dark Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 (edited) Was in Cosco today and noticed that they had been selling their advent calendars, Christmas decorations and other white and snowy stuff. Now it’s only the start of November, and its not that near Christmas but I was interested to know what people were doing at the moment Christmassy wise. For me, I always end up getting presents at the last minute and making the whole December thing a mad hell-season. I celebrate it at home in the morning with my gran, grandad, auntie and uncle before going up to Aaron’s Country to see my Nan & Grandad and have a nice dinner there before sleeping over and having lots of cracker fun. So, the point of this thread is Christmas discussion…what do you do? What do you buy? Do you celebrate religiously? When? And generally a talk for all those people that still believe in ol’ Santa Claus. Edited April 4, 2009 by dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 It's just another day. I don't even look forward to it any more. I can't be arsed faffing about getting the tree out of the loft, putting it up and putting it back when christmas is over. It only starts argument and every year without fail I think "what's the point?". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 i actually feel a little sad by that Louis. shame really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Its my second xmas as a married man and my first as a father. She will only be 7 nths opld but still looking forward to it. Will do what I do every xmas. Got to my parentss for dinner (which I cook) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFC-Paul Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Nice one Adam mate, I always give my missus some money to get presents for both our families i hate shopping for other people does my nut Usually have two dinners one at mine then at her's abit later with her family which is good until the brown postman comes knocking the next day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 250 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Christmas, when you have young children is fantastic.Mine are now in their mid teens! So not as good as they were.What do you buy your 6'4" 15 stone teenage son!...........anything he wants would be the safest bet <_< Louis!......................GET the fuc%ing tree out of the loft!....We've got too, so why shouldn't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouse Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Have a 5 year old so i love christmas again!! I am not sure who get more excited me or him. its great when he runs into the room in the morning saying he has been he has been... Louis you have to post us all a picture of your tree once you have blown the cobwebs off it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 I live on my own these days so I never bother with christmas decorations or stuff like that. No point it only makes me miserable. I suspect I will visit my Dad for Christmas, But sleeping on his couch cripples me. I think I am becoming a miserable old git cos I hate Christmas these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Daughters are all grown up and Josh is twelve so there's no Santa any more....the grandkids are getting a bit aware of it now, two of them are two but that doesn't give us the 5.00am stocking opening thing as they don't live with us . Our decorations are a bit minimalist also....taste over garishness and quantity . Lots of good food, which I cook...although I cook most of the rest of the year anyway. We'll see family (while desperately trying to avoid my mother ) but the highlight will be, as I've said elsewhere, the trip up to see the Sunderland game on the 27th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluenose Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 gah... im already sick of christmas. i dont mind the actual day and i like the time off. but god its just getting pathetic how early its coming. i mean that bloody mariah carey song has been on the DFS ads for weeks. st johns shopping centre have got the we wish you a merry xmas signs out and the xmas lights are up. if it was happening at the end of november it wouldnt be so bad. but even my friends youngest son (whos nearly 3) is getting sick of christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark Posted November 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 December hasn't kicked in yet so the only place that I've seen Christmassy is the stores. The lights and decorations put up around our town arn't up yet, the usually come up around the first of the month when the Haydock Horse-Racing comes. We get people coming to the nearby town (where I live) and they like to jazz it up for them. First days of each month the same. We usually have something christmas related in school too. But that hasn't kicked in either at the moment were totally not being festive - which suits me. I'm not religious and therefore don't worship 'God' on the 25th, and I can't stand it when on the last day of term they hire a priest to come in for an hour and talk to us about 'How we forget the true meaning of Christmas' and we all sit in the hall thinking 'I could be in class getting a GCSE here' So that's all to come and I'm not looking foreward to it, but at least we get presents hey kids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 i dont take notice of christmas till after my birthday, thats when its something to look forward too. but on the subject of christmas, whats peoples wish list this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark Posted November 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 Me too. With my birthday being near Christmas I don't really do the 'Countdown' that other people do. It's only when it's a week away I start to get exited, I'm still unsure what I want for Christmas this year. I haven't done the Wishlist yet. It will probably include some Xbox 360 Games. It always does. Dead Space & Fallout 3 were on the Birthday List. I think that I'll go for Guitar Hero IV, seeing as III was amazing and Lostprophets are on the new edition. I need a new phone so that will be heading my way too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zequist Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Christmas has long been my second-favorite holiday of the year, after Halloween. The reason is because it also doubles as a family reunion for us. I come from a large family (one of six kids) and we're all grown and scattered around the US now, but every Christmas we all get together at my parents' house in California. Me, my brothers, my sister, all their spouses (I'm the only single one), my nine nieces and nephews, and a couple of other family friends who are always invited guests. With 24 of us packing the house, Christmas Eve is easily the biggest and best party of the year. Because there are so many, we mostly stick to buying gifts for the kids. I also exchange with my parents and with my two siblings who don't have children, but that's it. But frankly, I couldn't care less if I got no presents at all...I have enough junk already. It's seeing everyone in the family again that makes it such a special event. I always make a summer trip back to California to visit my parents and everyone who still lives near them, but with the ones who are in other parts of the country and me living on the east coast, Christmas is usually the only time all year I get to see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amb3r-3fc Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 (edited) I Cnt Wait For Christmas We Get A Real Tree Every Year. We Open All Our Presents With In Minutes. Look For Batteries Everyone Comes To Mine Then Me Mum And Dad And The Oldest Brother Go To Me Nana & Grandads For Dinner. Me And Me Ova Big Brother Go Out And Get Wrecked Then Go Back To Me Nanas Open The Presents She Got Us Then Go To Me Ova Nanas & Taids Have Fun With The Aunty's And Uncles And The Lil Brats And Go Home Wrecked Bout 4 In The Mornin :L People Round My Area Get Very Excited With Christmas ! Millions Ov Lights Coverin The House... Dunno Were They Get The Money From Cos There All On The Dole ! One Girl Put Her Decs Up A Week Before Halloween Dunno Wahh I Want Yet Like Edited November 13, 2008 by amb3r-3fc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 ^^^^^ Must have taken you ages to put caps on every word in that post. ^^^^^ Maybe you could ask your Nana for a book about Grammar for a Xmas present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amb3r-3fc Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 ^^^^^ Must have taken you ages to put caps on every word in that post. ^^^^^ Maybe you could ask your Nana for a book about Grammar for a Xmas present. I Always Do It And It Takes Me Seconds :L Rite Im Gonna Sound Really Fik Now But Wats Grammer ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko 1990 Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Lol amb3r, that really made me laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Wats Grammer ? She's the middle aged woman who lives with Grandpa. Any other answer would be a waste of time I think . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomness Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 i dunno, i think after bonfire night Christmas is fair game for decorations and ads, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amb3r-3fc Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 She's the middle aged woman who lives with Grandpa. Any other answer would be a waste of time I think . Well Thats Obv Not Rite .. Why Would I Want A Book About Nanas ? Silly People Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark Posted November 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 I Always Do It And It Takes Me Seconds :L Rite Im Gonna Sound Really Fik Now But Wats Grammer ? I kinda' laughed hard at that comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 250 Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 If I laugh as much at christmas, as I have at the last few posts, then bring it on!! amb3r-3fc.....respect.Innocence and humour, can't beat it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amb3r-3fc Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 (edited) If I laugh as much at christmas, as I have at the last few posts, then bring it on!! amb3r-3fc.....respect.Innocence and humour, can't beat it I Dont Get It :S You Lot Are All Bullies To Fik People Im Not Tht Fik ! Am I ? Edited November 14, 2008 by amb3r-3fc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Amber U Rli Mke Me Laf!!!! Init Hw Old R U? Ma B We Shud Ave A Grammar Fred N Teech Dese Kids A Fing R 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amb3r-3fc Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 (edited) Amber U Rli Mke Me Laf!!!! InitHw Old R U? Ma B We Shud Ave A Grammar Fred N Teech Dese Kids A Fing R 2 im 14 darlin rite please can sum1 tell me wahh grammer is ?? lol Edited November 14, 2008 by amb3r-3fc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Its not grammer with an "E", its Grammar with an "A", and ask your teacher or google it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amb3r-3fc Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 (edited) i will google it lol cnt wait till monday, lol will lose sleep ova it Edited November 14, 2008 by amb3r-3fc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amb3r-3fc Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Rite I Typed It In On Wikipedia And There Was Too Many Big Words :L Soo I Left It Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 a very useful link from them clever chaps at the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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