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#151791 by catsilversword
20 Dec 2006, 06:42
Am I the only person who hates Xmas???? Apart fromthe timeoff work, of course...;)

#151793 by PVGSLF
20 Dec 2006, 07:56
Originally posted by catsilversword
Am I the only person who hates Xmas???? Apart fromthe timeoff work, of course...;)


Nope. I find it such a chore. It's great living in countries that don't celebrate it. In China it is a normal working day, though the shops and bars are catching on that it is a good way to make more money... So you get some of the party atmosphere without all the rest of the baggage that goes with it.

Of course, I don't mind getting presents[}:)] ... But to save all the trouble of choosing "surprises" most of my family agree to buy their own presents for themselves.


Cat. I must say you are a creature of amasing habit. Almost perfectly at 5:42am everyday you post something![:o)]

#151795 by HighFlyer
20 Dec 2006, 09:51
Originally posted by catsilversword
Am I the only person who hates Xmas???? Apart fromthe timeoff work, of course...;)


No, i hate Christmas too. I don't actually celebrate it, i don't have a tree or decorations up and to me it is really just another Hallmark holiday. I begrudgingly send cards to work colleagues, I'll send ones to my close family and I always ask people not to buy me presents. Richard and I don't buy each other gifts and we are happy with that.

Personally, i think if you are Christian or have children then Christmas can be a wonderful time of year. I don't, so i am a miserable bugger over the whole thing :D.

Thanks,
Sarah

#151800 by Neil
20 Dec 2006, 10:22
Bah Humbug to you as well Sarah & Cat[ii]

Actually I quite like Xmas, not the cards and present side of it so much, but now that I have young neices and nephews it has restored my faith and joy in Xmas, so magical to see their faces on Xmas morning.

For me the best part of it is the time off and the fact that the whole family gets together and we can spend some quality time seeing each other. During the year everybody is so busy and its so difficult to get everybody together, Xmas gives us the chance to do so, and for me, that is worth celebrating[y]

Hope everybody has a good one, whatever they do or don't do, everybody's different, lets celebrate that, life would be so dull if we were all the same.

Neil:)

#151801 by fozzyo
20 Dec 2006, 10:28
I was putting up the tree the other night, woke up in the morning with a bit of a sore throat. Turns out I had tinselitis!!

#151803 by mark my words
20 Dec 2006, 11:28
Yep, I fall in to the same list of people who don't like Christmas. That's why we are escaping to Portugal tomorrow.

Have a great time off to you all!

Mark

#151810 by VS045
20 Dec 2006, 12:43
I don't see Xmas as a Christian festival at all and not being a Christian that suits me:D Rather than a time of giving, being with family etc. I'd say that today's Christmas is characterised by extra long lines at M&S, predominantly distasteful light displays and rather large profits at Clintons;)

BTW, is it just me or is the rule that the earlier people put up their lights, the worse they are[}:)][:p]

VS.

#151813 by mitchja
20 Dec 2006, 13:15
I have to say the Christmas lights/displays near me dont seem to be that bad this year and there are fewer of them as well. The bad weather over the last couple of weeks is probably something to do with that though. I just have some plane white lights in a tree in my front garden.

Someone today has sent me a Christmas card without a stamp on so the post office want a whopping £1.31 off me to receive it - like that's going to happen!!

Just finished the last of my shopping, so that's Christmas sorted and now it time to start preparing for my MIA trip next week :D

Regards

#151822 by porsche911
20 Dec 2006, 15:14
There is a house near me with so many bloody lights on it I thought the Aer Lingus Airbus from NY the other evening was going to land on it.

#151829 by Littlejohn
20 Dec 2006, 16:09
Originally posted by fozzyo
I was putting up the tree the other night, woke up in the morning with a bit of a sore throat. Turns out I had tinselitis!!
Lucky you didn't put any balbals on it then!

#151831 by easygoingeezer
20 Dec 2006, 16:15
Aww pants, seems like my crimbo message was put in a less popular subject forum, being as this ones got more replies I won't be a party pooper. So erm Merry Crimbo. I was still first though[}:)]

#151832 by Scorpio
20 Dec 2006, 16:16
I used to hate Christmas before i had kids.(i still do in some ways)

I only like christmas now because i like to see their faces light up however i feel it is over commercialised and not what Christmas used to be all about.Christmas only started to get celebrated in the victorian times.(i`ll stop my bible bashing now!)

i am more a new year person because of the socialising done with long time no see friends or as i tell my kids its the grown ups holiday!


Its the only time of year you see your debt mount up just for a day and spend the whole of the next year paying it off just to do it again. Mugs we are!

Except if you are a millionaire!

#151834 by porsche911
20 Dec 2006, 16:36
Was in Lapland last week - Amazing for any of you with kids - worth every penny / cent to see their faces on what to be honest would make all think the big guy exists and is alive and well - In fact I amy do a TR on that trip as we flew with First Choice - anyway if any of you are thinking of going next yeay - Do it - its fantastic - Merry Crimbo

#151835 by Decker
20 Dec 2006, 17:12
I went one year and was bored to tears. Ended up finding a local pub and waiting for the rest of the people to finish. Still as you say having kids would probably change it :)

#151837 by HighFlyer
20 Dec 2006, 17:24
Didn't Lapland suffer from a shortage of snow this year? Have always wanted to go for the novelty factor.

Thanks,
Sarah

#151838 by MrsG
20 Dec 2006, 17:32
The one thing I really didn't like about Christmas in the UK, meant walking into a department store on the 1st of September and finding tinsel and the like already on display[:0] Give us a break, Summer wasn't even over yet[xx(] It would normally be at least another three months before I started to think about it.

Now that I am living amongst the Bermudians, their attitude is along the same lines as mine. Christmas? 'Alright then, it is the beginning of December, I suppose we really ought to put up some street lights in Hamilton, maybe even a Christmas tree' Absolutely fab[y]

Good wishes to all over the festive season from sunny Bermuda[8D]

Amanda

#151843 by bw66460
20 Dec 2006, 19:01
My 10 week old kitten "Tarzan" likes Christmas, swell Christmas trees. He can nearly climb all the way up, the little sod. If he persists,we'll have a new fairy on top of our tree!!

Happy wishes to all.

#151864 by VS045
20 Dec 2006, 21:20
Good wishes to all over the festive season from sunny Bermuda


So while we suffer a torrent of festive "joy," fog and cold, you get sun and a somewhat more relaxed attitude to Christmas (and life I should think) - maybe I'll have to join you one day;)

VS.

#151875 by MrsG
20 Dec 2006, 22:03
Originally posted by VS045
Good wishes to all over the festive season from sunny Bermuda


So while we suffer a torrent of festive "joy," fog and cold, you get sun and a somewhat more relaxed attitude to Christmas (and life I should think) - maybe I'll have to join you one day;)

VS.


Not to worry VS, I'm sure the novelty of a 'sunny' Christmas will wear off after a couple of years and I'll be asking myself 'What the heck am I doing here??'[:p]

#151878 by VS045
20 Dec 2006, 22:09
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So while we suffer a torrent of festive "joy," fog and cold, you get sun and a somewhat more relaxed attitude to Christmas (and life I should think) - maybe I'll have to join you one day

VS.

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Not to worry VS, I'm sure the novelty of a 'sunny' Christmas will wear off after a couple of years and I'll be asking myself 'What the heck am I doing here??'


Don't worry, if you ever feel bored of a sunny christmas, just picture us sitting here in the gloominess that is the British winter and be glad that you aren't having tinsel shoved down your throat when all you want to do is to pop into the shops;)

Merry Christmas everyone[}:)] I seem to have become more cycnical about the whole affair as this thread has worn[:w]

VS.

#151949 by Jimmy Mc
21 Dec 2006, 12:07
Originally posted by MrsG
The one thing I really didn't like about Christmas in the UK, meant walking into a department store on the 1st of September and finding tinsel and the like already on display[:0] Give us a break, Summer wasn't even over yet[xx(] It would normally be at least another three months before I started to think about it.


Couldnt agree more - just bracing myself for the first sighting of Caburys cream eggs and Easter eggs on the supermarket shelves come the 1st week of January [:(!]

But for now, Me and Mrs Mc wish you all a happy festive season - wherever you are celebrating it :)

#151951 by ChuckC
21 Dec 2006, 12:18
Let us all think "peace" and maybe in 2007 we'll see more of it, eh?

Thanks, everyone, for your continued support of V-Flyer and your volunteer moderating team. It is really gratifying.

Chuck-
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