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message 19851: by Lou (new) - rated it 5 stars

Lou Eva wrote: "So how's it going, any good books on the agenda?

Two for me: Before We Were Yours and Hidden Figures."


Yeah I'm reading Spinning Silver with my group and it's really good. And I'm reading Murder on the Orient Express which is also awesome.


message 19852: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Nope I win. Who here is a Keeper of the Lost Cities reader?


message 19853: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva BUT NOW I'M WINNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEAT THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


message 19854: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Oh. You beat that.

WELL ANYWAYS I'M WINNING NOW, SO HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


message 19855: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva For awhile at least I guess, because I am winning now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1


message 19856: by Lou (new) - rated it 5 stars

Lou Has anyone read The Final Empire (Mistborn)?


message 19857: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Evelyn wrote: "No, it sounds good though.... Has anyone read the lunar chronicles....."

No, I haven't, what's it about?


message 19858: by Keyera (new) - rated it 5 stars

Keyera Haskins I love that series. Definitely one of my favorites.


message 19859: by Keyera (new) - rated it 5 stars

Keyera Haskins Eva wrote: "Nope I win. Who here is a Keeper of the Lost Cities reader?"

I also read this one years ago. I always meant to continue the series after the first one, because I loved it so much, but I never got around to it. Maybe one of these days...


message 19860: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Keyera wrote: "Eva wrote: "Nope I win. Who here is a Keeper of the Lost Cities reader?"

I also read this one years ago. I always meant to continue the series after the first one, because I loved it so much, but ..."


The newest book, Flashback, came out thirteen days ago!!! In my opinion, the books get better after the first, and they are definitely are less like everyone says the first book is -- a copy of Harry Potter.


message 19861: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Nope I win.


message 19862: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Hahahahahaha no


message 19863: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva AND Eva's in the lead with her newest comment, but Evelyn's coming up closely behind! It's a tight race, folks! Who will win? Stay tuned to find out! And now, a short break. Happy Thanksgiving Eve!


message 19864: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva And we're back, folks, as Eva cuts Evelyn off with a wicked swerve. It's getting intense! Let's check the standings.

STANDINGS:
1. EVA
2. EVELYN
3. KEYERA
4. LYDIAMAE
5. MOLLY

It could all change at any moment in this nail-biting, suspense filled race of the century. It's time for a short break, but don't leave yet!


message 19865: by Keyera (new) - rated it 5 stars

Keyera Haskins I just love how competitive you guys are getting. Personally, I decided to post here on a whim, as well as to comment on that one post. Since then, I've mainly been watching the drama unfold... ;D


message 19866: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Oh! Look who swerved back into second, as Eva pulls into first. It's Keyera, neck and neck with Evelyn! Who will come out on top? Happy Thanksgiving, all! 🦃🙏🍂🌽


message 19867: by Lou (new) - rated it 5 stars

Lou What's Thanksgiving like in your household? I don't celebrate it since I live in England but I'm curious to see how you guys celebrate it.


message 19868: by Eva (last edited Nov 22, 2018 07:55AM) (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva The tradition for most families is to have a big meal with turkey, stuffing, cranberries, and a bunch of other stuff. Usually family and friends all get together for the meal. Sometimes people will watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade or play a family game of American football called the Turkey Bowl.

And of course, we celebrate by remembering to be thankful! :-)


message 19869: by Lou (new) - rated it 5 stars

Lou Eva wrote: "The tradition for most families is to have a big meal with turkey, stuffing, cranberries, and a bunch of other stuff. Usually family and friends all get together for the meal. Sometimes people will..."

Aw, I wish we had something like that in England... We don't have much to celebrate which is why most of us were celebrating Christmas at the beginning of November, which is insane.


message 19870: by Lou (new) - rated it 5 stars

Lou Okay you win... You've won. There's no reason for you to post anymore. Just close this tab, knowing, happily that you have officially won.


*evil laughter*


message 19871: by Lou (new) - rated it 5 stars

Lou Darn it, it obviously didn't work...


message 19872: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva LydiaMae wrote: "Eva wrote: "The tradition for most families is to have a big meal with turkey, stuffing, cranberries, and a bunch of other stuff. Usually family and friends all get together for the meal. Sometimes..."

Oh, one of my friends put her Christmas tree up on Halloween! :-) And that's with Thanksgiving still before Christmas. It was a huge debate in my classroom.


message 19873: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Some said that Christmas time lasted from Halloween till Christmas, some said that after Thanksgiving it was Christmas time, and some said that Christmas didn't start until December. And there was a little bit of "Christmas doesn't start until Christmas," but that was mostly a joke.


message 19874: by Lou (new) - rated it 5 stars

Lou ha. Well for me, I start listening to Christmassy music, put Christmas tree up, start reading Christmassy books etc. on around the 16th December. Or on Christmas eve but that's a little too late for my taste. But then we keep doing Christmassy things until mid January so.... :P


message 19875: by Victoria (new) - rated it 5 stars

Victoria IDC if I win but I just will say one thing,
B - lood
O - f
O - lympus

H - eros
O - f
O - lympus

That spells Boo Hoo well played Rick


message 19876: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Lol, well anyways, I'm winning! ....wow I just realized this is the first time I've had free time in months, usually I just come here in between procrastinating and doing homework and when I'm too tired to actually drag myself out of bed in the morning.


message 19877: by Victoria (new) - rated it 5 stars

Victoria Evelyn wrote: "^ that is really funny."
Yes. Yes it is.


message 19878: by Victoria (new) - rated it 5 stars

Victoria It looks like right now I am winning. That is very surprising.


message 19879: by Eva (last edited Nov 30, 2018 02:41PM) (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Hi everyone, it's the day before the best month of the year! Who else is so ready for November to be over already?


message 19880: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Ikr? Also, at my school we have had 8 -- EIGHT -- yes, 8, days of school off this month, besides weekends, spread across three separate weeks this month. That really made this month seem even longer. It hasn't been the greatest month of my life, let me tell you.


message 19881: by Rose (new) - rated it 4 stars

Rose Evelyn wrote: "And zoom! evelyn slides into first place, with Eva almost nipping on her heels. Who will win? Who will Lose? Stay tuned to find out! Happy almost thanksgiving from Beautiful Minnesota!"

I know I'm a bit late to reply to this, but... Yay Minnesota!


message 19882: by Rose (new) - rated it 4 stars

Rose So. Who celebrates CHRISTmas, and who celebrates X-mas?


message 19883: by Rose (new) - rated it 4 stars

Rose wow


message 19884: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva I celebrate Christmas for sure, but actually did you know that the origin of shortening Christmas to Xmas was not to X out the Christ? The x represents the first letter in the word Χριστός, pronounced like Khristos, which means "Christ" in Greek. Look up "origin of Xmas" if you don't believe me.


message 19885: by Victoria (new) - rated it 5 stars

Victoria I celebrate Christmas though I am unsure that there was 3 wise men because the bible never gives a number of wise men.


message 19886: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Yes, that's debated a lot. Three is the traditional number because they gave three gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. But it could have been anywhere from two to... well, however many Wise Men the East had!

Also, I always cringe when I see Wise Men in a nativity scene, because they weren't actually there the night of Jesus's birth according to the Bible. It was probably actually 1-2 years after Jesus was born.


message 19887: by Victoria (new) - rated it 5 stars

Victoria Eva wrote: "Yes, that's debated a lot. Three is the traditional number because they gave three gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. But it could have been anywhere from two to... well, however many Wise Men t..."

Finally someone who thinks the same thing as I do.


message 19888: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Yeah isn't it awesome when you FINALLY find someone who agrees with you?


message 19889: by Victoria (new) - rated it 5 stars

Victoria Yes it is.


message 19890: by Rose (new) - rated it 4 stars

Rose oOf this is why I don't like conversations with more than 2 people: I want to comment on something, but others have already practically buried it in new comments by the time I see it


message 19891: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Ikr? Sometimes I'll be like, "oh, that's a cool topic" and then I see like seven comments after it about something completely random and unrelated. But if you want to comment on something farther back I don't think anyone will care if you start up that conversation again!


message 19892: by Rose (new) - rated it 4 stars

Rose Nah, it's fine.


message 19893: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva :-)


message 19894: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva So it's almost my birthday, yay. But I have always hated having a birthday in winter. Is that just me? It's way too close to Christmas, I mean, if I even have a party it's usually winter or Christmas themed. It's like I celebrate Christmas twice within 25 days.


message 19895: by Rose (new) - rated it 4 stars

Rose oOf, my cousin has a similar problem. His b-day is only 2 days after Christmas, which means we go to his house for Christmas(his family has the biggest house on my mom's side, so it works well for that), then the day after that we go back because we don't feel like making him have crab and steak for his birthday dinner year after year.


message 19896: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Oof. Yeah, to anyone with a birthday not anywhere close to Christmas, feel very lucky.


message 19897: by Lou (new) - rated it 5 stars

Lou Eva wrote: "I celebrate Christmas for sure, but actually did you know that the origin of shortening Christmas to Xmas was not to X out the Christ? The x represents the first letter in the word Χριστός, pronoun..."

That's pretty interesting. I didn't know that some people thought X-mas meant to cross out the Christ in it. I used to write xmas in texts because it's just quicker to type. I also thought that the x in it was meant to be a sideways cross as to represent Christ's cross in the Passion. But the whole Greek explanation makes much more sense.


message 19898: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Hi! And yeah, LydiaMae some people think that the x in Xmas is used to X out the Christ, but actually the way you were using it is the way Xmas was intended to be used: a short version. It's like saying B-day instead of birthday.


message 19899: by [deleted user] (new)

Hi!


message 19900: by Eva (new) - rated it 5 stars

Eva Hi, didn't you just join the Kotlc group?


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