Just an FYI... we will NOT be trying this method out. While I constantly threaten to wax Jess's eyebrows while Hy sleeps, I would rather them be unruly than singed.

Speaking of the South and traditions... What holiday traditions are geographic? Do you trudge over the hill and thru the woods to cut your own tree?

My parents grew up both very very rural (tobacco farm - no indoor plumbing and tar paper "shotgun house" in Florida). For Christmas, part of their presents were oranges and nuts. Both were considered highly special and reveered. To this day, they put oranges and nuts in the grandkids' and great grandkids' stockings.

My father's birthday is December 23rd. Because it is so close to Christmas, he usually just gets socks, undershirts and briefs. Its his tradition to have a picture made with briefs on his head! LMAO... Tomorrow is his 74th birthday and it won't be complete until his drawers are on his head. I can't wait to see it. :)

Christie

One of the beautiful things about the south.. is how we don't hide our crazies... we adore them!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3KQgulBzh0&feature=related"]YouTube- Crazy People in the South[/ame]

Yes--this is exactly it! I love 'em naked save (except) some buttah! Sugar, though...I may have to try that...

Dad-gum, that looks like fun! I love the dude who hollers: "I think we have [achieved] fire!"

My family does a lil something called "chocolate and biscuits"--it's just cocoa, tons of sugar, and some yummy biscuits :-) It never ceases to make someone wrinkle their noses.

And, biscuits (my absolute weakness), purdy purdy please?! :awww:

In response:
[Gosh-darn, I love me some Ouiser]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npowfjbAMc8"]YouTube- OUISER BOUDREAUX: "I'M NOT CRAZY M'LYNN..."[/ame]

Aside from twinkies (never had one never want one)... I can not do family style unless I am with people I know and NO little kids. There is a place around me with good ole "Amish" ie Pennsylvania Dutch cooking (my kinda food) that serves it family style but I can not fathom it. I have seen people sneeze then pass the bowl, putting their fingers in it, *gag*... but if we all got together and went there are better possibilities.

that actually sounds good. no nose wrinkle here...

Smiles :frog:

At some point, ALL things go back to Steel Magnolias.. or Forest Gump!

This is my Forest to her Jenny :awww:


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usmb_UCiNGk&feature=related"]YouTube- Forrest Gump - I know what love is[/ame]

OK.. You may be onto something with the sharing a table ( and bowls) with strangers.. coz down here.. some are a lot stranger than others!

Yeah, but we're much more polite down here in the South.

And the best thing about the South is that "Bless your(/their) heart" covers everything. It can be meant sincerely or facetiously. It's wonderful. It can cover the worst insult ever.
"Why Johnny ain't got a lick of sense, bless his heart."

And for the record, everyone should REALLY, REALLY encourge e to tell y'all about her momma!

I'm game! Miss e.. "nice shoes, howsyermomma?"

LMAO! I thought that right as I hit send! This post was almost edited to add:
andem????

This thread has made me hungry

Well, I make some of the best sausage gravy ya ever put in your mouth. But, my all time favorite, hot bauld (sic) p-nuts from the lil ole man on the side of the road.

Sorry about the biggo Bob pic. rofl

One of my favorite things about the South is music... even in a particular genre, there are many flavors for the ears to taste...

One of my other favorite things is southern women. We rock. Period.

Here's to celebrating all us grownass southern women!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slUIDNUnbO4"]YouTube- Southern Girl - Amos Lee[/ame]

To my dearest Forest...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6LqhYMj5nM"]YouTube- Tim McGraw feat Faith Hill - I Need You (HQ) Official[/ame]

To go back to the beginning of the thread.

I love to go barefoot and proud of it! It is warmer in the South.

There are red necks everywhere. Go to a tractor pull in Los Angeles and look for yourselves.

The North actually is way more segregated than the South. In Detroit and Chicago for example the races live pretty separately, not in case in Nashville. I was shocked the first time I visited Detroit, I found it amazingly racist. Still. My G/F is from upstate New York, they did not even go to school with anyone Black or Latino, in the 70's and 80's and her family uses the N word (she does not).

Actually NEW YORK used to be the center of slavery, it was just earlier than in the South. Slavery came to the South with the cotton gin much later on.

Black slaves built the White House and most of our country, its not just the South who had slavery.

The confederate flag? Yes, most people see it as racist, I don't fly it. I did however see a Vespa with a confederate flag on it the other day and almost wrecked laughing.

I love Nashville, it is a great place to be.

It makes me angry to hear about people in the South being dumb and having a bad rep. Come on, everywhere has its drawbacks.

Yes indeedy, we love some southern women! We saw this family perform this song last year at the Ryman... Her voice and the acoustics of this wonderful hall of music history brought chills and still do when I hear it! Hope y'all like it!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ORMZWup8YY"]YouTube- Cherryholmes - Mary Don't You Weep[/ame]