I have not--and it's almost killing me. Foolishly, in hindsight, I agreed to open presents with neighbors at 11:00 here in Atlanta--I'll be traveling later today to visit family. Yes, there are gifts I bought but haven't opened as they came delivered from the vendors; and, there are several that will be surprises. I want to open them all right now, but a deal is a deal with my neighbors, and I'll wait the next 1 hour, 55 min., and 12 sec., but not one second more.
Have you opened yours, yet?
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No. Too busy on the darned computer.
Nope and there's no big rush....
Gilly
Yes, Santa has been. 6 year old Mason was up at 03:20am! Thankfully managed to get him back to sleep! He woke up at 07:10am which was fine.
He asked Santa for the Blue Comet. Yes he just decided that he would really like a Blue Comet
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We have a very happy little boy!
Merry Christmas From The UK
Nick
Yes....we did so late yesterday afternoon as this is the traditional time my wife and I have our Christmas together. Christmas Day is so busy going to various family gatherings that we found Christmas Eve to be better for "us time"....
Hey Jack...get off the computer and give yourself a break!! (and us too!
) Enjoy Christmas buddy!
Alan
The grandkids opened their's last night and the adults will open their's after lunch today. I don't which is more exciting the beef tenderloin for lunch or the presents.
Art
"I don't which is more exciting the beef tenderloin for lunch or the presents."
Now Art, if there was a Big Boy under the Christmas Tree, there would be a different answer.
Santa came up the driveway yesterday afternoon disguised as a UPS driver and handed a big box to Elizabeth. She quickly scurried away and wrapped it up.
I knew when I opened the big box this morning it must be Santa because of the timing of getting a fantastic Daylight Cab Forward in time for Christmas Day. Thanks to you Santa, Lionel, and Charles Ro for a wonderful Christmas Gift.
He asked Santa for the Blue Comet. Yes he just decided that he would really like a Blue Comet.
Merry Christmas From The UK
Nick
Nick, your boy has excellent taste in trains! I hope you and him enjoy it for many years to come. Merry Christmas.
My wife and I didn't do presents this year. It was kind of nice to not have that be part of it this year.
The beef tenderloins? Yeah, we did that. It was a Carolina blue-sky day and 60 deg out and I had the grill working. Nice . . .
Prime rib, smoked turkey, wild blueberry pie, Saunders hot fudge on vanilla bean ice cream. Those were the presents.
For us anyhow. There was a blur of movement that may have been a young girl opening presents, I think might have been my niece, as I did hear a wee voice asking about Mimi's trains, and saw a Barbie dressed as a Girl Scout dancing before my face, but when I looked again, zzzzip whooosh,
gone, only paper remained.
(the folks & lil' Bro were both too sick, or just couldn't set a train up this year, she's was very disappointed so is coming to run um here this week now
)
We'll open Christmas presents on Saturday when my oldest son and his family arrive...then the whole family will be together. I did open my wife's gift to me: a Williams N&W J loco and tender. It is handsome!
The beef tenderloin was awesome, as was all of the Christmas dinner. Got a GoPro camera for my railroad related presents. I guess that means I need to get busy on scenery work on the layout.
Art
"however, they got me a kayak"
Peter, we have the perfect lake for you to use your new kayak. And you can run some trains while you are here. How's that?
I would be delighted, Brian.......hope to get up there someday.....
Peter
Yes....
The Mrs. was paying attention the day I was reading Lee's review of the Santa Fe Troop Train. She took it up herself and did the research; and I found it sitting under the tree Christmas morning.
As a side note, Lee was right on the money; I'm blown away by this locomotive.
We were so busy with grandkids opening their gifts and dinner for the whole family, my wife and I didn't get a chance to open our gifts yesterday. So, we're celebrating Boxing Day.
Just opened mine.... Gold PE Berk, two coaches and the obs car!
And, my sons gave me a DJI Phantom! Aerials of the gold PE coming, hehe.
Best of all was spending the day with our four children and five grandkids. Chaotic but terrific.
Just opened mine.... Gold PE Berk, two coaches and the obs car!
Ron, Santa (your wife) has excellent taste. Merry Christmas and enjoy this wonderful set.
PTC,
Thanks. Only problem is I don't have an oval big enough to run the PE in our living area only a bare board "down in the basement". Maybe I'll put it on the window seat bumper line, just so I can stare at it! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all OGErs.
For the last 4 years I've been at my fathers after my divorce I wrapped and never opened gifts to myself. Next year in my own home I will open them all. I figured I'd be a little budget challenged with a new home so I planned ahead.
I got my mother , father , sister , bro.inlaw ,both nephews , 1nephews daughter , my brother and sister inlaw presents. Put the santa suit on everyone took pictures. We ate dinner they all left I cleaned up the dishes and went into the living room to sit down. I asked my dad where my presents were from everyone and he said that no one thought that you (being on limited income) were going to have money to buy anything for any one so no one got you anything! Hope everyone else had A good Christmas? Choo Choo Kenny
P.S. Happy New Year
Kenny:
The Spirit of Christmas is in the giving. Though others thought that giving is an even exchange, you did not. Good for you. You may be sad now, but in the long run, you will be blessed because you had the correct "Spirit".
I've been in the same boat Kenny, to poor to buy for a year or two, they stopped. But then I had money, and I splurged for many years. Now its gone, but I still buy a few gifts each year. Not decided by "who I like" or price, but what I see shopping that I think belongs at their home, i.e. the item makes me think of them, out of the blue. For a few years now, I got only one gift from anyone, despite arriving with arms full a jar of Saunders hot fudge from Mom (that I still shared with everyone because I like smiles). That may sound selfish in a way, but Its not an evenness that I want, it's participation in the event besides watching. Some Canadian relatives don't do presents on Christmas, they just meet, pray, and eat. Presents are for boxing day.
Kenny...some good Karma is going to come your way!!
Alan
Mine was just shipped 12/26 - waiting for USPS to bring me my LCCA 208 Alcos and matching cars I won on "an auction site" . Present from the best wife!
My 11 year old knew he had train stuff coming from me and SANTA!!
I let him open my stuff at Christmas Eve. In the Italian Tradition Christmas Eve is celebrated with the 7 fishes. Afterwards we go to midnight mass and can open some presents afterwards.
I gave Joey 3 MTH RR cars one was one of the working caboose scale size!! so was the Strausburg Crane car followed up with a Illinois Central Hopper car all scale size really cool!!!!!!!!!
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