SUNDAY STEALING For Those Who Celebrated Christmas part 2

 

This is stolen but the answers are mine

27 December 2020

Welcome to Sunday Stealing. This feature originated and published on WTIT: The Blog. Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. (Past hosts include: Our first - Judd Corizan, Mr. L, Kwizgiver and Bud) Cheers to all of us thieves!

 

 

For those who celebrate Christmas #2

Taken from Pinterest

 

 

 

Star or Angel?  Depends on my mood, most of the time it is a star

White Lights or Colored Lights?  This year we did colored however, I think white lights are pretty

Blinking Lights or Still Lights?   Blinking
 
When do you open your gifts?  Christmas Eve

Do you buy gifts for your pet? YES< they are family to>doggies got chew toys,  kittens got new kitty balls, some catnip toys our goat got hay and the piggies a new liter box

Be honest: What's the worst gift you've ever gotten?  I always loved my presents

Have you ever traveled for the holiday?  we traveled to East TX family, in 2003 went to Progresso, Mexico

Did you see Santa as a child?   YES

Can you name all the reindeer? Yes   dasher, dancer, prancer, comet, cupid, vixen, blitzen and Rudolph

Have you ever gone caroling?  Loved Caroling, too sad its almost a thing of past

Do you drive around and look at the Christmas lights?  YES 

Have you ever left Santa cookies?  YES

Have you ever had a white Christmas? YES 2009 we had 13" of beautiful snow 

Have you ever made a gingerbread house from scratch? From a kit?  NEITHER

Be honest: Do you think the season is too commercial?  YES, it has gone way past the true meaning of CHRISTmas

Imagine you were going to create the quintessential holiday soundtrack -- which song(s) absolutely must be included?   White Christmas, Oh Holy Night, Mary Did You Know?, Away in a Manger, There's a New Kid in Town (George Strait)  Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem,  Silent Night, 

What are your Christmas pet peeves?  The Commercialization, Greed, having Christmas stuff out the day after Halloween 

Merry CHRISTmas

 

Poinsettias at Christmas

Poinsettia plants are native to Central America, especially an area of southern Mexico known as 'Taxco del Alarcon' where they flower during the winter. The ancient Aztecs called them 'cuetlaxochitl'. The Aztecs had many uses for them including using the flowers (actually special types of leaves known as bracts rather than being flowers) to make a purple dye for clothes and cosmetics and the milky white sap was made into a medicine to treat fevers. (Today we call the sap latex!)

The poinsettia was made widely known because of a man called Joel Roberts Poinsett (that's why we call them Poinsettia!). He was the first Ambassador from the USA to Mexico in 1825. Poinsett had some greenhouses on his plantations in South Carolina, and while visiting the Taxco area in 1828, he became very interested in the plants. He immediately sent some of the plants back to South Carolina, where he began growing the plants and sending them to friends and botanical gardens.

One of the friends he sent plants to was John Bartram of Philadelphia. At the first Philadelphia flower show, Robert Buist, a plants-man from Pennsylvania saw the flower and he was probably the first person to have sold the poinsettias under their botanical, or latin name, name 'Euphorbia pulcherrima' (it means, 'the most beautiful Euphorbia'). They were first sold as cut flowers. It was only in the early 1900s that they were sold as whole plants for landscaping and pot plants. The Ecke family from Southern California were one of, if not, the first to sell them as whole plants and they're still the main producer of the plants in the USA. It is thought that they became known as Poinsettia in the mid 1830s when people found out who had first brought them to America from Mexico.

There is an old Mexican legend about how Poinsettias and Christmas come together, it goes like this:

There was once a poor Mexican girl called Pepita who had no present to give the the baby Jesus at the Christmas Eve Services. As Pepita walked to the chapel, sadly, her cousin Pedro tried to cheer her up.
'Pepita', he said "I'm sure that even the smallest gift, given by someone who loves him will make Jesus Happy."

Pepita didn't know what she could give, so she picked a small handful of weeds from the roadside and made them into a a small bouquet. She felt embarrassed because she could only give this small present to Jesus. As she walked through the chapel to the altar, she remembered what Pedro had said. She began to feel better, knelt down and put the bouquet at the bottom of the nativity scene. Suddenly, the bouquet of weeds burst into bright red flowers, and everyone who saw them were sure they had seen a miracle. From that day on, the bright red flowers were known as the 'Flores de Noche Buena', or 'Flowers of the Holy Night'.

The shape of the poinsettia flower and leaves are sometimes thought as a symbol of the Star of Bethlehem which led the Wise Men to Jesus. The red colored leaves symbolize the blood of Christ. The white leaves represent his purity.

The Poinsettia is also the national emblem of Madagascar.

Merry Christmas from our Fur children

  Merry Christmas from our fur babies

Harley, she is always on guard

Fiesty bear is daddy's little companion

Sparkles is sticking her tongue out at me 

Sandra thinks she is a big bad 3 lb chihuahua

 These 2 are twins and where 1 is the other 1 is too.  Milly is the one by my chin, Tilly is the one below.

Last but not least Mr. Jingles,  They love being out in the sun.

None of our animals are higher on the "totem pole to say" than the other one we treat them all equally.  They all know they are loved and well taken care of.

WE ALL HOPE YOU HAVE A VERY MERRY CHISTMAS

Remember if you take CHRIST out of CHRISTMAS it would just be MAS

There is no CHRISTMAS without CHRIST

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Sunday Stealing For Those who Celebrate Christmas

 

 Hi! I'm your host Bev Sykes of the blog "Funny the World". . Welcome to Sunday Stealing. This feature originated   and published on WTIT: The Blog. Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere.   Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. Cheers to all 

 of us thieves!

 

 

 

 

 

Taken from Pinterest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 What’s your favorite thing about the holidays?

   A.  being with family
   Do you send out Christmas cards and if so how many do you send?

  A.  10
  Be honest: holiday newsletters. Love ‘em or hate ‘em?

 A I love newsletters

  Be honest: photo cards. Love ‘em or hate ‘em?

 A love photo cards lets me see how my grand nephews and great niece change.p
  How soon do you start shopping?

A  Nov 1after
  Real or fake tree?

A  Love real  
  When do you put up your tree?

A  Black Friday

  When do you take down your tree?

A  New  Years Day
  Describe your typical tree (size, decorations, type)

A medium in size with old bubbling bulbs and other old ornaments that mom gave me ice cycles lights
  What do you top your tree with?

A  either an angel or star
  Do you put Christmas lights outside your house?

 A yes
  Is there a wreath hanging on your door?

A no, other Christmas decor
  Do you hang up stockings?

A  yes one for the two of us and our 7 furbabies
  Your favorite Christmas Movie(s)

A  It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street
  Be honest: A Christmas movie you hate

A  none that I recallI 
  Favorite Christmas Song(s)

A  Oh Holy Night by Jim Nabors (gomer pyle), Mary did you now? various artist.
  Be honest: If I hear this/these Christmas songs again I will throw up

A  honestly NONE
  Give or Receive?

A Give
  Eggnog or Mulled Cider?

A Gators homemade keylime pie eggnog
  Ham or Turkey?

A  Both

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 Stolen from Bev here Sunday Stealing questions are stolen Answers

are all mine

 

 

Hi! I'm your host Bev Sykes of the blog "Funny the World". . Welcome to Sunday 

Stealing.  This feature originated and published on WTIT: The Blog. Here we will

 steal all types of questions  from every corner of the blogosphere.  Our promise 

 to you is that we will work  hard to find the  most interesting and intelligent 

questions. Cheers to all of us thieves!

 

 

 

 

Taken from Visible Woman

  

 1. Day 1 of serious isolation behavior:

  A.  wasn't as bad as I expected

 2. First trip you had to cancel.

 A.  getting to go to dr with Gator
 3. Other trips canceled?

A.  Gator's yearly blues challenge     

 4. Last trip out of town before isolation. 

A.  In Feb (then to moms)  we were only in isolation about 2 weeks  

 5. Farthest from home since isolation.

A. family in OK 135 miles

 6. Last Meal sitting in a restaurant before Isolation. 

A.  McAlister's Deli  
 7. How many books have you read?

A.  I lost count but have gotten to do more studying the bible

 8. First event you didn’t attend due to virus.

A.  Easter with family

 9. Date and event of last over 200-person event.

A.  Probably last new year eve

10. Last live music event.

A.  July of 2019
11. Things you are eating more of since isolation. 

A.  we rarely go out and eat, so that really hasn't changed
12. Things you are eating less of since isolation.

A.  See above
13. What restaurants have you gotten take-out meals from?

A.  Pizza Hut, Red Hot & Blue BBQ

14. Have you found yourself bored in isolation? 

A.  the first week was long enough
15. Have you gained or lost weight?

A.  stayed the same, as I continued going out  here at home walking

16. Do you drink alcohol?

A.  Rarely

17. If so, more or less in isolation?

A. NO
18. What entertainments have you explored?   

A.  Netflix, Amazon Prime and  Tubi
19. Gotten into anything new?

A.  lipsense colors
20. Have you done crosswords? Board games?  Jigsaw puzzles?

A.  All the above

21. Have you cleaned out some cabinet, drawer, closet, etc. thoroughly?

A.  All have done a thorough fall cleaning
22. Are you spending about the same amount of money?

A.  Yes
23. Done Zoom, Facetime, etc. meetups?

A. Hangout video
24. Had a social occasion with a small group of people you consider safe?

A.  Almost every weekend

25. Did you vote? In Person? On Election Day?

A.  In person on Election Day

 Fiona you silly little elf, I do not think Gator needs your help on the roof, unless your planning on some elf magic to fix it. What? You want to go play at the big Christmas tree at the clinic? We will see what tomorrow is like. Fiona, Gator, says thank you for the help but too hard of a job for him, thankfully we have some friends coming to help.

Thankful Thursday

Happy Thankful Thursday

I am thankful for my salvation, thank you Lord for never leaving me                                            my mom still living                                                                                                                        Gator                                                                                                                                              friends that have became family                                                                                                    phone calls & texts                                                                                                                      warm temps for Dec 80 today                                                                                                       so much to always be thankful for everyday of life is a blessing 

Please continue to pray for Gator, as it is now time for hospice to be involved

Thursday, December 10John 1:1-31 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the

 Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

 

Fiona listens to the old man

 Fiona, is listening to the old man’s stories, he told her he believes in elf magic, he says shhhh and listen, hear that? Its all the other little elves out playing in the trees, oh the glow on her face, because I am thinking she not only heard them but could see them dancing and playing.

Fiona and the Gnomes

 

Fiona, says mom I want to go play with my gnome friends, but says I think I'll sit on top of the well house as those turtles and that owl scared me. I tried to tell her they are not real, but using her elf magic sat where she could safely watch.

Silly elf all creatures are friends of elves as they would like to have their magic too

Playground day

 Fiona says mom its a beautiful day can we please go play on the playground? She climbed into the baby swing, then went to the jungle gym, next she wanted to go down the slide, but had a big mudpuddle at the bottom so she settled for sitting on steps and the bottom of slide, we couldn't quiet figure the balance beam out, she sure did enjoy the teeter tawter and finally a rest on the balance beam after a hard day of playing, she decided she didn't like moms cranberry juice

Fiona goes to the park

 Fiona says mom can we please go to sit by the water. Silly elf finds a tree no water near, I turn around and she says mom i found where I can sit and day dream about the water. No, Fiona you may not get in the water its very cold and looks to be flowing pretty quick. Silly girl you will freeze your tail off...wait what about playing on the playground toys tomorrow?

Fiona meets our pigs

 My oh my this is where I found Fiona, she was trying to get Jingles and Sparkles to wake and play, so she just sits down on Jingles leg and props back on Sparkles silly elf she says its a 2 pig night

Fiona loves Old Glory

Fiona, I love the fact that you love our flag, silly girl you can't slide down the flag pole, she was having way to much fun, the flag would move and down she would slide, she climbed right back up waiting for the next time. Fiona, what adventure are you going to get into tomorrow?

moms old vase

 Mom told me Fiona do not play on her old vase, think I will pray I do not get into serious trouble. Lord please do not let me knock it off.

Christmas Craft Ideas

I’ve made a few of these this Christmas. Very simple to wash very thoroughly with Dawn and then rubbing alcohol. Once dry, You can spray with flat primer so there is no need to remove the label.

. I use multipurpose Folk Art paint for the base and details. I try to do different facial expressions since these are going to co-workers. So budget friendly and such a great craft for gifts that don’t break the bank. Stuff with gloves, hats or bagged candies. (I borrowed this from my FB Timeline, I have not made)

Fiona didnt go on adventure today

 Fiona, stayed inside today, the weather was cold and rainy. Mom, (me)bout fell off the step ladder hanging pics, because my piggy brother Jingles walked under it and caused the ladder to move. Fiona will be back tomorrow

Fiona the Elf adventures begin

Nov 27 Friday

 Oh dear lord please help Ms. Fiona, I guess she got cold or wanted warm her hands up. Fiona, you silly girl your going to get filthy and possibly burned. What about the climbing the flag for tomorrow? No ma'am not even a question.

5Beth Good, Kim Bragna and 3 others

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