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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:17 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:08 pm
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Jafthasleftthebuilding Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:20 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:56 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:29 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:57 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:49 pm
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- Are You Crazy: A.. little... I can't stand Christmas music when it starts. Which is usually about a week after Halloween. It goes all up until even into like half of January, drives me nuts. Some Christmas music I like, but -- seriously, play something else for once -- it doesn't get me in the spirit to hear it 24/7.
Not to mention there were Christmas items... SERIOUSLY -- Christmas items already on sale BEFORE HALLOWEEN. What the hell? I don't want to see packages of ornaments or reindeer with fake cotton-ball snow adorn my mall before Halloween. EVEN SANTA'S OUT! He was doing pictures with the little kids. My parents came home and said "Hey, your nephew was happy he saw Santa," really now? Isn't he supposed to be seeing the Grim Reaper, it was before Halloween.
- When do you start celebrating Christmas? Probably winter break is when I start. I don't even buy my gifts for others usually until then. Granted it's harder to find certain things, but that's what lame gift-cards are wonderful or cards filled with money are for. I think it's stupid to get any 'gift-gifts' for people. Including when they may never use your gift other than to hold it up and smile... while thanking you. I always think cash is better, less 'thoughtful' to people -- but I'd rather get a wad of cash that I could spend on something I want. Like an education or maybe just save it up.
Don't give me that 'make a list' BS -- I do make one -- I ask for cash.
- Favorite holiday memory / toy / tradition We always go over to someones house for the big holidays [i.e: Thanksgiving, Eve/Day Christmas, Easter... ]. So I guess you could call it tradition, but which house we meet up at isn't, it switches year to year who gets to host what holiday. So there's tons of good and bad memories mixed into those. As for toys, cash... my favorite toy I ever received was cash -- cause then I got to buy the toy I'd actually use or save up for college!
- Side Note While I like the gifts and everything on Christmas, it's just not the same anymore. Really, when you grow up -- it gets sort of lame. Same with Birthdays. You just don't get many gifts, not even cards with monies. I'm not even expecting anything this year to be honest, I was surprised my parents even got me anything for my Birthday this year. Heck, we don't even get a tree anymore to decorate -- we didn't even get a pumpkin this year or the year before... or before. My family [ Parents / myself - Sis has a kid and moved out like a year or two ago ] just doesn't celebrate holidays to be honest -- which is sad, but I guess I've accepted it. So whenever I get with the family the Holidays are a lot better.
A fun fact. I never believed in Santa, because 'he' wrote like my mother. Yes, when I was younger I could recognize handwriting. So I never fully believed in Santa from the start -- actually, every year I asked when Mom would be putting out presents. She'd lie and say Santa did that and I'd just let her believe that I believed. Seriously, I'd stay up long enough [ pretend sleep when they peeked in on me to see if I was out ] watch my parents om nom the cookies I slaved over to make [ when I was allowed to use the oven on my own ] and pretend that everything was normal. Seriously, what kid would want a stranger walk into their house to give them gifts? What are we teaching youth anyway.
/endlongsortaofftopicrant
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:53 am
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GRM LOVES CHRISTMAS!!!!! I really do. It's a great holiday that has always reminded me of my family! I don't think you're crazy at all, we have already put up a few lights, we need extension cords for them however. Normally we don't start until like the week before, but that's just because we're a new family and the sales on christmas stuff doesn't really start until then. This year will be AWESOME though!
One christmas I did the whole "is that it" for gifts, I didn't do it because I wanted more, but because the whole holiday they were hinting at one of my gifts being a watch and I didn't see one christmas morning. My parents were really upset and they told me that it was very selfish of me to say that. I told them that I didn't mean to be selfish, that I just REALLY thought I was getting a watch. My mom says "You didn't get a watch?" I said no and she's like "Oh, wait a second.." She runs out to the garage and comes back with another gift and apologized to me. My favourite gift, and is even to this day is a dog my mom made from old clothing. I loved it and did love it for years. It didn't look JUST like a dog but as a child I didn't care. When I found out later that she made it for me because we had no money for anything, I loved it even more!
I hate when the holidays are hard! I make it a rule that my kids only get one or two gifts on christmas day, then we go out shopping for them on boxing day. I'm making sure that my kids know that Christmas is about family for us. Not about gifts, not about being selfish and not about a religion. It's all about the family for me and I want to pass that on to my kids.
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Profitable Conversationalist
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:17 am
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:48 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:54 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:49 pm
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:12 am
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:11 am
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:47 am
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