2019 Datalounge Christmas Party

I'm bringing meatloaf made from Joan's own recipe, of course.

If Erna's coming we have to actually bring something for her this year.....

My Secret Santa gift.

What true DLer wouldn't want this for his next flight?

[quote]I'm bringing meatloaf made from Joan's own recipe, of course.

Lovely! And I'll bring the hippies.

Joan's Danti-chips, of course!

The eggnog!!! Don't forget the eggnog!!! Also need to supply plenty of fainting couches and smelling salts, as many DLers will be clenching their pearls and MARY!'ing.

Pearls. Extra pearls too.

I made a pitcher of coquitos, spiked with twice the rum, a few Quaaludes & a couple of Black Beauties. I also brought some LPs & my portable hi-fi!

I'm making a Fanny Cradock Christmas pudding.

The anti-smoking troll is NOT INVITED.

I have ordered Christmas Caftans for every Fat Whore and pearl clutching DLer who’ll come to the party.

Hi!

It’s Dorothy I’m bringing my Mormon potatoes and hot sausages.

Can the Gap Playlists troll provide the soundtrack?

Tree ornaments, BUTT of course!

I would never attend such a degrading event, but Michael is out of town, so what time do I arrive?

Should we set up a kid's table for CZJ?

Pancakes Barbara for the midnight supper.

YourMillenialFriend is not invited. Also not Ernst... He'll find an excuse to tag along with his 6'4 husbear he can't seem to stop talking about.

Shrimp kabaret, a tasty Norwegian dish.

My Easy Corn Soufflé :

(not really a soufflé, I just insist on calling it that)

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1 can whole-kernel corn, drained / 1 can cream-style corn, not drained / 8 oz. sour cream / 1 stick butter, melted / I box JIFFY brand corn muffin mix (dry) / 2 eggs / 1 cup grated cheddar cheese

Whisk eggs forever, add sour cream, then butter. Whisk more. Stir in corn muffin mix, then both cans of corn.

Pour into greased 9 x 11 baking dish and top with cheese..

Bake in 350-degree oven for 35 minutes. If you bake it in a round 2-qt. casserole dish to make it look more like a soufflé you might have to cook it a little longer.

Christmas Christina, bring me the axe—I’m gonna chop me down a Fraser Fir.

Is the Blatino Husbear coming?

Is AIKC coming??

I’m making fresh homemade bread using my yeast from my yeast infection. Days like this, I really appreciate having nonstop yeast infections, because I save money

I'll organise a Murder Mystery game for all of you who like to detect!

I’m bringing my hot hung manhood wrapped in a loin cloth. As the cameras 🎥 come out so does my special ‘companion’ in my pants.

I will bring egg nog

. . . and the bowl and cups for serving it.

I'll bring some hors-d'oeuvres

I'll bring my mother

My nuts and bolts are always a hit!

. . . and I'll bring my grandmother, too. They do so love a good party.

Smirnoff Blue. 100 proof.

Captain Morgan rum to add extra oomph to the egg nog!

Blu-ray copies of "Mame" and "Auntie Mame" just to watch the reaction

R1 is that really her recipe? That is fascinating.

All right, all right. You guys have been pestering me long enough. I'll bring a little coke.

R36 Might I join you for a bump?

I'll bring one Pound Cake from Dollar Tree.

R12 We already HAVE music!

[quote]R1 is that really her recipe? That is fascinating.

It really is her recipe, R35. It appears in her must-have guide to gracious living, "My Way of Life."

I will say that I love seeing old-fashioned (which most Americans seem to think is the 1930s & '40s) way of saying Happy Holidays as a rebuttal to the "War on Christmas." It proves that we've always said it, though it probably meant Christmas and New Year's. So when people complain about it, they're complaining about Hanukah and Kwanzaa pulling focus from "our" holiday.

Irving Berlin wrote the song "Happy Holiday" for the 1942 movie "Holiday Inn," in which it was introduced by Bing Crosby.

I'm bringing boxes of cordial cherries.

My date will be Martha Stewart, who will be topless, of course.

I'll be bringing Christmas ribbon candy that nobody likes except for old ladies.

I am bringing my schweddy balls.

Looks like we’re going to run out of booze and drugs really fast. Also, is anyone going to hire the “talent”?

I hope someone has a thread about the Xmas party in the 1930s. I love that picture. I can't find it because I don't know what to call it in the search bar.

A tray of long, creamy cannoli.

I'll be wearing my long johns with the trap door opening. I'll bring my crock pot grape jelly meatballs too.

You mean the 1925 Western Electric office Xmas party, R48?

Yes R51 thank you.

I'll be bringing a lovely Spaghetti-O Jell-O Mold with Vienna sausages!

I’ve wandered over from the suburban ‘70s Christmas party thread. Here’s a tasteful bowl in which to place the keys.

Let's Dance!

After dinner party games!

I’m bringing the board game, Sorry.

You bitches better be quiet while this is on.

Hi! It’s Jules from The Love Boat and I’ll provide a Great dancer.

PS. I just hope Captain Stubing doesn’t try to smell his underwear again.

I’m bringing gin and regrets.

I'm bringing Lucy (Gary tried to talk her out of it). She promises to sing from Mame! Oh -- can someone help me bring in the ten cartons of Philip Morris for Lucy?

I’m bringing the pigs in blankets. Why wants some of my sausage? x

"Tree ornaments, BUTT of course!"

Our favorite quarterback sent this to, uh, top the tree.

[quote] A tray of long, creamy cannoli.

Bobby Cannavale, is that you?

Don’t worry. I’ll bring enough Panettone and fruitcake for everyone.

You're all fat whores so I'll bring Almond Nog.

Helen has graciously agreed to greet the guests.

Pass-around bottom, Joel.

And after she slaps you in R67, she'll beat you with a dish towel!

I’m bringing the entertainment.

Turns out that leaving Jon-Benet home alone will not be a problem, so John, Burke and I will be there with bells on!

I’ll bring my pineapple dessert. It’s to die for.

Lucy turned "We Need a Little Christmas" into a dirge.

The beauty of a basket of Schweddy Balls is that you can bring it year after year. Just top off the pile. They never go bad.

They're so moist, r73.

My award winning oatmeal cookies

What do you MEAN Joey's not invited!!!

Judy you are invited. We wouldn't want to lock you in a closet and not invite you to the party.

I may have to bring my collection of wire hangers to use as stencil on the Christmas tree. Will this be ok?

R51 I love that Shorpy's Western Electric Christmas Party picture from 1925. It feels like there are so many stories going on in it. Look at the the woman sitting on the floor with the white collar glaring at the woman sitting against the desk and above her the woman gazing rather adoringly at the woman in the striped top wearing pearls. The oil can, the bear and the little house sitting on the floor in front of everyone. The rather handsome if balding man behind behind Fatty Arbuckle Jr who I assume may be a manager and the two guys next to him, one with his hand on the other's shoulder.

Xmas punch.

Tears and regrets.

I’ll bring peanuts and bourbon.

I’m not coming unless Ernst is coming. Plus I want to climb on his husbear.

Pigs in a blanket involve some type of bread on the outside.

We need to see photos of this husbear.

I can't eat any because I ate last Christmas, but I am so happy to share my famous Tomato Aspic.

I'll bring the Red Dragon cheese, cak, graxy, and the festive margarine fountain.

I’ll bring Sandra Lee’s kwanza cake!

It’s hard to believe it’s been ninety four years since the Western Electric Christmas party.

If you look at that picture, and you look at pictures of people from about six years earlier, it’s night and day. Other than the marcelled hair, most of those people could walk down the street and pass today. People dressed in 1919 style looked like they were living in another century.

Here’s Christmas 1919, for comparison. It’s like another planet.

That is quite a difference. It's like the modern world started right in 1921 or something like that.

I will bring my famous [italic]saucisses et bacon a la Crèche[/italic] dish.

Interesting, R90.

Here’s my Dad with his sisters and grandmother in 1918. Probably an Easter photo. My great grandmother was born before the civil war, 1848. But you’re right, the clothes were from an earlier era.

Watch out! .. I'm bringing a bottle of Jim Beam!

I'll bring turkey meatballs.

If anyone needs their hair styled for the party, just let me know!

I don't have a date, so I'll probably go with one of the fags I'm usually stuck with.

I was going to bring the entire cast from the Elite Thanksgiving thread. But we couldn't find a solar-powered bus.

Plus you're all as common as muck. At least according to Great Aunt Eustasia.

Why, only the biggest, most glorious motherfucking croquembouche you've ever see, that's what I'm bringing.

Here, I'll show you how it's done (and my dear friend will show you how it's not done.)

One each, please.

R1- Joan's meatloaf was massive. Most meatloafs call for 2 lbs of meat. Her's has 4 lbs. Yikes. That's one GIANT meatloaf. And certainly not 10 servings, more like 20. Was she feeding a football team?

I'm bringing the pasta. I'm not draining it.

Loving these holiday pics from the past . Here is a pic of my three aunts at a NYE party...bottom left on the floor. They all ended up in Miami by the 1940s

Has anyone invited Jackie on Assistance?

r100 Well, Joan had a lot of experiencing handling meat.

I’ll bring the D.O. as my plus one.

Turds for the punch bowl?

R102, that’s an interesting picture. Why would a woman be wearing such short stockings and men’s garters, then expose her garters? That’s kind of surprising.

[quote]Joan's meatloaf was massive. Most meatloafs call for 2 lbs of meat. Her's has 4 lbs. Yikes. That's one GIANT meatloaf. And certainly not 10 servings, more like 20. Was she feeding a football team?

Joan often entertained entire football teams, although generally cooking was not involved.

Joan's meat never loafed.

She put them to work moving furniture.

Del Monte canned potatoes with parsley. I still have tins of them left from when Ike was president.

I'll be bringing parfait glasses of Jello 1-2-3. So festive for the holidays!

Let's go a little crazy here with some of my Velveeta Ro-tel dip. I'll bring some Tostitos, too.

My contribution. Why are you guys looking at me like THAT??

My collection of Firestone Christmas albums will set the mood!

Festive Stone Soup and Plantain Jello Shots

R114, We had a couple of those Firestone albums in the house when I was a kid. Specifically, the one with Julie Andrews (top right in your photo) and the one with Jack Jones and Roberta Peters (bottom right). And yes, they were played at Christmas.

r116 — I remember the one with Anna Maria Alberghetti, which also had Steve and Eydie singing "Sleigh Bells" ... it started with the sound of a whip cracking and Eydie laughing.

As a tiny pencil-dialer I found the gift-wrap covers quite fabulous.

I'll be bringing the Whitman's Sampler!

It may be just a rumor, but I heard The Faith Tones will be playing all their greatest hits for us. Merry Christmas🌲

I'll bring you The Present You Can Keep!

But I'm leaving that little trap Christina at home.

I'll bring an assortment of Whip N' Chill! Always welcome!

Still.....

[quote] As a tiny pencil-dialer I found the gift-wrap covers quite fabulous.

I love R117.

I'll be bringing Arlene Francis's favorite, Double Glo icicles, and sharing Arlene's four gay new ideas for decorating the party's Christmas tree.

I have the soundtrack to any Holiday party!

I'm bringing a carton of Joan's favorite cigarette: Tobaccoland's Finest Gift, Lucky Strike!

I'm bringing copious amounts of pot, silly.

I'll bring copies of the new Harry Styles album for everybody!!

My gift is the link to the Arlene Francis and her ilk thread.

Oh, Joan at R126. Lucky Strikes are definitely the Spirit of Christmas Past. Everyone knows that Philip Morris is America's finest cigarette gift!

I loved the "Arlene Francis and her ilk" thread, R129, and made several contributions to it.

No one invited you, Gap Troll.

We already HAVE our Christmas music.

You’ll find us under the mistletoe.

I'll bring my shitbra.

Omg, R133! The passion in that image is like watching hard core porn!

Popeyes chicken sandwiches and crab Rangoon

Why? @R17 Your millennial friend is so darling. I’m not sure if I’ll attend if he’s not there. I’m definitely staying home if Bronze Age gay doesn’t come. My can of potted meat and forensic files episodes on YouTube would probably be more fun

Merry Christmas from Larry Welk and his Champagne Music Makers

I'll pick up a Chick-fil-A nugget tray. Mmmmmmmm.

I'm bringing Liberace's lasagna, and I WILL be using cottage cheese.

I strongly suggest you rethink that, R140. This will be joyful, peaceful event. We don't want any shit stirrers inciting violence and mayhem.

I shall also be sat under the mistletoe. Form an orderly queue, boys! Muscle Marys to the front, Caftan Clives to the back. Thanks. x

This. I will be bringing....

I’m bringing this guy.

I'll be bringing my home-baked Santa cake. Everybody loves Santa!

A tip for who's hostessing....

The minimalist hostess, judging from the caption. And she’s not wrong.

Well, where would we be without cheap pictures, r147? I ask you. Plus, is there actually such a thing as useFUL bric-a-brac?

I'm bringing my old pal.

He really lights up a place.....

He seems festive.

Of course I'll bring the potato salad

And the Tombstone Cake, in memory of Ginny from billing.

R149 ....... 😂 Jingle Balls !

Mamma like! Mamma like, r149! Mamma's mussy is hotter than a Christmas Hot Buttered Rum! I hope I can find someone to hot butter my bum! Ooooo Mamma has a special caftan just for the party!

We do not belt our caftans!

All of these festive beverages call for glassware with FLAVAH!

R145, you sneaky hoe, that's a blobfish, isn't it?

What is the recommended length of a pearl strand that is worn with a festive caftan?

Can I come? I'll bring the coke!

We'll have no need for any Coke, dear. I'll be providing plenty of refreshing Pepsi-Cola.

Damn, I kind of like those Arby's tumblers.

Joan......why are you wearing one glove?

R99 looks like Martha has the bigger dick, I’m surprised!

I bringing Rose, my standard poodle dyed pink. She is my therapy dog. Rose is not house trained but she already went tonight.

R140 I'll be right over to heat it up.

I’ll bring Arby’s gift cards for the rent boys.

This isn’t that great of a party. I think the Thanksgiving Otter would really punch it up.

I’ve been saying...not enough drugs, booze or naked guys.