Ok, I know there are those of you out there that are huge Christmas fans like me. No ,its not because of the gifts, but I LOVE the season and everything it means and what it does to people. Our friends call Rob and I Mr. and Mrs. Claus because we are such huge Christmas fanatics.

Do you have a christmas goal? A christmas craft to share? A favorite christmas memory? A sweet christmas story? A cool christmas website? Lets share in our insanity for the season together. And countdown the next 6 months to our favorite time of year!!

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CHRISTMAS WISH LIST

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Lets make this holiday season a healthy and skinny one!! Hop on the sleigh and add your name to the Wish List with your Christmas Goal. What weight do you want Santa to make you this Christmas? Be realistic! And lets make this season a jolly one!!

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Almostready76 - J 239 / C 239 / G 199

Barbara465 - J 250 / C 250 / G 200

Christy668 - J 370 / C 370 / G 330

dsrjrr - J 201 / C 201 / G 175

EmileeKaye - J 204 / C 204 / G 170

FunnyDuddies - J 318 / C 314 / G 230 (-4 this week)

JenMomTo3 - J 307 / C 306 / G 240 (-1 this week)

Jenn28 - J 230 / C 230 / G 205

Jorjet - J 224.5 / C 224.5 / G 200

Kim2bhealthy - J 271.5 / C 269 / G 220 (-2.5 this week)

LindaV - J 269 / C 267 / G 220 (-1 this week)

MarcyD - J 300 / C 300 / G 250

MiaHalliwell - J 186 / C 186 / G 165

Mousecrazy - J 225 / C 225 / G 199 (-0 this week)

MyChevyGirl - J 271 / C 271 / G 225

MySherriJo - J 243 / C 242 / G 199 (-1 this week)

NJChick - J 214 / C 214 / G 189

Paula - Renew her relationship with God

PhotoNut - J 222.5 / C 222.5 / G 170

Sallyjo - J 186 / C 181 / G 150 (-5 this week)

SherryW - J 230 / C 230 / G 195

Teresita - J 390 / C 390 / G 340

Terrriho - Wants to be banded for Christmas

TheBestMe - J 179.2 / C 179.0 / G 165 (-.2 this week)

Warmmorningsun - J 289 / C 288 / G 230 (-1 this week)

Wavydaby - J 297 / C 297 / G 275

Woodys - J 173.4 / C 173.4 / G 125

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Mousecrazy, got you added. Welcome to the christmas wish list!

Nana, do you have a wish to add to the list? Either a weight or a personal wish for yourself?

Everyone else I hope all is well. I actually am doing the same as Nana and starting to address and do all of my christmas cards. if I don't do it now they will get out the day after christmas. I like to try and send them out the day after Thanksgiving. That way i know they have plenty of time to get to everyone.

Thanks, FunnyDuddies!

This will be great inspiration!

I think that because Christmas is the time that the whole family gets together, and that most of them I will not see until that time, I want to make a huge difference in my appearance for my next visit with them. I want them to see that not only I could do it, but that the band was not the huge mistake they think it is. I hope they will celebrate with me in whatever weight loss victory i have by that point, but I really hope that I get my wish for Christmas and get almost halfway to goal.

Count me in!!!!!!! My goal is to be at 205 by Christmas!! I am currently at 230 and I have been at a standstill for about 2 weeks! SO hopefully this is the kick in the butt that I need! I to LOVE Christmas! It's been fun ready all of your Christmas memories, ideas and recipies.

Our fun tradition we started in our family about 4 years ago is playing dirty Santa and Christmas trivia. Since most of the family is over 20 years of age (with the exception of my 2 little ones and my cousin's two new babies) we decided to do the dirty gift exchange and call it Dirty Santa! (this is where everyone who wants to participate brings a gift at a 25.00 value and we draw numbers and #1 grabs a gift , opens it and then #2 grabs a gift and can either take #1's gift or grab an unopened gift, then you keep going until all #'s have gotten a gift. We had to put a 3-steal limit on it! It can get pretty crazy in our family! We usually have about 15 people participating! After this is done, my aunt gets us all together to do Christmas trivia. She has a bunch of x-mas related trivia questions and the winner of each questions gets a Lottery Ticket.

Good luck to all of you on completing your goals!!!!!!! Thanks Funny for starting such a fun thread!!

Awright awright awright!!!! I come into this thread kicking and screaming and grumbling and mumbling and rolling my eyes, okay already!!!!!!

I saw Cindy's (mousecrazy) sig with the Christmas Challenge and HAD to come, now I'm reading through the thread feeling like a dope because I am NOT crafty and giddy and I don't decorate a tree in each room with THEMES?! for goodness sakes!

However, I would like to be at my tummy tuck goal weight by Christmas. And I would like to send out my Christmas cards this year. Forget on time, I just want to get them sent out. I missed them last year. DOH!

So, in a way, this really is a thread for me, even though I'm a dope, I just don't wanna be such a good one! LOL

Join/Goal/Current? is that It? Nope it's J/G/C...here, I'll fix it.

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And I will have my card envelopes addressed BY Thanksgiving. I will have them mailed by Dec 10th. All of them, with a picture of the kids enclosed. So there.

Thanks to all you nutso freaks out there. :heh:

Its the quietness the season offers... the air seems to be filled with peace... the joyfulness in strangers voices... the willingness to help those in need... communities actually work together... neighbors speak to each other instead of just waving by... people seem to have a little more patience with each other... friends/family make special plans to visit one another... more laughter, more kindness, more love during this time.

Christmas IS magical.

THAT's it for me, too! I love that, Paula. Thanks!

Jenn28 - Welcome to the Christmas Wish List

Kathy - You know you belong here! LOL Glad you are participating!!

I would love to join this wonderful Christmas spirited group. I just got back from a vacation cruise and I'm wincing at the thought of stepping on the scale. I'll do that in the morning and give you my stats then if thats ok FunnyDuddies I'll look at my favorites and find my Christmas links for crafts etc.

Sounds like a plan Sherry! Welcome to the Wish List and I can't wait to see some of your links!

You crazy people got me in the dadgum Christmas spirit. I'm making dinner whistling "Let it Snow"...OMGosh! DH is in there frying catfish whistling "the weather outside is frightful..." :omg: how funny!

Okay, I'm coming around...hehe

Okay im glad someone else is thinking of the season ive already begun shopping but just when i see something on sale and it reminds me of them!I would love to weigh 175 for Christmas and I would need to loose 26 pds for that to happen.

Ok Funny......well stepped on the scale and I gained 2 pounds while on my cruise. Thankfully it was only 2 pounds...whew! I'm loving my band, I know it would of been more than that if I didn't have it! So I'm starting at 230 and i'd like to be in wonderland by Christmas that would take 31 pounds but, I'll say 35. I'd like to weigh 195 by Christmas....ohhh pretty please Santa hee hee

153 days till Christmas!!!

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152 days till Christmas!!!

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Ok, tomorrow is the weigh in day for the Christmas Wish List!!! Make sure you all check in with your new current weight, and I will get them recorded Thursday.

Later on today after my work is done i am going to share some of my favorite christmas crafts that I do with the kids to make gifts for everyone.