[Closed] Who is looking forward to CHRISTMAS........

If "little Englander" is racist, then so is "dour Scot".

Post reported!

I think what TJ wants to do for Xmas is entirely his own business, and what he plans to do, 'specially working in a homeless hostel is about the closest you could get to the real meaning of it all I think. So lay off a bit you lot!

me and gf are both students, so most of our pressies to people have been made by us, all the foraging we did is now jam or chutney, and gf makes amazing bags and I'm busy with the knitting needles, so pressies don't have to be expensive. we'll make puddings and cake, and we're veggie so no big lunch anyway (plus we can rely on parents for all the chocs and stuff anyway!!)

rather than have a pop at each other for being consumers or grumpy, why don't we just wish each other all the best?

Did you really stick possible war with Iran alongside Best Buy closing 😀

As it happens I am looking forward to Christmas, my wife is expecting a child of yet unknown gender on the 21st Dec so it will be a nice surprise for both of us (fingers crossed)... going to be a pretty mental festive period mind!

good luck maxray.
Our twins will be exactly two and a half years old christmas day.
Things will be hectic but great fun 😀

Not going to be here this Christmas, but generally it's magic.

Brass bands playing carols in the town, roast 'tatoes and chestnuts from that bloke who normally sells the papers, German market with mulled wine and lots of things involving cinnamon and/or cured meat sausages, open air skating rink in the Princes Street Gardens, probability of snow, pubs absolutely rammed with smiley people, etc....

What's not to like?

I'm off to Lanzarote on Dec 18, returning 5 weeks later at the end of Jan and I hope to thoroughly enjoy Christmas away from the cold for a change

Take no notice of TJ he's just contrary for the sake of it, if everyone said they hated it, he'd claim to love it.

We start to get going here after 10 December when the last birthday has passed. It is family tradition as me and Sandwich Jnr both have our birthdays in early December.
Must make a cake and check the puds over though.

Am I in the right place.. ?

Am I?

Golly you lot (some, not all) are grumpy as.. Whydatden?

Me, well me and MrsBouy, will be spending time with our families which on a scale of 10 is a Mahooosive 10. Regardless of spend per sibling/family member we'll have one heck of a good ol' jolly time hanging around, poking fingers in mince pies, chasing kids around the farm, choosing which lamb to have for lunch/dinner/tea for the following week (hahaha) and eat free range freshly lain eggs, Aga Toast splattered in Marmite, sausages covered in pigs blankets all piled high in a pyramid the size of a small house, brandy and whisky drunk and shared and giggled over, port passed, cheese (ohh wonderful cheese) tenderly melting on the tip of our tongues, pantone munched, lindt chocs gobbled, local roasted chestnuts roasting, jams from this summer, apple pies too..Kids going bonkers over cardboard boxes and leaving their toys around, flickering lights, candles blown out by the wind, wet soggy socks and feet steaming by the wood burner, all adults huddling around the Aga..

Fekme it’s going to be one helluva’n Xmas

As an atheist in a family of atheists the religious aspect of Christmas completely passes me by. We've also managed to negotiate the very worst aspects of the consumerism - presents are exchanged but they are not excessive and often home made. Family limit of £15pp keeps everyone from feeling the urge to overdo it. It's quite nice thinking about personal gifts that means something or are particularly suited to that person. As I rarely go anywhere near an actual shop or watch live telly the overt consumerist aspect of the season completely passes me by.

The best bit of Christmas (or winter festival or whatever you want to call it) for me is the opportunity to get family together and spend quality time. This can (and does) happen at other times but it is so easy for it to be the first thing to get jettisoned from busy lives. The fact that most families are doing the same gives the nation a different feel. 10 months ago I didn't think my father was going to still be around for this one (he might still not make it) and I think we all recognise that this will be the last time we will all be together. That alone makes it a lovely time of year for me and something to look forward to.

Also - best day of the year to go biking on the road! 🙂

Cant wait this year. I'll be home with the wife and kids, very unexpectedly ( i was scheduled to be stuck at work in South Korea), so i'll be taking the opportunity with both hands. Normally i despise Christmas due to the commercial aspect of it all, but the kids know they wont be getting the usual daft amounts spent on them, and they seem quite happy with it, and lets face it, no matter how scrooge you are (and god knows i am), Christmas morning is special like no other day, IF you have loved ones to spend it with. I suspect its pretty horrible if you are alone.

As above, ignore TJ, he would argue black is white (even though the bastard is usually correct...grrr).

New Year i have no time for at all.

2 weeks off work

Time with the family

Parties

Seeing friends

Going away to Eastern Eurpope for New Years Eve

WHATS NOT TO LIKE????

Christmas day will be spent out in the hills ... 'cos they'll be lovely and even quiter than usual 😀

Yep, down on the beach, back to the cottage for lunch with the Mrs and the dogs, not doing the "family" being told "Your having mother over for lunch tomorrow" thing this year... 😀

I get my family to give money to famine relief charity

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What emsz said +1

(good to see she didn't stay away too long 🙂 )

emsz - Member

I think what TJ wants to do for Xmas is entirely his own business, and what he plans to do, 'specially working in a homeless hostel is about the closest you could get to the real meaning of it all I think. So lay off a bit you lot!

She's right you know.

Genuine apologies TJ if I offended you - not meant that way I can assure you.
I really should keep my mouth shut sometimes.

Rusty - no worries - takes a lot more than that to offend me. Ta all the same.

If we all kept our mouths shut it would be a duller place

This Christmas will be the first one without a mum or a dad. And that, along with big brother moving to the other side of the country late last year means that what was once a house full of people on Christmas Day is now just me, my wife and our two young children (too young to properly be excited about it this year).

However my little brother (who is also my best friend) and the in-laws have said they will come to ours for dinner so I am doing my first ever Christmas Day meal and I am actually really looking forward to it - trying to make the best of a sad situation and looking forward to being the one doing the cooking and supplying the free-flowing booze.

Our twins will be exactly two and a half years old christmas day

I'm really looking forward to it. A time to put down, chill out and maybe even pig out a little. Also an opportunity to do some riding with wider visiting family members. And its my birthday on the Winter Solstice!

I love Christmas!

I always have done ever since I was really little and have now started to look forward to this one. This year should be a belting (pardon the expression) festive period. The gf and I are heading to Boston for 5 days in december to celebrate our 4 year anniversary which will hopefully be cold, snowy and very festive, then looking forward to uni mates visiting for the christmas markets which are brilliant, and then an early christmas party with her family before heading off to Switzerland to spend christmas with mine skiing. Then were back inbetween christmas and new year to spend more time with her folks.

Im very lucky to have such a good christmas period lined up, its really giving me something to look forward to in my bleak days out on Site in glorious Ellesmere Port!

Hedonistic orgy of stuff, booze and food. What's not to love?

It is a little concerning that so many of you need an occasion to spend time with loved ones.

It is a little concerning that so many of you need an occasion to spend time with loved ones.

Perhaps you could think on a little as to *why* people get together at Christmas and why they might not always be able to do so at other times of the year.

Going to be great mini Loco is old enough to enjoy it as is her cousin and we're all in the St Ives house for a week or two with the whole family, riding and surfing, could do with a guide for some local riding if anyones up for a pootle and will repay with beer 😀

Most certainly am, my wife has bought me a Park tool set and can't wait to set up the tool board and she won't let me have it early!!!

Perhaps you could think on a little as to *why* people get together at Christmas and why they might not always be able to do so at other times of the year.

I know this one. Obligation in a debt and greed driven society.

Obviously I'm generalising.

I honestly don't see what the problem is. Don't like turkey? Eat something else. Have a problem with consumerism? Don't buy presents. Don't like what's on TV? Read a book.

Sheesh.

Christmas is for kids and alcaholics and profits.

I honestly don't see what the problem is.

That's not to say I wish any of you anything other than the best time ever.

I just think we should make more time for eachother and kids shouldn't be writing present lists in autumn

Rusty Spanner - Member
[s]What emsz said (welcome back btw!)

I'm an evangelical atheist, but I bloody love Christmas.[/s]

People who moan about Christmas are usually surly, miserable tossers who genuinely despise anyone else having a good time.

Hi.

Waves a Turkey leg at Woppit.
Mince pie, oh miserable one?

Like I say, I love Christmas, even sing along with some of the carols.

I don't believe in ghosts either, but still sing along to Hotel California and Don't Fear the Reaper when they're on the radio. 🙂

I just think we should make more time for eachother and kids shouldn't be writing present lists in autumn

Then do the former and not the latter. Most of the things complained about on here are easily remedied.

If "little Englander" is racist, then so is "dour Scot".

excellent, someone has finally got the message. keep it up.

hardly a need to report though.

no one died.