Dumb Holiday Traditions

For most of my childhood and into my young adult years my mother would always "expect" me to attend Midnight Mass with her on Christmas Eve.

Being raised Catholic and living in a home with a mother who was very Catholic, the very thought of missing Midnight Mass was enough to send me directly to hell. That fear was instilled in me very early and, admittedly, I think about it once in awhile as I no longer attend. It's funny how some things stick with you over the years. Like herpes. Or Don Tiny.

Regardless, the mass itself was the apotheosis of boredom. A good portion of it was in Slovenian, the choir sang seven additional verses of Silent Night that no one new existed, and there was no chance you got home before 1:30am.

I went to midnight mass once. And I was pretty drunk. I slept through most of it.

I can't think of many traditions we had as a kid that were dumb, per se...

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Why so hard on herpes, Ugie?

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Why is that dumb?

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

You know why.

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Were there extra candles used at the Midnight Mass?

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At the Lutheran Christmas Eve services as a kid, they usually passed out individual candles for each person. Ugie would have loved it.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

Something about Slovenian herpes.

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My wife loves to go to midnight mass though she is an atheist. The Lord works in mysterious ways. I hate being tired the next morning.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Not to mention a rousing chorus or two of Stille Nacht.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Slovenians are low on the hierarchy of South Slavs, which are themselves lower than all West Slavs

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

You mean socially or that they typically squat lower to the ground?

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Every year we ate the blood of Christ(or something like that). I always wanted to put some Cheez Whiz on the blood of Christ but it probably wouldn't have gone well.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

blood is a liquid

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

What was with the Jesus cracker then?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Body of Christ. The wine is the blood.

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Eating Cheez Whiz off the Body of Christ doesn't sound right.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

It sounds hot

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When you have abs like that, people always want to eat cheese off you.

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Eating Cheez Whiz off the Body of Christ doesn't sound right.[/quote]

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I think I served at midnight mass like 3 or 4 times...
yes, I was an altar boy for 8 years. no, i was not touched inappropriately.

We used to do Chinese Food on Christmas Eve, but the wife doesn't care for it so we stopped. She wants to cook.

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@audioidkid

Missed opportunity.

Cry harder.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Somebody just broke out the balut. It's getting crazy.

Next CFMB board outing - Balut Eating Contest.

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You know me like that.

My money is on Donspiracy.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

What the fuck is wrong with you people

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Quite a bit.

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You know me like that.