merry christmas and happy holidays to all of the members here!
off to church, a drive to look at christmas lights and then a quiet supper with mrs sk. i made a crock pot of soup for our meal, just the 2 of us. tomorrow will be busy with a day at the inlaws and then a small get together over the weekend with my sons and their wives/girlfriends.
nice weather, good roads, cattle are happy and we are all healthy. couldn't ask for more.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Wish all my colleagues on the GH a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year.
Please remember our "Fallen Wrenches" this Christmas, and know that we have a lot to be thankful for.
GF
Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah and seasons greetings to all. Best wishes for a happy and healthy new year.
Quote from: skfarmer on Dec 24, 2025, 12:14 PMmerry christmas and happy holidays to all of the members here!
Exactly what Harlan said. Elroy sends his best wishes as well.
Sorry I am so late posting guys! Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Seasons Greetings to all! Wishing each of you the best in your holiday celebrations with friends, family, and loved ones! Busy morning for me, I have finished my best version of BBQ beans and moving on to the spiral sliced glazed brown sugar ham for the Mrs. family ho down at 2pm so I have to run!
Keep friends and family that may be enduring struggles this holiday season in your thoughts and prayers. For those with parents still living make sure and call them if you can't see them today! It isn't like they are getting younger!
Merry Christmas everybody.
I hope everything you're gifting this year is a hit with their recipients.
Quote from: Uncle Buck on Dec 25, 2025, 08:18 AMSorry I am so late posting guys! Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Seasons Greetings to all! Wishing each of you the best in your holiday celebrations with friends, family, and loved ones! Busy morning for me, I have finished my best version of BBQ beans and moving on to the spiral sliced glazed brown sugar ham for the Mrs. family ho down at 2pm so I have to run!
Keep friends and family that may be enduring struggles this holiday season in your thoughts and prayers. For those with parents still living make sure and call them if you can't see them today! It isn't like they are getting younger!
sounds like good eating ub! i love glazed spiral cut ham. i take a pound of brown sugar and small containers of garlic powder and onion powder and mix it all together than smash the whole mixture into the ham before baking.. mmmmm......
great advise as well. my parents and fil are all gone. will be with my mil who i truly love today. we are talking to and will be visiting this weekend my cousin and her husband who are shutins.
Merry Christmas to Everyone and soon to be a Happy Year
I've been on the road for the past three weeks. Visiting family and friends in warmer places. Beautiful sunsets in Florida. Holiday lawn decorations in South Carolina. And bicycling on the Spanish Moss Bike Trail.I will be returning to the harsh reality of winters in Ohio after the first of the year.
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The wife and I spent a lovely, quiet Chrstmas together, just the two of us. My son lives across the country in New York city, my brother is in Tenn, and my mother is in Alabama. My wife has no surviving family, so we have scaled things back. Just good food, stockings, and a lot of love.
Wonderful pics OCG. Enjoy the weather and the great company. Safe travels and Happy New Year!!!!
Hallicher Grisctdaag
Pennsylvania Dutch for Merry Christmas!
Quote from: Muddy on Dec 26, 2025, 09:29 PMHallicher Grisctdaag
Pennsylvania Dutch for Merry Christmas!
Haven't used German or Dutch in a long time, but it looks like the literal translation is "Holy Christday". Is that the way PA Dutch actually refer to it Tim? Is the German concept of "Weihnachten" not recognized at all?
Sorry for all the questions, but Mennonite and PA Dutch culture is interesting to me. We have many Mennonites in central VA and many do celebrate the old German "Weihnachten" traditions on Christmas Eve, versus the more American celebration on Christmas day.
Quote from: goodfellow on Dec 27, 2025, 06:19 AMQuote from: Muddy on Dec 26, 2025, 09:29 PMHallicher Grisctdaag
Pennsylvania Dutch for Merry Christmas!
Haven't used German or Dutch in a long time, but it looks like the literal translation is "Holy Christday". Is that the way PA Dutch actually refer to it Tim? Is the German concept of "Weihnachten" not recognized at all?
Sorry for all the questions, but Mennonite and PA Dutch culture is interesting to me. We have many Mennonites in central VA and many do celebrate the old German "Weihnachten" traditions on Christmas Eve, versus the more American celebration on Christmas day.
Alot of the German traditions followed the families over here. Most of the PA Dutch here celebrate just like most of the rest of America. As for the Mennonites I'm not really sure besides knowing they focus more on the birth of Christ.
PA Dutch being a bastard version of German doesn't always mean the same thing. Even with in the language there is different dialects.
The PA Dutch that my grandfather would have used would be different then the PA Dutch my wife's grandmother would have used. Even though only 30 minutes and a county line separated them.
One interesting PA Dutch tradition is Der Belsnickle. Look him up I'm sure there are better stories describing him then I could. I tease my children about him coming for them.
Quote from: Muddy on Dec 30, 2025, 08:06 PMOne interesting PA Dutch tradition is Der Belsnickle. Look him up I'm sure there are better stories describing him then I could. I tease my children about him coming for them.
https://youtu.be/pkb2B6OCIY4?si=oJMwWPlwxZRVeFW8