Thief13x on 25/12/2010 at 00:12
Quote Posted by Queue
But it didn't used to be that way. I was one of the kids that got everything he wanted, and none of it had meaning--it was expected. Being showered with gifts didn't give me a happy childhood, or make Christmas this wondrous time of year, instead it spoiled me into thinking that I deserve everything I want just because I wanted it. But having a family and hitting bottom, both financially and health-wise, changed that--and I'm glad it did. We gained a perspective on what truly matters about the holiday season: that we're all still here.
Christmas shouldn't be about materialism. Instead, we make it about the one gift that truly matters the most--love. I know it sounds sappy and pat, but Christmas is the time of year that we remind the kids of just how much we love them without having to buy it. There's hugs, tickles, smiles, winks, games, small treats, movies, and lots of family-time. And at the end of the day, the kids are all laughed out, all kissed out, all smiled out, and go to bed with a warmth and happiness in their tummies that some cold piece of electronics or designer boots can't give.
That's just our Christmas. I know it sucks.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om_ZHlK9eoE) (don't miss the Wii)
Merry Christmas all!
Muzman on 25/12/2010 at 00:34
A German girl I used to live with is a biochemist. I used to bug her a lot about nasty pathogens when I was researching zombies and things of that ilk, so she sent me this:
Behold my plush Ebola virus
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http://members.iinet.net.au/~ragtag/silkeseb.jpgMay be the coolest gift anyone's ever got me since my sister tracked down the perfect coffee mug for me a few years ago.
Thief13x on 25/12/2010 at 02:49
Oh yes and I almost forgot - no Christmas is complete without a round or two of
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http://www.ebaumsworld.com/games/play/1088) Sober Santa
828 this year....a far cry from my consistent four digit score last year:(
Tocky on 25/12/2010 at 05:01
Mild here. I doubt it's even 5 celsius. Just got back from the inlaws. Wife asleep on the couch. Me, wine and hickory smoked cheese in front of computer screen as It's a Wonerful Life plays in the back ground. When we left the nieces and nephews were still into DS games and laughing about the fart machine which was one of the small gifts we gave because we weren't supposed to buy for them all as there was a hard times lottery hatpull thing but you can't say anything about small gifts like joy buzzers and balloon animal makers and an operation game for them all to play and laugh over.
We also sent one of the fart machines in our Samaritans Purse gift for overseas children. I have no idea how some African child will react to that among the other gifts crammed into a shoebox. That is a lie. Farts are universal amusement. I even imagine thier face as they press the buttons labled in a foriegn language and hear "juicy" and "squeaker" for the first time. I also like the imagined reaction of some foriegn missionary to such a gift.
Earlier I got together with my family at moms and we summoned the ghost of Christmas past. This year I printed off pictures of the games and toys I found on timewarp toys.com and asked what others they recalled. It's astounding what a fount of feelings well up just from Hi Ho Cherio game or The Last Straw. We were never wealthy but we were kings at Christmas. Me and my bro awake at 4 in the morn whispering "do you think he has come yet?" afraid we would make him fly off without delivering the sack of toys if we got up too early and caught him.
It's a bit sad to be here without kids on Christmas eve. My son is in Dayton and my daughter is only 10 miles away. I talked with them both but it's not the same. I hope they have half the wonder my folks managed to deliver from thier days with us at Christmas and can pass it on to thier kids. I love them so much. Tommorow we will stop by to see my granddaughter play with hide and seek Jo Jo and give her the comical "I've been very good" stocking about two feet by six stuffed with some things Santa left at the wrong house for her. She is so like my wife, particularly when she points her finger and says "you hear me?" I can't imagine loving her more and yet seem to with every passing day.
Tonight though, I wish you all the love and warmth that can find it's way to you and leave you the wise words of The Beatles- the love you take is equal to the love you make. Make a lot of it eh? There is no such thing as enough. Merry Christmas.
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http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv174/NGCalfee/SearchfortheStolenIdol.jpgOstriig on 25/12/2010 at 16:10
Ah, good, thread reminded me to turn on my pretty red lights. Still got a couple of days to go before I see my family, flying out Tuesday unfortunately, plane fares were simply beyond obscene this year even though I checked almost two months in advance. I mean, seriously, it would've felt like less of a waste of money if I'd piled the same sum in five pound bills and burned it for heat. And to top it all off, I had Christmas plans at a friend's in Kent, but I needed to return tomorrow asap and I was fucking stupefied last Thursday to learn that there are, in fact, no trains running in the UK on the 26th. Well, so much for my plans, and bah humbug indeed. So, yeah, delayed for a couple of days.
Anyway, Merry Christmas TTLG!
Ok, that thing is fucking phenomenal!
Renzatic on 25/12/2010 at 18:47
Quote Posted by Ostriig
Ok, that thing is fucking phenomenal!
...I thought it was snake ET when I first saw it.
Most of my planned Christmastime festivities have been indefinitely delayed. But it's for a very good reason: SNOW! And alot of it! I haven't seen this much snow in almost 10 years, and the first time in who knows how long that we've had an actual honest to God white Christmas down here.
I'm gonna go outside and make a snowman, some snow angels, an igloo, and...holy shit, the SNOW. Actually, I'll probably go outside, get cold, then come back in 15 minutes later. But the potential. OH GOD! THE POTENTIAL!
henke on 25/12/2010 at 19:34
Quote Posted by Renzatic
...I thought it was snake ET when I first saw it.
I though it was the Eraserhead baby when I first saw it. :p
june gloom on 25/12/2010 at 22:19
A bout with cellulitis has ruined my Christmas. I can't go to my grandma's because I can't even get a fucking sock on my right foot without wanting to kill myself. At least I don't have to worry about it being cold because this raging angry infected foot is doing a good job of keeping tself warm.
Queue on 26/12/2010 at 01:22
Cellulitis on your foot? What, did you get coal in your stocking again?
boo
PeeperStorm on 26/12/2010 at 06:36
Yesterday I had to stop my car about half a mile from home because there was a flock of peacocks blocking the road. I have no idea what the hell that was about. It's not like there's a peacockery (or whatever you call a peacock farm) anywhere within 500 miles of here. Maybe it was a Christmas miracle!
