@blaineg yes, that’s the version I familiar with. Most countries around the world have a version. The US almost did.
The US made a pilot of Countdown (it’s on YouTube)… No numbers part of the game and it had celebrity guests. A very young Woody Harrelson was on the unaired pilot.
As we’ve gotten old older, the extended family has just been generally doing white elephant gift exchanges – which I’ve amassed a plenty of items for throughout the year already.
(Timing this year is more awkward than usual, though, with it being a Wednesday and all.)
Countdown is 5 days
I gift only my daughter and SiL in person, and they will be here first week in January. Their little gift is long done.
No need to panic. Worst thing is that on the 25th, you have to have a fancy meal or chinese (or a Jewish Deli if you live in that area. All my Jewish friends eat Chinese on that day, it’s sorta a back handed tradition)
If you are not a follower of the white christ, what do you do this time of year?
@Cerridwyn I will light the fireplace (all electric now, no wood) on Friday night, listen to some Celtic music, and have a quiet celebration of the Solstice. Since the actual Solstice arrives around 3:10 AM, I will likely sleep through it. I’m old.
@rockblossom Hey man, I hear ya
For me it’s candles, even if I had one, I probably couldn’t legally light it if it was wood. I can put the fireplace video on the TV i suppose
Mostly already done and dusted. We are retired and our (adult) kids are scattered around the country. So we leave it up to them to coordinate when they can all be here to celebrate Christmas (at our home) and that was a week ago.
My wife and I will host a smaller celebration on Christmas day with my wife’s parents and sister, who live nearby.
Very few people will get the reference, but I will post it anyway to amuse myself…
/youtube Channel 4 Countdown the Big Clock
@OnionSoup
(I cheated and looked it up.)
@OnionSoup
https://www.esquire.com/uk/watches/a62662615/the-big-question-that-hangs-over-the-famous-countdown-clock/
@OnionSoup
/giphy I understood that reference.
@blaineg yay, someone got it.
@OnionSoup I often see it when we’re visiting family in England.
@blaineg yes, that’s the version I familiar with. Most countries around the world have a version. The US almost did.
The US made a pilot of Countdown (it’s on YouTube)… No numbers part of the game and it had celebrity guests. A very young Woody Harrelson was on the unaired pilot.
As we’ve gotten
oldolder, the extended family has just been generally doing white elephant gift exchanges – which I’ve amassed a plenty of items for throughout the year already.(Timing this year is more awkward than usual, though, with it being a Wednesday and all.)
Countdown is 5 days
I gift only my daughter and SiL in person, and they will be here first week in January. Their little gift is long done.
No need to panic. Worst thing is that on the 25th, you have to have a fancy meal or chinese (or a Jewish Deli if you live in that area. All my Jewish friends eat Chinese on that day, it’s sorta a back handed tradition)
If you are not a follower of the white christ, what do you do this time of year?
@Cerridwyn I will light the fireplace (all electric now, no wood) on Friday night, listen to some Celtic music, and have a quiet celebration of the Solstice. Since the actual Solstice arrives around 3:10 AM, I will likely sleep through it. I’m old.
@rockblossom Hey man, I hear ya
For me it’s candles, even if I had one, I probably couldn’t legally light it if it was wood. I can put the fireplace video on the TV i suppose
(1st world problems)
@Cerridwyn For those who are unaware:
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/25/573415894/why-do-jewish-people-eat-chinese-food-on-christmas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish-American_patronage_of_Chinese_restaurants
Mostly already done and dusted. We are retired and our (adult) kids are scattered around the country. So we leave it up to them to coordinate when they can all be here to celebrate Christmas (at our home) and that was a week ago.
My wife and I will host a smaller celebration on Christmas day with my wife’s parents and sister, who live nearby.