Jingle Bells! Hi from someone new :)

[ladyice]

Hi I just joined, I love the holidays. This is my favorite time of year, from Halloween to New Years :) Oct 1 - Dec 31

I am so excited about Christmas this year, my family is coming down and I am having Christmas Eve dinner for them and my friends :christmastree:

Exciting! :)

With everything going on this year, I am really looking forward to a beautiful happy holiday :)

[PumpkinJack81]

Hi ladyice! :waving:
Welcome to the forums! :santa: This is a wonderful time of year...I think you'll fit in just fine around our forums. Hope you continue to come back and post. We have a lot of new member this year and with Christmas quickly approaching, things should stay busy here!
Look forward to hearing more from you soon! :santa1:
Bob, Forum Moderator

PS - Whereabouts are you from in NC? I'm an NC native too. :D

[ladyice]

Hi Bob Thanks for the welcome, I do love planning and discussing Christmas, I was glad to find this place :)

I am from Charlotte, NC. Where are you from in NC? :)

[PumpkinJack81]

Glad you like it here with us. :D I'm actually from Matthews, NC.

[ladyice]

Oh wow, you aren't too far away then :) *waves*

Do you know of anything fun to do for the holidays?

I am thinking of taking my family to Christmastown this year, last year I went to DS Botanical Gardens. A friend and I are going to the Southern Christmas Show at the Charlotte mart in Nov that looks like a lot of fun!

Have you found anything near by?

[onemagicalchristmas]

hi Lady ice
I am also from NC. I live in Conover. A group of us ladies used to go christmas shopping in matthews I believe to the Carolina Place Mall every december it was fun to have the extra money to just blow on everyone. Now I shop year round for my gifts. I have to with limited funds available to my family.

Anyway welcome you will love it here

Bobbi:snowman:

[Marshmallow World]

Welcome, ladyice!

I ordered vintage milk bottles from an emporium in Matthews, NC, a long, long time ago! It's a small world. :) I think it was called Matthews Emporium.

[ladyice]

Hi onemagicalchristmas & Marshmallow World!

Thank you for the welcome :)


onemagicalchristmas - I love Carolina Place Mall, I go there a lot. That and South Park are my two favorites. The traffic can be difficult though ;)

Marshmallow World - it is a small world isn't it? :)

[PumpkinJack81]

Oh wow, you aren't too far away then :) *waves*

Do you know of anything fun to do for the holidays?

I am thinking of taking my family to Christmastown this year, last year I went to DS Botanical Gardens. A friend and I are going to the Southern Christmas Show at the Charlotte mart in Nov that looks like a lot of fun!

Have you found anything near by?

Not too far away at all. :waving:

Actually, I'm working on a Christmas website all about things to do in NC and SC. You can check it out at www.twinklelights.webs.com (http://www.twinklelights.webs.com). It's still a work in progress, but I've gotten a good amount of activities on there so far. Let me know what you think! :gelf:

The Southern Christmas Show is a lot of fun...My mom used to work at the merchandise mart, along with my cousin and grandparents, so we went to the SCS for years while I was growing up. :tree:

[PumpkinJack81]

hi Lady ice
I am also from NC. I live in Conover. A group of us ladies used to go christmas shopping in matthews I believe to the Carolina Place Mall every december it was fun to have the extra money to just blow on everyone. Now I shop year round for my gifts. I have to with limited funds available to my family.

Anyway welcome you will love it here

Bobbi:snowman:

Have you been to the Peppermint Forest Christmas Shop (http://www.peppermintforest.com/seop/default.asp?s_id=1)? It's in Pineville, near Carolina Place Mall. Great Christmas store! :gelf:

Hi onemagicalchristmas & Marshmallow World!

Thank you for the welcome :)


onemagicalchristmas - I love Carolina Place Mall, I go there a lot. That and South Park are my two favorites. The traffic can be difficult though ;)

Marshmallow World - it is a small world isn't it? :)

Carolina Place and South Park are both good malls, and the Christmas decorations over by South Park are excellent! :christmastree:

[PumpkinJack81]

Welcome, ladyice!

I ordered vintage milk bottles from an emporium in Matthews, NC, a long, long time ago! It's a small world. :) I think it was called Matthews Emporium.

I can't think of that store, how long ago was it? It is a very small world...I'm still surprised by the number of NC natives here! :santahat: