Christmas...love it or hate it?

Please tell me that I am not the only E-Grinch at AF......:D

I LOVE IT!!!!! It's such a magical time, of course this will be my first winter Christmas, so I will replace beach trips and barbeque with fireplaces and dinner with friends.



Then again I don't have any kids do I?? :D

I voted middle-of-the-road... Christmas just doesn't really do it for me anymore, ya know?

Yeah, I agree, it isn't same as it used to be. Now it is more about family and the time of the year, Christmas is still my faviorite holiday, but I just assume to sleep in.

I'd rather be doing something else myself.

Just gives me time off from my job to work on my car.

I still sleep 0 hours the night before....and not by choice :D

I absolutely love it.

Originally posted by saturntangerine
I voted middle-of-the-road... Christmas just doesn't really do it for me anymore, ya know?


Ditto. I sometimes have bouts of "Bah Humbug"

i voted i like it....i dont hate it cuz its still my favorite holiday next to my upcoming 16th birthday ( in like 6 months) but im still 15 at home with parents who buy all the parents. But its not the best because im still broke after words because i still buy presents for friends/girlfriend if i had one at the moment...and that bull shit like 2 dollars a present to wrap it @ the store is bull they are ripping off the wrapping impaired

Another holiday ruined by capatalism.

There are portions of it that I like, but there are just as many things that I absolutely hate about it.

Apart from the expence of the whole thing i love it.
With a young family i love to see the joy on there faces at Christmas.
Starting from the cutting of the Xmas tree(thanks to the famer down the road who doesnt know it yet) right though to the opening of the presents.
Coming from a large family its about the only time the whole family can get together during the year due to work etc....maybe if it wasnt for the kids i'd think it was a pain.
But a good time for eating and drinking

Dont like the shopping etc as town turns to a mad house. But all mine is done already so that there is no last minute panic.

I really enjoy it. I am not excited about the commercial aspect of it, but I dont begrudge those that are. We put steaks on the grill. Get a pick-up game of hockey. Beer staying chilled in the snowbank. How can you not love that?

Originally posted by YogsVR4
We put steaks on the grill. Get a pick-up game of hockey. Beer staying chilled in the snowbank. How can you not love that?

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Originally posted by Heep
I still sleep 0 hours the night before....and not by choice :D

I absolutely love it. w3rd

Originally posted by Heep
I still sleep 0 hours the night before....and not by choice :D

I absolutely love it.



hell too right I'm 27 and I still can't sleep the night before Christmas.....It's just that my wife is such a good shopper :D



I also like spoiling myself (aka spoiling the Alfa ;) )

time off work. need I say more?

I used to love Christmas because I would get to see my family and stuff. But my mom died last year 2 days before Christmas and her funeral was 3 days after. :( I'm not a huge fan of Christmas anymore because of it.

Well let's see... I got pissy-drunk last X-mas eve at my wife's family's giant party, threw up in her aunt's bedroom, gave a lecture on how to give a proper pedicure, drank fine wine and cheap beer, attempted to drive home on the passenger side of the car so i couldn't be considered a drunk driver, fell asleep in some mulch, passed out in the parking lot of our complex, got kicked in the ribs by my lovely wife for embarassing her, yet after all of this I still managed to correctly assemble a bicycle for my son and pass back out before he knew anything at all and save X-mas for my kids!!!:D I love Christmas:rolleyes: Oh yeah, I drank some of the water out of my fishtank.:frog:

Personally, I like christmas, because it is right in the middle of the school holidays, so we usually go away for a week or so. This year we are heading over to Melbourne. The best part is, we are staying in our relatives house, without them being there. :D

Originally posted by tonioseven
Well let's see... I got pissy-drunk last X-mas eve at my wife's family's giant party, threw up in her aunt's bedroom, gave a lecture on how to give a proper pedicure, drank fine wine and cheap beer, attempted to drive home on the passenger side of the car so i couldn't be considered a drunk driver, fell asleep in some mulch, passed out in the parking lot of our complex, got kicked in the ribs by my lovely wife for embarassing her, yet after all of this I still managed to correctly assemble a bicycle for my son and pass back out before he knew anything at all and save X-mas for my kids!!!:D I love Christmas:rolleyes: Oh yeah, I drank some of the water out of my fishtank.:frog:


:huh: , Drank fishtank water?!?!?! That is the weirdest story I have heard for a while...:eek:

(thanks to the famer down the road who doesnt know it yet)

The P-Family sure are rebellious :devil:

Originally posted by tonioseven
Well let's see... I got pissy-drunk last X-mas eve at my wife's family's giant party, threw up in her aunt's bedroom, gave a lecture on how to give a proper pedicure, drank fine wine and cheap beer, attempted to drive home on the passenger side of the car so i couldn't be considered a drunk driver, fell asleep in some mulch, passed out in the parking lot of our complex, got kicked in the ribs by my lovely wife for embarassing her, yet after all of this I still managed to correctly assemble a bicycle for my son and pass back out before he knew anything at all and save X-mas for my kids!!!:D I love Christmas:rolleyes: Oh yeah, I drank some of the water out of my fishtank.:frog:

I think we need to get together for a few quite ones :devil: :devil: :devil:

I think we need to get together for a few quite ones If you ever come to the 'States, you got my address! I'm always ready!!!:evillaugh :evillaugh :evillaugh

I LOVE Christmas! Time off work, family, friends, presents...... it's awesome!!! :)

Originally posted by tonioseven
If you ever come to the 'States, you got my address! I'm always ready!!!:evillaugh :evillaugh :evillaugh

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Originally posted by Spec2 Girl
I LOVE Christmas! Time off work, family, friends, presents...... it's awesome!!! :)

Now THIS is a Christmas attitude!!!:ylsuper


I now call Christmas Caristmas, because every gift I get has something to do with cars:hehe: :smoker:

Christmas is just an over commercialised piece of crap. But I'll take the time off work and get pissed

i could take it or leave it..
i like seeing the family.. and lots of food.
but christmas itself is so far off from it's original meaning.. it's nothing but a shopping season now....
i also would like to say that i think it's pathetic of anyone.. i mean anyone.. to put up decorations for chrsitmas.. before thanksgiving..
that's just stupid i'm sorry ...

Christmas is all good except....
Having to spend money for x mas prezzies when you could be spendn it on ya self (im poor and rely on santa)
and people gettn all stressed out and upset because they wanna have a "perfect xmas" when we should all just chill out and enjoy the holiday:p

I like Christmas I really do.

Christmas was the only time as a family that we could all be guaranteed that regardless of the circumstances that we would be home to see the family. Sadly, this won't be the case this year nor was it last year.

In my childhood and adolesence, Christmas was the time I caught up with my extended family @ my grandmother matriarch's home - to share dinner, experiences of the year, news and the love of an extended family.

Over the years, my grandmother passed away and we have all slowly but surely drifted apart so now part of my family is now about as far as humanly possible to be away without entering space.

Christmas as a child seemed to about gifts but it wasn't really. It was the bringing of joy to others because we cared about each other - unfortunately it's taken the absence of others for me to appreciate that.

Originally posted by Jimmy_11_cars


Now THIS is a Christmas attitude!!!:ylsuper


I now call Christmas Caristmas, because every gift I get has something to do with cars:hehe: :smoker: Good to see there's someone else who likes Christmas! :)

and as for calling it Caristmas, what a great idea!!!! :D

Christmas rocks!! :D :ylsuper :D :ylsuper

Town is off-limits 'til January.The gladiatoral pursuit of festive knick-knacks is a bloodsport I would rather not participate in.By January 5th,there may just be enough space within a day's walk of the shops for me to park my car.Pity the poor sods who have to work at the department stores,they don't get paid any extra for dealing with a thousand extra demented women all drooling onto their credit cards every day.Christmas?A day off with family,a few good steaks on the barbie,some crayfish salad and a half-decent cheesecake,keep the presents and the frills,and the godawful television scheduling,I want it SIMPLE this year.:help: