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Do you enjoy Christmas?

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  • 20-12-2008 1:11am
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    donmeister
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    ....Yes another one of THOSE threads...hehe

    So lets hear it,do you enjoy Christmas?

    Personally I used to love Christmas,but that has kind of wilted over the last couple of years,maybe because of getting older...:( but nevertheless I still love getting a warm Chirstmas-y feeling,its still yet to come this year,maybe when Im loaded il get it :D


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    Piste
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    Oh I adore Christmas. Buying thoughtful presents for people, wrapping them all nicely, the Christmas carols you only hear once a year, singing with the school choir, christmas dinner, the smell of the Christmas tree, decorations....


    Wonderful time of year!


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    Dr_Phil
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    donmeister wrote: »
    So lets hear it,do you enjoy Christmas?
    I do.


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    Fad
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    I dont dislike it :)

    I like the whole togetherness aspect, but xmas just seems to drag on for me, gets kinda awkward with my family after the 6th or so hour (20 or so people)

    Also theres children, I HATE CHILDREN, enthusiasm bothers me......

    Presents are always nice too.


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    eVeNtInE
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    Aisling(",)
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    i generally like the christmas build up but find the day boring.i dont get up till like 2 and then im the only one in the house whoose up.so its kinda boring.
    though my plan for this christmas day is to eat loads drink what i have waiting for me and curl up in a ball and sleep hapily:)
    i also have the joys of entertaning a four year old in the evening...gah kids annoy me


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    Kersmash
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    I enjoy christmas eve and christmas day, apart from that I'm a right scrooge.


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    p1akuw47h5r3it
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    It's alri... Obviously when your young it's well better... Nothing can match the anticipation of the 24th and then the excitement of running down the stairs on the 25th ( at like 5 in the morning aswell)

    Nowadays it's jus like any other day apart frm the dinner and watching my mam, uncle, auntie etc. getting drunk


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    Podge2k7
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    eVeNtInE wrote: »
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    +1


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    ironictoaster
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    Not as much as I used to. I only like certain aspects of it. When I got older and I realised thats it's all about spending money, that's when I stopped liking it as much.


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    KnifeWRENCH
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    Obviously I don't love it as much as I did when I was a kid, but I do still enjoy it! Worst part is buying presents for people who are awkward to buy for (i.e. Everyone in my family)

    I also hate children but I don't mind them so much on Christmas because I remember what I was like at their age.


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    Local-womanizer
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    Sitting in front of the fire after the meal is the best part for me:DSleep all day,tis great tbh.

    Though i have exams after so i cant fully enjoy it as i will be studying:(


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    Insect Overlord
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    Christmas is great :)

    (and I don't even believe in the religious side of it)


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    happyoutscan
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    Xmas is over-rated, big time.:mad:


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    eire4life
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    xmas is absolute class, ****in presents are just deadly and all the food and movies....class time of year. I prefer summer because days are so care free but christmas ya cant beat it.


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    fonpokno
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    Christmas shopping makes me sad because boys are exceedingly difficult to buy for and I have no money.

    And I usually don't enjoy Christmas Day because I have an aunt who is crazy and always comes over to us for the day. She is the most annoying woman i've ever met... :( I'm so uncharitable I know but it ruins Christmas tbh.

    The morning is great though, me and my sisters still get up super early and unwrap all the presents and then leap on the parents squealing excitedly. We are 19, 21 and 24. :)


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    Davidius
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    I don't like it as much as I used to. Santa made Christmas! :pac:

    For one thing I have no idea what to buy for any of my family. I don't have much time to buy them anything either.

    The spending time with family is nice. Except they don't get my jokes. The bastards.


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    Captain-America
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    I love Christmas. Love the whole buzz of it, Christmas lights in town, seeing family, all that jazz. Though it was more enjoyable when I was younger.


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    #19
    tolosenc
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    *Clears throat*

    Bah humbug!

    It's cold and wet. I spend a lot of money on presents and wind up just getting tat I don't want, we eat food we never usually eat (that no-one likes), and I'm supposed to walk around with a ****ing smile on my face? Christ in a manger...


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    Captain-America
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    Cheer up buttercup.


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    Ricky91t
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    obl wrote: »
    *Clears throat*

    Bah humbug!

    It's cold and wet. I spend a lot of money on presents and wind up just getting tat I don't want, we eat food we never usually eat (that no-one likes), and I'm supposed to walk around with a ****ing smile on my face? Christ in a manger...
    Stop trying to be spankeh....

    I like xmas i like the cards,the money they contain!Thr christmas sales after and watching any money i get,going into a shop till its all fun :D

    Im joking

    Yeah its cool,love the dark evenings and sitting infront of the fire :)


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    Piste
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    I can't wait to go for champagne in my Aunt's house at an obscene hour to be drinking (ok before 12pm) then come back and have Christmas dinner and a baileysw coffee before curling up on the couch and watch harry Potter on RTE1 :D


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    bythewoods
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    I detest Christmas!

    It's a horrible time of the year and I find it more depressing than cheerful.
    I hate spending loads of money buying stupid presents for people- apologies, but what the hell do you buy for 18 year old guys? It's difficult to be thoughtful when you're just a broke student.

    A lot of the time you discover people don't know you whatsoever as well, thanks to their poorly chosen gifts.
    Last year someone, for example, gave me "Playboy" stuff. Seriously, that was almost insulting.

    I'm a vegetarian, so Xmas dinner's even crap.

    I'm not religious.

    I think all the lights and decorations are pretty tacky.

    Blah blah blah, WHINGE MOAN, etc.


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    JordanDC
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    I used to love christmas, now I feel nothing for it. Last year I got everything I wanted, but felt no excitement what so ever. I love the shopping and being with family, especially since this is one of the first christmases that we havent been away on holiday! I can get to see my extended family this year :)

    Although, its almost cheaper to go on holiday because then you dont have to buy gifts :P


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    Eire-Dearg
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    I love Christmas. Eating in front of the DVDS you get, the Family Guy marathon with the box set i usually get. The Christmas ham! It's started to wilt away my later Santa years, when I was impetuous and wrote the first thing that came to mind on my list. Last few years I've thought about stuff I really wanted and would get use of, and that's improved the time greatly IMO.


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    Davidius
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    If anyway wimminz0rz ever wonder what to buy for a male between 12-23, here's your answer:

    Vidja gamez.

    Can't go wrong with that present. :pac:

    Unless they don't play video games. In which case tell him to kindly go **** himself. :)


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    KnifeWRENCH
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    bythewoods wrote: »
    I detest Christmas!

    It's a horrible time of the year and I find it more depressing than cheerful.
    I hate spending loads of money buying stupid presents for people- apologies, but what the hell do you buy for 18 year old guys? It's difficult to be thoughtful when you're just a broke student.

    You can never go wrong with vouchers.

    Otherwise, just get a CD, DVD or else something one of those set things from Lynx/Gilette/whoever (y'know the ones with shower gel, shaving foam and stuff in them)
    Since you're broke, those type of things are decent gifts that don't cost too much.


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    Fad
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    square_igloo wrote: »
    You can never go wrong with vouchers.

    +1

    I love vouchers :)

    Handy to have during the sales too:)


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    #29
    rhapsody!
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    I used to love Christmas and look forward to it every year. But there's just nothing anymore. No family Christmas this year, no Santa Claus since I was about 8, urgh. =[


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    Crumble Froo
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    nah, christmas, for the last about 12 years is just drama. im not a very ehmmm... well, im crap at being a member of a family. and christmas being all about family just never ends well. i usually just headed down to my nana's, and had a few drinks with her while watching cartoons.

    then i moved out and stuff, and just ignored christmas, with the exception of starting to drink earlier in the day, and having more people round at night than your average whatever day it is.

    last christmas was crap, cos i was emigrating the next day.
    this christmas will probably be crap, cos i can't surf (my board's in for repairs), and i gotta worry about finding a new home and job and surviving mostly by myself in a new city/country. and then leaving everyone here. meh. way over rated. give me halloween any day.


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    Crumble Froo
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    square_igloo wrote: »
    You can never go wrong with vouchers

    oh but you can, sir.

    for anyone whose ever met me, they'll know that i tend to wear all my clothes XL, and by all my clothes, i mean my men's tshirts and jeans. and hoodies.

    so why oh why oh why would anyone give me a €20 voucher for A-Wear, or, my favourite, a €20 voucher for brown thomas.

    1. what would i wear there?
    2. am i expected to spend the extra few hundred just cos i have a €20 voucher?

    :confused::confused::confused:


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