Christmas really sucked for me this year.
Dec 26, 2020 07:56:47 #
I gave up Christmas Day to go unload and distribute ventilators for all the sick COVID patients who are not having a nice Christmas or perhaps their last one. My family stayed home without me. They loved me even more when I returned from a long day and worn out. Christmas time is for families and sharing; or showing your family how to share what is important with humanity. I have forgone my train and decorations this year. Instead trying to replace someone's coal with oxygen so they can see next Christmas. At least Santa knows I have been good. Maybe a little extra in the karma bank? My camera bag sits idle. :(
Dec 26, 2020 08:45:33 #
Real Nikon Lover wrote:
I gave up Christmas Day to go unload and distribut... (show quote)
(I thought the OP was serious also.)
Dec 26, 2020 10:31:40 #
tainkc wrote:
It gets worse. We do have a 2nd, much smaller tree with lights. Sadly, it too is full of ornaments - the Hallmark kind that requires batteries.
I will just have to wait until next year. I will purposely get a late start; wait for my wife to fall asleep before the job is finished; then, hang my little trains. I will make sure that I have some hooks for them. Lol.
I will just have to wait until next year. I will purposely get a late start; wait for my wife to fall asleep before the job is finished; then, hang my little trains. I will make sure that I have some hooks for them. Lol.
Most of the ornaments require to be plugged into an existing light bulb. One year I added a separate string of lights just for those ornaments. I will probably go back to putting those ornaments on the tree maybe 20 years from now. It is still difficult now.
You could hang a wreath over a doorway to a living room and attach a few ornaments to the wreath. A photograph of the two of you kissing under the wreath is a nice substitute for mistletoe.
Dec 26, 2020 12:56:43 #
I feel for you, Tom, Christmas was so bad for me that I would have been happy if Santa had given me a chunk of coal.
Dec 26, 2020 14:02:44 #
custodian
Loc: New York
Guys..... you would be bored to death without your wives, and who has put up with your butts all this time
Dec 26, 2020 14:14:59 #
Lucasdv123 wrote:
Lucky you should mention 250 ornaments. That is ho... (show quote)
I got ya beat. My tree has 380 nutcracker ornaments on it. I have a room full of nutcrackers also. (450+) and not cheap ones from the Far East.
Dec 26, 2020 19:25:20 #
OldJeff wrote:
I got ya beat. My tree has 380 nutcracker ornaments on it. I have a room full of nutcrackers also. (450+) and not cheap ones from the Far East.
ROFL.... I have a couple of old busted nuts you can have. I am almost done with them. HA HA HA
Dec 26, 2020 20:16:37 #
jpgto
Loc: North East Tennessee
There is light at the end of the 2020 tunnel! Sorry for all those who have lost loved ones this year. We too lost the patriarch sister of 8 children after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. We had a great Christmas, enjoyed and great meal and talked about all the great memories of Christmas' past. Stay strong, be safe and stay healthy.
Dec 26, 2020 22:05:15 #
My tree only has lights--it's a pre-lit artificial tree. When I got indoor cats I stopped putting ornaments on the tree because they attracted the cats. Prior to that I had real trees with hand-strung lights and ornaments. I've still got one ornament that had been on my first Christmas tree more than 80 years ago.
Dec 27, 2020 00:47:19 #
jpgto wrote:
There is light at the end of the 2020 tunnel! Sorry for all those who have lost loved ones this year. We too lost the patriarch sister of 8 children after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. We had a great Christmas, enjoyed and great meal and talked about all the great memories of Christmas' past. Stay strong, be safe and stay healthy.
I am so sorry to learn of your sister’s passing. You could have a park bench placed nearby and have it dedicated to her.
This was a tough year for all of us, but we are a resilient bunch!
Dec 27, 2020 16:17:29 #
jpgto
Loc: North East Tennessee
Scruples wrote:
I am so sorry to learn of your sister’s passing. You could have a park bench placed nearby and have it dedicated to her.
This was a tough year for all of us, but we are a resilient bunch!
This was a tough year for all of us, but we are a resilient bunch!
Thanks for the well wishes. Great thought about the bench. We are resilient and will kick butt in 2021!
Dec 27, 2020 22:22:43 #
Lucasdv123 wrote:
I feel ya'. Since this pic was taken there is now a village underneath. I am sure it is not as complex as yours, but it takes me awhile to untangle all the cords and wires for the interior lighting.Don't feel like the lone ranger.my wife has 60 plastic containers full of xmas ornaments and all we put out this year were about 10 of her containers.she has more ornaments than walmart.if the grandkids were not home schooling cause of the pandemic she would have made me put together her xmas village which consists of 30 house and counting,50 people,benches,a frozen lake ,numerous vehicles, and sleds.it uses 2 1/2 sheets of plywood.
Dec 27, 2020 22:25:56 #
J-SPEIGHT wrote:
Yeah, the happy wife part; sometimes I don't do to good in that department and usually I am clueless. I am sure you know that one!Happy wife happy life lol looks good Tom and I feel your pain too
Dec 27, 2020 22:29:30 #
billmck wrote:
It is getting to that point. I did buy a real lame small tree from Walmart for some of the battery operated ornaments. It is too flimsy for my die cast train ornaments.Do what I did several years ago...I bought my own tree to hold all my Hallmark cars, trains, airplanes and tractors!
Dec 27, 2020 22:36:52 #
Real Nikon Lover wrote:
Good for you! What you are doing is way more important than some stupid tree. That is one of the reasons that I mentioned 1st world problem. We do do a similar thing over here. I work 10 hour days 6 days a week and a few hours on Sundays. I am not good for any extra curricular activities. However, my wife is retired and her daughter does not work but has some money. They both volunteer several hours each day getting food to the needy. Obviously, it is more stressful this year. Just because Christmas is now over, does not mean that there are no more hungry people.I gave up Christmas Day to go unload and distribut... (show quote)
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