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Start here => Free For ALL => Topic started by: renaeden on November 08, 2008, 06:27:28 AM
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At DirtDawg's suggestion.
I hate Christmas a lot. Even as a kid. It is written in my dx report. :D
I find it a lot of stress built up over just one day.. I end up worrying what to buy for people and I end up broke every year. I think it is just one big rip-off.
I would like to know what others think about Christmas.
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i hate christmas too. i never know what to buy one friend who likes movies and has them all already so i am afraid he already has everything.
and yeah it takes all your money. and is stressful. so much social crap.
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at the same time i like the christmas lights and stuff. i'm gonna get rope lights this christmas. :P
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As a kid, I liked xmas, as a father I only started liking it when we decided to not travel to other relatives places on xmas day itself. Although this year I think I'm hearing talk from the wife of visiting my mother this year for xmas. Not happy.
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bloody pain in the arse, and yet beguiling at the same time, sadly.
and renaeden - full marks for the completely leading question! :laugh:
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I love Christmas.
My mother used to make a big deal over it when I was a kid and even after I was an adult, so making a big deal over it and celebrating it with my daughter now is sort of a connection to my mom, if that makes any sense.
One year my mom made a ceramic Christmas villiage for me, so I need to get that out pretty soon.
Thanks for reminding me. :P
Maybe if you go broke buying presents for people, you could make them something instead?
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It sounds like your mum made Christmas fun. I think Christmas is ok when I spend it how I want - just seeing a few people then going straight home after a couple of hours.
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I'm not a religious person, but I do like the family get-togethers and all that.
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i should paint everybody little paintings instead of sending them dvd crap. :P
anyway my granma wants a flower picture, but knowing me it'll be some weird alien that only looks like a flower.
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Yuck holidays. Too many people, too much change. People are stressed out and irritable. I am not one for big family gatherings either
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I usually quite like it cos we don't visit anybody. The kids get a bit airborne but its worth it to make em happy. shopping for folk is a ballache though cos you end up spending money you can't really afford on something they probably won't even like.
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I don't particularly like Christmas. Weeks of stress for one lousy day, really.
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I don't particularly like Christmas. Weeks of stress for one lousy day, really.
come here, then! :P
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I don't particularly like Christmas. Weeks of stress for one lousy day, really.
come here, then! :P
Not feasible. Sorry. :(
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I like the lights.
The dysfunctional relatives and in-laws I could do without. The person whoever said "Christmas is a time for family" obviously didn't have any nutcases dropping in for turkey dinner making their life a living hell. :wanker:
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I have always loved it. Why? I got new toys and that was all I cared about. I also liked the songs and the trees and all the decorations. I also loved looking at Christmas lights. Then it started to get stressful as I got older because my brothers got older, so their interests changed and mine changed, so we were harder to shop for. We wanted more expensive items such as video games.
If I don't have the money, I don't buy anything. I call my parents on the phone asking what do they like and what do my brothers like. I bought my brother a redneck calendar twice and I got my boyfriend a bunch of stuff last year. He felt guilty alright because he had like 11 gifts from me and I only had like three from him. I told him not to worry about it and I did it because I love him. So I sat and watched him open those gifts like parents do with their children. Then it was his turn to watch me open mine when my parents came out with my brothers.
If buying gifts is too stressful for you, don't buy anything. You can't afford it anyway so that be your excuse for not getting your family anything.
My boyfriend and I won't be getting any gifts from them this year. We didn't last year either because they were broke. They're poor is why. Being garnished and live on social security because they are disabled. They are hardly making it.
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I hate how Christmas gets earlier every year. Before Halloween I went into the local big-box hardware store, and they were selling Christmas trees.
I like presents though. And, I like giving them.
I sing Happy Birthday to Jesus every year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwwN05Kb3E0
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I don't like it. It's got to be one of the biggest loads of bullshit I've ever known. Where to start...
The Santa Claus myth. It's a big tradition to fool little kids into believing some big fat-ass old man in a red suit is going to climb down the chimney and leave presents under the tree. That's right, start the gullibility tests when they're real young, and laugh at them later. I had it figured out as bullshit pretty early (around age six or seven), considering we didn't have a chimney, he'd have to visit millions of houses in one night, reindeer and sleighs don't fly (If they do, I want some of that anti-gravity technology for my special interests.), and why the fuck would he want to go to the trouble anyway? And then, anyone who dares burst the Santa Claus myth or refuse to dump it on their own kids is regarded as an asshole. From what I've heard, the red-suited Santa Claus character was made up by the Coca-Cola corporation for the purposes of advertising, and bears little or no resemblance to the actual Saint Nicholas.
Then there's the matter of how the institution now known as the Church picked a day other than Jesus of Nazareth's actual birthday on which to celebrate, just to displace a Pagan holiday and trick everyone into celebrating Christmas instead of Yule. I accept that it's human instinct to have a holiday at the start of winter so everyone can get drunk and happy, starting the winter off with a bang instead of getting all depressed, but let's please do it without the bullshit. (Now, the getting drunk part I like.)
Then there are the compulsory visits with as many relatives as possible, regardless of whether you even like them or not. Some relatives, I want nothing to do with and hope to never see again. (Like, for example, my horrible aunt and uncle who once tried to exorcise Satan from my cousin.) Now, those relatives who just use it as an excuse to get drunk, I don't mind seeing. (Pass the fucking eggnog, would you.)
And let's not forget the driving force that keeps the tradition going. That would be to boost sales of useless crap. You get guilt-tripped into buying a bunch of attic fodder for your relatives, blowing all your spare money in the process. They still use Christmas lists in my family, no matter how old you are. So, it's either ignore the call for a Christmas list, and get a bunch of junk you don't want. (Smile and pretend you like it, so you don't hurt anybody's feelings and get branded an asshole.) Or, like a greedy little schmuck, submit the list and let everyone see what a materialistic little shit you are. I'm not saying shit to anyone about my Amazon.com wish list until someone specifically asks for it. (I'll have to make sure it specifies lots of hentai and materials for other religions, like maybe some Voodoo manuals, some SubGenius books, and the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. And in the comments box, a remark in which I mention that I am an agnostic, to let the truth be known and to give the older Christian generations in the family a good shock.)
:)
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I have heard about Santa-Claus being changed by Coca-Cola as well, that he used to wear green before they changed it.
GA suggested that I give his family a list of things I want for Christmas. There is no way I can do that! I would rather have nothing at all. Going there will be enough stress as it is.
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You give list and then get nothing on them anyway I never saw the point. If I want something I get it when I can no wish list for me
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Similar to what I said to GA about it, that if I really wanted something, I would save up the money myself to buy it.
It feels wrong to give a list of things I want to people.
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garmonbozia, I enjoyed the light hearted passion of that post. :laugh:
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Glad you liked the post.
I should emphasize that I don't much care for lists, either. I made the Amazon list just as an exercise to keep my own greed under control. It's merely incidental that others can view the list if I set it on "public". It's like this... The relatives are going to buy shit no matter what, and they're going to wrap it up in sheets of dead trees splattered with colorful ink and present it to me whether I want them to or not.
I'm all for just cut the bullshit and everyone save up their own money and buy their own shit. For example, that HDTV I want but can't really afford... I'll figure out some way to make myself afford it. (Next tax return, find a better-paying job, get a generic 26" model instead of a state-of-the-art 70" model, I'll figure something out.) All the Christmas list does for me is improve the chances of getting a couple of Blu-Ray disks for that HDTV when I finally can afford it, instead of an ugly sweater the color of vomit. So, it's either movies or sweaters, but no gift at all simply isn't an option. And of course, I've got to give a gift in exchange so the relatives don't talk shit about me after I leave. (I don't wear sweaters. For cold weather, it's a black trenchcoat for me, and besides I've already got one.) Get me a sweater and come the following month, that sweater will make some bum at the Salvation Army very happy.
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From what I've heard, the red-suited Santa Claus character was made up by the Coca-Cola corporation for the purposes of advertising, and bears little or no resemblance to the actual Saint Nicholas.
Not true:
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/santa.asp
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From what I've heard, the red-suited Santa Claus character was made up by the Coca-Cola corporation for the purposes of advertising, and bears little or no resemblance to the actual Saint Nicholas.
Not true:
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/santa.asp
Thanks for the information, Phlexor. That was very interesting.
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I should emphasize that I don't much care for lists, either. I made the Amazon list just as an exercise to keep my own greed under control. It's merely incidental that others can view the list if I set it on "public". It's like this... The relatives are going to buy shit no matter what, and they're going to wrap it up in sheets of dead trees splattered with colorful ink and present it to me whether I want them to or not.
If I used Amazon, I would probably do the same to keep track of what I want. I don't see anything wrong with making that sort of list. :thumbup:
But I meant GA wanted me to write out a list specifically to give to his family. :thumbdn:
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Social crap is fine, I like giving, and the finding of a gift is difficult.
I can't give if I can't help myself first.
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Not true:
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/santa.asp
Thanks for the info. That certainly clears that matter up.
Since Coca-Cola was originally made with cocaine (hence the name), the mental image flashed in my mind of Santa Claus snorting cocaine. (Imagine that on a Christmas card. >:D ) I did read some news a while back about how Coca-Cola has had recent interest in Chinese herbal medicine, for possible use in future products. Perhaps they could include a hallucinogen. That way, you could really see Santa Claus, in a flying sleigh pulled by pink elephants.
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:lol: :plus:
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Not true:
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/santa.asp
Thanks for the info. That certainly clears that matter up.
Since Coca-Cola was originally made with cocaine (hence the name), the mental image flashed in my mind of Santa Claus snorting cocaine. (Imagine that on a Christmas card. >:D ) I did read some news a while back about how Coca-Cola has had recent interest in Chinese herbal medicine, for possible use in future products. Perhaps they could include a hallucinogen. That way, you could really see Santa Claus, in a flying sleigh pulled by pink elephants.
Fuck, I'd buy that drink for sure.
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I hate Christmas but I *loathe* the fact that Coca Cola is always mentioned whenever Christmas is discussed.
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I hate Christmas but I *loathe* the fact that Coca Cola is always mentioned whenever Christmas is discussed.
i don't mention it. i don't even drink it.
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I hate Christmas but I *loathe* the fact that Coca Cola is always mentioned whenever Christmas is discussed.
like coke wish they'd cut ties with xmas all it does is make me think about xmas more
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I love Christmas! The lights, songs, shiny baubles, food, movies, I love it all. I can actually go outside when it's winter because the sun is gone, and my anemic ass has energy. Even the day after Christmas fills me with joy. All the season box dvds and video games I can finally afford because of the amazing sales!
This video shows is exactly how hyper I am around Christmastime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaxKiZfQcX8
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"... and no one's dying?"
"Look, they have a little tree. How queer!"
:LMAO:
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"... and no one's dying?"
"Look, they have a little tree. How queer!"
:LMAO:
Have you ever seen The Nightmare Before Christmas?
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No, but I recognize the graphic artwork from other interests.
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i like it although i wont be spending money on anyone this christmas. i'll probably be on the phone alot talking to people i really dont want to thats the worst part of christmas i think
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I used to watch that movie all the time when I was 10. Now I have it on DVD but never watched it yet. I have lot of DVDs I don't watch. In fact, I have lot of things I don't even use. I spend my time doing the same things over and over and over.
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Ah, it's that time of year again, so I thought I would bump this thread. I can't remember making it, heh. Then again it was 8 years ago.
I haven't bought presents for my twin's kids yet because I'm not seeing them until after Christmas sometime. Just as well because I can't afford it. Seriously, I have about $20 left in my bank account and that will go towards my health insurance by direct debit. Hehehe, I am hoping to get money for Christmas.
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Do you know what you're going to get them? :orly:
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Ah, it's that time of year again, so I thought I would bump this thread. I can't remember making it, heh. Then again it was 8 years ago.
I haven't bought presents for my twin's kids yet because I'm not seeing them until after Christmas sometime. Just as well because I can't afford it. Seriously, I have about $20 left in my bank account and that will go towards my health insurance by direct debit. Hehehe, I am hoping to get money for Christmas.
The one regift people are happy to receive. :P
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Do you know what you're going to get them? :orly:
Vouchers to Toyworld probably.
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Something that is not too bad about this Christmas is that it is forecast to be only 30°C. It could be a lot worse I suppose.
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Christmas is expected to be balmy here. It's just not right! :thumbdn:
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I like balmy. Easy to tolerate.
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I like balmy. Easy to tolerate.
Balmy is fine in the spring. Christmas ought to be :snowing: :snowing: :snowing:
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Tend to enjoy Christmas, but that's due to early planning which omits a lot of stress.
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I enjoy it once we're done with all the stress-inducing chores.
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I like balmy. Easy to tolerate.
Balmy is fine in the spring. Christmas ought to be :snowing: :snowing: :snowing:
But Aussies are on the wrong side of the planet! :autism:
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Not the wrong side. Just the other side!
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I get presents for the next two days!! OMG I fucking love Christmas!! :GA:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ziERzDfj7Q
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^Those hydraulic press videos are cool. Have you seen the bowling ball one?
Christmas is over here. I got mostly money, as I wanted, heh. I got a cool book about the X-Files from Kayleigh. I gave her a calendar (which we will both use) and a pictorial Star Trek book.
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I think everyone really liked the gifts I got them. :woohoo:
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I think everyone really liked the gifts I got them. :woohoo:
Thank you. The country estate is lovely.
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I think everyone really liked the gifts I got them. :woohoo:
Thank you. The country estate is lovely.
:eyelash:
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Went to my son's house for Christmas eve last night only to be reminded of just how much his in laws annoy me :zombiefuck:
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I think everyone really liked the gifts I got them. :woohoo:
Thank you. The country estate is lovely.
:laugh:
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Christmas is good for those who have family, friends, and money, of course. ::)
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Christmas is good for those who have family, friends, and money, of course. ::)
So far The PR has dealt well with PA not being here. We just have to get through the evening hours. But I'm available for hugs as usual.
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Who are PR and PA?
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Who are PR and PA?
Price Royal and Prince Albert. Her son and Husband, respectively.
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^ Ah, cheers.
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Who are PR and PA?
Price Royal and Prince Albert. Her son and Husband, respectively.
Prince Royal happens to be a Princess.
Christmas is good for those who have family, friends, and money, of course. ::)
So far The PR has dealt well with PA not being here. We just have to get through the evening hours. But I'm available for hugs as usual.
Glad she is doing so well. For lots of people the holidays are the days the missing is felt the hardest.
I noticed for me missing is not related to festive days.
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The PR saw her first Dr. Who Christmas Special. Her first Doctor is Tennant (only because he was in Harry Potter), but she admits Capaldi isn't too bad.
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Can't really stand Dr Who.
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Can't really stand Dr Who.
I am not a big fan either but I did like Christopher Eccleston.
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Can't really stand Dr Who.
My First Doctor = Colin Baker. We called ourselves "Whooies" back then.
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Can't really stand Dr Who.
My First Doctor = Colin Baker. We called ourselves "Whooies" back then.
Tom Baker was the quintessential Doctor. :nerdy:
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Can't really stand Dr Who.
My First Doctor = Colin Baker. We called ourselves "Whooies" back then.
Tom Baker was the quintessential Doctor. :nerdy:
While I was typing Collin Baker, I thought, "That's not right. It must be Colin." Turns out I had a senior moment I meant Tom Baker. And I agree, Tom Baker is the best of the best.
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"Christmas" is an appropriation of Sol Invictus. :nerdy:
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It's the 25th here and I got a Facebook post about how it's only 6 months until Christmas.
Boooo!
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Not that much. Niece likes it, give it a few more years yet. I'll be out and I can buy her a bit of something.
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It's the 25th here and I got a Facebook post about how it's only 6 months until Christmas.
Boooo!
I have a friend who starts touting xmas in may. I tolerate it since I worked with her and she is a really good person!
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I like the tinsel and lights.
The rest of it is a general PITA. :laugh:
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It's the 25th here and I got a Facebook post about how it's only 6 months until Christmas.
Boooo!
Do you live in the part of the world where everything is upside down?
I have a friend who starts touting xmas in may. I tolerate it since I worked with her and she is a really good person!
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(https://i.imgur.com/uGLZySw.jpg)
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In the Philippines they say "Christmas starts with the Bers".
By that they mean that the decorations go up at the start of September.
I am actually a little bit sad. My daughter still believes in Santa Claus. She may or may not still believe come December. Regardless, this will almost certainly be the last Santa Claus Christmas. No more carrots left out on carefully labelled plates for each of the raindeer. No more cookies and milk left out for Santa.
I have always maintained that I don't believe in Santa Claus, never been one of those parents who tries to convince their kids that Santa Claus is real. Apart from the toys appearing on Xmas morning as if by magic.
I used to hate Christmas. It kind of reminds me too much of my own childhood. But.... I get the chance to make new experiences and new memories with my own family, my own children, try to give them memories that will make them happy in years to come. I do all the gift buying for the kids (my wife has no idea) and the cooking as well.
Last Christmas was a bit sad because one of my friends used to always come over for a Boxing Day feast with his family and he died last year (cancer, age 50). I tried to get his wife to come and bring her kids but she has gone into full hermit mode since he passed. Her brother (they are both as HFA, and eccentric, as heck) comes over on a different day with his girlfriend and I cook up a feast for them. One of my best friends used to come over as well but he lives in Thailand now with his family. I like to cook a turkey and roast vegetables and a big home-made pavlova with mango and passionfruit and pineapple.
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No more carrots left out on carefully labelled plates for each of the raindeer. No more cookies and milk left out for Santa.
If it was me, I'd cook 'em first. I like cooked carrots, raw ones not so much.
I have always maintained that I don't believe in Santa Claus, never been one of those parents who tries to convince their kids that Santa Claus is real. Apart from the toys appearing on Xmas morning as if by magic.
I saw through it when I was about seven or eight.
But.... I get the chance to make new experiences and new memories with my own family, my own children, try to give them memories that will make them happy in years to come. I do all the gift buying for the kids (my wife has no idea) and the cooking as well.
We have my niece. I'm just the uncle, I basically have to leave alone.
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I think I was about 8 years old when I figured out that Santa Claus and God were pretend.
Also it's not uncommon for guys on the spectrum to start relationships, families etc a lot later in life. Life aint passed you by yet.
Carrots were for the reindeer. Reindeer like raw carrots.
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I think I was about 8 years old when I figured out that Santa Claus and God were pretend.
Both at the same time eh? Lucky you.
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I think I was about 8 years old when I figured out that Santa Claus and God were pretend.
Both at the same time eh? Lucky you.
Not much gets past me. Last year I worked out that the Easter Bunny may also be a scam.
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Not much gets past me. Last year I worked out that the Easter Bunny may also be a scam.
Let me know when you find out about the Nigerian Prince. Might take a while to filter through.
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Not much gets past me. Last year I worked out that the Easter Bunny may also be a scam.
Let me know when you find out about the Nigerian Prince. Might take a while to filter through.
Keep that one on the low down. I've got two Nigerian princes on the go. One of them is going to split $20M with me. Suckers!
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Want a third one?
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Want a third one?
Have you got a spare Nigerian prince?
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I just hate xmas for what it has become.
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Want a third one?
Have you got a spare Nigerian prince?
This one is heir to some rich guy but dying of cancer and all he wants is to get the money out by borrowing your bank account. Perfectly legit.
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Want a third one?
Have you got a spare Nigerian prince?
This one is heir to some rich guy but dying of cancer and all he wants is to get the money out by borrowing your bank account. Perfectly legit.
Sounds legit. I'm in.
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Want a third one?
Have you got a spare Nigerian prince?
This one is heir to some rich guy but dying of cancer and all he wants is to get the money out by borrowing your bank account. Perfectly legit.
Sounds legit. I'm in.
You also need to pay a small administrative fee.
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Want a third one?
Have you got a spare Nigerian prince?
This one is heir to some rich guy but dying of cancer and all he wants is to get the money out by borrowing your bank account. Perfectly legit.
Sounds legit. I'm in.
You also need to pay a small administrative fee.
Yes. Those Nigerian princes always love those.
One of mine told me he could get me a discount on the transaction fees if I sent him my internet banking login details. I'm gonna be so rich!!!!
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I hate the stuff that goes around xmas in the retail and broadcasting world.
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I hate the stuff that goes around xmas in the retail and broadcasting world.
(https://i.imgur.com/NGDk3R0.jpg)
Are you not in the Christmas spirit?
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Want a third one?
Have you got a spare Nigerian prince?
This one is heir to some rich guy but dying of cancer and all he wants is to get the money out by borrowing your bank account. Perfectly legit.
Sounds legit. I'm in.
You also need to pay a small administrative fee.
Yes. Those Nigerian princes always love those.
One of mine told me he could get me a discount on the transaction fees if I sent him my internet banking login details. I'm gonna be so rich!!!!
That's funny. Most of the ones I see don't have the balls.
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Usually it's stinking hot at Christmas and that's part of the reason why I get grumpy around this time of year. I have the opposite of when Seasonal Affective Disorder is commonly expected, I get it in summer. And it's actually a thing.
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I'm coping better this year than most past ones. Don't know why.
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I was late shopping this year so got stuck among the masses (I try to be done by the middle of November) and that just about did me in :GA:
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The fucking walmart choices of music. This year 4 different versions of "joy to the world" and 3 of "let it snow" on 2 hour loops. Oh well, this is my last night of work before xmas and I can purge my brain of that crap for 5 straight days!
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Because of a slight mix-up in when some bowling friends of The PR were leaving town, I've decided to give out her presents to them on 12th Night instead. After all it's the start of the Carnival season and when the Magi gave their presents to the Christ child.
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I was late shopping this year so got stuck among the masses (I try to be done by the middle of November) and that just about did me in :GA:
Usually have mine done early November too. Didn't happen this year, so it was stressful here too.
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I was late shopping this year so got stuck among the masses (I try to be done by the middle of November) and that just about did me in :GA:
Usually have mine done early November too. Didn't happen this year, so it was stressful here too.
I find shopping stressful on a regular day let alone crowds. It's not my super power. :hide:
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I've done pretty much all of my shopping on the web. :laugh:
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We weren't going to do a big Christmas dinner this year and the boyfriend just changed his mind. Guess who's off to Walmart 2 days before Christmas to buy what we need? :bigcry: ::)
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We kind of ran out of money to have a big Christmas celebration dinner. But we do have pudding and custard so that's something.
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We weren't going to do a big Christmas dinner this year and the boyfriend just changed his mind. Guess who's off to Walmart 2 days before Christmas to buy what we need? :bigcry: ::)
This is the BEST way to do it. Except, maybe the day of.
Planning always results in disappointment. If somethings going to happen,
it's best to seize the moment.
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Since I work in food service, holidays are work days for me, more often than not. :fatchef: :santa: U mad bro?
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Will you be working Christmas Day?
In the past I've worked Christmas, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. More money, double time and a half.
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I hate it a lot. Today was a really shitty day at work.
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Will you be working Christmas Day?
In the past I've worked Christmas, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. More money, double time and a half.
Yes, I am off today but working Christmas Day. It's a short day. 8)
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I just hate all the commercial hoopla and shit.
On another note, even with our government shut down, NORAD is still going to track Santa's trek across North America.
Suck it!
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We weren't going to do a big Christmas dinner this year and the boyfriend just changed his mind. Guess who's off to Walmart 2 days before Christmas to buy what we need? :bigcry: ::)
This is the BEST way to do it. Except, maybe the day of.
Planning always results in disappointment. If somethings going to happen,
it's best to seize the moment.
True. Him being NT is definitely helping my Asspie nature inclination to avoid the masses. It makes me realize how little I just do something off the cuff. Although, I am a fan of his last minute idea every once in awhile to do evening trips to DQ for blizzards :green:
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If I use mistletoe, I will hang it on my back center belt loop and you take it how you want.
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You're suggesting I should kiss your ass? Any reason as to why?
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maybe it's for us short folk who can't reach lips.
or maybe his ass is often confused with his face
(oooooooohhhhhhhhh bad queen, bad queen)
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... or maybe it is just one simple retard trying to be funny?
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We can't be humorous. We have a syndrome. :nerdy:
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:santa: Santa and I are good friends. Be careful when you put on your socks this year. They may be lumpy.
(And I haven't had my coffee yet.)
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We can't be humorous. We have a syndrome. :nerdy:
I do not have that thing. Synning is not write.
:tard:
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:santa: Santa and I are good friends. Be careful when you put on your socks this year. They may be lumpy.
(And I haven't had my coffee yet.)
*wobbles in :cbc: :tea: with the Royal Morning Cuppa!*
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:santa: Santa and I are good friends. Be careful when you put on your socks this year. They may be lumpy.
(And I haven't had my coffee yet.)
*wobbles in :cbc: :tea: with the Royal Morning Cuppa!*
Thank you. Bring another cup and some brandy and join me.
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I have the brandy and something else I was told was known as crumpets.
Be there soon.
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I have the brandy and something else I was told was known as crumpets.
Be there soon.
We'll scooch over and you can join us on the couch.
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Im having a bbq
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Shrimp?
We have stereotypical expectations over here that you are required to uphold.
I am waiting!
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I have two weeks off so I don't mind Christmas. ;D
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I hated my neighbor's Christmas party that featured painfully loud music and thumping bass :migraine:
until I finally made a timid plea for quiet shortly after midnight. It seemed she hadn't even imagined
that her music was too damn loud for such a small building or for late at night, she looked perturbed.
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Australians call them prawns. And I have never tossed one on the barbie.
We had a picnic in the park with vegetables and fried eggs. Then we had ice cream at the beach. Then later the kids had Burgers. I had some nice pate and dips to snack on. We are in the middle of a road trip and it was 35 Celsius today. Heading for 41 on Thursday.
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I have two weeks off so I don't mind Christmas. ;D
You're not allowed to play this year :P
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I have two weeks off so I don't mind Christmas. ;D
You're not allowed to play this year :P
:lol1:
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Shrimp?
We have stereotypical expectations over here that you are required to uphold.
I am waiting!
:lol1:
Steak, sausages, lamb chops.......resulting in a food coma
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Shrimp?
We have stereotypical expectations over here that you are required to uphold.
I am waiting!
:lol1:
Steak, sausages, lamb chops.......resulting in a food coma
Mmmmm :drool:
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I'll take some of that. :green:
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Trying to sleep in a hotel room on Xmas night and I wanted to politely ask the Bogans on our floor to shut the fuck up or at least have their loud conversations in their rooms with their doors closed. But my wife wouldn't let me.
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Australians call them prawns. And I have never tossed one on the barbie.
We had a picnic in the park with vegetables and fried eggs. Then we had ice cream at the beach. Then later the kids had Burgers. I had some nice pate and dips to snack on. We are in the middle of a road trip and it was 35 Celsius today. Heading for 41 on Thursday.
Over here in shrimp country they have a size grading system, where the number of shrimp it takes to make a full pound is the grade.
Fifties and sixties are most common from the Gulf Of Mexico. Twenties and thirties are the most desirable for the frying trade and using on the grilles.
Once you get into the ten and eights, we are talking about more expensive shrimp, which might also qualify as prawns, whereas some of the smaller ones might not.
At "Black Beard's Restaurant" located on South Padre Island, near where I graduated high school, their house specialty was a choice between a two or a one butterlied, slathered in butter and garlic, various herbs, and grilled up shrimp. That means either a half pound or a full pound sized shrimp or prawn. You could also order a .5 (two pound shrimp) at times when they were available in the fall.
I love shrimp and even love those prawns which sport a weaponized funny accent.
:lol1:
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Trying to sleep in a hotel room on Xmas night and I wanted to politely ask the Bogans on our floor to shut the fuck up or at least have their loud conversations in their rooms with their doors closed. But my wife wouldn't let me.
I don't blame you. That drives me batshit.
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I used to love ordering big prawns in Thailand. I remember one restaurant where the prawns on display were twice as big as the lobsters. Those were around the 0.5 grade you are talking about.
Out in the rural areas you can buy big live river prawns beside the road for around $1 a pound (10 years ago anyway). And they'd BBQ them for you, and give you some sauce to put on them. They were around a grade 3 or 4.
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I used to love ordering big prawns in Thailand. I remember one restaurant where the prawns on display were twice as big as the lobsters. Those were around the 0.5 grade you are talking about.
Out in the rural areas you can buy big live river prawns beside the road for around $1 a pound (10 years ago anyway). And they'd BBQ them for you, and give you some sauce to put on them. They were around a grade 3 or 4.
Then you would be a big fat bastard, amirite?
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I used to love ordering big prawns in Thailand. I remember one restaurant where the prawns on display were twice as big as the lobsters. Those were around the 0.5 grade you are talking about.
Out in the rural areas you can buy big live river prawns beside the road for around $1 a pound (10 years ago anyway). And they'd BBQ them for you, and give you some sauce to put on them. They were around a grade 3 or 4.
Then you would be a big fat bastard, amirite?
You scored 3/3 on that one. You could also have thrown in smelly and old.
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Here it is again. Same old, same old. I get paid on Tuesday so that's when I'll do my shopping. It's going to be vouchers in a card this year. I have to buy for 5 people, that's not too bad. And there seems to be a variety of vouchers on offer.
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It's been a rough one this year so far.
But...as I keep telling myself.
It's almost over, it's almost over, it's almost over....
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I used to love Christmas, but I haven't been able to find my groove for it since our dog died right before Christmas two years ago.
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Loki? I remember that. A really difficult time to get through. Hopefully you'll gradually get good memories of Christmas again.
I'm being picked up by my parents and we're going to my sister's place in the middle of nowhere tomorrow. I did my shopping but I forgot to look for a Christmas shirt for myself. Whoops.
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I will, it's just going to take more time than I thought. Last Christmas was our first with our new dog, Phoenix but she ended up getting extremely ill and was in and out of the hospital over the holidays and they told us at the time they didn't think she would live so that compounded it all. Thankfully she's fine and this year she can truly enjoy Christmas. She got extremely excited when we put up the tree and decorated it. She kept dancing around wagging her tail. :lol1:
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This is our puppy's first Xmas. But more significant was his first raid, on Xmas eve. It's literally been that dry and here. He was standing in the rain trying to to catch raindrops in his mouth and getting soaked.
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I read "first raid" and wondered whether your puppy was a gamer or an IRL marauder.
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I have actually been "renewed" somewhat this year. I have been able to afford more for local charities (we donate to four food banks in town), do more for my family and keep my head above water fighting the onslaught of drowning in SADS this year better than in many years past.
Maybe it is being outside more or just feeling better, physically. Getting back to work on fun stuff has got to help with that SADS shit, right?
I tend to put Christmas into a bucket of yucky things that have to happen to me in winter, but this year I seem to be feeling much more positively about things.
This is not that bad of a year for me if I add it all up. Hell, I bought a fucking hot rod Chevelle this year. One of my younger dreams.
Got so much going my way right now, I just do not have the avarice in my heart to expect more.
Life is good!!
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I read "first raid" and wondered whether your puppy was a gamer or an IRL marauder.
Doh. Auto correct. First rain.
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I read "first raid" and wondered whether your puppy was a gamer or an IRL marauder.
Was wondering about that too. :laugh:
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This year's been very nice so far.
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It's been a rough one this year so far.
But...as I keep telling myself.
It's almost over, it's almost over, it's almost over....
My mantra as well! :plus:
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This is our puppy's first Xmas. But more significant was his first raid, on Xmas eve. It's literally been that dry and here. He was standing in the rain trying to to catch raindrops in his mouth and getting soaked.
One thing I've loved about dogs is that they bring me out of my head and back into the present moment.
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Christmas is over here. It was just my sister, her two grown-up boys, my mum, my stepdad and me. Our family is fragmented because of stupid stuff said to each other.
My sister's place doesn't have air conditioning, it's a big shed out in the country. In the end my mum was overwhelmed by the heat and so we left.
I had leftovers for breakfast this morning. I love leftovers.
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Our puppy is strange.
Today I was eating the leftover bits of stueffing and meat from yesterday's turkey. Puppy jumped up and grabbed a huge piece of broccoli off the dish.
He then ate a few cold, leftover Brussels sprouts as if they were the tastiest treats ever.
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My dog woke me up by licking me in the ear this morning. Dogs really are weird.
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Our puppy is strange.
Today I was eating the leftover bits of stueffing and meat from yesterday's turkey. Puppy jumped up and grabbed a huge piece of broccoli off the dish.
He then ate a few cold, leftover Brussels sprouts as if they were the tastiest treats ever.
:laugh:
One of my dogs loses her mind over dill pickles and the other loves cucumbers and eats them very gently
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Just some stuff I threw together for Xmas lunch. Turkey, roast pork, vegetables, and pavlova for dessert (topping was mostly mango).
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pav
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^Wow, wish I could've been there for your pavlova. I love mango and meringue. I probably would have tried to take some home to eat later.
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Pavlova is easy to make. Just beat some egg whites and sugar, in the oven, whipped cream and fruit on top.
Everybody loves a good pav and it's difficult to stuff up.
Turkey is a bit more challenging. I made a smaller turkey this year and it was easier to get right, the stuffing is the best part. I use pork mince and gluten free multigrain bread and pistachios and fresh herbs from the garden.
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I've never had Pav and now I think I need to change that!
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I've never had Pav and now I think I need to change that!
Same.
Damn that all looks SO good MOSW. :drool:
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When I was in the US for a few months with my ex, i used to cook pavlova as an example of Australian cuisine. We never once managed to track down passionfruit though. Passionfruit and mango are the best toppings.
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Is that a Christmas dish?
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The holidaze are almost over! :2thumbsup:
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When I was in the US for a few months with my ex, i used to cook pavlova as an example of Australian cuisine. We never once managed to track down passionfruit though. Passionfruit and mango are the best toppings.
I can definitely get passionfruit in Canada
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Is that a Christmas dish?
If I wasn't a fatso with early signs of insulin resistance I would make it at least every week.
With fresh mango and other tropical fruit it tends to be a Summer dish, and I always make it for Xmas. But it's not specifically a Christmas dish. You can make it with other fruits like berries, and grated chocolate works well too.
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When I was in the US for a few months with my ex, i used to cook pavlova as an example of Australian cuisine. We never once managed to track down passionfruit though. Passionfruit and mango are the best toppings.
I can definitely get passionfruit in Canada
You're all set then. Share pics if you decide to make it.
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https://youtu.be/70wd3x3f228
This is a pretty good tutorial.
I use 8 egg whites and 500 ml of caster sugar.
She cooks it hotter than I would. Which is okay, but hers is a bit harder and browner than mine. I cook it at 110 (fan forced)
Also she whisked in the corn flour. Traditionally you fold it in gently after mixing.
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Awesome! Thank you
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I would say that pavlova is about a 4/10 degree of difficulty to make.
90% of the difficulty is getting it off the baking sheet and onto a serving plate. I just serve if off the original baking tray and baking sheet, problem solved. If you can whip cream you can make a pav.