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    • MattM
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      • chrisjohnnickC
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        Man, I honestly don’t know how y’all that do the elf on the shelf do it! My oldest is 7 and he has said he has friends that do it, and I’ve already explained to him that it’s just parents having fun with him. I have felt like such a grinch, though!

        "You're under no obligation to be the same person you were five minutes ago."

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          Should also say, Santa still visits us at our house for our kids! I just don’t have the bandwidth or time (or creativity) for the elf on the shelf shit!

          "You're under no obligation to be the same person you were five minutes ago."

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          • Tago MagoT
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            5°C and rain qualifies as a Christmas tradition, right?

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            • EdHE
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              @Matt well shucks!

              I'll be at my brother's with his little ones. I got the nephew a marble run for Xmas and I'm looking forward to setting that up with him.

              Take the dive...

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              • OaktaviaO
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                @Matt that oyster tray would be a great gift idea for my FIL...

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                • SKTS
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                  @chrisjohnnick ha! I need to admit that I’m not the one doing the relocating every night. And every morning it’s as much a surprise to me as it is to the kids when we find him. I mean my kids are 12 and 10 so I’m 100% positive they know it’s us, but he’s part of the family now

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                  • MattM
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                    @Oaktavia said in Holiday Traditions:

                    @Matt that oyster tray would be a great gift idea for my FIL...

                    It’s cast iron for baking/smoking/grilling etc.

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                    • MattM
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                      My father in laws gfriend just asked me if the “most popular haircut for men these days is a ponytail. Like Kung Fu style. “

                      A curt no was my response.

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                      • MattM
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                        Now she just warned us all not to touch the food in the Smithsonian cafeteria unless u plan on buying it because the workers will throw it away. It took her 4 different plates of food to figure that out. She was not laughing, she was still confused by the situation.

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                        • GilesG
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                          Have fun with Miss Einstein:-)

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • Tago MagoT
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                            @Matt was the Smithsonian her idea?

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                              You know @Matt you could have been swilling beer & smoking dope with a buncha online pals but you chose family.
                              What is wrong with you?

                              Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                              Well, I have others.

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                                None of the choices made this week were mine, I assure you.

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                                  We have a Japanese stroll garden here that does a really nice holiday event called “Gardens Aglow”. I think they string up over 200,000 lights throughout the garden. We take the kids every year and it’s become one of our favorite traditions.

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                                  • ROmanR
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                                    @Matt I think I realize why you had 3 mentions of alcohol in different threads yesterday.

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                                    • MattM
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                                      Exactly.

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                                      • MattM
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                                        Now im hiding down here…

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                                          I hope you brought some dip for the show @Matt

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                                            As every year, tree ready on the 23rd.

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