***Christmas Tips***

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Harsh, with respect to the traditional family emphasis of this festive yearend hoilday. Thanksgiving a bummer for you and yours also?
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I like festive year-end holidays. The Christians stole the pagan mid-winter festival, at point of sword and flame of pyre. I'm okay with taking it back.

Thanksgiving is another matter. What are we celebrating? Successful harvest? Befriending the natives we're about ready to rape pillage and plunder? Force of habit?

You're right, Grampy, I am not a fountain of joy when culture pushes me around.

Originally posted by apathist
I like festive year-end holidays. The Christians stole the pagan mid-winter festival, at point of sword and flame of pyre. I'm okay with taking it back.

Thanksgiving is another matter. What are we celebrating? Successful harvest? Befriending the natives we're about ready to rape pillage and plunder? Force of habit?

You're right, Grampy, I am not a fountain of joy when culture pushes me around.

Interesting in depth point of view, to say the least.

When doing all of your Christmas shopping on Christmas eve, plan your route to make sure you get the most important gifts first, shoppers annoyance and impromptu pub visits can lead to early abandonment of gift shopping.

Get your Christmas shopping done in January, during the sales. This way you make big savings and avoid the stampede.

Please be careful not to purchase any perishable food items or alcohol, as these are likely to either go rotten or get drunk early.

Send e-cards to those whose expected gifts (this year) you can't afford. Many nice ones are available 'free'.

Originally posted by Sicilian Sausage
Get your Christmas shopping done in January, during the sales. This way you make big savings and avoid the stampede.

Please be careful not to purchase any perishable food items or alcohol, as these are likely to either go rotten or get drunk early.

This is sage advice.

Too bad I never do it.

Originally posted by cadwah
When doing all of your Christmas shopping on Christmas eve, plan your route to make sure you get the most important gifts first, shoppers annoyance and impromptu pub visits can lead to early abandonment of gift shopping.

Way back when... a buddy and I established a yearly tradition of going to the shopping mall on December 23rd go get all our last-minute shopping done, only to wind up getting drunk at the pub inside the mall instead.

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Originally posted by sumydid
Way back when... a buddy and I established a yearly tradition of going to the shopping mall on December 23rd go get all our last-minute shopping done, only to wind up getting drunk at the pub inside the mall instead.

that seems to be at least authentic