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Well said. Every day is a gift. May you all enjoy peace, comfort, love and appreciation for the fact that no matter what any of our current situations are right now, we've got it pretty damn good.

 

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We went back home to visit my parents for an "early" Christmas.  My parents are 87 and 96 so I never know what to expect.  With their age comes dread and sadness but want to enjoy Christmas as much as possible with them and with my direct family.  Off to dinner for Christmas Eve tonight and then Christmas Day at my brother's with cousins and friends where a potentially inappropriate white elephant party will ensue.  Thank you to whoever posted the "When Live Gives You Lemons, At Least its Not Chlamydia" shirt.  Tee hee.  I'll bring porchetta, sausage, some sides and desserts.

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1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

we’re all attending the 6:00 service tonight, I’ll be the reader for the passage from Matthew.

Is that the one that says it’s better to live on the roof than inside the house with a bitchy wife?  I think that might be in the Old Testament. 

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Made it home a few days ago after spending Thanksgiving solo with a pizza, some beer, my weed and football (which was awesome). Have a new niece so wanted to see her, the family is all here and it’s a good time. Don’t like how hot it is though. Merry Christmas you mofos

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15 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

Is that the one that says it’s better to live on the roof than inside the house with a bitchy wife?  I think that might be in the Old Testament. 

That or "What is best in life?   Cold beer, a hot woman and 4 hour hard on that doesn't require a call to the doctor."

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Just doing nuclear family today/tomorrow before meeting up with most of my family on Saturday. The oldest is now 3 1/2, so this is the first Christmas that he has really understood the concept, so tomorrow should be very exciting.

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5 hours ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Well said. Every day is a gift. May you all enjoy peace, comfort, love and appreciation for the fact that no matter what any of our current situations are right now, we've got it pretty damn good.

Tell me you’re not hanging out with relatives who insist on adding beans to chili, without telling me you’re not hanging out with relatives who insist on adding beans to chili.

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3 hours ago, Armybrat said:

71 years ago when my family was stationed at Fort Brooke in San Juan, Puerto Rico, my brother & I served as altar boys for the Catholic chaplain in the military hospital chapel. 

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It’s Surly so I imagined this going in a completely different and horrific direction.

i can’t imagine what those men witnessed, but I bet they appreciated what you all were trying to do for them.

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Our daughter and son-in-law flew down from Oregon Monday, and our son and daughter-in-law drove down from Waco today.  This is our first Christmas with both kids here in four or five years, so it is wonderful to have the six of us under one roof, even if only for about 24 hours.  Today my son-in-law and I smoked a brisket that's resting in the smoker right now.  My daughter-in-law baked some cookies, made some treats, and brought potato salad.  Tomorrow we guys will smoke some sausage and pork belly burnt ends, and we'll feast for lunch.  I can't wait to eat!

It's also the first Christmas since my dad died.  It's really tough on my brothers and me, especially my youngest brother.  We're getting through, but damn I miss that old fart.  So this Christmas is a strange mixed feelings.

Merry Christmas you wonderful assholes.  I wish you all the very best.

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19 minutes ago, tigol said:

Merry Christmas! 

I'm enjoying this thread and the one right below it called Slutcon.   A very Surly Christmas.

My Christmas bookend movies are It’s A Wonderful Life and Christmas Vacation.   These threads do the same.

17 hours ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

My wife has long been dedicated to fighting the counteroffensive at the bulge.

So she watched Bands of Brothers and determined that indifference was the key to victory.

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17 hours ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

My wife has long been dedicated to fighting the counteroffensive at the bulge.

"Band of Sisters"

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17 hours ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

My wife has long been dedicated to fighting the counteroffensive at the bulge.

"Band of Sisters"

Been watching for years.

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15 hours ago, seven said:

Merry Christmas to those that do and don't celebrate. Cherish this time with family and friends even though they may annoy you so much. 

I see your user name and all that comes to mind is ....

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21 hours ago, CHIEF said:

 

Speaking of 1944 in The Battle of the Bulge. My granddad said that was the coldest he has ever been in his life. I've told the story on here before, but he was a driver for a Major. They went up to the front line, the Major opened the suicide door on the Jeep, a 155mm howitzer lets loose about 40 yards from them. The major slammed the door and then pulled his head inside instead of pulling his head in and shutting the door. It skinned the back side of his ears. My granddad looked at him with the blood dripping off his earlobes. Granddad had tears in his eyes. The Major looked at him and told him, "sergeant, just go ahead and let it out, and get it over with." My granddad said he laughed so hard that he bet the Germans were wondering what could be so funny.

CHIEF

There is literally nobody who loved Christmas more than my late father. His 9th Armor unit defended the crossroads town of St. Vith during the Bulge from 16 December until Christmas Eve, when Monty told them to find their way west to the 82nd airborne, who were creating an escape pocket.   

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Staying inside a Sherman for eight or nine days in that cold was not pleasant according to dad.   Something about conduction.  But finally arriving safe behind Allied lines on Christmas Eve - and enjoying a hot Christmas dinner the next day when you’ve been convinced for a week you had to hold on until you died -  made an indelible mark on his appreciation of Christmas.

Merry Christmas to all.   My Christmas miracle was I woke up in a soaking wet bed with no fever or blinding headache for the first time in four days.  My dog had been staring at me, wondering why I suddenly hated him and refused to walk him.

*not my dad‘s tank, but 7th armored Shermans at St. Vith. The seventh was at the northern end of the fortified goose egg, the 9th defended the southern end.  Something about that photo relays just how cold it was.

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