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oh lolololol I am screaming here haha cos after I wrote that ...honest as I sit here now ...that bl00dy naked and afraid came on ....oh Milly hahaha

 

Lol! Friggin’ hilarious. Can I say friggin’ on here? Lol

 

They should have a Christmas special where they only wear Santa hats, or mistletoe.

 

I’m sleep deprived, so super silly at the moment. Help! Lol

 

I’ll stop now...🙃

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Lol! Friggin’ hilarious. Can I say friggin’ on here? Lol

 

They should have a Christmas special where they only wear Santa hats, or mistletoe.

 

I’m sleep deprived, so super silly at the moment. Help! Lol

 

I’ll stop now...🙃

 

haha yes I think we can say friggin lol ....I am howling at the thought of them in santa hats ahhhhh lol

 

How come you are sleep deprived darling ? all ok ?

 

Don't ever stop , you are FAB FAB FAB X

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I wonder if having a wonderful time as a child at christmas shapes how your christmasses are with your own children , and if sadly , a persons was horrible as a child , if they go all out to change that for their children .

 

Mine were wonderful ...all I have is good memories ...sometimes they feel sad because my mum and dad are no longer here , but it is just the happy memories making me feel melancholy .

 

My thought for the night .. and obviously my other thought is chocolate .

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haha yes I think we can say friggin lol ....I am howling at the thought of them in santa hats ahhhhh lol

 

How come you are sleep deprived darling ? all ok ?

 

Don't ever stop , you are FAB FAB FAB X

 

Oh I’m fine! :) Just a lot of last minute running around before travelling to my family’s place for the holidays. Once the tiredness hits, out comes the silly. Lol

 

I can appreciate your sentiments about Christmas, pippy. I have great Christmas memories, too. I love spending time with my family whenever possible, but there’s something particularly special about this time of year.

 

Arrived at my family’s place today. Looking forward to that quality time together. Already had a few instances where we were laughing so hard, I could barely even breathe. Lol. Hands down, one of the best feelings ever.

 

Hope you enjoyed your biscuits!

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Oh I’m fine! :) Just a lot of last minute running around before travelling to my family’s place for the holidays. Once the tiredness hits, out comes the silly. Lol

 

I can appreciate your sentiments about Christmas, pippy. I have great Christmas memories, too. I love spending time with my family whenever possible, but there’s something particularly special about this time of year.

 

Arrived at my family’s place today. Looking forward to that quality time together. Already had a few instances where we were laughing so hard, I could barely even breathe. Lol. Hands down, one of the best feelings ever.

 

Hope you enjoyed your biscuits!

 

There is something special isn't there ...I am glad , as adults Milly , we can still feel that .

Sounds fabulous , you arriving home for Christmas ..just like on all the films I am watching lol I LOVE IT

 

yes my bics were fab hahahahaha

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Happy Winter Solstice

 

— For six months now, the days have grown shorter and the nights have grown longer in the Northern Hemisphere -- but that's about to reverse itself.

Winter solstice, the shortest day of 2018, is Friday, December 21.

The solstice this year will be extra special because it will be followed the next day by a full moon known as the Cold Moon, and you might be able to see a meteor shower to boot.

First, CNN meteorologists Dave Hennen, Judson Jones and Brandon Miller help us understand the science behind the solstice.

Then we'll take a closer look at that special moon. Finally, we'll explore some traditions and celebrations around the world that could inspire a travel adventure:

The science behind a winter solstice

The winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, when the sun appears at its most southerly position, directly overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn. It marks the longest day of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.

When exactly does it occur?

The solstice usually takes place on December 21. The time that the solstice occurs and the day itself can shift because the solar year (the time it takes for the sun to reappear in the same spot as seen from Earth) doesn't exactly match our calendar year.

If you want to be super-precise in your observations, the exact time of the 2018 winter solstice will be 22:23 Universal Time. That would be 5:23 p.m. ET (for parts of Canada, the United States and Latin America). The website EarthSky has a handy conversion website for your time zone. You might also try to the conversion chart at WorldTimeBuddy.

What causes the winter solstice to even happen?

Because the Earth is tilted on its rotational axis, we experience seasons here on Earth. As the Earth moves around the sun, each hemisphere experiences winter when it's tilted away from the sun and summer when it's tilted toward the sun.

Wait. Why is the Earth tilted?

Scientists are not entirely sure how this occurred, but they think that billions of years ago, as the solar system was taking shape, the Earth was subject to violent collisions that caused the axis to tilt.

What other seasonal transitions do we mark?

The equinoxes, both spring and fall, mark when the sun's rays are directly over the equator, where we have equal length of day and night. The summer solstice is when the sun's rays are farthest north over the Tropic of Cancer, giving us our longest day and summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

So what's going on with this full moon?

Our last full moon of the year will come less than a day after the solstice. Again, for those of you who love precision, it will occur on Saturday, December 22, at 17:49 Universal Time (that's 12:49 p.m. ET), EarthSky says.

However, when you're looking out into a clear sky on Friday night, the moon will appear full to you -- and could be so bright that people with pretty good eyesight could read by it.

Over many centuries, this moon has been called several names: Cold Moon, Cold Full Moon, Long Night Moon (by some Native American tribes) or the Moon Before Yule (from the Anglo-Saxon lunar calendar).

If you're wondering how special this Cold Moon is so close to the solstice, it will be 2029 before it happens again. So it's not a once-in-a-lifetime event, but still, you don't see this too often.

Now what about that meteor shower?

The annual Ursids meteor shower is expected to peak a day or two after the solstice. You might be able to see up to 10 "shooting stars" per hour depending on your location.

The website In the Sky has a great feature that helps you figure out where to watch and how many meteors you might see. For instance, people in South Florida might expect just three per hour while people in Juneau, Alaska, might expect seven per hour.

One caveat: That Cold Moon will be so bright that it could outshine some of the meteors as they streak in, making them harder to spot.

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Thankyou vic xxxx I can onlhy imagine for you with your dad what it was like

 

Yes, no Christmas was good for me. My dad made every single one horrible. When I was 5 he smacked me around in front of my grandparents who flew out to see us. He felt he was being a “ big man”. He made my dear grandfather so angry. My grandfather was the gentlest man in the world and would not have hurt a fly . He made my grandmother and my mother cry . And it terrified me.

 

One year he threw Christmas ornaments at us.

 

But the other day my wonderful son told me all the traditions that I made for him that he wants to re-create with his children one day. It warms my heart . I did a good job.

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Yes, no Christmas was good for me. My dad made every single one horrible. When I was 5 he smacked me around in front of my grandparents who flew out to see us. He felt he was being a “ big man”. He made my dear grandfather so angry. My grandfather was the gentlest man in the world and would not have hurt a fly . He made my grandmother and my mother cry . And it terrified me.

 

One year he threw Christmas ornaments at us.

 

But the other day my wonderful son told me all the traditions that I made for him that he wants to re-create with his children one day. It warms my heart . I did a good job.

 

ahh vic I thougth it would be something like that , I'm sorry ....but wow ..love what your son said , you couldn't ask for more as a parent xxx

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