Christmas Countdown - 2008

[pinkini]

this will be a warm christmas, full of more love than any other christmas before. for me.

cheesy

[yolie8174]

Good morning everyone. Those were really great posts by auntie and Jay, its nice to belong to this site. Everyone here are really great Christmas friends. I hope everyone has a very nice day. Lots of Christmas love and cheer to each and everyone.cheesy

[Bradmac]

I'm certainly ready for Christmas this year. The past couple have been too busy for my taste.

I'm hoping for a peaceful and fun Christmas season!

[SparkleNana]

Jay - your beautiful post moved me so much! Thank you!

[clarebear]

Hello everyone, hope you are all well :D

[Crown 84]

Wow! Looks like we may have our biggest crowd ever on tonight.
And how nice the 4,000 post mark and the 180,000 view mark fell today, on Season Eve!

[JayIsh]

That means that 180,000 views of your fine countdown work have been logged this year!!! That's more then the number of albums that American Idol winner Taylor Hicks sold!!! Crown!!! You are known throughout the land...But I'm still bigger in France...Me and Jerry Lewis...

[JanaBanana]

Auntie & Jay, thank you! Your posts made me smile.

[Binger]

brillant posts Auntie and Jay and youre right.. Jay.. we love each other in a way that is quite hard to explain.. and for those of us who continue to follow each other through cyberspace......

YABBA....

[Binger]

be back later tonight......

COffee.. check... laptop juiced.. check.. coffee.. check.... Crown ziners ready.. check.. coffee.. check..

YADDA

[SparkleNana]

This is going to be a very big night indeed! The countdown to the season! Hurray1

[miller4plusmore]

I'm here and ready to go! Less than 5 hours to go--in my neck of the woods anyway!

:hi:

[JayIsh]

Less than two hours now...I can see it on the horizon!!! And am listening to Christmas music, not that that's a real surprise...

[caseydbell]

Anyone here?

[JayIsh]

I'm here! Hello Casey!

[Holiday]

Just logged on! :) Now I'm off to read Jays post! :smile:

[Holiday]

Awe Jay...what a nice post! Great job! I can't believe TOMORROW (just over 1 hour away) is November 13th!!! :dance:

Crown...now I know what they glow was obscuring my veiw to the weekend! No wonder I had a headache all day w/ that light shining in my eyes!!! :lol:

[JayIsh]

Anybody out there? One hour to go!!!

[JanaBanana]

Im here :D Not sure how long though...

[JayIsh]

Me neither...I'm usually asleep for an hour by now!!!

[RadioJonD]

I've been here. I'll be bailing out to leave the undisclosed governmental location in the deep South about twenty minutes before show time though. Been in chat some by my ownself too.

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

I'm here!

Pardon my blondness ,but what it is exactly that we are counting down to midnight for?:oops::-?

[Binger]

Im here...... coffee on!!

[JayIsh]

We count November 13th as the start of the Christmas season. And that date is less than an hour away, at least here in the East!

[Binger]

Hey Radiooooooooooooooo

[Binger]

HEY JAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY coffee's on bud....

[Binger]

52 minutes to go and my eyes are getting heavyyyy

[JayIsh]

Binger!!! Now it's a party!

Happy Christmas Season my friend!

[Binger]

ok ok where's the crownster....

[Binger]

hey bud I dropped you a cd in the mail.. nice addition to the chirstmas collection

[JayIsh]

I've got a case of those heavy eyes too...Hey thanks for the disc!!! We'll work it in!

[Binger]

happy almost to the season..... I'm dead tired.. but decided I wouldnt miss this... the annual once a year meet in real time...

[JayIsh]

Crown is late!!! Snoring away no doubt...Should have set an alarm...A few sticks of tnt!!!

[Binger]

Skip is a good guy

[Binger]

We should prank call them.. tell them their mattress is on fire.... orthat their pillow is being recalled...

[miller4plusmore]

I'm here! Just doing some online Christmas shopping while I wait! A little less than two hours for my time zone. Oh, the anticipation!

BTW, this is my 400th post, so I am now Elf, 2nd class, I believe! YAY! :notice:

[JayIsh]

I don't know if I'llmake it to 12 but I had to come for a while...My bed time is 10!

[Binger]

Loved that post today....

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

This time tomorrow night I'll be counting down to my birthday. :D

[Binger]

I'm fightingit.. I couldn't sleep last night for some reason...

47 minutes to go

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

Woo Hoo Congrats Miller 4

[Binger]

I dont think weve ever had thismany people here... this is cool

[miller4plusmore]

This time tomorrow night I'll be counting down to my birthday. :D

Happy Birthday in advance Speedy!

[Binger]

the first year - it was just Crown and me- over at C.Com.. it was a Saturday night- I remember... by chance we met at circa 11:30pm...

[Binger]

Cedar was here last year- and I think Radio was too.. but we middle aged folks- this late hour is getting harder to do.. snicker....

[Binger]

45 minutes to go.,....

[RadioJonD]

Y'all act like you're on the Eastern Time Zone or something! I've got one hour and forty-five minutes to go.

[Holiday]

Ms_Speedy_Elf, you'll have to stay up until midnight tomorrow night again to ring in your birthday!! :grin:

[Binger]

This is the one time per year that some of us meet in real in time....

YABBA

[JayIsh]

That Cedar is puzzling...nudge-nudge...wink-wink...doncha know...

[Binger]

ETZ is number 1 Radio!!

YADDA

[RadioJonD]

Cedar was here last year- and I think Radio was too.. but we middle aged folks- this late hour is getting harder to do.. snicker....Speak for yourself! I get up everyday at the crack of noon!

[JayIsh]

You don't understand Jon...there is Eastern standard time, and then there are the rest of them!

[RadioJonD]

Actually GMT is numero uno!

[Binger]

I miss their presence here... they were hilarious in their Dusty shenanigans.... the Operas just aren't the same....

PAUS DULUX... 42 minutes...

[Binger]

If you want to get technical..I think Figi sees the first light of the day..

[JanaBanana]

Its only 20 after 8 here :D

[Binger]

41 minutes.. but in Figi the season has arrived! ALL HAIL FIGI...

YABBA and YADDA

[RadioJonD]

The real celebration is November 15 anyway; Anniversary day for some of us!

[Binger]

All Hail New Jeresey!!

[JanaBanana]

I get up at 5:00 am... but am up with the baby when she needs a bottle. (or when I do) JUST KIDDING!

[Binger]

I wishI knew the exact date I first posted at C.Com.. I think it predates 1999...

40 minutes...

[Binger]

Jana I am up at 5AM also,,,,,,, its tough...

[JanaBanana]

It sure is

[Binger]

38 minutes and the coffee is hot

[RadioJonD]

So, if we all flushed out toilets at the same time, we would time warp together to Figi and the water would swirl in the opposite direction?

[JayIsh]

New BRUUUUCCCEEE album this January Bing!!! Not official yet...But there are rumors...

I love that Jana!!! I laughed out loud about your bottle!

[Binger]

I feel almost Crown like tonight.. normally I'm not sleepy- not sure why.. but I can sit
and have a pot of coffee at midnight and never feel tired......

[JanaBanana]

New BRUUUUCCCEEE album this January Bing!!! Not official yet...But there are rumors...

I love that Jana!!! I laughed out loud about your bottle!

cheesy

[JayIsh]

Sheesh...Suddenly I'm the wimp...I get up at 5:45!

[RadioJonD]

I wishI knew the exact date I first posted at C.Com.. I think it predates 1999...

40 minutes...The earliest posts I have discovered show the whole C.Com thing cranking up November 15, 2001. We still have one member here that was there from the start!

[Binger]

I heard the same rumor My dude... I can still hardly speak after last August....... ecstasy..... 36 minutes and stafe 4 rem sleep...

[Holiday]

Sheesh...Suddenly I'm the wimp...I get up at 5:45!

It's OK, I'm even wimpier... I get up at 6...

[JanaBanana]

Ahhhhh 5:45. If only

[Binger]

Radio- I'm pretty sure I posted at my house and that's before I moved here in 1999..

5:45 my God that is the crack of Noon.... practically Crown...

35 minutes...

[miller4plusmore]

I'm WIDE awake which means I'll be up too late and I have to get
up at 7:00 am! I'll be tired all day! Oh well, I'm a night owl--what can I say!

:))

[Binger]

6:00>>>>>?? Coffee: you can sleep when you're dead!!

[JayIsh]

It's gettin' close!

[Binger]

34 minutes and where is Crown??

[JanaBanana]

Im starting to yawn

[Binger]

PLACE CHECK.. WHAT's YOUR 20??


Norfolk......

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

I don't know a lot of these people you all speak of ,but I think it's sad when member's leave and you never hear from them again.Especially when they were so well spoken of .

Has anyone ever tried to talk these people into joining MMC?

[RadioJonD]

I'm WIDE awake which means I'll be up too late and I have to get
up at 7:00 am! I'll be tired all day! Oh well, I'm a night owl--what can I say!

:))Another Central TZer. I'm 120 miles south of you!

[Binger]

I was yawning at 4:00PM... so I had COFFEE...

[JayIsh]

half an hour

[Crown 84]

Jana! Jayish! Radio! Binger!!!
Crown checking in!
33 minutes to go!
This is wonderful, guys!
Like old times!

[JayIsh]

even the cats have gone to sleep...But they are always asleep...

[JanaBanana]

Jana! Jayish! Radio! Binger!!!
Crown checking in!
33 minutes to go!
This is wonderful, guys!
Like old times!

:D

Im Washington

[Binger]

The problem is we know most people just here in cyberspace... though some of us havemet outside the forum

[Holiday]

Jana! Jayish! Radio! Binger!!!
Crown checking in!
33 minutes to go!
This is wonderful, guys!
Like old times!

YAY!!! :dance:

[JayIsh]

Crown!!! We were ready to send over a bulldozer for a wakeup call!

[JanaBanana]

I dont post in this thread very often.. maybe I should more.

[Crown 84]

These real-time encounters are rare and wonderful. Worth loosing sleep over.
(Wait! What am I saying??)
Thirty minutes to go!

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

I'm in Tennessee Yall. :D

[JanaBanana]

It seemed like a private group

[Binger]

well well well.. look who WOKE UP JAY

[JayIsh]

New Jersey!

[RadioJonD]

¡Hola Crown! ¡Recepción a la cuenta descendiente final a la estación, mi amigo!

[JanaBanana]

Im waiting to hear the "C'mon honey, lets go to bed"

[Binger]

JANA.. it isn't but some of us here have been together YEARS.. we go back to the first forum at Christmas.com...

[RadioJonD]

I dont post in this thread very often.. maybe I should more.I don't post often either, but I check in everyday since the last page feature got fixed!

[JayIsh]

Jana!!! You should come here everyday...We're not private at all, except that none of us know whether Binger and Crown are men or women...I guess that qualifies as private...

[Crown 84]

Holiday! Dear Holiday! My peak-of-the-week friend! Welcome.
And Speedy!
What a nice group!

Twenty-Eight to go.

[Binger]

Crown for example... has been at the forum since they bought their new posturepedic mattress....

28 minutes.......

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

28 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!

[JanaBanana]

JANA.. it isn't but some of us here have been together YEARS.. we go back to the first forum at Christmas.com...

Oh ok :D I wasnt around then

[Binger]

HOLIDAY also goes back a ways.. and Jay was at the original forum.. and Radio too....

[JanaBanana]

Jana!!! You should come here everyday...We're not private at all, except that none of us know whether Binger and Crown are men or women...I guess that qualifies as private...

Im guessing men.

[Binger]

we have blounced through cyberspace through three forums......

27 minutes...

[JayIsh]

Jana...Are you hitting on me???

[JanaBanana]

I havent seen a post from them other then this thread?

[Holiday]

Holiday! Dear Holiday! My peak-of-the-week friend! Welcome.

:D

[Crown 84]

Ah, Jayish!
Looks like the great gender mystery will continue into another Christmas Season! (Right, Bing?)

26 to go.

[Binger]

nice try Jana.... but no one knows........ I don't think Crown even knows what they are..

YABBA

[JanaBanana]

Jana...Are you hitting on me???

What? Why? What did I say?

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

Oh boy I'm starting to yawn.

[JayIsh]

I go back and forth with them...Still not sure though...I'm pretty sure that I am a man though...Although my wife is the boss...

[Binger]

25 to go and right o Crownster..

YABBA and YADDA.. and JAYISH...

[Binger]

BRUCE is the BOSS!!

[JayIsh]

Oh...You mean you weren't waiting for me to say "c'mon honey let's go to bed"??? sorry...Nevermind...

[JanaBanana]

Eyelids are getting heavy..
Oh and I think I just got it!

[Crown 84]

I apologize for being a bit late, but I slipped on some coffee a certain unnamed person spilled at the Shispering Pines!

24 left.

[Binger]

24 to go and then I go... back to bed.. Oh God... I have been blogging with Crown TOO Much..

[JanaBanana]

:P

[Binger]

what I didn't slurp it up??

hang tough Jana.... 23 to go....

[JanaBanana]

We have stole the show :D

[Holiday]

I told myself I was going to bed early tonight...

[Binger]

Did I mention how much this all means to me?? these wonderful people here in cyberspace?

22

[JayIsh]

Binger...whadyamean BACK to bed...Have you been asleep already tonight? Perhaps YOU are the real sleeper in the group!!!

[Binger]

PLACE CHECK.. WHAT's YOUR 20..

my dining room table in NORFOLK....

JAY in New JESREY..

[JanaBanana]

I smell a slacker

[JayIsh]

I'm with you Bing...Best bunch around...

Jana...I'll be your punch line anytime!!!

[JanaBanana]

Washington

[Binger]

Oh that is Hilarious Jay..... I haven't been to sleep since 1974.. ( nixon era)

21 to go...

[JanaBanana]

Thanks Jay. I can hit pretty hard though. Especially a target

[JanaBanana]

20

[Crown 84]

You were, Bing, but this time I saw you and jumped over your back, only to land in more coffee on the other side. Lucky I didn't break a leg and wind up in bed. < Oh, wait a minute, now. Hmmm.... >

20 to go.

[Binger]

oh no.. not me... I am the coffee guru.. sleep is for the weak.. and tar heels...

[JayIsh]

Back in the days when I was in the padded room I could sleep anywhere and it felt like a bed...Sorry...did I asy that outloud?

[JanaBanana]

19

[RadioJonD]

...an undisclosed governmental location in Alabama for about ten more minutes!

[JanaBanana]

You guys are typing faster then my highspeed.. I keep having to go back to read

[Binger]

I can't imagine a holiday season without a forum and everyone.. friends old and new...

[miller4plusmore]

I'm sitting on the couch with my laptop.

I'm in Nashville, Tennessee. Big night for us tonight with the CMAs although I'm not that big of a country fan myself.

1 hour, 19 minutes for me!

Hey Crown!

[JayIsh]

They don't get much goofier than I am...Big and dumb but lots of fun...

[Binger]

where are yiou going then John? work? bed? 7-11 for coffee?

18

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

had any snow there Jana?

[Crown 84]

But, Bing, I couldn't have jumped over a nicer person.

(Hmm... 1974.... About the time I bought my first mattress)

[RadioJonD]

Well folks, I hate to bail early, but it is time to blow this popsicle stand!

¡Hasta la reunión siguiente del despreocupado! ¡Véale todo más adelante!

[JanaBanana]

I have 3 hours and 15 minutes left. Why am I here then HAHA :D Im a dork

[Binger]

coffee?? 18.. ahh 18.. the summer of 1978... DISCO.... The BEE-GEES.. Son of SAM....

17

[RadioJonD]

where are yiou going then John? work? bed? 7-11 for coffee?

18
Home!

[Holiday]

OH-IO

17 minutes

[JayIsh]

Jon!!! Happy Christmas Season if you have to duck out of the bunker! Make some room for Dick Cheney!

[Binger]

JANA.. you couldnt be with a nicer group of people... and Crown.. and Radio.. stay late.. get over-time...

17

[Crown 84]

Hey, Miller!
Welcome to the fracas!

16 minutes left.

[JanaBanana]

had any snow there Jana?

Just a little.. dusting. It will come though..

Wait, Jay didnt you say you hated these? ...... between words?:cry:

[JayIsh]

Glad I'm not the only dork...I could really go for a cup of coffee...I just bought a pound of Seatles Best Sleigh Bell blend today...Never tried it but it smelled good...

[Binger]

16.. ahh the summer of 76.. the Bicentennial... and Crown buys their first feather pillow...

[Binger]

ohh God does that sound good Jay.. perk it up..I'll be right over.... Crown get out of your jammies....

[Binger]

15...

[JayIsh]

The elipse...is my trademark...my free form thought...my speaking without thinking...my raison de tres'

[Crown 84]

Right, Bing! We rock! (And roll, and rock, and....ZZZZ.... No!! Must stay awake to midnight!)

14 to go!

[Binger]

It is only once a year.. but amazing how it feels like we do it all the time.. meeting here...

14

[Binger]

here ya go Jay.. an early present......................................

13

[Holiday]

This is a great idea! :smile:

[Binger]

Crown.. any idea when we met at C.com?? I swear it predates 1999

[JayIsh]

Sure doesn't seem like a year has gone by though...But it's been a really great year on this thread thanks to all of you!

[Binger]

12.... Almsot Single Digits...

[Crown 84]

Get out of my jammies?? Gee, Bing! Not in front of the board!

12 left.

[Binger]

I turn here to get inspiration.. this place is full of it..... and full of the most wonderful souls...

11

[RadioJonD]

Alrighty then! This time I have got to get for the next shift to sign in.

¡Usted roca de la gente! Don't let nobody EVER tell you otherwise!

[JayIsh]

Get a room you two...We have important work to do...The other night I shot an elephant in my pajamas...How he got in my pajamas I'll never know...

[Binger]

Ahhheck Crown.. you cannot wear those footies forever....

[miller4plusmore]

I know! I can't believe another year has gone by! Time goes by so fast, especially when you have small kids at home!

[Crown 84]

Couldn't have been '99, Bing.
Don't think I joined C.Com until 2002.

Ten to go!

[Binger]

Rock On Jon.. Rock Rock Rock...

10

[JayIsh]

see ya Jon!

[JayIsh]

I got about nine minutes am I right?

[Binger]

Thats what Jon said Crown.... and Jay.. get that elephant out of the pjs...

9 SINGLE DIGITS

[Crown 84]

Bing! Jay! Holiday! Single digits!!

(Where, oh where is Auntie??)

[Binger]

9 to go........

[JayIsh]

Where'd Jana go? Had to go to sleep at nine o'clock...She's the wimp...don't shoot me...

[Holiday]

I think I joined c.com in 2001

[Binger]

was Auntie coming??? She is on Canadian time...

8

[JayIsh]

Auntie's on a work assignment...Said so long till Saturday

[Binger]

Jay.. ever talk to Gracie??

[JanaBanana]

Who calling a whip? :D
No my computer locked up. My desktop.

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

I'm still here .!:hello:

[Binger]

7 to go..and I guess it was 2001.. hmmmm still 7 years together...

[Holiday]

I can't believe I'm still awake... been up late every night this week!

7 to go

[JayIsh]

Aloha on the Steel Guitar the the days of counting to the season...IT"S HERE!!!

[JanaBanana]

Oops forgot the YOU

[JayIsh]

Gracie is a nurse now working crazy hours...We talk occasionally but mostly emails now

[Crown 84]

Too Bad!
But what a party, anyway!

Six Left!!

[Binger]

last few minues till the season arrives.. you guys are awesome... even my loyal Crown.. who takes such mess from me...

[JanaBanana]

I will have to go back and read to catch up tomorrow.

[JanaBanana]

Who is Gracie?

[JayIsh]

Jana...there you are...Thought you'd bailed...Glad you stuck around for the big finale...binger and Crown and I will be doing the "Sisters" number from "White Christmas" and a one, and a two...

[Holiday]

5!!!!!!!!

[Binger]

tell her hi Jay.....

6 to go even though in Figi itis already February...

5 to go.........

[JanaBanana]

I want another laptop for Christmas... pink or red this time :D

[Binger]

hand movements out like the Supremes.. annddd singggggggggggg

5

[JayIsh]

Gracie is another great soul from all of the Christmas sites...Lives near Bronners and rubs it in that I've never been there...

[JanaBanana]

Ok we are almost there

[Binger]

4 to go...... AWESOME

[Holiday]

Now I'm wide awake.... :lol:

[JanaBanana]

Gracie is another great soul from all of the Christmas sites...Lives near Bronners and rubs it in that I've never been there...

Oh ok :)

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

I want a lap top too Jana. This desktop takes up too much room.

[Crown 84]

Love you, Bing, coffe and all!

Whoop, hello! Three minutes to go!!

[Binger]

Gracie was the grand matriarch of C.com...

[JanaBanana]

Do we dance when its over?

[caseydbell]

anyone here.... 1 hr 3 min to go CST

[JayIsh]

we're almost there...

[Binger]

2.5 to go.. Much love to everyone ... I don't often get sentimental.. I spend most time dreaming of ways to joke Crown and Jay...

[JanaBanana]

I want a lap top too Jana. This desktop takes up too much room.

I already have one. My husband got it for me last Christmas.. works great. But I want another. He can have that one. :D

[JayIsh]

Yes Jana...Dancing like crazy...

[Binger]

Jay does a puas du lux....

[JanaBanana]

anyone here.... 1 hr 3 min to go CST

No were not here?

[Crown 84]

Jay dances, Joe.
And we all sing Christmas Carols.

My, oh my, Two to go!!

[Binger]

1.5 to go.............

[JayIsh]

Binger...You da man...or woman...you da person...

[JanaBanana]

Okey dokey

[Binger]

Under 1 Minute

Heyhey Hey

[Holiday]

1 Minute!!!!!!

[JanaBanana]

ACK its there (almost)

[JayIsh]

my watch says its here!

[miller4plusmore]

One minute for EST!

Hey Casey--looks like you, me and Speedy are central timers!

[Binger]

Yo Da Jay Man...

[Crown 84]

Here it comes guys!! Thirty Seconds!!

[JanaBanana]

Only 3 more to go for me!!!

[JayIsh]

Yeah baby...Crown...Break out the Percy Faith...The season has arrived!!!

[caseydbell]

I got a lap top about 6 months ago, I love it

[JanaBanana]

3 hours that is :D

[Binger]

SHOULD BE HERE WITH THIS POST

YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH it is 12:))AM

[Holiday]

:dance:It's here!!!! The CHRISTMAS season is HERE!!! :dance::merry:

[Crown 84]

Happy Christmas Season All!!!

[JayIsh]

Ladies and gents...It's Christmastime!!!

[miller4plusmore]

Happy season to you eastern timers! One hour to go for us!

[JanaBanana]

I love my laptop too. I just want a colored one. Pink or red maybe.

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

I'm in the east Miller.


MIDNIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[caseydbell]

1 hr CST

[JayIsh]

woo hoo!!! Love you guys!!!

[Binger]

OK OK Off to bed..... ahhh so so Crown like..
Welcome to the season everyone.....

miuch love... see you all here in cyberspace...

[Crown 84]

Ah! Percy Faith lives, Jay!

[JanaBanana]

Merry Christmas Season!!! Thank You For Letting Me Share This Time With You All! It Was Fun!!!!
Good Night!

[JayIsh]

Great job Crown!!! You da man, eh...woman...eh person too...Great night!!!

[Binger]

Much Love Everyone>>>>>>>>

Its Here>>> Happy Season

Xoxoxo

[JayIsh]

g'night all!!! and God Bless us everyone

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

Miller4 I'm 4 hours east of Nashville.