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[Zephyrus]

Incipit Christmas Thread!

Tonight I'm doing my usual shtick of singing at the 5:00 Christmas mass at my old Catholic church in Cambridge. I volunteer because half the choir is gone, well, on holiday. Then off to a fancy restaurant with my folks in Harvard Square.

I anticipate getting a new set of juggling balls tomorrow, but I have no idea what else. Hopefully money.

What's all's y'all's plans?

 

[The Butt]

Getting drunk tonight with the folks, then family dinner tomorrow. Fuck yeah.

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

Chinese food.

 

[Vimana]

Working. Missing out on family. Woo.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Maybe going shooting today, definitely getting drunk tonight. Then I'll be spending Christmas in a car driving back to Maryland.

 

[Omni]

I'm going to work today, but I should be home before midnight so I can be with my family at the official start of Christmas.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Drinking a six pack, working on graduate school shit and playing Assassin's Creed 2. Probably read a little A Clash of Kings.

 

[Zephyrus]

Ordered the roast duck paired with a bottle of fine zinfandel with the folks tonight. It was godly. And we get home and my pops breaks out a surprise bottle of French cognac. Fuck oui!

 

[Dak]

At the inlaws. Had turkey, chicken, brisket, etc. Kids got legos n shit. Not looking forward to the long drive home.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

At least you'll get to see your kids go batshit over your blown savings tomorrow morning

 

[Dak]

At least you'll get to see your kids go batshit over your blown savings tomorrow morning

The toys are all from my inlaws, we don't do Xmas. The blown cash is on gas to get halfway across the country and back. This portion of Texas really sucks though.

 

[damnromulans]

It's my birthday! I went to the gym, met friends for lunch, sat around at home, went for a walk with my mom, opened presents, stuffed my face and read 183 pages of The Hobbit.

Tomorrow I'll sit around the house with my parents and my roommate is stopping by our house at noon because her family is crazy. More presents and turkey.

My parents think 2 bottles of champagne is enough for 3 people over 2 days. >_<

 

[Dak]

My parents think 2 bottles of champagne is enough for 3 people over 2 days. >_<

If you are in central Texas I can help mitigate that gross misconception.

 

[Zephyrus]

Let's see them hauls!

5 new juggling balls
Bottle of Shipyard XXXX IPA
New non-stick frying pan
$150 in cheques
Book on how to insult people in Latin

 

[Dak]

Kids got some Legos and stuff from relatives.

Non-stick frying pans are poisonous btw. Iron skillets ftw.

 

[Chimaera]

Got a pair of Dr. Martens. Fuck yeah!

 

[Addo_Of_Nex]

Got around $400 in money. I spent $160 or so on some good beer, and the rest is being put toward school. My brother also randomly showed up with three fifths of Jameson to give me which made my mother think of some ancient Canadian whisky from the 60s she had sitting around, which she promptly gave to me.

I might also say "fuck it" and treat myself to the Nuclear War Now! sale that ends tomorrow.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Pots and pans 15 piece set Farberware
Northface jacket that my parents got on sale for cheap!
chocolate orange "Whack and Unwrap!"
palm sander
small tools (very useful)
2 pairs of sweatpants
Underarmour longsleeve T (awesome!)
Underarmour shorts
$25 AMC movie money
easy cheese. love it

and for a huge family gift exchange, my uncle got me a Glenlivet 12 gift set. win!

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Sennheiser HD 280 Pro Headphones
Black Ops 2
Mario Kart 7
Badass Leather Jacket
Beer
Cymbal Stands
New Cellphone
Some other shit I forget.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Kindle Keyboard
A case of Sam Adams
$75 from family
$50 gift card from my Pharmacy manager (I was pleasantly surprised by that.)
I treated myself to a DVD of government propaganda films and a CD of Charles Ives "Holidays Symphony."