Good LORD! There are 61 people in my Granny's house already!

[Padraig18]

More are on the way, with arrival times staggered between now and noon (Christmas dinner). Holidays always remind me that we breed like bunnies in this family! :P

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. 61 People sounds like a happy bunch !

Merry Christmas to you and the rest of your 61 people ! :hi:

[Padraig18]

4. Thank you!

And to you and yours, as well! :hi:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

7. You are very welcome :)

[SiobhanClancy]

2. Hey Padraig...

the more the merrier,right?:) Have a Happy Easter...er...Christmas!:hi:

[Padraig18]

3. Aye!

And like the true Celtic queen that she is, Gran is presiding with remarkable equanimity over the chaos! :hi:

[JohnKleeb]

5. holy shit dude

only 5 in this house.

[Padraig18]

6. To put it mildly, ...

... we are a large family! :P

PS--- And Democrats, to the last man, woman and child! :)

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

8. Thank God they are Democrats

if not then start converting ! LOL :)

[Padraig18]

9. A decidely blue-collar crowd.

Union folks, for the most part. :thumbsup::)

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

11. Amen to that !

[JohnKleeb]

18. I know you mentioned

one time, your oldest is older than my ma, and your youngest is younger than me.

[Padraig18]

29. yup!

*grin* 14 of us there are. :)

[xchrom]

10. woo - hoo christmas chaos!

i bet your granny is in absolute heaven!
merry christmas!

[Padraig18]

13. She loves every minute of it!

About every 10 minutes she says "Look at that and tell me I've not been well and truly blessed!" :)

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. And I thought it was bad here with 12 people!

How does your granny feed all those people? I'm not just talking food, but dishes, flatware, glasses.

Have fun!

[Padraig18]

14. Well....

There's the 'main table' with her 'good china', then there are all the other tables with whatever else there is available. And no dishwasher, either, mind... :)

[SiobhanClancy]

15. Padraig...

after it's all over,are you going to volunteer to wash...or dry?;)

[Padraig18]

16. Dry!

We grandkids always clear and do the dishes. :)

[areschild]

28. That's how many we had at Thanksgiving,

and I thought that was a mob.

[Padraig18]

17. Update: Make that 68

My Uncle Eamon and his family have arrived. :)

[JohnKleeb]

19. wow!

:wow:

[Padraig18]

20. LOL!

If Tony and I did our math correctly earlier, there will be almost 100 by the time we open presents this afternoon. :)

[JohnKleeb]

21. I thought the family gatherings Ive been to were big dude

and these include my first and second cousins and shit, and thats only 40 people I guess. :shrug: if it was my ma's family, then it would be bigger than again many of her aunts and uncles died young without kids.

[SiobhanClancy]

22. How about 101?

Can I come over? It would do my heart good to be in the middle of a big Irish family celebration:) I have a nice rum cake to bring,too!

[Padraig18]

23. Sure!

And the rum cake would go nicely! :)

[greatauntoftriplets]

31. Think of all the garbage from this!!!!

Aside from the food, drinks, etc., there is the gift wrapping to go out. One of my garbage carts is already full -- and the trash was just picked up yesterday.

Sounds like a great gathering, Paddy. I will be with a group 1/10th that size later today.

[Wetzelbill]

24. we got three here, and just me when I go home to my Apt. later...

::cricketschirping::

[Padraig18]

25. Now serving #73!

It's reached critical mass--- the cat is now hiding under the bed in here! :P

[bearfan454]

26. How many turkeys and hams are being cooked ?

[Padraig18]

27. We have a goose, 3 hams, 2 turkeys and 3 beef roasts.

Gran 'subcontracts' the hams, turkeys and beef roasts to various relatives, but insists on doing the goose herself! *drool* :)

[Cheswick2.0]

30. I hope Gran has a big house!

Otherwise the seams are in danger of bursting.
Sing a verse of Joy to the World for me.