The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[donaldtoo]

We had our annual Christmas Eve celebration at Mom and Pops home this/yesterday evening/night…got there at 5p and didn’t get home ‘til about 10:30p…!!!
All 26 of us were there, so we took the opportunity to take a family photo from the fireplace mantel with a timed iPhone…!!!!!!!
We gathered, we snacked, we caught up on life with each other, we prayed together before the main meal, had dessert, then our white elephant gift exchange, had more dessert, etc….!!!!!
The family pic is below, and I’ll post more pics of the food and fun sometime tomorrow/today…!!!!!

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

Happy Christmas everybody

 

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[MinnieM123]

We had our annual Christmas Eve celebration at Mom and Pops home this/yesterday evening/night…got there at 5p and didn’t get home ‘til about 10:30p…!!!
All 26 of us were there, so we took the opportunity to take a family photo from the fireplace mantel with a timed iPhone…!!!!!!!
We gathered, we snacked, we caught up on life with each other, we prayed together before the main meal, had dessert, then our white elephant gift exchange, had more dessert, etc….!!!!!
The family pic is below, and I’ll post more pics of the food and fun sometime tomorrow/today…!!!!!

Nice "crowd" photo! Glad to see your dad, in particular, joining in the holiday festivities. (You had mentioned that your dad had a recent medical challenge, but apparently he's doing a bit better now.)

 

[MinnieM123]

Wishing everyone joy and peace at Christmas, and every day after that!

 

[donaldtoo]

Nice "crowd" photo! Glad to see your dad, in particular, joining in the holiday festivities. (You had mentioned that your dad had a recent medical challenge, but apparently he's doing a bit better now.)

Thanks, Minnie…!!!
Yes, Pop spent a coupla’ days in the hospital at the end of last week.
Looks like they finally got his meds dialed in again, and he’s feeling much better now…!!!!!
Thanks for asking…!!!

 

[93boomer]

 

[Songbird76]

Merry Christmas!!!!

 

[Agent H]

Merry Christmas from the O.W.C.A and my host family!

 

[donaldtoo]

OK, Backtracking to this past Sunday, we (Carolyn, Matthew, Sarah and myself) had Christmas with both BILs, youngest BILs wife and baby son, our niece, and Megan, Daniel, Emmy and Audrey, at our home…!!!
We caught up, munched on simple fare of homemade chili, cornbread and salad (there were a few desserts, but I have no pics ), did gifts for Henry (the new baby - and yes, that’s our SIL, Daniel, holding him) and did a white elephant gift exchange, as per late MILs tradition…!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

Before we went to Mom and Pops yesterday evening, we went to Megan, Daniel, Emmy and Audrey’s home, earlier in the afternoon, to celebrate Christmas with them. We exchanged gifts (I ended up with the Bob Thomas book about Walt - which, oddly enough, I’ve never read before - a charcoal and colored pencil sketch kit, a cool shirt and a new suitcase for our European trip this summer) and had some treats…!!!

Some general and gift exchange pics…!!!

All I snacked on (because I wanted to save room for the upcoming feast at Mom and Pops) was one of Megan’s vegan gingerbread muffins with orange cream icing, and it was really delicious…!!!!!

These silhouettes of Emmy and Audrey were done at a kiosk on East Center/Market St. (just off MSUSA) on our October of ‘23 family trip, and are surprisingly accurate for how they looked at the time…!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

So, now, finally back to our Christmas celebration at Mom and Pops last night…!!!

Just some overall general pics for now…!!!

A pic of most of the brood…!!!

Megan with 3 of her younger cousins on the back patio…!!!

Libations were had. We had wine, champagne, pre-spiked eggnog in bottles, beer and youngest bro brought his special whisky again this year…strangely enough, I have no pics of what I drank , but suffice to say I had, at least, one of everything…!!!!!

Gathering for the saying of Grace…

We had some Grinch on, at one point…!!!

The beginnings of the dessert table…!!!!!

Stop, thieves…!!!!!

Gathering for the white elephant gift exchange…!!!

Emmy bein’ silly with part of one of the white elephant gifts…!!!!!

More to come later…!!!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

When you wish you could be in Disney but your AP and Magic Key are both blocked out...

 

[Figgy1]

When you wish you could be in Disney but your AP and Magic Key are both blocked out...
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You get no sympathy from me, we're under a winter storm warning

 

[wdwfan4ver]

Who wants gingerbread after this:

 

[wdwfan4ver]

You get no sympathy from me, we're under a winter storm warning

Not here. Southeastern Wisconsin is getting rain tonight, but no freezing rain. The snow capital in Wisconsin on the other hand is supposed to get freezing rain tonight.