tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post5994888592595717267..comments2024-03-15T04:01:53.036-04:00Comments on Cranky Fitness: Happy Holidays from Cranky Fitness! Plus, Very Last-Minute Gift IdeaCrabby McSlackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-44591398174693172942016-01-21T08:55:02.641-05:002016-01-21T08:55:02.641-05:00Of course, the Christmas mythes are fiction pieces...Of course, the Christmas mythes are fiction pieces of human mind, it goes without saying...but what is the purpose of all of them - that is the question! To make us closer and "dreamsful" at least at this short period of time! www rush essay landhttp://rushessayland.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-1043019399796414902015-12-30T13:24:55.121-05:002015-12-30T13:24:55.121-05:00Hanukkah was spent with family - back in my old ha...Hanukkah was spent with family - back in my old haunts. My younger son was here with me for a couple of days at Christmas. <br /><br />I did do the Santa thing with my boys but they were bright kids and didn't buy into it for an exceptionally long time. It's a time of magic for kidlets and they knew that, looking back... and still trusted me, and know right from wrong. :)<br /><br />Happy New Year to you and the Lobster. :)Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-65377368420411238992015-12-29T14:20:15.370-05:002015-12-29T14:20:15.370-05:00Happiest of New Year's to you and the Lobstah!...Happiest of New Year's to you and the Lobstah!Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15032937561888516077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-13752252600634620232015-12-27T01:15:32.424-05:002015-12-27T01:15:32.424-05:00We were just too busy with friends and (very) exte...We were just too busy with friends and (very) extended family for me to find this until today, and even today was the annual Audubon Society Christmas count, so I spent 10 Hours wandering around with binoculars and a telescope. <br /><br />We usually have a big Christmas Eve dinner at my sister's followed by Christmas morning at a daughter's house. This year, dinner was at our house, 17 people, so lots to do. Then we generally bring a Christmas lunch to a friend who can't get out easily. For me, the holiday is fun & I feel lucky to have so many people to hang out with. But like you, Crabby, I have never had any religion in my life so it's just a fun family time. Unlike you, I could not sit still for that one at a time present ritual! My husband's family did that & the one time we celebrated at their house with young children, it took so long the kids (1, 4 & 6 years old) got impatient & wandered away from quite a few unopened toys. So we just plunge in.<br /><br />Oh - Santa? I honestly don't remember if my kids,ever really believed in him. I never would have told them he was real, but I also would not have bent over backwards to be sure they didn't. They seem to have figured it out when they wanted to. <br /><br />It's great to hear your novel is underway! Happy new year to you, and to everyone here. It really does feel sort of like a family.Death Ride Grandmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-20839395137077429382015-12-26T16:02:55.645-05:002015-12-26T16:02:55.645-05:00Happy Christmas, Crabby! We always did Santa for ...Happy Christmas, Crabby! We always did Santa for our kids just because it was fun. I think they figured it out at a fairly young age, but they requested that we keep it going (along with the stockings that "Santa" fills) because they just like it. So we do - why not, eh?<br /><br />Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890227462052573887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-32657476246629134642015-12-25T16:08:24.505-05:002015-12-25T16:08:24.505-05:00Hi Crabby!
Happy celebrations to everyone! We'...Hi Crabby!<br />Happy celebrations to everyone! We're having a quieter one since most people are out-of-town, and with kids mostly doing their own thing. It's nice and peaceful. Chef son sent us his handmade chocolates that were absolutely killer.<br /><br />We scored a last-minute Xmas eve gig, so my wife and I played music at a party with the traditional Italian seafood barrage, which we were also able to take part in. <br /><br />Funny you should mention Rick Hanson... I loved his Hardwiring Happiness, and I've been making an effort to use those very good ideas lately. <br /><br />Excellent gift tips above! I forgot that those are just the things that everybody wants!<br /><br />Glad to hear the novel is moving again!<br /><br />All the Best, <br />Dave/TabbyDavehttp://fitnesstabby.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-12627658186111485042015-12-25T12:41:04.806-05:002015-12-25T12:41:04.806-05:00I see an elf ate my comment. Dang. Anyway, we sacr...I see an elf ate my comment. Dang. Anyway, we sacrficed a turkey on the Solstice and then opened our presents this morning. My plan for the leftover turkey is pizza for tonight. I think I may dub it "The Solstice Slice." Or not.<br />Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-28856989677042443072015-12-25T11:57:38.543-05:002015-12-25T11:57:38.543-05:00http://www.diwali2015.in (I don't know how to ...http://www.diwali2015.in (I don't know how to make it a live link.)<br />When I was living in Lexington, KY the international student organization usually had a Diwali celebration on campus. <br />Celebrating light over darkness with lots of food: surely every culture came up with one of these.<br />Mary Anne in Kentuckysolarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606487180967915130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-63416319849350538372015-12-25T10:20:24.397-05:002015-12-25T10:20:24.397-05:00Mary Anne, that all sounds lovely!Mary Anne, that all sounds lovely!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-79674161326084930282015-12-25T07:40:16.588-05:002015-12-25T07:40:16.588-05:00Wow, I'm impressed by all the honest parenting...Wow, I'm impressed by all the honest parenting going on; we got fed the Santa story as did all our friends.<br /><br />Hope you have a wonderful time in NOLA Messymimi, sounds like a great celebration.<br /><br />And umbrellas! Yes! Because no one buys the really nice sturdy ones for themselves, we all wait until we're caught off guard and get the cheap kind that turn inside out if you look at them funny. Great idea!Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.crankyfitness.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-53709289257941763872015-12-25T07:37:25.739-05:002015-12-25T07:37:25.739-05:00I love that you celebrate all the more interesting...I love that you celebrate all the more interesting holidays, solarity, a very creative approach to the season! Sounds like a lovely mishmosh.<br /><br />And I never even heard of Diwali! I need to get out more. :)Crabby McSlackernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-91166116563643184992015-12-25T07:34:58.810-05:002015-12-25T07:34:58.810-05:00Thanks so much Kimberely, and I hope you enjoy you...Thanks so much Kimberely, and I hope you enjoy your peaceful relaxing non-celebration! (And the dips!)<br /><br />And yeah, it's cool the way kids can believe and not believe in magical things at the same time; it would be nice to do that more as an adult!Crabby McSlackernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-49300077223664694102015-12-24T22:09:59.333-05:002015-12-24T22:09:59.333-05:00Oh, and i almost forgot. Last minute gift idea, a...Oh, and i almost forgot. Last minute gift idea, a good umbrella. Where we live, everyone could use one in the car and one in the house, and a spare because you brought the one from the car in and forgot to take it back out with you!messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-86614416971494701672015-12-24T22:08:35.752-05:002015-12-24T22:08:35.752-05:00When my kids were little, we were honest with them...When my kids were little, we were honest with them about how Santa was a lovely myth, and we would pretend he was real, especially in front of children who truly believed. My kids never did let the cat out of the bag and ruin it for any other kids, they loved playing pretend.<br />One family i knew always had gifts on Christmas Eve because Dad published the local newspaper 365 mornings a year. By the time he came home on Christmas morning, it was time for church, so they would do the gifts the night before.<br />We get to go to NOLA with the whole family for the usual feasting/gifting/picking oranges in the Grandparents' back yard.<br />Happy Christmas!messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-64839653681074833762015-12-24T20:13:47.277-05:002015-12-24T20:13:47.277-05:00So I had to get off the iPod and onto something wi...So I had to get off the iPod and onto something with a keyboard. As I have often said "Unitarians celebrate Everything!" (I am not one, but my best friend is, so I have plenty of observations to back this up.) I celebrate Solstice, mainly, but that includes the tree with all the lights and shiny light-reflectin things. I'm almost always working on Christmas, so that's a low-key meal of turkey and all. I celebrate Hanukkah in a haphazard way (depending on when it falls I will add one more string of lights to my house every night of Hanukkah) with plenty of latkes and applesauce. I have rarely celebrated Diwali, and only with people who knew more than I did about it, but I would like to add it to my collection. I tried out Kwanzaa and found it a stiff formal sort of holiday. Perhaps if you have children you're trying to inculcate the virtues in. Solstice always involves a fire, even if it's too warm (this year was in the sixties) and changing the seasonal decorative plate on the mantel. <br />Some years ago I quit giving presents. I'd always been one of those disgusting people who is finished shopping in October, and I loved wrapping things, and then one year I just got bored. I did presents a few more years and then told everyone I was quitting. It's blissfully peaceful that way. <br />When I was little my parents made sure I knew Santa was pretend, for all the reasons you list, and I'm sure I got just as much fun out of him as my friends who believed (or who pretended to believe). My mother, when she was explaining that I must not let the secret out to other children, specifically said she wanted to never ever lie to me. <br />So I have quite a mishmosh of holiday traditions. <br /><br />Mary Anne in Kentuckysolarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606487180967915130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-62116003395716164632015-12-24T19:52:05.333-05:002015-12-24T19:52:05.333-05:00Desserts are the main feature of ALL holidays. Desserts are the main feature of ALL holidays. solarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606487180967915130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-64742740674428835222015-12-24T17:19:12.578-05:002015-12-24T17:19:12.578-05:00I missed you, Crabby! I do not celebrate the holi...I missed you, Crabby! I do not celebrate the holidays and find it extremely peaceful and relaxing. No gifts, no visiting, nothing at all. I did purchase some celebratory dips to be consumed tomorrow and although I am not looking forward to the discomfort after eating things that don't agree with me, they will taste good going down.<br /><br />The Santa Claus thing is funny. My son always knew Santa was not real, but that never stopped him from putting out cookies, milk, and carrots. He even rigged up an alarm system one year to catch the big guy in the act.<br /><br />Have a lovely holiday and enjoy the Skyping! Eat, drink and be merry!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com