Merry Christmas & Happy Holiday's to you all here at MyLot...........

@msmell (1378)
Australia
December 22, 2008 5:44pm CST
I just wanted to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! My family are going to do something different this year and instead of having the huge traditional christmas sit down dinner at home we are going to go to the Zoo and have a picnic and I am really looking forward to it... I love Christmas and look forward to it. I know that alot of people don't celebrate Christmas, different cultures and beliefs so what about you? Do you look forward to celebrating Christmas and spending the day with you loved ones like your family and your close friends?
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@djoyce71 (2511)
• Philippines
23 Dec 08
Though we don't celebrate Christmas, we are going to celebrate New Year. We'll do it simple and memorable with my loved ones. A picnic is a very good way to celebrate it. Wishing you happy holidays with your family.
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@msmell (1378)
• Australia
23 Dec 08
Yeah we look forward to celebrating New Years as well. So hope that you have a fantastic New Years Djoyce and see you in 2009
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• United States
23 Dec 08
I will be spending ALL that day with family (a bunch of em!)! we usually go to my husband's family and eat till we are ready to pop.. only to go right to my family's house where mom gets all ticked off if we don't eat MORE... so then we wobble home and spend the night miserable from being over-fed, over familied... and just praying to die. Merry Christmas!
@msmell (1378)
• Australia
23 Dec 08
Oh yeah I know that feeling we have to go to my partner's partner parents on Christmas eve and then we are going to the zoo for Christmas lunch with my family and after the zoo we go to my kids dad side of the family and have tea there with them so yes at the end of that we are like if we never see food again we will be happy but hey its xmas and that's what its all about ....
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• United States
23 Dec 08
wouldn't your partner's partner parents be your parent? how many partners do ya have? hahaha
@msmell (1378)
• Australia
23 Dec 08
hahaha yeah sorry that should only be one partner there not 2 silly me... See as i said before i really am having a blonde day
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
23 Dec 08
Happy Christmas to you too. Of course, in Australia, you can go to the Zoo and have picnics! Up here in the UK we could, too, I suppose. At least a 'cold collation' is traditional for Boxing Day (but we usually have it indoors, LOL). As a matter of fact, I have always thought that it would be sensible to have a barbecue on Boxing Day - that's the day after Christmas Day, in case you were wondering. My reasoning goes: Q: What is a barbecue? A: It's when you light a fire and sit around it waiting for the food to cook Q: Why do most people have a barbecue when it's blazing hot and the last thing you want to do is sit round a fire? A: Hmmmm ... the smoke keeps the mozzies away? Q: When would it be good to sit round a fire waiting for food to cook? A: I guess when it's cold but bright and you have an occasion to do so, like a holiday or family or friends round. I know ... why don't we have a barbecue on Boxing Day, when it's very often sunny but cold. Everyone could have a warm up and be jolly!
@msmell (1378)
• Australia
26 Dec 08
Yeah we have boxing day here too and that is when you go out shopping for all the boxing day sales and get some really good specials but honestly after all the excitement of xmas day who wants to go out, you just want to sit around and relax and be lazy the next day
@alexsis (2149)
• United States
23 Dec 08
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too. Going to the zoo and having a picnic on Christmas is something nice to do with the family. I don't think our local zoo will be open on Christmas. For Christmas me and my family will attend Christmas worship service on Christmas morning. When we get back, me and my siblings will be cooking Christmas dinner and we will open gifts before eating.
@msmell (1378)
• Australia
26 Dec 08
We used to go to midnight mass every xmas when my grandmother was still with us but now that she is passed we don't do that anymore. Merry Christmas and hope you have a great day with your family
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
22 Dec 08
Hippy Holidays to you too msmell. we're just staying home for Christmas, actually my girl has to work so i'll be staying home. i have a turkey from Thanksgiving (buy 1 get 1 free) so i'm going to try something i saw on Food Network. i'm going to try to debone the turkey then you roll it up with stuff indide and tie it up with string....then i'm going to debone the turkey legs and you stuff each of those with sausages. wish me luck, and you and your family have a Great Christmas.
@msmell (1378)
• Australia
23 Dec 08
Yeah Good Luck deboning your turkey Oh missybear has to work on Xmas day that just isnt fair but I hope you guy's have a nice day all the same
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• United States
23 Dec 08
OMG!! I love the food network!! I saw that same turkey recipe... it looked pretty hard to do.. ever tried a turducken? (a duck inside of a chicken.. inside of a turkey?)
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@msmell (1378)
• Australia
23 Dec 08
Food work what is that? A cooking show?
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@randy80 (36)
• Sweden
23 Dec 08
Oh I can not tell you how eagerly I wait those days. Fanily gathering, kids playing with each other and we parents get to sit togather as we seldom do because of work. And on top of that a lovely delicious turkey. Merry Christmas & Happy new year to every one on my lot
• Sweden
24 Dec 08
Merry Chistmas to you too
@msmell (1378)
• Australia
26 Dec 08
Yes it nice to have everyone all together isn't it and ummmmmmmm all that food, won't need to eat for a week afterwards
• China
23 Dec 08
Wish you Happy Christmas and Happy new year! I planned to arrange some activities for Christmas day, but I still have to work on that day. It's really upset. So my boyfriend and I have decided to watch movie tomorrow night, after work. I'm looking forward to it too. I've already thought about several interesting movies in my mind. lol:)
@msmell (1378)
• Australia
24 Dec 08
Hope you enjoy the day and the movies you choice...Merry Christmas
23 Dec 08
Happy holidays! Just me and my daughter and loads of other people this Christmas -- everyone except for my partner, that is. Bugger! :-( But it won't be long until we're together again so I'm really looking forward to 2009! :)
@msmell (1378)
• Australia
24 Dec 08
Oh no that is sad that you are not able to be together on Christmas day but I'm sure that he will make it up to you after wards, hope you still have a good day all the same
• United States
30 Dec 08
I would love to come on your picknic with you at the zoo. The zoo is close for us and it is to cold for us to go here in the part of CA that I am at. I hope you had a great day.
@Daffodil20 (1754)
• India
23 Dec 08
Hi msmell! Wish you too a Very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. We belong to a different religion and so don't celebrate Christmas but believe in it because we believe in God. We are having Christmas Eve party at our club tomorrow evening. We also put stockings and Santa(mom and dad) fill it with goodies. That's it for us. Yes,last but not the least.... just waiting for the heady aroma of the freshly baked rich cake that Mom's gonna bake it.
@msmell (1378)
• Australia
26 Dec 08
Yeah my ex-hubby's family didn't celebrate Christmas either because of their religion but the parent's didn't force it onto their children and let them make up their own minds as to whether they wanted to follow them into the church or not and none of the children did and now that they are all grow and have children of their own they all get together for xmas tea without the parents of course. Hope you had a good xmas eve at your club and enjoy the aroma of that cake I bet it just smells so good
@ellie333 (21016)
23 Dec 08
Hi Msmell, A very Happy Christmas to you and yours also. I usually look forward to Christmas from about September but have been a bit of a late starter in getting excited this year but am having the traditional Christmas Day at home with the children which I love. I hope you enjoy your picnic at the zoo. Seasons Greeetings and huggles. Ellie :D
@msmell (1378)
• Australia
24 Dec 08
Yeah we are looking forward to the Zoo and I hope you have a merry christmas with your family too Ellie. Merry Christmas Ellie
@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
23 Dec 08
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to you and your family as well. I think that your holiday will be wonderful, I bet the zoo is done up really pretty. Here it is too cold and way too snowy. We are doing the traditional thing this year, but then going to a warmer climate for a few days after Christmas.
@msmell (1378)
• Australia
24 Dec 08
hahaha isn't it funny how when you live in a type of climate you wish you had the other! Like we always say we wish we could have a white Christmas but its too hot here to snow and people in other parts of the world where it is cold and snows on Christmas would like to have nice warm weather on the day... LOL guess no one is ever happy with what they have ha......
@missybear (11391)
• United States
23 Dec 08
How is the weather gonna be for your picnic? It sounds like fun, i hope everything works out great. Merry Christmas.
@msmell (1378)
• Australia
23 Dec 08
Hi Missy, Yeah they are forecasting a nice day of around 26 degrees - celsius here in Melbourne for us which is about 78 fahrenheit for you guys, so not to hot and not cold either just right in the middle! Hope you have a great day too and don't work to hard... Merry Christmas and hope you have a happy New Years as well.... Mel