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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 09:13 PM
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Ok..fess up. How many of you still have gifts to wrap?
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 09:14 PM
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1. I still have gifts to buy.
:evilgrin:
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 09:17 PM
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3. So, where are you going, the liquor store or McDonald's for gift certifi?
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kcr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 09:19 PM
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4. You say that ...
..like its a bad thing...
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 09:24 PM
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9. Not at all. People like a good liqour and kids like Mac's. Or is it the
Edited on Fri Dec-24-04 09:25 PM by MichiganVote
other way round?
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wiggle-room Donating Member (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 10:12 PM
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15. Throw in a couple of lottery tickets and you got a great gift
Edited on Fri Dec-24-04 10:13 PM by wiggle-room
Booze, gambling, and fast food - Merry Christmas, eh?

:D
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 09:49 PM
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14. 24 hour Walgreens perhaps :-)
I just need a gift for my brother and my parents....that's all. We're not opening presents until tomorrow night. I'm sure I can figure something out by then.
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 10:24 PM
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18. Look for the gigantic calculator...
They had this enormous "pocket" calculator... about 12x9 inches ...silly fun gift, especially if your dad is always losing his calculator like mine is. About $10, so it's not a throwaway, but people spend always more on last minute gifts.
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 09:20 PM
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5. me me .. I just got home from shopping!!
I have mucho gifts to wrap!
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HeeBGBz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 09:34 PM
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11. I can relate
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 09:17 PM
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2. Me
:hi:

Procrastination is my specialty!
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Submariner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 09:21 PM
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6. All wrapped and under the tree
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Cobalt Violet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 09:21 PM
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7. Not me , mine all fit in envelopes this year. n/t
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 09:23 PM
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8. I have one gift to wrap
I got everybody gift cards this year, so I don't have to wrap those. I just have the anual Christmas ornament that I get my mom to wrap. It's a tradition I started when I graduated high school. I graduated in 1991. The ornaments have the year of the Christmas marked on them.
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American Tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 09:32 PM
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10. I still have gifts to buy
I didn't anticipate being trapped in my house all week! Moreover, almost everything has been closed. Even the churches cancelled their services today and tomorrow because of the ice storm and snow.

Luckily, most of us here have agreed to essentially postpone Christmas, so I really will have a little bit more time.
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 09:42 PM
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13. Nice that people are so understanding. Good luck!
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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 09:37 PM
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12. If I can get my kid to sleep in his own BED...
Monday Night, Tuesday and Wed night, in our room. Wed night I ventured downstairs at o'dark 30 to get something done and that little rugrat noticed. Thurs night downstairs by the damn tree. I told him Santa does not visit homes where kids are not in bed.

So his presents are still hidden and unwrapped.

I had to do some last minute grocery shopping and I bought a bag of coal candy...just for him.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 10:19 PM
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16. nearly all of them
:scared:

Later, DU. See ya at 2:00am when I'm finished for my pre-bedtime check in.....
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gtp1976 Donating Member (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 10:21 PM
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17. Shopping is all done...
...now I just have to wait until the kids fall asleep to assemble them and install teh batteries and such. :-)

Obviously, we'er in the "Santa doesn't wrap" category.
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C_eh_N_eh_D_eh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 10:24 PM
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19. Right here.
Fortunately, we're postponing our Christmas so my sister can spend the 25th with her husband's family across town.
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 10:29 PM
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20. My kid is still awake!!
Edited on Fri Dec-24-04 10:30 PM by tjdee
Jiminy CRICKET why won't she go to sleep?
I've been sick and down over some guy news, totally out of the spirit of the holiday, and now I have all these gifts to wrap.

All I really want to do is go to sleep. She's just going to rip the paper off, right? Why bother at all :yawn: ?

In other words, I'll be up until at least 3am.
:scared:
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C_eh_N_eh_D_eh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 10:39 PM
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22. Here
http://www.noradsanta.org/

Show her how close Santa is to your house. That should encourage her to hit the sack. Getting her to actually go to sleep is, of course, a lost cause.
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 11:02 PM
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25. Thanks...she calmed down slightly...
:)

Thanks for the site.
We downloaded some of the songs there... didn't realize Ringo Starr wanted to be Santa Claus :scared:
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 10:38 PM
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21. I don't even have half my gifts
I ordered some things, and paid extra shipping so they would arrive on Thursday, but they still didn't come today.:shrug:

But I'm not going to sweat it. My mother hasn't even decorated her tree yet, plus she's in much the same boat. And my right-wing, passive-aggressive obsessive-compulsive brother hates my guts, anyway.:shrug:
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PallasAthena Donating Member (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 10:54 PM
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23. Well, I was thinking about starting to address my holiday cards now.....
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-24-04 10:59 PM
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24. WRAP? HA HA, I Say. Have You Never Heard Of GIFT BAGS?
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