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RedHotz
11/30/08

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I was fortunate that I had horses at my grandparents when I was younger. I adored them and they were my pride and joy. Horses were a luxury on my grandparents farm and I knew this and as such they were my responsibility to care for. I think I learned more during the time that I had them than many of the other pets that I have ever owned.

As far as Christmas went my mother absolutely adored Christmas and she tried to make it a magical time for my sister and I. The tree always looked like we had so many gifts under it that it was going to explode but what people didn't realize was that many of them were things she had either made, found at yard sales, dollar stores, little hair bows, socks and things like that and each one was individually wrapped. There was always one semi to expensive gift for each of us and then one family gift. My parents would find these gifts all year as they couldn't afford to buy them all at one time.

I am not sure if anyone here can even remember the Sears or Montgomery Ward annual Christmas catalogs that always came out but my sister and I would sit for hours pouring over those pages and carefully marking what it was that we wanted so very badly. We knew without a doubt that we wouldn't get most of what we marked but there was always the hope that there would be something in those pages that Santa would bring us and invariably at least one thing that we had marked would appear under the tree on Christmas. Those are the memories I treasure. It wasn't that my mom and dad spent an arm or a leg to make Christmas special but that it was silly little things like a hair bow wrapped in the Sunday cartoon my mom knew I loved.
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Trent 4-EVA
11/30/08

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I had a horse. He lived wild with the cattle, except when I could catch him and ride him. I so don't come from the East Coast.
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Kivrin
11/30/08

@Mrs. DeLesseps To You, Dahling: Dude, you're like a character in a book or something. Like Island of the Blue Dolphins, but in the grasslands. Awesome.
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ceejeemcbeegee is not here
11/30/08

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Again, I try to stay out of other people wallets.

Owning a horse doesn't automatically equal a spoiled child.
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Trilby O'Ferrall
11/30/08

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Meet Me In St. Louis is my favorite Christmas movie, even though it's not centered only around Christmas. It's just so like, family love, and old fashioned, and happy. With dances and beaus for the girls! And a gruff old dad with a mustache! I love it.

How do I make an avatar? I feel like a loser not having one.
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LipstickLibrarian
11/30/08

@lawschoolmakesmecrazy: As you should.

Just kidding . . . upload a pic from your profile page.
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Kivrin
11/30/08

@lawschoolmakesmecrazy: And Judy Garland singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Love it!
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beatrice2000
11/30/08

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I liked horses as a kid (wanted one, read Misty of Chincoteague), until I actually rode one when my family went to the Catskills, and I couldn't stand the manure smell and flies around the eyes.

Elf is a new Christmas classic, I adored watching it a couple of nights ago. Lots of good little jokes, like Faizon Love making an "ooookkkaaaaay" face at Buddy's proclamations of being an elf, the choice of Artie Lange as a mall Santa, world's best cup of coffee, the the narwhale, the snowman "who hasn't been anywhere," etc.

I also think Bad Santa is a great Christmas movie. Besides the profanity, it's very sweet and funny, especially with the scenes with Billy Bob and the kid.

And if you want a stretch, Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are both set during Christmastime.
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LipstickLibrarian
11/30/08

@beatrice2000: The Ref is one of my favorite irreverent holiday movies.
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rollergirl76
11/30/08

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Re: Guy Ritchie's curse

Madge's Kabbalah curse?
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LipstickLibrarian
11/30/08

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I've never understood little girls' obsession with horses.

It's much cheaper to hump teddy bears, anyway.
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TheFormerJuneBronson
11/30/08

@LipstickLibrarian: I never had it. I like to ride as much as anyone, but having a horse was completely unrealistic in our family, and I never asked. I was lucky I had a bike.

I do remember begging very, very hard for a swing set, and it must have really bothered my parents that they couldn't afford one for us.
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kelsium
11/30/08

@so5minutesago: YES. Muppets' Christmas Carol is the best! I used to fast forward through the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come though. Too scary. I figured if Rizzo and Gonzo couldn't handle it, neither could I.
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kelsium
11/30/08

@kelsium: Okay, what in the hell is this doing down here? Gah.
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undomesticgoddess doesn't sleep a wink
11/30/08

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Good for Reese. I think that kids should learn that it's not about the amount that someone spends, it's the thought that gets put into the gift. Getting a sweater you hate that cost $150 is not as good as getting one that you love that cost $20.
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bowleserised
11/30/08

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I've said it before, but if you make your child look after the horse (feed it before you have your own breakfast, whatever the weather, muck out its stall, muck out its paddock, half an hour of good solid grooming a day, sit up with it if it's ill, wrestle worming paste into it, remember the farrier and the vet's appointments, school it with care and dedication), your child will not grow up spoilt.
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Brigit
11/30/08

@bowleserised: Totally true!
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Kenyakarma
11/30/08

@bowleserised: Yep, I'm a horse trainer so I think every kid should get a pony, but they need to do all the work that comes with it and best bet is they will grow up to be a compassionate, responsible person that put the needs of others first.
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Mav
11/30/08

@SweetSerengeti: I think this could also potentially work with dogs (dog trainer here :)) but I really do not advocate any animals for christmas.

I've seen too many of them get turned over to the shelter days/weeks later.
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BiBiVirtue
11/30/08

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Resse is right, but she means a glut not a gluttony.
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t-yo3
11/30/08

@BiBiVirtue: I think that a "the gluttony of things" "things" refers to the whole holiday season and all the hullaballoo surrounding it. Did I spell hullaballoo right? It doesn't look right...
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BiBiVirtue
11/30/08

@titilayo:While both gluttony and glut are nouns, you can't say 'a gluttony'. It's just not English. I know what you're saying and you're right, but the phrase should be 'a glut'.
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Kivrin
11/30/08

@BiBiVirtue: Yeah, those two words have become increasingly confused in everyday speech/writing. Technically gluttony refers to excessive eating, while glut is an excess of something, period. But if everyone was attentive to that kind of thing, then grammar/diction nazis like you and me wouldn't know what to do with our time. ;)
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BiBiVirtue
11/30/08

@Kivrin: It's 5.41 on a Sunday and I'm still in my pyjamas. I live for this shit. ;)
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Kivrin
11/30/08

@BiBiVirtue: Hee, and you're evidently somewhere abroad, probably the U.K. based on your adorable spelling of "pyjamas." Love it! :)
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funnyface
11/30/08

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I asked for a horse like every damn Christmas. And a tree house. I never got either. I WILL have a tree house one day, dammit.
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whatsername
11/30/08

@funnyface: I want a treehouse too. And a Christmas tree to decorate obsessively. I guess the fact that I'm of a whole other faith is kinda a problem.
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alouette
11/30/08

@funnyface: I asked for a tree house for yeeeears and never got one. And then my dad built one for my little brothers when I was a freshman in COLLEGE.

THANKS DAD.
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Kivrin
11/30/08

@funnyface: You could buy the Playmobil treehouse for yourself this year, just to tide you over... :)
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Brigit
11/30/08

@whatsergem: Dude! Buy a tree, put on the lights, and decorate with stuff of your faith!
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Kivrin
11/30/08

@Brigit: Totally. The Christmas tree tradition is basically completely secular at this point. Buy one and go nuts, darlin'!
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funnyface
11/30/08

@Kivrin: OMG. I love Playmobil. I had all the doll house crap as a kid. That is AWESOME.
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whatsername
11/30/08

@Brigit: Oh I know. I just think its hilarious, so do my friends. I get these weird looks when I say I want a tree with an angel or a star and candy canes and everything else I saw when I od'd on xmas movies....

I also want a pony.
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whats_in_a_name
11/30/08

@Kivrin: before they became Christian-ized in the first place decorating trees was part of the celebration of the winter solstice
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whatsername
11/30/08

@Kivrin: christmas tree enablers, I heart them :)
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Kivrin
11/30/08

@funnyface: I love Playmobil, too -- I really want all the Roman stuff.

An alternative would be this doll tree fort from the Magic Cabin catalog. (I don't have kids, but I buy a lot of presents for friends' tots, so I get all these cool catalogs in the mail...love it!)
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Kivrin
11/30/08

@Kivrin: Crap, HTML didn't work for some reason -- here's the link:

[www.magiccabin.com]
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Brigit
11/30/08

@whatsergem: I want all the chemistry and circuitry kits kids can get nowadays! I swear I was born a decade too early.
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whatsername
11/30/08

@Brigit: Ha! I know. Nostalgia aside, I love some of the cool stuff you get for kids now. When I'm shopping for birthday pressies for my nephew (who btw, is constructing a time machine with tools pilfered from his grandad as I speak), the thought of "where the hell were these things when I was growing up? ::sulky pout::".
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whatsername
11/30/08

@whatsergem: ...runs through my head. Obv I have ADD. sigh.
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/30/08

@funnyface: That's why people have children in the first place; to live vicariously through them.
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Tart of Darkness
11/30/08

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If Guy Ritchie's movie is really cursed, at least it isn't cursed by having Madonna in the lead role.
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KittenFluff
11/30/08

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"In any case, Reese has reason to celebrate: Four Christmases beat Twilight at the box office, taking in 15 million dollars." Really, America, REALLY?

Overall, it seems like Reese does a pretty good job of trying to raise normal kids, horse or no horse.

Is Cory Kennedy even legal yet?
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AtomicBellyButton
11/30/08

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Wow, I'm actually awake for Sunday dirt bag. Hey ya'll, good morning.

I wonder if Reese would buy me a horse. Since I'll only have one, I'd really appreciate it.
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Lumbercath
11/30/08

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A Christmas Story is definitely one of my faves, but I also love Home Alone. THE CHOICES! Good thing I own both films.
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whats_in_a_name
11/30/08

@Ruffians: Lets not forget Christmas Vacation.
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TheFormerJuneBronson
11/30/08

@Ruffians: I have a big collection of Christmas movies for just this month. Some I watch every year; some are too much. I try not to see Little Women unless I think I can stand to sob for a couple of hours.
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so5minutesago
11/30/08

@whats_in_a_name: I'm a Muppets Christmas Carol girl myself.
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whats_in_a_name
11/30/08

@so5minutesago: "Light the lamp, Not the rat!"
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CrankyOldBroad
11/30/08

@Ruffians: My sis and I used to watch Christmas Vacation together late in the night on Xmas Eve as we were finishing stuffing stockings and assembling various "no assembly required" toys for the kids. We used it as a cautionary tale to keep our shit grounded next day when the dyfunctional family descended. It mostly worked, though the rum and eggnogs we also consumed helped.
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TheFormerJuneBronson
11/30/08

@so5minutesago: I love that one. I like the songs. And it's so well-cast! If Robin isn't the best Tiny Tim ever!
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kelsium
11/30/08

@Ruffians: YES. Muppets' Christmas Carol is the best! I used to fast forward through the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come though. Too scary. I figured if Rizzo and Gonzo couldn't handle it, neither could I.
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Maritsa
11/30/08

No love for Scrooged? That's my favorite Xmas movie, closely followed by Muppets Christmas Carol (which my husband and I once spent a night searching for to no avail) and Elf.
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/30/08

@Ruffians: Miracle on 34th Street. Other than that, any film that features a magical Santa gives me the heeby jeebies.
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