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    • WhiskeySandwichW
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      Another new tradition for the family is visiting Winter City in Olney.
      This somehow did not frighten the younguns....

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      "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
      -Seneca

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      • DeeDee85D
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        @SKT @Matt I’ll see your Jingles & Bop Bop and raise you an “Alec” …. why that’s the name my 3 year old daughter came up with for him I have no idea 🤔 hope this is a tradition which takes off, can already imagine the morning panic after forgetting to move him 😂
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        • goosehdG
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          @WhiskeySandwich ...it's not Christmas until the kids are higher than a kite on sugar and mom/dad have the hangover of all hangovers...joy 🙂

          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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          • WhiskeySandwichW
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            @goosehd sounds about right, yup!

            "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
            -Seneca

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            • endoE
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              is it ok to have both, the alcohol and the sweets?

              si tacuisses

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              • goosehdG
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                @endo that's how I put on a few (many) kilo's every holiday season 😂

                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                • WhiskeySandwichW
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                  @endo Thats also how you get a mondo hangover

                  "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                  -Seneca

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                  • endoE
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                    a little yo-yo is fine @goosehd, and don't tell me about hangovers @WhiskeySandwich I'm an expert 😉

                    si tacuisses

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                    • BrianB
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                      We have a rose

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                      And the tree up

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                      • BrianB
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                        Pales in comparison to some but the boy and wife are happy which is all that matters for someone who doesn’t really do Christmas or birthdays for that matter

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                        • SKTS
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                          Bop Bop zip lining today. This is all my wife’s doing. She gets really creative by the 24th!

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                          • chrisjohnnickC
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                            Elf on the shelf is something we never got into in our household. The kids don't know about it, and we don't feel like worrying about remembering to set it up.

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                            • SKTS
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                              @chrisjohnnick yeah I get this. We’re basically prisoners to the elf for a month. But once you start there’s no going back. Kinda like IH

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                              • chrisjohnnickC
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                                I remember my sister telling me about it when they started doing it for my nephews 10 or so years ago, and I just thought "Nah, that ain't for me"

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                                IH-777S-SB size 32
                                IH-777S-142 size 31 or 32

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                                • MizmazzleM
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                                  @SKT love it!! Almost makes me want to have a kid just to torture em…I mean mess with their heads a bit. Well done my man!!

                                  In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                                  • MattM
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                                    I don’t know of any of you do this with your elf but for one day she shows up in an empty plastic container, like for peanuts or something, so the kids can carry her around. Usually on a day we do something out like looking at lights or whatever.

                                    One year she made a surprise visit on St Patrick’s day when the kids try to catch a leprechaun. She was in the trap dressed in green. The kids freaked all the way out.

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                                    • goosehdG
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                                      @Matt Love it and the innocence of youth is magical and shouldn’t be rushed.

                                      Some of us refuse to grow up… 🙂

                                      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                      • SKTS
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                                        @Matt this is all amazing and I’m definitely borrowing these ideas from you. Kids will love it.

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                                        • MattM
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                                          Every Dec 1 I get a bottle of port and drink a glass a night. One of my favorite Xmas traditions.

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                                          • ROmanR
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                                            One of my quirky Holiday Traditions is Maestro Mouse.
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