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Fun Stuff => CHATTER => Topic started by: J-cob9000 on 26 Nov 2008, 14:03
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Even though it's almost Thanksgiving, I thought I'd start this wonderfully awesome thread about Christmas (or Hanukkah or whatever else you celebrate). What do you want for Christmas? Are you having any parties?
Discuss.
Also: How do you people feel about stores not just decorating and selling Christmas things in October but playing carols in early November? It's annoys the crap out of me personally.
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One holiday at a time, kids.
...that being said I just bought gift wrap today.
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LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS UNTIL IT'S AT LEAST DECEMBER, SHALL WE?
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Also: How do you people feel about stores not just decorating and selling Christmas things in October but playing carols in early November? It's annoys the crap out of me personally.
YEAH DON'T YOU JUST HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE START BANGING ON ABOUT CHRISTMAS BEFORE DECEMBER?
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Also: How do you people feel about stores not just decorating and selling Christmas things in October but playing carols in early November? It's annoys the crap out of me personally.
YEAH DON'T YOU JUST HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE START BANGING ON ABOUT CHRISTMAS BEFORE DECEMBER?
Haha. Oh, the irony.
"but playing carols"
It's just the songs that get old really fast.
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I made some sort of avatar a year or so back that said, "Wait till December fuckers." Though, I don't like Christmas Carols, except for the one about the hippo
This just in: The Jonas Brothers want to die (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCDN_Vx_0Co)
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no december holiday celebrations for this athiest. i just get really drunk on new year's and have sex with people i haven't had sex with before.
MERRY IRRESPONSIBILITY
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Canadian Thanksgiving was in October...and I work in retail so I'm right into the full swing of things, Christmas-wise. I'm already planning my Christmas dinner for my closest friends. We get dressed up, have an amazing dinner, exchange presents, and catch up because we all live worlds away from each other (for school).
Last year's was amazing.
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So does anyone have a little-known favourite Christmas book/movie? Mine is the Polar Express. The book, I mean. The movie, though it shares the same name has (in my opinion) absolutely nothing to do with the book.
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It's a Wonderful Life is watched every year at my household
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The Muppets Christmas Carol at our House every year, as well as The Muppets Family Christmas. All of my siblings know the words and we sing along. Nostalgia is a powerful way of getting people to get along for a little while. I wish I was going to Boston in January now, because apparently through Gabbly Jon fully plans on having some Marley and Marley heavy metal renditions with Jimmy. Fucking Jealous as hell.
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I watch The Snowman. More about snow than Christmas, but Santa Claus makes an appearance.
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no december holiday celebrations for this athiest.
I'm an atheist and I celebrate Christmas. I just do it for the whole 'free stuff' part.
Favorite book and movie...
Book: How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Movie: Elf
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Since it doesn't look like we'll have a Thanksgiving thread, I'll make due with this one:
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So does anyone have a little-known favourite Christmas book/movie? Mine is the Polar Express. The book, I mean. The movie, though it shares the same name has (in my opinion) absolutely nothing to do with the book.
It is not really unknown but I love the Rudolph movie, hence the fabulous Rudolph gift wrap that I bought.
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I'll be going to my Aunty's place next weekend because while we usually celebrate Christmas on the 24th, like all good Europeans, my folks are going to England for Christmas this year so that my step-mum can see her mother over the holidays as her mum is pretty old and has lupus and shit. So we're moving Christmas forward a bit so we can all see each other. For actual Christmas I guess I'll be going to my mums place? I'm not particularly happy about this as I don't like seeing her but still, I suppose I should go anyway. I'm going to have to work Christmas Day but hopefully I can wrangle a 6am - 11am shift so it won't be too bad.
Also even though I am an atheist I still celebrate Christmas, but really only because my family do. Even so there is very little overt religious imagery in my family's celebrations, we get together and eat lots of food and give each other presents? The ornaments are all reindeers and Santa Claus, we sing two Christmas Carols, both in Hungarian and I don't understand the words (though one of them has "Bethlehem" in it so I assume that is religious). Anyway my point is that Christmas is completely separated from religion in my mind to the point where I always get confused by all the religious stuff on tv (cartoons of the birth of Jesus etc...) on Christmas before I remember.
I assume that if I ever stop seeing my family on Christmas (probably after my grandma dies) I will probably stop really celebrating Christmas.
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My family is almost entirely atheist (I say almost because I think my grandfather may have some vague belief in a god but I don't know), and Christmas is huge for us. We have foods that we only make at christmas, and its pretty much the only time of year we all get to see each other. Its just a way for us to express love for family and friends. Christmas trees and blown glass ornaments are fun. There doesn't need to be a religious element at all. And lets be serious here, Christmas is a pagan holiday Christianity hijacked. Christmas trees are pretty obviously a form of nature worship. It just makes people feel good to see green, a sign of life, in the middle of winter (for those of us who live where there is snow and ice and all that), and to be near the people they love. As Christianity spread and various pagan religions faded the winter soltice celebration got a new face painted on it.
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My immediate family is entirely non-religious, but we've always celebrated Christmas. I see it as a cultural celebration: regardless of whether or not I believe in god, I come from a Christian culture. I enjoy listening to Bach's B-minor Mass; I take pleasure from reading Gerard Manley-Hopkins' poetry; I celebrate Christmas.
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I think of it more as a consumer holiday, now.
Also it reminds me that my dad moved out right after christmas, pretty much therefore DESTROYING THE WHOLE CHRISTMAS-NEW YEAR'S THING FOR ME. *sigh*
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I usually have problems around Christmas time. I haven't enjoyed it when my mom and I visit other family members for Christmas since I was a kid for various reasons. (I think if I had a larger immediate family I wouldn't feel this way, but that's just houw it is.) I don't even really care about getting gifts anymore, because no one seems to get me things I like unless I give them specifics, which is no fun. The only parts I like about Christmas are making decorations and shopping for other people. I enjoy going around hunting for things people would like, but I don't really think I'll be doing that this year, which is kind of sad.
Also, I hate seeing anything Christmas related until December and I don't like hearing carols every freaking day until Christmas either. I hate it when people decorate for Christmas before Halloween even happens (there are people down the street that do this).
Well, to make this post less depressing, I will be going to a Christmas party with friends. Hooray for white elephant gifts! Last year I got a pink lawn flamingo that had no post.
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Unfortunately it's almost December now, which means I'll have to start thinking about presents. You know how dads are always the hardest people to buy presents for? Well, my dad's birthday is on Christmas Eve. So every year, I (and everyone else in my family) have to think up two dad presents at the same time.
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Last year I got a pink lawn flamingo that had no post.
If it floats, you should keep it in the bathtub when not in use.
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My mom threw it away! She thought it was funny and then tossed it. I don't even remember its name. (The girl who gave it to me put a name tag on it.)
Unfortunately it's almost December now, which means I'll have to start thinking about presents. You know how dads are always the hardest people to buy presents for? Well, my dad's birthday is on Christmas Eve. So every year, I (and everyone else in my family) have to think up two dad presents at the same time.
I don't have the dad problem, but my mom's birthday is Jan 9th. Thinking up two gifts is pretty difficult.
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My father's birthday is on the 22nd of December, and my mothers is on the 1st of January (new year's baby). Its a bit trying on my bank account buying them both birthday and Christmas gifts at the same time, but my parents live a spartan existence, so it makes me happy to get things for them I know they'll really like.
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Dads are easy to get stuff for! My dad (whose birthday is on Januar 2nd, so two gifts for him as well) gets really happy if we get some black t-shirts, black sweaters, socks, gloves, practicaly outdoor clothing etc, and if there's anything specific he wants (like a book or CD or something), he'll actually come out and say exactly what it is. Moms are worse, though. My mom will be totally vague about what she wants, and has fucking weird taste, so it's impossible to get her something that we think she will actually like, and also something that is sort of practical, because she's always complaining about too much stuff. Gah, I dread going Christmas shopping with my brothers.
But it's almost December, and while December pre-20th is all kinds of hell because of school, I can't wait. I broke my no clementines before December-rule, but tomorrow (since the 30th is a Sunday), I'm totally going to go buy Christmas soda, gingerbread and some kind of Christmas candy, and then I'll finally listen to my Christmas music playlist.
(Yes, I love Christmas.)
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Next wednesday my flatmates and I are doing a Christmas meal for 8 people (including ourselves). It also happens to be the day that a good friend of mine graduates and is one of the last stops on her honeymoon. Oh my!
We're having fresh prawn cocktails as something to nom before the meal, leek and potato soup for the starter, a festive beef wellington with roast potatoes, honeyed parsnips, roast veg (including carrots, turnips and sweet potatoes), Yorkshire puddings and gravy for the main followed by sugar free trifle for the dessert (one of the guests is diabetic).
NOM NOM NOM! I will maybe post pictures and recipes in the cooking thread one day.
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The only bit of christmas that I am ok with starting before December is gift-buying. I have a pretty large immediate family and a growing ring of various in-laws and people on my lists, so I get started shopping in early November just to give myself a chance to think of something really good for each person. Half-assed gifts are not worth purchasing.
That said, anyone have a working copy of mario kart for nintendo 64 they want to sell me? Nowhere around here has it and ebay can kiss my ass.
(I want to put it in an Xmas stocking for Chris)
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Manda, I'll have to look when I get home, but I'm pretty sure I do.
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Dads are easy to get stuff for!
That's funny... I have the exact opposite problem. My mom would be happy with a bottle of lotion and a new pair of slippers, year after year. My dad has really eclectic, specific tastes and is a terrible liar when he's disappointed (on the upside, though, when you hit it just right, it's really gratifying).
I'm at my parents' house for Thanksgiving, and we're not going to be here for Christmas. My parents have a baby grand and an upright piano, which I really miss when I'm away (having taken ten years of piano lessons). So last night, we broke out the Christmas carol book, and my dad, boyfriend, and I jammed for two hours variously on piano, piano, electric guitar, violin, drum, and harmonica. Family and music are my favorite parts of Christmas.
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Improvised whiteboard advent calendar! Decorated with random postcard from Italy, a marker and my kickass art skillz. This and a tiny figurine, as well as an advent candelabra or whatever the hell it is called will be the only signs of Christmas in my dorm room :/
(May be improved if I can be bothered to go downtown some time and find some proper Christmas decorations, but probably not.)
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I'll be far far away from home for the first time for christmas.
Also, there will not be any snow and when I go pee-pee, the toilet flushes the other way.
I will feel so very lost.
And all I want for Christmas is you. :mrgreen:
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this christmas will be my first spent in my own house (yay) so i think all the family is coming to mine, if not i will be sharing it with my best friend and her boyfriend (his family have never celebrated christmas :-o)
I have finished all my christmas shopping (i actually finished at the start of november, because i had the money to)
Christmas for my family is always hectic, my sisters fiance's birthday is dec 25, then her birthday is dec 27, so its full of stuff....
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So how's about that Wal-Mart employee who got stomped to death by Black Friday shoppers today? The worst part was that people just kept streaming in while the emergency response crew was working on him. Nobody gave two shits that the man had been killed by their own feet, they just wanted to save a few fucking dollars. Absolutely obscene.
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Link to the terrifying news story Patrick referred to. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/business/29walmart.html?ref=business)
Seriously. Read that and try not to think about hordes of zombies. People are fuckin' nuts.
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So how's about that Wal-Mart employee who got stomped to death by Black Friday shoppers today? The worst part was that people just kept streaming in while the emergency response crew was working on him. Nobody gave two shits that the man had been killed by their own feet, they just wanted to save a few fucking dollars. Absolutely obscene.
And they're not going to prosecute anyone because of the nature of the crime. Sick. I hope the tramplers suffer from horrible PTSD flashbacks the rest of their lives.
We did do a little bit of shopping today on the way back from my parents' house, but all for us because we are selfish. They had a $1 per trade paperback sale at this out of the way comic book store, so, we bought 40. Haha. Mostly indie comics too, rock.
I am asking for Guitar Hero III for Xmas along with an extra guitar for my boy and that's it. I'm getting my sister Wii games, but I don't know about my parents. I thought about getting my mom some old TV show on DVD but I don't think she watches DVDs, just cable. And my dad is even worse, all he does is watch Golf TV. I got some really cool stuff for the boy though.
This is the first year I won't have a tree, because our newest cat is climb-happy. I may make one out of cardboard.
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I just love it when people get into the holiday spirit :)
Dark humor aside, I am totally thinking of getting my lady a piece by an Albanian artist who lives in a small town just north of here called Krujė. My girl is an artist, which is the 'thoughtful' part. He paints scenes from the town as well as from other places in Albania, which is the 'unique' part. I'm pretty much set with her.
As for my stepbrothers, I'm probably going to get them some of the felted wool hats that they make in the same town. I'll probably get them the Fushė-Krujė style ones (sortof like a white, woolen fez without the tassel). My dad will probably get one of those ash trays shaped like the multitudes of bunkers they have here. As for my stepmom, she'll probably get some shopkas, which are felted wool indoor slippers. Here in Albania, the price of wool is absurdly cheap by American and European standards, and that's even when they're charging me 10 times what they would charge an Albanian.
As for my mom, she loves to cook, and she can't get good Indian food supplies here in Albania, so I am thinking of getting her some of those for Christmas.
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I barely left my house today. I just cooked breakfast food and watched firefly dvds all day.
Anyway, I'll be heading down to my grandparents' place in D.C. on (I think) the 21st, as I do most years. They have a big party at their house on Christmas Eve, and then we have a big family dinner/birthday party for my dad on Christmas (he has the misfortune of being an xmas baby.)
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A Christmas Story. That is all.
(oh, and Tania, what're you up to on 31 Dec this year?)
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I bought my brother a copy of the GOTY edition of Morrowind because he loves that game to untol levels. We're getting our dad a new golf glove and maybe a new set of golf balls because he likes that sort of thing. We'll probably also kick in for a bracelet for our step-mum but I have no idea what I'm getting for my mother. I'll probably get her a card, write an insincere note in it or something. Or maybe a dvd of some trashy romantic comedy. She loves that shit.
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December is always a busy present month for our family because my brother's birthday is on the 16th, mine is on the 17th and my mother's is on the 31st, plus Christmas. Also one of my housemate's birthdays is on the 11th and the other one's birthday is on the 28th...it is going to be a month of a million parties. In fact, I get 2 birthday parties this year!
So far I have ordered my brother's birthday gift, worked out his Christmas gift and bought myself a million presents. I also have the housemates birthday and Christmas presents wrapped up and in the lounge to torture them with. hee.
I only have 5 Christmas presents left to buy though I think, plus a few silly ones for my friends I am having Christmas with.
And tonight is our work Christmas party! wooooo!
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Oh, and The Ref is by far the best christmas movie ever :-D :-D
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Christmas always sucks for me, I can never buy anyone gifts because I have barely enough money to scrape by. But I won't get into that.
I'll probably spend Christmas one day with my Mom, and one day with my Dad. There'll be arguments, and I might end up not going to either my Mom's or my Dad's. I might just stay home. Its something I've never really done before.
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this year, i spent quite a lot of money on presents, now im regretting it, as i am totally broke, even though i work full time *sigh*
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So...
I was thinking that I would make a Christmas mix CD. It would be mostly modern-ish songs. Give me suggestions. Yahoo Answers has lots of these questions but all they reccomend is stupid Fallout Boy and Kelly Clarkson and crap.
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Screw making a Christmas mix, just spin this.
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Sean is a man that knows what is up. That is one of my favorite Christmas CDs ever.
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Butbutbut. What about Christmas At The Zoo and the Raconteurs' Christmas Song?
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The only Christmas albums worth listening to are Alabama Christmas and The Chieftains Bells of Dublin.
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The only Christmas albums worth listening to are Alabama Christmas and The Chieftains Bells of Dublin.
Bells of Dublin was one of my favorite albums as a little kid.
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The only Christmas album worth listening to is Twisted Sister Christmas.
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Phil is right to be depressed about missing the Boston meetup, because there will be epic Muppet Christmas Carol karaoke. I am talking full blown death metal Marley and Marley (It can be done. Shane and I got drunk and did it two Aprils ago) and an attempt at a thrash worthy rendition of Scrooge.
Christmas...oh fucking Christmas...The trend of Christmas antipathy really grates me sometimes. Yeah, sure, if you wanna go hide in a corner because you hate fun and puppies and candy canes and everything that is pleasant in life, go ahead, but all these far whatever the fuck anti-Christian goons who hate it for some misguided notion of religion are beyond me. Christmas stopped being about religion well before most of our lifetimes (And really, in most of its history, it was never much about religion, mostly just the eighteen and nineteen hundreds and even that is spotty). Christmas, at this point in history, is merely an excuse to make merry oneself and enjoy the comfort and company of friend, family and happy acquaintance.
I've never been a religious man, but I've always loved Christmas. Even after a series of time where I had something like three absolutely terrible Christmases in a row, I simply cannot break the habit of overall being in a better mood in the season. I actively tried to be bitter for the sake of it back in 2006, but that crashed and burned after the first Christmas Tree I saw for the year.
I love just about every facet of the season. Even in a rather isolationist area like Boston where people keep to themselves, everyone is just that much friendlier this time of year. I even like the outrageously busy shopping season. It would probably be so much easier (And cheaper) to just order everything online, but I just can't break the ever enjoyable habit of going to the mall with a cup of disgusting, yet so much fun to drink, Dunkin Donuts hot chocolate and taking in the season while doing some Christmas shopping.
I love Halloween and Thanksgiving as much as the next person, but I really don't generally mind the head start to Christmas, especially in times like these where some stores really need the extra cash flow to survive. I do find situations like the aforementioned Wal-Mart incident repugnant, but those people miss the whole point of the season. It's not about getting the coolest gift for the best price, it's about taking it easy and admiring everything good about life and doing one's best to spread it. I've never done my shopping before Thanksgiving, but I've also never lacked for a proper gift for anyone I cared about, even waiting and doing my shopping at my own pace.
Probably the best Christmas of my life was my Senior year of High School. My friend's parents had just gotten laid off at the same time. Shit was rough for them, yet they still chose to try and celebrate Christmas. They couldn't afford gifts (They weren't well off to begin with), but they at least had a little Charlie Brown type Christmas Tree going on. A few of us decided the best course of action was for a bunch of us to forgo getting each other anything and just get gifts for them. It was a great feeling, and his mom was very touched (Which was great, as we all loved her to death). Pretty much everyone worth a damn in our circle of friends got involved (Especially touching considering I was one of the few that actually had a job or any form of disposable income). Ask Rachel anytime, I am not a typically generous person, but Christmas always loosens my wallet.
I don't have any specific Christmas traditions, but I have many conventions I like to repeat. Far and away, I cannot get through the season without watching 'Muppet Christmas Carol,' to the point it's on my iPod (And yes, I am watching it right now at work). One year in High School, we were putting on a production of Christmas Carol and about six of us involved were lobbying hard to include Marley and Marley (Sadly, to no avail) I'm also quite partial to 'Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown,' 'Rudolph,' 'Doug's Christmas' (Not that Disney garbage, I'm talking the classic where Porkchop gets put in the pound), 'Nightmare Before Christmas' (A Hot Topic cliche, but fuck it, it's a fun Christmas movie) and bunches of others.
Christmas has always been big in my family, though many things have fallen to the wayside lately. My brother, gramma and I probably are the biggest fans (Chad and I got it from our gramma), but it's pretty big throughout. We used to make multiple stops on Christmas Eve, but now it's pretty much just Christmas morning with my immediates and our gramma (My mom's side stopped doing a party when everyone started having their own children too young for late parties and we had a falling out with my dad's side a few years back). My brother, mother and I used to go out annually to check out the Christmas lights when Chad and I were young, though that started to fall away once our hometown started getting less and less Merry. I keep that on my own by wandering the city to see the lights at the commons and downtown.
Suffice to say: I loves me some Christmas.
Also, for Christmas music, I am quite partial to Trans-Siberian Orchestra and, obviously, the Muppet Christmas Carol soundtrack.
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Man, I gotta do my Christmas shopping the same time I have to work on all my finals :-( I have no friends so shopping is that much easier, but all the Chinese family is coming over to my ma's this year.
I figure since it's December we can use this thread to post gift ideas / help requests.
My current ideas:
earring display racks/frames (etsy)
wine jellies (napa valley, dragonfly)
miracle berry tablets (thinkgeek, miraclefruitplus)
wwf animal adoptions
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Phil is right to be depressed about missing the Boston meetup, because there will be epic Muppet Christmas Carol karaoke. I am talking full blown death metal Marley and Marley (It can be done. Shane and I got drunk and did it two Aprils ago) and an attempt at a thrash worthy rendition of Scrooge.
Buddy-ro, that was last August. We went to a Sox game two Aprils ago.
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I keep on reading the title of this thread as "Christmas! Gifts! Panties!"
That would be an interesting Christmas party.
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Cathy where the hell have you been
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Buddy-ro, that was last August. We went to a Sox game two Aprils ago.
Man, do you have a fucking date book at home labeled "Important Jon Milestones of the QC-Forum Variety?"
I am convinced you probably know better than I do what I wasted my 1,000th post on.
Also, it's been like a decade, but I still can't get used to the WWF being the World Wildlife Fund. That made Ruyi's last gift idea make about five times less sense to me.
P.S. Fuck you, pagebreak, now no one will ever see my long-ass "Christmas Rocks and You Can All Go Fuck Yourselves" rant.
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My boyfriend's family put up our Christmas tree on the first. I'm kind of upset because we didn't get to decorate it together. My boyfriend's sister did it all before anyone was up yesterday. :-( It looks very pretty, though. We got an artificial tree this year because our dogs like to mark it and Colorado's so dry that it loses most of its needles by around Christmas, no matter how late we get it.
Tomorrow night, as long as it doesn't snow too much, we'll be going to see the Christmas lights at the Botanical Gardens.
Usually we all get up early in the morning to open presents, then their dad goes back to bed (He has a really weird schedule and usually doesn't get up until 12). I don't know if that'll be how it goes this year because I might have to work. During the day, we play board games/video games and then at night we watch A Christmas Story. There are also usually many phone calls during the day by various family members. It's just so much more low key than any major holiday my family celebrates.
I'm going to Barnes and Noble Friday while my boyfriend does volunteer work there and buying gifts for my boyfriend's mom and sister, and perhaps his dad. That leaves my boyfriend whom I'm struggling with in terms of gift ideas. I thought about getting him Spore, but it's on his Amazon wishlist, so I thought someone else might get it for him. I've also thought of a new comforter for his bed since the one he has now is really old and kind of falling apart. Wii Music or band shirts are my last options.
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I'd like to add:
Despite my overwhelming love of Christmas, I hate hate hate hate HATE A Christmas Story. I have hated it since I was a kid and it's grown into an absolute loathing over the years. Seriously, fuck that overrated movie.
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I am convinced you probably know better than I do what I wasted my 1,000th post on.
*shrug*
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Last year I got a card saying some african dude got a bike for christmas.
I wanted a bike (Or xbawx or ps3) but he got one instead.
Ironic thing is my mum threw out my bike earlier that year after throwing me out.
This christmas must be better.
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To be fair, he probably needed it way more than you
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That's an interesting idea though. Take pictures of you giving other people things that they want, and then give them the pictures. If people still talk to you afterward, you win Christmas!
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He needed it to deliver medicine or some shit, I need it to get to the train station and do jumps off walls and stuff... It could have gone either way.
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The housemates and I are getting a tree, and having a party on Christmas with a keg and some bin juice, as well as getting each other presents but we have decided we each have to get each other ten presents but we cannot spend more than 20 dollars on each person.
The game is on.
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I am having a bbq and booze day with the brother and our crew I think! It's going to be super! 4 days off! YES!
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Christmas dinner went well! Some pictures to follow.
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Went? As in past tense? *looks at calendar*
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Yeah we already did a family Christmas lunch
Some people are busy, Joe Hocking. I for one have a hectic amount of drinking to do on Christmas day that quite simply cannot be slotted alongside a family lunch no matter how hard I try or how drunk a family I come from.
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yeah but its like only the 3rd, Christmas ain't a comin' for another 21 days... I'd hope you've got enough time between now and then to have a dinner...
As it stands, my family is gonna be spending Christmas in Tejas, pendejo. We're drivin' down after classes get out for me and my brothers, and we're going to be spending Christmas with our cousins, and then one of them is gettin' married on the 26th. They are accepting gifts at their registry at Target or donations to like Christian Children's Fund or something like that. Man, holidays. I'm already remembering why I hate going to visit extended family during the holidays in the Bible Belt.
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Christmas is a time to say "I love you." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZMOWZXRoCI)
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I know that I complain about christmas a lot and having to go see my mum and whatnot but every so often something happens that reminds me how nice Christmas is. I hopped on bus at about 11pm earlier tonight as I was coming home from visiting my brother. The bus looked like this:
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I wish I'd gotten a picture of the bus driver. He was wearing a fake white beard and a santa hat.
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Aw man. Why not my bus?
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I got my Christmas overtime hours back last week and I've only got 11 extra hours rather than the 22 I was wanting (:-() but nevertheless that is extra moneys and somewhere to be that is not my house.
The problem with Christmas is that if anyone comes to visit, the whole house has to be cleaned from top to bottom for them. And obviously visitors come more often at Christmas than at other times of the year. So there is a lot of cleaning, and a lot of stressing. Also I have to spend Christmas Day with my mum's partner's family, who I have only met once last Christmas and who intimidate me a bit. I'm not very good with people I don't know and I really want to spend Christmas Day watching the astonishingly good television programming and relaxing. It's been a busy term and I don't really want to spend my one totally free day trying to be polite to a bunch of relative strangers who are all much older than me and from a completely different background. Is this unreasonable? I'm not going to kick up a fuss because it's Christmas and all, but I just want to know if I'm really being selfish here.
On the plus side, tomorrow is the street party late night shopping Christmas extravaganza, where the entirety of the town turns into a fairground and all the shops stay open until 10pm. I get paid tomorrow morning so I'll be able to buy all my presents and look at the lights and listen to the bands and have an awesome time and then there are fireworks and it is the best event in the whole of the year and I'm excited about it!
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Last year I got a card saying some african dude got a bike for christmas.
Thankyou for figuring out what the hell I'm going to get my older sister. There's a world vision store in the city that sells all sorts of fair trade stuff and it does the cards like that. The best thing about these gifts is that you can just recycle the card when the card recycling thing happens (they're all made from recycled paper) and it's like you never got a present in the first place. The gifter fulfills the requirements of the gifting season, the giftee doesn't end up with clutter and someone who probably doesn't already have too much crap ends up with something useful. Everyone wins.
(My younger sister is getting wine glasses because she said she needed some)
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i just realized that i get two motherfucking weeks off work for Christmas! holy shit i am not going to anything!!!!
it's going to be awesome.
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Went? As in past tense? *looks at calendar*
Uni timetables and people not being in the country for very long means our Christmas dinner had to be early. I'll have a second Christmas dinner with my family on the 25th, probably.
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Our christmas dinner is awesome. It consists of:
Country ham, eggs, sausage, bacon, biscuits, baked grapefruit with brown sugar on top, orange juice and milk.
Coffee before and after.
It's wonderful. It's like the best meal of the year.
Buddy-ro
Haha, that's a Southern thing as far as I know. My dad calls me that sometimes. I thought he was the only one. Well. You know what I mean.
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My mum told me today that I could just get her gift vouchers for Christmas/birthday.
YES.
I will probably get her a little silly thing to go with them, as is my custom. But that simplifies things up so much!
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I'm flying to California on Friday. I'm sortof half-excited. On one hand, I get to see good friends and the few cool people on my dad's side of the family. On the other hand, my normally kindof boring dad gets even MORE boring around Christmas time, because the weather is constantly changing and it fucks with any of his projects that are related to woodworking. So there'll be pretty much nothing to do when I'm there except talk about things we'd rather be doing.
And that house is fucking freezing (since nobody ever puts any fucking wood in the fireplace) so I probably shouldn't bring my Jaguar with me since nitrocellulose finishes have a nasty tendency to shrink and, consequently, crack and start wearing off. I like finish wear, I just don't want to accelerate it. God damn it.
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Oh god let it get fucked, man. You know how nice it's going to look when the finish starts looking all beat up?
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Man, let's talk when you pay a grand and a third for a guitar. I want at least 5 years out of it before I'll intentionally not care if the finish starts checking.
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See, I would not pay this much for a guitar. We had this conversation a few days ago.
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You need two things for a Christmas party:
1. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" by Vince Guaraldi
2. Eggnog
Bonus: Peppermint Schnapps (Mix with 1 and 2 for best effect)
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Ok, guys quick! I need Christmas shopping help.
Who is better?
Dr Who or Ira Glass?
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Always the Doctor.
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I am so looking forward to this new laptop bag; my sister asked me if I really wanted it in this color, so I know she is getting it:
http://www.brenthaven.com/catalog-metrolite_ii_burnt_orange.html
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Thats what everyone, but the giftee said. He said he'd prefer Ira Glass. I spent $75 on him at the TAL store, and I am not even done shopping for him. That isn't too much to spend on a friend, right? I know people spending less on their boyfriends.
Also, why the fuck does it matter? Jesus, why do people have to be so difficult? If I want to spend $100 on someone, then no one should read into it. It means nothing other than "The gift I wanted to get you cost $100"
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God I hate being damn near broke. I would order that awesome coffee mug for Tara except I don't think I have enough money right yet. I still have my final paycheck from work this year, but I can't get to any of that until I can deposit it when I get to California on Friday.
FUCKKKKKKK JHGIOEMRFOISHUTNGIME
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So I went shopping a while back and forgot that I had put these two books on my wish list. I bought them. V For Vendetta and The Killing Joke. I come home and mom is like, "But I've already bought that for you. And your aunt bought you the other one."
Now I have to return them.
Ugh.
But I did get some jeans and a checkered belt but this isn't the fashion thread.
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JHGIOEMRFOISHUTNGIME
my new gabbly username!
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You need two things for a Christmas party:
1. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" by Vince Guaraldi
2. Eggnog
Bonus: Peppermint Schnapps (Mix with 1 and 2 for best effect)
lamest christmas party ever.
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You need two things for a Christmas party:
1. "A White Christmas" by your dealer
2. Casablanca (and anything else with Mr. Bogart in it)
Bonus: NOFX/SocialD/BadReligion
Fix'd
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I went shopping for christmas presents this evening, and all I ended up with is a new book and a pair of pants for myself. While I'm rather enjoying lying here in my new pants and reading my new book and drinking my housemate's rum, I can't help but feel that I'm doing it wrong.
Also fuck I have to buy a secret santa thingy for one of the guys at work. All I know is that he's a middle-aged microbiologist who likes bird watching and making inappropriate comments. If there was some book in existence of terrible dirty bird puns like "Look At That Pair Of Spotted Boobies" it would probably be the ideal gift, but I don't think this will be easy to find.
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Buy him binoculars Nick. They LOVE that shit.
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The problem with that would be that if he's a bird watcher, he probably already has binoculars that are way better and more expensive than what would be common to give as secret santa-gifts.
I have that issue with Christmas present for a couple of friends of mine. There's one girl who loves art and anime and cute things, but I don't know what to get her, because in the anime and cute things department I'm kinda lost, and in the art-department things I could get her she already has more expensive and better versions of.
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Get some cute dinner set.
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Because Fuck Xmas.
Right in the shitter.
I think we vaguely covered it on the first page. If I see one more goddamned "OHMIGOD HE WENT TO JARED" commercial I'm going to fucking slit my throat.
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I will be spending my second Christmas ever away from the parents - last one was because they were in Europe, and this one is because I'm hanging out with the "in-laws" instead. I will be getting cheap presents for people because I need to save for my month of no work in January!
Also working at a supermarket guarantees that you quickly grow to despise all forms of Christmas carols, especially those performed by pop stars.
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I went shopping for christmas presents this evening, and all I ended up with is a new book and a pair of pants for myself. While I'm rather enjoying lying here in my new pants and reading my new book and drinking my housemate's rum, I can't help but feel that I'm doing it wrong.
Also fuck I have to buy a secret santa thingy for one of the guys at work. All I know is that he's a middle-aged microbiologist who likes bird watching and making inappropriate comments. If there was some book in existence of terrible dirty bird puns like "Look At That Pair Of Spotted Boobies" it would probably be the ideal gift, but I don't think this will be easy to find.
Need a gift for a microbiologist? POW! (http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/6708/) It doesn't matter if they're middle-aged, all microbiologists love these things!
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Because Fuck Xmas.
Right in the shitter.
I think we vaguely covered it on the first page. If I see one more goddamned "OHMIGOD HE WENT TO JARED" commercial I'm going to fucking slit my throat.
Oh cool, at least I don't feel alone anymore. I thought Jared was local to Maryland.
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My friend and i have xmas tradition, when its christmas eve we go to bar and drink.
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I may be doing that. My dad's the president of a social club in town, and they hang out and drink beers every Christmas eve. It's actually a really fun time.
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Also, why the fuck does it matter? Jesus, why do people have to be so difficult? If I want to spend $100 on someone, then no one should read into it. It means nothing other than "The gift I wanted to get you cost $100"
Wouldn't you feel like an absolute shit if your friend bought you a $100 gift but you could only really afford to spend around $20 on them? I know not everyone's the same, but most people I've ever encountered prefer people avoid getting them expensive gifts if they can't afford to reciprocate. It comes off somewhere between "I am a shitty friend who can't budget properly enough to get them a nice gift" and "the fuck do they have to rub it in?"
lamest christmas party ever.
I am pretty sure that I could beat that if I put you, Eed and Linds into a room together. It would likely be four hours of yarn talk.
Has anyone done that thing in this thread where they are all classic grinch and I hate Xmas bloo bloo blooo yet?
Maybe. A bloo bloo bloo it must be lonely up on your mountain watching all the Whos have fun while you cry all alone into your scotch and small yappy dog.
I am going to enjoy a rousing game of Zooziver Carsey and maybe dine on some roast beast.
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Buy him binoculars Nick. They LOVE that shit.
Heh, that would cover both interest groups... but might be too pricey. Unless I can find a pair of those novelty fake ones that have a picture of a scantily clad woman from the 70's at the end of them.
Need a gift for a microbiologist? POW! (http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/6708/) It doesn't matter if they're middle-aged, all microbiologists love these things!
The giant microbes aren't a bad idea, but I don't have time to order one... I think they sell them out at NSW Uni, though... Hmm. Also, I'd probably need a mycobacterium.
Thanks for the suggestions.
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Ok I ended up getting him 8 different fake moustaches and some chocolate. I didn't really want to put much effort into this, to be honest.
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Okay yay, I got my stepmom some astronaut ice cream from Thinkgeek (she is a home ec teacher and likes food), and my dad, stepbrothers, and my good friend are getting some cool shirts (also from Thinkgeek). Still working on what I can get my big sis, but it'll probably be able to wait until we meet up in London right after Christmas. And I got my lady one of those coffee mugs that looks like a paper cup (Ruyi, you are a fucking angel for that suggestion), because she drinks something like 3467465 cups of coffee a day.
Still no clue what to get my mom, though. I don't want to give her the same thing as my stepmonster, but she also has just about everything ever that could possibly be related to food. I realized that we're going to be going to Britain right after Christmas, so getting her Indian food supplies is just going to be redundant, because that and English cheddar are the only things she ever buys there.
I am kindof fucked.
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I have one of those cups Patrick. It is awesome. I drew all over it so it is even better.
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Jodie you just gave me a brilliant idea. Tara loves to draw. She wants to go to art school. IT IS PERFECT, I'll fill the fucker with multicolored Sharpies.
<33333 you just made Christmas like 3598634 times better
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The internet is helpful.
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Patrick, check the gift guides on Etsy, probably easy to find something for your mom there
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Just to derail slightly, what's the deal with Canadian Thanksgiving? I know American Thanksgiving is this creepy holiday based around a very dubious story about the colonists and the Native Americans coming together that completely erases how fucked the colonisation of America was, but what are Canadians celebrating??
As for Christmas... I am ever so slightly offended at having to celebrate Christian holidays all through the year but whatever. Too much of a pain to change. Traditionally our Christmases suck though I generally love buying gifts but have no bloody money this year so it's not much of a holiday season for me. Working Boxing Day and 2nd Jan, probably have some sort of food-orientated-thing with my family and my partner's and drink too much. Kickboxing's running straight through so that's cool.
Bought my mother a Lush bath thingy in lieu of the real present I can't afford, might see if I can scrape in enough money to get my little brother and sister (9 & 7) a bow so I can take them out shooting. Good bonding. I guess I did throw about $200 at a secret santa to someone in Canada... I really like buying gifts, and it was too much fun to be sensible. :oops:
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Yay! Drama Club is having secret santas! I'm so happy! I love secret Santas! (why do I keep typing secret satans?)
But yes. Christmas party is on the 19th. We will listen to loud Christmas songs and rawk out and eat food. Oh fuck. Now I have to exercise it all off. Christmas is a bad time to be dieting. Ugh.
Anyway.
I'm going to poke around at the dollar store and put together an awesome gift thingy.
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Thanksgiving is more a celebration of the harvest than anything else, really. Hence, the Canadians celebrate on themselves at an earlier point in the year with their harvest coming earlier.
And if you're seriously bothered by Christmas because of religious connections, you probably have been hiding from society for the past two or three decades.
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Thanksgiving is more a celebration of the harvest than anything else, really. Hence, the Canadians celebrate on themselves at an earlier point in the year with their harvest coming earlier.
Hey, this is logical!
And if you're seriously bothered by Christmas because of religious connections, you probably have been hiding from society for the past two or three decades.
Hey I'm bothered by creepy consumerism too. :-D It doesn't upset me per se, I'd just really rather not have religious holidays of any stripe - there are lots of religions around, it'd be more fair to have secular holidays and let everyone who's genuinely passionate about their religion celebrate it on their own time.
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I like how my family does Christmas-Minimal religion beyond some of the songs, not a lot of the wild consumerism. The whole family has actually decided to make this year an official anti-junk year. It is pretty cool. My mother and aunt are adopting a family (you buy presents and dinner for a family that couldn't afford it) as their "gift" to each other. I dig this idea a lot.
I do like holiday shopping though. I get this sick, sentimental glee when I find the perfect item for someone. I have done pretty well with gift buying this year. I usually designate about ten dollars per person, but I actually managed to get by on less this year, which is good because I am broke like everyone else.
My suggestions for gifts that are low budget, but always well received:
Used books. If you have a used book store near you, spend a few hours browsing the shelves. You will usually find some really excellent books that are out of print or otherwise not found at Barnes and Noble or similar chain stores. For example, this year I found my sister a book on the Ghosts of the Civil war, which I couldn't even believe existed. She's a Civil War buff who likes ghost hunter shows. It was too perfect.
Booze. Who wouldn't appreciate a six pack of their favorite beer? It won't last, but that's okay, and it's definitely something they like and will enjoy.
Knitted stuff. Relatives love homemade shit.
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Hey I'm bothered by creepy consumerism too. :-D It doesn't upset me per se, I'd just really rather not have religious holidays of any stripe - there are lots of religions around, it'd be more fair to have secular holidays and let everyone who's genuinely passionate about their religion celebrate it on their own time.
Well you can always think of it as a celebration of the winter solstice like it was before christianity came around!
Along darkbluerabbit's line of thinking....beer/wine of the month clubs are always good (because that way even when the booze goes away it comes back in 30 days!)
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Well, summer soltice here. And I pretty much do. :laugh:
As for my present priorities, I am bad. I'm just gonna press lollies onto ze childrens and buy a bow later, I spent that money (*cough* and some) on a tea pot, flash green tea, and some massages for my partner instead. So much for not buying presents...
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Woops...I suck :oops:
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Hey, it's technically Christmas here now y'know.
So, uh, merry Christmas guys.
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take THAT, Jens
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Technically Merry Christmas to you to!!
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Happy Christmas, Australia!
I dunno. It's still October over here.
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I'm about to sit down to eat an awesome Christmas dinner (pork steak, I guess? Something like that), and then it's time for cake and, uhm, whipped cream with cloudberry (so good!), and then some more cakes and presents.
Awesomeness to commence! My parents have even realized that they won't get anything more done tonight, so they're not as stressed right now. Merry Christmas, people!
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Merry Christmas from Jens, me and some of our relatives!
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e263/blooper663/DSC00922.jpg)
(Technically this is from last year's Christmas, but you know, Christmas is Christmas so I'd say it's still somewhat relevant.)
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Kris, why do you look so pissed off?
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Because she got shafted with the stool seat.
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Nice curtains. (tee hee)
And yayyy for the lovely Norwegian family!
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Yeah Shane, Tyler is right. And Liz, don't make fun of my grandparent's taste in curtains (ok, I looked at the pic again and jeez, those curtains are horrible. Make fun all you want).
I'm gonna go eat delicious Christmas food now, so everyone have a great evening!
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I finally finished my shopping about an hour ago!
Of course I only started yesterday. I still have to my make my mom's present, though, which will be kind of annoying. I'm not sure if what I have planned will even work...I hope it does. If not, I won't have a present for my mom, and I will be screwed.
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Tonight ended up being great for a while, then crappy, then okay. The food was excellent and while Christmas dinners now consist of just the five of us, as opposed to about 10 or more earlier years, it was mostly really nice. Everyone got along well for a while, then not so well, but then the ones who were left got along well and decided not to worry about things, which was great, for once. My mom tends to always worry about things and drive me insane, so it was a pleasant relief. Watching some lame ass Hallmark movie with Denise Richards and Dean Cain after the cakes kinda sucked, but ah well.
Tonight's gifts:
- Creative Inspire T10 speakers for my laptop and/or iPod
- About 3000kr, which will probably go towards the Tokyo-trip
- Gift certificate from H&M
- Two gift certificates for the cinema
- Some expensive Kerastase-stuff for my hair, but it's for dyed hair and hair that is exposed to the sun a lot? What? Not my hair.
- Okkervil River - The Stage Names
- Feist - The Reminder
- The movie "Once"
- Some silverware
- Minnie Mouse socks?
- Felted wool seating seating pad in the colors of my favourite football team
- Gloves
- Some weird little pouch that looked like it was from a toy store and some candy.
Overall, nice Christmas so far. Could've been better, if my arm didn't still hurt after a slight, uhm, argument, but I guess all things considered, still nice. Pretty pleased with the gifts, even though they weren't very exciting and I got more varied stuff last year, but I pretty much just asked for money and the speakers, so yeah..
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Happy Christmas Aussies and Norwegs:)
I've already exchanged stockings with Chris (dude has a SOLID handle on the kind of jewelry I wear, LOVE it) so I get to stretch christmas out over the next few days with my family and his down in NC.
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This years Christmas Eve was awesome! Tomorrow I'm going to a Christmas brunch with dad's part of the family, and friday it's Christmas dinner with mom's part of the family. On the present note, this is what I got:
- An easel
- An acrylic painting set: paint, brushes, canvas and paint spatulas in a nice wooden suitcase (thank you, Jens!)
- A toasting iron/grill
- Two sets of frosted window film, which is great because my apartment is on the first floor, and I'd love to have some privacy without keeping the curtains shut all the time.
- 200 kr
- One gift certificate at a record shop
- A necklace
- A scarf and a hat
- Blue scissors with beads who sparkle
- A pink toy car
- An old fashioned pharmaceutical jar who has the words Chinin. Sulfuric. inscribed on the front (old malaria medicine or something. Note: there was no medicine in the jar).
- Two towels
- A tool kit
- Fuzzy slippers who are extremely comfortable
- Scented candles and a pretty candle holder
- A sauce mug (I guess that's not the real name for it, but I don't know the English word for "sausenebb", if there is one at all. Help me out here if you can, fellow Norwegians.)
Thank you thank you thank you thank you soooo much, family and friends. Jens is the only one of them who will read this, but I'm writing it anyway because all of the gifts were so amazing. Thank you!
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I am very jealous of that haul.
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Yes, that sounds like it could be it. Thank you, Sam!
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(http://www.oneida.com/resources/oneidaConsumer/images/products/processed/HJ101X10.zoom.1.jpg)
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Yeah, except mine is much more stylish.
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Oh, frosted window film! Any idea where I can get that? I have my curtains shut 24/7 because my dorm room window is on the 2nd floor, but faces the admin-building, so everyone and their sister walks by there every day, and you can basically see my entire room if they aren't pulled shut, but I just lose so much light that way.
I'm now finishing off Christmas Eve (well, technically it's Christmas Day now) by watching How I Met Your Mother (a Christmas episode (not on purpose), even!) with the nice brother. Good times.
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My friend bought them at a store called "Designertorget", but I haven't seen that store anywhere outside of Oslo. If you're ever in Oslo, go to Byporten Shopping, that's where it's located. I bet you can find some on the internet too, but my guess is that's sorta expensive. Good luck finding it anyway!
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jason and i made a christmas.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/3134311629_9c457f85f1.jpg)
he got me something shiny from tiffany's.
(http://www.vogueonsale.com/syssite/home/shop/1/pictures/productsimg/big/6861.jpg)
i got him(us) something shiny too.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/3126837547_ddcf428060.jpg)
other things we got:
me: garmin gps navigator, foot spa, jewelry box, mummy tomb of the dragon emperor dvd (hells yes terrible movie that i love), barnes and noble gift certificate, bananagrams, lots of chocolate, socks, knitting calendar.
jason: rockband 2, fallout 3, arrested development season 2, zombie survival guide book, peacoat, skibs, food processor/blender.
it was a good christmas. ^_^
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Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad
Oh hey! I literally started this yesterday. At the beginning when Azerrad is being all "FUCK YEAH DIY" I was kind of put off because it seemed really self-righteous, but one I got into it it is fun and informative and pretty well written. Yay good books! It really makes me want to read Get in the Van, as well.
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I want all of Yelley's Jason's presents
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Actually I want Yelley's presents too, except for the crappy movie.
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it is a pretty crappy movie. but damn, i love me some brendan fraser and jet li.
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This years haul:
- A collection of letters written to and by Groucho Marx - from my brother.
- The Farseer Trilogy (Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest) by Robin Hobb - from my girlfriend
- The Official X-Men 3 Game for the Xbox360 - from my girlfriend
- A pair of underpants with skulls all over them (if you check certain parts of the internet you may see me showing them off? Who knows??) - from my girlfriend
- 3 t-shirts with cool skull designs - from my girlfriend's mum
- A pretty cool looking cookbook - from my girlfriend's mum
- A pair of black longjohns - from my folks
- A black longsleeve thermal undershirt - from my folks
- A set of Lynx (Axe to you Yankees) shower gel/deoderant/anti-perspirant/cologne - from my folks
- $200 cash - from my folks
- $50 cash - from my aunt and uncle
- $50 cash from my grandma
- $100 cash from my mother
- The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream byBarack Obama - from my mum
- A dvd of Black Balloon (a film I've never seen before but I hear it's very dramatic and whatnot) - from my mum
Not bad, all things considered.
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This years haul:
You're also getting a scarf from me when I finish it and see you next!
So far I have only gotten a few of my presents, but will get more when I see my family tomorrow. So far I received:
Bill Bailey dvds! Now I have all his shows that are available, whoo!
Pop Charts book - a book of those graphs and charts based on songs
a $25 sanity voucher
I did spend today (christmas) with Ben's family, meeting some of his relatives and his brother's inlaws and taking photos of his new niece and eating a lot of food. Oh god, the food. Tomorrow I am driving up to Newcastle to see my family where there will be more food. I am pretty sure they will like what we got them, so I am pretty sure the 2 hour drive will be worth it.
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Good christmas. I was enjoying the deal, giving and receiving gifts, etc. when I get to my twin brother's present for me. I open a big bag in which he included an old LP player, The Great Destroyer, The Sunlandic Twins, and some Decemberists single.
My brother is the best.
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(The beard was longer before but I've got new trimmers to keep it a bit tidy, although I went a bit shorter than I hoped, and my skin isnt normally so gready...just waiting to have a bath).
And also, just to back up a point from the Soccer Team thread -
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/blanktom/P25-12-08_153102.jpg)
Also I got - A new laptop charger
- Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
- The DC Encyclopedia (Have wanted this for AGES)
- Batman Begins and Dark Knight Special Edition boxset.
- £20 Borders Voucher
- £35 Topman voucher
- Tools (I do a lot of DIY at my girlfriends house)
- A large array of toiletries
Not a bad haul this year seeing as I am now nearly 22 and should be of the age where people stop buying for me!
MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL!
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Santa brought me a set of three non stick cake tins! With a buckle for easy removal of the bottom to get at the cakey goodness inside!
I am going to do some mad baking for new year.
I also got some DVDs, a one pot cook book, a selection of beer, and some monies. All in all a pretty good day.
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I had a very good Christmas! Received a lot of gift cards..which are nice, but my feeling is kind of: if you want to have me choose my own gift, well, why not give me a check? It may be less "fun," but wouldn't it be more practical? I am honestly never going to use 25 dollars at Kohls. All of my gifts, to my family members, friends and girlfriend were successes though!
That's one thing I've noticed as I've gotten older. As much as I love getting gifts, I like it even better when I have a really great present to give to someone that I know they'll love.
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Christmas could've been better but with the economy and all I'm satisfied with what I got..
- Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick
- T-shirt with an awesome speech bubble that you can write in and it washes off
- Across The Universe
- Sweeney Todd
- The Dark Knight
- Awesome Mountain Dew and Pepsi lounge pants to match my Yoohoo and Dr. Pepper ones
- Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
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I got:
- A gift card to REI -- gonna buy some ski socks with that
- A lift ticket to a local ski area
- A beanie (not a ski one, one to just wear around)
- A fleece
- A binocular-shaped flask (random)
I think that's about it, but it was more than I expected, really. I was more excited for the gifts I gave, to be honest.
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i got a fancy dslr camera! <3 cam whoring will soon ensue?
also a pretty close online friend sent me a lush giftcard, which is neat.
and my on and off and on and off boyfriend type person will be getting me some sort of belated gift the next time he has extra cash, aka never.
everyone else i know is lame and didn't even bother wishing me a merry christmas. :|
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My haul:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/0bsessions/My%20Pictures/Me/PC250045-1.jpg)
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Oh and V For Vendetta too.
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I got Animal Crossing: City Folk, an Iron Man ornament, about $290, a Best Buy gift card worth $20, some awesomely warm slippers, and a gas card worth $25.
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Sooo many sausages wrapped in bacons, then trifle.
Hells of yeah.
Sister got me a mini doughnut maker! Mum got me a polar bear that poops jellybeans, got lipbalm and a teeshirt with shadow puppets on it too! Also got a cool scarf and gloves set from my aunt and I robot movie from my sisters boyfriend.
I get to do it all over tomorrow when I go to my dads house too :-D
Oh and HOLY FUCK AT THOSE TETRIS BEDSHEETS.
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I got lots of things!
- 'The Graveyard Book' - Neil Gaiman (from a friend)
- 'Neverwhere' - Neil Gaiman (my sister)
- 'The Other Hand' - Chris Cleave (stepsister)
- '500 cupcakes' a recipe book with, well, 500 cupcake recipes (mum and stepdad, aka parents)
- 'House of Leaves' - Mark Z. Danielewski (present to myself)
- The DVD collection of the Smurfs (parents)
- Pretty vase (parents)
- Salad servers (parents)
- Salad bowls x 2 and another serving bowl thing (parents)
- BBQ tools set thinger (grandma)
- tea towels x 2 (grandma)
- a whole bunch of clothes, some new underwear and pj's (parents and grandma)
- kitty cat key ring (parents)
- kitty cat cheese platter + dip bowls + cheese knife and dip knife thing
- Set of tumblers with kitties on them x 2 (eight in total, from parents)
- Cake platter + cake server (step-grandparents)
- Set of 4 mugs that match the above cake platter (from step brother)
- $100 (Nanna - other grandmother)
And from the boy, I got a beautiful Swarovski crystal necklace, in the shape of a heart and a cute little Swarovski crystal collector's edition kitty cat.
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Got a lot of things! Quite nice.
- a brown zip-up sweater
- The Eclipse box set, Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen Women, including the films, Osaka Elegy, Sisters of the Gion, Women of the Night, Street of Shame
- Le Doulos (criterion collection movie)
- When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
- a bunch of individual issues from Vertigo series; Hellblazer no. 67, 73 and 75; The Invisibles no. 1; Enigma no. 3; and Ghostdancing no. 2; Sandman Mystery Theatre no. 2, 11, 13, and 37
- a picture of my parents in a nice frame for my dorm room
- books about music from my parents (was vague and the results were kind of mixed): Nirvana: the Complete Guide to Their Music; a book about Nine Inch Nails by a guy who also wrote a book called "Brave Nu World"; The Jimi Hendrix Companion; and Wilco: Learning How to Die
- books about music from my sister, basically on the mark: Waiting for the Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes and the Sound of Los Angeles; Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey; and the one I'm looking forward to most, England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock and Beyond
- A big ole coffee table bok called Albums: the Story Behind 50 Years of Great Recordings
- volume 5 of 100 Bullets
- memory foam slippers (hoo-rah)
- 180 USD
Basically a good haul! It is combined birthday and Christmas cus my birthday is the 20th, but either way I am kind of spoiled.
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My birthday is on the 23rd so I know how you feel. For that my dad and stepmum gave me a leatherman with my name on it :-D
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The Arse
As much as it pains me to say this, that new Arsenal home shirt is really growing on me. At least it doesn't have a stupid racing stripe down the back like ours does.
Guys, I did not get many gifts, but I did get AWESOME gifts. BEHOLD.
-2GB iPod shuffle (blue)
-Electro-Harmonix Double Muff fuzz/overdrive pedal
-Vans that...don't actually fit. Need to exchange those
-Fender Custom Shop calendar
-ticket (in a luxury box, no less) for the Red Sox game in Baltimore, August 1st. I'm going with my dad, his girlfriend, and some of their friends.
MAN I EVEN GOT DRUNK AND SANG KARAOKE ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
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Oh and HOLY FUCK AT THOSE TETRIS BEDSHEETS.
I quite enjoy that blanket. Rachel got it made for me for my birthday this past year.
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I spent this Christmas alone in my apartment eating frozen pizza, reading, watching movies, playing video games and sleeping.
My parents got me a clothing rack.
Best Christmas Ever.
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Okay, so for my list!
- Cookbook
- Hand mixer
- Kitchen timer
- Pastry brush
- Pastry bag
- Loaf pans
- Webcam
- Gift card
- Money
- SEWING MACHINE
And one more TBD when my sister gets back on Sunday. Hooray!
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I got two totally rad gifts this year:
Nintendo DS from Jon
a GPS system for my car from my dad
Not so rad gifts include:
framed photo
a bra
makeup
a check (money is great, but where's the THOUGHT?)
This is the first year since I was in high school that my dad got me a gift, and I was quite nervous considering the things he used to buy me, but he did well.
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my dad and stepmum gave me a leatherman with my name on it
That is bad feng-shui (http://www.fengshuidiva.com/PRESSRELEASES/PR20051201GIFTSUPERSTITIONS.htm). I know this because my fiancee read it about a week after giving me a Leatherman.
her: *reads book on feng-sui* It's bad luck to give someone a knife as a gift? Man, who gives a knife as a gift?
me: You got me a knife for my birthday.
her: NOOOOOOOOO
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That feng-shui shit is retarded. My roommate (also my teacher) gave me a sword as a gift before and I took it as the highest form of praise, mostly because it was his sword before that. Maybe it's different if it's passed down, but I feel that it brought us closer as I consider him a brother now moreso than ever.
My christmas haul:
$90 from my dad
$20 from my uncle
A thisrt with a badass tiger on it (this was actually an overdue birthday present. I guess I was going to get a car stereo originally, but I had already bought one, so I got a tshirt instead? Still awesome though)
A blanket, a cover for kleenex boxes (my mom's friends, they are craft people)
Overall, I was just a bit disappointed on the gift front, but I did get to spend time with my family, so that makes me pretty happy. I was really hoping to get more straight up cash so that I could actually put some money away for my laptop that I want to buy.
Oh, I also got cookies from my grandma, and I took them to work and offered them to people because I do not need to eat two containers full of homemade cookies.
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I got two vegetarian student cookbooks, because next year I will be a vegetarian student. This is awesome! I'm having a dinner party in a couple of months.
I also got some socks which are nice and warm and fluffy and some stationery, and some other stuff that is less exciting but quite useful. The cookbooks are the best thing, they are awesome beyond words.
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Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for life. Teach a man how to make alcoholic fish, and he will be drinking pretty often for not much money for the rest of his life.
What I'm trying to say is that I got a whole bunch of homebrew supplies for christmas. Wooo!
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I had a rad as Christmas! It is still going! I go home in a few hours though and have to go straight to work. Lame. I have spent the last 4 days sitting around in our friend's house (the party house!) eating and drinking and hanging out and listening to music and watching alot of QI and other things. A Christmas spent with Stephen Fry is a good Christmas indeed.
I got a terabyte external hard drive, a rad as portrait of my hot english girlfriend Sarah and I,a rad as portrait of Nick Cave, and a dvd of The Cat Returns. Pics of the portraits when I get home, they are huge and awesome.
Also I bought myself something awesome, but that absolutely has to be unveiled with pictures. Half of you will make fun of me and it will be great.
<3
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My christmas was quite sad this year, as two of my three sisters couldn't come home. Oh well, it means we see them next with the added bonus of a baby. However, there was lots of good food and champagne.
I got:
Zombie Haiku (an excellent book)
Paper Towns and An abundance of Katherines by John Green
Gift Certificates for the liquor store and book store
Barack Obama election poster from Bryant Park (great because I'm Canadian)
15 minute vegetarian cookbook
Cash money- which was spent on a tattoo
Lots of chocolate
All the makings of a successful xmas
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Man, I love John Green :D His books are awesome.
I got...
a tomtom
a few xbox games
and some money, which i used to purchase a PSP and some games for it and my 360, yay. ^^
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(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1300/xmasox6.jpg)
I spilled red icing on my sheets.
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oh btw. I hate you right now.
So we just had our family Christmas. It sucked for me. Except for two things. The things that sucked were some deodorant and body wash from my grandparents and a calendar from my cousin.
The good presents were a $25 Visa Gift Card which I can use anywhere! And my aunt got me The Killing Joke.
Yay for good presents. Boo for bad presents.
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Man, I have such mixed feelings about the Killing Joke. On the one hand, Joker was completely neutered by the CCA and comics like the Laughing Fish and the Killing Joke helped cement him as a murderous sociopath, rather than the goofy bastard he was once reduced to. On the other hand, sociopaths tend to be unpleasant, and the Killing Joke cheerfully dwells on that idea, and that's not really my thing.
Plus, you know, women in fridges.
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my dad and stepmum gave me a leatherman with my name on it
That is bad feng-shui (http://www.fengshuidiva.com/PRESSRELEASES/PR20051201GIFTSUPERSTITIONS.htm). I know this because my fiancee read it about a week after giving me a Leatherman.
Fuck that, for my 16th my friend ellie got me penknife, and that thing had like a million blades and was super cool.
Giving someone blades for a gift cannot send harsh messages if that person loves sharp pointy things.
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Man, I nearly bought myself a Leatherman multitool the other day. Not because I am particularly handy, but because I'm so incompetent that I don't really need to go around handicapping myself with a lack of basic, useful tools. I would have been really excited to get one as a gift.
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oh btw. I hate you right now.
So we just had our family Christmas. It sucked for me. Except for two things. The things that sucked were some deodorant and body wash from my grandparents and a calendar from my cousin.
The good presents were a $25 Visa Gift Card which I can use anywhere! And my aunt got me The Killing Joke.
Yay for good presents. Boo for bad presents.
I know that you're 14 and still living with your folks so deoderant and body wash are kind of lame gifts but let me tell you, when you live on your own you will love stuff like this because it means you don't have to buy that kind of stuff yourself. The only thing I'm disappointed with this christmas is that no one gave me any socks. Another year has passed and I didn't receive any. Ah well.
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Man what buying those things isn't hard
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Phone or Pod?
oh btw. I hate you right now.
iPod. The plans are still too outrageous in Canada, and the storage too small, to consider its older sister. This way I can replace my old Legacy without sacrificing any of my music collection. I've already got a cell, and all the places I frequent have wifi.
PS. I would totally love deoderant for Christmas. I am so glad I got a flashlight.
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I'm sure I would love it if I were on my own. I understand where you're coming from but seriously.. for a 14 year old kid? I gave her a whole wish list and she gets me deodorant.
And it was cheap store brand too.
Now I shall stop complaining and think how little spent on people this Christmas.
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Eh, deoderant isn'ts not something I'd exactly get excited about either, honestly, but it's important to keep things in perspective. Really, sometimes grandparents do give kinda dull gifts, but there's typically a number of good reasons for it. For example, in my grandparent's case, they had 8 children who then had 3 or 4 children each, so when I was your age, I was one out of 27 grandchildren and a couple great grand children. Considering they were already in their 70s even back then and living on a fixed income, I never really expected more from them then a card, some candy and maybe 5 or 10 dollars. And really, there was nothing with that.
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I got some socks and they are awesome. I'm wearing a pair right now! They have really cute kitties on and they're made of that awesomely soft sock fabric that makes your feet feel like they are in foot heaven.
Yeah it's definitely true that you reach a point where you're glad of bath things for Christmas. Now that I have a job I have to buy my own toiletries, because I do use quite a lot of them, and I was very chuffed to receive three lots of shower gel and two lots of hand cream because really, I don't earn enough that those things are no longer luxuries.
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I never said buying luxury toiletry items was hard Spluff old mate. It's just that hey, when I get that stuff it's just one more thing I don't have to buy myself and that is A-OK with me. And yeah they are kind of lame gifts but Alex also has a point in that our grandparents probably don't have as much money to throw around, especially with the economy the way it is. Belts are tightening all over and man am I talking weird today, I need to go and sit quietly for a while.
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Things I got!
A dark green leatherbound sketchbook (it is beautiful, I think I'm going to use it as my journal when I visit america)
A book of old horror movie posters
Black Holes (a really surreal graphic novel)
A really ugly indian shirt (luckily it is real comfy and light so it's my new pyjama shirt)
Clothes!
Things I am getting:
A refurbished record player.
It was a good christmas, also I found out that tofurkey can actually be incredibly absurdly delicious.
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Ooh, yay! I ordered a new shirt and my mom is replacing our Playstation because it doesn't work. If I had a choice, I could've payed for the Playstation and she could've gotten me a 360. She said she couldn't afford them.
Alex C: Yeah, my grandparents wouldn't get anything 'frivolous'. They were young during the depression and they still live in it.
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I think my parents may have been the recipients of the most awesome gift in our house this Christmas.
(http://bilder.tykjpelk.net/skitch/28122008474-20081228-221218.png)
I have a feeling, based on who they are, that the gifters do not know the alternative meaning of a banana hammock, and thus fail to see the funny, which makes it funnier.
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christmas, which i usually spend in markham with my parents, is also the one time of year my sister and her husband visit canada. i don't really do the christmas thing and either does my family, but said sister has an incredible job with a ridiculous salary and her and her husband are both extremely well off, so every time something in their house gets replaced with a new thing or they somehow end up with something they don't need and can't return, they put it aside and give it to me the next time they are in canada cos they know i will use almost anything. usually it is just small things, but this year i somehow ended up with -
- an almost brand new pair of very warm winter boots
- a digital camera
- a gorgeous watch
- a big pile of books
- a big pile of tea
- a bunch of lovely scarves
now i am in a weird place because even though i love it all, and to them it was somehow crap they didn't want and couldn't get rid of, i am stuck feeling guilty no matter what on account i did not do christmas to them cos there was an unwritten family agreement and then they went and kind of did christmas to me while i wasn't looking. it is too late for me to do christmas to them because christmas is already over and it will be obvious i am only doing it to reciprocate. doing christmas to someone when you say you won't isn't allowed, damnit. those were the rules. this holiday is dumb.
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I like the idea of christmas as a thing you can do to someone, like maybe I'll be walking home from the shops and bam! Man leaps out and does Christmas to me.
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my dad and stepmum gave me a leatherman with my name on it
her: *reads book on feng-sui* It's bad luck to give someone a knife as a gift? Man, who gives a knife as a gift?
All you have to do is give a coin to the person giving you a knife for a gift.
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Christmas was good! Christmas day we went and saw Doubt (which, really, was kind of a hilarious thing to see on Christmas just because it's so serious), had dinner at home, and then watched more movies. I got:
- Movies: The Dark Crystal (yay, as the VHS died ages ago) and a box set of early Alfred Hitchcock movies
- Socks - I actually want socks all the time
- Sweaters, which I really needed and really like
- Waffle maker. Waffles are the Best Thing.
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I had a pretty epic haul this year:
-bathrobe and matching pajamas
-books: Basic Writings of Existentialism, Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, a biography of a famous actor whose name I can't remember off the top of my head.
-DVDs: West Side Story, a documentary about the Buena Vista Social Club
-shirts, and a sweater
-a horrendously hipster-ish scarf
-a blanket (it's actually a dog blanket, my aunt works in a pet store)
-food: delicious Chili mix (which has already been eaten), wasabi coated dried peas, more chocolate than I know what to do with
-tea
-Cycling sunglasses
-Money to buy parts for my vintage road bike to fixed-gear conversion.
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I think my parents may have been the recipients of the most awesome gift in our house this Christmas.
That just might be The Best Thing. I giggled so much.
Okay, so. After Christmas I did some shopping for myself to supplement the gifts I had already received, and I got-
-Sweater dress
-Turtleneck
-Sweater vest
-Four new bras, one with matching underwear
-Blank DVDs
-Body splash
Yay Christmastime!
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I like the idea of christmas as a thing you can do to someone, like maybe I'll be walking home from the shops and bam! Man leaps out and does Christmas to me.
it is like karate only crazy. i hear if you train hard enough you can eventually earn a black belt in christmas.
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I have a red and green belt in Christmas.
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I like the idea of christmas as a thing you can do to someone, like maybe I'll be walking home from the shops and bam! Man leaps out and does Christmas to me.
it is like karate only crazy. i hear if you train hard enough you can eventually earn a black belt in christmas.
I travelled to the hidden mountains of nepal and trained for 7 years to learn how to christmas a man to death.
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Red and green belts are for amateurs. Only black belts are acceptable in this circus of cynicism.
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I travelled to the hidden mountains of nepal and trained for 7 years to learn how to christmas a man to death.
I Christmas'd a man, once. I was really desperate for cash and he paid pretty well...
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So, Gilead is a Christmas terrorist!
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I am a filthy insurgent, I spend my time doing christmas to freedom, liberty and eagles and apple pie.