holidays

undyingmizery

What is the one thing you look forward to on the holidays? and not just christmas I mean the holiday season.


I look forward to the growing excitment each year as my boys get old enough to really enjoy and understand the holidays. Now that they are old enough to start making crafts with me and daycare I get to decorate my house with their art.

maratea

Well this year, I'm looking forward to not having to see my ILs. Hooray!

LessThanZero

I guess just seeing people I don't normally see.

Otherwise I get nothing but stressed out, freezing cold and an empty bank account. Not really much to look forward to there.

Night_Sprite

I look forward to my little family Christmas.  We all talk about the things we're thankful for and cry.  It's very mooshy family together-y, and I love it.

J&K10910

Milk chocolate and orange flavor together in 20 smooth, delicious, pieces of chocolate shaped into an orange that I have to whack before I eat.

cupcakesfrosting

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[QUOTE]Milk chocolate and orange flavor together in 20 smooth, delicious, pieces of chocolate shaped into an orange that I have to whack before I eat.
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]

Gah, those are my favorite! FI's work sells them year-round, but I didn't find this out until this week.

Night_Sprite

That sounds Amazing, J.  What is this thing called?

Chi_Chi

I love the overall feeling. There's just something about the cold air, houses decorated with lights, fires (bonfires, fireplaces). Just the whole atmosphere of winter.

hunterjumper321

Vacations.

We always go on a vacation for the Christmas holiday (partly because we don't want to spend time with family...) This year, it's San Francisco!

Other than that....probably baking. I bake up a storm this time of the year and I LOVE it.

J&K10910

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: holidays : Gah, those are my favorite! FI's work sells them year-round, but I didn't find this out until this week.
Posted by cupcakesfrosting[/QUOTE]

ARE YOU FUUCKING KIDDING ME?!  I DROVE TO 9 PLACES TO FIND THE SUCKERS THIS YEAR AND WE ONLY GET THEM AT CHRISTMAS AND NOW I WILL STALK YOU TO GIVE ME CHOCOLATE ORANGES FOR MY BIRTHDAY!

cupcakesfrosting

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: holidays : ARE YOU FUUCKING KIDDING ME?!  I DROVE TO 9 PLACES TO FIND THE SUCKERS THIS YEAR AND WE ONLY GET THEM AT CHRISTMAS AND NOW I WILL STALK YOU TO GIVE ME CHOCOLATE ORANGES FOR MY BIRTHDAY!
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]

When is your birthday? I'll send you some on Saturday, if you want me too. Then you can save them.. :)

ETA: Apparently, they're $6 each at his work. I'll check Cost Plus sometime this week. :p

marissa_claire

I get super teary at all the mushy stories on the news of charitable acts and people doing really nice things that they don't do any other time of year.

J&K10910

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[QUOTE]That sounds Amazing, J.  What is this thing called?
Posted by Night_Sprite[/QUOTE]

This will be surprising, but chocolate oranges.  Ha.  You've never had one?  They make them in all sorts of flavors and such now, but the original milk chocolate orange is really the only edible one.  Plus, I have yet to find a year round flavored chocolate that is milk chocolate and orange.  All of them are dark chocolate (which is too bitter to pair with the orange flavor, IMO), and have STUFF in them (like nuts).  Or it's milk chocolate with orange ooze in them.  blech blech blech!


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MISSCOURTNEY20

I look forward to being off of work and sleeping as late as my daughter will allow. I also look forward to watching Home Alone everytime it comes on tv.

Nebb

Im hella excited for my 10 days off coming up. And turning 27. and food. And GTG's, and pressents! Oh and christmas movies, and nat king cole. And charlie brown. and singing judy garland to be obnoxious.

maratea

CCF- You should be receiving some money in the mail soon. Please buy me as many chocolate oranges as possible with said money. Then mail them to IN overnight. kkthx.

cupcakesfrosting

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[QUOTE]That sounds Amazing, J.  What is this thing called?
Posted by Night_Sprite[/QUOTE]

A chocolate orange.

See here: == /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry's_Chocolate_Orange">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry's_Chocolate_Orange</a>

undyingmizery

J&K they sell those year around at all the stores here. If I had a way of sending you some I would. Have you tried the raspberry ones?

J&K10910

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: holidays : When is your birthday? I'll send you some on Saturday, if you want me too. Then you can save them.. :) ETA: Apparently, they're $6 each at his work. I'll check Cost Plus sometime this week. :p
Posted by cupcakesfrosting[/QUOTE]

My birthday is in June.  I would gladly pay $6 plus shipping to have one on my birthday.  That would make my entire year.  I'm not kidding.

J&K10910

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[QUOTE]J&K they sell those year around at all the stores here. If I had a way of sending you some I would. Have you tried the raspberry ones?
Posted by undyingmizery[/QUOTE]

Oh my god.  Why does the midwest hate me?!

I think the raspberry ones suck.  But that's just because i'm not a big fan of chocolate and raspberry together.

cupcakesfrosting

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: holidays : My birthday is in June.  I would gladly pay $6 plus shipping to have one on my birthday.  That would make my entire year.  I'm not kidding.
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]

We will talk.

cupcakesfrosting

Also, you can buy them online.

I found 12 for $40. Yes, expensive, but worth it? DUH.

J&K10910

Well, I thought about finding them online if I didn't find any here in town.  I will have to do that at other times as well.  Or just fo rmy birthday.  I don't want them to lose their special.

Sorry for the threadjack, mizery.

anna.oskar

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: holidays : Oh my god.  Why does the midwest hate me?! I think the raspberry ones suck.  But that's just because i'm not a big fan of chocolate and raspberry together.
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]

Do you not have Walgreens?  They always have the chocolate orange and the variants

Night_Sprite

This sounds like something I need to seek out and eat slowly.  It'd be like an advent calendar of orange slices.  Where does the whacking come in?

cupcakesfrosting

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[QUOTE]This sounds like something I need to seek out and eat slowly.  It'd be like an advent calendar of orange slices.  Where does the whacking come in?
Posted by Night_Sprite[/QUOTE]

To break up the chocolate.

Jelenny

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[QUOTE]Milk chocolate and orange flavor together in 20 smooth, delicious, pieces of chocolate shaped into an orange that I have to whack before I eat.
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]

Oh I just got one of those for my bro as part of his present....ok I lied I got two one for me to demolish too.

I love the snow...Columbus isn't quite as pretty as Wisconsin since we got a ton of white stuff up there (thank you lake effect snow)

I love wrapping the presents and piling them under the tree and hanging out with family be it my fi and with the dogs or back in Wisconsin with all the relatives - just nice

anna.oskar

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[QUOTE]This sounds like something I need to seek out and eat slowly.  It'd be like an advent calendar of orange slices.  Where does the whacking come in?
Posted by Night_Sprite[/QUOTE]

It comes looking like a whole peeled orange.  You have to whack it on a table to get the wedges to detach individually.

Nebb

I actually realyl hate those chocolate oranges, my mom used to always get them for me and I always threw them out.

J&K10910

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: holidays : Do you not have Walgreens?  They always have the chocolate orange and the variants
Posted by anna.oskar[/QUOTE]

We do.  They had every one BUT the milk chocolate.  As did two Targets, a Walmart, and a local grocery store.

Night_Sprite

How have I never heard of this, ever?