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ok first of let me just state im not against christmas for any kind of religious reason, i just the holidays. everyone acts nice, not because they are nice, but "becasue its the holidays" and then right after new years, they go back to being rude and nasty......then theres the bother of EVERYONE asking me what i want for christmas. i hate that question, i never know, hell i realy dont want any thing, im not real fond of geting gifts, i feel selfish for it, and you cant tell them that you dont want any thing, becasue theyll go out and get something, thinking they know you, and its nothing that you like........ then theres geting things for others, i dont care about spending money to buy things for my friends and family, but i never know what to get them......
You can't avoid pain by fencing yourself from it.
Some times you need the help of others more than anything else
But you have to let them close enough to help......
People want to be needed, I found that out too
Pooh-Bah
1,626 posts
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Christmas is my least favourite day of the year. It always seems to be a really dark day. I usually go for a long walk in the coutryside and ignore it.
What a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other's eyes for an instant.
Thoreau
HoP is teh suxor.
425 posts
Location: Tampa, Florida, USA
yes you are a freak.
please dont get me anything for christmas because i am not getting you anything...i might give you kiss though
Once in a while you get shown the light
in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
1,489 posts
Location: state of confusion
i told you not to answer dweeb,
i knew you would say that, and bro i aint gettin you 
except maby some cream for that little rash you have....... You can't avoid pain by fencing yourself from it.
Some times you need the help of others more than anything else
But you have to let them close enough to help......
People want to be needed, I found that out too
Redneck Woman
566 posts
Location: Texas, Yeeeeehaaaaaw, USA
Well, I hate Christmas too, and that cos my daddy died last yr on christmas...
But oh well
Top Three Things I've Learn While Being A Mom
1. Baby poop comes in many colors.
2. Makes sure all dirty diapers are not accessable to my dog.
3. Burp rags are not big enough.
456 posts
Location: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Fryed Fish, I agree with you 100% (well, except I don't have a daughter). I feel EXACTLY the same way.
So if you're a freak, there's a pair of us. Don't tell; they'd banish us, you know.
I used to celebrate Christmas Eve by overeating all my favorite foods, and watching horror movies and porn while drinking an entire bottle of Bujolais Nuveau by myself (only way I could drink much of anythin, Christmas Eve). Then Christmas Day would be a hangover, which I found nicely distracting.
That's years ago. These days I just enjoy the alone time and write music and stuff.
"If you didn't like something the first time, the cud won't be any good either." --Elsie the Cow, Ruminations
1,489 posts
Location: state of confusion
great im not alone on this one, it just doesn't make sense, and its all so commercial now any way.........
honey im sorry about your dad
You can't avoid pain by fencing yourself from it.
Some times you need the help of others more than anything else
But you have to let them close enough to help......
People want to be needed, I found that out too
Redneck Woman
566 posts
Location: Texas, Yeeeeehaaaaaw, USA
Thank you
Top Three Things I've Learn While Being A Mom
1. Baby poop comes in many colors.
2. Makes sure all dirty diapers are not accessable to my dog.
3. Burp rags are not big enough.
UnNatural Scientist - Currently working on a Breville-legged monkey
757 posts
Location: Bath Uni or Shrewsbury, UK
Well, I kinda like Christmas but I can see your point.
If you don't want people to get you a gift just for the sake of a gift then give them the name of a charity and ask them to donate the money that they would have spent.
Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I can beat the world into submission.
Pooh-Bah
1,626 posts
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
That's a nice idea Domino
I might get some people to do that for me. What a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other's eyes for an instant.
Thoreau
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
A few years ago when I lived in a shared rented house instead of getting each other presents we used to do a lucky dip. Each person would go out and spend £20 or less on items (mostly odd, strange or embarrassing). We would each gift wrap our items and then stick a raffle ticket on them. Some of the items were just empty boxes with forfiets written in them. On the house Christmas day (boxing day, because we all went home or elsewhere on christmas day) you had to pick a number out of a hat and then you got the 'gift' with that number on it. We used to have a house full of friends and family and they would all bring lucky dip presents too. It was a laugh. My dad got a lovely lacy red suspend belt one year and some lip balm, odd combination but it gave us all a giggle. Imagine the Buster Merryfield (uncle Albert, 'Only fools and horses') modelling said garment and you'll have a pretty fair picture of what my dad looked like that day. The forfiets ranged from having to be barperson for the day to swapping your clothes with someone.
Christmas doesn't have to be all about big presents and spending cash. We used to have a great day just being with all the friends and family members and all it cost us was food, drink and £20 for lucky dip.
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
1,489 posts
Location: state of confusion
yea my office did something like that last year, and its not hte gift giveing or cash spending, its everything, i just dont like this time of year, everything becomes so fake just becasue of what time of year it is.........i dunno maby hoppah's right and i am just a freak (dont tell him i said he might be right ill never live it down
) You can't avoid pain by fencing yourself from it.
Some times you need the help of others more than anything else
But you have to let them close enough to help......
People want to be needed, I found that out too
Pooh-Bah
1,626 posts
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Written by: Skulduggery
Imagine the Buster Merryfield (uncle Albert, 'Only fools and horses') modelling said garment and you'll have a pretty fair picture of what my dad looked like that day.
That's a truly beautiful image
What a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other's eyes for an instant.
Thoreau
.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
my family was pretty broke last christmas (having to pay for two funerals will do it every time!) so we did a $5 christmas!
considering we were only allowed to spend $5 on each person, we had to be very creative! and we couldn't combine presents or get someone else to buy them! which was a clause added by my mum cos he would always just go with whatever mum got everyone (you know, the presents 'from mum & dad'). it was really funny and there were some very odd presents!! do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
I like Christmas cos I get to see my cousins. Ok, so most of them give me the shytes, but there are a few I am really close with, and I only get to see them at Chrissy.
This year, however, it's just me, my folks, and my grandparents...so I'm not looking forward to it as much...which means I'm hoping that I will get some presents to entertain me for the day while I'm being bored as hell!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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97 posts
Location: Kamloops BC, Canada
i also enjoy christmas, my sister comes out from toronto and my grandma cooks a huge turkey and a duck, of course with all the trimmings; stuffing, mashed potatoes, candied yams mmmm now my mouths watering.
now i hate waiting for christmas.
"Not all who wander are lost. "
J.R.R. Tolkien
Former Raver Invader... Not sure what i am now...
284 posts
Location: Southern California, USA
well, for me xmas hasn't always been the best ever. Every xmas i go to the east coast to visit my dad and his side of the family, whom i usually only see for a week or two over summer and for a week at xmas. All my cousins are younger than me and do that whole looking up to me thing, which all my aunts, uncles, and grandma hate... mainly cause since my parents got divorced 8 or 9 years ago, my mom has been very disliked among my dad's side. For a long time they all didn't like me too much cause i was the rebellious kid with the mom who understood me whereas all of them raise their kids army-style. They all had this subtle sort of scorn for me.
During xmas though they're all cheery and nice, but it's so fake it... it makes baby jesus cry. Maybe it wouldn't seem so fake if the walls weren't so thin and i couldn't actually hear them talking about me. Lately though i've just learned how to deal with it, so i go there, try to enjoy myself, etc. It's a good thing i have my sis goin with me though, she's 4 years older than me and when they start up with their [censored] about us, we have each other to laugh at them with.
It's almost become a game of some sort now, doing certain things and watching their reactions. I'm the only one of the family that never got straight A's, so last year i brought a bunch of print outs of my grades from all my classes and had my dad put them all in a big frame and put it up on the wall. Yeah, my dad's a great guy and laughs with me when i mess with his/my relatives.
So i guess overall i don't have too bad of a time, but... it's certainly not through the cliche "christmas spirit/everyone loves each other" that i draw that entertainment from.
Clean for 6 months and counting... ah yeah, that's nice.
456 posts
Location: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Let's just say that my favorite Christmas movie is The Lion in Winter. It reminds me of my family Christmases growing up, except that in the movie people are more polite while they're backstabbing, betraying, and torturing each other.
"If you didn't like something the first time, the cud won't be any good either." --Elsie the Cow, Ruminations
HoP is teh suxor.
425 posts
Location: Tampa, Florida, USA
i think evil alien robots invented Christmas.
Once in a while you get shown the light
in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
456 posts
Location: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
[sprays DDT on the thread]
"If you didn't like something the first time, the cud won't be any good either." --Elsie the Cow, Ruminations
1,489 posts
Location: state of confusion
um why for are you spraying my thread with a poison? does not compute does not compute!!!!!!!
You can't avoid pain by fencing yourself from it.
Some times you need the help of others more than anything else
But you have to let them close enough to help......
People want to be needed, I found that out too
456 posts
Location: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Sorry. Grasshoppers were eating it.
"If you didn't like something the first time, the cud won't be any good either." --Elsie the Cow, Ruminations
1,489 posts
Location: state of confusion
dude grasshoppah will eat any thing (i have the video to prove it
) You can't avoid pain by fencing yourself from it.
Some times you need the help of others more than anything else
But you have to let them close enough to help......
People want to be needed, I found that out too
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