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Dec 16, 12:33am

This Christmas I’m a little sad. My three youngest kids are all teenagers and

Peanut

1:08am

I'm not a young guy anymore. 3 growing kids. But I still believe. I believe...

COACHdrn

12:57am

Just figure I would pass on a Christmas tip that I got from here last year.

cougarfann888

12:50am

Guess we know who’s getting coal this year.

Soupie Grandma Sycamore

12:36am

That guy is relentlessly anti Utah

Future_Tacos

12:43am

After an hour of plunging and hooking and snaking the worst toilet plug ever,

sakar12

12:36am

RE: After an hour of plunging and hooking and snaking the worst toilet plug

Crowd Factor

12:51am

What are your Top 5 Christmas movies of all-time?

IronPotato

12:21am

Die Hard. For all of them

TNT

12:22am

RE: Die Hard. For all of them

IronPotato

12:23am

TNT, please rank in order your favorite Die Hard Movies

Wise One

12:24am

Well, Die Hard. Die Hard. Die Hard. Die Hard. Die Hard. In that order

TNT

12:26am

Die Hard is good. I think with a vengeance, and Live free or Die Hard is just

Wise One

12:29am

Elf. Muppets Christmas Carol.

HugoStiglitz

12:26am

Krampus, Madea Christmas, Violent Night, Christmas Story, Home Alone.

squints

12:27am

Christmas Carol (Scott), Christmas Story, Elf

TLCougar

12:31am

Same as yours but swap A Christmas Story for The Santa Clause

Ray Shoesmith

12:33am

Elf, Die hard, Rambo First Blood.

quackaddict

12:34am

C.Vacation, Home Alones, C. Story, 8-Bit, Elf. Hon mentions: Violent Night, SC &

Your Royal Blueness

12:34am

Muppet Christmas Carol, Christmas Story, Christmas Vacation, Santa Clause, White Christmas

KingDave

12:34am

Klaus, Elf, Muppet Christmas Carol, White Christmas, new animated Grinch

IrishBlue

12:44am

Home Alone 2, The Santa Clause, Home Alone, Christmas Vacation, Elf. In that order.

Mr. Belding

12:44am

Home Alone, The Santa Clause, It's a Wonderful Life, 8 Bit Christmas, and Mickey's Christmas Carol

byujacob

1:01am

How do you have the Santa talk with your kids? My oldest asked a couple

OKchief

12:19am

We went on a drive and just talked about it. We've always told our kids that

IronPotato

12:22am

We never had to have a talk. It just organically grew to understanding around 11

Nakedbootleg

12:23am

How much do you have to lie to get them to 11? My daughter was asking questions

OKchief

12:27am

You can always just claim you’re Santa! Kids won’t believe you… then they do!

AFewThoughts

12:30am

Have a friend who's kid took the Santa news kinda hard. Every few days he would come to his mom and ask if_____ was real

KYU

12:40am

😳

OKchief

12:42am

Basically two parts: “We want to let you in on a secret” and “now you get to help be Santa for your younger sibling”

KingDave

12:39am

When my son asked me if the competing theories for dark matter, like MOND, were valid, I figured it was about time

Bob Vance

12:44am

Yeah kind of the same boat. I figure she should at least know before she heads

OKchief

12:57am

When our kids finally came to ask me, I would turn the question back on them and

RebelScum

12:58am

We told our oldest last year. “Santa is very real, but maybe not in the way you

Hiccupless

1:07am

This is the last year Santa is getting away w/outsourcing his toy building to me

machete

12:19am

I think George Bailey's character speaks to fathers who imperfectly try hard.

IronPotato

12:16am

I haven't watched it as a father yet. I think I'd cry my eyes out.

BYUpsychom

12:50am

Home Alone is a Christian movie

yorksama

12:11am

Watching A Christmas Story

TADOW Truly Addicted User

12:04am

When Randy comes out of the cupboard and he just shrugs is my favorite part

Nakedbootleg

12:15am

Any of you barricade the entrance to the tree with wrapping paper/butcher paper?

curls

Dec 24, 11:55pm

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Cougs4Lfe

Dec 24, 11:58pm

We do it. I asked my kids if we could stop this year and they about ripped my head off. Looks like I'll be doing it the

HarlemCoug

12:05am

We did it out of necessity in our old house given the ages of our kids and

Crowd Factor

12:12am

Never even heard of this until right now.

Swag Kazekage

12:15am

Yes, plus all of the shipping boxes in the hallway. They love breaking it down.

Nakedbootleg

12:16am

One time dad tied the door shut with the rope from the springbar tent. Naked

DiamondMo

12:22am

Just taped a surprise cardboard barrier behind the wrapping paper

FatThor

12:20am

Yes. They love getting “wrapped in” and they get so excited to bust it open.

Adwight

12:40am

I could only imagine what would’ve happened if I learned Santa wasn’t real from

McMax

Dec 24, 11:51pm

How all "Is Santa real?" discussions should go

IAmSpartyCoug All-American

Dec 24, 11:49pm

That is great! Hahaha

cambo

12:06am

So funny. It's 7 years old. Someone could use AI now and dub the voices in. That would be sweet.

HarlemCoug

12:19am

POLL: Home alone 2 yey, or ney

McMax

Dec 24, 11:41pm

Beyond that, they’re all trash

TerpCoug

Dec 24, 11:51pm

Why would you even suggest ney is a reasonable response?

Vert der Frick

Dec 24, 11:51pm

Not as good as the first, but still a big “Yey” for me

provoprodigy

12:06am

The celebrity cameo is great

puntersarepeople

12:08am

Amen

BaseCoug

12:18am

RE: POLL: Home alone 2 yey, or ney

Mr. Belding

12:41am

What time do you put out the presents and have you ever got caught? How did you

Tuskaloosa Cougar

Dec 24, 11:41pm

Just did ours...we can still hear the kids chatting in the room together.

IronPotato

Dec 24, 11:42pm

They just know not to come out?

Tuskaloosa Cougar

Dec 24, 11:45pm

Threats of disappearing present a has worked for us so far

BlueMatter

Dec 24, 11:55pm

Like gold.

IronPotato

12:04am

Our kids sleep under the tree

bball32

Dec 24, 11:49pm

no, our kids have a tradition to all go into the theater room upstairs and watch a christmas movie and sleep in there

JOPE

Dec 24, 11:52pm

We are doing the barrier for the second year in a row. The kids haven’t asked

Tuskaloosa Cougar

Dec 24, 11:58pm

We put a giant piece of wrapping paper at the top of the stairs. Great deterrent

Adwight

Dec 24, 11:52pm

great minds…

JOPE

Dec 24, 11:53pm

Not sure where you guys were 15 years ago...

Methusaleh22

12:00am

It's Christmas Eve, almost midnight, and how am I spending my time? Browsing CB.

TheNerd

Dec 24, 11:37pm

RE: It's Christmas Eve, almost midnight, and how am I spending my time? Browsing

Methusaleh22

Dec 24, 11:39pm

Me too bro

McMax

Dec 24, 11:39pm

RE: It's Christmas Eve, almost midnight, and how am I spending my time? Browsing

Ted Lasso

Dec 24, 11:40pm

Browsing CB and wondering what crablegs is up to...

Methusaleh22

Dec 24, 11:42pm

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SausageKing

Dec 24, 11:44pm

RE: Browsing CB and wondering what crablegs is up to...

RSL

Dec 24, 11:45pm

Board name checks out

SausageKing

Dec 24, 11:43pm

RE: It's Christmas Eve, almost midnight, and how am I spending my time? Browsing

novacoug1

12:50am

Merry Christmas CB. As I sit here reading the message board to my wife, we laugh

BYU I Bleed Blue

Dec 24, 11:33pm

Merry Christmas! Some great stuff tonight

Tuskaloosa Cougar

Dec 24, 11:39pm

Glad to have been a part of it. Happy to discuss politics or religion whenever.

Nittany Cougar

12:25am

Gifts from Santa. Wrapped or not wrapped?

Tuskaloosa Cougar

Dec 24, 11:24pm

Santa is pro-environment so no wrapping

Tare

Dec 24, 11:26pm

always wrapped, only way to meter the excitement. Unwrapped is like setting

BYUFBDAD

Dec 24, 11:26pm

Just give a few unwrapped from Santa and wrap the good ones from mom and dad

Disco Lemonade

Dec 24, 11:32pm

Our kids have always gotten 3 gifts from Santa like Jesus from the wisemen. We don’t wrap them. We wrap the ones

KYU

12:25am

We went halfway and use reusable fabric bundles.

BlueBlood

Dec 24, 11:31pm

That’s big brained right there

DiamondMo

Dec 24, 11:43pm

Santa gives one or two unwrapped gifts and the stockings

JOPE

Dec 24, 11:33pm

RE: Santa gives one or two unraped gifts and the stockings

TheNerd

Dec 24, 11:35pm

👀

BluesBrother

Dec 24, 11:36pm

you should see the other gifts!

JOPE

Dec 24, 11:40pm

This kind of where my wife and I agreed upon doing Christmas for the kids

Tuskaloosa Cougar

Dec 24, 11:36pm

No. Assembled and unwrapped. It’s all about the kids reaction when they see it.

ballen

Dec 24, 11:34pm

Hope you're up at 2 am when they see it for the first time.

Methusaleh22

Dec 24, 11:45pm

I sleep at the top of the stairs to prevent this. My parents left it out

ballen

Dec 24, 11:50pm

To each their own but at my house we've always wrapped. The slower we can take

Methusaleh22

Dec 24, 11:56pm

Santa brings stockings and games. Mom and dad give you the big stuff. If they’re small enough, they get wrapped.

YIsForBrigham

Dec 24, 11:38pm

No wrapping

IronPotato

Dec 24, 11:43pm

Going entirely wrapped this year. Due to some circumstances we’re switching it up.

shimmy

Dec 24, 11:44pm

Are you keeping it "under wraps" then?

Cougs4Lfe

Dec 24, 11:54pm

RE: Are you keeping it "under wraps" then?

Methusaleh22

Dec 24, 11:57pm

One year when we were older kids. I'm the youngest and was a teen, my mom asked

IronPotato

12:06am

Yep, that would be 100% the opposite in my house. Traditions matter.

Methusaleh22

12:17am

Not

KYU

12:23am

Wish me luck as I prepare for the worst flight in the world. Red eye, Vegas to Orlando, with a 6 month old.

RealTaysomHill All-American

Dec 24, 11:20pm

Just tell them you are the RealTaysomHill and they should be honored to fly with you.

TADOW

Dec 24, 11:24pm

Wait, I forgot part of it. We’re flying Spirit and they wouldn’t care if I was Santa Claus. Spirit is anti Christmas

RealTaysomHill

Dec 24, 11:29pm

We did this last Christmas 5AM flight. Woke kids up at 3AM. 6 kids 1-9yo spirit

AFewThoughts

Dec 24, 11:38pm

RE: Wish me luck as I prepare for the worst flight in the world. Red eye, Vegas

Texas_forever

Dec 24, 11:38pm

Visiting your family or hers?

Tuskaloosa Cougar

Dec 24, 11:43pm

Disneyworld maybe?

BYUFootballisBack

Dec 24, 11:53pm

Her family for sure. No way I’d do this to see my family

RealTaysomHill

12:38am

RE: Wish me luck as I prepare for the worst flight in the world. Red eye, Vegas

Methusaleh22

Dec 24, 11:46pm

Good luck. Next year let's talk about life choices. 😉

IronPotato

12:11am

It was 1/4 the price and the baby won’t remember anyways, so we decided to save money. I am going to work so hard this

RealTaysomHill

12:38am

*on the plane(t)

federer

12:36am

Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.

The 435 All-American

Dec 24, 11:16pm

What’s a friend?

CougarGuy84

Dec 24, 11:18pm

O thank you o wise one

TNT

Dec 24, 11:21pm

Thanks, Clarence.

YSMACK

Dec 24, 11:23pm

In my humble experience, anonymous Internet friends are game changers

RSL

Dec 24, 11:24pm

My parents always told me I was going to be a failure, I guess they were right.

DudeBro

Dec 24, 11:26pm

RE: Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.

mottman

Dec 24, 11:28pm

Who needs real friends when you have fake internet friends?

TheNerd

Dec 24, 11:32pm

RE: Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.

cougfanblue

Dec 24, 11:36pm

RE: Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.

ldssdl

12:11am

POLL: Who are you most turning out like in your life?

OU Cougar

Dec 24, 11:14pm

Haven't seen that movie forever. Which one is the fat guy? I'm definitely

Methusaleh22

Dec 24, 11:20pm

Albert Finney Scrooge > George C. Scott Scrooge.

Conan Best Poster on CB -JD Power

Dec 24, 11:11pm

He's the best

Belboz

Dec 24, 11:14pm

Scrooge McDuck Scrooge = GOAT.

RalphWiggam

Dec 24, 11:29pm

Neither holds a candle to Michael Caine.

XORCoug

Dec 24, 11:42pm

The right answer.

TerpCoug

Dec 24, 11:52pm

No Bill Murray Scrooge?

ProvoSpain

12:09am

Tomorrow is the day I take the grandkids out to surprise people with gift cards

BYUFBDAD

Dec 24, 11:11pm

We Picked this tradition up from CB. This is our 4th year and we’ve made

Mexicougazul

Dec 24, 11:14pm

Same. Such a great idea to help others feel loved

TADOW

Dec 24, 11:23pm

Awesome to pray before hand

Tuskaloosa Cougar

Dec 24, 11:27pm

Magneto right now

Longseason

12:16am

Where do you live? What stores are typically open?

cambo

12:16am

We do gas stations for the most part

TADOW

12:33am

I'm in CA. We hit a few Walgreens, CVS, even Safeway. At Safeway we can sort of

BYUFBDAD

12:42am

It's now been 6 Christmases without enduring a loss to Utah. Merry Christmas!!

Methusaleh22

Dec 24, 11:10pm

Roses are red, violets are blue, it’s been 1944 days since the Y lost to the U

McMax

Dec 24, 11:13pm

You’ve seen many more stretches of wind than that methuselah!

GoodBetterBestBYU

Dec 24, 11:47pm

Where is Santa now?

TNT

Dec 24, 11:09pm

He just left my place and heading east.

HighHorse

Dec 24, 11:10pm

RE: Where is Santa now?

Ted Lasso

Dec 24, 11:41pm

NORAD knows

DoctorEvil

12:24am

Merry Christmas CB friends

Avery

Dec 24, 11:01pm

Merry Christmas!

MarylandFan

Dec 24, 11:10pm

Woah. Embiid kind of lost it after he was ejected

TNT

Dec 24, 10:58pm

Pretty good chance Mary is filthy rich and married to Sam Wainwright

GRCoug

Dec 24, 10:57pm

Mary was never more than Sam’s side piece

The 435

Dec 24, 10:57pm

But doubtful she is happier.

ybecausethatswhy

Dec 24, 10:57pm

And remember she married “the richest man in town”

ybecausethatswhy

Dec 24, 10:59pm

RE: Pretty good chance Mary is filthy rich and married to Sam Wainwright

Cougar86

Dec 24, 10:58pm

I was surprised she ended up an old maid. She should have been a go-go dancer.

cougarblue

Dec 24, 10:59pm

Hey-o!

Russell Feathers

Dec 24, 11:05pm

I also am doubtful none of the 20 other boys sledding jump in to save Harry

canuckchuck

Dec 24, 11:59pm

I feel like it should be a law that all wrapping paper have the grid lines.

OPINIONS

Dec 24, 10:52pm

Thought I had the flu the past few days. Now I can't smell or taste. Merry COVID Christmas, I guess.

zonacougar Medium Rare

Dec 24, 10:52pm

Went from 6 kids last Christmas to 2 this year.

Rusty Crab Daddy

Dec 24, 10:51pm

Divorce is rough. Good luck.

Longseason

Dec 24, 10:52pm

RE: Divorce is rough. Good luck.

maxpowers

Dec 24, 10:59pm

RE: Divorce is rough. Good luck.

SJS

Dec 24, 11:02pm

RE: Divorce is rough. Good luck.

RootieBoy

Dec 24, 11:08pm

Sitting here wondering if Santa and Mrs. Clause did enough for the kiddos

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

Dec 24, 10:48pm

Magneto definitely does.

Longseason

Dec 24, 10:51pm

Was just thinking the same thing!

JamDownSouth

Dec 24, 10:52pm

Yep. I hope every parent does. A few years ago we started spending Christmas mornings at the homeless shelter

byujacob

Dec 24, 10:52pm

that is very awesome you do that, if I am being honest that sounds horrible to me

JOPE

Dec 24, 11:19pm

No, horrible is when your kids open their gifts and are not grateful for what they got.

byujacob

Dec 24, 11:22pm

Awesome. If you had ungrateful kids that was a great move by you guys

JOPE

Dec 24, 11:24pm

We downsized Christmas a long time ago. There was a year or two where I heard

gwalker

Dec 24, 10:58pm

How old are your kids?

gaffer

Dec 24, 11:00pm

What I’m curious about too. Do they still believe in Santa?

Tuskaloosa Cougar

Dec 24, 11:13pm

Not after this year they won't 😉

Methusaleh22

Dec 24, 11:16pm

we had some good friends many years ago that felt similarly, they decided to

BYUFBDAD

Dec 24, 11:00pm

Literally laughing out loud

Tuskaloosa Cougar

Dec 24, 11:15pm

I hope they know to expect less.

Baron

Dec 24, 11:02pm

I'm wondering the exact opposite. Parenting is hard. I'll get it right some day

Methusaleh22

Dec 24, 11:05pm

I worry about this every year. We have always focused our big gifts on family events that will create memories.

Cougar Jazz Fan

Dec 24, 11:09pm

no, we try to downsize and never can do it

JOPE

Dec 24, 11:14pm

I worry about keeping a roof over my kids heads, food in their bellies and

JohnnyC

Dec 24, 11:16pm

My wife would have it this way. I’m the other extreme and want to give Santa all

Tuskaloosa Cougar

Dec 24, 11:22pm

I have never had a problem with this. Set the bar super low at the start

Jericho

Dec 24, 11:58pm

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