Christmas

[Matt A Shrimper]

Definetly cant knock a bit of xmas cheer!

Its the only time of year people are always in the best moods and you get time off work/college to have a good laugh with mates and family and look back on the past year with good will!

Im not religious at all, but still love the chance to have a great time knowing everyone will be in high spirits (and no the mood not the local off license!).

Sure you can do this any time of the year, but christmas just has that special edge!

 

[Westcliff Shrimper]

I do like Christmas, but am waiting for the time that CI-City Blue Junior makes an appearance to really get back into the spirit of things. It really is a time for kids...

 

[mattytheshrimper]

i get time off work so thats all i care about. and thee are plenty of games on so whats the worry all about???

 

[Beefy]

I wish it could be Christmas every day.

 

[Hong Kong Blue]

Am definitely with Seb on this one.

Nothing against Christmas Day as a one-off day, but I can't stand the whole build up to Christmas.

I also hate the way the meaning of Christmas has been subverted (and yes, I know Christianity subverted the pagan festival, but I'm talking about Christmas the festival, not the date). The commercialisation of Christmas is such a turn-off. I end up avoiding the shops for months before December.

Christmas isn't the only occasion to have been hijacked, I can't stand Valentine's Day, Fathers' Day, Mothers' Day, Halloween and probably a whole load more. At least Easter has kept more of its meaning - despite the easter egg industry.

 

[Ron Manager]

This gets brought up every year and in the past I've always been firmly in the 'Bah Humbug' camp.

Parents on here have always said...'wait till you have kids, you'll change your mind'. I have to say that they were right, to a point. This is my daughter's second Christmas but the first where she has an idea what is going on. For that reason alone I can't wait for Christmas this year.

However I do agree that it all starts too early. I like Christmas from about the 22nd/23rd December onwards but it all kicks off in October nowadays...that's too much.

 

[* ORM *]

Christmas for me finishes when I go to bed on Christmas Day, though I have to say having two kids totally re-ignites all the magic in the few days leading up to it particularly as I never have the first clue what either we or Santa buy them for Christmas so I have just as much fun on the day.

As for New Years Eve the last time I went out on December 31st I proposed to my Wife. Strangely it's lost all the attraction since. I'm usually in bed well before midnight.

 

[jstallan]

Quote[/b] (Ron Manager @ Nov. 28 2006,21:33)]This gets brought up every year and in the past I've always been firmly in the 'Bah Humbug' camp.

Parents on here have always said...'wait till you have kids, you'll change your mind'. I have to say that they were right, to a point. This is my daughter's second Christmas but the first where she has an idea what is going on. For that reason alone I can't wait for Christmas this year.

However I do agree that it all starts too early. I like Christmas from about the 22nd/23rd December onwards but it all kicks off in October nowadays...that's too much.

I agree on the kids bit, but wait till they realise who Santa really is

Mine is 7 and I fear another 3 or 4 years and then dreams will be shattered....

 

[* ORM *]

Quote[/b] (jstallan @ Nov. 29 2006,14:13)]I agree on the kids bit, but wait till they realise who Santa really is  

 Mine is 7 and I fear another 3 or 4 years and then dreams will be shattered....

Too late by then . They are telling the 9 and 10 year old kids at my children's school that it's all bullsh!t.

I was furious when I found it (particulary as it was news to me too

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[RobM.]

Instead of buying rubbish 'presents' you could buy a gift for the poverty-stricken in lieu.

Try the WorldVision website.

I bought some birth certificates for children in Senegal at £3 each because without them they have no right to education or healtcare.
£29 will hire a tractor for a day to help build a bridge in Malawi.

£12 will buy  4 chickens and the education to rear them and sell the eggs and chicks for a family in Kenya.

£8 will buy school books and pens for a child in India.

I sponsor a child in India and it's quite heartwarming to get a letter from her (OK she can only wite in Bangladeshi!) because without me she'd have no schooling at all. (She's just turned 6).

RobM.

 

[jstallan]

Quote[/b] (RobM. @ Dec. 03 2006,16:46)]Instead of buying rubbish 'presents' you could buy a gift for the poverty-stricken in lieu.

Try the WorldVision website.

I bought some birth certificates for children in Senegal at £3 each because without them they have no right to education or healtcare.
£29 will hire a tractor for a day to help build a bridge in Malawi.

£12 will buy  4 chickens and the education to rear them and sell the eggs and chicks for a family in Kenya.

£8 will buy school books and pens for a child in India.

I sponsor a child in India and it's quite heartwarming to get a letter from her (OK she can only wite in Bangladeshi!) because without me she'd have no schooling at all. (She's just turned 6).

RobM.

Did that last year.. Tried to buy 'presents' that fitted in with people. For example, my brother-in-law is a Tennis coach, so we bought a few childrens PE kits. Another person who makes lots of clothes, we got them blankets.

Everyone got a card that had a certificate in stating what it was that had been donated. I think everyone was interested in what had been done and it did, if only for a while, draw attention to the subject.