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  • #16
    In December 1990, when my Dad and I were home teaching companions, we invited all of our families over to our house to eat dinner and watch the musical Scrooge (my personal favorite Christmas Carol adaptation.)

    We've done it every year since and tomorrow night marks the 21st annual Scrooge Night. Sing along! "Thank you very much. Thank you very much. That's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me..."

    [YOUTUBE]uiNMz_745vQ[/YOUTUBE]
    Kids in general these days seem more socially retarded...

    None of them date. They hang out. They text. They sit in the same car or room and don't say a word...they text. Then, they go home and whack off to internet porn.

    I think that's the sad truth about why these kids are retards.

    --Portland Ute

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    • #17
      So, my plans to make some extra cash next year by getting a Santa suit made and doing private parties for people were absolutely destroyed when I saw this guy in my daughter's community theater play:



      Dude actually changed his name to "Kris Kringle."
      "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
      The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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      • #18
        Peppermint Bark can be very good, but when done by Giardelli's it is very bad.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by YOhio View Post
          Peppermint Bark can be very good, but when done by Giardelli's it is very bad.
          I love peppermint bark. Costco sells some good peppermint bark this time of year. I think it may be Kirkland brand.

          My wife just bought some sort of baking thing that allows her to make bark. It looks really cool when it is done. She is giving it away to friends and ward members. Basically what I'm saying is that I Bark for Bark.
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          • #20
            Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
            I love peppermint bark. Costco sells some good peppermint bark this time of year. I think it may be Kirkland brand.

            My wife just bought some sort of baking thing that allows her to make bark. It looks really cool when it is done. She is giving it away to friends and ward members. Basically what I'm saying is that I Bark for Bark.
            Baked Bark sounds like a cool Christmas gift. Sadly I don't have a Bark Baker. Where did she buy it?

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            • #21
              Originally posted by YOhio View Post
              Baked Bark sounds like a cool Christmas gift. Sadly I don't have a Bark Baker. Where did she buy it?
              Online somewhere. It costs 10$. Basically an oven proof piece of plastic that has a bark pattern on one side. I don't know how it goes from that to edible bark, but I have seen the finished product. It looks cool.

              One caveat...the bark baker is made in china, so it is likely that it contains lead.
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              • #22
                Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                Online somewhere. It costs 10$. Basically an oven proof piece of plastic that has a bark pattern on one side. I don't know how it goes from that to edible bark, but I have seen the finished product. It looks cool.

                One caveat...the bark baker is made in china, so it is likely that it contains lead.
                $10 for a bark baker + free lead? Sounds like a good deal.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                  So, my plans to make some extra cash next year by getting a Santa suit made and doing private parties for people were absolutely destroyed when I saw this guy in my daughter's community theater play:

                  Dude actually changed his name to "Kris Kringle."
                  Maybe your niche could be as a Spanish-speaking Santa.

                  There would have to be some demand for that, and I bet Kris Kringle no habla espanol.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by CardiacCoug View Post
                    Maybe your niche could be as a Spanish-speaking Santa.

                    There would have to be some demand for that, and I bet Kris Kringle no habla espanol.
                    ¿Papá Noel? Hmmmmmm. Quizás,.....
                    "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
                    The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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                    • #25
                      Driving around with the little kids today (for a LONG time, birthday party, lessons, etc.), happened on a station next to NPR (FM 94.9) that was playing exclusively popular Christmas music (FM 95.7). I decided on an expriment. I let the music play and asked them how many of these songs they'd heard before. A shockingly low number (the kids are 5 and 6). They recognized Jingle Bells, Rudoph, but Chestnuts, Drummer Boy, White Christmas, etc., were alien to them. I felt a little guilty, decided that I'd best start to ingrain these. Popular culture is a part of cultural literacy. They didn't want me to turn the sation or put on a classcial CD--for a while. Finally they said yes to Canon in D.

                      Christmas, even in popular, cheesy, commercial form of Christmas is of course off limits at school in Western Washington. Nary a Christmas tree. As I've said here, I think making the Bible readioactive in schools is as offensive as entangling church and state or religious dogma and education. Both extreme sides are equally to blame, in my view.
                      When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

                      --Jonathan Swift

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post

                        Christmas, even in popular, cheesy, commercial form of Christmas is of course off limits at school in Western Washington. Nary a Christmas tree. As I've said here, I think making the Bible readioactive in schools is as offensive as entangling church and state or religious dogma and education. Both extreme sides are equally to blame, in my view.
                        Yeah, way to suck the fun out of Christmas for the kids, dicks! I feel like I must have grown up in a Utopia, having been permitted to do little construction paper art projects in grade school related to christmas, decorating the class tree, etc. I mean we didn't mention Jesus or read from Luke, and honestly everyone had a good time. Who are these people getting offended at this?
                        "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                          Christmas, even in popular, cheesy, commercial form of Christmas is of course off limits at school in Western Washington. Nary a Christmas tree. As I've said here, I think making the Bible readioactive in schools is as offensive as entangling church and state or religious dogma and education. Both extreme sides are equally to blame, in my view.
                          Interesting. In many ways it's like we live in different countries. Everywhere you go here is replete with reminders of Christmas. I went to the BMV yesterday to license a vehicle and each little workstation had some Christmastime adornment; a small tree or placard saying "Better Not Pout."

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                            Online somewhere. It costs 10$. Basically an oven proof piece of plastic that has a bark pattern on one side. I don't know how it goes from that to edible bark, but I have seen the finished product. It looks cool.

                            One caveat...the bark baker is made in china, so it is likely that it contains lead.
                            Try the Hershey Kisses Peppermint kisses... It is a good substitute.

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                            • #29
                              Also. I posted this somewhere else, but I am sure it is buried in the archives somewhere. Anyway. Here ya go. I put it together and the song was written and sung by UD's dad. Please share and Merry Christmas.

                              [YOUTUBE]op1MhgKwpYU[/YOUTUBE]

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by SuperGabers View Post
                                Also. I posted this somewhere else, but I am sure it is buried in the archives somewhere. Anyway. Here ya go. I put it together and the song was written and sung by UD's dad. Please share and Merry Christmas.
                                OMH -- UD's dad was member of Afterglow!?!?!?!

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