Thank you all. Your beliefs define you.

[babylonsister]

And me. I love this place for all of us to share what we do or don't believe.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for a roiling good ride in the future!

[cwydro]

1. Back atcha.

DU is a fantastic dysfunctional family!

Merry Christmas!

[Just for Fun]

2. Whose turn is it to watch the trolls on Christmas day?

while all the DUers enjoy the holiday?

Since the last night of Chanukah was tonight, I'm up for it.

*wonders if there's a lifeguard's chair around somewhere*

[Warpy]

6. Well, another word for Christmas for a lot of us is "Thursday."

I'll be here and so will a lot of other people.

[Just for Fun]

7. Yeah, nothing magical about a good ol' Thursday..

Just past the Hump Day, just coming up to YOLO day...

Yo know what I mean?

Happy Holidays to you and your family!

[LiberalElite]

43. Heh. I thought to myself this eve -

I'm going to take a break from DU for a few days. That was just before I logged in.

[cwydro]

28. Well, I'll be working

but I'll be online too...

[babylonsister]

9. I think

most families are dysfunctional. Mine is.

That doesn't mean you can't be happy.

[Jackpine Radical]

26. Right on. You just need the kind of family

that puts the "fun" in "dysfunctional."

[elleng]

3. and YOU, b'sis.

[babylonsister]

21. That #2 pic I grew up with-thanks!

[elleng]

22. Glad I found it for you!

[jwirr]

4. Merry Christmas to you also and am looking forward to all of us working together to make this

next year better.

[Warpy]

5. Same back atcha

And no, it doesn't matter which holiday we celebrate or if we celebrate any at all.

It matters that we're all willing to work together for a better world for everybody instead of just a few rich guys.

Eyes on the prize, folks, eyes on the prize.

[babylonsister]

8. YES! Merry Christmas, Warpy.l

[mountain grammy]

10. and Merry Christmas to you Babylonsister.

Think I spend my Christmas day in a bright, lively casino with a delicious buffet..

[BlueJazz]

11. It's wonderful being who we are. All the best thoughout the holidays.

[sheshe2]

12. Merry Christmas to you bsis~

[Rowdyboy]

13. To steal a phrase...what a long, strange trip its been....(both on DU and in life)

Hope you (and everyone here) have a fabulous holiday and a better new year!

[babylonsister]

14. YOU!

I love you, how are you feeling? Are you on FB?

[Rowdyboy]

15. I have an FB account which I've never posted anything to....Use it mostly to follow the exploits

of my siblings, nieces and nephews and their kids. I forgot my password and it was at least 6 months before I could figure out how to get back on (I'd technically challenged!).

Doing pretty well-headed backed to Anderson in Houston in January and hopefully will hear something (ANYTHING) good from the doctors then.

[babylonsister]

19. I will find youl xo nt

[valerief]

16. Have a groovy Festivus.

[rhett o rick]

17. Happy Holidays to you and all in DU. nm

[Horse with no Name]

18. Backatcha my friend

Here's to the future! Be it long or short.
I love you.

[babylonsister]

20. YOU! Now I have to

follow this upl I love you also!

[Gothmog]

23. Happy Holidays to all

[bigwillq]

24. Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Happy New Year!

[mopinko]

25. same to you, sister.

been so thankful for this place for so long.

[Lifelong Protester]

27. Here is the one place I will say

and mean "Merry Christmas" Every morning I can't wait to come here, so that tells me I 'need' you all!!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

29. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, babylonsister !!

[BobbyBoring]

30. Thank YOU babylonsister

Happy Happy Merry Merry!

[heaven05]

31. backatcha

[ColesCountyDem]

32. And to you and yours!

[Rhythm]

33. Wishing everyone wonderful holidays!!!

[maced666]

34. Beautiful place this is -

right back at ya!

[panader0]

35. Thank you babylonsister for making this place the way it is.

You have had a profoundly good influence on this site with intelligent and thoughtful posts.
Happy Holidays.

[Hekate]

36. Back atchya, Babysonsister.

[Thespian2]

37. Thanks to you for your post.

And thanks to all who make DU both informative and imaginative. Blessings to all for a better, happier year in 2015

[tularetom]

38. I love this place right now because it gives me an escape from some crazy relatives

We expected a very small group - like three people plus the two of us.

Last time I looked there were seven people standing on our deck.

And the three we actually invited haven't gotten here yet.

Foodwise I think we're OK because we always cook way more than we consume.

But it's going to make a big dent in the booze supply.

Not sure how this happened. We'll have to have an inquiry.

Merry Christmas to all.

[babylonsister]

44. Haha! So how did that turn out?

I hope it turned into a rollicking good time!

[tularetom]

45. Actually better than I expected

The three people who we actually invited were my son, his wife, and their 18 y.o. son.

The seven who claim they were invited were my granddaughter, her husband and their 6 y.o. daughter, plus two of the offspring of my late sister and their significant others (FWIW, my niece is in a same sex relationship with a very sweet lady who works as a high school librarian in a neighboring county).

Anyway, the evenings festivities did indeed stress our liquor supplies but my son and nephew made a 12 mile run to the nearest quickie mart and rescued the party.

Fortunately, it started to rain before the boys were able to set up for a skeet competition but everybody had had enough to drink that I took their keys to keep them from trying to drive home, so they spent the night here.

On Christmas day we learned that our daughter, who had spent Christmas Eve with our other granddaughter, wound up in the emergency room the next morning and underwent an emergency appendectomy.

I don't think we'll forget this Christmas for awhile. Grandma and I spent all of Christmas day in our pi's, the only part of the holiday that went according to plan.

[babylonsister]

46. "it started to rain before the boys were able to set up for a skeet competition"

Sounds like great fun!

Memories!

[OhioChick]

39. Merry Christmas, Babylonsister!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

40. *MWAH* babylonsister!!!

[TheKentuckian]

41. Merry Christmas, babylonsister! Best wishes to you and yours.

[Andy823]

42. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Here is to a new year with good things to come.