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Could we have a secret santa? What we'd do is like someone is host they have all names that want to take part ( I can be if no one wants to  ) and then everyone gets allocated someone. And then sometime on xmas or before it, you send your person like a greetings card, some graphic or something you made yourself, a story, a poem, a website, well anything we can do on the internet basically cuz that's the only way I can think of that will work. :S it could be fun! |
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What am I missing? I have never had an Advent Calendar in all my life. I don't even know what they represent or are for. Please enlighten me as I feel  now!
Just for you, Suzi.............. Advent Calendars Advent is the start of the Christmas season in England. The first sign of Christmas in an English home is the children's advent calendar. It starts on the first day of December. The calendars are a fun way to help children to know when Christmas Eve will arrive, an important night for them because Father Christmas will visit them bringing gifts. An Advent calendar is a poster or card with twenty-four small doors, one to be opened each day from December 1 until Christmas Eve. Each door conceals a picture. Every morning children open 1 window of the calendar to see a pretty picture or find a chocolate inside. This popular tradition arose in Germany in the late 1800s and soon spread throughout Europe and North America. Originally, the images in Advent calendars were derived from the Hebrew Bible. Many Advent calendars today have no religious content. Now, alongside traditional Advent calendars depicting angels and biblical figures are those whose doors open to display teddy bears, pieces of chocolate, or photos of pop stars. An Advent Candle has 25 marks. Every day it is lit and is burned down by one mark each day. |
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What am I missing? I have never had an Advent Calendar in all my life.
Really? I've had one ever since I could remember. In Germany, everyone had one, including my parents. Now it's only me. |
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| December 1, 2006, 10:10am |
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I know! its how u score free chocolate at christmas! suzi!! lol :p |
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lol yah i always had one! |
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I will have to buy one for myself and one for my surrogate grand daughter who was 6 recently. I am minding her tomorrow night so will give it to her then  Thank you for your in depth reply Lawnbowler. I like the candle idea. I will get a more traditional one and Abby can have a chocolate one. |
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Cool! They are really awesome  I have mine |
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I had a boot today |
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I had holly |
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A star today |
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i got a freddo advent calendar and you get a new freddo every day i've got the white one today |
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Wow thats a good one! Mine just has the small square chocolates. Yesterday was a present BTW |
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You know what I found out today thats got me a lil ticked off!   We normally have two major christmas concerts that happen here in brisbane - one in the botanical gardens and the other at southbank called the golden casket or something like that. Anyway, i've just found out that neither are doing anything to support charities (a lil sad really) AND that neither have any real decent people lined up (besides ol' saint nick of course ) We have some good talent here in Brisbane/QLD we would love to sing carols with in the city! ... Pete Murray, Powderfinger/Bernard Fanning, Andrew Morris, The Veronicas.. anyway, you get the drift that we have names the crowd could give a cheer for but no! instead we have some random opra people that hit notes we simply cant touch..   Anywayz, had to vent! |
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Omg lurveit didn't know you lived in brisbane :O
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Haha... me and Paula live in Adelaide... hey Paula! I had a choo-choo train today |
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