Christmas is here or I'm just getting old

[misgfool]

So today it happened. I bought my first christmas calendar for this year. I went to the ATM and little scouts had it surrounded. It was like clockwork and done almost with military precision. Even my army training didn't help me see it coming. When I had withdrawn an abundant quantity of cash there was simply no way of that situation without buying the calendar. Well I guess it was for a good purpose.

I haven't been really into christmas since someone tried to tell me a lie that Santa didn't really exist. Hah. However, since I still keep getting these calendars I was wondering what to do with them?

 

[noumed]

It's Xmas now.. at least in the US anyway.. Btw, what's a Christmas calendar??

 

[misgfool]

It's Xmas now.. at least in the US anyway.. Btw, what's a Christmas calendar??

It is like a wallpaper which has doors for every day of December until the 24th day. You are supposed to open one door at the right day to see what appears from the calendar. Then the tension mounts of what awaits behind the 24th door. There are also chocolate calendars where there is chocolate piece behind every door. For some mysterious reason those calendars typically had all the doors opened way before the 24th day.

 

[lisab]

It is like a wallpaper which has doors for every day of December until the 24th day. You are supposed to open one door at the right day to see what appears from the calendar. Then the tension mounts of what awaits behind the 24th door. There are also chocolate calendars where there is chocolate piece behind every door. For some mysterious reason those calendars typically had all the doors opened way before the 24th day.

Oh, those are sometimes called Advent Calendars.

Clever of those scouts to hang out near an ATM!

 

[Helios]

Save your 2008 calendar and reuse it in 2036. Now that's thrifty!

 

[noumed]

Advent Calendars! I recognize that! No wonder misgfool's description sounded so familiar...

 

[cristo]

You mean there are advent calendars that don't have chocolate behind the doors?

 

[misgfool]

You mean there are advent calendars that don't have chocolate behind the doors?

Yes, these must be some fitness calendars.

 

[joeyar]

There are some advent calendars with a prune behind each door.

 

[Moonbear]

Clever of those scouts to hang out near an ATM!

Really! No telling them you don't have the money to buy their calendars!

You mean there are advent calendars that don't have chocolate behind the doors?

How dare they! What's the point if there's no chocolate?

I was actually starting to feel in the mood for Christmas this week, but that's mostly because the temperature dropped to late December temperatures earlier in the week and we actually saw a few snow flurries. Plus, all the classes I teach end the first week of December. I'm used to classes ending closer to Christmas, so them nearly being over makes me feel like it should be Christmas time already. I guess I need to get through Thanksgiving first, but I'm sure the stores are already decorated for Christmas too, so it's tough. I love decorating for Christmas, so can never wait for Thanksgiving to start breaking out the ornaments.

 

[Evo]

Breaking ornaments. The JAWS OF DEATH broke every ornament I had collected my entire life!

A lifetime of meaning, of caring, of memories, all gone.

 

[lisab]

Breaking ornaments. The JAWS OF DEATH broke every ornament I had collected my entire life!

A lifetime of meaning, of caring, of memories, all gone.

That's so sad! Orniments are like little memories!

...um, who/what is JAWS OF DEATH...?

 

[misgfool]

Breaking ornaments. The JAWS OF DEATH broke every ornament I had collected my entire life!

A lifetime of meaning, of caring, of memories, all gone.

This can also be a new beginning. A fresh start.

 

[Evo]

That's so sad! Orniments are like little memories!

...um, who/what is JAWS OF DEATH...?

The Jaws of Death was an insane, inbred Yellow Lab that the Evo Child just HAD TO HAVE. I was out of town on business for a couple of weeks and came home to find that a neighbor had given her this psycho dog. Who gives a small child a dog without the parent's approval?