On the Nth Day before Christmas........

[Griffin NoName]

On the eigth day before Christmas.......... I finished wrapping all the presents and began writing an essay.

[Pachyderm]

On the seventh day before Christmas I have a post works-do hangover...

[Aggie]

On the seventh day before Christmas I got the former-workmates-boozer taken care of. And a surprise birthday.  After driving 600 km.

[Griffin NoName]

On the sixth day before Christmas..... my father rang to tell me my mother was refusing to drink cranberry juice.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

On the seventh day before Christmas I got the former-workmates-boozer taken care of.

Soprano's style or I'm the only one having dubious thoughts on the subject?

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On the fifth (or is it sixth?) day of X-mas I took my family to see Avatar.

[Opsa]

On the fifth day before Christmas I've been digging out from eighteen inches of snow, but it's beautiful! A powdery snow, too- so not to heavy to shovel, thank goodness!

[Griffin NoName]

On the fifth day before Christmas I still haven't started writing my essay.

[Bluenose]

On the fourth day before Christmas, I wondered what had happenned - I am sure yesterday was  only the beginning of October!

[Griffin NoName]

On the fourth day before Christmas I realsied Christmas was on Firday not Saturday. Panic.

[Opsa]

On the fourth day before Christmas I took the turkey out of the freezer. I'm a vegetarian, but Mr, Ops just loves to fuss over cooking a turkey. It's a real treat for him.

I also double-booked playdates for the Opsalette and have had to untangle them.

[Darlica]

On the third day before Christmas (we mainly celebrate Christmas Eve here not Christmas Day) I wrapped most of the gifts L and I are giving away this year. 

We have divided the work, I do the wrapping and L writes the rhymes that goes with the gifts.   

I think wrapping the gifts is at least as fun as the giving and receiving, the whole evening I've been listening to a web radio channel broadcasting Christmas songs and wallowed in pretty papers and ribbons!

[Opsa]

Me too, Darlica. I was just thinking this morning that wrapping presents is like decorating the house. There's something special, shiny and pretty there, and that makes me happy. Unwrapping them is something like undoing the decorations- it signals the end of it all. That sounds like a downer, but actually, it may also mean that we're peeling away the old layers to get to the New Year.

On the third day before Christmas we have to go shopping for groceries and go to the dentist for our bi-annual checkups. Hope we don't have any cavities for Christmas!

[Aggie]

On the third day before Christmas, got the shopping finished with mum. Lots o' food and a big fresh bird.

We're (C & myself) planning to do a Sichuan-style hot pot for Christmas eve, as we have been taking care of that meal the last few years.  Got a bbq duck coming for making the stock (will eat the meat separate, boil the bones, might render some fat for flavour as well).

[Griffin NoName]

On the third day before Christmas I started packing for my trip.

[Aggie]

On the third day before Christmas I assembled some mixed-conifer swags (spruce, jackpine, Douglas fir, ponderosa pine, western red cedar and a sprig of Oregon grape) to decorate the house and compensate for a fake tree.