This or That - A forum game

[Pearl]

Oh no.... I'm going to fail on summer beer drinking!! But I hope not!! Hot weather= beer, I will work on that! I've been so good... until today!! It was almost 80°, drank 5 beers!

 

[Hooch]

Growing up we always had a real tree.
Being single most of my adult life I either didn't bother or if I was feeling festive I'd get a small potted tree or one of those rosemary plants grown to shape like a tree..
...now my lime tree holds any ornaments I have ..only a few.
Bonanza..there is a ranch you can actually visit in Tahoe.
I really don't do resolutions now..just a review of the year and a mental debrief of what to accomplish..that's become kinda a daily thing but it's taken the form of having a moment to express gratitude for yesterday and go over how I want today to roll out.

 

[SoulSeeker]

My New Years resolution is to not bother. Seems to be the only one I can stick to!

 

[d_marsh]

Christmas stocking: Hang one every year or pointless Christmas decor?

 

[Pearl]

Don't really decorate anymore.

 

[Bacpacker]

We always have stockings at my parents, none here at home

 

[bkt]

Stockings are hung up for us, the kids and the grandkids. And the cats, dog and parrot. Seriously.

Continuing with the Christmas theme, do you buy that special someone one nice gift, or several smaller gifts?

 

[Pearl]

Don't really decorate anymore.

It's just us, since Mom is gone we just don't do much! She's been gone almost 18 years! After losing my brother two years ago, we just stopped decorating!!

 

[Pearl]

Stockings are hung up for us, the kids and the grandkids. And the cats, dog and parrot. Seriously.

Continuing with the Christmas theme, do you buy that special someone one nice gift, or several smaller gifts?

Christmas is kind of all year long for us. Meaning that we might buy something for each other, but not necessarily to open Christmas Day! So to stick with the game, several smaller gifts!

 

[Morgan101]

We haven't hung stockings since the kids outgrew them, and we have substantially cut down on decorating. It just isn't the same when there aren't any believers in the house.

If there are significant gifts we don't wait for Christmas. We both get what we want throughout the year. I still like to shop, but we end up with a lot of smaller items.

 

[Magpie]

Christmas stocking: Hang one every year or pointless Christmas decor?

The kids- all over 18, still like them up. Same ones they've had all their lives.

Continuing with the Christmas theme, do you buy that special someone one nice gift, or several smaller gifts?

Small things, books, something useful. When the children started working we all chipped in to buy him something big, like the guitar he always wanted, to tickets to a gig. Not doing it this year. He has all he wants - and me!

 

[SoulSeeker]

My family all gone so no one to buy for but me. I try to limit the cost as I don't have much expendable funds anyway. So yeah, smaller through the year. No socks any more.

 

[Weedygarden]

Thanksgiving dinner: Talk politics, or skip the topic?

Never at a dinner, especially if you are invited or have guests, unless you know that you are on the same page. I know people whose determination to discuss politics when invited to Thanksgiving dinner at someone's home got them banned from ever being invited there again. Was it worth it?

 

[Weedygarden]

Christmas stocking: Hang one every year or pointless Christmas decor?

Christmas stockings stuffed with useful and sweet things including Toblerone chocolates, other candies, lighter, pomegranate, Burt's bees lip balm, gift cards, bag of pistachios, other things.

 

[Tommyice]

Christmas tree lights — wrapped around or up and down?

 

[Pearl]

Wrapped around!!

 

[Bacpacker]

Around

 

[d_marsh]

I think they are built in, so neither.

 

[Tommyice]

I think they are built in, so neither.

Whatever came preinstalled is not enough.

I wrap until I’ve covered enough then up/down until I reach the plug. Some things I’m always indecisive about.