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* How was your holiday season?

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 9:03 am

Comments

Excellent. New grandchild.

Comment by Anyone Remember Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 9:05 am
Refreshingly lazy. Spent a lot of time binge-watching stuff.

Comment by Nick Name Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 9:09 am
Took extended vacation from work to spend more time home with family. In midst of the holidays I found out kidney stone pain is the most awful pain I have ever endured.

Comment by FormerParatrooper Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 9:11 am
lots of fun, parties and family, and the Patriots just lost so… yay!

Comment by Amalia Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 9:21 am
Had a wonderful time getting together with family and friends.

Comment by Back to the Future Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 9:54 am
Tampa’s food scene is terrible. Makes me grateful for the culinary wonderland that is Chicago.

Comment by NIref Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 10:22 am
Spent very nice time with family and binge watched all four seasons of The Expanse on Amazon. Politics in space. Highly recommend.

Comment by altoid Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 10:33 am
Other than going through Cap Fax withdrawal, it was excellent! My sibs came into town, and we visited friends, ate too much, did cultural stuff, and generally hung out and had a good time.

Comment by JoanP Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 10:36 am
Very quiet - just Mrs. Stones and I. I broke out our grill and smoked a bunch of meat. We ate well.

Comment by Stones Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 10:46 am
“How was your holiday season?”

Meh.

– MrJM

Comment by @misterjayem Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 11:05 am
Lovely NYE with Ms. Drop In. Ate delivered Italian food and watched “Animal Crackers” on Ch 9.

Comment by a drop in Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 11:05 am
Pretty good. Took a little trip to see the granddaughter and her parents, ate too much really good home cooking, and took a perforce break, mostly, from IL politics to concentrate on national politics. Hoo-boy.

Comment by dbk Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 11:32 am
Had to suffer though watching an almost 4 year grand daughter tear through endless presents while we all had great apple pie. It was rough.

Comment by zatoichi Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 1:20 pm
The older I get, the more I realize family and friends are the true gifts.

Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 2:23 pm
I keep saying every year that we should cater or eat out and make it easier on ourselves, but that home cooking is just too popular and tasty, no matter how long it takes, all the work and the cleanup afterward.

Comment by Grandson of Man Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 4:22 pm
Was having a great time seeing family and friends, going to parties, eating too much, etc. until I got the Worst Cold Ever. After that, it was serious nap time.

Comment by Bourbon Street Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 4:34 pm