My day has been lowkey and thankfully warm after some very cold weather here in the southeast USA yesterday. There was a brief family fight about what type of artisanal bread I should bring for dinner tomorrow. An onion herb focaccia was the desire, but the ridiculously long line outside the popular local bakery said I should get the italian herb and sourdough from Whole Foods. I 'll deal with the wrath later.

From there, a brief stop to pick up two pies, one pumpkin and the other bourbon chocolate walnut, then back to Whole Foods to get one Amazon delivery that actually made in under the wire, whoot!

Now I'm just sorting some gifts while settling down to watch Six Triple Eight on Netflix. Christmas dinner will be lamb chops, mashed taters, and bacon wrapped asparagus

Hope y'all have had a good day!
posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) at 6:16 PM on December 24 [9 favorites]

I don't celebrate Christmas so this is my key fuckaround time of the year. I've been binge watching Great British Sewing Bee ever since this question got posted and I am in so deep that I have tricked myself into believing I could sew my own clothes. So badly that I just bought a sewing machine 🤡

I'm a notorious quitter of hobbies that require attention and practice so I can already anticipate how this will go, but for now the delulu is flowing and spirits are high.

(Worst case I figure I'll hem and mend a few things I've already got and resell the machine.)
posted by phunniemee at 7:31 PM on December 24 [15 favorites]

This has been a really low-key & low-drama holiday. It's so nice just hanging with family. I'm doing my best to appreciate it.
posted by Winnie the Proust at 8:17 PM on December 24 [4 favorites]

Usually a lurker, but man we had the nicest Christmas Eve! It's always been a night for the immediate family, we watch movies and make appetizers for dinner, and it's been that way since the kids were little. Every year has been great, but now the kids are older (older son and gf are sophomores at college and younger son is a junior in high school). I am delightedly surprised to learn how much more fun it is with adultish kids! Feeling pretty grateful tonight.
posted by TheFantasticNumberFour at 9:48 PM on December 24 [10 favorites]

Cooking cooking cooking eating eating eating! Yesterday we did our traditional eat snacks (chips, crackers, Brie, smoked salmon, spinach dip, deviled eggs, veggies) and play Trivial Pursuit. Today we are making pork roll and mashed potatoes, green salad, bread stuffing with sausage and sage, melitzanasalata (eggplant/aubergine salad with red peppers, walnut, feta), cranberry sauce/dressing/condiment, we can't decide what to call it, carrot puffs, blueberry & strawberry trifle, and gingerbread cake. And drinks! Champagne (well, sparkling wine), and I'm going to try the primroses were over's Bees Knees cocktail. And maybe one of my brandy amaretto sours. Right now, espresso! I make it myself with a little lemon twist, right back there ... it's good, you should try it! And likely more Trivial Pursuit and perhaps a holiday movie.

Happy festivities, Everyone!
posted by taz (staff) at 2:29 AM on December 25 [8 favorites]

We were going to have a Christmas lunch at my elderly mom's, but she has shingles. :-(
posted by Too-Ticky at 3:51 AM on December 25 [1 favorite]

My whole damn family had some shit luck this year.

* I got a job in January but they laid me off in May. Then I got another job in August that sucked so bad and the boss was so toxic I quit two weeks ago. (I lost 20 pounds in a month JUST FROM STRESS.) I don't have another job lined up, so that's a BIT nerve-inducing, but I have 3 recruiters lined up ready to get to work come January, so I'm treating this as downtime in which I can get some SERIOUSLY needed rest - especially since my roommate is out of the country until January 2nd. I have been sleeping, binge-watching total crap on TV, and doing the occasional free festive outing.

* My brother's family got clobbered this year - particular in December, with both my niece and sister-in-law facing big health issues. They announced that while they're fine hosting people this year, it is going to be VERY casual and they will be doing takeout pizza for the meal. My parents are in a similar state. I'm flying there today - that's an unexpected GOOD thing, the fact that Cape Cod Air extended its flight schedule from New York (it used to just be a summer thing). Previously I'd have to take a train to Boston and my parents would have to drive an hour to fetch me - but the flight is only an hour long and my parents live ten minutes from the Hyannis airport. And - there's a particlarly good Chinese restaurant nearby. So I'll be joining my parents this afternoon for dim sum on Cape Cod, and then meeting up with my brother's family for pizza in a couple days.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:20 AM on December 25 [12 favorites]

Happy holidays! Due to family matters, my spouse left this morning for a few days. I'll be going over to my dad's in a few hours. We're going to make a ham sheet pan dinner, for which ChatGPT got me the recipe. I have a good chunk of time off. I have been using some of it for classic movies, such as "Gimme Shelter". I'm not much of a cook, but I did make gingerbread cookies from a mix. There was a problem with one of my gift orders, so it will arrive in January after all.
posted by NotLost at 5:18 AM on December 25 [1 favorite]

We spent Christmas Eve drinking manhattans, eating Moose popcorn and watching Less Than Zero on dvd. I had never seen it before. We couldn’t find it on streaming anywhere. It’s been a minute since we have watched anything on dvd. The manhattans were yummy. Happy Holidays, everyone!
posted by gt2 at 5:29 AM on December 25 [1 favorite]

There is no greater pressure in life than a six year kid standing over you as you try to hook up her very first tablet.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) at 5:32 AM on December 25 [16 favorites]

Less Than Zero on dvd

A very early film to feature wind turbines! Can I ask the significance?

I've walked three miles along the cliffs to in some way mitigate the very lardy rest of the day I will be having. Matchmakers are open, turkey is in the oven, pudding is in the pot, champagne is chilling ahead of 3pm, carols are playing. Nigella for starters, Delia for the turkey. Dinner 1 hour away (ish).
posted by biffa at 6:32 AM on December 25 [3 favorites]

A very early film to feature wind turbines! Can I ask the significance?

It was one of my partner’s favorite movies back in the day and he wanted to see it again. I didn’t hang with all that wealth in the 80s but I worked in the hotel/restaurant business and I do really remember all that partying.
posted by gt2 at 7:18 AM on December 25 [2 favorites]

I worked at a completely different job and I do really remember all that partying, too! There was a lot of partying.
posted by taz (staff) at 7:29 AM on December 25 [1 favorite]

I've been binge watching Great British Sewing Bee ever since this question got posted and I am in so deep that I have tricked myself into believing I could sew my own clothes.

I missed seeing this question when it first got posted so thanks for linking to it, phunniemee! Guess I know what my Christmas plans are now...

Unfortunately, I fear that I too am going to end up getting a sewing machine, that will quickly get shoved in the corner with all the yarn/crochet/knitting supplies and half finished projects.
posted by litera scripta manet at 7:38 AM on December 25 [3 favorites]

That reminds me that about ten years ago my SO got a sewing machine for Xmas. The idea was she would teach herself to sew, especially the while recovering from surgery. She made one cushion and the machine has languished in the home office since.

The cat does love that cushion though.
posted by biffa at 8:18 AM on December 25 [7 favorites]

I’m seeking relationship advice in AskMe.
posted by Lemkin at 8:29 AM on December 25 [3 favorites]

I won a game of Hitster last night and aim to win again tonight

3 dogs, 2 cats, they're really bad at Hitster. Ha no, ages of group are late 20s to 50+, and I put my dad's love of the Everly Brothers to good use. My partner and her boys leave for Calgary in a couple days to attend a memorial and I'll stick around to mind the animals.
posted by ginger.beef at 8:56 AM on December 25 [1 favorite]

Neither the spouse nor I have good xmas memories historically and we're both grinches on the mass commercialism that is the holiday in modern society so we celebrated today by going for a birdwatching walk along a river and later playing cribbage while consuming snacks/glögg and listening to the Xmas in Frisko station on somafm.com (The listening of which is probably the only thing you could call a tradition with us.). We also do neither presents or decorating.
posted by mochi_cat at 9:11 AM on December 25 [5 favorites]

making a tiny portion of eggnog today (there's just 2 of us) and some banana bread. Might get crazy and give the roses their winter prune today before the 12 days of omg rain rain rain sets in.
posted by supermedusa at 10:46 AM on December 25 [3 favorites]

Oh man we're making so many latkes. Lighting the menorah, spinning dreidels, the classics.
posted by 1adam12 at 11:16 AM on December 25 [9 favorites]

Gary was released from the hospital today and there was already staff at his house so I went home to the shelter. Almost everybody is gone on pass so I am going to scrub out the big tub and get in it. The hot water heater is huge and I am going to soak for a while.

When I Ubered back here, my driver was telling me all about Franklin Graham and how much he's doing for flood victims. She said she only trusts Newsmax. She said she'd pray for me and told me I should call a Graham-run organization for help. I think I will pass. I'm definitely in the bible belt.
posted by Mr. Yuck at 12:55 PM on December 25 [3 favorites]

I don't really celebrate Christmas except through marriage. Today was lowkey, and said marriage is bringing a turducken into my life pretty soon. Also Balatro later on. And then back to work tomorrow.
posted by Gorgik at 3:05 PM on December 25 [1 favorite]

We ended this even by playing a Shakespeare-themed board game which was quite enjoyable. Shakespeare knowledge is optional (there are cards you can choose to play where you have to know Shakespeare facts, but they are not essential to game play). The rules were a bit hard to get our heads around, but fortunately niece went through the booklet and told us what to do. It meant everyone was engaged and off their mobiles for a few hours.
posted by paduasoy at 3:20 PM on December 25 [4 favorites]

Favorite tradition: watching Disney's Holiday Show while providing our own color commentary.

Honorable mention: Driving around to look at holiday lights in less-appreciated neighborhoods. Eating home-made cookies. Cheese boards.

We also did gifts and played Lost Cities.

I love these threads.
posted by dearadeline at 3:54 PM on December 25 [5 favorites]

Mighty Catan victory!
posted by biffa at 4:05 PM on December 25 [3 favorites]

Also, I fell asleep at dishwashing time, which is very much faux pas territory.
posted by biffa at 4:06 PM on December 25 [2 favorites]

I found an Egyptian restaurant, a cuisine I've never had. Got some Hawawshi and a chicken skewer. Very good.
posted by Mr. Yuck at 4:18 PM on December 25 [4 favorites]

The six year old is struggling to fit herself and the new tablet into the box the air fryer came in. None of us are questioning this logic.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) at 4:20 PM on December 25 [14 favorites]

We’ve had a lovely if low-key holiday and after stockings, gifts, prime rib triumphant - our unusually not vegetarian meal for holidays - and pumpkin pie, we’re settling in to watch The Fellowship of the Ring. Happy holidays to all!
posted by warriorqueen at 4:56 PM on December 25 [2 favorites]

Well, I got offered my dream job at a local LGBT nonprofit on Christmas Eve, so that's definitely been a highlight! I'm no contact with my family, but on year two it stings a lot less. Plus we got to hang out at my in-laws (vastly better people) all day instead of juggling two Christmases. I finished all of my crafted gifts on time, which is always a big win, and one of the gifts I received is a museum membership that's going to get loads of use!
posted by brook horse at 7:24 PM on December 25 [25 favorites]

I cannot remember the last time the Man and the Child and I had a Christmas without people coming over, or being somewhere that wasn't Home. But this year - we spent all day in our pajamas at home by ourselves. The Child opened presents leisurely, we watched a movie, I made gingerbread cookies, we had ham. It was pretty nice, which is saying something, because I'm a confirmed Grinch.
Did I mention we spent all day in our pajamas? So peaceful. A great Introvert Christmas.
posted by Vatnesine at 8:21 PM on December 25 [6 favorites]

Congrats on the job offer, brook horse!
posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) at 9:01 PM on December 25 [3 favorites]

Pretty good Christmas Day; checked in with a lot of people, and did three local walks. One was around the local country lanes, and the evening one passed by the old graveyard as the mist fell. The cat seemed disinterested in all the activities of the day, though.
posted by Wordshore at 5:30 AM on December 26 [8 favorites]

Wordshore, I can see all the images you refer to in your stream, but somehow all the links in your comment are going to mini Christmas cake! (It must be said, though, that it is a nice mini Christmas cake!)
posted by taz (staff) at 6:55 AM on December 26 [1 favorite]

The cat's face

"Let me know when it's meal time"
posted by ginger.beef at 6:55 AM on December 26 [1 favorite]

Wait the cat goes to the cat. The rest, mini Christmas cake. And isn't that just like a cat! Me, me, me!
posted by taz (staff) at 6:56 AM on December 26

Ah, dammit, fail. Well, pictures from this season in Worcestershire are in this album, from oldest to newest.
posted by Wordshore at 7:54 AM on December 26 [3 favorites]

I'm taking my kid and a friend to see Nosferatu today. They've spent the morning putting on goth makeup and we're going to get burgers at Kuma's (the heavy metal burger joint) first. Should be a fun day.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:28 AM on December 26 [5 favorites]

This is my yearly reminder that the week between Christmas and New Year's is officially known as Sweet Week, and the more we stick to that line the more likely it is that it will eventually become an international holiday. Happy Sweet Week everyone!!
posted by saladin at 9:53 AM on December 26 [4 favorites]

Also, have purchased the first chocolate Easter egg of the season (Good Friday is only 16 weeks from tomorrow). It was delicious.
posted by Wordshore at 10:12 AM on December 26 [3 favorites]

The hamburgers and the eggnog were great. today we are making some banana bread. Gonna try to actually do some work today...
posted by supermedusa at 10:13 AM on December 26 [1 favorite]

I was offline for four whole days except a small amount of email checking in case of disaster. Was not bad. This was a busy holiday season with a group dinner, a Solstice Bonfire in 5°F weather, a surprise shift at the library, a tacos/tequila Xmas eve and a scalloped potatoes and woodstove hang out on Xmas day. Five days of eating meals outside the house, probably a first for the whole year! I lit my first ever menorah that wasn't something I'd assembled out of random stuff around the house (test tubes, oranges, whatever) yesterday which was nifty. Now I'm off to work at the library and fix people's holidaytime technology gifts.

One of my longtime drop-in-time elderly ladies passed away on Monday. I'd been to see her a few times at the hospital after she'd fallen on the ice a few days before. Her kids are coming from out of town and her church folks have been very supportive of her and the family. I miss her and I will miss all her wild questions about her fairly-impressive technology arsenal.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:38 AM on December 26 [9 favorites]

Walked for six miles along the North Cornwall cliffs. There's a weird sea mist here at the moment which made some parts of the walk feel very isolated. Where the cliffs become vertiginous there was a headland like an enormous burial mound, with a single trampled footpath leading to it through the fog. There was no-one else around and it felt lost in time. A mile south we wondered when we would reach the lighthouse only to realise it was in front of us and it's white paint meant it merged into its surroundings, with only two black windows giving it away. We ended up at a golf club with Xmas stout and the Chelsea game.
posted by biffa at 10:56 AM on December 26 [5 favorites]

I am in so deep that I have tricked myself into believing I could sew my own clothes. So badly that I just bought a sewing machine 🤡

Update: today I made pilgrimage to Textile Discount Outlet (my photo, me, their insta) and spent $20 whole dollars to buy (I think) everything I'll need to turn a shirt I have into a more interesting shirt. I went to this place once like 16 or 17 years ago with a college roommate and quietly stood in a corner while she got what she needed, so I had no idea how overwhelming this place is. If you are in Chicago, go. Genuinely one of the coolest stores I've ever been in. You feel like you're mere steps from death at every turn (OSHA could never) and I got lost multiple times.
posted by phunniemee at 2:47 PM on December 26 [5 favorites]

That place is amazing, phunniemee

Kind of puts the Fabric Land outlets near me in perspective
posted by ginger.beef at 7:33 PM on December 26 [1 favorite]

It's been pretty chill and lazy which is what I need. Gonna catch up in-person with an old friend this weekend, shop for a new accordion and make latkes in Sunday.
posted by brookeb at 9:34 AM on December 27 [1 favorite]

Where the cliffs become vertiginous there was a headland like an enormous burial mound, with a single trampled footpath leading to it through the fog

Just remember, if you hear a crow caw while you're out doing a walk like that (foreboding landforms! Fog! Cornwall!), then a murder has just happened and you should probably report it to the coppers.

...I mean, unless Midsomer Murders and the rest have sent me astray, which I have on good authority is not the case, so listen for the crows and take care to watch your back near the cliff edges. Oh, and also if the wind picks up when the crow is cawing, that's an extra-bad sign and you probably need to get on the phone to emergency services before someone smacks you with a bit of tree. If an inquisitive old lady is about, then hang around her because she's got incredible Plot Armor, but maybe don't drink her tea if she offers any just in case she's one of the bad ones.
posted by aramaic at 5:03 PM on December 27 [2 favorites]

What if it's magpies chastising, or ravens gargling?
posted by ginger.beef at 5:07 PM on December 27 [1 favorite]

Just remember, if you hear a crow caw while you're out doing a walk like that

Funny you should mention that. There were dozens of crows around at different points in the walk. Just before we got to the place I described there were 3 spaced over 4 fence posts, just sitting, unmovingly watching every step we took.
posted by biffa at 5:29 PM on December 27 [1 favorite]

Also: Second mighty Catan victory! This time at the new Catan Energies* variant that I got for Xmas.

I roadtested the energy economics theory that early investment in fossil fuels can generate the capital to invest in low carbon generation earlier than would otherwise be possible. How my brother in law laughed when I mentioned this after his thrashing.

*As a wise woman once asked 'Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?'
posted by biffa at 5:39 PM on December 27 [1 favorite]

unmovingly watching every step we took

Oh you're done for, unless you can befriend a taciturn seen-too-much DSI and then also make sure you're never alone for the next couple weeks while his/her newbie sidekick gets up to speed and finally remembers to track the killer by cellphone signal while cross-referencing instagram posts. If there's a joking coroner or SoCo lad about, hang on to them as well, unless they're female in which case they are also done for. If a PC likes you, then also done for. Maybe slap a PC, just to be safe.

I swear to god, nobody in the UK ever pauses to consider Plot Armor. IMO, you need to think about that every time you step out to swing by the offie.
posted by aramaic at 5:59 PM on December 27 [3 favorites]

I survived the chaos that was Family Christmas and - because several people cancelled at the last minute due to health fuckery - we were massively overcatered so I don't want to look at turkey or duck or salmon or asparagus for a fair old while, that's for sure. It's been nice and quiet here - mostly because the temperatures have been brutal - was in the low 40's yesterday (Celcius). On the cooler days I baked a couple of loaves of sourdough and managed to burn my inner forearm on the oven door, which has been less than fun. Made a banana cake today with three bananas that were so ripe I squeezed them into the batter like toothpaste. Currently pining for winter and considering moving to Tasmania as a climate refugee.
posted by ninazer0 at 7:44 PM on December 27 [2 favorites]

I'm on pins and needles to see how this windy vertiginous crow caw bluff misadventure turns out. I've slapped the PC and chatted up the joking coroner, so I should be okay, right? *sips old lady's tea*

oops.
posted by taz (staff) at 5:15 AM on December 28 [1 favorite]

Sitting in the Hyannis airport now waiting for my flight back to JFK. I am most likely going to do this for visits home from now on - my parents live only 15 minutes from the airport, and the price is similar to what I would have done on a train like I used to; but the train took longer and meant a 90 minute drive each way for my parents to fetch me.

Plus my cousin told me last night that he knows one of the pilots and can help me get the occasional free ticket.

The only slight tension is that the Cape Air fleet is all 10-seat Cessnas, so it's a little scary taxiing to the runway in one of those things past the huge jets. I get a great seat, but still.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 5:43 AM on December 28 [2 favorites]

We ran from the village of the crows. There were eight of them on the telegraph pole when we stepped through the front door but we made it to the car and away. Our only refuge though may bring its own dangers.
posted by biffa at 8:18 AM on December 28 [4 favorites]

As a Muslim, I don't mark the Christian holidays at all, and the Gregorian New Year coming in is simply a marker of the end of the fiscal year for me. IRA distribution time!

That being said, tonight I'm hoping to chat with a cousin who lives in the US, God willing, much as our parents would have made it a point to do around this time of year.

And I'm glad the daylight hours are slowly but surely getting longer already, although we have at least another week of sunrises occurring later in the day!
posted by rabia.elizabeth at 9:03 AM on December 28 [3 favorites]

My spouse is slowly recovering from the flu (finally fever-free but still exhausted) that our kid picked up during his final exams (luckily he finished his last final before he got sick). Somehow I've avoided it so far. I documented my Christmas dinner travails on the free thread (TLDR: the lamb I was going to make was rancid, so we had frozen appetizers instead). Because of the illnesses, we still haven't made latkes for Hanukkah, but perhaps tonight. Hopefully we'll all be better by New Year's Eve, so that we can spend time with our friends as has been the tradition for the last 30(!) years.

Overall, a weird holiday season, made weirder by the fact that I have had much more work than normal. I teach for an online university, and our classes (mostly 8 weeks long) start every month, so I'm always teaching except for the one month I don't have classes. It's not as bad as it sounds given the structure of our classes, but for some reason I have more students right now than I've ever had before. I get extra money for teaching students in excess of my yearly obligation, which is nice, but surely they could have been spread out over the year instead of crammed into the last two months.
posted by mollweide at 11:07 AM on December 28

Thrilling update: my machine came and I sewed a thing!
posted by phunniemee at 11:35 AM on December 28 [5 favorites]

Update: TWO THINGS
posted by phunniemee at 12:10 PM on December 28 [3 favorites]

phunnimee, I was like "headscarf.. kite??.. ohhhh"

Sassy

Edit to add I really like Truman's too
posted by ginger.beef at 1:57 PM on December 28 [1 favorite]

Every time they get groomed they get a seasonal kerchief and they look so dapper, but it scares me to leave them unattended wearing one because of the strangle potential. But now that I can mod the things to go around their collars, the boys can be dapper 24/7. Everyone wins.
posted by phunniemee at 2:29 PM on December 28 [2 favorites]

Update: I have eaten far too many latkes.
posted by mollweide at 4:28 PM on December 28 [2 favorites]

....So, last night while Dad and I watched the news, I noticed their local news broadcast began with three different stories of airplane mayhem: severe turbulence hitting an Alaska Air flight, a stowaway on a Delta flight, the Azerbaijani flight that got shot down, etc. I joked to Dad that this was giving me a bad feeling about my flight back to New York today.

Well: the flight itself was fine, once we got into the air. However.

* The flight was delayed two hours because the Cape Air fleet consists entirely of Cessna 10-seater planes, and so when there's low visibility at your destination airport, they take that super-seriously.

* When we finally did get to JFK, we did land okay - but then had to sit on the tarmac and wait another 15 minutes because there were already two planes parked in both of the only two spots they allot to Cape Air at JFK, and we had to wait for one of them to take off so we could get into that spot.

And then there was more mayhem on the ground:

* There's ongoing construction at JFK, and so for me to get to the taxi stand I had to climb up one set of stairs, walk to a different terminal entirely, and then go down three more flights in a parking garage to find the taxi dispatch.

* I found the taxi okay, but traffic on the highway was so bad it took the taxi an additional 30 minutes to get me home ON TOP OF the 40 minutes it usually takes.

....And then there were the communications issues waiting for me:

* My cell phone mic has inexplicably stopped working, so when I called my parents to let them know I'd arrived safely my father was repeatedly saying "Hello? Is anyone there?" while I was all but screaming "I FINALLY GOT HOME" at him.

* My VOIP phone was saying I had a voicemail, but when I checked it the only thing there was a rerun of a Thanksgiving message from Mom. I couldn't get the "check voicemail" light to turn off.

So, the plane was okay, but I think things surrounding it definitely WERE cursed.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:45 PM on December 28 [2 favorites]

I’ve had a lovely Christmas and my girlfriend proposed yesterday!!! I said yes haha
posted by ellieBOA at 7:43 AM on December 29 [14 favorites]

That rules ellieBOA, most happiness to you both!!!
posted by phunniemee at 9:10 AM on December 29 [4 favorites]

Spent most of the weekend deep cleaning my room. I sorted, filed, and/or shredded about two and a half years of procrastinated paperwork (I know this because the earliest dates on the paperwork were around mid-2022, which was the last time I Caught Up On The Paperwork). Cleaned out my dresser. Cleaned out my closet. Sorted through the clothes which had been hanging in the closet, discarding what needs to go, and throwing the keepers into the laundry pile because they'd mostly been there long enough to get dusty.

I also sanitized a musty bathroom sink (probably because I had washed some kitten food down it a few months ago when I was fostering kittens), and the musty washing machine, which had been growing slowly more nasty lately. Turns out there's these concentrated bleach packet thingies exactly for the purpose of sanitizing one's washer! This is, obviously, coming in handy for all the laundry I'm doing.
posted by notoriety public at 3:55 PM on December 29 [3 favorites]

You were very productive!
posted by NotLost at 4:37 PM on December 29

notoriety public, you inspire me in a precise way

You radiate purposefulness and it's catching, thank you
posted by ginger.beef at 6:35 PM on December 29

We spent Christmas in the South with my family this year. It was a good time but wow, my sister's lifestyle is so different than ours! By that I mean, they live in suburbia where there are no sidewalks and everything requires a car. The TV is on all day with reruns of Modern Family, ER, and Friends. And they don't really cook so Christmas dinner was a purchased honey-baked ham with sides from the Ham Place. (It's not called the Ham Place. I have decided to call it the Ham Place.) Shepherd and I made a Field Roast veggie roast and a Brooklyn Blackout Cake.

The only sad note of the year is that we could not convince my mom to leave her apartment to celebrate. Her Alzheimer's has accelerated and it broke my heart when we stopped by before we flew back to Ontario to say goodbye, and then a few hours later she thought we were still in town.
posted by Kitteh at 7:22 AM on December 30 [2 favorites]

I HAVE NOW MADE THREE THINGS

Now that I've apparently unlocked the infinite clothes glitch I'm going to be SUCH a menace.
posted by phunniemee at 1:35 PM on December 30 [7 favorites]

There's an open Free Thread - Out with 2024, in with 2025 - if you want to write how your 2024 went and/or your hopes for 2025.
posted by Wordshore at 10:33 PM on December 30 [1 favorite]

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