I understand what you mean about today's sanitized and commercialized "X-mas." It's not Christmas for sure, but we try real hard around here to make Christ our focus, with Santa etc, in the background.Riff89 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 11:07 amI always wanted my wife to let me smoke in the house on Xmas eve to really give it that Santa stopped by smell but she was always so worried about the kids health that she snot me down. I am now able to smoke in the man cave which is great but something about firing up a big pipe full of burley while listening to Christmas music and drinking cocoa with the family always appealed to me and I don’t really like Christmas all that much (at least not what it’s become) I’m more of a thanksgiving guy it’s all the feels none of the commercialization.
I'm fortunate, I smoke on and off in the house during the holiday season. Mrs Cat would let me smoke indoors all the time, but out of deference to her I don't. I even limit what and how often I smoke in my study.
Anyway, our new Santa plate is going to be out year round apparently, on a shelf in the kitchen where my clay lives. The Middleton Apple pouch @colorduke is going to send me will be framed or shadowboxed and be part of the apple grouping you see on the right.