The Section VII Christmas Tree!

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thanks again to injj for bringing our tree to life. This was an UNCLE Christmas ornament project from 2013

The twelve days of Christmas project.

Each day we'll be posting the UNCLE Christmas tree and we'd like
all the cousins to share a memory of Christmas' past as a comment,
 and leave as a present under the tree.

There's nothing like our treasured memories, they're gifts
that will be with us always!

Let us smile with yours!


This is DAY 1 of the 12 days of Christmas!

Comments

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

I'll kick it off with the first addition. When I was little I remember waking at maybe 5 am, all excited as I spied the presents under the tree. I woke my parents saying "He came! He came!" So we went downstairs and I was allowed to open one present, and had to go back to bed.

I noticed on the floor, bits of broken ornaments. (back in the day when they were glass) I eventually found out that the tree had fallen down and my parents were up until 4 am fixing it, cleaning up the mess, setting up the gifts for me and my brothers.

The following year my parents got a fake tree, one of those aluminum ones to be precise. It was in a rotating stand that played music box Christmas music, and my dad put a couple of spotlights on it so it sparkled as it rotated. I think this was the year I figured out who was really Santa Claus...

[bluemeanybeany.livejournal.com]

I'm just going to mention whilst Christmas shopping today I saw a vodka Advent Calendar #illyaprezzie

[bluemeanybeany.livejournal.com]

"I eventually found out that the tree had fallen down and my parents were up until 4 am fixing it, cleaning up the mess,"

That's very good of your parents I suspect I'd have just blamed the reindeer, and left a trail of munched pine leaves to make it look convincing.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

I think he'd like that! Thanks for sharing. :D

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

I think they were hoping I didn't know the tree fell. And I didn't as I was too busy being a little kid. I remember I got the game 'Mouse Trap"...which I really wanted. And a radio controlled "Supercar" from a kids TV show of the same name....puppets like the "Thunderbirds" show. It was as I recall the following Christmas that I found out about the tree falling...

[loxleyprince.livejournal.com]

I made a beer Advent Calendar for my husband the first Christmas we were in Germany. It was very well received.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

A beer Advent calendar! What a great idea. Thank you for sharing it!

[sidhe-uaine42.livejournal.com]

You'll laugh at my most memorable "first presents":

1) a seven-piece Revereware cookware set from my rl friends I needed it

2) a Crockpot slow cooker from a former caseworker I use it quite a bit

3) Tovarish's presence, especially during the time the boiler/furnace went out. As a s9meone who knows a cat-servant, you might be able to emphasize on how precious a little purring body can be when the rest of the world's going to hell

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Hey those are actually pretty good presents and once upon a time I would have used such things. Don't need a slow cooker as I want things cooked fast, so I use a pressure cooker. lol! Cookware set? My cookware consists of 1 frying pan, one small pot, and one large pot for making soups. I downsized and got rid of a lot.

And I hear you with the kitty warmers. We're coming up to what I call a 'two cat night'. They'll be cuddling in the bed with me for sure. I actually don't put heat on in the bedroom as I breathe better without it.

I have electric heat and I'm frugal when it comes to heating the rest of the apartment. So I wear fleece jammies, sometimes a sweat suit, big fuzzy slippers , and sometimes a knit hat. (quite an eclectic sight) I practically live in my robe all day long, ...though it needs a good washing right now. "D

[sidhe-uaine42.livejournal.com]

I cook/bake so much that several people who kinda know me wonder why I don't try opening a restaurant or at least host daily/weekly get togethers with my neighbors I barely tolerate them unless necessary. I'd rather spend my time with felines.

I use the two saucepans, the skillet, the large pot, the slow cooker, two springform pans, an 8" square baking pan, a 13" x 9" baking pan, a large pizza pan/"cookie sheet", four muffin tins and a Belgian waffle iron pretty much all the time (the slow cooker because I'll have something hot to eat whenever I get home from school, plus it's less expensive than eating out.)

Heat's included in my rent, I believe, but I still appreciate the warmth from the trio, plus they purr/massage my arthritic joints (both ankles, left hip and right shoulder.) They also take care of my feet diabetic neuropathy sucks Flint, Michigan tap water.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Lol! I don't bake, never had interest in it. In fact if I've used my oven three times in fifteen years here, that's a lot. I store my pots and pans there, and my cans of cat food.

I try to avoid bake goods because of the diabetes and I don't use sugar substitutes. Once in a while I'll treat myself to a nibble. We have a really good bakery in our Shop Rite store, so if I want a treat I go there.

Don't have arthritis yet...I think, but I have neuropathy and it sucks.