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Spending Christmas alone

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    #32
    [Deleted User]
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    Absolutely love Christmas, is and always has been my favourite time of year and couldn't comprehend spending it alone or not making a big deal out of it. Will spend two full weeks at the home house too which is great as it's the only time of year I can spend such a long spell at home. Finishing work this Friday until the 3rd Jan, can't wait.


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    #33
    Oodoov
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    its all about the kids if it was just myself and herself we would be lying on a beach somewhere with money in our pockets:D

    It SHOULD be all about the kids but it's not at all. It's about buying presents for everyone in the family, relations. friends etc.. and a constant hard sell from the media and advertisers. A couple of years ago i decided i wasnt buying anything for anyone except my kids and i was making a 100 euro donation to a charity of my choice to cover the adults. Didnt go down well with everyone so that only encouraged me to continue to do that every year.


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    #34
    hawkwind23
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    Oodoov wrote: »
    It SHOULD be all about the kids but it's not at all. It's about buying presents for everyone in the family, relations. friends etc.. and a constant hard sell from the media and advertisers. A couple of years ago i decided i wasnt buying anything for anyone except my kids and i was making a 100 euro donation to a charity of my choice to cover the adults. Didnt go down well with everyone so that only encouraged me to continue to do that every year.

    Did the same , also set a limit on what the kids get.
    As i said earlier its antiquated and been 100% commercialised so we have the ridiculous situation of everyone wanting to be like the adverts and nostalgia played on yet finding it all coming up miles short and then not enjoying it and forgetting what spending quality time with family is.


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    #35
    Estrellita
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    Christmas is important to me, but I dislike seeing all the Christmas stock in shops since early October.

    I love cooking at Christmas, and my kids love the smells wafting from the kitchen. They buzz around me like a pair of wasps :) they aren't believers any more, but the Christmas spirit is not lost. We love going to the evening carol service at church, it's such a lovely atmosphere. Christmas will never be boring if you don't lose sight of the point of it. Christmas.


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    #36
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    I love Christmas. It's the one time I get to be home with the parents and siblings and grandparents and niece and nephews, though one of my siblings is missing it because of work. I don't get to see everyone in the one place for most of the year, though its happened a few times this year for a change. I just love being with everyone.

    This year three of my cousins and uncle are joining us so it'll be a packed house, so my cousin and I are planning a couple of days away in the middle and that'll be a nice respite, but overall I just really like being in the middle of all the people and busy-ness and getting to enjoy the kids and spoil my folks a bit. I really love that time with them all, I'm just so grateful I have them all to annoy me and boss me around still.

    I'll be quite happy to get back to my regular life too, what makes Christmas special is the ephemeral nature of it. Too much of a good thing is as bad as too little.


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    #37
    MeatTwoVeg
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    TheTorment wrote: »
    That makes me a little sad. My Christmas wish this year is for you and that your situation will change.

    If she wakes up on Christmas morning to a baby under the tree, it's your fault.


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    #38
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    I would love to spend it on my own. A little dream of mine is to have a gorgeous stone cottage up the top of a mountain surrounded by trees. I'd be delighted to spend not just Christmas but all my days hid away.
    There are some people in my life who need me and who I wouldn't leave by themselves on the day even though it means very little to me.


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    #39
    Pac1Man
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    Henley Victorious Harvester wrote: »
    Will spend two full weeks at the home house too which is great as it's the only time of year I can spend such a long spell at home.

    Good god that would drive me nuts!


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    #40
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    Pac1Man wrote: »
    Good god that would drive me nuts!

    I love it, spend a week at home a few times a year and loads of weekends but Christmas is the longest and the best spell. I'd live there full time no bother if work was closer.


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    #41
    notsoyoungwan
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    Christmas itself means very little to me. I spend it with my parents cos that means something to them, but when they're gone I will happily spend Christmas on my own in my home, and I'll just enjoy the few days off rather than have any celebration as such.


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    Ayuntamiento
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    Husband and I spend every Christmas alone together (and have done for the past 5yrs). He has a big family, I have a big family, but we enjoy our own company and routines too much to spend it with other people. I see the Christmas break as the refuge I need from all the idiots I have to deal with on a daily basis. He's the same.

    Luckily I come from a family that accepts and allows for the fact that everybody is different.
    I don't know how I'd cope with the typical passive aggressive Irish mammy who'd try and guilt me into being traditional.


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    #43
    harry Bailey esq
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    It's annoying that everywhere is closed. Nowhere to escape to! At least in England, you can pop into the local pub.

    Its not as hard to find somewhere that will serve on Christmas day. Clandestinely of course,growing up i spent a few Christmases down in West cork and the town i was staying in always had at least two pubs that would let regulars in if they fancied a pint,cops hadn't much issue with it as its only a small town so the lads in the station would be regulars too.Its more of a country thing though,with many publicans living above their premises.In Dublin,parnell st has a string of asian restaurants that open on Christmas day, and i have it on good authority that they'll also sell you drink if they think your nice.


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    #44
    JustAThought
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    I know three different people ( all men) from work, all of whom have good incomes & jobs and will be spending Christmas alone. They have been seperately speaking of it since Early November with solid stocism & dead eyes. & it really makes you realise that despite it all, there is no place like having a home to go to where you are loved and welcome, on Christmas Day.


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    #45
    Cupcake_Crisis
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    We're having other irish over for Christmas dinner tha year. It's my first Christmas in my own place so I'm going all out. I'm quite excited!


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    #46
    Oxter
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    It's annoying that everywhere is closed. Nowhere to escape to! At least in England, you can pop into the local pub.


    The fitness center I am a member of was open till 2pm. Had a workout and swim.
    Back home now, the spiced beef is cooking and i can watch what tv channel i like.


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    #47
    The Raptor
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    I must say today was pure bliss.

    I didn't have to travel, only to the shops yesterday, 5 minutes up the road and back again.

    Watched things on TV all day. I bought my own present and it was something I wanted. No faking liking a pile of shyte. Had dinner the way I wanted. Just finished desert. Will watch TV until bed and mess on my laptop for a bit.

    I didn't have any hassle or people saying I was creating tension because I wanted an apology and they refused to give one.


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    #48
    The Raptor
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    Just to add to my above post. I realise I'm so much better off than other people. I'm just after watching the news where a young fella was made homeless a few weeks ago. At least I have somewhere.

    I'll look into a foreign holiday or volunteering for next Christmas.


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    #49
    amtc
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    I live alone and spent yesterday alone.

    I dropped my mam to airport Christmas Eve to surprise my grandmother over there on Christmas Day, and we had a Christmas breakfast.

    My dad doesn't eat meat and requested none in the house so I made mine at home.

    My best friend did invite me....but to her in laws on first married Christmas....2 hours away.

    My other best friend due baby yesterday...not here yet.

    I was quite happy reading my book and watching TV!


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    #50
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    Had 12 for Christmas dinner, between my own (grown up) kids, their partners, and Grandchildren.

    Wouldn't have it any other way - except that two of my sons are abroad working, and they didn't make it home for the first time ever!
    Still, video calls are a wonderful thing.....


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    #51
    nice_guy80
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    Jet off and enjoy other people's company

    Merry xmas


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