First-World Problems...

What does that even mean?

America is a Christian nation, and no amount of post-modern nonsense is going to change that. Besides, the Christmas season is wonderful! And I write as a committed Jew who has never been the least interested in other religions in anything other than a historical and cultural context.

As the signs I see occasionally say: "Keep Christ In Christmas!"

Ah..that's better.

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 24, 2023 02:01 PM (u73oe)

2 I'm leaning into the 'committed vibe.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 24, 2023 02:03 PM (43xH1)

3 Holiday season is when we bag our holidays. If they are not culled they exceed the carrying capacity of the calendar.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2023 02:03 PM (D7oie)

4 Happy Seasons Greetings

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at December 24, 2023 02:04 PM (We9fe)

5 Ho ho ho

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2023 02:04 PM (Q4IgG)

6 Deus Vult!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at December 24, 2023 02:05 PM (di6C2)

7 Seasoned with what?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2023 02:05 PM (63Dwl)

8 This is wild if true.

Actual nice, traditional Christmas imagery showing up in Time Square:

https://twitter.com/dom_lucre/status/
1738612199575220314?s=20

Posted by: nautralfake at December 24, 2023 02:05 PM (nFnyb)

9 At hospital visiting my mom, dad is here visiting too

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2023 02:06 PM (v1HOw)

10 America is a Christian nation

Is it, though? It varies by class and region, but I'm beginning to conclude that we are now a post-Christian nation. Sorry for the downer at this time of year, but I calls 'em as I sees 'em.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2023 02:06 PM (CsUN+)

11 Have a Kickin’ Kwanza !!!

Posted by: Adriane the Grinch-ish Critic . . . at December 24, 2023 02:07 PM (4Winp)

12 On the good new front, at least Kwanzaa seems to be dying a much-deserved death. Does anyone pretend to celebrate it, other than your local news station?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2023 02:08 PM (CsUN+)

13 I know I'm getting older and wiser because the youngsters are becoming more respectful.

But I still feel like a spry young buck and I want some of that social media influencer poontang.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 24, 2023 02:08 PM (9v1kn)

14 Happy Kwanza!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2023 02:09 PM (FWA22)

15 They have Kwanza stamps at the post office …

Posted by: Adriane the Grinch-ish Critic . . . at December 24, 2023 02:09 PM (4Winp)

16 Have a Luminous St. Lucia’s …

Posted by: Adriane the Grinch-ish Critic . . . at December 24, 2023 02:10 PM (4Winp)

17 Merry Christmas.

Posted by: From about that Time at December 24, 2023 02:13 PM (4780s)

18 I was driving in a long commute and I passed a high school that advertised “winter break”.

Hmmmmm…winter break. So…why is it now, and not in, say, February? February is the dead heart of winter, no? So, why is this “winter break” NOW?

Because of CHRISTMAS.

Hence, better to call it CHRISTMAS BREAK. I’m just a fan of calling things what they in fact are.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 24, 2023 02:14 PM (LwmLF)

19 As a Member of the Tribe, I want to extend a heartfelt and sincere Merry Christmas to all. May your day be filled with joy and laughter with children, grands and pets running amok. Raise a glass to those present and absent, family and friends, and I hope your lib relatives stay home.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 24, 2023 02:15 PM (/HoHj)

20 Wait. I thought we were celebrating Toyotathon.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2023 02:15 PM (NBVIP)

21 Hence, better to call it CHRISTMAS BREAK. I’m just a fan of calling things what they in fact are.

And what of us? WHAT OF US?

Posted by: Worshippers of Moloch at December 24, 2023 02:15 PM (CsUN+)

22 They have Kwanza stamps at the post office …
Posted by: Adriane the Grinch-ish Critic
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I saw those couple of weeks ago. Asked the girl if they were 1/2 off yet. She larfed and said "they should be the way we're not selling them."

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2023 02:17 PM (ju2Fy)

23 To get serious for one moment, I value the United States as a very special iteration of Legal Fiction, in that it is a pluralist society with a two tiered structure: social obligation and individual existence. The balance is not perfect as it never is. But I've been to other places and not as a privileged tourist, and have no shit kissed the ground under the US flag on return.
In no uncertain way, if nothing else my valued Construct of the USA refutes the brutality of Paganism.
I deeply value and embrace the concept of the USA, the freest society to ever exist. I refuse Theocracy. Have your Faith. Contribute to Society.
If your Faith or cosmology does not contribute but destroys, off with You.
Americans build things, and people.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 24, 2023 02:17 PM (43xH1)

24 Merry Kugelmas, CBD!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:18 PM (+RQPJ)

25 I've mentioned to people who have frowned upon my wishing them a Merry Christmas that it's a Federal Holiday and if they are so offended they need to write their congressman and have the law changed.

Or they can boycott by going to work.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2023 02:20 PM (R+X/W)

26 Merry Christmas to the Horde.

Posted by: That Northernlurker embracing the suckd at December 24, 2023 02:20 PM (miT2W)

27 Nicely said, LenNeal.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:20 PM (+RQPJ)

28 The college ag dept sells Christmas cactii to the public. Several years ago they changed to Holiday Cactus for Sale. They're back to Christmas Cactus for Sale. Guess sales weren't too great for the Holiday ones.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2023 02:20 PM (ju2Fy)

29 One of the wild turkeys is perched on a fence and staring in at me.

Get off my back! We're having ham tomorrow, but that can change!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:22 PM (+RQPJ)

30 Hi folks!

I'm on a plane with crap internet.

Talk about First-World Problems!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at December 24, 2023 02:24 PM (c7QDM)

31 Saturnalia Salutations !

Posted by: Next2Nothing at December 24, 2023 02:25 PM (tA1/w)

32 I have a deboned chicken stuffed with shrimp stuffing getting ready here. How they grow deboned chickens is beyond me but I glad someone worked it out.

Merry Christmas you filthy animals.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2023 02:26 PM (SAX5G)

33 Hope you have something good to read, Dildo.

You can play "Spy" to pass the time. Who's the secret agent on the plane?

Is it you?

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:26 PM (+RQPJ)

34 CBD I'm glad you make a point of this.

The other point I like to make is Chanukah is not the Jewish Christmas, and relatively minor theologically. Let's not equate the two.

A lot of my family is RC so there has always been a tension in the logistics of how these holidays are celebrated but that usually gets dissolved in either latkes or eggnog.

When you understand and observe and respect the real meaning of both holidays, there is no problem.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2023 02:27 PM (RIvkX)

35 Happy Christmas to all!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 24, 2023 02:27 PM (IX0pp)

36 Hi folks!

I'm on a plane with crap internet.

Talk about First-World Problems!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at December 24, 2023 02:24 PM (c7QDM)
***

Dang. Christmas Eve travel.
Ugh.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2023 02:27 PM (W/lyH)

37 When you understand and observe and respect the real meaning of both holidays, there is no problem.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

What?! A calm and thoughtful approach to conflicts?

That is not who we are!!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2023 02:28 PM (SAX5G)

38 Eggnog???
Did somebody mention eggnog???

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2023 02:28 PM (W/lyH)

39 I use the terms Construct and such as I'm painfully aware of my own limited perceptions and subjective statements and am always aware I might be wrong. So I rarely make absolute statements of fact.
It's like nailing down an engineer, there are tolerances to any measurement.
Anticipating criticism.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 24, 2023 02:29 PM (43xH1)

40 "The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of deep darkness
a light has dawned."

Isaiah 9:2

Posted by: Marcus T at December 24, 2023 02:29 PM (NBtzd)

41 God bless and Merry Christmas to all!

Posted by: Don Draper at December 24, 2023 02:30 PM (19ze8)

42 Peace on Earth to Men of Good Will.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2023 02:31 PM (63Dwl)

43 Skip, a prayer for her complete and speedy recovery

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2023 02:31 PM (RIvkX)

44 I must have missed something about Kwanzaa.

Was Black Jesus born in the Congo and raised by apes like Tarzan?

We're so far off into the weeds that I'm lost, and I never get lost.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 24, 2023 02:32 PM (9v1kn)

45 Is it you?

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:26 PM (+RQPJ)

Not a chance!

I'm reading "Cutting For Stone."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at December 24, 2023 02:33 PM (c7QDM)

46 Merry Cristmas, CBD!
Same to all COBs and the Boss!

FWP: I just put the roast beef in, but the estimated done time will interfere with my nap.

Posted by: RI Red at December 24, 2023 02:33 PM (U5dFd)

47 I'm sure she'll bounce right back after Skip drops that tree on her.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 24, 2023 02:34 PM (43xH1)

48 30: never buy Internet on a plane. SWA in particular is a crapshoot.

(The one time I had it on United from AMS to IAH was pretty good though.)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 24, 2023 02:34 PM (LwmLF)

49 Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2023 02:27 PM (RIvkX)

True, but recent events have made celebrations of martial Judaism more important than ever!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at December 24, 2023 02:34 PM (c7QDM)

50 Saturnalia Salutations !
Posted by: Next2Nothing at December 24, 2023 02:25 PM (tA1/w)

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Finally. The pagans feel included.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2023 02:35 PM (bo7UB)

51 Merry Christmas you filthy animals.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2023 02:26 PM (SAX5G)

You boned a chicken and you call us filthy animals?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at December 24, 2023 02:36 PM (c7QDM)

52 You boned a chicken and you call us filthy animals?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete

Look, it was dark and I was drunk. Who knew?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2023 02:37 PM (qoGsy)

53 I always thought "Happy Holidays" was silly Hannukah is over. Kwanzaa hasn't happened yet and it's dumb holiday started by a criminal and I only know one person. Who celebrates it because he's an AA liberal and trying to politically correct. New Years isn't for another week. Merry Christmas is appropriate! Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2023 02:37 PM (fTZ8r)

54 44 I must have missed something about Kwanzaa.

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Kwanzaa is the day that we follow in the footsteps of its founder Ron Karenga by adopting communism and setting our girlfriends on fire.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2023 02:37 PM (bo7UB)

55 Spell check didn’t pick up Cristmas!?
I swear, spell check is my worst enema..

Posted by: RI Red at December 24, 2023 02:37 PM (U5dFd)

56 I'm definitely of the generation that went for Chinese food and a movie on Christmas. Not every Christmas but several.

People also decorated their houses a lot more back East than they do here. All the MOTs had electric menorahs that we put in the window.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2023 02:38 PM (RIvkX)

57 Don't forget, Pride Month is just six months away. Don't wait to do your shopping at the last minute.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2023 02:39 PM (bo7UB)

58 Kwanzaa is the day that we follow in the footsteps of its founder Ron Karenga by adopting communism and setting our girlfriends on fire.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2023 02:37 PM (bo7UB)

Amateur. He should have tied her to a tree, stripped naked, covered her in piss and shit, and paraded her through town.

Posted by: CPC carders at December 24, 2023 02:39 PM (LwmLF)

59 Electric Menorah should be the name of a klezmer funk band.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:40 PM (+RQPJ)

60 Posted by: RI Red at December 24, 2023 02:33 PM (U5dFd)

Do not be impatient! Let that roast rest for a long time!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at December 24, 2023 02:40 PM (c7QDM)

61 Electric Menorah should be the name of a klezmer funk band.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:40 PM (+RQPJ)

I'd listen to them.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at December 24, 2023 02:41 PM (AiZBA)

62 57: I can’t believe there isn’t a month for English/German/Slavic Americans. My vote is for such a month to be February. Yeah, I know, it’s taken. But still…

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 24, 2023 02:41 PM (LwmLF)

63 *Descends from Heaven*

*Looks upon the assembled horde of AoS users*

*Ascends back to Heaven*

Posted by: Jesus, who is the Christ at December 24, 2023 02:41 PM (qrtW7)

64 Give us a book report on "Cutting For Stone" when you're finished. Just a blurblet will do.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:42 PM (+RQPJ)

65 True, but recent events have made celebrations of martial Judaism more important than ever!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at December 24, 2023 02:34 PM (c7QDM)

===
Agreed. That is also an important part of the story.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2023 02:43 PM (RIvkX)

66 Searching Spotify there is a song titled "Electric Menorah" by Micah Wood. Have to add that to my Christmas playlist.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at December 24, 2023 02:43 PM (tA1/w)

67 Roast in the oven. 15 minutes at 475 then an hour and a half at 250. Stays in oven with it turned off for another hour.

Always perfect.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2023 02:44 PM (JGlUB)

68 Prayer request

Baby Lillian who I had asked prayer before.- She is the great neice of someone in my congregation- is back in the hospital- problem with her hemoglobin. Issue

I don't say this to the baby's great aunt but I'm pretty sure her parents had the shot while the mother was pregnant because their work required it Fauci will definitely face justice in the life to come since he probably won't in this one.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2023 02:44 PM (RSbhh)

69 My neighbor has a small fir tree growing in the parking strip, so I went and bought some ornaments and hung them on it yesterday. No idea if she will ever notice them.

Posted by: Kindltot - Brotherhood of the Wolf, local 782 at December 24, 2023 02:45 PM (D7oie)

70 59 Electric Menorah should be the name of a klezmer funk band.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:40 PM (+RQPJ)

For Eris:

https://youtu.be/FV6i4loONAs

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 24, 2023 02:45 PM (PiwSw)

71 Give us a book report on "Cutting For Stone" when you're finished. Just a blurblet will do.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:42 PM (+RQPJ)

Will do...it's good so far.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at December 24, 2023 02:48 PM (OLHys)

72 I got a Dearborn Brand spiral cut ham for tomorrow's feastivus. The logo has a mustachioed ethnic cradling a ham and sausages. Turns out the company was founded by Hungarians. Cousins of our Miklos?

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:48 PM (+RQPJ)

73 Roast in the oven. 15 minutes at 475 then an hour and a half at 250. Stays in oven with it turned off for another hour.

I went the other way. Tenderloin at 275 for 60-90 minutes, rest for 15, pan sear until crusty. Then use the fond for au jus.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2023 02:48 PM (CsUN+)

74 Males, that is AWESOME.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:50 PM (+RQPJ)

75 Roast in the oven. 15 minutes at 475 then an hour and a half at 250. Stays in oven with it turned off for another hour.

Always perfect.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2023 02:44 PM (JGlUB)

I am making a pork roast today, and we will have leftovers tomorrow. Roast, potatoes and turnips, gravy, and veggies as I can cook them.
I bought kimchi for my wife.

Posted by: Kindltot - Brotherhood of the Wolf, local 782 at December 24, 2023 02:50 PM (D7oie)

76 I've always told people to get over it and stop being pissed off about the last thing that happened. It's over, you can't unhappen it, so move on to the next thing.

But, if anything, they need to stop being pissed off about the next thing. They get into a habit of crying about the last thing, and end up pissing down a leg up when they get one.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2023 02:51 PM (0FoWg)

77 Wife just told me I was making peppercorn sauce for the rib eyes tonight. She said we had this discussion last week? Ok.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2023 02:51 PM (ju2Fy)

78 Merry Christmas everyone!

Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2023 02:52 PM (ZLI7S)

79 Holiday season is when we bag our holidays. If they are not culled they exceed the carrying capacity of the calendar.
Posted by: Kindltot

Especially all these new month-long ones. An ecosystem can only support so many large predators.

The first-world problem is there's nowhere to display a Pride pelt. Clashes with everything, it does.

Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2023 02:52 PM (DgGvY)

80 GayTLA, channel 5 LA, all rainbow shit all June through October, is guilty. Oh, Santa and snowmen, but nary a Nativity scene. But we must celebrate Eid al-Fitr and Diwali!!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at December 24, 2023 02:52 PM (mVvkA)

81 22 They have Kwanza stamps at the post office …
Posted by: Adriane the Grinch-ish Critic
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I saw those couple of weeks ago. Asked the girl if they were 1/2 off yet. She larfed and said "they should be the way we're not selling them."
Posted by: olddog in mo

Which glorious postal unit did this occur in, comrade?!?! I want, uh, to reward such honest and subversive workers with some extra business, as is our capitalist custom!

Posted by: True Conservative (Not secret police!) at December 24, 2023 02:52 PM (ycI94)

82 The NY Post word search puzzle for today is titled Merry Christmas so they were obviously prescient about what CBD was going to write . 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2023 02:53 PM (RSbhh)

83 Males?! Mapes!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:53 PM (+RQPJ)

84 As I was once very loudly told by a Russian immigrant fellow I worked with at a very high tech company:

"Thank God for the United Stated of America! The United States is the greatest country to ever exist in all of history!!!"

Posted by: pawn at December 24, 2023 02:53 PM (QB+5g)

85 But, if anything, they need to stop being pissed off about the next thing. They get into a habit of crying about the last thing, and end up pissing down a leg up when they get one.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2023 02:51 PM (0FoWg)

If you have one foot stuck in the past, and one foot planted in the future, the only thing you can do with the present is pee on it

Posted by: Kindltot - Brotherhood of the Wolf, local 782 at December 24, 2023 02:53 PM (D7oie)

86 49 . . . recent events have made celebrations of martial Judaism more important than ever!

Wonder how many people know about the martial aspect of the holiday?

Posted by: KT at December 24, 2023 02:54 PM (rrtZS)

87 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 24, 2023 02:54 PM (T4tVD)

88 nowhere to display a Pride pelt.

White pippo pelts decorate the walls of the Diversity Hut.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at December 24, 2023 02:54 PM (mVvkA)

89 May Baby Lillian be Blessed with Health and Healing …

Posted by: Adriane the Critic . . . at December 24, 2023 02:54 PM (4Winp)

90 Males?! Mapes!
Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:53 PM (+RQPJ)
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*deflates*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2023 02:55 PM (RIvkX)

91 I bought kimchi for my wife.
Posted by: Kindltot - Brotherhood of the Wolf, local 782 at December 24, 2023 02:50 PM (D7oie)
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Kimchi is great. Ever made Kimchi Mac 'n' Cheese?

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:55 PM (+RQPJ)

92 72 I got a Dearborn Brand spiral cut ham for tomorrow's feastivus. The logo has a mustachioed ethnic cradling a ham and sausages. Turns out the company was founded by Hungarians. Cousins of our Miklos?
Posted by: All Hail Eris

I recommend cooking it up on a street corner in Dearborn, Michigan, and giving out free samples. Should be really popular with the locals!

Posted by: True Moron at December 24, 2023 02:55 PM (ycI94)

93 Skip, a prayer for her complete and speedy recovery
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2023 02:31 PM (RIvkX)

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at December 24, 2023 02:55 PM (T4tVD)

94
If you have one foot stuck in the past, and one foot planted in the future, the only thing you can do with the present is pee on it
Posted by: Kindltot - Brotherhood of the Wolf, local 782 at December 24, 2023 02:53 PM (D7oie)

True enough.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2023 02:56 PM (0FoWg)

95 May Demonspawn Fauci be slowly ripped to shreds by starving wild dogs and enjoy being regurgitated for their pups …

Posted by: Adriane the Critic . . . at December 24, 2023 02:56 PM (4Winp)

96 Kimchi is great. Ever made Kimchi Mac 'n' Cheese?
Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:55 PM (+RQPJ)

Is it good? She mostly eats it as a side until it gets tangy and then makes soup from it. Kimchi-mac might be a good alternate.

Posted by: Kindltot - Brotherhood of the Wolf, local 782 at December 24, 2023 02:57 PM (D7oie)

97 49 . . . recent events have made celebrations of martial Judaism more important than ever!

Wonder how many people know about the martial aspect of the holiday?
Posted by: KT at December 24, 2023 02:54 PM (rrtZS)
-

Rabbi Meir Kahane did:

http://tinyurl.com/4f8kyvr9

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 24, 2023 02:58 PM (ch/kO)

98 the shot while the mother was pregnant

(types, deletes)

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at December 24, 2023 02:58 PM (mVvkA)

99 But speaking of Holidays …

Have a Kewl Yule …

And Have a Sun Streaming Solstice …
For all the Astro-history geeks.

Posted by: Adriane the Grinch-ish Critic . . . at December 24, 2023 02:58 PM (4Winp)

100 I recommend cooking it up on a street corner in Dearborn, Michigan, and giving out free samples. Should be really popular with the locals!
Posted by: True Moron

And then use the leftovers as bookmarks for copies of the Koran.

I'm a giver - it's true!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2023 02:59 PM (SAX5G)

101 A lot of my family is RC so there has always been a tension in the logistics of how these holidays are celebrated but that usually gets dissolved in either latkes or eggnog.

When you understand and observe and respect the real meaning of both holidays, there is no problem.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2023 02:27 PM

That's my father's family mix. After the older generation got too old to host the family Christmas party, the Jewish relatives took it on. It always falls on the weekend where Advent and Hanukkah first overlap.

When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the Hanukkah Bush that looked like a Christmas tree but had blue-and-white lights and ornaments made by my RC great-aunt who was an artist. It took me a long time to figure out that no one else had a Hanukkah Bush!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 24, 2023 03:00 PM (gJoNf)

102 Kindltot, it is good! The spiciness of the kimchi cuts the creaminess of the mac.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 03:00 PM (+RQPJ)

103 Member of the goyim here, but I love Hanukkah and the story it commemorates. God is good!

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2023 03:00 PM (Sf2cq)

104 Childhood church was Lutheran;oddly enough (or not) the story of the Maccabees and the oil for the lamps in the Temple was one of his favorites and he always gave that lesson in Sunday school.

Posted by: Lirio100 at December 24, 2023 03:01 PM (I5U35)

105 But speaking of Holidays …

Have a Kewl Yule …

Posted by: Adriane the Grinch-ish Critic . . . at December 24, 2023 02:58 PM (4Winp)
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And a Brenner tomorrow!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 24, 2023 03:02 PM (ch/kO)

106 Merry Christmas to all. And look at this--can't believe it happened in NYC!

Uh oh, got some dust in my eyes....

http://tinyurl.com/2nwtrhra

Posted by: PJ at December 24, 2023 03:02 PM (G1dq6)

107 It took me a long time to figure out that no one else had a Hanukkah Bush!
Posted by: NaughtyPine

Daphne Rosen did at one time, no doubt!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2023 03:03 PM (SAX5G)

108
My pumpkin pie came out great!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at December 24, 2023 03:03 PM (n7rxJ)

109 The first-world problem is there's nowhere to display a Pride pelt. Clashes with everything, it does.
Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2023 02:52 PM (DgGvY

It's all the tats. Difficult to coordinate with them.

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2023 03:05 PM (Sf2cq)

110 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2023 03:06 PM (lwOKI)

111 Kimchi is great. Ever made Kimchi Mac 'n' Cheese?
Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 02:55 PM

I like to make my own kimchee. I'll have to try some with mac n cheese. Sounds like it would work.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 24, 2023 03:07 PM (rru9C)

112 108
My pumpkin pie came out great!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at December 24, 2023 03:03 PM (n7rxJ

Mmmmmm. Pumpkin pie!

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2023 03:07 PM (Sf2cq)

113 Walking out of work this morning (the 5-sided nut house in Arlington, VA), I was greeted with a 'Merry Christmas' by the few fellow shift workers that I passed. Not sure if that is trending upwards or not but it was a nice change from 'Happy Holidays'.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2023 03:08 PM (sAmhv)

114 112 108
My pumpkin pie came out great!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at December 24, 2023 03:03 PM (n7rxJ

Mmmmmm. Pumpkin pie!
Posted by: Emmie

We prefer cherry pie, IYKWIM.

Posted by: Warrant at December 24, 2023 03:09 PM (ycI94)

115 Merry Christmas CBD, and to all at Chez D. Thank you for all of the hard work, humor, insight, and everything else you post here for us! You are much appreciated and remain my Culinary Obi Wan.

Posted by: SuperMayorSuperRonNirenberg-Buff For Christmas, Buff For Every Day at December 24, 2023 03:10 PM (k0hp9)

116 Hey! Old Forester in homemade eggnog. Nutmeg sprinkled on top, of course.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at December 24, 2023 03:11 PM (lt8yw)

117 Thx for the prayers for baby Lillian, folks. It means a lot to the parents and the great aunt in my congregation and to me as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2023 03:11 PM (RSbhh)

118 And Merry Christmas to one and all.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at December 24, 2023 03:12 PM (lt8yw)

119 My FWP is I have to take down all Dad's decorations Wednesday before everyone leaves (including him), drive to my house Thursday to take down my decorations before driving to meet-up with family. Back to work after NYD.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 24, 2023 03:12 PM (gJoNf)

120 I don't say this to the baby's great aunt but I'm pretty sure her parents had the shot while the mother was pregnant because their work required it Fauci will definitely face justice in the life to come since he probably won't in this one.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2023 02:44 PM (RSbhh)

Someone in my circle is having similar issues. Premature baby who keeps getting seriously sick and has probably spent more of his life in the hospital than at home. There are life-stealing forces behind this evil, I'm convinced.

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2023 03:12 PM (Sf2cq)

121 Merry Christmas, Horde, and wishes for a pleasant day for all who celebrate otherwise. Special prayers for those who are missing loved ones, and for everyone whose loved ones are struggling today.

We may not know exactly when He took on human form and came to Earth, but it's good to see people thinking about Him, even if it's only for a short time.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at December 24, 2023 03:13 PM (uFgkP)

122 Wife just told me I was making peppercorn sauce for the rib eyes tonight. She said we had this discussion last week? Ok.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2023 02:51 PM (ju2Fy)

My chef sister sez to use green peppercorns for the sauce. She buys a can or two at the food service stores for me. Perfect for Steak Diane sauce.

Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2023 03:13 PM (rj6Yv)

123 To say "Holiday Season" or to say "Happy Holidays" is to acknowledge Christmas. I detest the "holiday" greeting thing for its hypocrisy. If one is going to deny Christmas, then make no greeting at all, or at least single out New Years Day, since that is what is being acknowledged - and is therefore not plural.

Merry Christmas to all!

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at December 24, 2023 03:13 PM (TOe+Q)

124 I got a Dearborn Brand spiral cut ham for tomorrow's feastivus. The logo has a mustachioed ethnic cradling a ham and sausages. Turns out the company was founded by Hungarians. Cousins of our Miklos?
Posted by: All Hail Eris

I have my smoked ham and Hungarian Kolbasz for tonight's Christmas Eve dinner. A salute to my Magyar heritage.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at December 24, 2023 03:15 PM (iODuv)

125 First world problem. The boiler went out at the church on Friday. Part not available til Tuesday. Rented a diesel heating unit. It pooped out overnight. Try to get the rental company on a Christmas Sunday, impossible. Hopefully a parishioner who's an auto mechanic will be able to fix it. It was 12 degrees this morning and going down to 10 0vernight.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 24, 2023 03:16 PM (2NHgQ)

126 NORAD is tracking Santa live at

NORADSanta.org

Hope he has a good stock of HARMS - he needs all the SEAD he can get right now,

Posted by: Fox2! at December 24, 2023 03:17 PM (3d2Rp)

127 Right you are!

Posted by: leber at December 24, 2023 03:17 PM (rovGg)

128 My chef sister sez to use green peppercorns for the sauce. She buys a can or two at the food service stores for me. Perfect for Steak Diane sauce.
Posted by: mrp
---------------

Yeah, my recipe calls for 4 peppercorn mix. Tried it and not enough difference to just stick with black ones which I always have on hand. It's a hit with friends & family.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2023 03:18 PM (ju2Fy)

129 Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2023 03:12 PM (Sf2cq

I am so sorry. Lillian was premature too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2023 03:18 PM (RSbhh)

130 My chef sister sez to use green peppercorns for the sauce. She buys a can or two at the food service stores for me. Perfect for Steak Diane sauce.
Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2023 03:13 PM (rj6Yv)

And green peppercorns are superb for the Steak au Poivre sauce, too.

Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2023 03:18 PM (rj6Yv)

131 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 24, 2023 03:16 PM (2NHgQ)

Oh gosh. May rough places be made smooth!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2023 03:19 PM (RSbhh)

132 Yeah, my recipe calls for 4 peppercorn mix. Tried it and not enough difference to just stick with black ones which I always have on hand. It's a hit with friends & family.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 24, 2023 03:18 PM (ju2Fy)

Go forth and do your duty, Sir. Let no hand be raised against you

Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2023 03:19 PM (rj6Yv)

133 The employees at our local Braum's were all wearing "Merry Christmas" shirts.

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2023 03:19 PM (Sf2cq)

134 I've always said "Merry Christmas" this time of year to anyone I encounter. Yet to have someone refute it.

As an aside, I had a nice discussion with the Indian (dot, not feather) owner of the local liquor store the other day. Went through the litany of various holidays celebrated by the various ethnic groups. He, and for the most part his family have adopted to things here in the US. Although, as I understand it, the Hindus tend to defer to the mother/matriarch of the family for religious/cultural things. Thus, he does his "un-Hindu" cooking (chicken, fish, pork but no beef) in a garage kitchen so as to not disrespect her and her beliefs.

I found it... refreshing given how rabid some people are about the various holidays.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2023 03:21 PM (Q4IgG)

135 Listening to "In the Bleak Midwinter". So lovely.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 03:25 PM (+RQPJ)

136 >>>NORAD is tracking Santa live at

NORADSanta.org

Hope he has a good stock of HARMS - he needs all the SEAD he can get right now,

Posted by: Fox2!

>If Santa is flying in a fucking balloon, he'll be to Cuba before the Biden's Pentagon will discover his location.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 24, 2023 03:27 PM (9v1kn)

137 I look this up, but internet says St Eligius ) born around 58

is the patron saint for mechanics. Anyway his feast day is celebrated December 1st so he's understand about the importance of having a warm church for Christmas . I am not RC obviously but I see no problem with asking saints to pray.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2023 03:28 PM (RSbhh)

138 I am the Shadout Mapes,

Holy cow! Brave Combo is such a find!

Wow!!

I love bands like this. They must be a trip live!

Posted by: pawn at December 24, 2023 03:29 PM (QB+5g)

139 Back home again

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2023 03:29 PM (fwDg9)

140 Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 24, 2023 03:25 PM (+RQPJ)

We sang that today at church. Christina Rossetti who wrote it was a dedicated Anglican and wrote devotional books. She was used as a
model for pictures of Mary which were done by her brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2023 03:30 PM (RSbhh)

141
Dang. Christmas Eve travel.
Ugh.
Posted by: Diogenes

It could be worse. It could be your or me traveling instead of CBD.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 24, 2023 03:33 PM (lu3sj)

142 Lions are 11:00 minutes away from winning the NFC North

Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2023 03:34 PM (rj6Yv)

143 Prayers for all the babes who are suffering because of the clot shot as well as for those women who are having trouble conceiving due to those same shots.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 24, 2023 03:34 PM (lu3sj)

144 Well, three of the four wheels are back on the old Jeep. Beer time!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2023 03:35 PM (tkR6S)

145 Merry Christmas horde.
Healing prayers for the afflicted and especially to Lillian.
You are all amazing folks.

A special shout out to the ewok and his family.
Thank you Ace. From the bottom of my heart.
God bless you.

Posted by: Bosk of Port Kar at December 24, 2023 03:38 PM (XMkZw)

146 Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 24, 2023 03:34 PM (lu3sj

Amen. Thanks,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2023 03:38 PM (RSbhh)

147 143 Prayers for all the babes who are suffering because of the clot shot as well as for those women who are having trouble conceiving due to those same shots.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 24, 2023 03:34 PM (lu3sj)

Amen.

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2023 03:43 PM (Sf2cq)

148 The Song Of Mary
youtube.com/watch?v=ibnLG39wuxs

Posted by: gp at December 24, 2023 03:50 PM (MvF+J)

149 FWP: I only have a few more hours to shop for a Christmas gift for the better half!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 24, 2023 03:51 PM (lu3sj)

150 On the first day of Kwanza my true love gave to me a black eye and a busted knee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 24, 2023 03:52 PM (FVME7)

151 Merry Christmas, you crazy, rambunctious Horde!

Posted by: runner at December 24, 2023 03:52 PM (2Ffvk)

152 Dang. Christmas Eve travel.
Ugh.
Posted by: Diogenes

It could be worse. It could be your or me traveling instead of CBD.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 24, 2023 03:33 PM (lu3sj)

Valid point.
And at my house the drinks are free!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2023 03:53 PM (W/lyH)

153 And at my house the drinks are free!
Posted by: Diogenes

The horde has seen your invitation and are making plans!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 24, 2023 03:54 PM (lu3sj)

154 What does Willie Nelson sing on his way home from the bar?

All over the road again.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 24, 2023 03:54 PM (FVME7)

155 Happy Birthday Jesus!

Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2023 03:55 PM (RG6z4)

156 Please continue prayers for D. He's with his mom and she is slipping away. He is making her comfortable and keeping her at home where she wants to be.

Might only be a couple more days.

He's a good moron.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2023 03:55 PM (5yGIt)

157 They have Kwanza stamps at the post office …
Posted by: Adriane the Grinch-ish Critic

For when your letter absolutely, positively needs to get there when it gets there.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 24, 2023 03:59 PM (FVME7)

158 Church is at 7pm, while my mom can't go I better to keep a eye on my dad and uncle

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2023 03:59 PM (fwDg9)

159 For when your letter absolutely, positively needs to get there when it gets there.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 24, 2023 03:59 PM (FVME7)

—————

I larfed.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 24, 2023 04:00 PM (u73oe)

160 Prayers for D and his family.

Prayers that his mother has found Peace.

Posted by: Adriane the Critic . . . at December 24, 2023 04:00 PM (4Winp)

161 Get cleaned up and upstairs and bring your appetite
FOOD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2023 04:01 PM (fwDg9)

162 And before he finishes checking in the Food thread is up.

Posted by: Braenyard wishing everyone a Merry Christmas at December 24, 2023 04:03 PM (wmN8H)

163 Dunkin donuts...Happy Holly days. Commies.

Posted by: DOYLE at December 24, 2023 04:10 PM (Z8Yh2)

164 "Holiday Season" was a reference to the inclusion of New Year's Day, a pagan tradition based on the worship of calends. Anyone following this heathen practice must be dismembered. And not just a little bit, either. Disembowel them like you mean it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 24, 2023 04:30 PM (FCs/J)

165 My FWP: the XO just left for Mass and I am sitting here reading A God Against the Gods by Allen Drury. ABE has gotten rich off me this month. Why you might ask. Because 95% of my writers have died or retired, and the new stuff is drek! I am rereading books so old the library doesn't have them. Right now I'm sitting on the two Claudius books by Robert Graves. I did manage to get the last two Sector General books by James White from the library. But if I want to read any of the earlier books, ABE wins again. I'm too damned old!

A very pleasant Christmas Eve to the Horde, and a very Merry Christmas!

CBD: When I was a kid, we decorated our tree on Christmas Eve. At the crack of dawn, the Jewish kids across the street were pounding on our door so they could help. Christmas. Chanakah. Didn't matter to either of our families. But there is one certainty in this world: Hell will freeze over before I eat matsah soup!

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at December 24, 2023 04:38 PM (6TzTY)

166 First World Problems ?

My co-worker complained he had to push 2 buttons to turn off the heated steering wheel and seats in his new truck...

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2023 05:02 PM (z1HXG)

167 Isaiah 53

Posted by: Shepherd Lover at December 24, 2023 05:07 PM (vnQuI)

168 Happy Hanukkah CBD & JJ!

Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at December 24, 2023 07:39 PM (Hh3y4)

169 Merry Christmas! Hallelujah! Amen.

Posted by: KungPow at December 24, 2023 10:58 PM (Rw2Dy)

170 Thanks, CBD. And it's the season for Festivus, too!

Posted by: Lola at December 25, 2023 01:18 AM (GshMh)

171 Jesus was an orthodox Jew, long hair and skull cap and Rabbi robe and everything. He celebrated Hannukah, of course.

His family and later followers celebrated his birthday, which considering certain Jewish festivals (all of which He celebrated) which clues say happened at that time, fell on the 25 or 26 of December. Not certain, because people who hate it will dispute anything endlessly.

Pagan festival? Watch out or we will make Toyotathon a Christian holiday.
But it's not...
That's it, Shark week is now a week long Christian festival.
But that's...
All week . every year. from now on.

Posted by: Nightfall at December 25, 2023 03:00 PM (jaMAd)

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