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Re: Funny, Quirky or Just Plain Odd Holiday Stories.
By: peony Date: December 10, 2020, 7:19 am
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[quote author=Aleko link=topic=1937.msg61277#msg61277
date=1607588007]
[quote]I was about 5 and a half years old, and my next oldest
sister was 2 and a half. For whatever reason, my parents were
very excited for Christmas that year.[/quote]
They certainly must have been! Mine cherished every minute of
sleep they could get at Christmas, and only hoped we wouldn’t
wake at 5 am and start making a racket emptying our Christmas
stockings before coming knocking on their bedroom door.
(The stockings, btw, were our everyday knee-socks - it never
occurred to anybody back then to hang up a pillowcase-sized
decorated “Christmas stocking”. There was always a fresh
clementine in the toe - a serious treat back then - and usually
a sugar mouse with a string tail: the rest of the contents
varied from year to year, often something like a Dinky toy was
in there.)
[/quote]
The mouse sounds like fun! In the US we didn't have anything
like that, but we do, and did, have the much-maligned ribbon
candy. To this day the smell of oranges and the sight of ribbon
candy takes me back to Christmas as a child.
#Post#: 61298--------------------------------------------------
Re: Funny, Quirky or Just Plain Odd Holiday Stories.
By: Rose Red Date: December 10, 2020, 9:32 am
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We didn't have much money when I was growing up, but we always
had the good old tin of Danish butter cookies every year. I only
liked the sugar covered ones, but had to learn to share since
there weren't many of those in the box.
I don't buy them now as an adult, but seeing the tins in the
stores during the holidays still make me smile.
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Re: Funny, Quirky or Just Plain Odd Holiday Stories.
By: Lilipons Date: December 10, 2020, 10:30 am
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Ah, the Danish butter cookies! I especially liked the ones with
sugar that looked like pretzels with salt.
The tins could also be used for many things. Usually, they
contain sewing or art supplies. When MIL passed we found a
Danish butter cookie tin in one of her cabinets. Inside was a
set of Royal Danish plates that a neice was happy to have.
#Post#: 61326--------------------------------------------------
Re: Funny, Quirky or Just Plain Odd Holiday Stories.
By: STiG Date: December 10, 2020, 3:51 pm
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We had several tins full of buttons!
Now, I scavenge tins from whoever I can get them from to fill
with my homemade cookies so I'm not worried about getting the
tins back when I give them away.
#Post#: 61354--------------------------------------------------
Re: Funny, Quirky or Just Plain Odd Holiday Stories.
By: NewHomeowner Date: December 11, 2020, 5:42 am
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[quote author=STiG link=topic=1937.msg61185#msg61185
date=1607435294]
I think I have told this one before...
I bought a lovely, stainless steel roast pan for my Mom for
Christmas one year. I gave it to her on Christmas Eve so she
could cook the turkey in it. Dad took one look at how high the
handle on the dome cover was and told her she'd better check
that it fit in the oven. It didn't, so she had to dig out her
old roast pan for that turkey.
Since the electronics were gone in her stove, though the oven
and burners still worked, she decided she'd go out and get a new
stove on the after Christmas sales. As soon as she said that,
my brother and SIL piped up and asked if they could have the
stove she was replacing. It was in better shape than the one
they had.
Christmas morning, I gave my gift to DB and SIL with a bit of
wry smile. They opened it up to another roast pan! Laughs all
round and I ended up giving them the money and returning it.
On the 27th, Mom, Dad and I went shopping for her new stove.
With roast pan in hand. As we went into each store, Mom says to
the salesman: I want a stove with an oven that will fit this
roast pan! I'm quite sure they thought she was crazy.
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Not at all! I had a boyfriend once who was buying a new
dishwasher, and he carried his most-used big baking pans with
him, to make sure they would fit into the new dishwasher.
If I had a giant roasting pan, I would have done the same thing.
What good is a new oven if your roasting pan can't fit into it?
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Re: Funny, Quirky or Just Plain Odd Holiday Stories.
By: Lilipons Date: December 11, 2020, 10:40 am
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For a few years we had an odd relationship with ‘The General’.
One year, in the mid 1990s, we received a 19th century style
Christmas card from the family of General Eugene Zundel of an
American Civil War unit.
We did have a friend who participated in Civil War reenactments
but he was not sure who this General might be. Our friend had
never had any reason to discuss our group of friends with this
other group of friends so he was as mystified as we were.
Still, the General had our perfect address and the cards always
had period-appropriate style of wording so the sender knew his
history.
It was kind of fun to receive a time travel Christmas card and
the exchange lasted about three years. Then, it just stopped.
We never did find out who the General was but we wish him well.
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Re: Funny, Quirky or Just Plain Odd Holiday Stories.
By: HenrysMom Date: December 13, 2020, 10:55 pm
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Just remembered this one:
I think it was a Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, but the whole
family had just finished dinner, and had moved on to dessert.
Mom had a new can of Reddi-Whip, but could not get it to work.
My father grabbed it and took a can opener to the bottom. The
inevitable happened and I’ll always remember when my father took
off his glasses and his eyes were two holes in a mound of
whipped topping.
#Post#: 61501--------------------------------------------------
Re: Funny, Quirky or Just Plain Odd Holiday Stories.
By: Kimberami Date: December 14, 2020, 8:19 am
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DH's family very, very large family has some great traditions.
They all get together on Christmas eve to feast and exchange
gifts. Santa always visits to pass out the presents for the
kids. On my first Christmas with them, DH whispered to me
"That's Stepdad playing Santa." We hear "No, it isn't" from
behind us. Stepdad is standing there. DH is stunned. He points
to Santa and says "Who's that?" Stepdad rolls his eyes and says
"Santa, duh."
It turns out that the year before, DH's very little sister
noticed that Santa and Daddy wore the same ring. The new Santa
visited for next 21 years. It's sad to think he won't be able to
visit this year.
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Re: Funny, Quirky or Just Plain Odd Holiday Stories.
By: lisastitch Date: December 14, 2020, 4:40 pm
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I'm the oldest of five. The Christmas that my youngest brother
was 1, he had just learned that people (family, grandparents)
thought it was adorable when he toddled over and kissed them.
That year, my three-year-old sister received a Pattiplay Pal
doll. If you don't remember them, they were about the same size
as a child. My brother toddled over and kissed the doll,
who--of course--didn't respond. He looked a little puzzled and
tried again. Still no response. He toddled away, but was more
upset than we realized. One of us had gotten a croquet set, and
so he toddled over, grabbed one of the croquet mallets, and came
back to whop the doll on the head with it.
"That'll teach you to not pay attention when I kiss you!"
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Re: Funny, Quirky or Just Plain Odd Holiday Stories.
By: Lilipons Date: December 15, 2020, 10:55 am
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Scotch Pines.
When I was a child and a teenager, these were slightly exotic
Christmas trees that were sold as a fund raiser for our
volunteer fire department and ambulance corps. Scotch pines
were nice and bushy but they cost more than other trees of
comparable size. Still, if you wanted to be considered a good
citizen of our little corner of the world, you bought one.
First year homeowners could always be identified by too many
lights on the house and the wrong sort of tree.
However, the price to pay for having a scotch pine was more than
the extra five dollars it cost.
The dang things were deformed, or possessed or designed by
Escher!
You wouldn’t realize it until you set the tree up but there was
always a bend in the trunk. This meant that, no matter how you
turned it, it always seemed to be listing to one side. Shimming
under the tree stand was needed.
Also, the creatures were sneaky. They always seemed to have two
tops. You’d put a topper on one and the other would seem taller.
Move the topper to the other and the first one would suddenly
seem taller. Since this was usually discovered only after the
tree was up, bringing a saw into the living room was the only
solution as moving a 7 ft. Tree back outside for a haircut was
out of the question.
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