# It's Not Christmas Until . . .
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 9, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585 "2009-12-09T13:59:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/21 "2009-12-09T16:58:41Z")
…my house smells like a Frasier Fir.
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### Author:  [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/22 "2009-12-09T17:00:34Z")
> [@dhkendall](#):
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> Love the stuff (well, the storebought stuff anyways, haven’t tried the alcoholic version) and I’m really disappointed they only sell it one month of the year. Havent had my first carton yet.
Try the uncooked version [here](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/eggnog-recipe2/index.html). Use pasteurized eggs if raw eggs make you nervous.
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### Author:  [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/23 "2009-12-09T17:18:05Z")
Not until I hear Springsteen’s “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” on the radio. Once, maybe twice. After about the 217th time I’m pretty much ready to tear my hair out & pray for spring. :smack:
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### Author:  [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/24 "2009-12-09T17:43:14Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#):
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> Try the uncooked version [here](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/eggnog-recipe2/index.html). Use pasteurized eggs if raw eggs make you nervous.
There are also canned versions with a shelf-life that is more like a half-life - years more than months. I have stashed the Borden’s version for Christmas in July and while it isn’t the greatest egg nog, it wasn’t terrible either.
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### Author:  [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/25 "2009-12-09T17:47:05Z")
> [@mo50](#):
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> Not until I hear Springsteen’s “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” on the radio. Once, maybe twice. After about the 217th time I’m pretty much ready to tear my hair out & pray for spring. :smack:
Whenever I hear that song, I think of Alyssa Milano in “Who’s the Boss” singing it at the kitchen table. Cracks me up every time. (Well, except the 217th time of course.)
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/26 "2009-12-09T17:54:48Z")
A friend and I have a running bet. It’s not Christmastime until there’s a local news story about a family who just lost everything in a fire. The presents are all bought, and wrapped, and under the tree. And they lose everything, including the family pet.
And the real punchline is at the end of the story: “They didn’t have any insurance.” This year I picked the 19th and he picked the 15th. It will happen. It always does. Then, it will truly feel like Christmas.
Yeah, we’re sick.
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### Author:  [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/27 "2009-12-09T18:01:42Z")
I start dreading the whole “season” around Thanksgiving, when you start seeing the culture just go nuts with frenzy. If we could start around the 20th and end around the 26th, I might actually enjoy the holiday. As it is, I despise it.
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### Author:  [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/28 "2009-12-09T18:33:19Z")
Ok, I’m going to add one because this just happened to me at lunch.
It’s not Christmas until you decided to make everyone homemade cocoa at Christmas, go to the store and buy 2 cases of mason jars, and are driving back to work when you hear something that sounds like a rock hitting your windshield. Being that you work in kind of a rough neighborhood, you flinch when it happens a second time and think maybe someone’s popping some caps at your a\*\*. And then you realize . . .
It’s the lids of all the mason jars popping in the sun.
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### Author:  [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/29 "2009-12-09T18:47:38Z")
My grandparents have these candles they put out that are about fifty years old.
N O E L
So, its not really christmas until my grandfather changes them around to any of these:
E L N O
Grandmother: Dammit, John, change those back right now!
Grandfather: 'EL NO! (hell no)
L E O N
Grandmother: Dammit, John, stop messing around with the decorations!
Grandfather: It wasn’t me, it was probably Leon. Yeah, Leon did it.
etc et al
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### Author:  [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/30 "2009-12-09T18:49:06Z")
> [@translucent daydream](#):
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> my grandparents have these candles they put out that are about fifty years old.
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> N o e l
>
> so, its not really christmas until my grandfather changes them around to any of these:
>
> E l n o
>
> grandmother: Dammit, john, change those back right now!
> Grandfather: 'el no! (hell no)
>
> l e o n
>
> grandmother: Dammit, john, stop messing around with the decorations!
> Grandfather: It wasn’t me, it was probably leon. Yeah, leon did it.
>
> Etc et al
rofl - i love it!!!
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### Author:  [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/31 "2009-12-09T19:02:13Z")
> [@Translucent\_Daydream](#):
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> L E O N
>
> Grandmother: Dammit, John, stop messing around with the decorations!
> Grandfather: It wasn’t me, it was probably Leon. Yeah, Leon did it.
>
> etc et al
I don’t know him, but I love your grandfather. 😃
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### Author:  [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/32 "2009-12-09T19:03:22Z")
It feels kind of Christmassy today - my tree is up, though I won’t turn the lights on until it gets dark out (something like 4pm-ish nowadays), and it’s snowing outside with a good accumulation.
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### Author:  [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/33 "2009-12-09T19:09:12Z")
> [@Juliana](#):
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> I don’t know him, but I love your grandfather. 😃
You can really see his humor [in this picture](http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m221/dplancaster/MemaPapaandAuntMary.jpg), he is on the left, my grandmother is in the center, and his sister is on the right. Taken last Easter.
I think I should drive down and see them this weekend, its only three hours away.
🙂
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### Author:  [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/34 "2009-12-09T19:10:58Z")
> [@Translucent\_Daydream](#):
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> You can really see his humor [in this picture](http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m221/dplancaster/MemaPapaandAuntMary.jpg), he is on the left, my grandmother is in the center, and his sister is on the right. Taken last Easter.
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> I think I should drive down and see them this weekend, its only three hours away.
>
> 🙂
Can he be my grandpa too? Just want to hug him.
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/35 "2009-12-09T19:13:18Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#):
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> Being that you work in kind of a rough neighborhood, you flinch when it happens a second time and think maybe someone’s popping some caps at your a\*\*.
[Run D.M.C.]
It was December 24th on Hollis Ave in the dark
When I seen a man chilling with his dog in the park
I approached very slowly with my heart full of fear
Looked at his dog, oh my God, an ill reindeer
[/Run D.M.C.]
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### Author:  [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/36 "2009-12-09T19:14:20Z")
> [@translucent daydream](#):
>
> my grandparents have these candles they put out that are about fifty years old.
>
> N o e l
>
> so, its not really christmas until my grandfather changes them around to any of these:
>
> E l n o
>
> grandmother: Dammit, john, change those back right now!
> Grandfather: 'el no! (hell no)
>
> l e o n
>
> grandmother: Dammit, john, stop messing around with the decorations!
> Grandfather: It wasn’t me, it was probably leon. Yeah, leon did it.
>
> Etc et al
> [@melodyharmonious](#):
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> rofl - i love it!!!
Me too. I want your childhood. 😃
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### Author:  [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/37 "2009-12-09T19:16:46Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#):
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> Can he be my grandpa too? Just want to hug him.
Like grandfather leasing? Or [grandfather rescue](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1G_cOGNJzk)?
😃
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/38 "2009-12-09T19:40:50Z")
Not until after Mass the fourth Sunday of Advent. Advent isn’t really over but I put up the tree then.
> [@kopek](#):
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> Midnight Worship Christmas Eve --------- at 9:45PM
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> I never quite figured it out but I have always loved it and it really makes the season for me.
You mean you don’t understand why “Midnight Mass” is at 9:45? 😉 Apparently the Pope will be saying Midnight Mass at 10 PM this year.
Sidebar: “What time is Midnight Mass?” is not a dumb question. Midnight Mass refers to the set of readings and prayers said for that Mass. There’s also a Vigil Mass, Mass at Dawn, and Mass during the Day. My pet peeve is everyone wants to hear the nativity story so churches will often override the Gospel from the Mass During the Day, the most glorious of readings John 1:1-18 /Christmas pet peeve
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### Author:  [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/39 "2009-12-09T19:47:45Z")
…until I say so!
I like the NOEL lights–makes me wish I had some.
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### Author:  [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/40 "2009-12-09T20:01:17Z")
> [@gigi](#):
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> You mean you don’t understand why “Midnight Mass” is at 9:45? 😉 Apparently the Pope will be saying Midnight Mass at 10 PM this year.
ROFLMAO! Yeah – I’m sure. Although we did have a Presiding Bishop once who _thought_ he was the Pope.
:smack:
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