prisonchaplain Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 Merry Christmas and may God richly bless you! Now...if you are reading this today (December 25, 2018) WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE???!!! NeuroTypical, Midwest LDS and mirkwood 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentOne Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 Browsing with half my attention while waiting for everybody to gather for the opening of gifts. What are you doing here? Traveler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fether Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 31 minutes ago, SilentOne said: Browsing with half my attention while waiting for everybody to gather for the opening of gifts. What are you doing here? It was 10:30 and you hadn’t opened gifts!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted December 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 53 minutes ago, SilentOne said: Browsing with half my attention while waiting for everybody to gather for the opening of gifts. What are you doing here? Working. I'm one of those essential government employees. Sunday21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted December 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 24 minutes ago, Fether said: It was 10:30 and you hadn’t opened gifts!?!? Wait. . . . You already have??? Sunday21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fether Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 4 hours ago, prisonchaplain said: Wait. . . . You already have??? It’s Christmas man. I was up at 4:30 and had to wait till 6:00AM for my 8 month old and wife to wake up Sunday21, SpiritDragon and Midwest LDS 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted December 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 @Fether, you're awesome. We slugs are waiting until my oldest gets home from work. We'll probably open presents around 8pm. However, in our defense, we opened the stockings last night. 😎 SpiritDragon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fether Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) 11 minutes ago, prisonchaplain said: @Fether, you're awesome. We slugs are waiting until my oldest gets home from work. We'll probably open presents around 8pm. However, in our defense, we opened the stockings last night. 😎 So wait... you wait till 8pm to open presents... but open stocking before Christmas??? ... no wonder the church needed restoring... Edited December 26, 2018 by Fether prisonchaplain, NeuroTypical and Sunday21 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 I'm here because my family is of the age and temperament where a little daddy goes a long way, and we've all got an entire week with no school or work, so I'm pacing myself. Sunday21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentOne Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 11 hours ago, Fether said: It was 10:30 and you hadn’t opened gifts!?!? We do presents after a big breakfast and had no children present this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anatess2 Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 We open gifts at 12:00 midnight. Why wait one more minute? I got Michael Kors slouch boots, Michael Kors high heeled sandals, and Michael Kors clutch purse. I guess my husband was not his usual mall-roaming self this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordorbund Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 13 hours ago, anatess2 said: I got Michael Kors slouch boots, Michael Kors high heeled sandals, and Michael Kors clutch purse. I guess my husband was not his usual mall-roaming self this year. Not after he got that black eye from Michael Kors. But hey, you're worth it Just_A_Guy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritDragon Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 On 12/25/2018 at 6:11 PM, prisonchaplain said: @Fether, you're awesome. We slugs are waiting until my oldest gets home from work. We'll probably open presents around 8pm. However, in our defense, we opened the stockings last night. 😎 This reminds me of my first Christmas as a missionary when my companion and I were invited to several Christmas dinners. At one of those dinners they had bought gifts for us and made there children wait for us to come over so we could share in the experience of all opening presents together. It was a super nice gesture, and at the same time we both felt awful that the kids had to wait until 5:00 pm to open presents - that's 12 hours late on Christmas What a way to create a sense of animus toward missionaries in the young children; I would have been so disgruntled if I was told to wait until evening on Christmas to open presents when I was 7 years old. prisonchaplain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 On 12/25/2018 at 6:11 PM, prisonchaplain said: @Fether, you're awesome. We slugs are waiting until my oldest gets home from work. We'll probably open presents around 8pm. However, in our defense, we opened the stockings last night. 😎 How important are presents to your Christmas tradition? The Traveler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anatess2 Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 49 minutes ago, Traveler said: How important are presents to your Christmas tradition? The Traveler For us, very important. The Christmas Story is not complete without the gold, frankincense, and myrrh. We don't take down our Christmas decorations until after January 6 which is the traditional feast of the 3 wise men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted December 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 9 hours ago, Traveler said: How important are presents to your Christmas tradition? The Traveler Mostly fun and mostly for the girls. My oldest (18)takes great pleasure in picking out just the right ones. We love making each other happy and I suspect that Jesus loves seeing that. Sunday21 and Fether 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted December 29, 2018 Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 For the record my wife and I basically did away with giving each other gifts this year. We opted to focus our season on others - and to be honest - I do not miss the gift exchanges stuff Christmas morning. We also focused more on giving time. One little side note - the ward decided to do away with the neighbor to neighbor gifts with the idea to take what we would have spent (including raw ingredients) and donate to the Food Bank. There was a lot given to the food bank but as it turned out - we still got all the same goodies left on our door step. We realize that many feel the need to give to others but with my wife's diabetes and my inability to eat that much sugar - most has gone to waist. We have the best neighbors ever (including a surprise from a neighbor that for years has not wanted to be bothered by any Latter-Day Saints - suddenly this years is different????) It is the thought that counts. The Traveler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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