DIS/DISUnplugged/Dreams December Event Info – DISapalooza (continued)

[tlcoke]

I love the holidays this time of year.

The week before Thanksgiving gets really fun - we have one of our major fundraisers on Thanksgiving Day - Turkey Trot 5K. This year we are expecting over 2000 runners. I start my day very early that day setting up for the race and then checking the runners in. The whole thing is done by 10:30.

I usually go shopping on Thanksgiving day.

 

[AnneR]

I usually hit all the Holiday Bazaars every weekend during November, if I don't have to work. I have to go to Indy on November 7th for a meeting on Vacation Bible School Training for 2010, so I will miss out on a couple of good bazaars that weekend.

I used to get to one or two Holiday Bazaars but haven't been able to do that the last couple of years. We are not traveling over Christmas break - at least not yet - may have to go see DD24 if she can't get some time off work. I am hoping to really decorate the house this year.

 

[kimisabella]

I love the holidays this time of year.

The week before Thanksgiving gets really fun - we have one of our major fundraisers on Thanksgiving Day - Turkey Trot 5K. This year we are expecting over 2000 runners. I start my day very early that day setting up for the race and then checking the runners in. The whole thing is done by 10:30.

As long as the weather stays the way it is, I enjoy this time of year - especially Thanksgiving. Hopefully the weather will cooperate for your fundraiser. We like to watch the Macys Parade on TV, even though we live 45 minutes away, I would NEVER go into the city to actually go the parade or New Year's Eve in Times Square!!

I usually hit all the Holiday Bazaars every weekend during November, if I don't have to work. I have to go to Indy on November 7th for a meeting on Vacation Bible School Training for 2010, so I will miss out on a couple of good bazaars that weekend.

Yeah, this is the time of year for the Holiday Fairs around here too. Mostly in the churches and such.

 

[AnneR]

I usually go shopping on Thanksgiving day.

At a brick and mortar store?

 

[tlcoke]

I used to get to one or two Holiday Bazaars but haven't been able to do that the last couple of years. We are not traveling over Christmas break - at least not yet - may have to go see DD24 if she can't get some time off work. I am hoping to really decorate the house this year.

I like decorating at my house too. I usually do all my decorating outside, since no one sees my house on the inside during the holidays, I don't usually put up any decorations on the inside. I share them on the outside instead.

 

[AnneR]

I like decorating at my house too. I usually do all my decorating outside, since no one sees my house on the inside during the holidays, I don't usually put up any decorations on the inside. I share them on the outside instead.

I enjoy my inside ones so I decorate for me - I am a snowman collector.

 

[tlcoke]

At a brick and mortar store?

Yes, I hit all the stores that have Thanksgiving Day sales - Kmart, Mejier, Garden Ridge & I usually hit our Super Walmart that is also open due to the grocery store inside.

 

[AnneR]

Yes, I hit all the stores that have Thanksgiving Day sales - Kmart, Mejier, Garden Ridge & I usually hit our Super Walmart that is also open due to the grocery store inside.

I don't pay attention to stores on Thanksgiving Day, I did not realize so many were open.

I am aware that Prime Outlets is over the top for Black Friday - they require their stores to open at midnight and stay open through 10 the next night.

 

[tlcoke]

I enjoy my inside ones so I decorate for me - I am a snowman collector.

I am not home enough to decorate inside. I use to decorate inside, but I found my self too lazy to take them down so when I moved, I decided not to decorate on the inside anymore, just spend my decorating energy on the outside of the house.

 

[sshaw10060]

We got good news today at work. We get 2 extra days off this year.

We usually got off at noon on the Wednesday before Thankgiving, but the students had the day off. This year they are giving us the full day off, which means a two day work week that week. Woo Hoo!

They are also giving us Christmas Eve off this year. Usually we close early that day at the discretion of our Division head, but have had to work the entire day before.

Our University usually gives bonus days around the holidays as well. It works well for everyone but the hospital where we have to pay overtime which blows our monthly budget and work without our usual support services. It's hard not to complain even though I am in the 2% of employees inconvenienced and the other 98% are happy as can be.

 

[AnneR]

I am not home enough to decorate inside. I use to decorate inside, but I found my self too lazy to take them down so when I moved, I decided not to decorate on the inside anymore, just spend my decorating energy on the outside of the house.

Oh sometimes its February when the decorations come down inside - actually, I have a cross-stitched Santa that stays over my mantel all year round. - I worked too hard on it for it to only be on display for a couple of months a year.

 

[sshaw10060]

Mine is just a long weekend - we come back on Tuesday - this is a traditional long weekend for our school system so we have made a tradition of Disney. It's great MNSSHP and F&W.

Have fun we'll have to wait until DAP to meet face to face.

 

[tlcoke]

I don't pay attention to stores on Thanksgiving Day, I did not realize so many were open.

I am aware that Prime Outlets is over the top for Black Friday - they require their stores to open at midnight and stay open through 10 the next night.

I usually hit them just south of Indianapolis about 5 am Friday Morning. I usually hit JC Penny's for the Disney Snow globe when they open at 4 am, then head north to the outlet mall.

 

[sshaw10060]

I usually hit them just south of Indianapolis about 5 am Friday Morning. I usually hit JC Penny's for the Disney Snow globe when they open at 4 am, then head north to the outlet mall.

Sounds a little crazy to me, but then again I spend the day running extension cords for our Christmas display since the lights go on at 5:30 that day and I am always running behind.

 

[AnneR]

Our University usually gives bonus days around the holidays as well. It works well for everyone but the hospital where we have to pay overtime which blows our monthly budget and work without our usual support services. It's hard not to complain even though I am in the 2% of employees inconvenienced and the other 98% are happy as can be.

Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve are the only day that we provide incentive pay - if you work these days, you get time and 1/2 of course this is only in our 24/7 programs. It has been the best way for us to get those shifts covered.

 

[AnneR]

I usually hit them just south of Indianapolis about 5 am Friday Morning. I usually hit JC Penny's for the Disney Snow globe when they open at 4 am, then head north to the outlet mall.

On-line shopping is what I do.

 

[kimisabella]

We finally broke down and bought an artificial Christmas Tree the day after Christmas last year. I've always had real, even before I was married and living w/my parents, so this was a huge thing for me. I loved the real trees, but, the past few years they've gotten to be such a pain in the neck, and, we wouldn't be able to decorate it until closer to Christmas.

I am excited to break out the new Christmas tree this year, I think I'll do it the weekend after Thanksgiving. I decorate a lot, both inside and out. Christmas is my favorite holiday and I have lots of stuff.

I have a whole plastic bin in my attic filled with my most prized posessions.... my disney ornaments. I usually get a few personalized ornaments when we go down to WDW each year and I love being able to bring them out and display them!

 

[tlcoke]

Oh sometimes its February when the decorations come down inside - actually, I have a cross-stitched Santa that stays over my mantel all year round. - I worked too hard on it for it to only be on display for a couple of months a year.

One year, I left the Tree up until May in my Apartment, however, it had a not so christmasy theme to it, so it wasn't that awkward. I just had it decorated with White lights and Homemade Gold Bows on it.

 

[Renysmom]

Just wanted to say hi to everyone... I am almost done cleaning the house and then off to bed.. We are leaving at 5:00 am.. I will have the aircard the entire drive so I will DIS from the car and get caught up then.

Talk in the morning

 

[tlcoke]

On-line shopping is what I do.

I like the fun of finding bargins, but I have learned to stay away from Target, Walmart until at least 1 hour after their black friday sale begins, to keep from getting trampled.