Annual OS Christmas Thread 2024

[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by mike24forever

It was the full parade with some interviews and commentary, but it wasn't edited down. So it was the entire parade and you can see parts they may want to edit into the final show. It was nice to watch it in this form.

That's what I mean though, I think that YouTube one was the entire thing. Don't think it's being edited down (unless they edit down the live stream to cut out dead air time). Doesn't sound like any tv network picked it up. It's a shame the shape of Canadian tv or really anything. Billion dollar companies claiming they don't have money to air stuff but also can't sponsor a parade (they struggled this year getting funding for the parade and looks like at least a few big companies didnt sponsor the parade this year), but have record profits and spent millions on tv ads.

[SmashMan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Majingir

I've hated the CTV coverage of the parade for years. It's almost unwatchable nowadays with most of the parade coverage just feeling like an episode of one of their morning talk shows (since the people hosting it are from one of their morning talk shows) combined with some random reporter asking camera shy kids questions on the streets, and the parade is mixed in somewhere in the broadcast too.

Isn't this how all local parade broadcasts go? At least this is how it's always been for Chicago parades.

I'm a little curious to see if anything changes about the presentation for our Thanksgiving parade. It isn't airing on TV this year but instead will be streaming on Pluto.

[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by SmashMan

Isn't this how all local parade broadcasts go? At least this is how it's always been for Chicago parades. I'm a little curious to see if anything changes about the presentation for our Thanksgiving parade. It isn't airing on TV this year but instead will be streaming on Pluto.

The way they used to do the ones here, the commentators understood they were just talking, the show was the actual parade. It's not about their on camera shots, them bringing in guests to interview, having a reporter in the crowd, it was a much different/better experience than the typical ones you see.

Once they changed to a new network here, that all changed. It'd be like watching a parade in the US if the hosts of the view were all hosting it and they just brought on people to talk to throughout the parade.

[mike24forever]

28 days!!!

The holidays are quickly approaching. To all our American members, safe travels and I hope you spend Thanksgiving with those you love and care about.

[EUBlink]

When I lost my mother, my Christmas spirit was basically thrown up in the air and hit with buckshot because of how important this time of year was to her. Dealing with what I have had to over the last two years with my kids has basically killed any remainder of it. But THIS THREAD always warms my heart every year and I look forward to it so much.


I still set up a nativity scene in my front yard every year and we have now for about 35 years. I may take pictures soon. It isn't much.



This time next year, things will be different. Everything is coming to a close in the next month, officially beginning Monday, December 9th. Life is going to come full circle. Thank you for kicking this thread off each year, Mike. You have no idea what it means to some of us. I intend to repay a handful of people in this community in ways you won't understand until they occur.

[SmashMan]

Quote: Originally Posted by EUBlink

I still set up a nativity scene in my front yard every year and we have now for about 35 years. I may take pictures soon. It isn't much.

It doesn't have to be much as long as you like it, right?

I wrap the railings and put the same net lights up at my parents' house every year for them. They don't, wouldn't, and have yet to stop me from adding anything I would want to (never anything big, just a small inflatable or piece I come across on Amazon or Target), but at the same time they're perfectly happy with even that little bit of decoration.

[mike24forever]

Quote: Originally Posted by EUBlink

When I lost my mother, my Christmas spirit was basically thrown up in the air and hit with buckshot because of how important this time of year was to her. Dealing with what I have had to over the last two years with my kids has basically killed any remainder of it. But THIS THREAD always warms my heart every year and I look forward to it so much. I still set up a nativity scene in my front yard every year and we have now for about 35 years. I may take pictures soon. It isn't much. This time next year, things will be different. Everything is coming to a close in the next month, officially beginning Monday, December 9th. Life is going to come full circle. Thank you for kicking this thread off each year, Mike. You have no idea what it means to some of us. I intend to repay a handful of people in this community in ways you won't understand until they occur.

There are times when I think, maybe this year I won't start the thread as I've seen a decline in activity over the years. This post by you means the world to me. I can't say it any better than that.

I can't imagine what the last 2 years have put you through, but always hold on to your Mom's love for Christmas. I truly believe for many people, that most of the warm memories we have of Christmas and the holidays started with our Mom's. They seem to be the foundation and starting point for many of our Christmas memories and traditions. Stuff like the smell of cookies baking or the decorations they would put up before we came home from school (for example) that we hold on to and share or hope to one day pass on to our kids. I happy that this thread and the OS members have provided you with some warmth over the years. We all share a bit of our lives with each other and hopefully it can help others with whatever they are going through at the time. Life can be hard and the world we live in today can be very decisive, so it is nice when we can leave our baggage at the door and just share the holidays with one another. Thank you kind sir.

As for your Nativity set that you put out every year. First, it's the reason for the season. Secondly, it is my favourite Christmas decoration. When my wife and I went to Italy and Greece for our honeymoon, we bought as many Nativity decorations from each stop as we could. My favourite one is a small set for an end table made out of olive tree wood. I'll get a picture of it and post it later. We also got a few for hanging on our trees. It's not the size of your Nativity set or how grand it is for that matter, it is what it means to you. I look forward to your picture.

Well gentlemen, 25 days until Christmas. I hope you have started your Christmas shopping. I am almost done my wife's, I just need to get her a Peterborough Pete's (local OHL hockey team) hoodies that she put on her list and I done.

I'm off to watch some college football, have an awesome day.

[Majingir]

Now that we're in December, only 3 weeks until "Christmas week".