Whats Everyone Doing For Xmas?

bluediamond · 12-08-2005, 08:04 AM

Last year i spent xmas day on a beach in Morroco

This year will not be as exciting, just lounging around i suppose, not doing much. Getting stuck in the xmas traffic, watching people getting more and more agitated over the price of cards and wrapping paper.

I think xmas has become a waste of time. Not so much the idea of xmas, the nativity etc, but more the commercialism of it all. In the UK if you wait just 6 days you will get the presents for HALF the price if not less in the January sales. Some even start on Dec 26th!

So why do we all make sure that our pressents are bought at the begining of November and that our decorations are up in time.....in time for who exactly?

Oh well, perhaps next year i will be on some beach again....away from it all.... :lalala:

dave.

last_dance_rodeo · 12-08-2005, 01:30 PM

I'll do the same old thing I'll go to my paternal Grandmother's place and open presents on Christmas Eve. Then I'll go home with my mom and stepdad and we'll open presents. Then on christmas day we'll get our gifts from "santa" and the rest of the day I can go to my Grandmother's place again or go to my stepdad's side of the family. Whatever I want.

Eibhlin · 12-10-2005, 02:57 PM

we will be going up to NH for x-mas ths year, well more precisely Pennsylvania, then Massachusetts, then New Hampshire with side trips into Maine. I CANNOT WAIT to see SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

kjm030584 · 12-10-2005, 04:25 PM

Andrea, we have about 9 inches here, not enough to close school though :-( Anyhoo, you should come see me!

kjm030584 · 12-10-2005, 04:29 PM

Anyhoo, I'll be working (hopefully) right up until Christmas Eve, then I'll go home to Lancaster, PA, and then on christmas day we'll be going down to Baltimore, MD to visit with some family. It'll be fun, we really don't see much of them since they live so far away.

batsocks · 12-11-2005, 06:33 PM

Well this year is going to be totally different because i will be spending it with my dad and new boyfriend(who is lovely btw) In the past few years i have spent the christmas period at my Grandma's with my family which is always lovely but unfortunately that time has come to an end now she has passed away and the family has started to drift a bit.
Its crazy to think how different this christmas will be to last year when i was newly married and stressed out. My ex hated christmas and it was always a depressing kind of time, this year i am actually allowed to look forward to it, to write cards and put up decorations and sing carols!! i can sit around and sing and strum a little geeetar whilst the lights twinkle.
so roll on 11am christmas eve when my boyfriends train rolls into the station.(god that sounded dirty, i didn`t mean it like that)

Eibhlin · 12-12-2005, 12:49 PM

:lmao: suure you didnt mean it that way :jkid:
it's good to hear you are finally allowed to be happy about x-mas!

so Kyle, where in PA are you anyways? we are headed up to Landenburg, and I am glad to hear that there may be snow there then!!!
NH got 15 inches the other day, I haven't seen snow in about 2 years :shudder:
ah well, just 10 more days before the big drive! :daz:

kjm030584 · 12-13-2005, 08:28 PM

It's about an hour drive from where I live.

ROBARE · 12-17-2005, 07:54 PM

Just got keys to a 10,000 sq. house in Denver ,with three fire places any body from there, let me know, never been, need some infoe or some one to hang with ? My friend said have fun don't trash it to bad ,RAVE!!!!!! Kinda sad going solo,I'll be in town monday the day after x- mas,for about a week or so,Haven't seen snow in eight years!A day later white x-mas, :pufi:

Little Bird · 12-20-2005, 12:16 PM

Well I am having a quiet Christmas day with Peter, with a simple dinner, some wine and a fire going. On St Stephen's day (26th Dec) which is treated like another Christmas day here in Ireland, we are having my mother, my sister and my niece over for a full proper Christmas dinner. My older sister and her boyfriend might come for supper but not sure yet.

I am really looking forward to just being with my family. I will go to my Mum's on Christmas morning which is where we all get together to exchange gifts. We do a Chris Kindl (Secret Santa) every year as there are so many of us. It also makes it more special.

Although we get alot of snow in our sleepy village, it has been forecast that we will have mild, relatively dry weather so no White Christmas here.

Veilingmeat · 12-20-2005, 03:28 PM

Well now i know i'm having a family day on Christmas day and boxing day (although i was asked to work on christmas day!!!!!) MADNESS who do they think i am??? anyway, half a day round me girlfreinds and then the rest of the day round me parents, with the company of my brother and his girlfreind also...food, beverage and all the usual....cant wait :D

Eibhlin · 12-21-2005, 01:22 PM

well we are having a VERY busy holiday trip! for those who dont care about details, let us say that the next 10 days will be spent dashing through the snow in a minivan that's green, to relatives we go, armed with nerves of steel...

haha

for those crazy people who care about the details:

Thur.-8 hour drive to my aunts house in Pennsylvania
Fri.- 8 hour drive to mum's house in New Hampshire
Sat.-nothing yet but I am sure that will change
Sun.-a.m.-my grandmothers house, p.m. Joe's aunt's house
Mon.-a.m.-my other aunt and uncle's house, p.m. visitng a friend
Tue-Thur.-assorted trips to visit even more people
Thur or Fri.-8 hour drive down to PA
Fri or Sat.-8 hour drive down to North Carolina

Sunday-wish we could sleep all day, but not likely to happen
:o ;) :P :lol: :wacko:

12-08-2005, 08:04 AM	#1
bluediamond Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: South East England / Russia Posts: 1,692 Rep Power: 10	Last year i spent xmas day on a beach in Morroco This year will not be as exciting, just lounging around i suppose, not doing much. Getting stuck in the xmas traffic, watching people getting more and more agitated over the price of cards and wrapping paper. I think xmas has become a waste of time. Not so much the idea of xmas, the nativity etc, but more the commercialism of it all. In the UK if you wait just 6 days you will get the presents for HALF the price if not less in the January sales. Some even start on Dec 26th! So why do we all make sure that our pressents are bought at the begining of November and that our decorations are up in time.....in time for who exactly? Oh well, perhaps next year i will be on some beach again....away from it all.... :lalala: dave. __________________ Please clicking a few of these : http://www.HQ13.com http://www.russianradio.info http://www.stabletours.info http://www.personalcleaners.com

12-08-2005, 01:30 PM	#2
last_dance_rodeo Temporarily Absent Mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,212 Rep Power: 251	I'll do the same old thing I'll go to my paternal Grandmother's place and open presents on Christmas Eve. Then I'll go home with my mom and stepdad and we'll open presents. Then on christmas day we'll get our gifts from "santa" and the rest of the day I can go to my Grandmother's place again or go to my stepdad's side of the family. Whatever I want. __________________ Her face is moonworn and thin, she's been wishing on too many stars again.

12-10-2005, 02:57 PM	#3
Eibhlin Oscillating Fan Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 2,044 Rep Power: 254	we will be going up to NH for x-mas ths year, well more precisely Pennsylvania, then Massachusetts, then New Hampshire with side trips into Maine. I CANNOT WAIT to see SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: __________________ I'd like to call you my wild horse and feed you silver sage Andrea an eye for an eye makes the world blind

12-10-2005, 04:25 PM	#4
kjm030584 Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,843 Rep Power: 253	Andrea, we have about 9 inches here, not enough to close school though :-( Anyhoo, you should come see me! __________________

12-10-2005, 04:29 PM	#5
kjm030584 Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,843 Rep Power: 253	Anyhoo, I'll be working (hopefully) right up until Christmas Eve, then I'll go home to Lancaster, PA, and then on christmas day we'll be going down to Baltimore, MD to visit with some family. It'll be fun, we really don't see much of them since they live so far away. __________________

12-11-2005, 06:33 PM	#6
batsocks Members Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: in a shoebox under the stairs with all my grandmas jet buttons Posts: 77 Rep Power: 234	Well this year is going to be totally different because i will be spending it with my dad and new boyfriend(who is lovely btw) In the past few years i have spent the christmas period at my Grandma's with my family which is always lovely but unfortunately that time has come to an end now she has passed away and the family has started to drift a bit. Its crazy to think how different this christmas will be to last year when i was newly married and stressed out. My ex hated christmas and it was always a depressing kind of time, this year i am actually allowed to look forward to it, to write cards and put up decorations and sing carols!! i can sit around and sing and strum a little geeetar whilst the lights twinkle. so roll on 11am christmas eve when my boyfriends train rolls into the station.(god that sounded dirty, i didn`t mean it like that) __________________

12-12-2005, 12:49 PM	#7
Eibhlin Oscillating Fan Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 2,044 Rep Power: 254	:lmao: suure you didnt mean it that way :jkid: it's good to hear you are finally allowed to be happy about x-mas! so Kyle, where in PA are you anyways? we are headed up to Landenburg, and I am glad to hear that there may be snow there then!!! NH got 15 inches the other day, I haven't seen snow in about 2 years :shudder: ah well, just 10 more days before the big drive! :daz: __________________ I'd like to call you my wild horse and feed you silver sage Andrea an eye for an eye makes the world blind

12-13-2005, 08:28 PM	#8
kjm030584 Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,843 Rep Power: 253	It's about an hour drive from where I live. __________________

12-17-2005, 07:54 PM	#9
ROBARE JKF Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: lake FL Posts: 226 Rep Power: 227	Just got keys to a 10,000 sq. house in Denver ,with three fire places any body from there, let me know, never been, need some infoe or some one to hang with ? My friend said have fun don't trash it to bad ,RAVE!!!!!! Kinda sad going solo,I'll be in town monday the day after x- mas,for about a week or so,Haven't seen snow in eight years!A day later white x-mas, :pufi:

12-20-2005, 12:16 PM	#10
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	Well I am having a quiet Christmas day with Peter, with a simple dinner, some wine and a fire going. On St Stephen's day (26th Dec) which is treated like another Christmas day here in Ireland, we are having my mother, my sister and my niece over for a full proper Christmas dinner. My older sister and her boyfriend might come for supper but not sure yet. I am really looking forward to just being with my family. I will go to my Mum's on Christmas morning which is where we all get together to exchange gifts. We do a Chris Kindl (Secret Santa) every year as there are so many of us. It also makes it more special. Although we get alot of snow in our sleepy village, it has been forecast that we will have mild, relatively dry weather so no White Christmas here. __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom

12-20-2005, 03:28 PM	#11
Veilingmeat Veiling yet very Meaty Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dismal Euphonic Ol' Blighty! Posts: 885 Rep Power: 0	Well now i know i'm having a family day on Christmas day and boxing day (although i was asked to work on christmas day!!!!!) MADNESS who do they think i am??? anyway, half a day round me girlfreinds and then the rest of the day round me parents, with the company of my brother and his girlfreind also...food, beverage and all the usual....cant wait :D __________________ Behold, my love, behold all that I simultaneously do: scandal, seduction, bad example, incest, adultery, sodomy! Oh, Satan! one and unique God of my soul, inspire thou in me something yet more, present further perversions to my smoking heart, and then shalt thou see how I shall plunge myself into them all! -Marquis De Sade-

12-21-2005, 01:22 PM	#12
Eibhlin Oscillating Fan Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 2,044 Rep Power: 254	well we are having a VERY busy holiday trip! for those who dont care about details, let us say that the next 10 days will be spent dashing through the snow in a minivan that's green, to relatives we go, armed with nerves of steel... haha for those crazy people who care about the details: Thur.-8 hour drive to my aunts house in Pennsylvania Fri.- 8 hour drive to mum's house in New Hampshire Sat.-nothing yet but I am sure that will change Sun.-a.m.-my grandmothers house, p.m. Joe's aunt's house Mon.-a.m.-my other aunt and uncle's house, p.m. visitng a friend Tue-Thur.-assorted trips to visit even more people Thur or Fri.-8 hour drive down to PA Fri or Sat.-8 hour drive down to North Carolina Sunday-wish we could sleep all day, but not likely to happen :o ;) :P :lol: :wacko: __________________ I'd like to call you my wild horse and feed you silver sage Andrea an eye for an eye makes the world blind