Christmas time

[gettin2dizzy]

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:thumbdown:

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\\:D/

[plowsie]

Nope still dont feel it :( sorry :(

[gettin2dizzy]

:thumleft: Slade

:thumbdown: Fariytale of New York

[-X Fat Children

\\:D/ Being able to drink wine at 11am :)



As above

[Bluepete]

I agree

[G]

Hate it usualy, but semi looking forward to xmas morning. Then the fall outs will begin as we have a complicated family......and all I will want to do is XBOX :smt014:shaking2:

[sarah]

I might attempt another christmas day with no non-alcoholic drinks :-)

[Welsh_Wizard]

Hate it usualy, but semi looking forward to xmas morning. Then the fall outs will begin as we have a complicated family......and all I will want to do is XBOX :smt014:shaking2:

dear god (figure of speech) - are you me in disguise ??

[gettin2dizzy]

I left the top one blank so you could quote it ;)

[G]

dear god (figure of speech) - are you me in disguise ??

Quite possibly lol.

Same bike, similar house by the looks of it (driveway, railings and brickwork atleast lol).

[plowsie]

:thumleft: To the young women/me in the kinky santa suits

:thumbdown: Still dont feel like xmas.

[-X Lack of supply of alcohol.

\\:D/ I get my sat nav.
Understand what its for now :)

[gettin2dizzy]

Understand what its for now :)
:smt041

A description may have helped sorry ;)

[fizzwheel]

:thumleft: - When its over

:thumbdown: - Christmas itself

[-X - People who say "its christmas be happy"

\\:D/- when its over

In case you havent guessed I f*cking hate christmas :p

[Bluepete]

In case you havent guessed I f*cking hate christmas :p

Why, did you catch Santa doing someting unspeakable to your Mum when you were a kid? :D

[gettin2dizzy]

Maybe we should call him 'Jewheel'

[fizzwheel]

I've never really liked it and the last few years its always been a time of year when stuff has gone hideously wrong so it brings back sad memories.

Its the whole falseness of it. i.e. you're supposed to be happy and wish good will and peace on earth to people that the other 364 days of the year I'd happily punch in the face. The fact that it is so commericilised now and it has nothing to do with the orginal purpose of celebrating christmas what so ever.

its the most over rated public holiday evar !!

[plowsie]

I've never really liked it and the last few years its always been a time of year when stuff has gone hideously wrong so it brings back sad memories.

Its the whole falseness of it. i.e. you're supposed to be happy and wish good will and peace on earth to people that the other 364 days of the year I'd happily punch in the face. The fact that it is so commericilised now and it has nothing to do with the orginal purpose of celebrating christmas what so ever.

its the most over rated public holiday evar !!
So you'd rather work than have the holiday?

[Ed]

In case you havent guessed I f*cking hate christmas :p

I like Christmas but it's something I've had to work at. My dad was a miserable **** at Christmas and made life hell, cos he had to be at home with 3 young kids. So I don't have happy memories. I found that reducing expectations, making sure that you're not on top of people all the time and ensuring that everyone has their space, and getting outside for a walk or whatever help enormously.

[fizzwheel]

So you'd rather work than have the holiday?

Yep much rather be at work. Save my holiday for the summer when I can go out on the GSXR.

[plowsie]

Yep much rather be at work. Save my holiday for the summer when I can go out on the GSXR.
Thats a fair point, but dont you enjoy the spending time with family bit of it all?

[fizzwheel]

Thats a fair point, but dont you enjoy the spending time with family bit of it all?

Yes, but I can do that anytime I want to and I do. So in that respect Christmas is no different than any other time of year.

[plowsie]

and getting outside for a walk or whatever (meaning going down the pub :thumbsup: ) help enormously.
Works wonders for me Ed, every xmas, me, my dad, my bro, my grandad and my uncle all go down the pub while the women prepare the dinner :D :smt118

[G]

dont you enjoy the spending time with family bit of it all?

HELL NO....not in the slightest little bit.

Spend time with my girlfriend yes, i would happily sit in allday with just her............but spending time running about trying to keep everyone else happy on christmas, no not at all.

[Ed]

Works wonders for me Ed, every xmas, me, my dad, my bro, my grandad and my uncle all go down the pub while the women prepare the dinner :D :smt118

My lot weren't like that, Christmas was generally not a happy time. We don't have a close family, if I see my sister once a year that's about average now and as for my brother - well he leads his life and I lead mine. It might shock some when I say that my dad is dead 20 years this year and I don't miss him.

[Stig]

Both Jo and I are looking for private taxi work over Christmas and the New Year.

So long as one of us are in the house to keep the kids safe and entertained we don't care about Christmas. If I could afford it, I would go on a hot holiday with the kids until it was over and done with.

I just hate how commercial the whole thing has become.

[Pedrosa]

Thus far the approach to this coming xmas has been little short of a nightmare. Whether a happier outlook can be adopted will become clearer in the next couple of days. Somehow though, I am not altogether that hopefull.:(

[gettin2dizzy]

I prefer the commercial side to the religous side ;)

[Ed]

Thus far the approach to this coming xmas has been little short of a nightmare. Whether a happier outlook can be adopted will become clearer in the next couple of days. Somehow though, I am not altogether that hopefull.:(

:confused: Wanna share?

[Pedro68]

:thumleft: seeing the looks on my childrens faces when they open their presents

:thumbdown: not seeing my kids on Christmas Day, and my dad passing away almost 4 years to the day (I miss him ... and his Christmas dinners)

[-X turkey leftovers, one too many hangovers, price of a taxi (not exactly encouraging people to NOT drink and drive is it?!)

\\:D/ excuse to act like a big kid, but get drunk ;)

[Pedrosa]

:confused: Wanna share?

Your very kind to ask Ed, but I will decline the good offer. Much in the same way that if things do work out I will try to suppress my feelings of elation. If it does pan out the immediate future should be very different in so many ways and that in itself will not be without it's own small trials.

Part of my present dilemma is that putting things right is out of my immediate hands and being dealt with in the far east! Increasing the pressure is that my man there is proving to be an inconsiderate ass when it comes to keeping people informed!

But enough of all that..ho,ho,ho.

[Dan]

:thumleft: Being with family

:thumbdown: Christmas music. Not carols as much as all the crappy Christmas pop.

[-X Brussels Sprouts

\\:D/Smoked salmon and Champagne for breakfast

[Pedro68]

FOOD
:thumleft: Quantity AND Quality (street) :D

:thumbdown: Christmas pudding

[-X Turkey sandwiches and cold buffets of leftovers

\\:D/ Baileys Cheesecake!

PRESENTS
:thumleft: Anything that keeps the kids quiet or a games console (one and the same some would argue)

:thumbdown: Stuff that requires batteries that you forgot to buy

[-X Presents that require "building" (and the patience of a saint as the eager young pup keeps asking "is it built yet?" ... Lego springs to mind! (I've learnt my lesson there!)

\\:D/ Playing with the kids toys (with the kids of course!)

MUSIC/TV
:thumleft: Slade

:thumbdown: Carol singers - don't turn up at my door, sing 2 lines and expect anything except the door slamming in your face. You want some money you can damn well earn it - at least sing ONE whole carol! Lazy buggers!

[-X Reruns of all those Christmas Specials and the Christmas "blockbuster" being a movie that you saw when it first came out at the cinema (8 years ago) and you have now owned on DVD for at least 5 years, but which you probably lost in a house move, or have watched it so much it's scratched and you've JUST ordered a replacement from Amazon :D

\\:D/ Christmas songs that wash over you like a tidal wave of nostalgia :)

Like John Lennon's "So this is Christmas" ... always reminds me of when I read what my dad had written on the inner sleeve of his "Double Fantasy" LP ... "John Lennon, RIP 8th dec 1980 (shot in New York), will be sadly missed".
Bit strange also because "So this is Christmas" isn't actually a track on that album :rolleyes:

Or me and my brother both getting LP's for Christmas and fighting over whose turn it was to use the turntable :rolleyes: Dig the New Breed by The Jam, or Changes by Bowie?? Hmmmmm

[Paws]

:thumleft:: End is near to whats has become a bad year for me

:thumbdown:: still in cast/no bike-no christmas day blat for me

[-X: "editied" version of fairytale of new york on Radio one

\\:D/: ive got a cracking new fella to have bought prezzies for and recieve them from :D;)

[cuffy]

:thumbdown: to xmas...FULLSTOP
Too comercialised...Bah BumHug :offtopic:

[Fizzy Fish]

:thumleft: going out & meeting up with friends & family + eating all the lovely food

:thumbdown: feeling poor in January!

[-X rubbishy Christmas music being played everywhere all the time

\\:D/ parties!!

[kitkat]

:thumbsup: finishing work on friday til 7th Jan
:thumbdown: not spending time with boyfriend
[-( people at work buying presents even though we do secret santa
\\:D/ not getting into debt this year (unfortunately kids didnt get as much as I would like to give them)
:rendeer: chance to use this cutie

dont enjoy xmas as it seems to be all about money. my ex likes to splash money on kids and I cant afford to. At work we had the infants party with a visit from Santa. was great seeing their wee faces light up when they saw santa.

down side, 4 kids threw up after eating too much at party and running around mad lol

[Speedy Claire]

:thumbdown: Working Xmas Day

:thumbdown: Son gone back to Aberdeen so will be lonely time for me

:thumbdown: No nice xmas dinner to prepare and make and no one to spoil

:thumright: Off Boxing Day which will be spent in pyjama`s in front of fire with a pile of DVD`s, bottle of wine and loads of nice food

\\:D/ 2nd works xmas do on 4th Jan which I`m really looking forward to

[hovis]

f*** christmas

[Lissa]

When my children were little Xmas was special, but now it's the nice 8 days off work that I'm looking forward to most.:D

Pete and I don't make a big deal about Xmas. No decorations or tree (which the cats would destroy in 30 seconds flat anyway), no turkey because we don't particularly like it, and no getting p*ssed as neither of us drink:D

Pete only gets Xmas day and Boxing day off anyway, so we'll chill out on Xmas day, and go out somewhere on the bike on Boxing day.:D

Pete's family all live miles away, and my family are either a fair distance away or have their own family now, which frees us from feeling obliged to either invite them here( and that would be fun, our house isn't child friendly) or go to them. :D

We've bought some nice rear sets for the bike between us, so that's the present issue sorted:D

I'm not a Christmas-hater, but without young children, it's just another day.

[Tara]

Looking forward to seeing family and friends to spending some time with my husband and to chilling out i haven't spent much time with anyone this year with work and moving house

then looking forward to 2 weeks in the Bahamas in January

[Pedrosa]

Looking forward to seeing family and friends to spending some time with my husband and to chilling out i haven't spent much time with anyone this year with work and moving house

then looking forward to 2 weeks of Bananas in January

That some special kind of diet then Tara to get you over the festive excesses?;-):D

[yorkie_chris]

:thumbdown: Everybodys too busy to flog bike parts on ebay, selfish sods, I want my gixer forks on the bike :-P

:thumbdown: Christmas carols and buying presents

:thumright: Got plenty time to mess around in the garage

\\:D/A few of the org peoples getting together for a pint (or 2...)

[rob13]

:thumbdown: Having to work Xmas Eve 10pm-7am

:thumbdown: The yearly decision of who to spend Xmas with

:thumright: Some new bits & bobs for the bike for pressies

:thumright: Time off for both of us between Xmas & New Yr

[Sean_C]

:thumbdown: Family driving each other bonkers on xmas day, yet still get invited round year after year..

:thumbdown: No girlfriend to spend time with instead of lunatic family

:thumbdown: Turkey. euchhh.

:thumbdown: Crap music on the radio

:thumright: Going out for a blast on the bike on xmas day, I don't care what anyone says, I'm going :D

:thumright: Good food and drink with my mates

Don't particularly like christmas. Neither does my wallet. I buy people presents all year because that's the kinda guy I am, and I'm not religious, but I won't bemoan other people their fun, or the time off..

[tigersaw]

So you'd rather work than have the holiday?

Me too - usually do too.

Jan 2nd - best day of year, as far away from xmas and new year as you can get.

[phil24_7]

I HATE Christmas but I'm lloking forward to giving Kate her pressie!

*Please leave all sexual innuendo/connotations at the door*

She's gonna be chuffed!

*No, I've not got her a new boyfriend!*

[G]

When my children were little Xmas was special, but now it's the nice 8 days off work that I'm looking forward to most.:D

Pete and I don't make a big deal about Xmas. No decorations or tree (which the cats would destroy in 30 seconds flat anyway), no turkey because we don't particularly like it, and no getting p*ssed as neither of us drink:D

Pete only gets Xmas day and Boxing day off anyway, so we'll chill out on Xmas day, and go out somewhere on the bike on Boxing day.:D

Pete's family all live miles away, and my family are either a fair distance away or have their own family now, which frees us from feeling obliged to either invite them here( and that would be fun, our house isn't child friendly) or go to them. :D


This sounds ideal :cool: exactley how i would like my christmas to be.

[Pedro68]

I HATE Christmas but I'm lloking forward to giving Kate her pressie!

*Please leave all sexual innuendo/connotations at the door*

She's gonna be chuffed!

*No, I've not got her a new boyfriend!*
:smt108 Well that probably rules out any further response from me (or Hovis) :-P

Hope you and Kate have a good one Phil ;-)

[phil24_7]

Yup, I planned my post carefully!

[Pedro68]

Yup, I planned my post carefully!
Maybe Royal Mail should hire you as CEO ;-)

[neio79]

Xmas is **** full stop. I hate it, over commercial cr*p . Idiots spend a fortune on gifts they cant afford and then spend the rest of the year paying it off and complaining about it.

If i did not havea 8yr old i would not be putting anyhting up or celebrating it, infact i would be going to a country where they dont celerbrate it

[gettin2dizzy]

Xmas is **** full stop. I hate it, over commercial cr*p . Idiots spend a fortune on gifts they cant afford and then spend the rest of the year paying it off and complaining about it.

If i did not havea 8yr old i would not be putting anyhting up or celebrating it, infact i would be going to a country where they dont celerbrate it
Bad morning? :smt119

[neio79]

Bad morning? :smt119
LOL,

no at all G2D, i genuinly cant be bothered with it this year, cant get in the mood for it at all.

it just seems to be an exersise to see who can spend the most money nowadays, ungratefull kids and comercial cr*p.

I am fortunate enough to be able to buy most things i want throughout the year anyway so i dont actually need or want anything for xmas.

[missyburd]

:thumleft: Roast dinner and the occasional prezzie...

:thumbdown: ...realising people now think am too old for prezzies *sniff* hence quantity of now dwindling :(

:thumleft: January sales!...

:thumbdown: ...being a skint student and not being able to enjoy January sales

\\:D/ Wrapping up what presents can afford and hoping people like lol

:thumbdown: having to spend time with the family for more than christmas morning...traditional overconsumption of booze and following arguements something to look forward to :rolleyes:

All in all? Be pretty glad when iit's over really. then I can look forward to exams :smt003

[phil24_7]

Maybe Royal Mail should hire you as CEO ;-)

Not sure I could handle all the time off! :rolleyes:

[Warthog]

LOL,

no at all G2D, i genuinly cant be bothered with it this year, cant get in the mood for it at all.

it just seems to be an exersise to see who can spend the most money nowadays, ungratefull kids and comercial cr*p.

I am fortunate enough to be able to buy most things i want throughout the year anyway so i dont actually need or want anything for xmas.

This one is for you Neio! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-Mce9VpmY&feature=related

Merry Christmas!

[melody]

Christmas is over rated.

It bores me.

[yorkie_chris]

Later I'm going to have to go out and buy presents for family.

It's going to cost me money that should be going towards SRAD front end parts.

They're going to end up with some crap they don't really want.
I'm going to end up with some crap I don't really want.

Ever get the feeling we'd all be better off just getting ourselves presents :-P


Bah Humbug.

[Pedrosa]

Christmas like everything is all down to your own personal perception and if you allow yourself to get dragged away in the flood of comercialism.It really does not have to be that way at all. It is the comercialism that people kick against in truth. The idea of christmas all of those cheesey Disney and christmas card images are beautiful.

Watching kids open presents, a surprise gift for that special person in your life, a close knit group sitting down to enjoy a large feast together. All special moments.

Early planning and discipline over the present budget can go a long way to removing a lot of the stress as so can ignoring the latest singing and dancing "whatever" which is being thrust at you via TV adverts.

Christmas is a nice time of year, enjoy the simple concept for what it is.

[Lissa]

Christmas like everything is all down to your own personal perception and if you allow yourself to get dragged away in the flood of comercialism.It really does not have to be that way at all. It is the comercialism that people kick against in truth. The idea of christmas all of those cheesey Disney and christmas card images are beautiful.

Watching kids open presents, a surprise gift for that special person in your life, a close knit group sitting down to enjoy a large feast together. All special moments.

Early planning and discipline over the present budget can go a long way to removing a lot of the stress as so can ignoring the latest singing and dancing "whatever" which is being thrust at you via TV adverts.

Christmas is a nice time of year, enjoy the simple concept for what it is.

Good post!

When the kids were little I was struggling to bring them up on my own. I didn't have much money, so every month I spent part of their child benefit on Christmas presents. They never had big, expensive toys, but the sheer joy on their faces when they sat on my bed Christmas morning opening their stockings was the best part of the day.

[Pedrosa]

Good post!

When the kids were little I was struggling to bring them up on my own. I didn't have much money, so every month I spent part of their child benefit on Christmas presents. They never had big, expensive toys, but the sheer joy on their faces when they sat on my bed Christmas morning opening their stockings was the best part of the day.


Lissa,

I hear you loud and clear.In my family money was tight when we were kids, yet the small gifts we did receive thrilled us. Things that my own son would'nt be arsed even to unwrap if he knew what was inside.

And so I think coming from such a humble background really puzzles me how people with so much more in their lives than we had, just cannot enjoy this simple time of year.

[Lissa]

Lissa,

I hear you loud and clear.In my family money was tight when we were kids, yet the small gifts we did receive thrilled us. Things that my own son would'nt be arsed even to unwrap if he knew what was inside.

And so I think coming from such a humble background really puzzles me how people with so much more in their lives than we had, just cannot enjoy this simple time of year.

Maybe because there IS so much pressure these days. Children can get bullied for not having the fashionable clothes, the latest gadgets, the trendy toys. And TV bombards the kids and parents with all the must-have items, all designed to make you feel that you're depriving your little darlings if you don't buy them. It's a 'if you don't get your children these you don't love them enough' insinuation from September onwards.

I'm just glad my three are grown up and I don't have to deal with this any more:D

[redbouy]

not that i will be... but will any one go to Xmas church midnight. I did when i was a kid, maybe it's not PC any more.

[Ed]

Lissa,

And so I think coming from such a humble background really puzzles me how people with so much more in their lives than we had, just cannot enjoy this simple time of year.

It's sadly not that simple. I come form a very ordinary background, we weren't poor but we weren't wealthy either. But as I've said above, my father was a miserable git with an unpredictable, mercurial and violent temper. Even after 40 years I can't forget it, much as I'd like to.

[Pedrosa]

Maybe because there IS so much pressure these days. Children can get bullied for not having the fashionable clothes, the latest gadgets, the trendy toys. And TV bombards the kids and parents with all the must-have items, all designed to make you feel that you're depriving your little darlings if you don't buy them. It's a 'if you don't get your children these you don't love them enough' insinuation from September onwards.

I'm just glad my three are grown up and I don't have to deal with this any more:D

Your right of course. You know I think we were particularly blessed with our son. He is now 17, but throughout his childhood it was like pulling teeth trying to get him to give you an indication of what he might like for christmas. Even I thought this so strange as every other child in my family had these outrageously long lists!

Luckily my good lady being a typical mum, was always able to come up with a selection of things that he was each time over the moon to receive in the end.

[Lissa]

It's sadly not that simple. I come form a very ordinary background, we weren't poor but we weren't wealthy either. But as I've said above, my father was a miserable git with an unpredictable, mercurial and violent temper. Even after 40 years I can't forget it, much as I'd like to.

I hear you Ed> I had a similar childhood for the same reason.

Maybe that was why I was always determined to make Christmas special for my three, even if they didn't get very much.

[Pedrosa]

Ed...I think it's time for you to lock that aspect away in a box somewhere. Why let the past constantly seep in to your enjoyment of christmas as an adult with your own wife and daughter? You know I'm right.