The first Christmas "stuff" thread

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oldman said:
While growing up, we always had a few cats in our home. They loved to bat the balls off the tree, drink the water and also to lay under the tree and sleep. I remember the one cat that we had, even tried to climb our tree one year. He or she was just a little thing, maybe even a kitten. I can't remember.
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When I was first out on my own, I had two cats who climbed the Christmas tree and brought it down with a crash. I was not happy.
 
[h=1]Christmas Dinner Rocketed To International Space Station[/h]
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the tradition dinner, even in space.
So a shipment of smoked turkey breast, cranberry sauce, candied yams and, of course, fruitcake was rocketed to the International Space Station Wednesday with delivery expected by Saturday.
But as the Associated Press reports, the launch was delayed by a day because food for some of the station's other residents was moldy.


The mold had grown on food for 40 mice which, along with 36,000 worms, were also shipped to the space station for aging and muscle studies.


The current International Space Station crew includes two Americans, two Russians, one German and one Canadian. Three of the crew members arrived earlier this week and they'll remain there for the next six months. The others return home on Dec. 20, leaving only three for Christmas dinner, not counting the mice and worms.

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/05/673981267/christmas-dinner-rocketed-to-international-space-station
 
Wintering in AZ again, lst year I learned many lessons one in particular was dealing with the Postal Service during the holidays. They staff them according to population, with 450,000 during the peak Dec-Jan months then dropping to a little more than 1,000 for the remainder of the year the USPS decides that ONE (1) clerk is enough, no staffing during the busy months. If you must mail something make sure you have stamps, waiting in the long, long line for a few is time consuming even for a retired senior. We do have a mailbox system in our park that is suspect at best, but the postal service is not losing a dime at our local office.

Therefore I being anti-social & anti-debt based have decided that it was easier to just send cash to my 11 grandchildren. As my son said previously "It's the right color, size & can be used at many places". I remembered to bring a book of stamps this time, went to the local 'Dollar' store got two packages of 6 holiday money cards (they were on BOGO special @ $1), stuffed each with the appropriate amount, stamped them & dropped them in the mail box outside the USPS office. Bob's your uncle - holiday shopping is done & each was remembered without too much thought. I refuse to buy more (excuse the term) 'stuff' for them to ignore after a few days.
 
Roadwarrior said:
Therefore I being anti-social & anti-debt based have decided that it was easier to just send cash to my 11 grandchildren. As my son said previously "It's the right color, size & can be used at many places". I remembered to bring a book of stamps this time, went to the local 'Dollar' store got two packages of 6 holiday money cards (they were on BOGO special @ $1), stuffed each with the appropriate amount, stamped them & dropped them in the mail box outside the USPS office. Bob's your uncle - holiday shopping is done & each was remembered without too much thought. I refuse to buy more (excuse the term) 'stuff' for them to ignore after a few days.
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Great idea, that the kids will love. Your son is right. Reminds me of the time I had my 8 year old niece over for a week end visit (a while ago, she is 35 now). Income was not great at the time, so for a month or two prior to her visit, I went to different toy and book stores that I knew she liked, bout several gift cards. $10 here, $20 there at 5 or 6 stores. About $100 total. Took her on a shopping spree, which she LOVED, as she got to pic what she wanted (I covered a dollar or two here or there as needed) and had a great time. I do not have kids or grandkids, so the two nieces and my nephew got spoiled by Auntie M.
 
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