The Schankman Cometh

Ya what about that and why do people always have ham or turkey for Christmas??? What started that tradition???

Oh, I forgot . . . Arf Arf to Luca and Fanny!

I always wonder WHAT'S THE DEAL with the Anheuser Busch Tree that looks like a dog peed on the lights. (It is at the Broadway end of their display). I have never seen that color of lights anywhere but at Anheuser Busch. Is that color especially made for them?

k of c in de soto puts up a nativity sence onthe corner of the Mahn Funeral Home lot every single year for as long as I can remember, its at least 50 yrs or more old. This is done with live animals. You should check it out. Its really cool!! Its at the Corner of main street and Frederica sts.

i wanna know, whats the deal with Paul calling us BOOGEDY BOOGEDY's

oops delete that i forgot the other BOOGEDY.

VBallR. Even though you donate to UW through a payroll deduction you can still designate who that money goes to; however, the way I understand it if you do so, it really will not benefit the charity and could actually hurt them. Each charity through UW has X number of dollars set for that charity. If you stipulate that you want, for example, the boy scouts to received your donation the amount you specify goes first to the X number of dollars already alloted to the organization. So, in other words, the designated funds go to the Scouts, but anything that they deposit (freeing up other funds) will now go into general revenue.

Sometimes it is just better to send a check to the agency directly and keep UW out of it.

It seems to me that this may be the our last year to celebrate the holidays, because, it may be offensive to a few! I am thinking that a law will come out soon that will "ban" our holidays!

It could end up that we are fined to celebrate the birth of Jesus. OH, nevermind...we all forgot why we celebrate Christmas. It is now simply a time to get into debt and give unto others what we can't afford to give. LOL JMO

freckld1 pushing and shoving is how you get into the holiday spirit of shopping. stores let you earn bonus points, double points if your shoving gets you and the store featured on the news.

mancillas just think maybe they will arrest and send to jail those who celebrate christmas. think free room, board, and free meals. just pretend you are at a holiday inn express visiting long lost relatives.

now on a serious note, i like last minute shopping. if i start too early it feels like any other shopping day. i also wrap the night before. now i use to put a tree up the thanksgiving weekend but now i wait to the last minute on that too, don't know why.

What about the Christmas pickle? I know the general sense of the tradition but I think a lot of people just think it's a weird ornament for the tree. I think it's funny to hang a pickle on a tree and if I played by the rules of whoever finds the pickle first, my boys would have the tree torn down before any gifts are open. So where did it start and why?