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What would you like for Xmas?

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    #32
    DrGreenthumb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 720 ✭✭✭DrGreenthumb


    a partridge in a pear tree


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    #33
    Surreptitious
    Registered Users Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭Surreptitious


    Tin Foil Hat wrote: »
    An end to the absurd western culture of gifting.
    By all means let Santa come to the kids. But, do grown adults really need to swap pointless tat with each other at christmas? It's a pain in the hole.

    The act of gift giving is a rich old tradition steeped in sociological significance. It denotes not just the item itself but the relationship between the people and the connotations it evokes. It is not about what you receive but rather the energy underlying the giving.


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    #34
    Grayson
    Registered Users Posts: 16,127 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    biko wrote: »
    Peace on earth.

    And good will to all men (And women too ;) )
    This Fat Girl Runs wrote: »
    A ticket to go home and see my parents.

    Too far to run?


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    #35
    Grayson
    Registered Users Posts: 16,127 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    Surreptitious wrote: »
    The act of gift giving is a rich old tradition steeped in sociological significance. It denotes not just the item itself but the relationship between the people and the connotations it evokes. It is not about what you receive but rather the energy underlying the giving.

    Derrida would also say that the giving of a gift creates an obligation.


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    #36
    Surreptitious
    Registered Users Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭Surreptitious


    Grayson wrote: »
    Derrida would also say that the giving of a gift creates an obligation.

    And he would be right. Sociologically it can be seen as bearing a weight on the recipient to respond in kind.


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    #37
    FortySeven
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    A good ride.


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    #38
    andekwarhola
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    Surreptitious wrote: »
    And he would be right. Sociologically it can be seen as bearing a weight on the recipient to respond in kind.

    Result.


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    #39
    longshanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Meh I have everything I could want.
    I have invested a lot of money in a huge project this autumn so that's present enough for me. There is literally nothing I am hoping for
    My gift to you is modesty.


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    #40
    longshanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Meh I have everything I could want.
    I have invested a lot of money in a huge project this autumn so that's present enough for me. There is literally nothing I am hoping for
    My gift to you is modesty.


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    #41
    longshanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Meh I have everything I could want.
    I have invested a lot of money in a huge project this autumn so that's present enough for me. There is literally nothing I am hoping for
    My gift to you is modesty.


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    #42
    maudgonner
    Registered Users Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    longshanks wrote: »
    My gift to you is modesty.

    Three doses of it, apparently.

    Somebody saying that they're content with what they have is not the same as boasting, by the way.


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    #43
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    longshanks wrote: »
    My gift to you is modesty.
    No thanks. It took me a long time to be proud of everything I achieved and I've no intention of being modest when I am in a good place.


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    #44
    dee_mc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,175 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    An oxblood leather hobo bag
    And world peace
    But mainly the handbag please


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    #45
    Marje
    Registered Users Posts: 862 ✭✭✭Marje


    A new kitchen


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    #46
    longshanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


    maudgonner wrote: »
    longshanks wrote: »
    My gift to you is modesty.

    Three doses of it, apparently.

    Somebody saying that they're content with what they have is not the same as boasting, by the way.

    About the triple post; I forgot why I hated the responsive site so tried it out again, now I remember.

    Also, what kind of bubble does someone have to be living in to say they have everything they could possibly want and literally hope for nothing?


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    #47
    [Deleted User]
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    longshanks wrote: »
    About the triple post; I forgot why I hated the responsive site so tried it out again, now I remember.

    Also, what kind of bubble does someone have to be living in to say they have everything they could possibly want and literally hope for nothing?

    Somebody who is content with their lot. Like me for example.


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    #48
    kittensmittens
    Registered Users Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭kittensmittens


    Surreptitious wrote: »
    A brand new car.

    I'd settle for one that isn't falling apart(thats what I was going to ask for). Mine is hanging on by a thread and I'm fecked if it goes :(
    Deleted User wrote: »
    Somebody who is content with their lot. Like me for example.

    I genuinely dont get why someone couldn't see that she wasn't bragging and is content and in a happy place and moreover, happy with her lot!
    There are real life Grinch's out there :D


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    #49
    maudgonner
    Registered Users Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    longshanks wrote: »
    About the triple post; I forgot why I hated the responsive site so tried it out again, now I remember.

    Also, what kind of bubble does someone have to be living in to say they have everything they could possibly want and literally hope for nothing?

    The kind of bubble where you don't confuse having everything with having everything you want.


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    #50
    Surreptitious
    Registered Users Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭Surreptitious


    kittensmittens wrote: »
    I'd settle for one that isn't falling apart(thats what I was going to ask for). Mine is hanging on by a thread and I'm fecked if it goes :(


    Me too, I am saving for a second hand one but to be gifted a car would be like angels falling. I'd settle for a mini :D


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    #51
    kittensmittens
    Registered Users Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭kittensmittens


    Surreptitious wrote: »
    Me too, I am saving for a second hand one but to be gifted a car would be like angels falling. I'd settle for a mini :D

    Mine is 12 years old a LITERALLY falling apart, dont think it will pass its next NCT :o:(

    *Santa???*
    *can Surreptitious and me have half decent momo's for xmas?* :D


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    #52
    Surreptitious
    Registered Users Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭Surreptitious


    kittensmittens wrote: »
    Mine is 12 years old a LITERALLY falling apart, dont think it will pass its next NCT :o:(

    *Santa???*
    *can Surreptitious and me have half decent momo's for xmas?* :D

    Mine's a 1995 :) Please Santa out there we do deserve it :)


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    #53
    maudgonner
    Registered Users Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    I'm saving to buy a house. So a house would be nice :pac:


    (And since that's asking a bit much of Santa I'd settle for enough insight to decide where I want to live & work, which would make buying a house a much more reasonable proposition :o)


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    #54
    kittensmittens
    Registered Users Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭kittensmittens


    Surreptitious wrote: »
    Mine's a 1995 :) Please Santa out there we do deserve it :)

    *Santa.....Surreptitious needs it more, hers/his is a right old banger* :D:P


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    #55
    longshanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Somebody who is content with their lot. Like me for example.
    maudgonner wrote: »
    The kind of bubble where you don't confuse having everything with having everything you want.
    kittensmittens wrote: »
    I'd settle for one that isn't falling apart(thats what I was going to ask for). Mine is hanging on by a thread and I'm fecked if it goes :(



    I genuinely dont get why someone couldn't see that she wasn't bragging and is content and in a happy place and moreover, happy with her lot!
    There are real life Grinch's out there :D

    No Grinch here petal, I think you might be missing the point though. Pandoras box would be wasted on her.
    To know people, both on a personal level and the world at large and then say there is nothing to hope for is ridiculous.


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    #56
    kittensmittens
    Registered Users Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭kittensmittens


    longshanks wrote: »
    No Grinch here petal, I think you might be missing the point though. Pandoras box would be wasted on her.
    To know people, both on a personal level and the world at large and then say there is nothing to hope for is ridiculous.

    You're on the naughty list .....for sure :pac:


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    #57
    eeguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,478 ✭✭✭eeguy


    I would like to know what the Scientologists have on Tom Cruise.

    It must be some serious sh*t


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    #58
    Cupcake_Crisis
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    To have my credit card cleared. PlZ and thank you.

    But there's generally nothing I actually want or need, I just buy it myself. Hence the credit card bill.


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    #59
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    longshanks wrote: »
    No Grinch here petal, I think you might be missing the point though. Pandoras box would be wasted on her.
    To know people, both on a personal level and the world at large and then say there is nothing to hope for is ridiculous.

    What's your problem? I have no interest in gadgets, so no ps games or Xbox box games, a tablet would be wasted on me, my phone is grand. If I see clothes or shoes or a handbag I like, I treat myself. I buy myself new makeup when it's released. I make a point of treating myself at least once a week, whether that's a new lipstick or an asos order. I have two pets and wouldn't have the time to look after any more. I don't really watch telly so box sets are wasted on me. Everyone I care about is happy and healthy thank god so no worries there. I'm happy out with life for the minute and I honestly don't see why it's annoyed you so much me saying there is nothing that I really hope someone buys me for Christmas. I have everything that makes me happy.


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    #60
    pickarooney
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    longshanks wrote: »
    No Grinch here petal, I think you might be missing the point though. Pandoras box would be wasted on her.
    To know people, both on a personal level and the world at large and then say there is nothing to hope for is ridiculous.

    How would Pandora's box be a good present for anyone?


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    #61
    kfallon
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    longshanks wrote: »
    No Grinch here petal, I think you might be missing the point though. Pandoras box would be wasted on her.
    To know people, both on a personal level and the world at large and then say there is nothing to hope for is ridiculous.

    Ah the ould lighthearted thread being turned into an internet argument, great! :rolleyes:

    Tis times like this I realise why my interest in here has wained significantly!


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