anthony Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyjimmy Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 C-7s and C-9s are the best Christmas lights! Becoming fewer and farther between, so even more special.I'm partial to the painted C-9s but you hardly ever see them these days. I actually had plenty of spare bulbs for this season but, fear not my friend. We have a resource: http://www.christmaslightsetc.com/c9-frosted-christmas-lights-bulbs--452.htm They even sell the stringers buy the foot and by the roll too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 This goes on our mantel every year: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I try really hard at Christmas, but it is always a struggle.My Grandmother died Christmas night 1987, and things were a little tough for quite a while.Several Years ago my mother suffered a debilitating stroke and my side of our family fell apart a bit.My wife's family is so disfunctional that every gathering is more adventerous than enjoyable. We have taken to having our own Christmas traditions, but as the kids get older, it gets a bit more fractured with their work and school. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Agree that Christmas can be very tough. So many expectations and trying to relive the past. Spending the day in a bubble with your own family while so many suffer. It can be a hard one to balance. Best wishes for the season, Crow Daddy. On a happier note, for some inexplicable reason, last year I never heard the Eagles' version of "Please Come Home for Christmas" and I really wanted to hear it! Now I've heard it twice in two days and I'm good for another few years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I'm a big fan of Jay Smooth, and he's so right with this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBHMwB3x2ho&feature=channel_video_title Not the happiest of Christmases around my house this year, but we'll get through it. Concentrate on what you love about your wife and kids, Crow, and enjoy what you have with them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 The Indie Christmas Playlist Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dagwave Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 anyone check out that holiday musical/ story by Striking12?? heard it again on XPN around noon today (great 24 xmas music show by mr. drake) and want to get the whole release! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kim Bodnia Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F39_-FV00Y Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Queen Amaranthine Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Agree that Christmas can be very tough. So many expectations and trying to relive the past. Spending the day in a bubble with your own family while so many suffer. It can be a hard one to balance. Very true. My husband and I have learned to keep the holidays festive yet simple, especially for the kids. I don't want them growing up with awful memories of the holidays as I have from my teens and 20s when extended family issues and unnecessary drama ran the show. These days, I make sure family get togethers are short and low key. My own little family enjoys simple things like making cookies and attending holiday lighting events to see Santa. I'm pretty sure my son no longer believes in Santa, but he plays along for the spirit of it, as well as his favorite holiday saying, "If you don't believe in Santa, you get underwear for Christmas." As for presents, that too is light and lighthearted. My take is, if you want something extravagant, buy it yourself! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 http://vimeo.com/7944778 I am going to spend this weekend watching this, listening to Marah's "A Christmas Kind of Town" album, and drinking eggnog straight from the carton. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I love that Sufjan Stevens "Silver and Gold" is streaming at NPR right now: http://www.npr.org/series/98679384/first-listen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I love that Sufjan Stevens "Silver and Gold" is streaming at NPR right now: http://www.npr.org/s...84/first-listen His whole Christmas set is great. My favorite holiday albums this year:Jimmy Smith's Christmas CookinHerb Alpert's christmas albumPhil Spector's christmas albumSufjan's 100 song setSquirrel Nut Zippers christmas album Looking for one more to add to the collection. Thinking of Ella Fitzgerald's. Wish Los Lobos had a christmas album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 His whole Christmas set is great. My favorite holiday albums this year:Jimmy Smith's Christmas CookinHerb Alpert's christmas albumPhil Spector's christmas albumSufjan's 100 song setSquirrel Nut Zippers christmas album Looking for one more to add to the collection. Thinking of Ella Fitzgerald's. Wish Los Lobos had a christmas album.We picked up that Jimmy Smith Christmas LP at the flea market a couple years ago and I couldn't believe my ears -- I love it so much! Ella's hard to beat, too. My guilty pleasure at Christmas is the Carpenters.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I have to admit I probably listen to the Elvis christmas albums the most out of anything. I have a Johnny Cash as well that I listen to every year that is probably not great but definitely nostalgic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 On the way to cut down our tree, we gave a spin to Dylan's Christmas CD over the weekend - so it's officially tis' the season. I really do enjoy the disc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 A couple years ago, as a joke, my sister bought me the "Sing Along With Mitch" Christmas album. Our dad used to play it for us when we were kids, despite our constant complaints. I was an idiot and played it for my kids, thinking they'd get the joke about how utterly horrible it is. Unfortunately, they FREAKING LOVE IT and we listen to it pretty much every night during the Christmas season. "CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON A OPEN FIRE!!! JACK FROST NIPPING AT YOUR NOSE!!!!" all. night. long. ugh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 12-days-of-grumpy-cat-christmas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 On the way to cut down our tree, we gave a spin to Dylan's Christmas CD over the weekend - so it's officially tis' the season. I really do enjoy the disc. That get lots of play in our house, too. Haven't busted it out yet this year, but probably will over the weekend! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Really loving this one this right now! It was released on Verve in 1961 -- a piano jazz Christmas feast for the ears. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Christmas came a little bit early as these lil' beauties just arrived for my first child, who will be joining the world a week from tomorrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Adorable! We'll need pics of the baby in the gear, of course. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Christmas came a little bit early as these lil' beauties just arrived for my first child, who will be joining the world a week from tomorrow. Congratulations! One of the first things I did for my second newborn was a Wilco shirt, too. He's almost five now, and is getting yet another Wilco tee for Christmas. (And a Blues Brothers poster.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Thanks everyone! Funny -- by the time we got around to ordering this stuff, they had actually run out of infant-size options in the Wilco store. However, we've got a big kiddo -- a potential 9 pounder on our hands, so the 3-6 M clothes might actually be worn sooner than we anticipate! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 My newest baby cousin was born on the 10th, 9lb 5oz. It's amazing how much sturdier she feels to hold than the last few babies, all in the 7lb range! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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