It didn't feel like Christmas this year

phasers · 03-01-2012 09:41AM

there were a few factors.

1.it was on a weekend so no extra time off for a lot of people

2. The weather was extremely mild so there was no bundling up,no snow and nothing to make boring small talk about.

3. Everything was open on Stephenziz day so it was over before it started, plus a lot of poor people couldn't even enjoy Christmas day because they had work the next day.

Pherekydes · 03-01-2012 09:44AM

What are you lot spouting about?

Christmas is in December; it's only January.

Stiffler2 · 03-01-2012 12:50PM

Xmas doesn't seem the same anymore

Maybe I'm just too old.

Xmas for me involved the following when I was a kid.

Watching great movies all over the xmas period, there used to be film after film after film on, this is not the case anymore. I had to actually download some xmas movies just to get in the mood. It's been like this for about 10 yrs now.

And Why aren't there any kids playing with their new toys out on the street anymore ?? I can only assume they all have xbox's or ps3's and got new games so they stay in all over xmas.

When I was a kid on xmas day the whole estate came out showing off new toys etc...

I think these days kids are destined to be fat & unfit compared to us since we are the best generation IMO, we work harder than our parents despite what they say since it takes 2 to buy a house now + the youngest generation will be blinded by TV by age 16, obese by age 17 and throw tantrums if they don't get their own way.

I say bring back xmas by removing xboxes & ps3's at xmas time and complain to RTE regarding the movies situation.

/rant

What a shame

Jaafa · 03-01-2012 12:52PM

Your doing it wrong.

gcgirl · 03-01-2012 12:54PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

Xmas doesn't seem the same anymore

Maybe I'm just too old.

Xmas for me involved the following when I was a kid.

Watching great movies all over the xmas period, there used to be film after film after film on, this is not the case anymore. I had to actually download some xmas movies just to get in the mood. It's been like this for about 10 yrs now.

And Why aren't there any kids playing with their new toys out on the street anymore ?? I can only assume they all have xbox's or ps3's and got new games so they stay in all over xmas.

When I was a kid on xmas day the whole estate came out showing off new toys etc...

I think these days kids are destined to be fat & unfit compared to us since we are the best generation IMO, we work harder than our parents despite what they say since it takes 2 to buy a house now + the youngest generation will be blinded by TV by age 16, obese by age 17 and throw tantrums if they don't get their own way.

I say bring back xmas by removing xboxes & ps3's at xmas time and complain to RTE regarding the movies situation.

/rant

What a shame

There is a medium, I've 3 kids who like gaming and the assumption they are fat is so wide of the mark all 3 are skinny fecs, nothing wrong with Xbox or ps3's or wii or ds's when used properly

Azureus · 03-01-2012 12:55PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

Xmas doesn't seem the same anymore

Watching great movies all over the xmas period, there used to be film after film after film on, this is not the case anymore. I had to actually download some xmas movies just to get in the mood. It's been like this for about 10 yrs now.

What a shame

My main problem with Christmas this year was that Hocus Pocus was on. I looked *everywhere* for that film at Halloween and nothing-and then they play it at Christmas?! Eugh.

du Maurier · 03-01-2012 12:55PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

Xmas doesn't seem the same anymore

Maybe I'm just too old.

Xmas for me involved the following when I was a kid.

Watching great movies all over the xmas period, there used to be film after film after film on, this is not the case anymore. I had to actually download some xmas movies just to get in the mood. It's been like this for about 10 yrs now.

And Why aren't there any kids playing with their new toys out on the street anymore ?? I can only assume they all have xbox's or ps3's and got new games so they stay in all over xmas.

When I was a kid on xmas day the whole estate came out showing off new toys etc...

I think these days kids are destined to be fat & unfit compared to us since we are the best generation IMO, we work harder than our parents despite what they say since it takes 2 to buy a house now + the youngest generation will be blinded by TV by age 16, obese by age 17 and throw tantrums if they don't get their own way.

I say bring back xmas by removing xboxes & ps3's at xmas time and complain to RTE regarding the movies situation.

/rant

What a shame

What, American Pie 2 or such?

CardBordWindow · 03-01-2012 01:00PM

gcgirl wrote: »

There is a medium, I've 3 kids who like gaming and the assumption they are fat is so wide of the mark all 3 are skinny fecs, nothing wrong with Xbox or ps3's or wii or ds's when used properly

:eek:
Somebody call the ISPCA!!

Stiffler2 · 03-01-2012 01:02PM

No, just xmas movies in general. Movies like :

Home Alone
Home Alone 2

Scrooge or Christmas Muppets Carol
Bad Santa, Narnia, all those type of movies that are usually or used to be on only around xmas time.

To the poster who has 3 kids and they play console games.
Were they out on the street / park playing with any actual toys ??

Just wondering is all. Like i said it's a disgrace there all locked up indoors glaring at the tele all day.

Xmas was great when I was young, checking out what other ppl got etc...

phasers · 03-01-2012 01:02PM

I think these days kids are destined to be fat & unfit compared to us since we are the best generation IMO

lol

AnonoBoy · 03-01-2012 01:02PM

It's become sh*t because people starting calling it Xmas.

So really you've only yourself to blame OP.

gcgirl · 03-01-2012 01:03PM

CardBordWindow wrote: »

gcgirl wrote: »

There is a medium, I've 3 kids who like gaming and the assumption they are fat is so wide of the mark all 3 are skinny fecs, nothing wrong with Xbox or ps3's or wii or ds's when used properly

:eek:
Somebody call the ISPCA!!

Should have said naturally skinny :-/

gcgirl · 03-01-2012 01:07PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

No, just xmas movies in general. Movies like :

Home Alone
Home Alone 2

Scrooge or Christmas Muppets Carol
Bad Santa, Narnia, all those type of movies that are usually or used to be on only around xmas time.

To the poster who has 3 kids and they play console games.
Were they out on the street / park playing with any actual toys ??

Just wondering is all. Like i said it's a disgrace there all locked up indoors glaring at the tele all day.

Xmas was great when I was young, checking out what other ppl got etc...

No because the whethers been **** and I'm not going to pay a small fortune that I don't have to bring them to kidzone,I am not one if those parents who will happily let there kids play in the rain, and I'll repeat what I said as in "medium" a happy medium my kids read books play with their moshi's

SisterAnn · 03-01-2012 01:12PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

Like i said it's a disgrace there all locked up indoors glaring at the tele all day.

50's-style, rosewood neck, with single coil pickups? They have a certain aesthetic you have to admit.

Paparazzo · 03-01-2012 01:18PM

So, when you were a kid, sitting on your hole watching film after film after film was ok, but kids today playing xbox is just lazy?

samina · 03-01-2012 01:18PM

I think it's because kids have so much now, when I was younger getting a bike or such thing was a novelty now most kids have a bike, Flickr etc and struggle to think of what they want for Christmas, and your right it's usually phones, consoles, iPads and the likes.

Tv this year was at an all time low but you can't blame tv stations for that because even if you go to rent a DVD they are rubbish, they don't make movies like they used to

spirit_77 · 03-01-2012 01:18PM

could almost swear i seen home alone advertised 100 times

The King of Moo · 03-01-2012 01:20PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

No, just xmas movies in general. Movies like :

Home Alone
Home Alone 2

Scrooge or Christmas Muppets Carol
Bad Santa, Narnia, all those type of movies that are usually or used to be on only around xmas time.

To the poster who has 3 kids and they play console games.
Were they out on the street / park playing with any actual toys ??

Just wondering is all. Like i said it's a disgrace there all locked up indoors glaring at the tele all day.

Xmas was great when I was young, checking out what other ppl got etc...

All of those films were on on different stations before or over Christmas.

Not to mention RTÉ showing both the Back to the Future and Indiana Jones trilogies.
ET was on two different channels too.

To be honest, I think you're seeing Christmases past through rose-tinted spectacles.
You remember watching films back to back, but you were also spending lots of time playing with toys, so you probably didn't spend that much time watching films.

I didn't play much outside at Christmas as most of my toys weren't suited to being played with outside, and it was fecking cold.
Playing outside was for the summer.

Anyway, Christmas hasn't changed at all. It's just that you're getting older and it feels different.
Though Roses aren't as nice, and they have a much narrower range of flavours. They should replace two of their four or five caramel sweets with marzipan and montelimar!

mconigol · 03-01-2012 01:29PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

All of those films were on on different stations before or over Christmas.
Not to mention RTÉ showing both the Back to the Future and Indiana Jones trilogies.
ET was on two different channels too.

To be honest, I think you're seeing Christmases past through rose-tinted spectacles.
You remember watching films back to back, but you were also spending lots of time playing with toys, so you probably didn't spend that much time watching films.

I didn't play much outside at Christmas as most of my toys weren't suited to being played with outside, and it was fecking cold.
Playing outside was for the summer.

Anyway, Christmas hasn't changed at all. It's just that you're getting older and it feels different.
Though Roses aren't as nice, and they have a much narrower range of flavours. They should replace two of their four or five caramel sweets with marzipan and montelimar!

They showed back to the future...dammit!

bleg · 03-01-2012 01:32PM

Stop trying to recreate your childhood Christmas. Times change. Get over it and adapt.

The Master of Disaster · 03-01-2012 01:39PM

I find the older I get the less it feels like Christmas each year but this may be more to do with getting further and further from childhood and the almost mystical element associated at the stage in life with Christmas.

This year was more subdued than most, however, and to be honest I think that has more to do with people having a lot less money than 5-10 years ago. I'm not saying that I think it's all about the material aspect but when people have money they're out and about shopping etc. which creates a buzz and atmosphere of its own. Also less money means less money to spend on decorations and lights and while there were some really well done houses this year I found the visual reminder of the time of year was less obvious than other years.

Stiffler2 · 03-01-2012 01:53PM

Some good points here, Mods - thnx for merging, I did not see this thread.

I did see the Indiana Jones trilogy which I watched and was about the only good thing I saw on Tele.

I also see your point of me watching back to back christmas movies and then rant about kids playing consoles all day.

Now look at me....... with egg on my face.

I think everyone's right though, the older you get the crapper xmas is.

Paparazzo · 03-01-2012 02:30PM

samina wrote: »

I think it's because kids have so much now, when I was younger getting a bike or such thing was a novelty now most kids have a bike, Flickr etc and struggle to think of what they want for Christmas, and your right it's usually phones, consoles, iPads and the likes.

I think every kid has a bike when I was a kid in the 80's. No difference now. As for consoles, lots of kids have them, but 1 console for a household. How long does a console last? 8 years? That's not much.
I don't know any kids with phones or ipads. I'm sure there's a few, but it's definitely not the norm. I'm talking about kids of santa age here.

Chuck was taken · 03-01-2012 02:51PM

People say that every year

Noreen1 · 03-01-2012 03:05PM

I think what was missing was the Christmas spirit.

Years ago, everyone seemed to genuinely wish everyone else a Happy Christmas.
Nowadays, if you wish, say, staff in a shop, or a Cafe, a Happy Christmas, you're likely to be met with a shocked expression, followed by a pleased response...

So, when did we stop wishing other people well, whether we know them, or not?

There's nothing wrong with gift-giving at Christmas, but, I often wonder whether the stress associated with being able to choose/afford that "perfect" gift, detracts from the sentiment?

Pace2008 · 04-01-2012 04:02AM

Noreen1 wrote: »

Nowadays, if you wish, say, staff in a shop, or a Cafe, a Happy Christmas, you're likely to be met with a shocked expression, followed by a pleased response...

Not my experience at all. I'd always wish shop workers a Happy Christmas and they don't seem shocked, they just return the pleasantry. See plenty of other people doing it as well.

chucken1 · 04-01-2012 04:26AM

The-Rigger wrote: »

Yea, this one didn't feel very christmassy.
I was sick the week leading up to christmas so that didn't help, sleeping stupid hours and was around some people who are scrooges, none of it helped.

Maybe the fact that it is actually warm on Christmas Eve knocked some people out of kilter too?

Well if you didnt feel christmassy,Im giving up again

Only my 2nd try at it. Fcek you Rigger :mad:;)

I had a lovely calm time. It was nice.

sidneykidney · 04-01-2012 04:29AM

Could be the fact that it and new years fell on weekends. Just felt like two long bank holidays to me

ColeTrain · 04-01-2012 05:35AM

I'm with the OP.

Normally I don't get worked up over Christmas. I usually hate all the hype and always looked forward to a good session St.Stephens day more than anything. However, when Christmas eve came I'd usually enjoy that day and the couple of days after. Basically, something would click in my head telling me it was Christmas and to enjoy the moment etc.
However my brain didn't get the memo this year. It all went very quick and I can't say I ever got that Christmas feeling once. I think I have slowly but surely evolved into a Scrooge, either that or Christmas itself managed to under perform this year. Either way I can't say I give a damn.

randylonghorn · 04-01-2012 05:58AM

Wasn't much of a Christmas tbh.

It didn't feel like Christmas this year

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