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OMFG! Take down your fucking Christmas Lights and FUCKING Christmas FUCKING TREE. Its fucking almost the end of January you idiots. Santa is gone for another year so when December rolls around again the you may put it back up. —Take It Down
This article appears in Jan 17-23, 2013.
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my, how kind of you to give your permission as to when someone may put their christmas decor back up. how lucky we are to have you as supreme bean of the universe. salaam salaam salami
Ouch!!! you need to get a LIFE… If the insignificance of Xmas Light and Trees installed and up when out of season perturb YOU, You need an engaging hobby OR friends. You might want to educate yourself on the instabilities of the municipal government and BITCH about that.
For ME, I bitch at people who bitch for STUPID reasons.
Ouch!!! you need to get a LIFE… If the insignificance of Xmas Light and Trees installed and up when out of season bother YOU, You need an engaging hobby OR friends. You might want to educate yourself on the instabilities of the municipal government and BITCH about that.
For ME, I bitch at people who bitch for STUPID reasons.
Read this OB. It may offer an explanation:
“Christmas-
The original date of the celebration in Eastern Christianity was January 6, in connection with Epiphany, and that is still the date of the celebration for the Armenian Apostolic Church and in Armenia, where it is a public holiday. As of 2013, there is a difference of 13 days between the modern Gregorian calendar and the older Julian calendar. Those who continue to use the Julian calendar or its equivalents thus celebrate December 25 and January 6, which on the Gregorian calendar translate as January 7 and January 19. For this reason, Ethiopia, Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia, and the Republic of Moldova celebrate Christmas on what in the Gregorian calendar is January 7.”
So maybe these people you are having a conniption over are Ethiopian, Russian, Georgian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Moldovian or Macedonian and have just finished celebrating their version of Christmas.
Either way, why does it bother your? Fucking relax. You’ll live longer.
Oh fuck you, I just took my tree down the other day, I’m a lazy depressed piece of shit and in no way do my Christmas practices affect you.
celebrated ukrainian new years last weekend, just because it’s an excuse to make perogies, cabbage rolls, sauerkraut with keilbasa, borscht, fish cakes etc etc etc if i can find another ‘christmas’ to use as an excuse for a feasting, i will. nyah nyah op.
Adopt me, GDM. Please be my Baba >: ( You could introduce me as your ne’er do well grandson. I’m quite good at that.
my 1st mil was old country and my gawd, that woman could cook. she taught this little wasp the joys of sour cream and bacon fat.
i am the correct shape now to be a proper baba after eating joyfully all my life, so belly up to the table son!
My paternal Grandmother did the same for my Mom. One of many reasons why the folks have been together for over half a century.
we used to have perogy making sessions at my house, i had the biggest table. and potato pancakes, made with a strudel type dough, mashed potatoes and pounds of bacon fat of course. marriage is long long over (altho he is still a beloved friend) but the recipes endure in my head!
My tree and lights are still up – my son loves it. Last year I had them up until March! Suck it
i thought we were talking about perogies^^
“celebrated ukrainian new years last weekend, just because it’s an excuse to make perogies, cabbage rolls, sauerkraut with keilbasa, borscht, fish cakes etc etc etc…”
Who needs an excuse??!!
*DROOL*
BTW, that should read “Why does it bother YOU?” in my first post.
I just noticed.
Carry on
pg, i found a recipe that uses sour cream in the dough, it’s like mrs t’s. they were perfect!
the bear made his famous scalloped potatoes last night. some for the neighbours and the parental units
^^ i am lousy at scalloped potatoes, no matter what i do, even making white sauce ahead, it always curdles. tastes ok, but def not presentable
one trick, don’t use white sauce
mom just sprinkled flour between the layers, then poured milk over the top when finished layering. hers was always perfect, but mine flopperooed. so i tried making a white sauce in hope it would stay together. nope.
Some people LOVE christmas, not sure why. They find it painful to disperse with the needle dropping skelton of a tree left in their living room a month or so after the fact. Open the door and belt it out for cryin out loud. What on earth do they get out of sitting and staring at a tree? God only knows.
Goood dog you might want to try to cook the potatoe slices and onions till tender firm in one pot, then strain and place in a baking dish. Make the white or cheese sauce in a separate pot. Then combine. They taste great and guaranteed not to curdle. 🙂
You dress like fucking Nanook of the North and go get them. It wasn’t -25 when they went up.
wogdog, you mean boil the tatoes and onions for a bit?
and pg, what alternative to white sauce?
I’m thinking of putting my fucking Xmas lights back up! January and February are the soul-sucking worst and I’m tired of boring, grey, bleak, wet, shitty shittiness everywhere I look!
The other night I walked past a house that had lights up and turned on – It was fucking beautiful and it lightened my grumpy, cranky, shitty old heart. So go to hell, OB.
And you know what they don’t have in hell? Pretty, twinkly, colourful fucking lights.
…and there it is! The annual “Take down your Christmas lights!” bitch.
good dog, i’ve said too much already…shh he’s coming back^^
climbing a cold ladder on slippery ground is not a good idea. I rather see my neighbors lights until spring than see him injured from a fall.
so, he keeps his recipes secret? must be my hippie dippie free love past….add recipes to my free love and books. i will slut them around to anyone who expresses an interest.
Travelling around in this meat locker of a weather system, all I care about is getting from point A to point B quickly if any of it involves being outside. Christmas lights don’t register. Besides some of them may be “winter” decorations, my wife keeps her snowman stuff out until spring.
Good Dog: Yes boil the potatoes and onions til they are tender/firm. I usually slice them a little thicker since I am cooking them off first. Then make your sauce separate. I usually make cheese sauce. Then combine and stick in the oven for a short time, usually I put grated cheese on top and when that melts they are done. Since everything is already cooked it doesn’t take long in the oven. I used to do them the other way and the curdling made me sick to look at. This way everything is nice and smooth and really delicious. Good luck! I got the idea from a chef I used to know. Works every time. NOW IWAnt scalloped potatoes!! 🙂
Wogdog’s argument is valid.
Hmmmmm………….
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alrighty! it’s going to be a scalloped potato friday night dinner. which will be a damn sight better than last night’s pre-prandial wading thru 4 inches of icy water in the friggin basement with a bucket and scooper.
I made love to my baby momma last week under the mistletoe….much love fuckers