Holiday Traditions
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Speaking of being a softie and octopus, I too love octopus but took it off the menu because they're so intelligent. I remain an inconsistent hypocrite because I've not shaken pork from the menu. Man a good octopus a la plancha is something I do miss a lot.
Speaking of being a softie and Valentine's Day, I proposed to my wife on Valentine's Day. It was not one of these elaborate things done in a scenic locale. I basically woke up, rolled over, and did the deed. It just felt right. I had been waiting to meet her family before proposing, but a few days before Valentine's Day I decided that, given that the woman was already living with me, tradition could go out the window. I visited my favorite jeweler and found the ring. I estimated the size (nailed it) and kept it in my nightstand drawer. I'd casually asked her where she went the day before when she disappeared for a few hours and she seemed caught off-guard. She later explained to me that Valentine's Day Eve that she was out getting me a Valentine's Day gift. I was really itching to propose by now, so the next morning 6AM I wake and roll over and ask her what she got me–it was a sweet card and a book on cosmology (she knows this nerd well). I said, "I got a little something for you too" and gave her the ring box and proposed, the both of us sitting in bed. Somehow, this worked, perhaps because I caught her completely by surprise (which was important to me, because I knew how much she loves surprises).
So Valentine's Day will always be special for our family.
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@mclaincausey
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@Chap wowie I would love to display one of those types of masks in my house. So neat…would be fun to attend!
Krampus can be wholesome!…well, hmm maybe not. Either way, nice photos and tradition @neph93 @Chap
I love the whole Krampus thing and revel in the pagan roots of Xmas as a bit of necessary mid winter debauchery [emoji1]
Hell yeah broh
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Every year I swear that I’m done with big trees and every year I do it again. Really don’t know how much longer I can do it, but the oldest helped tremendously this year. Took three of us to wrestle with it…
Plans are to put lights on this evening, move it to the corner and fill the reservoir with water, and decorations will be placed tomorrow.
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The night before!?!? We get our tree the day after TG and it’s Xmas until Jan 2, hard stop.
You must have different trees over there… ours would have lost its needles
Two types of fir are normally used as xmas trees, noble and fraser. The fraser has the shorter, spikier, needles, the noble has longer, softer ones. The fraser loses its needles easily and the noble does not with watering.
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The night before!?!? We get our tree the day after TG and it’s Xmas until Jan 2, hard stop.
You must have different trees over there… ours would have lost its needles
Two types of fir are normally used as xmas trees, noble and fraser. The fraser has the shorter, spikier, needles, the noble has longer, softer ones. The fraser loses its needles easily and the noble does not with watering.
Not sure about the English name but I think it’s called caucasian fir that is commonly here as a christmas tree
