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You could always say you or the hubby have some dutch genes and therefore went the Dutch tradition of opening "some" gifts on December 5th :)

My dad was from the Netherlands so we always had a gift or two on the 5th, although we made Christmas Eve our regular tradition. Ill let you borrow my dutch genes if you'd like :)

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The rest of must be chopped liver!

Hmphf!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

As to those of you who still "do" gifts, being an adult and living on your own, only you get to decide when to open them.

Hee, hee.

SpiritAlight edits due to extreme lack of typing abilities. :)

You will do foolish things.

Do them with enthusiasm!!

Don't just do something. Sit there.

K1: Flew to the U.S. of A. – January 9th, 2008 (HELLO CHI-TOWN!!! I'm here.)

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You could always say you or the hubby have some dutch genes and therefore went the Dutch tradition of opening "some" gifts on December 5th :)

My dad was from the Netherlands so we always had a gift or two on the 5th, although we made Christmas Eve our regular tradition. Ill let you borrow my dutch genes if you'd like :)

Ahh yes. I used to work at a historical village, Doon Heritage Crossroads in Kitchener..where I had to dress up like I was from the early 20th century (around 1914.) Any ways, because there is such a German heritage in Kitchener, we taught the kids all about Dec. 5th. We even had one of these...

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Weinachtsmann!!

"...My hair's mostly wind,

My eyes filled with grit

My skin's white then brown

My lips chapped and split

I've lain on the prairie and heard grasses sigh

I've stared at the vast open bowl of the sky

I've seen all the castles and faces in clouds

My home is the prairie and for that I am proud…

If You're not from the Prairie, you can't know my soul

You don't know our blizzards; you've not fought our cold

You can't know my mind, nor ever my heart

Unless deep within you there's somehow a part…

A part of these things that I've said that I know,

The wind, sky and earth, the storms and the snow.

Best say that you have - and then we'll be one,

For we will have shared that same blazing sun." - David Bouchard

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Ahh yes. I used to work at a historical village, Doon Heritage Crossroads in Kitchener..where I had to dress up like I was from the early 20th century (around 1914.) Any ways, because there is such a German heritage in Kitchener, we taught the kids all about Dec. 5th. We even had one of these...

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Weinachtsmann!!

Best part of December 5th was Pepernotens!

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growing up every Christmas my grandmother would give us a big bag of pfeffernusse cookies.. we looked forward to them every year... hers had a hard white coating on them... they kind of looked like this... hers were homemade of course....

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now I make my own version of them that my mom says taste better then grandmas did :whistle: mine kind of look like this ....

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The rest of must be chopped liver!

Hmphf!

It's because I haven't been on here in a while, silly. Oh wait! That means you never noticed! :crying:

Krikit, i could never forget you.

As a matter of fact I have a web cam trained on your every move.

Hee, hee.

:lol:

SpiritAlight edits due to extreme lack of typing abilities. :)

You will do foolish things.

Do them with enthusiasm!!

Don't just do something. Sit there.

K1: Flew to the U.S. of A. – January 9th, 2008 (HELLO CHI-TOWN!!! I'm here.)

Tied the knot (legal ceremony, part one) – January 26th, 2008 (kinda spontaneous)

AOS: Mailed V-Day; received February 15th, 2007 – phew!

I-485 application transferred to CSC – March 12th, 2008

Travel/Work approval notices via email – April 23rd, 2008

Green card/residency card: email notice of approval – August 28th, 2008 yippeeeee!!!

Funny-looking card arrives – September 6th, 2008 :)

Mailed request to remove conditions – July 7, 2010

Landed permanent resident approved – August 23rd, 2010

Second funny looking card arrives – August 31st, 2010

Over & out, Spirit

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Krikit, i could never forget you.

As a matter of fact I have a web cam trained on your every move.

:o

:unsure:

*runs to make the bed*

Women.

We are so typical.

I felt like making mine now too.

Usually I just throw the duvet over the messy thing just before my sweetie walks in.

Hahahaha!

:blush:

SpiritAlight edits due to extreme lack of typing abilities. :)

You will do foolish things.

Do them with enthusiasm!!

Don't just do something. Sit there.

K1: Flew to the U.S. of A. – January 9th, 2008 (HELLO CHI-TOWN!!! I'm here.)

Tied the knot (legal ceremony, part one) – January 26th, 2008 (kinda spontaneous)

AOS: Mailed V-Day; received February 15th, 2007 – phew!

I-485 application transferred to CSC – March 12th, 2008

Travel/Work approval notices via email – April 23rd, 2008

Green card/residency card: email notice of approval – August 28th, 2008 yippeeeee!!!

Funny-looking card arrives – September 6th, 2008 :)

Mailed request to remove conditions – July 7, 2010

Landed permanent resident approved – August 23rd, 2010

Second funny looking card arrives – August 31st, 2010

Over & out, Spirit

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Ha ha. I always make the bed in the morning. It's just that my husband is away on business and I'm on strike. :lol:

And guess what? I just got a call from my Cousin in Ontario saying she's booked to come and visit in February!!!!! And she said she got a call from my other Cousin on Vancouver Island saying she's game for coming too!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o:dance::dance::dance:post-21394-1228253151.gif

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oh and mumzie gave me a crokonile board :) tee hee.. it's wrapped but REAAAALY obvious!

Ouch. I can still feel the pain in my fingers from the last time I played crokinole. It was a very memorable night at my friend's cottage in the middle of winter. For some reason we decided we needed to decorate our hats and wear them while we played. (It may have been the alcohol.) So we proceeded to attach his Mom's plastic fruit to our heads. I guess you had to be there. :lol:

:rofl: no that stuff happens when I play crokinole all the time :)

You could always say you or the hubby have some dutch genes and therefore went the Dutch tradition of opening "some" gifts on December 5th :)

My dad was from the Netherlands so we always had a gift or two on the 5th, although we made Christmas Eve our regular tradition. Ill let you borrow my dutch genes if you'd like :)

Excellent!! I love that thought! :)

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