I love that in just a few short days the stores and businesses will close and the city will once again shut down for that once a year event of Christmas eve. I love that even the Tim Horton’s light are shut off for the rare evening and everything is quite. That no one can stress about the last minute thing to buy because there’s nothing open. I love that everyone is home, hopefully with family or someone they love. I’m grateful for the friends and family I will get to visit, and the look on everyone’s faces when they open that gift that was so hard to find. Most of all I’ll love the quiet evening of Christmas eve when my son is asleep and the hours I’ll spend with my partner trying to put together his toys. It will all be worth it seeing his face glow all morning… all to the sounds of Alabama Christmas. —Real Chick
This article appears in Dec 16-22, 2010.
Aww, I agree completely, RC. I love, love, love the holidays! Though my Chrismtas eve will be spent partying it up with my boyfriend’s family, Christmas day will be so quiet and relaxing… I really can’t wait.
Much love and best wishes to you and your family and to the little bun as well.
♡♥❥❦❧❤ there that’s all the hearts i have *mouse ears* sweetie xox
Just over a week isn’t “a few short days” from my point of view, but w/e. 😛 Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to RC et al.
You Rawk, RC. SOBova & I will have each other, and The Countess. The love of our families in Ontario & New Brunswick, a fridge full of delicacies, a walk through Crichton Park (hopefully with big white flakes falling) and Alistair Sim learning “how to keep Christmas “, on DVD. >: )
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“I love that even the Tim Horton’s light are shut off for the rare evening and everything is quite.”
…. quite what? shitty? grey and rainy?
can’t get enough of this ‘festive’ season….
:-/
Sorry Z…..I haven’t been in the spirit so I’ve been emailing my siblings from away and reminiscing about Christmases back in the day…and missing my mom a little…and trying to remind myself of all the things that I love about Christmas….the little things that never change. The darkness on Xmas eve….like everything suddenly closing…is one of those things I really love….consistent….the calm before the storm of Christmas day. I’m sorry you have to work…I truly am. Either way…Merry Christmas to you …and the rest of our wonderful team of bitchers.
I’ll certainly wish all the ability to have a decent xmas/new years.
good luck on ya if you can….
I, however, refuse.
it matters not, we will love you all the year through
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wait- why the hell was my comment removed????
mayday mayday come in moderator and explain yourself. over
Dunno – it was ok to me?
Damn Cinco. Really, really needs work. Boo on you!
I don’t recall what it was, so it can’t have been that offensive.
I never read your comment Jonno….I’ve never heard of a comment on the love side getting removed though. What the heck did you say???
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I never read your comment Jonno….I’ve never heard of a comment on the love side getting removed though. What the heck did you say???
Methinks Mod.5 has been making rather merry and dipping into the Fairtradenog at the coast’s Welcome Winter Solstice party.
i dislike the nog of egg and not big on the nutmeg either. frank zappa was born on the 21st, more utterly useless info for you to share
at this point, it’s not eggnog anymore…
just rum in the carton.
Nah, I think it’s devolved to whiskey in the jar now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boanuwUMNNQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjEIP6otc4Y
Love that song Miss Pain…makes me think of PS I love you…love that movie too.
i think you’re a big sucky baby, just like me…screee xox
I’m a complete baby! My other favourite is
Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere, i’ve looked at cloud that way.
But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone.
So many things i would have done but clouds got in my way.
I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now,
From up and down, and still somehow
It’s cloud illusions i recall.
I really don’t know clouds at all.
I thanked you Real Chick for putting Christmas cheer into me finally with your love. And I explained a couple of the things I love about being a Dad at Christmas time. Perhaps new MOD figured my comment would be a spoiler for the 3-7 year olds that come on and read the comments.
You suck MOD…. i put a lot of thought into that post. I guess this one will be deleted as well since it disrespects our “elder”.
aawww that’s sucks Jonno. I didn’t realize you were a dad? Funny how you picture people. I really hope you and your little one(s) have a very very Merry Christmas.
Oh Santa Claus, I still believe in you
And there’s still a kid inside of me that still believes you’re true
Oh Santa Claus, the kids are tucked in tight
And it’s time to play ole Santa Clause tonight
i still don’t get wtf went on with your post jonnodad. maybe try again^^booourns to mod 5…grrr
my ma and me watched the waltons together and cried, and a dog called skip reduced us to sobbing silliness
Ill be at my shitty call center job on both christmas eve and christmas day. When you’re a wage slave on the electronic plantation you don’t deserve holidays.
For the love of… I didn’t delete your post, Jonnodad. I follow The Coast moderator rules and only delete what I’m told to (i.e. posts that include company names, people’s names, bitter diatribes against said companies or people, extremely offensive remarks that have nothing to do with the bitch/love, and/or anything that is flagged by another community member unless I really can’t see a reason why it was flagged in the first place.) So unless your post included something like that then I didn’t touch it. I’m not sure what did happen, perhaps it was an accident or a glitch? Either way I don’t recall the comment in question and I definitely don’t recall purposefully pulling it from the site.
There. Goodness. You guys sure are a tough crowd. I’m not here to rain on your parade, I’m just doing my job.
Cheers,
Lindsay (Mod 5/Cinco/Etc etc)
well, greetings lindsay^^welcome to the bizarro world. we are a bunch of wabble wousers but most of us are very nice
Welcome Miss Lindsay/Mod 5.0. Glad to hear from you! Hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
howdy birdykins.
have you found a way to explain, describe this giant abyss…
this crack in communication we tip-toe around?
Ahh, zZz, I see you have done some investigating. Yes, that would be me.
Thanks for the welcomes, sorry if I seemed a little bit frustrated. Just trying my best.
Happy Holidays to you all!
Welcome to our fair duchy (though that’s not really the best to describe this place, I just always wanted to say that :P). On an unrelated note, I was briefly one of the “Top Commenters”. I’m not sure whether to be honored, impressed or ashamed. ^^;
all three bitch^^
call it a force of habit.
same way it took about 2 mins to hone in on Real Chick.
I’m not a stalker… honestly.
What do you mean hone in on RealChick???? Did you get me locked out of that new hotmail address?? I still haven’t been able to log back in since I emailed you.
you haven’t darkened my doorway yet. i’m saving some cookies for you xox
I must find you and your magical land of cookies, PG.
Cookies for me????? I went to go to a certain large grocery chain by you on Saturday – but I heard they have bedbugs???? how the heck did that happen…as well as another large 24 hour store (during Christmas) store… I was in shock to hear that…but at the same time it’s nowhere on the news or anything so maybe hear-say?
you can have cookies too rc, i was trying to cheer up the zedman. bedbugs! yikes…no i hadn’t heard that but anything is possible. all are welcome to cookies 195❦
I’m still waiting on that answer Mr Z!!!
Yay! Though I probably won’t be able to make it out that way until after Christmas.
when the cookies run out there is always candy and sometimes beverages *burp*
the eagle has landed…screee. i think he is taller or maybe i’m shrinking…either way i cried like a mombaby^^
Roger Tranquility Base. You got a bunch of folks down here sharing your joy PainMom. You are go for EPA. (Extraordinary Parenting Activity.)
haha priceless…i am now being serenaded with loud drumming♥
Aw – I missed Lindsay’s first foray. Welcome Cinco. And good luck (youse a’gonna need it!).
And the reunion with the boy. Enjoy pg – and I’m always up for cookies too! We’re really going to have a bitchers summit at this rate, with cookies and beverages! 🙂
I’m building a gumdrop cake. Never made one before, but it was a special request, and since I’m here just being on vacation and all, I thought I’d oblige. Fingers crossed it turns out!!
Rc,
um, I don’t work for google so no, I haven’t locked you out of your account.
I’m assuming you either typo’d your password … or typo’d it as you were setting up the account. there is a link if you forgot it…. assuming you have a secondary e-mail set up.
I simply replied.
in true morose fashion.
chocolate covered cherries are my kryptonite…
cookies I can do without.
I didn’t set up a secondary email account!!! frig. And I typed the right password and the right security question….maybe I’m typing the wrong email address? was it just my name @hotmail; or was there any numbers in there?
You still didn’t answer my question though…..what do u mean horn in on me?
hone… hone in.
not horn…
it was just your name… no numbers.
F-off….hone in….and once again what does hone in mean?????? (sharpen, file, polish, perfect, work on). You said you’re not a stalker….so my question is….do you know who I am? my real name? yay? nay? stop dancing around the question.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/…
yay it is.
and snapper, angel, jonno, … plenty can attest I am no stalker…
nor the night-watcher, fyi.
don’t make me get the hose^^
Thanks Miss Pain…I love how your always here to keep the peace….Hope you’re enjoying the holidays!!!
zzz…So how do you know? By clues? because I haven’t given enough to be specific as to who I am. Or because you and Mod 4.0 were good friends and she released that info? You work with Jonno, your friends with Angel as I remember you and Jonno going to a cottage with her in the summer…and snapper is probably another friend or co-worker. So how’d you track me down? ….I don’t think you’re creepy…I don’t think you’re a stalker…I’m sure you’d pick a better target to stalk then myself….and I know what you look like so I guess it’s ok to know what I look like…as long as you haven’t shared the information.
ivan knows who i am, and would never blab. i would assume zZz has some self-control^^the boy is still sleeping, i am cooking bacon and then off to bayer’s lake
Mmmmmmmm bacon. Ivan knows my face, and there is a picture of me (with profile) on a coast-affiliated site, which the lovely Miss PF has seen.
How was the access?…he’s back in bed already?? I love how you call yours a boy and I call mine a little man….lol.
I’m sure I can trust zzz….no doubt.
mod 4 didn’t divulge anything… she’s a more trustworthy and reliable person than that.
you used your name when creating your mail account so naturally when mailing me, it said I have a messages from Xxxxxx Yyyyyy.
the rest was just google.
your secret’s safe with myself and, to some extent, birdykins.
Org-Brend…I know who you are…well I know what you look like. But you and z chose to put up that profile on the affiliate site and reveal that info to all. I on the other hand did not.
Well I’ll just email you in my normal account next time. Silly technologically challenged me. Thanks for keeping it between you and me. and please don’t tell anyone I’m really a 50 year old balding man pretending to be a “real chick”… 🙂
skullets are in…
I know I said I wouldn’t, but here’s a pic of RealChick.
dead sexy
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YOU PROMISED!!!!!! That’s it…..the truth is out…..but in all honesty I am a “real chick”….just trapped in a man’s body.
haha, tho that tartan doesn’t look like any scottish clan i’ve ever seen
My copy of “De Berk’s Big Book of Heraldry for Wankers” identifies it as the Tartan of the Clan McGaga, a very small sept from the John O’ Scrotes area whose depravities were such that during the second phase of the Highland Clearances the local sheep demanded that King George IV send redcoats to evict them.
P.S. My pants are, indeed, on fire. McSquak.
good one mr. atkinson…i loved black adder. spent the whole day with the boy we didn’t do much of anything it’s been awesome. hope you are enjoying your holiday
I am having a great time Painey. Working on converting the old Airfix 1/72 scale Stirling MkIII bomber into a Mk. IV glider tug (hence the glue sniffing references), stocked up on our delicacies for Christmas Eve (Mr. President, you make good Choices), cleaning the dacha and totally grooving on the 2:00 to 4:00 PM siesta.
Yeah, we’re big Blackadder fans too. The last shot of Blackadder Goes Forth still chokes me up. Hope the Boy is making time for his Mum. Rawk!
his presence alone is enough to sustain me. he slept like a rock, it’s not as noisy here except for the helicopters landing at windsor park, which we are all used to and frankly like the noise. cooking a big free range turkey for christmas, just have to decide on the veggies-my favourite part along with the stuffing. tried to watch a christmas carol at the shoppe yesterday, when little fan was dying i decided that crying in front of our customers was not kosher…screee
*Sob* >: ( . I usually only weep when people ask for Kerouac. Had a couple of young women kiss in front of the desk last Saturday. Giggity!
Me folks usually have friends over for Christmas Eve and Mom spends the week before making pierogies, cabbage rolls, tortiere, sweet & sour meatballs and assorted other Ivan num-nums. It’s been 6 years since I’ve been home – Sobova and I would always spend Christmases with our own families but then her Dad passed away and she was working at Convauschwitz so we started doing our own thang.
you had me at perogies and then with the cabbage rolls^^ haven’t had a good one in a long time. i don’t enjoy the little demon sprout of brussel, but my aversion for them seems to be waning. my brother made them a few years back for thanksgiving and they were good. think about it tho, ever heard of bussel sprout soup…yack
My paternal Grandmother taught Mom the secrets of Ukrainian cooking. Lllaaaarrrrghggghhh.
I’d love to be able to go home for Christmas, but watching the joys of seasonal air travel on the news; I don’t miss the hassle. I couldn’t tell you the last year that my luggage arrived in Halifax along with me.
Rumour has it it that when Canadian soldiers in Britain were allowed to train with live ammunition during WW2, they specifically targeted brussels sprout fields. That may just be an old joke, but it speaks volumes. >; )
they are very hard when uncooked…i know what you mean about flying the skies, the boy’s plane was late by half an hour oh dear. those stranded feckers sleeping in airports was sad
Pics or it didn’t happen, Ivan. 😛
Late Luggage or Carpet-Bombed Brussels sprouts, Orgendon? *troz*. >; ) I’m thinking it’s a WW2 Urban Myth, myself , but just about every memoir by Canadian or American soldiers stationed in England mentions how much they came to detest those noxious little mini-cabbages.
I was referencing “Had a couple of young women kiss in front of the desk last Saturday. Giggity!”. 😛
Made me laugh, Org.
Thanks for liking my avatar, good movie, script was weak and the ending sucked, but the effects & cinematography were superb.
LMFAO Brendon!. Insert your favorite “Ivan usually gets off at 9:00” joke here. >; )
Luddite that I am, no camera phone unfortunately and while we talk about getting CCTV in the shop, nothing has come to pass. I think we’re waiting until nanotechnology has perfected miniature Predator type drones that can fire painful, but non-lethal sub-munitions at book vandals and light-finger Svends set on redistributing the wealth.
just get one of those bodyscanners….
they seem to be all the rage at airports these days.
And the good news is I seem to have shaken my Da Tiffi fixation(s). The bad news is, I now have Caitedge to play King Leer to. Rrrrrrrow! >; )
Bahaha I’m partial to Miss CombatCup, myself.
Niiiiice.
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