Christmas timetable

I appear to be on my own here.

5:00 a.m. wife, step-daughter, hubby and two kids disappear downstairs
to open presents.

7:30 a.m. I'm woken up by sound of a hobbyhorse-riding elf, make my
way downstairs.

8:40 a.m. having had some toast and coffee I appear to be losing the
battle to delay opening by presents until after I've had a shower.

 

UKRMing on Xmas morning? You saddo.

 

UKRMing on Xmas morning? You saddo.

 

With my whole family against me it's the only lifeline I have left.

 

UKRMing on Xmas morning? You saddo.

 

*Waves*

Happy Christmas to all.

 

+1

 

We're still in the deep gloom of night here in
British Columbia, Canada. Presumably, the shepherds
are busy guarding their flocks.

I can't sleep so I'm listening to Handel's _Messiah_:

"Why do the nations rage so furiously together?"

Man, that's too big a question for 4 in the morning.
All I can figure is that King David (c.1040–970 BC)
who wrote the above (in Psalm 2) might have had history's
biggest chariot battle in mind (Kadesh, 1274 BC).

Meanwhile what was the biggest tank battle? Kursk, 1943?
Sinai, 1973? Desert Storm, 1991? FOAK invited.

TIA, SQ

 

+1 <raises a glass of fizz>

 

Not really.
Fwiw, I felt much more celebratory on the morning of the 22nd, when the
days started getting longer. Perhaps the more severe winter conditions
this year brought this about, as I was heartily sick and tired of the
fucking cold and really looking forward to some improvement. As for
Christmas, **** it and the horse it rode in on, as it's nothing but a
hi-jacking of a perfectly sound pagan date with some real meaning, as
above.

 

Not sure about the numbers (tanks or area), but I would suggest the
first one was a proper battle, as opposed to the turkey shoots the
latter two were.

 

This one, still, I think.

 

It must be, Shrek's on tely.

 

"Thread hijack 2011" competition is still open?

This is a serious contender.