I'm celebrating Saturnalia instead of Christmas. With all the talk of traditional Christmas, this was THE original before it was stolen by the Bible crowd. Whatever happened to "thou shalt not steal"?
@Kyser_Soze Look at it this way, the Christian Romans decided it was easier to "repurpose" the ancient holidays than to exterminate all those who celebrated them. If they'd exterminated all those Celtic tribes, many of us, including me, wouldn't be here. Good on you for reclaiming them, though.
@moondrake True, and for the most part people won't care/remember if you switch up the reason for the day as long as they still get to have a good time. Heck look at what became of St Patricks' day over the years.
I, my siblings, and their progeny tend to congregate at my parents' house for Christmas. Sometimes, my brother takes his family on a sea cruise, which he is doing this year. It's all good; he will be along shortly after. I'll have to drink his begg nogg (my own recipe).
Everybody comes to my house, and most get plastered. We play baseball using stale hard rolls. The dogs are great fielders. The rolls must be several weeks old. We like it when they explode when you hit them. No one keeps score. No one runs bases. It's a weird family tradition and I can not recall how it got started many years ago. It's a lot of fun.
@Teripie So my kids and my brother's kids don't get along well. I'm sensing a way to keep their energy focused away from fistfights. Bonus - they live on a tidal creek, so it could be a "how far can you make it go" game. Consider this stolen.
My house is my group's social center. Very few in my group have any local family, we are a bunch of confirmed singles, all part of a makeshift family. So there will be 10-12 people over for Christmas dinner, gifts, movies and board or card games. Same with Thanksgiving and New Year's, although New Year's involves alcohol and charades.
We do a Christmas dinner for our family, relatives, and some friends. We also go over to one of my relatives for the afternoon & dinner, and it's lots of fun. Anyone have a favorite drinking game I can try out?
A house full of visitors, and a broken back so I can't even run away.
I'm celebrating Saturnalia instead of Christmas. With all the talk of traditional Christmas, this was THE original before it was stolen by the Bible crowd. Whatever happened to "thou shalt not steal"?
@Kyser_Soze Look at it this way, the Christian Romans decided it was easier to "repurpose" the ancient holidays than to exterminate all those who celebrated them. If they'd exterminated all those Celtic tribes, many of us, including me, wouldn't be here. Good on you for reclaiming them, though.
@moondrake True, and for the most part people won't care/remember if you switch up the reason for the day as long as they still get to have a good time. Heck look at what became of St Patricks' day over the years.
I, my siblings, and their progeny tend to congregate at my parents' house for Christmas. Sometimes, my brother takes his family on a sea cruise, which he is doing this year. It's all good; he will be along shortly after. I'll have to drink his begg nogg (my own recipe).
@PocketBrain I need the begg nogg recipe stat
@shines22 1 sh. Blackheart rum, 1 sh. Bailey's, 8 oz. egg nogg. Garnish with powdered nutmeg. It's so good, they'll begg for more.
Everybody comes to my house, and most get plastered. We play baseball using stale hard rolls. The dogs are great fielders. The rolls must be several weeks old. We like it when they explode when you hit them. No one keeps score. No one runs bases. It's a weird family tradition and I can not recall how it got started many years ago. It's a lot of fun.
@Teripie So my kids and my brother's kids don't get along well. I'm sensing a way to keep their energy focused away from fistfights. Bonus - they live on a tidal creek, so it could be a "how far can you make it go" game. Consider this stolen.
@Pamtha You need to buy your hard rolls now. The fresh kind from a grocery's deli get stake and very, very hard quickly. No preservatives.
@Teripie Wiffle ball bat or a real bat? Which is better?
@Pamtha We use a real bat. You want those babies to shatter.
My house is my group's social center. Very few in my group have any local family, we are a bunch of confirmed singles, all part of a makeshift family. So there will be 10-12 people over for Christmas dinner, gifts, movies and board or card games. Same with Thanksgiving and New Year's, although New Year's involves alcohol and charades.
We do a Christmas dinner for our family, relatives, and some friends. We also go over to one of my relatives for the afternoon & dinner, and it's lots of fun.
Anyone have a favorite drinking game I can try out?
Festivus pole is up, next to the Christmas tree. Festivus for the rest of us!