Comments on: When it comes down to it http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:01:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Not Fainthearted http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58692 Not Fainthearted Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:36:48 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58692 Hey there! Just catching up after a crazy week. I think being a non-conformist and wanting to your children to have roots and traditions are not mutually exclusive. But I'm on a sugar crash right now, so I could be wrong. Kielbasa's not so bad...could be lutefisk! Hey there! Just catching up after a crazy week.

I think being a non-conformist and wanting to your children to have roots and traditions are not mutually exclusive. But I’m on a sugar crash right now, so I could be wrong.

Kielbasa’s not so bad…could be lutefisk!

]]> By: Suebob http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58691 Suebob Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:19:08 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58691 Do you have a 13 fish Christmas Eve dinner? Do you have a 13 fish Christmas Eve dinner?

]]> By: croutonboy http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58690 croutonboy Wed, 26 Dec 2007 04:20:49 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58690 I thought you were the Queen of Spain? shouldn't you be serving tapas? Still, hope you had a great Christmas! I thought you were the Queen of Spain? shouldn’t you be serving tapas?

Still, hope you had a great Christmas!

]]> By: Lara http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58689 Lara Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:51:30 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58689 just wanted to pop in and say merry christmas. hope the kielbasa is as good as you'd hoped. :) just wanted to pop in and say merry christmas. hope the kielbasa is as good as you’d hoped. :)

]]> By: Dana http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58688 Dana Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:49:55 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58688 Tradition is a wonderful thing. This evening we were at my parents' house, all the aunts and uncles were there, and we put in the home video of Christmas 1989. And there was Grandma Alice, dressed in her holiday best, making the kielbasa and kraut, and potato pancakes -- and all the ladies were in the kitchen. The men in the living room, watching football, the kids in the playroom.... I started to cry so hard I could barely breathe. I miss Grandma so much...I wonder where all the time has gone... And I realized, nothing has changed since 18 years ago. We still gather together, we still have the family Christmas. It's a beautiful thing. This is what it's all about. (That and the birth of Baby Jesus of course!) Tradition is a wonderful thing. This evening we were at my parents’ house, all the aunts and uncles were there, and we put in the home video of Christmas 1989. And there was Grandma Alice, dressed in her holiday best, making the kielbasa and kraut, and potato pancakes — and all the ladies were in the kitchen. The men in the living room, watching football, the kids in the playroom…. I started to cry so hard I could barely breathe. I miss Grandma so much…I wonder where all the time has gone…

And I realized, nothing has changed since 18 years ago. We still gather together, we still have the family Christmas. It’s a beautiful thing. This is what it’s all about. (That and the birth of Baby Jesus of course!)

]]> By: Miz BoheMia http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58687 Miz BoheMia Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:36:30 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58687 I am laughing so hard as I read this post for I feel as though I were staring into a mirror... We celebrate on Christmas Eve, as per Danish TRADITION... celebrating Christmas in and of itself doesn't fit me what with the simple fact that I am not at all religious to begin with and, in fact, quite not the fan of organized religion.... But Christmas was always in my life and something that was near and dear to my Danish grandfather's heart and it involves much torture. I remember the looooooong wait as a child for the eve of Christmas Eve to arrive but did that mean getting to the gifts? Nooooo! First, we all had to dress up, sit at a formal dinner table with the whole clan and take our time with dinner... then came dessert... then some more waiting as we had to dance and sing around the Christmas tree and FINALLY time to open up the gifts... but even that NEEDED to be dragged on as we took turns reading off the gifts, handing them out and waiting for the recipient to open the gift as we all ooh and aah, clap and then move on to the next gift... And so last night found us four, alone, the kids whining and BEGGING for gifts since morning and Loverboy dared suggest that I give them one gift, just one, to hold them over until the evening and I FREAKED OUT! I attacked the man and a whole, rambling lecture about Denmark (where I lived for only one year of my life), my grandfather and tradition flew out of my mouth and culminated into an explosive fight with the man... we made up in time but MY GOD what happened? I feel for ya sistah and yeah, I'll go with Independent too! :) Merry Christmas my dear! I am laughing so hard as I read this post for I feel as though I were staring into a mirror…

We celebrate on Christmas Eve, as per Danish TRADITION… celebrating Christmas in and of itself doesn’t fit me what with the simple fact that I am not at all religious to begin with and, in fact, quite not the fan of organized religion….

But Christmas was always in my life and something that was near and dear to my Danish grandfather’s heart and it involves much torture.

I remember the looooooong wait as a child for the eve of Christmas Eve to arrive but did that mean getting to the gifts? Nooooo!

First, we all had to dress up, sit at a formal dinner table with the whole clan and take our time with dinner… then came dessert… then some more waiting as we had to dance and sing around the Christmas tree and FINALLY time to open up the gifts… but even that NEEDED to be dragged on as we took turns reading off the gifts, handing them out and waiting for the recipient to open the gift as we all ooh and aah, clap and then move on to the next gift…

And so last night found us four, alone, the kids whining and BEGGING for gifts since morning and Loverboy dared suggest that I give them one gift, just one, to hold them over until the evening and I FREAKED OUT! I attacked the man and a whole, rambling lecture about Denmark (where I lived for only one year of my life), my grandfather and tradition flew out of my mouth and culminated into an explosive fight with the man… we made up in time but MY GOD what happened?

I feel for ya sistah and yeah, I’ll go with Independent too!

:)

Merry Christmas my dear!

]]> By: Hilly http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58686 Hilly Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:35:10 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58686 I was the worst kind of non-conformist in high school and my early adult life. I have no freaking idea what happened but once I hit my 30's, tradition became very important to me. We've always been Christmas Eve people when it comes to opening gifts and my husband tried to change it up when he came along...uh, no ;). I was the worst kind of non-conformist in high school and my early adult life. I have no freaking idea what happened but once I hit my 30’s, tradition became very important to me. We’ve always been Christmas Eve people when it comes to opening gifts and my husband tried to change it up when he came along…uh, no ;).

]]> By: Beth http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58685 Beth Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:31:38 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58685 I was going to be everything BUT my parents, then I realized I had a perfect childhood. I now do the same traditions and my kids smile! My parents knew what they were doing! I now know I am selfish & my parents weren't. Eye-opening. I was going to be everything BUT my parents, then I realized I had a perfect childhood. I now do the same traditions and my kids smile! My parents knew what they were doing! I now know I am selfish & my parents weren’t. Eye-opening.

]]> By: MaxWeb http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58684 MaxWeb Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:25:40 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/12/25/when-it-comes-down-to-it/#comment-58684 "...trying to come up with one single word to describe me for my Confirmation in 8th grade and my Dad telling me to write “Independent.â€Â?..." - Now that's ironic... Don't feel bad about the kielbasa, I bring back gallons of Tommy's chili with me when I travel from Cali to Colorado... Family thinks I'm nuts, till they get a craving for Tommy's chili... Then I'm not so nuts anymore. We all have things that mean "home" to us and that bring us back to the good stuff we came from, it's only natural to want to pass those traditions on to our kids... not to mention watnting to relive them ourselves. Merry Christmas! “…trying to come up with one single word to describe me for my Confirmation in 8th grade and my Dad telling me to write “Independent.â€Â?…” - Now that’s ironic…

Don’t feel bad about the kielbasa, I bring back gallons of Tommy’s chili with me when I travel from Cali to Colorado… Family thinks I’m nuts, till they get a craving for Tommy’s chili… Then I’m not so nuts anymore. We all have things that mean “home” to us and that bring us back to the good stuff we came from, it’s only natural to want to pass those traditions on to our kids… not to mention watnting to relive them ourselves.

Merry Christmas!

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