Burnsie said:MaryDeluxe, we visited Kicksville and you've got a very cool pad - Something tells me you've got some 50's Christmas decorations too...!
Burnsie said:Cool thread - the Mrs. and I just decorated yesterday (always a day or two after Thanksgiving to give us more than a month to enjoy). We love authentic 50's Christmas decorations, right down to the vintage silver tree.
Paisley said:It used to be the custom that only children received Christmas gifts. My parents and I are reviving that one. None of us has minor children, so we aren't bothering with gifts for each other.
As for their great-grandchildren, they never call and never say thank you for presents. My parents aren't getting them anything, either.
I sold all my Christmas decorations to a Russian immigrant named Oleg years ago.
I plan to go to a Christmas dance and have a Christmas dinner with my parents at a restaurant. That's it.
It seems like a lot of people are scaling back.