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32. 100% are grown

Reply to LiberalLoner (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 06:31 AM

Dec 2012

in dirt. That is the extent of my knowledge on that subject.

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Xmas trivia - let's have some fun! [View all] LiberalLoner Dec 2012 OP

More.... LiberalLoner Dec 2012 #1

98% of Xmas trees grown in US are grown on farms LiberalLoner Dec 2012 #2

100% are grown rateyes Dec 2012 #32

Odin is the reason Santa Claus enters houses through chimneys. geardaddy Dec 2012 #3

Cool, thank you! LiberalLoner Dec 2012 #4

In Caracas, Venezuela.... Little Star Dec 2012 #5

Oh it does sound like fun! what a lovely tradition! LiberalLoner Dec 2012 #7

My Norwegian friends make rice pudding to put out at night by the barn at Christmas for the trolls. freshwest Dec 2012 #6

What a delightful post, thank you so much! BTW I had a Swedish grandpa. He was a real character! LiberalLoner Dec 2012 #8

Oh yes, the stories I could tell. He ran off to sea as a youngster and became a merchant marine. freshwest Dec 2012 #11

freshwest Diclotican Dec 2012 #37

As a small child, one of the first tv shows I remember was "I Remember Mama." maddiemom Dec 2012 #45

maddiemom Diclotican Dec 2012 #47

Thank you, Diclotican. maddiemom Dec 2012 #58

OK sakabatou Dec 2012 #9

LED Xmas lights have a lifespan of 100,000 hours. Anyone here old enough to remember the LiberalLoner Dec 2012 #10

I'm old enough to remember the big bulbs. geardaddy Dec 2012 #13

I'm old enough too. Except... Little Star Dec 2012 #15

In my house, it was me. rateyes Dec 2012 #33

I am old enough to remember the big bulbs Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #35

Yes! maddiemom Dec 2012 #46

Old enough? LWolf Dec 2012 #65

The "traditional" portrait of the American Santa Claus was created by artist Haddon Sundblom Recovered Repug Dec 2012 #12

Hmm. Thomas Nast's depiction of Santa Claus pre-dates that by Aristus Dec 2012 #20

And that was likely based on Clement Moore's description Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #21

Exactly. Nast was creating a visual image to go with the description. Aristus Dec 2012 #22

I understand Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #23

I found that fact on a trivia site some time ago. Recovered Repug Dec 2012 #24

Britain's Father Christmas, and Japan's "Faza Kurisumasu" are essentially identical Aristus Dec 2012 #55

Scroll down to the electric bulbs below.... that is from 1903 which already predates Coke's version crazy homeless guy Dec 2012 #62

St. Nicolaus (Santa Claus) geardaddy Dec 2012 #14

He was the Bishop of Turkey ashling Dec 2012 #56

Cool. Thanks! geardaddy Dec 2012 #66

Family traditions. Scruffy Rumbler Dec 2012 #16

What lovely Memories Scruffy Rumbler! Howler Dec 2012 #41

Ho, Ho, Ho! Scruffy Rumbler Dec 2012 #48

The name Kris Kringle is a variation of the German rurallib Dec 2012 #17

In some Northern European countries Krampus takes care of the bad kiddies. nolabear Dec 2012 #18

I attended First Grade in Germany back in the 1950s aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2012 #70

The first American made-for-TV Christmas cartoon Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #19

And it still makes me cry. nt Still Blue in PDX Dec 2012 #36

There's NOTHING fun about Xmas, okay??? Bake Dec 2012 #25

Honey, meta makes you mean libodem Dec 2012 #26

I only went in there ONE TIME, I swear! Bake Dec 2012 #27

First electric tree lighting set - 1903/04, GE NRaleighLiberal Dec 2012 #28

MUCH safer than the candles that pre-date them! annabanana Dec 2012 #31

My grandmother told me she remembers those when she was a child, sounds dangerous to me Rhiannon12866 Dec 2012 #49

Necco wafers! progressoid Dec 2012 #51

I'm pretty sure they're still around, though I haven't seen them recently, either. Rhiannon12866 Dec 2012 #54

I have a roll of chocolate necco wafers truegrit44 Dec 2012 #57

Oooh, all choclate. progressoid Dec 2012 #60

Here in Santa Cruz, we have a local Dollar Tree store that still sells vintage candy. bobalew Dec 2012 #67

Krampus and the kiddies locks Dec 2012 #29

Some folks say ... Myrina Dec 2012 #30

Ah, ya beat me to that one! pink-o Dec 2012 #34

In Cajun Louisiana Papa Noel arrives by pirogue and everyone builds bonfires along the rivers. nolabear Dec 2012 #38

OOOOO NolaBear!! Howler Dec 2012 #40

What a wonderful thread LiberalLoner!!! Howler Dec 2012 #39

My favorite Xmas tale -- David Sedaris' "Six to Eight Black Men" Arugula Latte Dec 2012 #42

oh yes! Kali Dec 2012 #50

We listen to that every year! progressoid Dec 2012 #52

We often do, too. Arugula Latte Dec 2012 #53

I actually had a recipe for what they called a Christmas boar's head. Cleita Dec 2012 #43

The cost of all the gifts mentioned in THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS if bought in 2012 diabeticman Dec 2012 #44

Thanks for posting that! LeftofObama Dec 2012 #59

Saturday, December 18, 1954, "Babes in Toyland" live broadcast on NBC Glorfindel Dec 2012 #61

We had exciting Xmases as kids. a la izquierda Dec 2012 #63

Estonians celebrate on Christmas Eve, not Christmas Day LiberalEsto Dec 2012 #64

The Puritans in Massachusetts Bay Colony banned Christmas for about twenty years Jeff In Milwaukee Dec 2012 #68

Bwah[-HAH, send this to O'LOOFAH!1 Do it NOW!1 n/t UTUSN Dec 2012 #69