tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157829453707942005.post2198076150460135626..comments2024-03-07T09:57:56.210-05:00Comments on Natalie Lloyd: simply having a wonderful christmas time.Nataliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15847715247476489743noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157829453707942005.post-61528302896489568972009-12-29T20:46:21.518-05:002009-12-29T20:46:21.518-05:001. The best Christmas gift I ever got- LEGOs. I st...1. The best Christmas gift I ever got- LEGOs. I still play with them today. <br />2. The weirdest Christmas gift I ever got- It's either a watering can or a veggie/fruit brush. I was dissapointed. <br />3. Our family always goes to the Christmas tree farm in our town to pick out our Christmas tree. Last year my dad brought his chainsaw. Wee.<br />4. Every time when I open presents I always have to be THE last one. Always.Erinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157829453707942005.post-70441056804862263522009-12-24T10:29:39.462-05:002009-12-24T10:29:39.462-05:00CC, so jealous of all your snow! :) I think the cr...CC, so jealous of all your snow! :) I think the crooners are required at Christmas time. There is a reason classics are classics. Merry Christmas! <br /><br />AP, I'll look her up. I'm terribly intrigued! :)Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15847715247476489743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157829453707942005.post-36921923929707713182009-12-23T18:31:49.226-05:002009-12-23T18:31:49.226-05:00Oh my goodness, you MUST do research on Loreena Mc...Oh my goodness, you MUST do research on Loreena McKennitt. You MUST! I'm in shock that you haven't heard her before since your mother always seemed to love celtic-ish music. She's perfect....<br />APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157829453707942005.post-59556373657527210182009-12-23T10:15:59.133-05:002009-12-23T10:15:59.133-05:00Merry Christmas Adam, Natalie! Your family sounds ...Merry Christmas Adam, Natalie! Your family sounds awesome--love the Paddy O'Clause. I would definitely have entered that drawing/contest.<br /><br />On Christmas Eve we get together with my mom's side of the family. It's a huge ordeal full of food, presents...and competition. We have a Christmas tournament every year that includes air hockey, darts, ping-pong, and this basketball arcade game. It's serious stuff. The winner even gets his/her name engraved on the official plaque.<br /><br />And trying to pick a fave Christmas song is like trying to pick a favorite memory--I can't do it! However, my favorite Christmas album for the last few years has been "The Christmas Sessions" by MercyMe. Otherwise I am a huge fan of the crooners like Frank, Dean, Bing, and the like. It's definitely not Christmas until they've thoroughly serenaded me. ;)<br /><br />As for snow--I love it. We are gearing up to get 20 inches in the next three days, so it will definitely be a white Christmas here in the Northland...<br /><br />Well, I've finally made my way back--sorry it took so long! Merry Christmas to you and your family!!<br />CCCarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157829453707942005.post-73077801910262473672009-12-22T23:44:27.670-05:002009-12-22T23:44:27.670-05:00Sam, I've been telling people all day about &q...Sam, I've been telling people all day about "we can't wait till you get home" because it made me laugh so much. What a huge let down! :) I am with you 100% on Christmas Eve. It never gets unexciting. Also, love your blessing tree. I've been thinking about getting a journal specifically to write in at the end of the year so I can remember all the highlights (and the lowlights too). Your tree sounds like a sweet way to remember God was with you through the whole mess. <br /><br />Sarah, you are totally entitled to be tired of snow! :) I would feel the same way if it happened all the time. And as much as I love snow, I'm paranoid about falling and busting my tail on the ice underneath the snow ... so one or two big snows (on a day I don't have to go anywhere...) would be ideal. I wish I could just adjust my own climate ... <br /><br />Kristin, your taste in all things vintagey rocks my world :) I bet your clock is super cute. I am most definitely a tradition hound too. This year I'm stressing because I haven't watched the movies and cartoons I like. I think I may have to let it go ... and it's making me so anxious. Your Christmas gift from your grandma cracks me up. <br /><br />J, thanks for those links! I'm so glad the trash is still spreading!! :) I really really like the stuff he's making with his wife too! My favorite was the chia sheep on the wants section. <br /><br />Emily, I saw the snow pics in SC. I was jealous ... but I would be bored as dirt if it lasted for along time. I remember the days of being snowed in for a week :) When I read about your Starbucks adventure, I laughed. A lot. I couldnt wait to get home and read your blog about it. will do pronto. <br /><br />JBJ, love that part too. Sometimes I like to watch figure skating [picks up dork stamp and slams it against forehead] and one year in this all star thing Paul Wylie skated to O Holy Night. During the "fall on your knees" part, he went down to his knees on the ice and slid across the room with his arms raised. I'm probably describing it dumb but it sounds so pretty. <br /><br />Saviors16bak, your brothers sound like such sweet guys! My bro is like that - totally loves to pick on me (I would think it was a prank too :) but he's a great guy. I'm glad you'll have some little kids around to celebrate Christmas with this year too! :) That makes it so much better, doesn't it? Also love that it's mid-summer where you are. :)<br /><br />AP, I think our taste in music is probably WAY similar! My mom played the Amy Grant Christmas CD so much when I was little and now when I hear it ... that's when I feel like the Christmas season starts. All those bands rock my world (except Loreena McKennitt ... I don't think I've heard that name before...but I will definitely go do some research!). I really, really, really like The Carpenters. I think Karen Carpenter had a perfect voice.Natlaiehttp://natalielloyd.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157829453707942005.post-87093366117412892852009-12-22T14:49:30.566-05:002009-12-22T14:49:30.566-05:00Once again, the music is catching my eye...Tender ...Once again, the music is catching my eye...Tender Tennessee Christmas!!!!Oh Amy Grant! All of my Christmas memories can be summed up in music. Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, the Carpenters, John Denver, The Messiah, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Bing Crosby, Sufjan Stevens, Loreena McKennitt...should I go on??<br />APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157829453707942005.post-30604526487949227412009-12-22T05:43:56.809-05:002009-12-22T05:43:56.809-05:00Expensive present: Actually to be honest i dont kn...Expensive present: Actually to be honest i dont know what my most expensive gift is...hmm mayb a jacket from one of my bros, or some silver jewelley from my other brother.<br />Quirky:<br />Again have no idea, my grandparents died when i was really young and theyd be the most obvious perpetrators (cant spell) for 'quirky gifts'. oooooh my youngest bro got me like pink paper cups last year..yeap.<br />Ugliest:<br />Dont know aye sorry!<br />On christmas: i always think about my family and especially my oldest bro, as he doesnt usually come home (hes in Victoria, Australia atm)<br />Fav carol: Can i pick two? I also love O Holy NIght- Mariah's version, but have you heard chris tomlins as of late? Its good. and i love "I'll be Home for Christmas" barlowgirl's version.<br />memoorable gift:<br />Like seven years ago my oldest bros moved outta home and went away for quite a long time, atkeast it felt like a long time. they finally came home for christmas and when it came to opening presents i opened one from them and it appeared like a black tool or something, puzzled and disappointed (i was thought they were pranking me), my brother said "Dont you know what it is?" I replied quietly, with my head down, "No". Turns out it was a microphone! It was one of the most coolest and thoughtful gifts as i loved/love singing and was simply very happy.<br />Santa:<br />Well we've never done Santa. Though mum did used to hide all the presents in her closet until Christmas Eve night she'd sneak them under the tree and we'd wake up and squeal with delight seeing all the pressies under the tree. These days we actually open one gift in the morning, and then wait till like late afternoon, when my second oldest bro will arrive with his family. its great with my nephew Logan, and this year we'll have new comer Benjamin (Logans 2 month old younger brother).<br />Snow<br />Well we are like mid summer but because i've been influenced by so many white christmas movies, and what not, i yearn for snow too. but cos i know that cant possibly happen (though nothings impossible with God hmm...) i usually hope for a cloudy/rainy day. Def makes it easier for mum in the kichen, cos it not as hot.<br />Merry Christmas Natalie!Saviors16bakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12283444921912651415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157829453707942005.post-85724033921881156172009-12-21T21:24:26.420-05:002009-12-21T21:24:26.420-05:00So glad you had a grand time at the Ryman.
And I ...So glad you had a grand time at the Ryman. <br />And I LOVE that Bombeck quote. It sits on my desk in fact. Erma is a hero. <br /><br />And my favorite C'mas song is O Holy Night. Always. The "fall on your knees" part gets me every time. <br /><br />Merry Christmas!!Jenny B. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643299478944403275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157829453707942005.post-559423276513769052009-12-21T17:53:25.269-05:002009-12-21T17:53:25.269-05:00Haha well. :)
we have plenty of snow in good '...Haha well. :) <br />we have plenty of snow in good 'ol scott county. you can have as much as you want. actually most of it has melted away now, but let me tell you, Friday night it was pouring down. :) <br />we got stuck on the interstate for three hours and I really needed the bathroom because we had just stopped at starbucks before we got stuck. It was a nightmare, but it inspired my last blog story, which I happened to love a lot, so I guess good things do come from traffic jams :) <br />teehee. <br />merry christmas. <br /><3 Emmy :)Emily Ann (:https://www.blogger.com/profile/00765286287813598666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157829453707942005.post-62156713580641575822009-12-21T16:11:43.636-05:002009-12-21T16:11:43.636-05:00wow... I've not talked to him since graduation...wow... I've not talked to him since graduation but he still sells trash... nycgarbage.com AND check out what he does with is wife now... wantsforsale.com<br />awesome<br /><br />YaY! Christmas memories! <br /><br />We'll be in TN soon for some family holiday madness...thisisntjimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00776174593037805593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157829453707942005.post-669380300437817002009-12-21T09:46:30.514-05:002009-12-21T09:46:30.514-05:00Your family sounds so fun. =)
1. The best Christm...Your family sounds so fun. =)<br /><br />1. The best Christmas present I ever got as a kid was...well, that's hard to say. Every year there are a few gifts that stand out. I absolutely adored my two American girl dolls that I got a few years apart (Josephina and Kit). And once my aunt and uncle gave my this awesome underwater Lego set, that had a coral reef, sharks, a boat, a shark cage, and more. It was pretty much the coolest Lego set ever, and I played with it for years. =)<br /><br />2. My favorite Christmas song is "I'll Be Home for Christmas." It reminds me of my grandparents. It's so sad to think of the many soldiers who won't be home for Christmas.<br /><br />3. I'm not sure about the worst or weirdest Christmas gift I've gotten. My grandma usually gives me a box of panty hose every year (that's not all she gives me, of course, LOL). I don't wear them very often, but I have a knack for putting runs in them. So although it's a slightly weird, embarrassing gift that I wish she wouldn't give me, I guess it is somewhat useful. <br /><br />4. My parents, brother, and I always go to my grandparents' (Mom's parents) house on Christmas Eve to open gifts. And we always take pizza out there. It's a tradition that came about because pretty much the only food places open in town on Christmas Eve are the pizza places.<br /><br />5. I am obsessive when it comes to traditions. I get very upset if something interferes with our Christmas traditions.<br /><br />6. I used to love the Barney Christmas movie we had. I watched it over and over at Christmas time, along with the Charlie Brown Christmas special and the other TV ones. I still watch the others, but my interest in Barney has faded away, thankfully. I guess that's what started my obsessiveness over traditions.<br /><br />7. I believed in Santa for a long time, probably until I was 12 or 13. I so desperately wanted him to be real. I used to figure that, since they track him on the news, he had to be real. The news anchors wouldn't lie. <br /><br />8. My most recent best Christmas gift would probably have to be one of my vintage-style clocks. I collect old things, Lucy and Elvis, etc., and so I currently have six unusual clocks in my room. One is an Elvis whose hips swing. The other is a beautiful Elvis clock that plays a part of two different songs every hour (one of my favorite gifts). Probably my best gift last year was my Kit-Cat Clock. Yes, one of thsoe black cats with the bow tie whose eyes and tail swing back and forth. It's awesome.<br /><br />9. I can't sleep on Christmas Eve, either. I keep myself up late watching "It's a Wonderful Life," but it doesn't work. I feel like a little kid waiting for Santa. I used to get up as early as possible (my parents set a limit for when we could wake them up) and go downstairs, where "Santa" had left a few gifts that weren't wrapped. Usually they were our major gifts, like the toys we had been begging for. I would marvel over them for a few minutes, then go wake my brother up, and we would whisper in the living room until either it was time to get our parents up, or they heard us and couldn't sleep. <br /><br />10. I open presents very slowly. And I prefer a lot of small gifts to a few big ones. My brother is the opposite, in both ways. I've barely started opening my gifts when he's finished with his. <br /><br />~KristinKristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10592919145644124930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157829453707942005.post-28034732162059249262009-12-21T05:58:31.514-05:002009-12-21T05:58:31.514-05:00Haha! A competition for Paddy O'Claus would be...Haha! A competition for Paddy O'Claus would be *heated*. <br /><br />Your family sounds so fun and quirky, Natalie! Christmas Adam? LOVE. IT. <br /><br />Ooh, and that snow picture is gorgeous. Even though I decided this year (or last) that I am vehemently opposed to all things snowy, that picture makes me sigh and feel all nostalgic for snow...And then I look out my window and...yup, still there. And then I back out of my driveway and hit a snow pile and...yup, still there. ;)<br /><br />Merry Christmas!! :DSarah Wyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13576639307836794270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157829453707942005.post-66856005889415027462009-12-21T00:51:51.212-05:002009-12-21T00:51:51.212-05:001. The worst Christmas gift I have ever received: ...1. The worst Christmas gift I have ever received: there's a tie. In middle school, my grandparents gave me both some sort of history book and the US Presidents educational CD-ROM. Just because I am good at school doesn't mean I want to receive that for Christmas as a 13 year old! The other worst one was from my mom, sophomore year of high school: a book detailing all of the colleges in the US and basic facts about each one. Sure, maybe that would be handy to look at, if I rented it from the library... but once again, as a CHRISTMAS gift?<br /><br />2. The most random gift I ever received was: this blue stuffed animal octopus from my brother. It was huge - bigger than my Jack Russell Terrier - and he just said that it reminded him of me. <br /><br />3. My favorite Christmas ornament is: a glass bird. It is the first ornament I hang every year, and I always hang it in just the right spot near the top so it reflects the lights. <br /><br />4. One of my Christmas "musts" is: a real Christmas tree. My parents started talking about getting a fake tree now that we kids are older, and I threw a fit! I love the way the house smells, I love the way the branches look, I love everything about a real tree. When I get married, my husband better not be allergic to them!<br /><br />5. I never really believed in Santa Claus. My parents never really pushed it on us, although we left out milk and cookies every year, and my parents would put tags on the presents as "to Samantha from Santa." But it was always more of a joke I guess.<br /><br />6. My Christmas memories always involve the Christmas program at our private Christian school, where we would do dramatic sign language each year to a different song (after the little kids did their singing thing). The song ranged from "O Holy Night" to "We Are The Reason" (by good ol' Avalon) and so on. And I still remember most of the signs-mainly the choruses-so anytime I hear them on the radio I am signing in my head.<br /><br />7. Last year, my finals ran a little late, and my family was debating about when to decorate the tree. One day my mom texted me and said, "Getting the tree today. Can't wait for you to come home to decorate it." I thought, "Aw, how sweet!" Turns out she literally meant "can't wait." I got a text picture that night of my brother in front of the lit, decorated tree. Needless to say, I was unhappy, and my friends thought it was hilarious.<br /><br />8. I can never sleep on Christmas Eve. Despite the fact that I am practically a grown-up, I am always tossing and turning in bed, trying to sleep so that it will be morning. Last Christmas was the first Christmas EVER that my family had to wake me up; I am normally the first one awake, and at 5:30. Our parents made a rule of not waking them up until 7 a.m. because of me. <br /><br />9. My favorite Christmas movies are: Holiday Inn (Bing Crosby - better than White Christmas, in my opinion!), Home Alone (1 & 2), and Christmas Vacation. Although every year my mom and I watch Christmas Eve on Sesame Street together, as tradition. I strongly dislike "A Christmas Story" movie. I know that's un-American to say, but I do.<br /><br />10. My favorite family tradition is our "blessing tree." On Christmas Eve, we each have four or five slips of paper that we write things from this past year that God has blessed us with, and we hang them on a miniature tree on our coffee table. And we save the slips from each year, so it is really cool to look back and see what God has done over the years.Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17679461301098095693noreply@blogger.com