How do you plan to Celebrate the Holiday...

[Homicidalheathen]

I will go first. Since I have what I feel is two sets of family........one will be traditional feast and present opening and it is usually done on Christmas eve. Then I do the same with my sister.

But on Dec. 22nd we have our solstice/yule ritual at the coven leaders house and I try to go with my immediate family to that.

We do something for yule here at home alone too.....and Klaus and I always spend at least one night downstairs all night writing and playing.

I try to get in touch with the feeling of the eternal void.....the conception....the dark womb, barren.......ice.....cold......emptyness that leads to creation and expansion. The north direction.....midnight.....

We always make paper snow flakes and tape them to the windows and use door foil for this.

What do you do?

Any traditions you have started for yourself that you do now every year that maybe you did not grow up with?

[Scary Guy]

Yeah, I stay in and sleep, or if forced to go visit family I just try to avoid everyone as much as possible.

Yeah I'm a black sheep, but at least I'm a loved black sheep.

Fuck their love, fuck their pitty.

[Rayne]

Moving ... Blech!

[Lilith]

Well i only have one side of the family to wrry about, that is lestats, we used to get together allot but no so much any more. For the past few years we have been keeping it simple, The inlaws come over christmas morning, watch the kids open gifts, then we either eat an early feast or a late Breakfast. I like the early breakfast the best, pancakes egss bacon sausage toast.. the works all freshly made at home.

There might be a Whole Family Pre Christmas Day party some place but i have yet to here anything about that.

For a few years i baked pies cookie cakes breads etc..... made up 15- 20 gift baggs and gave that to all the aunts n uncles.. I have little money for extra gifts and this took care of every one for very little money, So far this year i have had hints that certian people would love to get that again. So i guess now it is tradition that I Bake gifts.

For the past three years we have been trying to take the kids to the movie theater, Our first year we saw Lord of The rings, Then it was Polar Express and this year it will be Harry Potter. With us each having NO siblings or half siblings we dont even know, we try to keep the Go out n about for the holidays thing alive this way. I hope it will end up translating into my three kids being close and hopefully it will be important to them to gather this time of year when they are older even if it is just for a movie.

Behind the scens Lestat and I have our own chistmas fun, On christmas eve i wrap up any gifts that need it, while wearing little to nothing, he is getting the camera, scisors, batteries, etc... gathered. Then we arrange the gifts under the tree, i say some silly Hi it chrismas 2005 on video we pan over the Loot and tree, i say how tired i am etc.... then the camera gets turned off and Lestat gets to Open His box under the twinkly lights :whistling

I love christmas around here.. .we try to keep it fun and special for the kids and for us.

[kellygrrrrrl]

My husband and I will start it off by having our Christmas, just the 2 of us, on x-mas eve, eve. Exchange gifts, go out to dinner etc...

Then on X-mas Eve go to his Sisters where his parents, Darcy, Heather & J, and the baby will be, along with his brother in-laws parents and sister. We have the traditional Dinner, and gift exchange.

Then on Christmas, I have to go to Redford to pick up my one brother, then I have to go to Ypsi to pick up my other brother..(Starting in Royal oak), then go to Fenton Where my Parents live, have tradfitional dinner and gift exchange, then go back to Ypsi and drop my brother back off, then to Redford and drop off my other brother, then on the way back stop in at Dad's to say Hi, and hang out for a few, go next door to Grandma's, make no mention of Christmas,,....(she's a J. Witness) then head home after an exhausting day of being chauffeur for my brothers...

[Homicidalheathen]

Kelly Girl, all that driving does not sound like fun! But it does sound like a young couple without kids.....when we were younger we used to go out alone too one of the nights for a romantic dinner........sigh...those were the days.

And Lilith, I so cannot picture you doing all that baking. Unless it is in a sexy little frilly apron, which I am sure you have heh heh.

To everyone else, I just hope you get a good feeling of contentment from knowing people do love you, and that your inside warm.......safe.......dry.

Things could be worse.

Another thing we do is donate to Detroit Rescue mission ministries this time of year.

If you feel all sad, alone and depressed......just drive downtown to dreery Detroit and check out the homeless guys loosing fingers to frost bite.

That oughta cheer your black goth ass up!

[bean]

My mom and I celebrate Yule/solstice on the 22nd. Then for x-mas, the hubby's family and my family get together to cook, drink, and b.s. Then we open presents after dinner. I bake a cheesecake every year.

[Draco1958]

If it wasn't for the fact that I have friends who refused to see me like that, I would be one of those out in the cold getting help at a rescue mission and suffering from frostbite.

Kelly Girl, all that driving does not sound like fun!  But it does sound like a young couple without kids.....when we were younger we used to go out alone too one of the nights for a romantic dinner........sigh...those were the days.

And Lilith, I so cannot picture you doing all that baking.  Unless it is in a sexy little frilly apron, which I am sure you have heh heh.

To everyone else, I just hope you get a good feeling of contentment from knowing people do love you, and that your inside warm.......safe.......dry.

Things could be worse.

Another thing we do is donate to Detroit Rescue mission ministries this time of year. 

If you feel all sad, alone and depressed......just drive downtown to dreery Detroit and check out the homeless guys loosing fingers to frost bite.

That oughta cheer your black goth ass up!

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[Msterbeau]

I will be... ah.... I'm not sure yet.

[Lilith]

Kelly Girl, all that driving does not sound like fun!  But it does sound like a young couple without kids.....when we were younger we used to go out alone too one of the nights for a romantic dinner........sigh...those were the days.

And Lilith, I so cannot picture you doing all that baking.  Unless it is in a sexy little frilly apron, which I am sure you have heh heh.

To everyone else, I just hope you get a good feeling of contentment from knowing people do love you, and that your inside warm.......safe.......dry.

Things could be worse.

Another thing we do is donate to Detroit Rescue mission ministries this time of year. 

If you feel all sad, alone and depressed......just drive downtown to dreery Detroit and check out the homeless guys loosing fingers to frost bite.

That oughta cheer your black goth ass up!

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Kelly, i do not envy your day one bit...... Once i had kids i refused to shuttle them around like that to this house and that one, i said if ya want to see them come to us... then again our Mom's only had Lestat and my self so it was easy for them. I did not have other sibling conflict since i dont have any. Although it is great that your family is important enough to you to go through all the driving. Your a good sis if ya ask me.

HH, I do bake and pretty well most of the time. Not so much with my sheer frilly apron on (which i do have i just save it for special occasions )

I grew up with a Grannie from Tennesse, OMG could that woman cook and bake and i picked up allot of her old fashioned ways of being a house wife, one of them was cooking and baking with love and Flavor. I do most of it from scratch, (i no longer have time/patience to roll out pie crusts so i buy em) i develop my own varations to recipies etc.... I have fun with it. Also it teaches my kids a thing or two they will need to know about the kitchen wehn they are older not to mention Math OMG how often does one have to use math in cooking????? It teaches them to follow directions, read, percision so many things cooking and baking will teach and they dont even realize. Granted this will not make the next great Inventor, but it give kids real life applications for all the "useless" stuff you learn in school. Also it give them a part to help in, give them a feeling of They are doing something for other too this time of year. It teaches them that not only can a great gift be purchased but made. It teaches them that even if you are Poor there are ways to brighten others days, give of your self and your time which is really the basis of what this season is about.

Also My mom used to donate to the Detroit Rescue mission ministries all the time so evey time i see you mention it it makes me smile and think of my mom. Its weird but i cant afford to donate to carry on the memory, but knowing some one else out there is makes it okay, kinda like you are picking up where she left off even though i am sure you had been doing this for years. =) Ty

[saechalyn]

I will be enjoying days off from work and doing absolutely nothing. I'm looking forward to it!

[The_Dark]

We are spending Christmas Eve baking cookies and other treats. Christmas morning will be the opening of presents and all the hub-bub that brings. After that it will be off to Church for service and then back home to to finish cooking the Christmas goose and all the other stuff that goes with it. Sometime in the afternoon my Mother, step-father, Sister, her 3 boys, My brother and Sistern in Law and thier 4 kids, and Grand Mother and Grand Father will be showing up to eat and "enjoy" each other company... After those people get the hell out of my house I am sneaking into the garage and smoking a big fatty and relaxing.

[kellygrrrrrl]

Being the oldest I feel a bit responsible for making our family X-mas happen even if it is driving for 4-5 hours to make it happen.

Plus, I get guilt tripped by My Mother if I don't pick them (My brothers)up. What really sucks is that they are old enough to be able to get a license and a car, but they are losers, and will probably never drive due to problems with the law and so on.

This will be my X-mas routine for years to come I predict.

[Brenda Starrr]

Dec. 11-Aunt Florence's for dinner. I love going there, despite the fact that my cousin Mike's wife is just a wee bit too high and mighty for her own good.

Christmas Eve-My in-laws. THEY know how to throw a party. I love watching my mother-in-law get toasted. She's so funny. She talks about how much she loves Wayne. It makes me happy.

Christmas Day-Not a thing. We might take my parents out to dinner at the Nautilus Diner. I love that place.

[krazykittie91584]

i eat breakfast at my godparents house than i go out to inkster to visti my dad because i only see him maybe 4 times a year. other than that i dont do nothing the holidays isnt as exciting as it use to be but thats just me lol laterz

[Homicidalheathen]

OH and I almost forgot...my mother in law has these weird German traditions. Like the Advent Calendar........a piece of candy a day until Christmas for like 2 weeks....they don't trick or treat over there. I guess this makes up for it.

Oh and they fill the kids shoes with candy. Not stockings on a wall or fireplace.

I am like, ok I do not want to eat candy out of my stinky shoes but you know kids.

[JaneDead]

x-mas eve is my favorite. i spend that with my family (dad's side technically) and have every year without fail my whole life.

x-mas day seems to always change. for years it was spent with my mom's side of the family, at my g-ma's house. then i got married and it was spent with my mom's side and my husband's side at his step-sister's house. with x-mas eve still reserved for my dad's side.

sometimes we skip seeing my mom's side now, and have instead just gone to my mom's for x-mas brunch (which is my mom and her husband, my sisters, my one brother, all the kids, and my husband)and then to my husband's side for dinner. we have also not seen him family at all- i think? now i can't recall. there just seems to be too much to fit in on that day.

don't even know for x-mas this year? since it changes every year now. all i know for sure is x-mas eve where i will be and who i will be with. i have always liked x-mas eve more than x-mas day. i'd be fine with staying home if we had to. if my house was big enough i guess i would consider having everyone here. but yeah, i don't think that will happen. :whistling

[Msterbeau]

Looking like whatever happens will be at my place this year. The past few I've gone over to my daughter's mom's house. She has a lot more room for a big tree.. presents, etc. but the girls are with me this year. I don't think a big dinner or anything but present opening is on the cards. I could be wrong.

[gothicmom]

Our plans are not set yet. The fact that Christmas is on a Sunday makes it a bit difficult.

[Shade Everdark]

I'm sure everyone here will be absolutely crushed by the news, but I'm going out of town. I'll be flying down to South Carolina to spend Christmas with my father.

Honestly, I'm not looking forward to it.

I don't hate Christmas, but it's just not been the same as I remember it.

[Jarodaka]

Ah, the "Holiday". By "Holiday" I assume HH means my birthday, of course! I'll be taking a 3 week vacation. Most of this time will be spent mastering Guitar Hero.

[Bpage]

I'll be back in Detroit for Christmas weekend. Why I paid what I paid for a plane ticket to go from California to Detroit in winter is beyond me....I'm actually looking forward to seeing my family for the holidays. I haven't been able to come home for Christmas since I moved out here 7 years ago. Oh God, I just remembered bars aren't open on Christmas Eve or Christmas!!

[Brenda Starrr]

I'm sure everyone here will be absolutely crushed by the news, but I'm going out of town.  I'll be flying down to South Carolina to spend Christmas with my father.

Honestly, I'm not looking forward to it.

I don't hate Christmas, but it's just not been the same as I remember it.

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*cough cough*

I'm not too far from South Carolina. Ditch that and come to Baltimore instead.

[DarkVampire]

Sure Mom will have something going, but I think I'll past on it this year. I don't feel much getting into it.

[Rayne]

Family keeps going back and forth on me. Not sure what's going on. *sigh* I HATE this. Make plans and stick to them ... am I asking too much?