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[Dannyalcatraz]

Christmas is a mixed bag for me. My maternal grandmother passed on Christmas many years ago, and it deeply affected my mother. They had a...complicated...relationship, but ever since that day, every mid-December to mid-January is an extremely stressful time for my mom. Big mood swings, explosive temper, misdirected anger.

And since "stuff" rolls downhill, everybody around her is a potential target- I got yelled at a week ago for asking her what she wanted for dinner. Then I got an aggressive lecture because Elton John got married.

But, cut out all that noise, and Christmas is, for me, a pretty positive time of year.

 

[Scott DeWar]

Christmas at the Johanneses

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

No pix from here- nothing to see, actually. Forget that we're all just kind of dragging ourselves up now, and haven't gotten gifts out, we simply don't even decorate. Or wrap gifts. Haven't really done so since @1974.

Oh, sure, you might see a cardboard hallmark Christmas tree or a single small nativity scene on a table. But that's it. Which is HILARIOUS because we have some very nice hand-made ornaments.

 

[Scott DeWar]

They got me some nice stuff: a rocket blender and a digital recorder.

 

[megamania]

Not so much as I hate X-mas but it has been an exceptional bad year for me. A lot of it reaching the worst point the week of X-mas.

 

[megamania]

Now that said...... I realized something today. The only difference between 'santa' and an evil guy is the placement of the 'n'. That folks..... is truly messed up.

 

[megamania]

For X-mas, I got an Amazon GC that will go to either a movie or a DnD book. Munchkin's "Zombies" card game. AC / DC CD. Apes movie and a gift to myself for surviving the year..... Tiamat.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Now that said...... I realized something today. The only difference between 'santa' and an evil guy is the placement of the 'n'. That folks..... is truly messed up.

 

[megamania]

Special perhaps. Have unnecessary meaning? Most likely. Topic of my next "pre-game" discussion ....clearly so.

 

[megamania]

and while thumping my own back.... here is a stainglass image I created for my Eberron game. This huge stainglass image at the Dancing Dragon is really a Huge Glass Golem.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...08563349.47349.100002079728199&type=1&theater