Ah, Christmas Mass....

JC 2K3 · 24-12-2007 5:33pm #1

So who else will be making their annual visit to the church either this evening or tomorrow?

If so, what's your favourite thing to do to keep yourself entertained while the kids sing Christmas carols and the priest berates us for our drinking habits(or just gives a nice friendly sermon, the priest last year was a bit of a psycho)? I like gazing at the high roof and the bright lights, personally.

Kur4mA · 24-12-2007 5:36pm

I won't be. I don't go to Mass and don't see any reason it should be any different at Christmas.

Suzywuzy · 24-12-2007 5:40pm

Usually go to midnight mass and to the choir beforehand for 40 minutes or so. Then back and open a few prezzies or just have a drink and go to bed.

Duno this year tho cos the whole family not free to go to mass tonight. But that means I gotta sacrafice my ly in tomorrow morning !!! And I'm still in work now too !!! :mad:

Ruu_Old · 24-12-2007 5:42pm

I'll fall asleep in front of watch it on telly. I'll be going for a drive through an area near my house called 'Candlestick Lane', where houses are decorated very well (they are required and it is sponsored by the power company).

Random · 24-12-2007 5:44pm

No thanks, not my cup of tea. Would rather watch the movie repeats

Fast_Mover · 24-12-2007 5:45pm

Heading to 9pm Mass tonight with the rest of my family.
Use the time for reflecting on the past year/ponder about the coming year and what it has in store, listen to the choir, look at the people around me..
Then I head to the pub with a few friends for a socialable one or two (stomach's still in bits after last nights session!:().

GhostInTheRuins · 24-12-2007 5:45pm

No thanks, I'd rather watch telly instead.

Dord · 24-12-2007 5:49pm

No thanks.

Mossy Monk · 24-12-2007 5:51pm

I never go during the rest of the year. Why would I or anyone like me go tonight or tomorrow? I find it all to be a bit hypocritical to attend.

Duff · 24-12-2007 5:59pm

Nah, I'm going to the pub tonight ad I'll be playing with my santy toys all day tomorrow..:D

humbert · 24-12-2007 6:01pm

Went last year, regretted it, wont be going this year.

timmywex · 24-12-2007 6:05pm

im going, the best way to keep occupied is to stare at the cieling and try count all the little boxes on the roof in my church, then make sure you think you were wrong and do it again

FranchisePlayer · 24-12-2007 6:06pm

No never go christmas no excepetion only mass I been to was a funeral and that was required most people my age are made go by parents mine are atheists yeah:D

eamoss · 24-12-2007 6:08pm

SaxoDuff wrote: »

Nah, I'm going to the pub tonight ad I'll be playing with my santy toys all day tomorrow..:D

Oh can I come over and play. Me and Curran are going round to edlins to play with their new PS3 tomorrow about 6am

Havent gone for the last 2 years and not going tonight or tomorrow.

But when I did go I went to midnight mass at 10pm never understood that. But it went on for an hour and it was hell, felth like it was 5 hours long.

eroo · 24-12-2007 6:17pm

Mass..??Not a hope!I have some couch sitting to do instead..

MagicMarker · 24-12-2007 6:18pm

I'd rather disect my own testicles.

Terry · 24-12-2007 6:19pm

I saw some hot chick goinginto the church earlier.
If that's the type of people who go, then count me in.

eroo · 24-12-2007 6:20pm

Terry wrote: »

I saw some hot chick goinginto the church earlier.
If that's the type of people who go, then count me in.

its a trick!damn that Sister McGee and her ways..

Pigman II · 24-12-2007 6:26pm

I'm going to be generous and relinquish my seat to one of the people who go every week.

phasers · 24-12-2007 6:30pm

never gone

Sleepy · 24-12-2007 6:30pm

Even at the age of 27 it still causes grief when I say I'm not going. My whole family know I don't tolerate religion so it baffles me when they ask me to go to Christmas mass.

Though for anyone forced to go - do what I did the last time I was there: try and value everything in the church from the building and land, the furniture etc. right down to the flowers. Then think about how that money could have changed the world in a positive way.

Wertz · 24-12-2007 6:39pm

Haven't been since I was about 15 or so. Used to actually like midnight mass but when they dropped it back to 9pm a la saturday night mass, it lost that bit of magic. I'm not intent on going again anytime soon...

Toto Wolfcastle · 24-12-2007 6:41pm

I enjoy mass and I actually like the religious aspect of Christmas (as in, the reason we celebrate Christmas!) I respect every one's decision to go/not go to mass, but I find it hard to respect those (as in a good portion of the country) who do the whole present thing/celebrate Christmas yet don't believe in the reason we celebrate it. That's just my opinion though, and it seems like it'll be pretty controversial here! Doesn't bother me!

I'm not saying that I go to mass every week, but I do go, and I pray a few times a week. It's just my beliefs.

Having said that, I do get a kick out of seeing what toys the parents have allowed their kids bring to mass to shut them up. Last year I saw some dolls, books, and a hi-fi. Fun times.

MagicMarker · 24-12-2007 6:44pm

janeybabe wrote: »

I enjoy mass and I actually like the religious aspect of Christmas (as in, the reason we celebrate Christmas!) I respect every one's decision to go/not go to mass, but I find it hard to respect those (as in a good portion of the country) who do the whole present thing/celebrate Christmas yet don't believe in the reason we celebrate it. That's just my opinion though, and it seems like it'll be pretty controversial here! Doesn't bother me!

I'm not saying that I go to mass every week, but I do go, and I pray a few times a week. It's just my beliefs.

Having said that, I do get a kick out of seeing what toys the parents have allowed their kids bring to mass to shut them up. Last year I saw some dolls, books, and a hi-fi. Fun times.

So you don't respect most of the country including a lot of your friends? Nice:)

Xmas is a farce and is all about giving presents... YUS!!!

Sleepy · 24-12-2007 6:46pm

janeybabe wrote: »

I enjoy mass and I actually like the religious aspect of Christmas (as in, the reason we celebrate Christmas!) I respect every one's decision to go/not go to mass, but I find it hard to respect those (as in a good portion of the country) who do the whole present thing/celebrate Christmas yet don't believe in the reason we celebrate it.

Christmas pre-dates your religion. It was just known as different things before ye hijacked it. We can use 'Holiday Season' like the yanks if you prefer? :P

Toto Wolfcastle · 24-12-2007 6:49pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

So you don't respect most of the country including a lot of your friends? Nice:)

Xmas is a farce and is all about giving presents... YUS!!!

Ooooh putting words in my mouth, lovely Christmas present! Nah man, I said I find it hard to respect them, not that I don't! People can do what they want, doesn't bother me.

And I wont say no to presents!! But I wouldn't be upset if I didn't get a lot.

I'm coming across as a right goody-two-shoes here. I'm turning into my mother!

Also 'Holiday Season Shmoliday Season'!

I drink (alcohol) about 3 times a year if you want some more ammo!

ejmaztec · 24-12-2007 6:50pm

I'm going to outstare the priest, like I did last Easter and all the Christmases and Easters before. Just enough Catholic guilt left to get me in there twice a year and I still spend more time looking at my watch than reading the mass sheet.

eoins2345 · 24-12-2007 6:50pm

Ya ill be going at 9 tonight.so boring am i just try to think about anything that keeps my mind off it.friends,girls,school,drink or somethin like dat