gogoblender 3,070 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Hello lovely community! The season's flurries are here. Cookies, decorated trees, food and... family. After almost fifteen years of our amazing journey with everyone here from the beginnings of the forum, to one of the world's largest wiki's and to a very now-bustling downloads section, we want to wish all of our family here of modders, posters, artists and friendlies a very Happy Christmas and seasons greets to all of our friends who's been merrily hanging out here for years. The Christmas skin is here.. I believe one of the members' favorites... don't forget to click on the music button up top to activate inspiring the Christmas music from Sacred itself.. ! Happy Christmas to you and your families! And above all Keep it Sacred gogo 1 Link to comment
Flix 5,116 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 It's that time of year again! Logging into DarkMatters like: Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, Flix said: It's that time of year again! Logging into DarkMatters like: LOL! I know eh...isnt this theme just the best! gogo p.s. gotta give creds to Hooyaah..it was all his bakery in the bar thread that set off the christmas alarm clocks... time to start getting ready for the family friends and good eats Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 Great Avatar Flix! I just dug this one out... Thank you Erris from Sacred's first beginnings... this was something she sent to me in an email sooooooooo long ago...she was a graphics design artist who could just do magic ...and would become furious when I would post about MSG in my threads Thanks Eris gogo Link to comment
Schot 407 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Woohoo! Festive mode, active! Everything is all different, omg, can't find buttons! lol Flix. Perfectly captured sentiment in that there gif! Link to comment
Dragon Brother 619 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 That time of the year again! Love the festive spirit guys 1 Link to comment
Popular Post Androdion 884 Posted December 8, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 8, 2019 Ha, you know me... the Grinch! The job takes a toll on the holiday for me, as always. Just trying to keep it cool I guess. My tree is already decorated again though, filled with chocolates and figurines. The wife demands it! 2 Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 On 12/8/2019 at 5:37 AM, Androdion said: Ha, you know me... the Grinch! The job takes a toll on the holiday for me, as always. Just trying to keep it cool I guess. My tree is already decorated again though, filled with chocolates and figurines. The wife demands it! Bravo Mate!! I remember both yours and Flix's Christmas photos last year... full of your heritage... the kind of stuff that is full of Christmas love, and I adore your wife's demands upon you for the holidays! We dont really do much about here at the apartment here in mtl, but there's a lot of family action, decorating and kids and prezzies at my cousin's place in the country...I'll be taking lots of clics this year ... and hoping we can maybe all put up our Christmas food tables this year ? gogo Link to comment
Popular Post gogoblender 3,070 Posted December 18, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2019 We had a pre-christmas cocktail party for the holiday, and some of our team showed u at my friends place in an area called The Plateau. Hip, studenty and lots of cool stores and artsy... Thought here apartment was very cool and so montreal gogo 2 Link to comment
Androdion 884 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 That's a really big tree! Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 Massive! That was actually a basement apartment...usually those are dark and not well lit...but this one was sunken in so deep and so well lit...that entry way into the vaul/kitchen was a wonderful for grand entrances! gogo p.s. alas.. most fireplaces are now illegal in montreal because of the smoke... hence that crackling, digitized fireplace... no logs, no smoke... aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... no marshmallows... gogo Link to comment
chattius 2,526 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 I know I am late. But we had 3 birthdays this weekend. We will chop a 12feet tree on monday the 23rd when the oldest daughter with family, second with friend are at home from university for two weeks. We do it always late because we need the 'entrance hall' for it for daily routine normally. Entrance hall may be is a big word for an old stall for 6 cows and 2 horses. OOOLD wooden patchwork house which had a stall and barn included. We use use the room where normally the horse pulled farm wagon stood. 5 metres in height because the hay and stray storage was above the stall and could be reched from ground with a long fork. Table tennis, basketball, ... the room is normally used for playing or parties like our 2+1 birthday. Would be type II, a three main weight carrying poles variant, with the left side halfways build into a hill for storm shelter. Also build in the hill is a deep cellar which is allways quite cool for food storing. Ground level left were the original living rooms, right the stall, above the yellow lines hay storage, above the pink stray (it is way lighter than hay). You see that there is something like an entrance hall ;) The hay storage was rebuild as kids room because of the roof lowering the height significantly. What do we do before we get our tree: We use our ladder truck from firefighters each year to decorate the tree at the church and install lamps to illuminate the church. It was build on the remaining ruins of a Wehrkirche (fortified church) from early 11th century build on a hill with a high wall surrounding it.If we sit on our veranda we can see the illiminated church and the tree down on the village hill. 1 Link to comment
lujate 578 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 1 Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 On 12/18/2019 at 8:35 AM, chattius said: I know I am late. But we had 3 birthdays this weekend. We will chop a 12feet tree on monday the 23rd when the oldest daughter with family, second with friend are at home from university for two weeks. We do it always late because we need the 'entrance hall' for it for daily routine normally. Entrance hall may be is a big word for an old stall for 6 cows and 2 horses. OOOLD wooden patchwork house which had a stall and barn included. We use use the room where normally the horse pulled farm wagon stood. 5 metres in height because the hay and stray storage was above the stall and could be reched from ground with a long fork. Table tennis, basketball, ... the room is normally used for playing or parties like our 2+1 birthday. Would be type II, a three main weight carrying poles variant, with the left side halfways build into a hill for storm shelter. Also build in the hill is a deep cellar which is allways quite cool for food storing. Ground level left were the original living rooms, right the stall, above the yellow lines hay storage, above the pink stray (it is way lighter than hay). You see that there is something like an entrance hall ;) The hay storage was rebuild as kids room because of the roof lowering the height significantly. What do we do before we get our tree: We use our ladder truck from firefighters each year to decorate the tree at the church and install lamps to illuminate the church. It was build on the remaining ruins of a Wehrkirche (fortified church) from early 11th century build on a hill with a high wall surrounding it.If we sit on our veranda we can see the illiminated church and the tree down on the village hill. Lol, seriously Chattius... You've turned Christmas into a build! gogo Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 On 12/18/2019 at 6:49 PM, lujate said: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Mery Christmas Lujate! As a side question...what class you playing on D3? I gave the crusader a try... loving it gogo Link to comment
chattius 2,526 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 In evening we will do the Plätzchen for x-mas (x-mas cookies) and dried fruits. Want to show our au-pair what our local traditions are. Making own x-mas cookies is a must have. Our local ones are not as colourful as in movies. Mainly because they use easily available contents from landside away from supermarkets. Sour cream, buttermilk, flour, eggs, rough sugar and sugar mellasse, butter, honey, nuts, marmelade milk ... But no food colour, colourful sugar pearls, chocolade, .... One made with Schmand/Creme Fraiche for a small sour note and rough sugar topped to counter it. As colourful as it gets. But often we don't dust them with fine sugar but use egg yolk to have a nice shine. 1 Link to comment
bhj 24 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I finally found my Christmas avatar So are you all done with the craziness that is Christmas this days ? 1 Link to comment
Popular Post Androdion 884 Posted December 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2019 I'm already tired of the "Christmas madness" at work... 1 1 Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 23 minutes ago, Androdion said: I'm already tired of the "Christmas madness" at work... awwwwwwwwwwww... gogo Link to comment
Androdion 884 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 The good news is that my lady is getting chocolates for gifts every day at work, at least that compensates a bit. Well, that and my stash of scotch! Link to comment
lujate 578 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 19 hours ago, gogoblender said: Mery Christmas Lujate! As a side question...what class you playing on D3? I gave the crusader a try... loving it gogo A did A LOT of Crusader. After the Necro was released I switched. 1 Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 11 hours ago, bhj said: I finally found my Christmas avatar So are you all done with the craziness that is Christmas this days ? bhj, merry christmas friend! I still remember that gorgeous christmas forum skin you created years and years ago...you turned DarkMatters into a postcard... brilliant gogo p.s the Avatar is awesome..fierce Fenrir Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 18 hours ago, chattius said: In evening we will do the Plätzchen for x-mas (x-mas cookies) and dried fruits. Want to show our au-pair what our local traditions are. Making own x-mas cookies is a must have. Our local ones are not as colourful as in movies. Mainly because they use easily available contents from landside away from supermarkets. Sour cream, buttermilk, flour, eggs, rough sugar and sugar mellasse, butter, honey, nuts, marmelade milk ... But no food colour, colourful sugar pearls, chocolade, .... One made with Schmand/Creme Fraiche for a small sour note and rough sugar topped to counter it. As colourful as it gets. But often we don't dust them with fine sugar but use egg yolk to have a nice shine. These are beautiful. Love the art that goes into Christmas cookies. I'll post pix of what our family bakes this year.. hoping for some of the delicious Empire Cookies! gogo Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 3 hours ago, lujate said: A did A LOT of Crusader. After the Necro was released I switched. I'm hooked on Crusader...this is new.. Schot updated the drivers on my old Video card and all of a sudden I could play games with animation again Is there a particular build you were using? I'm hooked on speed run build using the steed set. I can finally do Great rifts 95 - 100 with it.. speed is so much more fun for me than stodgy tanks... going full Thor here gogo Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Last Weekend before Christmas Folks... Get that shopping done now... on your marks, get set... gogo Link to comment
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