# Christmas Eve 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-2024/1012138 "2024-12-25T02:22:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-2024/1012138/41 "2024-12-26T00:56:21Z")
WHAT?! (Discourse) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-2024/1012138/42 "2024-12-26T00:57:40Z")
Yep, Vincent Price. Only 25 minutes long, too. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-2024/1012138/43 "2024-12-26T00:57:48Z")
> [@On being homeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-homeless/1009339/48): > > Car stolen on Friday, house burned down this morning while we were out, three cats gone. That’s how fast it happens, folks. I am sorry this happened an wondering how we can help. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-2024/1012138/44 "2024-12-26T01:00:55Z")
Too soon to even guess. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-2024/1012138/45 "2024-12-26T03:58:49Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Worked until almost midnight on Christmas Eve, went to sister-in-law’s for Christmas Day, house is pretty much destroyed by fire while we were gone, watching “The Christmas Carol” narrated by Vincent Price (very rare!), seeing insurance adjuster in the next couple of days. If I can help in any way, please let me know. I know you said in the other thread you don’t want a GFM, which I respect. But if you need a little loan to tide you through until your insurance money comes in, I have plenty of funds I’d be willing to lend. > [@susan](#): > > WHAT?! > > (Discourse) Can I ask what the usage of Discourse here means? StG ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-2024/1012138/46 "2024-12-26T04:02:30Z")
Discourse doesn’t like incomplete sentences, or short messages, so sometimes a poster adds some reference to Discourse to satisfy the algorithm. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-2024/1012138/47 "2024-12-26T04:03:52Z")
And when Discourse becomes sentient, it’ll realize how much we’re annoyed by it. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-2024/1012138/48 "2024-12-26T04:04:31Z")
I’m very sorry to hear this happened, Czarcasm. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-2024/1012138/49 "2024-12-26T10:08:58Z")
Ouch. @Czarcasm I’m sorry to learn of this too. (Changing subjects…) [![](https://i.imgur.com/BowFjxv.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/BowFjxv.jpeg) _“… the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”_ Driving home tonight, not long ago (it was a late night), from a Christmas party at my brother’s in Campbell, I noticed this random house in Saratoga CA. Its light reminded me of that passage from John chapter 1, verses 4b-5. I don’t know who lives there, but it shines a beautiful light. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-2024/1012138.md?page=2)