Home› All Encompassing Trip

SO WHO HERE IS PUMPED FOR CHRISTMAS!!

FirstExitFirstExit Los Angeles Posts: 973
edited December 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
I for one fucking love this holiday.

Let's use this thread for all Christmas countdown, discussions, arguments, and the like. CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!
:D:D:D:D

merry_christmas.jpg
Post edited by Unknown User on
«1345678

Comments

  • FirstExitFirstExit Los Angeles Posts: 973
    ONLY 53 DAYS!!!!! :D:D:D:D hahahahaah
  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    Who doesn't like Christmas?
    "Speak clearly if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall"

    Los Angeles 10.7.2009
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,522
    craigb wrote:
    Who doesn't like Christmas?
    me
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • ZiggyStarZiggyStar Posts: 14,328
    I've got a tour and 4 x PJ concerts to worry about before then!!
    ★ 1995 - Brisbane ★ 1998 - Brisbane ★ 2003 - Brisbane ★ 2006 - Brisbane ★
    ★ 2009 - Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Christchurch ★
    ★ 2011 - EV Newcastle, Melbourne 1, Melbourne 2 ★
  • tvismyfriendtvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    I usually don't get excited for Christmas until my birthday has come and gone. So only another 28 days until I can start getting excited for Christmas, I can't wait.
  • PearlOfAGirlPearlOfAGirl Posts: 15,993
    imalive wrote:
    craigb wrote:
    Who doesn't like Christmas?
    me
    I've only had a handful of good memories of Christmas, and with getting separated and having no MONEY doesn't help, and that's what Christmas and most of the Holidays are all about... :(

    Wish you were here...
    ♥~RIP Dad
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    It was magical as a kid.. now it's just a lot of work.

    Thanksgiving is the best holiday anyways.
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,522
    imalive wrote:
    craigb wrote:
    Who doesn't like Christmas?
    me
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    It was magical as a kid.. now it's just a lot of work.

    Thanksgiving is the best holiday anyways.

    Thanksgiving, I like!! :mrgreen:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • PearlOfAGirlPearlOfAGirl Posts: 15,993
    I like Thanksgiving too!!! I make the BEST stuffing!!! yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmy ;):mrgreen:

    Wish you were here...
    ♥~RIP Dad
  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    im getting a vinyl player for christmas!!! bring it on!
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,522
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    im getting a vinyl player for christmas!!! bring it on!
    if you already know, how are you gonna act surprised? :shh:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    imalive wrote:
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    im getting a vinyl player for christmas!!! bring it on!
    if you already know, how are you gonna act surprised? :shh:
    well i wont know what vinyl im getting with it :D
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • PJPJ Posts: 291
    CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS!

    yukon.jpg
    2006-06-01 E. Rutherford 1
    2008-06-24 NYC: MSG 1
    2008-06-25 NYC: MSG 2
  • Indian SummerIndian Summer Posts: 2,296
    While I enjoy having time off work, and spending time with family and friends. I dread the forced gift giving more and more each year.
    "It's all happening"
  • FirstExitFirstExit Los Angeles Posts: 973
    I'm gonna have to agree with the above posters...THANKSGIVING IS THE FUCKING SHIT!!!!!! The perfect prelude to Christmas, and black friday = hilarious watching people go crazy.
  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    ZiggyStar wrote:
    I've got a tour and 4 x PJ concerts to worry about before then!!
    What more could one want for christmas than PJ.
    I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin

    "Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
  • Jack_C_GregoryJack_C_Gregory Posts: 540
    As a child, Christmas is great. As an adult... it's like pulling teeth. I enjoy the whole getting together with my family thing. What I don't enjoy is the week leading into Christmas where people are driving like fucking animals on the road to buy gifts. (parking lots are especially bad. People just don't feel the need to follow any kind of common sense and feel the need to cut across parking spots. Nothing like almost getting T-boned by a crazed soccer mom in a huge SUV, twice.)

    I especially hate Christmas music and whats worse is every gadget, clothing company or phone company takes these jingles and adds their company name into the song... so every time you have a T.V. on your hearing the tune Jingle Bells inserted with the words, "Get Sprint Now! Get Sprint Now!" Or, you're standing in line at Best Buy and the loudspeaker says, "Here's a Christmas classic. Bono from U2 and Snoop Dogg sing Silent Night."

    Obviously, kids don't have jobs or a steady income, so I can see why they dig it and why as a child I dug Christmas, but as an adult I feel awkward asking for a gift. If there is anything I want, I can usually just purchase it for myself, (within reason). So usually it comes down to something like, "Uh...hmmm... I guess I was kind of interested in that new (fill in the blank) CD. I guess you could get that."

    Last year was the best Christmas I ever experienced. Our family agreed to skip the whole gift giving thing and instead just had a nice dinner. It was very laid back.

    Another reason I dislike Christmas is because it is now interfering with my favorite holiday, Halloween. I can't tell you the amount of stores I went to where there was just as much Christmas stuff on the shelves as there were Halloween items.
  • MrMerkinballMrMerkinball Posts: 1,978
    yep - in another week or two we will have all the stressful part out of the way (planning which family and who to see when).

    Then I can enjoy the season. Wifey and I just got our vacation sorted out - which is also a stressor. I manage a hotel and she is a nurse.
  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    I absolutely adore Christmas :mrgreen:

    We already have most things sorted and we're well on our way to being completely done, apart from food shopping... I'm sooooooooo excited about it this year :mrgreen:
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    Ugh, im 19 and totally sick of it all already. Just so in your face everywhere you go, and im totally atheist and dont like religion anyway. Recieving a few cheques and some chocolate is always a win though. Shopping for people who are close to you also sucks because you worry too much if they will like your present! Probably will be better when i got kids :lol:
  • MrMerkinballMrMerkinball Posts: 1,978
    Brisk. wrote:
    Ugh, im 19 and totally sick of it all already. Just so in your face everywhere you go, and im totally atheist and dont like religion anyway. Recieving a few cheques and some chocolate is always a win though. Shopping for people who are close to you also sucks because you worry too much if they will like your present! Probably will be better when i got kids :lol:
    I wouldn't say I am Atheist...more of an Undecided at this point. I can Still enjoy the holidays..mostly beacuse you get to see friends and family.

    I grew up with great Christmases in my family and it is something I work very hard to re-capture for my kids. Maybe that's the difference.
  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    MrMerkinball wrote:
    Brisk. wrote:
    Ugh, im 19 and totally sick of it all already. Just so in your face everywhere you go, and im totally atheist and dont like religion anyway. Recieving a few cheques and some chocolate is always a win though. Shopping for people who are close to you also sucks because you worry too much if they will like your present! Probably will be better when i got kids :lol:
    I wouldn't say I am Atheist...more of an Undecided at this point. I can Still enjoy the holidays..mostly beacuse you get to see friends and family.

    I grew up with great Christmases in my family and it is something I work very hard to re-capture for my kids. Maybe that's the difference.

    That's exactly what I love about Christmas, not the religious aspect (i'm not a Christian but do believe in God), but the getting together with family and friends and relaxing.
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    You know I am
    I'm Mrs Christmas!
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    It was magical as a kid.. now it's just a lot of work.

    Thanksgiving is the best holiday anyways.

    Thanksgiving and Halloween are the best to me. Christmas is just a ton of work rounding up gifts. I hate it. The going home and decorations and time with family is nice, but the rest I can do without.
  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    i already starterd listening to xmas carols at work...it actually is quite relaxing backround music.
    I love to turn you on
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,282
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    i already starterd listening to xmas carols at work...it actually is quite relaxing backround music.
    Yep! Me, too :) I had to control the urge to watch Scrooged until November came around. As the World Series is on I'm delaying the movie for a couple days. Usually I would have watched it at least 3 times by now.

    I have enough yarn to knit at least 4 Christmas gift scarves. I got to get a move on, though. My dad's socks are done for Christmas, and my mom's first sock is almost done. After the socks and scarves I'll move on to finishing my mom and dad's 2008 and 2007 Christmas needlepoints (oops! :D )

    I already bought 2 ties for my brother-in-law (one for his birthday and one for Christmas). He really appreciates ties for gifts. However after I bought them I found out he's going to Kuwait for a year in the navy. So, I guess these ties may become my brother's birthday and Christmas gifts. Who knows, maybe he'll need ties in Kuwait. One of the ties is based on the quilts of Gee's Bend, and is very cool.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • FirstExitFirstExit Los Angeles Posts: 973
    Nice to see I'm not the only one listening to Christmas songs right now.

    52 days bump :P
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    tvismyfriend wrote:
    I usually don't get excited for Christmas until my birthday has come and gone.


    me too.
    then thanksgiving usually closely follows.
    right after that tho - let the christmas lovin' begin! :D


    i used to also always have all my christmas shopping done before thanksgiving, cards written out by december 1st, etc, etc. i still like to be organized/ahead of schedule but have tweaked the process some. starting last year, mr. dream and i have taken the week after thanksgiving off. it's great b/c it extends the holiday for me and also b/c then in early december will spend maybe a day during the week doing all our shopping....we'll go see a matinee...go out to dinner.....then get our tree and decorate the house that week too. so we still get all "set" for the holidays early, but we also ease into the month of celebrations chill and relaxed. i LOVE christmas trees and decorating, so i soooo enjoy just having the tree lit, candles everywhere...glss of wine in hand.

    oh, and i just about stopped sending christmas cards. i just don't enjoy it the way i used to, started becoming a chore/expense...so if i send 15 cards out to a few choice "special" people, it's a lot. i also have it fairly easy in that i only have a handful of people to shop for. oh and i love, love, love wrapping presents!

    this year too, my firm is closing between christmas and new year's.....so really, what a relaxing/fun month it shall be! 8-)
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • ClaireackClaireack Posts: 13,561
    I love Christmas, it's my son's birthday on christmas day so it makes it extra special. :D
    <a href="http://s952.photobucket.com/albums/ae8/catkinson_2009/?action=view&current=domo.jpg&quot; target="_blank"><img src="http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae8/catkinson_2009/domo.jpg&quot; border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
  • Heatherj43Heatherj43 Posts: 1,254
    craigb wrote:
    Who doesn't like Christmas?
    ME!!
    It is the worse time of year for me. The marketing people started in early September around here with Christmas sales, decorations, etc. It's at least 5 months long, 'cuz there is also the sales for people who are returning gifts.
    I love Halloween, but it was like it didn't even exist. The stores are so full of Christmas stuff that the Halloween stuff was crammed in a corner hardly noticeable.
    Save room for dessert!
Sign In or Register to comment.