Wierd US traditions drive me bonkers..
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Re: Weird US traditions drive me bonkers..
Originally Posted by basementwaj
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I met hubby 3 months after my operation!!! He was, to say the least, a tad gutted!
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Re: Wierd US traditions drive me bonkers..
Originally Posted by TRPardoe
They don't have real traditions here, America hasn't been around long enough. They only have things they remember doing last year.
How many times do you hear of people "starting a family tradition" ? Is that an oxymoron?
How many times do you hear of people "starting a family tradition" ? Is that an oxymoron?
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Originally Posted by Partystar
Sorry to say, but yyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssss!
I met hubby 3 months after my operation!!! He was, to say the least, a tad gutted!
I met hubby 3 months after my operation!!! He was, to say the least, a tad gutted!
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Re: Weird US traditions drive me bonkers..
Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
actually huge titties are gross I had a neighbour have 6 pounds sucked from her tits...she loved her new look.... I was preggers at the time ..it was the only time our tits were the same size ...pmsl
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Originally Posted by Partystar
I hear it all the time with my mummy group, as we all have young children & want to start traditions that they'll carry on with their kids, it's lovely.
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Re: Wierd US traditions drive me bonkers..
Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
for the last coupla years our tradition is to make gingerbreadmen...decorating them is almost as much fun as eating them...also we all get to open one gift the night of Xmas Eve
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Originally Posted by Partystar
PJ's?
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Re: Wierd US traditions drive me bonkers..
Originally Posted by izibear
Oy, leave my Christmas jumpers alone.
After all, it isn't just an American Tradition. Mark Darcy and Bridget Jones wore them didn't they?
Coming from a nation that has absolutely zero Christmas spirit (just way too many spirits hic) I love the way that people celebrate over here.
After all, it isn't just an American Tradition. Mark Darcy and Bridget Jones wore them didn't they?
Coming from a nation that has absolutely zero Christmas spirit (just way too many spirits hic) I love the way that people celebrate over here.
I don't get the Christmas jumper thing at all. I wouldn't be caught dead in one. A woman at work says she has about three that she gets out every holiday season. She's had them since the late 80's.
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Re: Wierd US traditions drive me bonkers..
Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
haha actually no ...but that's a good idea..nah we just get too excited and it's usually a gift the kids saw me buy....for hubby it's always some form of booze for us to enjoy
As for booze, that's never a gift, it's more of a must have in our house! Although, thinking back, I have given hubby Whisky a few times, he loves his Glenmoragie or whatever it's called!
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Originally Posted by Shahlax
I think they made Bridget and Darcy where those jumpers for the US audience. I've never seen any adults wear those in the UK.
I don't get the Christmas jumper thing at all. I wouldn't be caught dead in one. A woman at work says she has about three that she gets out every holiday season. She's had them since the late 80's.
I don't get the Christmas jumper thing at all. I wouldn't be caught dead in one. A woman at work says she has about three that she gets out every holiday season. She's had them since the late 80's.
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Re: Wierd US traditions drive me bonkers..
Originally Posted by Partystar
Glenmoragie or whatever it's called!
'Glenmorangie' I think you mean... a single highland malt..one of my husband's favourites but not for me
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Re: Wierd US traditions drive me bonkers..
Originally Posted by TruBrit
'Glenmorangie' I think you mean... a single highland malt..one of my husband's favourites but not for me
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The jumpers are quite frightening, I must say. We have a similar thing at work (I work in a hospital) and all the women will wear their "festive" scrubs....usually scrub tops with various cutesy (read "bleugh") pictures on. I don't know why they feel the need to dress up like a Christmas tree but there you go. The decorations in our unit are quite pitiful. I think we have three rosettes and a Christmas card (I kid you not). In England we used to go to town and have a tree, tinsel, streamers and all sorts. But then as Christmas lasted from like the 21st until January 2nd it made it seem worth it. Here's it's a single day and then back to work. It's too much hassle for one day I suppose. Most of them view it as an opportunity to eat even more crap as there lately tons of cookies, cakes and candy and our disposal.
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Re: Wierd US traditions drive me bonkers..
Originally Posted by Partystar
Thanx for that correction! I'm the same way, I can't stand the stuff, just the smell of it makes me wanna puke!
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Originally Posted by Rockgurl
The jumpers are quite frightening, I must say. We have a similar thing at work (I work in a hospital) and all the women will wear their "festive" scrubs....usually scrub tops with various cutesy (read "bleugh") pictures on. I don't know why they feel the need to dress up like a Christmas tree but there you go. The decorations in our unit are quite pitiful. I think we have three rosettes and a Christmas card (I kid you not). In England we used to go to town and have a tree, tinsel, streamers and all sorts. But then as Christmas lsated from like the 21st until January 2nd it made it seem worth it. Here's it's a single day and then back to work. It's too much hassle for one day I suppose. Most of them view it as an opportunity to eat even more crap as there lately tons of cookies, cakes and candy and our disposal.