[willrun4chocolate]

<p>Christmas Eve - Work retail job from 9:30 - 4:30.  Go home to turkey dinner.  Go to find parking for 8:00 Mass at 7:00.</p>
<p>Christmas Day - open presents, stockings, have leftover turkey for Breakfast.  Go to dinner at cousins with boatload of people that are essentially strangers, come home and count my blessings, and give thanks for my health.</p>
<p>Boxing Day - work on a jigsaw puzzle, read, and hope that retail job doesn't phone for me to go to work.  I am totally expecting that call, but as it stands now, the schedule looks like if you work Christmas Eve, you get Boxing Day off.  Here's hoping that everybody is healthy enough to work Boxing Day. </p>

 

[wherestheportojohn]

<p>WRFC,</p>
<p>Hope the last-minute shoppers are smiling and polite to you today!</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;">Today</span>:</p>
<p>jog, lift</p>
<p>prep food items</p>
<p>take a break to go snowshoe</p>
<p>drive to town to pick up 85 yr old mom</p>
<p>haul everyone and everything to sissy's for xmas eve</p>
<p>(I'm already salivating over the ginormous tenderloin steaks that BIL will grill for us....nothing more hilarious than watching him in his touque on the deck in the snow grilling tenderloins, mushrooms, and onions....SWEET!)</p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;">Christmas Day:</span></p>
<p>DH's mom and bro will arrive here at 11am for soup 'n' sammich lunch and gift opening. Nothing fancy, just good eats.</p>
<p>DS#2 has to leave ~2pm to drive back to LaCrosse and work night shift at his part-time job in an assisted living facility.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;">Sunday:</span></p>
<p>Work out</p>
<p>Finish cleaning up after festivities</p>
<p>possibly take down tree and decorations [yes, bah humbug]~~~>I will absolutely take everything down by Tuesday, since I'll be gone till January 2nd and DH doesn't know jack shit about how/where to put the decor</p>
<p>Begin to pack for <span style="color:#ff0000;">ROSE BOWL TRIIP</span></p>
<p>Watch football</p>
<p> </p>
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[gretriever]

<p><strong>aujourd'hui</strong></p>
<p>Went to gym.</p>
<p>Groceries.</p>
<p>Breakfast.</p>
<p>Down to NH for some last minute shopping.</p>
<p>Christmas Eve service - doing one of the readings.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Noel</strong></p>
<p>Presents</p>
<p>Go to a friends for the Nawlins style breakfast - binyans (sp?) and mimosas (story: we moved to Maine in '07. I swear I did not know what a mimosa was - I never heard of one. Never divulge stuff like this at work. I was damn near laughed out of the office when this little gem was found out <span><img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"> )</span></p>
<p><span>Dropping off a lot of books at a charitable place (as my wife is a librarian they often wind up with too many books and things by the end of the year).</span></p>
<p><span>Dinner - pot roast. Not pot and roast. Pot roast.</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><strong><span>Samedi (26) </span></strong></p>
<p><span>Boxing. Why am I thinking of the South Park episode with Russell Crowe?</span></p>
<p><span>Pretty much up for grabs.</span></p>

 

[Floridaboiler]

<p>Today:</p>
<p>Relax, clean the house, get ready for 5PM mass.</p>
<p>After Mass tv, drink beers and then wait for Santa</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Saturday:</p>
<p>Get woken up at 7 AM by the kids since Santa is due to arrive</p>
<p>Chaos for about 30 minutes then settle in and play with whatever new stuff I got.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Sunday:</p>
<p>TBD.</p>

 

[merigayle]

<p>Today- go to VA to celebrate Xmas with DH's cousins, drive back late tonight.</p>
<p>Tomorrow- open gifts with Zoe, possibly see my aunt and grandfather in the afternoon</p>
<p>Sunday- get some clearance stuff at Target Then a friend is coming over to hang out, then vegan buffet for lunch or dinner with him He is in town very briefly.</p>

 

[mudrunner]

<p>Today:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>1/2 day at the office....we raffle off the gift baskets & wine we received from clients...we also spike the coffee & eat lots of pastries.</p>
<p>Later....buy last minute stocking stuffers.</p>
<p>Have a nice quiet dinner at home & wait for the kids to go to bed, then wrap all the presents. Leave cookies & beer for Santa.</p>
<p>Walk the dog.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Xmas day:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Get up early (no doubt).</p>
<p>Walk the dog.</p>
<p>Do the gift thing, then get dressed & head to my mother's place for food & merriness.</p>

 

[GaReb770]

<p>Christmas Eve - family ornament exchange at 7pm.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Work overnight shift at work 10pm to 6am</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Christmas - Lunch with friends from 1 - 3; family dinner at 7;  work overnight shfit 10pm to 6am</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Sunday - if relieved on time (there is a slight chance of snow in Atlanta Christmas day that may linger into Sunday morning) will go to 8:30 service before crashing at home.</p>

 

[Floridaboiler]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>mudrunner</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/71801/weekend-plans-christmas-edition#post_1971948"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Today:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>1/2 day at the office....we raffle off the gift baskets & wine we received from clients...we also spike the coffee & eat lots of pastries.</p>
<p>Later....buy last minute stocking stuffers.</p>
<p>Have a nice quiet dinner at home & wait for the kids to go to bed, then wrap all the presents. Leave cookies & beer for Santa.</p>
<p>Walk the dog.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Xmas day:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Get up early (no doubt).</p>
<p>Walk the dog.</p>
<p>Do the gift thing, then get dressed & head to my mother's place for food & merriness.</p>
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<p><br><br>
I need to remind the kids to leave one of my homebrews for Santa!</p>

 

[Horrible Peanut]

<p>Tonight:</p>
<p>Synagogue, Dinner at home alone. Probably make pizza. Watch TV or a movie- or turn off the tv and read.Go to bed at a decent hour.</p>
<p>Tomorrow:</p>
<p>Wake up at 6. Go for 8 k run, get back home, eat breakfast and meet friend at the gym for climbing session, followed by Watching Miami Heat get decimated by the Lakers, followed by the Cardinals vs. Cowboys game.</p>
<p>Sunday- I have brunch with friends planned.</p>

 

[jcumming]

<p>Church at 6:30 pm</p>
<p> </p>
<p>7th Annual Christmas Eve at The Home Cumming from 9:00 till about 4:00 am</p>
<p>(only expecting about 60 tonight...we have had 100)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Tomorrow:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Breakfast at noon</p>
<p>Gift opening at 2:00</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Head for SIL's for turkey at 4:00</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Reminisce about our lives and those who have left us...MIL died in May...recently and not so recently.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Rejoice.</p>

 

[mudrunner]

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I need to remind the kids to leave one of my homebrews for Santa!</p>
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<p>It's been a family tradition started by my dad....my grandfather was more of a wine guy.<br><br>
I'm bucking for a nice Belgian brew.</p>