Christmas Tree Traditions

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DiO'Bolic

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The day after Thanksgiving, after I get home from work and have dinner, my wife makes me climb up to the attic to get the base for the Putz. Then rearrange the garage to get out the platform. Build the Putz. Then bring up 300 pounds of Christmas decorations from the basement. All so she can put up the Christmas Tree, the Putz display, Train Set, and Window Decorations behind the display on Saturday. Bah Humbug! I want a little Charlie Brown Christmas Tree, but nobody ever listens to me. :(
 

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The day after Thanksgiving, after I get home from work and have dinner, my wife makes me climb up to the attic to get the base for the Putz. Then rearrange the garage to get out the platform. Build the Putz. Then bring up 300 pounds of Christmas decorations from the basement. All so she can put up the Christmas Tree, the Putz display, Train Set, and Window Decorations behind the display on Saturday. Bah Humbug! I want a little Charlie Brown Christmas Tree, but nobody ever listens to me. :(
...all of that is why I have rediscovered the joys of vodka.....
 

DiO'Bolic

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...all of that is why I have rediscovered the joys of vodka.....
Come to think of it... that could get me in the holiday mood. :)

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The day after Thanksgiving, after I get home from work and have dinner, my wife makes me climb up to the attic to get the base for the Putz. Then rearrange the garage to get out the platform. Build the Putz. Then bring up 300 pounds of Christmas decorations from the basement. All so she can put up the Christmas Tree, the Putz display, Train Set, and Window Decorations behind the display on Saturday. Bah Humbug! I want a little Charlie Brown Christmas Tree, but nobody ever listens to me. :(

Well that sounds like it kind of sucks.
 

blunthead

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Ah, blunty, would that all it took to get my way would be to say "I can't stand it". I don't call him the Ogre because he's tall and green. We do compromise - We'll put the tree up probably Dec 12th this year. BUT I do get my way with keeping it up through Epiphany. On that, I am adamant. I will say, and I bet skimom2 would concur, converts are often more "hardcore" Catholics than cradle Catholics. We learned all the things as adults. My husband couldn't tell you exactly what Epiphany is. He just followed the rules. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

On another note: yesterday while we were doing house stuff, I complained about how he had moved my reading recliner out of our bedroom and into the living room, and put the living room chair and ottoman in our daughter's bedroom and moved the ugly blue chair from our daughter's room into our room. It's been that way for months and I've found that my reading time suffers. So while I cooked dinner, he moved them all back to where they should be. Upon noting my surprise, he said to me "I'm not fighting you on these things anymore". Hmmm....I've got myself a trump card, then. I'll carry it in my pocket forever.
Yes I see, it makes ironical sense for the older convert to know the difference best, to best appreciate what's at stake. As for the rest, I believe it's true that some men take a very long time to give in. I admire women who take longer.
 

DiO'Bolic

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Is that a railway set at the foot of the tree? There is nothing more german then that.:biggrin2: The tree is very colourful. ;;D
Thanks, yes that is the Lionel "Winter Wonderland" railway set. My wife demands we have a Putz for the tree (and made the draping herself), a lighted Victorian village, and a running train. She's 3/4 German heritage. :)
 

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Thanks, yes that is the Lionel "Winter Wonderland" railway set. My wife demands we have a Putz for the tree (and made the draping herself), a lighted Victorian village, and a running train. She's 3/4 German heritage. :)
I had to look up Putz since you mentioned it a couple times and I suspected the way I've heard it used wasn't what you intended--at least in this context. :smile: Now I know it is (also) a miniature-scale village set up during the Christmas season. I've learned something new--thank you! :smile2:
 

DiO'Bolic

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I had to look up Putz since you mentioned it a couple times and I suspected the way I've heard it used wasn't what you intended--at least in this context. :smile: Now I know it is (also) a miniature-scale village set up during the Christmas season. I've learned something new--thank you! :smile2:
You’re welcome. For the others... It’s from the German verb putzen, which means "to clean" or "to decorate." Oh, those wacky Moravians from around these here parts, and their loose use of the umlaut. :)
 

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The day after Thanksgiving, after I get home from work and have dinner, my wife makes me climb up to the attic to get the base for the Putz. Then rearrange the garage to get out the platform. Build the Putz. Then bring up 300 pounds of Christmas decorations from the basement. All so she can put up the Christmas Tree, the Putz display, Train Set, and Window Decorations behind the display on Saturday. Bah Humbug! I want a little Charlie Brown Christmas Tree, but nobody ever listens to me. :(
Sir, you do know what the Yiddish word putz translates to, you are probably thinking the second meaning, yes?:eyebrow: Oh, knowing you, of course, you are thinking the second meaning!
 

DiO'Bolic

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Sir, you do know what the Yiddish word putz translates to, you are probably thinking the second meaning, yes?:eyebrow: Oh, knowing you, of course, you are thinking the second meaning!
LOL. Yes I know what the Yiddish word putz translates to. And I believe many here think that's my middle name.

Growing up with an crazed Irish mother, it wasn't until my teenage years that I discovered Eejit wasn't my middle name. :)
 
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niro

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I had to look up Putz since you mentioned it a couple times and I suspected the way I've heard it used wasn't what you intended--at least in this context. :smile: Now I know it is (also) a miniature-scale village set up during the Christmas season. I've learned something new--thank you! :smile2:

You’re welcome. For the others... It’s from the German verb putzen, which means "to clean" or "to decorate." Oh, those wacky Moravians from around these here parts, and their loose use of the umlaut. :)

I even thought of a third meaning of the phrase "Putz" in German but it tended towards DiO's.