a Spot in the Holiday Film Pantheon?
No movie has entered the hallowed holiday film Pantheon since Elf but these films could possibly make the big Christmas classic cut.
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ODAAT
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Tree is up, lights are on, decorating today, son arrives Dec 19th. This is one of those years where we are in a financial situation where Christmas has to be totally focused on being together and less on gifts. While we always love getting together with family, due to recent circumstances, our finances not like they have been in the past and the "gifts" this year are going to be more about being together
Feels odd, while I never go overboard, I love buying gifts for my wife, getting her things she`d never shell out a dime on herself but won`t be happening this year.
Still grateful we have a roof over our heads, relatively good health, food in the fridge...not a religious man but perhaps the message this year is for me to place less focus on what I buy for others and more about being grateful I have people to spend the holidays with
My last two Christmases when I was still drinking and using I spent literally in my walk down apartment in Halifax getting messy, nobody willing to tolerate my presence any longer and all alone, things have changed
This will be my 17th sober Christmas, beyond grateful and all done one day at a time
Feels odd, while I never go overboard, I love buying gifts for my wife, getting her things she`d never shell out a dime on herself but won`t be happening this year.
Still grateful we have a roof over our heads, relatively good health, food in the fridge...not a religious man but perhaps the message this year is for me to place less focus on what I buy for others and more about being grateful I have people to spend the holidays with
My last two Christmases when I was still drinking and using I spent literally in my walk down apartment in Halifax getting messy, nobody willing to tolerate my presence any longer and all alone, things have changed
This will be my 17th sober Christmas, beyond grateful and all done one day at a time
well done....congratulations and keep it upTree is up, lights are on, decorating today, son arrives Dec 19th. This is one of those years where we are in a financial situation where Christmas has to be totally focused on being together and less on gifts. While we always love getting together with family, due to recent circumstances, our finances not like they have been in the past and the "gifts" this year are going to be more about being together
Feels odd, while I never go overboard, I love buying gifts for my wife, getting her things she`d never shell out a dime on herself but won`t be happening this year.
Still grateful we have a roof over our heads, relatively good health, food in the fridge...not a religious man but perhaps the message this year is for me to place less focus on what I buy for others and more about being grateful I have people to spend the holidays with
My last two Christmases when I was still drinking and using I spent literally in my walk down apartment in Halifax getting messy, nobody willing to tolerate my presence any longer and all alone, things have changed
This will be my 17th sober Christmas, beyond grateful and all done one day at a time
Furley got his Christmas picture at camp today. Handsome boy!
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