Why a big sloppy ham for Christmas?
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Yes, Jesus was Jewish until He fulfilled the Old Law and brought in the New Law, which we call Christianity because we accepted Him as the Christ. The New Law allows us to eat pork, which was formerly forbidden.\nMy family happens to eat Tamales for Christmas. Yum! Our ancestors were from Castile, Spain, so that is our tradition.
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In Anglo-Saxon countries, Santa Claus is said to leave a lump of coal instead of Christmas presents in the stockings of naughty children.\n\nUnless you've been naughty, you've nothing to worry about, but if you get an aluminum foil wrapped, irregularly shaped and fairly small stocking stuffer... you should probably try to behave better next year!
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Haha, good thinking about saving money!\nMe and my friend are going for the same thing, and what we are doing is baking a HUGE batch of different varieties of christmas cookies.\nAfter tying them in cute sacks with ribbon, it looks cute yet obviously time-consuming! The ingredients don't cost much compared to the amount of sacks of cookies you get from it, and since i am doing it with a friend, we are even splitting the costs!\n\nway to hit two birds with one stone :)\n\nelle.moon
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Christmas Pud\nChocs\n\nMorrisons or Tesco\n\nPackaging and previous knowledge\n\nJust think Christmas Pud could be a lot boozier!!!
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Christmas is coming up why not make something special for him, like cookies or home made toffee and put a card with it offering to take him out sometime.
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THANK YOU! This is the biggest gripe I have with Christmas. It sickens me to hear that it is "that time of year again to give give give to your local charities!" BS!! People starve during the middle of summer too....try helping out your fellow man all year long, not just when its "that time of year." \n\nBut then again, Im an atheist, What the F do I know about morals and living a righteous life?
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A traditional British Christmas involves maxing the credit cards buying lots of unnecessary presents for people you don't like, buying lots of unhealthy food which is then either undercooked and causes salmonella poisoning or overcooked and elicits unwelcome advice from his mother, the rest of the family then all fall asleep until some poor hostess has done all the washing up, before waking up in a bad mood to drink sufficient alcohol to cause the family equivalent of World War III before someone is arrested and dragged off to the cells.  Why would you want to give up your peaceful Buddhist way of life to join in such a debacle?
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it's got to be those darn hazing rituals for the elf college again, they go on that panty raid every year.  geesh give an elf a few hienys and jello shots and look out!!  but Santa will make it all good come Christmas.
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Well after all the fall housekeeping is done, the silver polished and the good stuff brought out and the table is set and the shopping is done...then there is the baking, the peeling, mashing, the stuffing to make.  Next comes cleaning the bird, stuffing and baking it.  All the while you feed people snaks, keep the kids quiet and busy, set the table and call everyone  for the carving of the turkey.  As you have struggled  to get everything on the table hot and all at oncet...the men don't show up because it is the last quarter of the football game and the score is 12-12 and they are in a state of high anxiety and won't move from the set and yell to you ...."wait a minute...it's the last quarter and the score is tied" and you stand there with the done bird on the tray and think ...why do I put myself through this year in and year out?    When it is all done and over with and everyone has stuffed themselves with pumpkin and apple pie, had a walk,  and about to take a nap...you realize the only one that has been kind and thankful for you and all your effort is the faithful family dog.\n\nSo my dear, if you have never done this annual tradition, don't start.  Book a table at a nearby resturant and save yourself a lot of work and enjoy the day off.  Don't forget the doggy bag for the family pet.
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I'm sure some of them accidently get thrown out, but alot of post offices do something special, l like designate someone to answer the letters, or an operation like Operation Letters to Santa (see link below).  Luckily the Chrismas spirit isn't lost, even on busy postal workers.\nHappy Holidays!\np.s. Maybe you should send a letter to see if your local post office does anything?
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It's fun to give gifts. I know that's not what it's all about but I like to make people happy, especially around Christmas time.
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It isn't a word, but dang. Wouldn't that be the awesomest word ever? (Yes, I know, awesomest is not a word.) \n\nThis ham is porkalicious! Yeah dude. It should be a word. Indeed.
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It is an abbreviation for Christmas and it's just for people that are either too lazy to write out 'Christmas' or they don't like the fact that the word 'Christ' is in it, so they just abbreviate it like some moron and act like the reason for the season is not clearly stated in the word 'Christmas'
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I would guess that it is because it was not properly commercialized. Don't worry I will explain. It doesn't cost much to celebrate. When I was a kid we would get some dixie cups and pipecleaners and make those into basket. We would then put a few candies and flowers in there and take it to our friends and neighbors house. Set it by their front door then run away. It's way too cheap nobody profits. So it was not promoted and was forgotten about.
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ham and mashed potatoes (yeah, that's what i get tonight!)
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Maybe from the Christmas cartoons?
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Your meal traditions sound yummy!\nWe always have vegetable soup and cornbread Christmas Eve, with finger foods to go along.\nChristmas day, baked ham, broccoli casserole, and cranberry relish.