# (Old) FA LA LA LA LA Decking The Halls In The MMP

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**Created:** [November 27, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fa-la-la-la-la-decking-the-halls-in-the-mmp/993763 "2023-11-27T11:07:45Z")\
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So it was mostly smooth heaving, apart from SSLAW #2 crapping out(shocking, I know!) and 2 Richmond loads being late, requiring the non Blueberries to stand around in a frigid building for 30 minutes.

> [@swampbear](#):
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> when do you start and how long do you leave your festive decor up? Third, are there any decorations you must have year after year such as a family heirloom?

1. November 1st…2002
2. Ongoing(It’s not sloth anymore, it’s Tradition!)
3. I do have a couple of old wooden ornaments from my parents, plus a TARDIS ornament. Oh, and my Festivus Pole.

> [@(Old) Can You Hear that Cranberry "Schloop"? - A Thanksgiving MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-can-you-hear-that-cranberry-schloop-a-thanksgiving-mmp/993412/316):
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> “six day thing”?

Everybody is working 6 day weeks till Christmas.At least the 6th punch is now time anna half, due to the new contract.

> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> One of our important holiday traditions every year was to listen to **[Bob & Doug McKenzie’s Christmas song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DTwLqR071M)**. Her Ladyship now finds that insufficiently highbrow.

Tell her to take off, eh?

> [@Kropotkin](#):
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> Someone in the cranberry thread asked if residents of Soviet Canuckistan have cranberry sauce in tins, and we most assuredly do.

But do you have it during Metric Thanksgiving?

> [@NinthAcolyte](#):
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> I guess “girlfriend” is the appropriate word now, neat.

Yay!

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