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I received this today !thank you ! I absolutely love the ornement ! And how thoughtful my person was ! They thought of all the boys ! Gave them each a bag with a gingerbread cookie in it and the most special pocket hugs !!! So so so wonderful !!

That’s so awesome . Congrats !! Such a great reason to be away from gd!

This is so fun!

I started shopping for my ss and oe . Now I just have to wait for it to all come in .

It’s out of stock , in both hard and soft covers .

Every year I say to myself I’m gonna wrap them all as they arrive . Let’s see if that happens . It takes me several hours several day . But this year I might be wrapping a lot lot less , like maybe 150 less gifts to wrap

That’s a great idea . I am going over there and making apple sauce ( never thought anyone makes apple sauce from scratch .. you just buy a jar … lol) but to her it’s a big ordeal . So I will be learning how to do that . Maybe I can figure out more then . I don’t want to come right out and ask , but may have to . She did tell me about 30 people I think I need more than 2 . It’s 30 people

Every year up till this one , I would spend thousands and thousands of $$ on prizes to raffle off to high school seniors the night they graduate . The best deals were always the 10 minutes when kohls had their old coupons working and the new blaxk Friday deals . All the mini appliances , for dorms , the luggage sets , diamond earrings … and so on

Thank you you guys . I’m so glad I asked . I would have felt like a fool not bringing gifts . So.. would I likely bring gifts for everyone there ? Or just the one who invited me ?

I have been invited to a very good friends Hanukkah party , it is my very first . Anyone attend / have one ? I don’t know if/ what I should bring , and if anything specific happens or is celebrated ..any input ?

We have many different drivers . This year I expect to be ordering less than 75% what I normally did . However I have a few drivers that are amazing , and I’d have a box of candy for them , the mail man of course gets a card , with a “gift”

My family is weird .for years, everyone knew thanksgiving will happen , just whose house was the question . It was normally my house or my oldest brothers . We didn’t decide till a couple days before ( as he had to clear it with his wife) he would tell the family , unless it is at your house , it don’t matter where . You’re gonna get in your car and drive to ?? And then come home after . The only one it would matter to was me or him . And there have been years it would be at my house with only a 1-2 day notice . But really , it didn’t matter . I would shop for all the food that close to the day anyhow, and set up the day before either way . ( moving in tables as we had 35 people . It has been getting less and less through the last several years . last year, one of my sisters actually had it at her house . But it wasn’t traditional foods . More like cold cuts and some sides . What really mattered is everyone getting together ! . Thanksgiving has been a day the whole family gets together . It seems that once Covid happened , it gave people excuses to NOT attend .

I will be spending MUCH less this year . I use to do the shopping for the local high school graduation prizes at this time of year . This is the first year in over a decade that I am not doing that . Also most of the kids moved out ,we won’t be doing our normal Christmas rituals . ( I use to have over 20 gifts for each ) min hoping once the deals start rolling in , and I get my Christmas spirit , I will start shopping and get motivated

I can certainly relate . Last year was the start of the major decline on Christmas . When the kids grow up and move out things certainly change , especially when your single ..And this year is going to drastically change . It also makes the mind set of decorating drop( or did for me ). The only real decorating spirit I had was hanging incoming Christmas cards around the doorway . I use to decorate everywhere ,inside and out , and have 3 inside trees .

I live the list is growing . This is always fun !!!