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ProfessorGAC

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21. Pretty Good This Year Here

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #20)

Wed Dec 11, 2024, 08:42 PM

Dec 11

Better than the last few years, but nothing like I was a kid.
We do have a neighbor that goes all out.
Lives on the next street, but we can see it from put upstairs windows. (The house behind us I'd a ranch, so can see right over it.)
He's got lights, projections, lighted trees, moving light displays, lighted reindeer...
And, the moving lights are timed to music that plays through some sort of all-weather speaker.
It's probably the biggest display in town.

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What Christmas traditions of your youth are no longer around. Mine is canned ham. I hated it back then, Opening up the [View all] debm55 Dec 11 OP

This is going to freak you out, but Walmart, Sam's Club, Amazon--all still sell them... hlthe2b Dec 11 #1

OH NO I hated those grisly things. My Mother would put pineapple rings on it with a cherry in the center of each. debm55 Dec 11 #3

Hah! Yeah, I can kinda remember them. I don't think my Mom relied on them, though. hlthe2b Dec 11 #4

My Dad got it from the place he worked. So they last into infinity? I can see that. debm55 Dec 11 #8

We never had canned hams. Only the "real thing." wnylib Dec 12 #24

Caroling, but times have changed too much to do it door to door, which was the fun part. Runningdawg Dec 11 #2

I remember caroling as an eight grade class. People were happy to have us. Yes , times have changed. debm55 Dec 11 #9

Why no door to door now? Elessar Zappa Dec 11 #12

I don't know it sort of disappeared. We did it as a class from the local school debm55 Dec 11 #14

Our church youth group used to go around the city, wnylib Dec 12 #25

Brandy soaked sweets Onthefly Dec 11 #5

That sounds good. Very good debm55 Dec 11 #11

The kind of tinsel that was heavy and hung nicely on the tree. Ocelot II Dec 11 #6

I loved tinsel. Every old Christmas movie tree had glorious tinsel. LakeArenal Dec 11 #7

I agree, it did hang nicely on the tree. Do they still sell the tinsel icicles? debm55 Dec 11 #13

Ribbon Candy Sneederbunk Dec 11 #10

My mom used to put oranges in our stockings in the 1970s applegrove Dec 11 #15

Thank you applegrove. A lot of memories sorrounding the orange. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Dec 11 #16

grating coconut for cakes and pies lynintenn Dec 11 #17

Thank you lynintenn. That sounds yummy. debm55 Dec 11 #18

Here's one that I still do. duncang Dec 11 #19

Thank you very much duncang for sharing your memories. debm55 Dec 11 #23

Everyone decorating their houses. Phoenix61 Dec 11 #20

Pretty Good This Year Here ProfessorGAC Dec 11 #21

I agree. Haven't done that since I was a kid. debm55 Dec 11 #22

Carolers at your door on Christmas Eve. Lunabell Dec 12 #26

divinity candy and peanut brittle. My grandma-then my mom riversedge Dec 12 #27

Angel hair on Christmas trees. I think it was made wnylib Dec 12 #28

Fruit cake. Rigpa108 Dec 12 #29