I haven't felt christmas for the past couple of years... so what's it like?

[FriendlyCanadian]

last year I worked 20 days straight from the 20th of december onwards.

This year is much of the same, pulling 14 hour shifts, I've been here since 1 am.. off at 3 pm.. and I'll be back again at 5am.. and off christmas day at 7 pm.. hurrah..

so lately I seriously haven't really been feeling the christmas holiday thing.. it's just another day to me... and at the moment some added stress because I still need to go and buy everyone fucking presents.. blah..

tired exhausted.. worn out..

on the plus side it's only minus 9 degrees celcius now!

is this venting.. is this mememe.. I don't know.. who gives a fuck..

but please tell me, what does christmas mean to you?

Why is christmas such a big deal?

 

[EnderJE]

For me, it's another day to post up on EF and another day to spend with my family. They deem it as important.

 

[FriendlyCanadian]

For me, it's another day to post up on EF and another day to spend with my family. They deem it as important.

yeah eh, I guess it's nice to make the holidays special for someone else. I could care less myself though.

btw I'm hearing talks again about alberta seperating, I bet we beat quebec, oh man the country would be fucked if alberta seperated, but we'd be more than fucking ok. ^_^

we'd be better off, I bet it would be like 70% for and 30% against, haha.

 

[Bikini Mod]

I haven't been able to listen to christmas music for 3 years now. I don't go out. I don't shop. I can't bear to see people happy with their kids or getting little tokens of happiness to surprize their friends and family.

I spent a grand total of 20$ on Christmas, what it cost me to ship my children some pretty sweaters that I got on clearance at summer's end, and four biker brand outfits that I got when I worked for the manufacturer in Galveston a couple weeks back (total nightmare), a CD of beautiful music I made for them and one of my children's books that I printed out and wrote a special dedication just for them. Oh yea, and some silly Christmas toe socks.

My sister's family, well I couldn't bring myself to be out and about so of course, I didn't send them anything as it wouldn't have made it in time anyway. So they know I will send them some neat stuff after the first of the year. I got them some neat stuff on my trip back in September from Arizona and I will most likely get the kids some stuff from our road trip now.

Christmas NEVER WAS about shiny/pretty wrap it up with a bow. I wasn't raised that way. I am real and treat my friends and family with decency, kindness and respect 365 days a year. I don't just buy stuff just to buy stuff because it a certain day of the year. I have never been this way and refuse to start now.

PERIOD.

This time of year should be about people remembering, honoring and respecting those that mean something to them and about trying to be just a little more patient with those that we don't know or who aren't necessarily nice to us because they are too caught up in their own misery.

 

[walliwalibus]

I thought Christmas was about something else......... I thought it was about........... oh man, that's in another area.

 

[Just In Time]

This is the first Christmas Eve I have ever spent alone in my lifetime.

 

[Saintinistic]

Not sure what the fuss is about really. Xmyth indeed...

 

[shirlene29]

I hear this, wholeheartedly to some degree



I used to love christmas, Id go all out



I had a touch of christmas this year....I woke up before everyone else because I was excited about my family's reaction to their gifts

what the baby would think of all the presents appearing
she was great, the older two tried to be impressed..
I wondered how the kids reacted from the gift tree charity I bought presents for

thats as close as I got this yr

meh

 

[wootoom]

lol nice bump

 

[AztecWarrior]

Who's fault is that?