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How are you NOT going to be celebrating Christmas?

  • 01-12-2013 1:02am
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673
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    I'm surprised a "Bah! Humbug!" to Christmas thread hasn't been started yet :D

    I'm wondering how those that aren't too fond of the festive season will be not celebrating it. Do you take a holiday to avoid it? Or just hide under some coats until it all goes away?

    Personally, I'm not a fan of Christmas at all and would rather it just fcuked off as quick as possible. I'd love to just ignore it and not take part but I'd just get an ear full from the OH.

    What's your un-Christmas celebrations like?


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 Lapin
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    Happy Christmas OP !!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 P_1
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    Grudgingly get on with it I guess. For some reason you're considered some kind of leper for not wanting to engage with it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 kkelly77
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    P_1 wrote: »
    Grudgingly get on with it I guess. For some reason you're considered some kind of leper for not wanting to engage with it

    Exactly!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 412 Rho b
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    I love Christmas, not a big fan of the religious part of it but I doooo loveee when all the family are at home and chillaxing. Probably the only time of the year when we (including extended family) are together. To me that is important and it is wonderful to have a 10 way conversation and we are all cross talking over one another and still keep track of the conversation.
    I did a solo Christmas one year due to personal circumstances and stubbornness - never want to go there again.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 wretcheddomain
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    P_1 wrote: »
    For good reason you're considered some kind of leper for not wanting to engage with it

    FYP


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 P_1
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    FYP

    Why so? Once you think about it christmas has to be the greatest ever example of social conditioning there ever was


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 wretcheddomain
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    P_1 wrote: »
    Why so? Once you think about it christmas has to be the greatest ever example of social conditioning there ever was

    Even if that were true it doesn't justify being miserable...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,180 hfallada
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    Well christmas is about celebrating jesus' birth (well is supposed to be, buts its more about shopping now). Im not to go to mass this year. Last year there was a decent turn out in the church, so the priest scrapped the reading on the pamphlet and choose the longest reading in the bible. I honestly thought it was never going to end.

    So Im going skip mass this year and for the foreseeable future.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 712 SweepTheLeg
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    I could do without Christmas/Birthdays and everything else. Mainly because I know my family always worry about money to pay for the Xmas/B-day celebrations and it puts unneeded stress on them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 P_1
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    Even if that were true it doesn't justify being miserable...

    Nothing miserable about not wanting to be part of a consumerist charade to be fair


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 Jester252
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    I'm going to post on Borads.ie about how edgy I am for not following a social norm


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 IvaBigWun
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    Christmas Eve > Christmas day.

    In so many ways


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 181 Dublinpato
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    i just don't get it if it's jesus's birthday then why the f*ck are we getting gift's? or do people buy gift's for jesus and because he hasn't turned up for his own birthday party in like forever they just give each other the gift's instead of letting the gift's go to waste?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,192 chrissb8
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    Par the pressure it puts on people to get gifts I think it's a great holiday. Doesn't have any religious meaning or I don't care much for the fact about santa and all that lark but It's a celebration of being alive for another year in my mind. A time when you can look at the people in your life and say great here we all are alive and well. Let's celebrate that and be happy. All the grumpy people out there hating it because it is oh so bothersome to actually bother getting involved because of some fickle reason like it starts to early or it's just an advertising holiday just shut up. Look for your own value in it and stop seeing it from the traditional view. Just think what you like about it and just go with that, ignore the rest.


  • Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,504 Agent Smith
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    Not by opening the basement thats for sure.. :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,901 Mince Pie
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    Christmas as much as the pressure of pressies and all that **** is tough, its also a break in the winter and gives people something to look forward to and focus on in the long dark wintery nights. I err towards the bah humbug but then think if we didn't have it we would just have months of short days, long dark nights and cold with nothing but a long wait till spring.
    So I find myself embracing it and trying to enjoy the lovely food, drink and time of work.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 Mint Aero
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    Time to get fat eating all the good stuff and drink myself stupids :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,592 kneemos
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    It'd be great if it wasn't for the pressure on people to spend ridiculous amounts of money on crap or the charities lurking around every corner.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,753 Vito Corleone
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    I'm just in it for the turkey dinner tbh. :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 zenno
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    Happy Christmas to ye Birthday to ye. Phew, after 44 Christmas's, I'm sick of them except for the christmas dinners, will never get fed up with them.



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  • Posts: 17,378 [Deleted User]
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    I'll be at work as usual because it's just catching on in VN.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 Irish Guitarist
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    I hate Christmas because my father fell ill during the Christmas of 1999 and died soon after New Year. It doesn't make me quite as miserable as it used to but I'd still rather not think about what time of year it is. For years I used to go to one of my sisters houses for dinner but sitting around pulling crackers and watching films about Santa made me miserable. A few years ago I told my family I would prefer to stay at home by myself. I've done that every Christmas for about five years.

    Now in the couple of weeks leading up to the day I record as many non-Christmas films as I can find and sit around watching them. I just try my best to treat it as a normal day.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,284 RobbingBandit
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    Gonna try and get away for the week maybe spain or somewhere far a field it's really the bull**** leading up to Christmas I hate, in 6 hours the stalls will be out on Henry Street in Dublin where nut bags try to sell under priced crap on the busiest shopping street in the country, too many people out buying too much crap, Bah Capitalism, Bah I say.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,818 Charlie19
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    Rho b wrote: »
    I love Christmas, not a big fan of the religious part of it but I doooo loveee when all the family are at home and chillaxing. Probably the only time of the year when we (including extended family) are together. To me that is important and it is wonderful to have a 10 way conversation and we are all cross talking over one another and still keep track of the conversation.
    I did a solo Christmas one year due to personal circumstances and stubbornness - never want to go there again.

    1 & 11 should sort that out.:)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,660 COYVB
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    The wife decided tonight she was going to put up the tree. Then she fell asleep, saving me the indignity of having the tree up in November. Win!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,818 Charlie19
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    COYVB wrote: »
    The wife decided tonight she was going to put up the tree. Then she fell asleep, saving me the indignity of having the tree up in November. Win!

    Novemeber isn't too bad, I've seen a tree up in early January.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,172 Ghost Buster
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    hfallada wrote: »
    Well christmas is about celebrating jesus' birth (well is supposed to be, buts its more about shopping now). Im not to go to mass this year. Last year there was a decent turn out in the church, so the priest scrapped the reading on the pamphlet and choose the longest reading in the bible. I honestly thought it was never going to end.

    So Im going skip mass this year and for the foreseeable future.

    Nah, the celebration of jesus birth thing is just a brief anomoly. Thats why the remaining 99% of it is Pagan


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,822 Mickey H
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    Well, I'm going to NOT celebrate Christmas by NOT sniffing Cocaine of Mrs. Claus' arse.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 795 Gokei
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    P_1 wrote: »
    Why so? Once you think about it christmas has to be the greatest ever example of social conditioning there ever was

    Don't think about it so


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 503 dublinbhoy88
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    Gokei wrote: »
    Don't think about it so
    celebrating the birth of a Arabic dude born over 2000 years ago, may aswell have the festival celebrating the birth of Elvis or somebody, lets be honest Jesus birthday is used as a cash cow


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 795 Gokei
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    celebrating the birth of a Arabic dude born over 2000 years ago, may aswell have the festival celebrating the birth of Elvis or somebody, lets be honest Jesus birthday is used as a cash cow

    I know, but it's also two weeks off work


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 706 dolittle
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    as Richie said in Bottom "I`m not letting the birth of Jesus spoil my Christmas"


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 909 camel jockey
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    OP, expect a visit from the ghost of Christmas something or other. Scrooge.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 Sunnyisland
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    I enjoy the Christmas holiday & new year, I like being around family and good friends,and also watching young children play and being excited,It's a good time, for me anyway.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 P_1
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    OP, expect a visit from the ghost of Christmas something or other. Scrooge.

    Seriously? I can't stand this attitude from people who insist on forcing christmas on others. Some folk just couldn't give a continental one about it, it's not as if they're forcing you not to enjoy it so what gives you the right to force them to enjoy it?


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  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,403 Peregrine
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    I'm going to eat pot noodles for my Christmas dinner.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,395 SCOOP 64
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    I hate Christmas because my father fell ill during the Christmas of 1999 and died soon after New Year. It doesn't make me quite as miserable as it used to but I'd still rather not think about what time of year it is. For years I used to go to one of my sisters houses for dinner but sitting around pulling crackers and watching films about Santa made me miserable. A few years ago I told my family I would prefer to stay at home by myself. I've done that every Christmas for about five years.

    Now in the couple of weeks leading up to the day I record as many non-Christmas films as I can find and sit around watching them. I just try my best to treat it as a normal day.


    I say your farther would have liked you to enjoy xmas and join your family even without him.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 anncoates
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    The anti Christmas types are often like the more rabid atheists insofar as they just can't ignore it, rather they need to crusade against it to the extent that it ironically probably gives the thing more validity and attention.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,841 lertsnim
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    anncoates wrote: »
    The anti Christmas types are often like the more rabid atheists insofar as they just can't ignore it, rather they need to crusade against it to the extent that it ironically probably gives the thing more validity and attention.

    You can tick "make a wild generalisation" off your things to do today list. Even those who don't believe in God do enjoy having their family close to them regardless of the occasion


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    lertsnim wrote: »
    You can tick "make a wild generalisation" off your things to do today list. Even those who don't believe in God do enjoy having their family close to them regardless of the occasion


    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 Fr_Dougal
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    What about 'Happy Holidays'? Yizzers haven't complained about that yet.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,071 wp_rathead
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    If it didn't go on for feckin 2 months id like it alot more

    Christmas Eve is best part, pub with family and friends havn't seen in ages


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,062 gw80
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    dec 25 was celebrated before all that baby jebus stuff,

    dec 25, winter solstice, the end of winter and return of the sun, ie; days start to get longer again.

    personally I think its a much better and natural reason to celebrate this date, as opposed to some child that was born 2 thousand years ago in the middle east.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 Agricola
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    I suppose I'll be not celebrating it in the truest sense, by not bothering with any religious aspect of it in any way shape or form. Like most people then.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 Chucken
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    gw80 wrote: »
    dec 25 was celebrated before all that baby jebus stuff,

    dec 25, winter solstice, the end of winter and return of the sun, ie; days start to get longer again.

    .

    Actually it's December 21-22 ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 909 camel jockey
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    P_1 wrote: »
    Seriously? I can't stand this attitude from people who insist on forcing christmas on others. Some folk just couldn't give a continental one about it, it's not as if they're forcing you not to enjoy it so what gives you the right to force them to enjoy it?

    Miserable sods.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,294 MadYaker
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    Im an atheist so I couldn't give a toss about the religious part but I like the food and the drinking. I hate christmas music though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 Femme_Fatale
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    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    Christmas Eve > Christmas day.

    In so many ways
    IMO only when you're in a relationship. Christmas Eve sucks hole when you're single.
    By about late morning Christmas Day all that's forgotten and it starts getting great for me. :)
    I prefer the aftermath of Christmas Day to the build-up. Love New Year's too - whereas that makes a lot of other people feel blue.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,329 Cienciano
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    I think I like the build up to christmas rather than christmas day itself. Christmas day is the biggest anti climax of the year.
    But now I've kids getting to the age where they know what santa is, that is starting to change. 2 year old this year, still a bit young. Next year should be good.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,520 passremarkable
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    Agree with OP, not a fan of Xmas time at all.. Or winter period in general .. Give me summer time all year long ....


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