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I have to say It......
Only 28 days and It will be here,no boos,hisses or bah humbugs.Do you like Christmas? I love It.Is It just a headache or are you looking forward to It? No swear words please lol.x
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Christmas is just another day to me, fredkins. OK, we eat turkey, home madeChristmas pudding, cakes and mince pies and have a small,artificial, illuminated, Christmas tree. My wife likes to listen to Christmas carols on TV and receive Christmas cards. She sends out about 60 every year. The adults in the family have a pact not to exchange gifts. We donate money to charity instead.
Christmas is an exciting time for the children though.
Merry Christmas!
Christmas is an exciting time for the children though.
Merry Christmas!
I totally understand that some families use it as an opportunity to get together, which is absolutely fine, but not everyone has that sort of family - for some people, that would an unmitigated horror!
I totally understand that Christmas is brilliant for children because they get presents and children love presents, but not everyone has children nor is a child.
And I can understand the fact that Christians use it a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus, although none but the most fundamental Christian actually believes that Jesus really was born on 25th December in the year, er, zero... That's not important, though - Jesus' birthdate cannot be accurately determined, so Christmas Day is as good as any other. But not everyone is a Christian.
What I resent, though, is the social pressure of 'compulsory' happiness, i.e. the pathetic attitude that if you're in a state of bliss just because it's Christmas then there must be something seriously wrong with you...
When neighbours cross the road deliberately to ask me why I don't have any Christmas lights up in my living room window, I now simply tell them that I'm a Buddhist...
I totally understand that Christmas is brilliant for children because they get presents and children love presents, but not everyone has children nor is a child.
And I can understand the fact that Christians use it a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus, although none but the most fundamental Christian actually believes that Jesus really was born on 25th December in the year, er, zero... That's not important, though - Jesus' birthdate cannot be accurately determined, so Christmas Day is as good as any other. But not everyone is a Christian.
What I resent, though, is the social pressure of 'compulsory' happiness, i.e. the pathetic attitude that if you're in a state of bliss just because it's Christmas then there must be something seriously wrong with you...
When neighbours cross the road deliberately to ask me why I don't have any Christmas lights up in my living room window, I now simply tell them that I'm a Buddhist...
i hate it. i am skint and work all hours just to pay day by day stuff. it's an expense i don't need....and we only do a special dinner on the day. i have been paid today and haven't got any money left for anything. i can't talk to anyone about it and i'm sat here in tears. i hate it, i hate it.....I HATE IT! (sorry - rant over....blub) x
Christmas Day can be fun, and there is also Boxing Day Tea to look forward to. Nice food and a glass or two of something naughty.
But its the run-up to the 25th of December that annoys me. I had my haircut this morning and had to wait for about 20 mins for a chair to become free.
I had to endure bloody Noddy Holder screaming out his Xmas hit from about 40 years ago, not once but twice. As I was leaving old Bing was just clearing his throat.
It wasn't just Noddy that was screaming by the time I left, all a bit drafty around the collar I can tell you !
But its the run-up to the 25th of December that annoys me. I had my haircut this morning and had to wait for about 20 mins for a chair to become free.
I had to endure bloody Noddy Holder screaming out his Xmas hit from about 40 years ago, not once but twice. As I was leaving old Bing was just clearing his throat.
It wasn't just Noddy that was screaming by the time I left, all a bit drafty around the collar I can tell you !
thanks, mark. luckily, i have bought only my son and hubby pressies already....but everyone else is going to have to whistle. i am so skint as i have been off work for 3 weeks as i did my back a serious mischief. i am going back on monday as i need the money, but my back is still painful....but that's just tough luck on my part. still blubbing every now and then due to my (lack of) funds....i can't believe i have no money in my bank account. i'm screwed, methinks x
icg76
You have my complete sympathy my friend. I have been very short of money in the past, and I'm not so bloody well-off these days.
Xmas can put huge pressures on people, to spend more money than they really can afford.
I was in the St Davids Shopping center, in Cardiff last week. We are supposed to be in the middle of one of the worse recessions that we have had for 30 years, at least. But it would have been hard to square that with all the people spending vast sums that I saw in the Mall.
How much of it is on credit cards though ? I have a close relative that gets herself into debt every year, mostly by buying junk that I am sure her children don't really appreciate.
One of these is my niece. At Xmas two years ago, she gave back the present I gave her immediately, because "it wasn't as nice as the one another Uncle gave her "
I was nearly in tears, as I struggled to be able to afford anything that year..
To their shame, her parents just shrugged and said "that was the way kids are these days "
My parents must have been turning in there graves.
You have my complete sympathy my friend. I have been very short of money in the past, and I'm not so bloody well-off these days.
Xmas can put huge pressures on people, to spend more money than they really can afford.
I was in the St Davids Shopping center, in Cardiff last week. We are supposed to be in the middle of one of the worse recessions that we have had for 30 years, at least. But it would have been hard to square that with all the people spending vast sums that I saw in the Mall.
How much of it is on credit cards though ? I have a close relative that gets herself into debt every year, mostly by buying junk that I am sure her children don't really appreciate.
One of these is my niece. At Xmas two years ago, she gave back the present I gave her immediately, because "it wasn't as nice as the one another Uncle gave her "
I was nearly in tears, as I struggled to be able to afford anything that year..
To their shame, her parents just shrugged and said "that was the way kids are these days "
My parents must have been turning in there graves.
