04 Dec 11
Originally posted by Trev33I live in Indonesia so it's a "children's mass" quite early in the morning at the Catholic church where my kids were baptized and I was married; socializing with the gathered-from-near-and-far family a bit in the late morning, maybe some tasty mutton on the BBQ; plus it's an excuse to buy a few unanticipated things for the kids that I'll enjoy seeing them enjoy using; might even apply a tiny bit of fatherly spin to their take on things with my choices. Not crass, not commercial, not claustrophobic-family-stuff, no TV involved, no over eating. I do not 'hate' Christmas one little bit. Why would I? Christmas is what you make of it.
I Hate Christmas
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05 Dec 11
Originally posted by FMFI'm not Christian... but it's not the Christian side of Christmas that i hate, it's the commercial side, TV and radio filled with Christmas rubbish and the over the top decorations. I never liked it but but it wasn't until last year when i was completely away from all of it that i realized how much i hated it. It's unavoidable here.
I live in Indonesia so it's a "children's mass" quite early in the morning at the Catholic church where my kids were baptized and I was married; socializing with the gathered-from-near-and-far family a bit in the late morning, maybe some tasty mutton on the BBQ; plus it's an excuse to buy a few unanticipated things for the kids that I'll enjoy seeing them enjoy ...[text shortened]... I do not 'hate' Christmas one little bit. Why would I? Christmas is what you make of it.
Originally posted by FMFI get "Bad vibes" around this time every year. It's a depressing feeling. I believe I am tapping into the "noosphere"-where all the memories and other thoughts of people are kept- otherwise known as the akashic records.
I live in Indonesia so it's a "children's mass" quite early in the morning at the Catholic church where my kids were baptized and I was married; socializing with the gathered-from-near-and-far family a bit in the late morning, maybe some tasty mutton on the BBQ; plus it's an excuse to buy a few unanticipated things for the kids that I'll enjoy seeing them enjoy ...[text shortened]... I do not 'hate' Christmas one little bit. Why would I? Christmas is what you make of it.
i believe I am empathizing with other 'poor' families , who have a tough time every xmas, where society puts much pressure onto families to produce wonderful presents for their kids and to go against the grain means that the child may get sad because their present was only 50$ whereas the kid next door gets presents worth 500+ in a lot of cases.
I suffer through it every year out of respect for my mother- but if I had my way , I may even go along the lines of the JWs where I would just skip Xmas altogether and just but him(my five year old son) presents a few days after xmas, where the prices are often dropped by about 50%.
I Love every minute of it - even more so this year, I'm doing an
8 hour shift on Christmas Day.
This equates to triple time hourly rates + unsocialable hours bonus +
2 paid days off in January. So I'm looking at well over £60.00 an hour
which is £1.00 a minute and it will so quiet I'll spend the time reading
a chess mag.
(and I escape from the washing up, the naff TV, screaming fighting kids....)
I wish everyday was Christmas then I would only need to work one day a week.