“Wreck the tree and blame the doggie… Fa la la la la la la la laaaa!…”
Photos via >^..^< in a Christmas Tree
Once a year I bring a real tree inside, hang cat toys all over it and then yell at my cats whenever they play in it.
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Goats have all kinds of fire hazard uses – eating old Christmas trees is just one of them.
Amy Ray, fire marshal for the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District in Nevada. Today marked the first day the Truckee Meadows district began using a unique – not to mention environmentally sustainable – method of recycling Christmas trees. (via latimes)
How to say “I like cats” in 7 different languages
English - I like cats
Spanish - Me gustan los gatos
French - J'aime les chats
German - Ich mag Katzen
Mandarin Chinese - 我喜欢猫 (Wǒ xǐhuān māo)
Arabic - (‘ana ‘uhibb alqatat) أنا أحب القطط
Russian - Мне нравится коты (Мnye nravitsya koty)
Norwegian - Jeg liker katter
Polish - Lubię koty
Welsh - (Ry)dw i'n hoffi cathod
Korean - 고양이가 좋아해요
Swedish - Jag tycker om katter
Hebrew - אני אוהב(ת) חתולים (ani ohev|et| khatulim
Ukrainian - Я люблю коти
Dutch - ik hou van katten
Serbian - Волим мачке (Volim mačke)
Portuguese - Eu gosto gatos
Italian: mi piacciono i gatti
Neapolitan: me piaceno ‘e jatte
Japanese: 猫が好きです (Neko ga suki desu)
Saw my first Christmas tree of the year today.
November 6th.
Gets earlier every year
So what’s the deal with ugly Christmas sweaters? They never came up in holiday specials when I was a kid. Do you guys have to wear them so that Krampus knows to pass over your house on Christmas Eve or something…?
(I might be confusing Christmas with a more familiar holiday. I mean I know that cookies = glass of wine and Santa = Elijah, I’m just extrapolating from that.)
Certainly in the UK it was common for a long time, probably up to about the 1980′s (it seemed to trail off a lot around that time) to receive a hand knitted jumper from a well meaning family member for Christmas. (Think Weasley sweater - only awful)
They were often made by the Granny you only ever saw at Christmas or the Aunt whose eyesight wasn’t what it used to be.
These well intentioned garments became well known for being ill fitting and made from whatever scraps of yarn the knitter had lying about the place so often were adorned with an intarsia reindeer/snowman/santa/winter scene/etc or were just outright psychedelic and/or ugly. The eclectic mix of fibres used in some of them could cause havoc if ever you dared to attempt to wash them.
They became renowned for only EVER being worn while the giver was watching.
No family member was safe and people would pray hard that the squidgy parcel from Auntie Lucinda would turn out to just be socks.
A few years ago (following Colin Firth appearing wearing reindeer and snowman sweaters in Bridget Jones) someone decided to make some ‘ironic’ retro styled Christmas sweaters with the same hideous nostalgic designs (because there are tons of pattern for these out there) only with better (or at least consistent) yarn and fit.
We’ve been stuck with the damn things in the shops every year since.
I don’t own one and I have no plans to get one either.
7 weeks, 3 days and counting…
My Christmas cake is in the oven! Only somewhere between 30 mins - 2 hours bake time remaining.
The fruit has been soaking in brandy for three days and has sucked up about 8 floz of it. After keeping the cake ‘fed’ between now and Christmas it’ll be illegal to drive after a slice of this baby.
I am one of those weird people who actually enjoys knitting with DPNs. Of course, a big part of it is because when you use DPNs you either look like you mean serious business or you’re in the middle of summoning an eldritch being.