Christmas Morning Open Thread [krakatoa]

Merry Christmas, everyone.

This year, we have cured our own ham, and by the time you are reading this, it has found its way into the smoker for the first 3 hours of today's voyage.

With luck, most of the horde won't read this, and are instead doing the important work of properly celebrating Christmas.

It took me a terribly long time to find love for this holiday for reasons far too personal and, frankly, too boring to relate. Thanks mostly to my wife, I came around.

And this year I have been absolutely exhilarated at the prospect of this day, this first Christmas with our daughter.

Soraya's First Santa Train. A long and hallowed tradition she treated with all the attention she could muster.

May you all be filled with peace and joy this Day.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 06:53 AM

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1 Merry Christmas Everyone!

Posted by: spypeach at December 25, 2014 06:55 AM (/vbEv)

2 Merry Christmas to all! Krakatoa you and your wife have a precious little girl. It's always good to see your nic on a post or comment. Like the old days here. God bless us everyone.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 25, 2014 06:55 AM (HwY8m)

3 Since I'm here, let me be the first to wish you all a Merry Christmas.

Posted by: sawhorse at December 25, 2014 06:55 AM (jm3+c)

4 Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at December 25, 2014 06:55 AM (V70Uh)

5 Checking HQ is part of properly celebrating Christmas....so there.

Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2014 07:04 AM (ZNQKl)

6 That looks like armsful of blessings!

Posted by: m at December 25, 2014 07:04 AM (G891H)

7 Beautiful crumb-cruncher. Little people are the best things ever.

Posted by: Bobs House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 25, 2014 07:05 AM (yxw0r)

8 I'm at my daughter's home; she and the bf are asleep, and I'm sipping on eggnog and listening to Christmas music. She has decreed that I am not to do anything, and that she has the dinner all planned....and not to peek through the wrapping paper...

She knows her mom so well.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at December 25, 2014 07:07 AM (vPoFV)

9 Cute baybeh krak, btw.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at December 25, 2014 07:07 AM (vPoFV)

10 Merry Christmas Krak, and the rest of the 'Horde
Enjoy them now, because they'll be gone in a blink of an eye.
This year was the first in 23 that it was just Mrs. Itchy and myself at Christmas Mass. Both 'rens had work.

Posted by: itchytriggerfinger at December 25, 2014 07:08 AM (8Lbu5)

11 Merry Christmas, glorious siblings of our heavenly family.

Posted by: mindful webworker in Santa hat at December 25, 2014 07:11 AM (LtRrq)

12 Good morning and Merry Christmas! I crashed early last night and woke up early this morning. Kittehs have been fed.

Posted by: rickl at December 25, 2014 07:14 AM (sdi6R)

13 What a beautiful little girl. Congratulations and Merry Christmas!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2014 07:18 AM (Dj3AB)

14 Merry Christmas!!

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 25, 2014 07:18 AM (M6Vhk)

15 Merry Christmas daywalkers and pixel people!

It appears I will be here at the mothership till 11 and then its off to Casa De Rocketship for a few hours of sleep before I com back in for 6 more hours of merriment. Fortunately at 6:20 CST I bolt for the doors and head into the weekend. Yay, if I stay away from the tv and radio maybe my BP will remain manageably low so I can play with my bikes enough to get them closer to running condition. My Christmas present to myself so to speak.

I hope everyone got what they wanted and if not, there's always return Friday.

Krakatoa, your child will be the best thing that will ever happen to you, enjoy because they grow up all to fast.

Posted by: Gmac - Still pondering something... at December 25, 2014 07:18 AM (4pjhs)

16 Merry Christmas everyone! And if you're looking for a version of A Christmas Carol to watch today, George C. Scott as Scrooge can't be beat! Watched with family on Christmas Eve, and got scared all over again by that scary door knocker.

Posted by: Emily at December 25, 2014 07:18 AM (7Rn+/)

17 A Very Merry Christmas to the Horde
And God Bless Y'all !!!!!

Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at December 25, 2014 07:19 AM (WH/Z1)

18 Merry Christmas, everyone!

Beautiful daughter, krak.

May she live long and prosper.

Posted by: eman at December 25, 2014 07:24 AM (MQEz6)

19

DAY 779

684 to go (757 to Inauguration Day 2017)

Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, machiavellian Mississippi mudslingers, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Mugwumps, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microagressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri, malfunctioning Moron microsites and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2014 07:24 AM (CMkNk)

20

May you all have a most Merry Christmas and a blessed new year ahead.

We'll muddle through somehow.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2014 07:26 AM (CMkNk)

21 7 Little people are the best things ever.
Posted by: Bobs House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 25, 2014 07:05 AM (yxw0r)

I guess midgets is out?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2014 07:31 AM (CMkNk)

22 Good morning and Merry Christmas all! I'm up before the teenagers. No more of that sneaking downstairs at 4 AM stuff any more I guess.

Yes Krak you are blessed and will look forward to many Christmas' to come. You , your wife, your daughter, and her sibling(s). : )

Posted by: freaked at December 25, 2014 07:31 AM (JdEZJ)

23
By the way, seeing that photo make me regret not having children.

G-d bless, Krak.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2014 07:34 AM (CMkNk)

24 Peace and God's blessings to you all this holiday season and in 2015 - Merry Christmas!

Posted by: brevity at December 25, 2014 07:37 AM (8xlhb)

25 Merry Christmas and congratulations, krakatoa!

Now to go find my mister.... I woke up next to a collie! LOL

Posted by: Y-not, evil Hobbit at December 25, 2014 07:38 AM (9BRsg)

26 25 Now to go find my mister.... I woke up next to a collie! LOL

Posted by: Y-not, evil Hobbit at December 25, 2014 07:38 AM (9BRsg)

". . . and Lord help the collie, that gets between me and my man!"

(one of Irving Berlin's outtakes, no doubt)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2014 07:45 AM (CMkNk)

27 Good Christmas morning, everyone.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 07:45 AM (QIrzm)

28 What a cute kid! Merry Christmas serious you guys!

Posted by: Corona at December 25, 2014 07:46 AM (fh2Y7)

29
My manager got an advanced copy of "American Sniper" and said it was great. Will check it out in the theater this weekend.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2014 07:47 AM (CMkNk)

30 Merry Christmas!

Baby Soraya is so beautiful.
Thanks for sharing that photo & for your lovely Christmas post.

Posted by: Votermom at December 25, 2014 07:49 AM (cbfNE)

31
For those that are interested, "The Interview" is free on You Tube.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2014 07:51 AM (CMkNk)

32 As mentioned in the ONT, today is the 100th anniversary of one of the most remarkable events of World War I, or indeed of any war: the Christmas Truce.

The war began at the end of July and was less than five months old. In the beginning, most people on both sides expected a short, sharp, decisive war, but by December it had degenerated into a bloody stalemate. The number of casualties was already shocking by that point.

Starting on Christmas Eve, soldiers on both sides met in No Man's Land between the trenchlines to bury their dead and exchange presents.

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-christmas-truce-of-1914/

Posted by: rickl at December 25, 2014 07:52 AM (sdi6R)

33 Good Christmas morning. A beautiful picture, krakatoa. Children are a blessing, for some amount of blessing.

May your futures be as bright as your dreams.

If someone need a lump of coal, I have a few extra I can give out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2014 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

34 Merry Christmas, everybody. The big family get-together is tomorrow, this afternoon I'm spending with my mother and sister,so there's time this morning for the e-people in my computer.

By the way, seeing that photo make me regret not having children.

G-d bless, Krak.

Borrow them, JJ. It isn't the same but it is a fun substitute. And most parents like to share, atleast for a few hours.

Posted by: Retread at December 25, 2014 07:55 AM (l7hog)

35 Merry Christmas morons.

Posted by: whiskey tango at December 25, 2014 07:56 AM (CgWN8)

36 Merry Christmas and God bless Ace and all the co-bloggers. And all you Morons too-I don't know what I would do without this blog.

Posted by: dreadpirateroberta at December 25, 2014 07:58 AM (eB2N0)

37 Thank you all so much. She is a blessing. We doubt there will be any siblings given our ages, but we haven't completely ruled it out.

It's still quiet here. I'm the only one up. The ham is smoking. The kitchen is clean in preparation for a day of deliciousness. Breakfast is to be stuffed french toast and bacon.

The big meal of the day is to be Ham, taters, dressing, asparagus, all accompanied by smoky pig gravy, hollandaise, & bacon.

Desert may just be candied bacon and bourbon.

Posted by: krakatoa at December 25, 2014 07:58 AM (eCtnP)

38 The barnyard trotter is roasting. Bride of Dave is still snoozing, likely with the Aussie beside her. (My inviolate rule of no dogs on the furniture is ignored by Bride). Big roaring fire in the fireplace for when they get up. I gave the ducks the day off. They can get hunted tomorrow.

I believe I shall get toasted.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 25, 2014 08:00 AM (HwY8m)

39 Merry Christmas Horde!

"For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord"

Luke 2:11

Posted by: grammie winger at December 25, 2014 08:02 AM (dFi94)

40 Gah. Dessert w/ two esses, I meant.

To make up for the error, here's Alton Brown's recipe for Praline Bacon.

http://tinyurl.com/m3by9jy

Posted by: krakatoa at December 25, 2014 08:04 AM (eCtnP)

41 By the way, seeing that photo make me regret not having children.
...........
Well, you can always hope for grandchildren...

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 25, 2014 08:05 AM (/9Mak)

42 Merry Christmas to all the Horde.

As few of you know, I took a temp job as a seasonal helper riding on a delivery truck for one of the two largest package delivery companies this year. As such, I have interacted with hundreds of people in the last few weeks. And yes, the number of people choosing to say "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays" is off the charts this year.

Little VIA was diagnosed with the flu yesterday, so it will be a day of sticking close to Fortress VIA.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 25, 2014 08:07 AM (JC1sv)

43 "Desert may just be candied bacon and bourbon."

Hey everybody...
Let's meet at kraal's place for desert!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 25, 2014 08:09 AM (JC1sv)

44 Kraal=krak

F'n auto-mispell.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 25, 2014 08:10 AM (JC1sv)

45 Merry Christmas everybody!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 25, 2014 08:11 AM (60Vyp)

46 My small gift to you all, before I start the merriment ....

"Mary, did you know
that your baby boy
would one day walk on water?

Mary, did you know
that your baby boy
would save our sons and daughters?"

Kenny Rogers with Wynonna Judd

http://tinyurl.com/n3qfwcn

Merry Christmas to all!

Posted by: grammie winger at December 25, 2014 08:11 AM (dFi94)

47 When the leadership on both sides got wind of the Truce and that their frontline soldiers were openly fraternizing with the enemy, they threatened disciplinary action and ordered the men to start shooting again.

This may have been the only time in history when a war was nearly called off by popular consent, by troops who were already sick of the carnage.

I'm not a writer, but there should be an alt-history story where the truce stuck, and the governments of both sides realized that further fighting would be senseless. Of course, that would require that everybody accept the fait accompli that the Germans had conquered parts of France and most of Belgium.

Posted by: rickl at December 25, 2014 08:14 AM (sdi6R)

48 29
My manager got an advanced copy of "American Sniper" and said it was great. Will check it out in the theater this weekend.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2014 07:47 AM (CMkNk)

And that's what Christmas is all about...

"A weigh-in by a manager,
no crib for a bed..."

Posted by: Rev at December 25, 2014 08:15 AM (Vh+W5)

49 What a beautiful child !

I am baking oatmeal for breakfast. All our Christmas festivities were last weekend, so last night was fairly ordinary.

I have a second fruitcake to make, assuming the rock-hard brown sugar has decided to soften. It's been in an air-tight jar with a moist paper towel, so we'll see...

Father, stepmother and half-sister called from Denmark yesterday, so that was a nice touch.

Sweet-Honey has big trouble with his breathing so we don't do much. It's a shame-- New York at Christmas is a real show.

Later this morning I am going to see 'Into the Woods' at the Ziegfeld and have brunch with a friend who's estranged from his family. That will give me a chance to see a bit of the glitz-- which is enough.

Merry Christmas to the Horde and thanks for all the laughs!

Posted by: Aunt Ralph at December 25, 2014 08:16 AM (QaxQM)

50
Merry Christmas morning, everyone.

Baby Jesus was born!

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 25, 2014 08:16 AM (USlTa)

51 48 Posted by: Rev at December 25, 2014 08:15 AM (Vh+W5)

I said "manager," not "manger!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2014 08:18 AM (CMkNk)

52 Merry Christmas and glory to the Highest. Love you Jesus. Love you Morons. Have a great day all.

Posted by: dogfish at December 25, 2014 08:18 AM (BZOhi)

53 49 Posted by: Aunt Ralph at December 25, 2014 08:16 AM (QaxQM)

Let's meet up at Gracie Mansion and surprise the DeBlasio's!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2014 08:19 AM (CMkNk)

54 C'mon, show me the love for that one ... it's still early.

Posted by: Rev at December 25, 2014 08:20 AM (Vh+W5)

55 54 C'mon, show me the love for that one ... it's still early.
Posted by: Rev at December 25, 2014 08:20 AM (Vh+W5)

You got the wink.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2014 08:22 AM (CMkNk)

56 Merrilly Christmas yo all ! Feliz Navidad! Rum & Egg nog, Rum & Apple Cider and Ho Ho Ho and a gallon Of Rye!

Posted by: blogforce one at December 25, 2014 08:30 AM (G2IJo)

57 Me and Christmas don't get along. It's the contrast and no, concentrating on the bright side doesn't help. My best to everyone for all the reasons the season is celebrated; the sleeping tyke in the photo is a gift to be cherished. We were all like that once.

Posted by: Dan Patterson at December 25, 2014 08:31 AM (X6JJN)

58 This year, we have cured our own ham

I didn't know ham could get sick, but blessings to you & your cured friend.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at December 25, 2014 08:31 AM (MbqmP)

59 If any of you want a breakfast suggestion, I saw this a few days ago: instead of pouring pancake batter in the usual circle, pour a rectangle, slightly longer and fatter than a strip of cooked bacon; lay a cooked strip in top as batter cooks, add more batter on top and flip to cook. Voila! pancake encrusted bacon, just add a touch of syrup and you have breakfast finger food.

Posted by: Retread at December 25, 2014 08:34 AM (l7hog)

60 Went to the big bad city last night where we saw Into The Woods at the Zigfeld, best place to see a movie like this, the crowd was clapping after every musical number.

Excellent, excellent, excellent.

I swear Chris Pine was channeling Shatner.

Very fine acting and singing especially from the younger members of the cast.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 25, 2014 08:37 AM (wFMm8)

61 sitting here performing a factory reset of an (almost) new iPhone that we gave my daughter for Christmas.

Seems someone (me) set a passcode on the phone and has no idea what he set it to.

"Wow honey! You got a phone! No, daddy doesn't know the password to actually use the device, but isn't it pretty?"

Posted by: Mordineus at December 25, 2014 08:40 AM (xcZtg)

62 Merry Christmas, Horde! God bless you all.

Posted by: baldilocks at December 25, 2014 08:40 AM (GE9Jc)

63 A child's first Christmas--even if they sleep through it--is something--especially for the parents who have brought such a gift into the world. Merry Christmas to all of you.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at December 25, 2014 08:44 AM (wdHk6)

64 Krak, she's an angel...

Merry Christmas (or whatever floats yer boat) to Ace and the Horde....

Posted by: The Oort Cloud--SMOD is inbound at December 25, 2014 08:45 AM (yTMXB)

65 Merry Christmas to all. Had a terrific Eve last night with my sisters and company. Good time had by all, and as a gift I got the last of the Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale.

So all is good. Plus going to see the sun today for the first time in ages. Just been gray and gloomy around these parts for weeks.

Posted by: HH at December 25, 2014 08:47 AM (Ce4DF)

66 " Into The Woods"

That movie is strangely intriguing.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 08:48 AM (QIrzm)

67 Merry Christmas Horde!!!

Posted by: Mr. alu Fods at December 25, 2014 08:48 AM (dVk8Y)

68 Merry Christmas, Horde!

Posted by: qixlqatl at December 25, 2014 08:48 AM (L4H3M)

69 Merry Christmas Horde. May Gods blessings fall gently upon you all.

Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys cause theyre slinkin) at December 25, 2014 08:49 AM (S38Xc)

70
the Grizzly Adams Chrtismas movie is on -- was on -- just now -- Once Upon A Starry Night

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 25, 2014 08:49 AM (USlTa)

71 Ho Ho Ho. Merry Christmas morons!

Turkey gravy? Do I start with cold water and heat it up as I add the flour, or start with warm water?

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 25, 2014 08:51 AM (0FSuD)

72 Insty's lead story is a tweeter post from ace. Go read it, it's hilarious.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 25, 2014 08:53 AM (0FSuD)

73
I never made gravy.

But I'm about to defrost some turkey gravy...

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 25, 2014 08:54 AM (USlTa)

74 Merry Christmas everyone

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 25, 2014 08:56 AM (3UGBQ)

75

Forgive me, but I like weather. Sunny days are not for me, especially on Christmas Eve or Day.

Currently it is unseasonably warm, 59 degrees, but we have steady rain, and gusty wind. So, that's okay.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 25, 2014 08:56 AM (USlTa)

76 Merry Christmas one and all, thank you for this daily dose of sanity! So strange to sit downstairs and wait for the kids, instead of being woken at the break of dawn

We used to make the kids take a board game into their rooms to keep them occupied until a reasonable morning time. Now we sit and wait. Circle of life indeed!

Posted by: RedDish at December 25, 2014 08:57 AM (5eXg1)

77 I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus...on the lips!

Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2014 08:57 AM (ZNQKl)

78
Ah, now the Danil Boone Christmas episode is on!

I like Fess Parker.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 25, 2014 08:57 AM (USlTa)

79 Watching "The Interview."

Actually kinda liking it so far.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 08:58 AM (QIrzm)

80 At age 43, this too is my first Christmas with my daughter (8 months old) and it means so, so much to me and my wife. Last night at vigil mass we were Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, and the little one was so darn good in church. By next year, that will likely have changed and we'll be experiences some of the stroppiness that comes with the emerging ego, but I'll have found something else to feel blessed about. For now I'm allowing myself to really pamper her as I know the job of becoming a father, and the discipline that entails, is coming quite soon.

Posted by: KGB at December 25, 2014 08:59 AM (M+8XB)

81 Mix your starch of choice (corn, hwaet, or rice, or whatever) in cold (icy cold works best) water. Plop the glorp into a pan with some (2 tbsp, or so) melted butter, heat, & gradually add drippings while stirring.

For best results, take the time to make a roux, but since anything other than roux blanc is going to take 45 minutes, you might not want to bother.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at December 25, 2014 09:00 AM (MbqmP)

82 77
I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus...on the lips!

Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2014 08:57 AM (ZNQKl)

That Bruce! What a naughty boy.

Posted by: Lena at December 25, 2014 09:01 AM (0FSuD)

83 Turkey gravy? Do I start with cold water and heat it up as I add the flour, or start with warm water?

Flour is to thicken the gravy so start with pan drippings in a saucepan at near boiling. Whisk madly to avoid lumps.

Posted by: Retread at December 25, 2014 09:03 AM (l7hog)

84 A Merry Christmas to all!

Posted by: FCF at December 25, 2014 09:03 AM (kejii)

85 Uh, oh. Gravy wars?

Posted by: Retread at December 25, 2014 09:04 AM (l7hog)

86 Merry Christmas, all.

Got a phone call at 7AM. I'm on vacation, but it doesn't matter. The on-call guys have been up all night trying to fix a server and are all burnt. Have to drive 90 miles one way to fix a it...hoping to leave early enough to get back in time for Dinner with the kids. Don't much like my job right now.

Posted by: trainer at December 25, 2014 09:04 AM (7EbAY)

87 turkey gravy as prepared within my household involves browning the flour first, then adding turkey drippings while stirring briskly, once browned flour coated in fat, then you can add water and cooked and diced giblets. simmer til done.
Yummy stuff.

Posted by: Mordineus at December 25, 2014 09:04 AM (xcZtg)

88 @57 Me and Christmas don't get along.

Well put Dan, and, empathies. It takes years to figure out how not to be the Grinch, or The Militant Atheist, or The Problem Depressive (standard central-casting roles in which one may get cast), and just learn to look in and take it for what it's worth. Which is, after all, something. I got there for a while; now it seems things are going the other way, despite some effort.

The cooking, the special drinks, the making of gift "items" are all pretty good. But as people age, and their lives change, a given group will put less value on any particular thing. The older relatives who compete to see how little they can eat (think "Babette" here), the endless recitations of what new health concern or diet fad ("Lookit Me!") prevent the taking of traditional or very special food, the craft items I'd never let my kids have, and of course this-that-and-the-other thing about this or that drink ingredient..."How to Kill a Holiday."

Worst? After working hard inside to put aside the sullen Otherhood that would come naturally, having some snot-nose punk who just discovered Dostoyevsky and imagist poetry tell you all about how hokey your life is now. Because Christmas. I love Robert Stack's rant in "Airplane." Says it all.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 25, 2014 09:05 AM (xq1UY)

89
Benk has gifted us with a kick in the balls on this Holy day.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 25, 2014 09:05 AM (USlTa)

90 72 Insty's lead story is a tweeter post from ace. Go read it, it's hilarious.

--
@Warden_AoS is Ace?
I figured it was a COB or a Hordeling, but I thought Ace had a different twitter handle.

Posted by: @votermom at December 25, 2014 09:08 AM (hbpAs)

91 Flour is to thicken the gravy so start with pan drippings in a saucepan at near boiling. Whisk madly to avoid lumps.

Posted by: Retread at December 25, 2014 09:03 AM (l7hog)

Yeah, I know all that. Wait to whisk flour in after water and shit is boiling? Sounds like a plan, and I have the good gravy flour.

Also have some cheating McCormick's packages if needed.

Posted by: Lena at December 25, 2014 09:12 AM (0FSuD)

92 @Warden_AoS is Ace?

I figured it was a COB or a Hordeling, but I thought Ace had a different twitter handle.

Posted by: @votermom at December 25, 2014 09:08 AM (hbpAs)

Off Lena sock. Don't know about that. just saw the AoS

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 25, 2014 09:13 AM (0FSuD)

93 @87

OK, I like that plan. That soaks up the fat so you don't need to skim it off?

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 25, 2014 09:14 AM (0FSuD)

94 Don't much like my job right now.

Posted by: trainer at December 25, 2014 09:04 AM (7EbAY)

Beats fun employment.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 25, 2014 09:16 AM (0FSuD)

95 She's beautiful, Krak! Merry Christmas everybody!

Posted by: lauraw at December 25, 2014 09:17 AM (2JSDI)

96 Looks like the NY Slime is calling off the race wars for Christmas. They are poo pooing the latest thug death in MO.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 25, 2014 09:18 AM (0FSuD)

97 Wishing everyone here a big as Texas Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Happy Hanukkah!

To the left, suck it.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2014 09:19 AM (QEXbN)

98 Yeah, I know all that. Wait to whisk flour in after water and shit is
boiling? Sounds like a plan, and I have the good gravy flour.

Oops. Didn't mean to be condescending. Yeah, I have the water and shit just at a boil, add the flour, and stir til it starts to thicken.

There are as many ways to make gravy as there are mothers who make it from pan drippings.

I swear by Pillsbury gravy flour.

Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Retread at December 25, 2014 09:20 AM (l7hog)

99 Merry Christmas Horde! All The Good Things!

Met with family earlier in the month so it's just Me, Myself, and Eris. The sun is out after a week of wet, bleccherous gloom. I may break my solemn vow of Christmas pantslessness and take a nature walk.

I'm reading my old Victorian "A Child's Life of Christ", but inside, I'm really planning what to eat next. At my core, a n unrepentant pagan.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 25, 2014 09:20 AM (KH1sk)

100 The sun is out after a week of wet, bleccherous gloom. I may break my solemn vow of Christmas pantslessness and take a nature walk.

Manspreadin' FTW!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2014 09:24 AM (QEXbN)

101 I will use the pan dripping for sure. I like the early idea of browning the flour before adding the water. I think that is what my dad use to do.

Like I said, I do have some cheating McC mix if it turns out badly.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 25, 2014 09:25 AM (0FSuD)

102 Turkey starting to smell pretty damn good. Neighbor's dog tried to come in the house, aka like the Christmas story.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 25, 2014 09:26 AM (0FSuD)

103 I'm sharing your joy, krak. It's my grandson's first Christmas too. It's my goal to teach him his first word: "moron".

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread on patrol at December 25, 2014 09:34 AM (GYFAU)

104 RedDish: "Circle of life indeed!"

Just recalled my least favorite Christmas.

Milady and I had been up really late, putting presents under the tree, stuffing stockings. Then we slept hard, & late, for a Christmas morning.

Awoke to find the kids had already opened all their presents without us, so we missed the greatest delight, seeing their joy of discovering all we'd set up for them. They "didn't want to wake up" their poor old sleeping parents, they said.

Milady was amused. For me, that was the day I began to realize what a total failure I was as a parent. Quarter of a century ago, and I can still feel bad about that morning.

Merry Christmas, friends.

Posted by: mindful webworker in Santa hat at December 25, 2014 09:34 AM (oqhrS)

105 Posted by: @votermom at December 25, 2014 09:08 AM (hbpAs)

Yes, Warden is someone else. He used to be around here but I don't remember seeing him on the HQ lately, maybe Twitter takes all of his time now.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 25, 2014 09:50 AM (GDulk)

106 Given gift in my family is the worst. We are so blessed that we don't need a special day to get something we need and have very little wants due to low expectations the rest of the year. We don't need a new big screen TV when the TV we have is fine. We don't need a new computer as the ones we have are fine. If it is needed, one goes get it. After years of the having the first responses after it is opened "Hope you kept the recite". The joy is lost.We had piles of stuff of Christmas booty that still sit in the box unused for years. One year a couple of DVDs got put in with the Christmas wrapping paper box, unopened and was not missed at all. Gifts just for gifts sake. Another year a desktop daily calender with a daily crossword was given. Hoping they would enjoy do a daily crossword because they do crossword all the time but it sat for two years before the crosswords were tackled and still only less than half of the 365 done. One year got a high end 35mm film camera right before one could not buy film anywhere or get it developed, even though there were digital cameras around. The only good recent year was when everyone else but me went out of town as I
had to work on boxing day. All I got that year was one $50 dollars bill.
It was all that was needed that year and was used to by a boxing day
pizza.

This year I got everyone Cash. Gift card suck as they are only good at the one place and there is not always a need at that store. I was given a $100 gift card one year and was left with $7 dollars on it, as nothing in the store was less than $7 and no need for a $45 dollar dress shirt worn only at funerals. Same with the new thing of VISA gift cards. One can not go the Costco (already have a membership so no gift membership) or the local Casino for some fun with a VISA gift card.

Posted by: TJ Airing of Grievances at December 25, 2014 12:29 PM (GLL1E)

107 Merry Christmas and God bless you, sir, and your beautiful little girl.

Posted by: Angry Li'l Elf at December 25, 2014 01:06 PM (x46lA)

108 Merry Christmas to Ace, krakatoa, and all morons and moronettes who make on-line life worth living and sometimes joyful. The gift of a blessed babe makes life worth living, too, in a very special way. Thank you for sharing yours, Krakatoa; you are very fortunate that your wife helped you to find an appreciation for Christmas -- and the two of you created a beautiful new life. The Judeo-Christian tradition is the most wonderful gift of all (with some Enlightenment thrown in), even for those who do not believe (in the same ways as most). You have added to those who will help to make it continue and prosper. Thank you and a happy New Year, too.

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