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Everyone is happy and purchasing and talking about nice meals and gifts. They are dragging murdered trees and garlands and order roast meat at bakeries.
I hate it. Again I will spend that time as a main character in Gogol´s "The Overcoat". I´ll have to stretch food on a whole week so as to survive the days when stores are closed. In cold apartment, with PC and TV as only functioning appliances, working on two small translations to make ends meet until Spring. It´s the time for happiness and for spending. Step forward happy and loaded people. The rest step back.
21 Dec 16
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-Removed-It's not just the stores being closed - although here that's only one day. It's all that busy-busy-busy rushing around, look how happy I am, I have all this christmas shopping to do and food to prepare and a house to tart up and family and friends and children and excitement .....
just bad luck if you live alone, far from your loved ones (even if you still have any who haven't gone to heaven), aren't affluent and have your meagre income sources cut off for several weeks. Still, on the bright side, none of those horrible family Christmas fights will happen at your place ...
22 Dec 16
Originally posted by KewpieThe Season is what you make it.
It's not just the stores being closed - although here that's only one day. It's all that busy-busy-busy rushing around, look how happy I am, I have all this christmas shopping to do and food to prepare and a house to tart up and family and friends and children and excitement .....
just bad luck if you live alone, far from your loved ones (even if you stil ...[text shortened]... on the bright side, none of those horrible family Christmas fights will happen at your place ...
I have no relatives left in town, but my house is full of friends who might as well be family.
Same with our daily lives, we can choose to live alone and be bitter and resentful, or we can fill our days with life, love and laughter. It's our choice.
22 Dec 16
Originally posted by vanderveldeI once cut a tree down in March, just to watch it die.
Everyone is happy and purchasing and talking about nice meals and gifts. They are dragging murdered trees and garlands and order roast meat at bakeries.
I hate it. Again I will spend that time as a main character in Gogol´s "The Overcoat". I´ll have to stretch food on a whole week so as to survive the days when stores are closed. In cold apartment, wit ...[text shortened]... e time for happiness and for spending. Step forward happy and loaded people. The rest step back.
22 Dec 16
Originally posted by BigDoggProblemBDP,
Well I, for one, am grateful for the paid time off from work. Even if I had no family around, there would still be the simple joys of sleeping in and sipping whisky by the fire. 😛
What is your favourite whiskey? Back in the day mine use to be Seagram's VO I believe it was called. I'd go through a 40 ouncer of that, then start to party....LOL... Yup one little drink was too many, and 1000 wasn't enough. I am so happy to be past all that now. 😉
-VR
Originally posted by SuzianneWhat do your friends say when you keep leaving them to blog on a chess site.
The Season is what you make it.
I have no relatives left in town, but my house is full of friends who might as well be family.
Same with our daily lives, we can choose to live alone and be bitter and resentful, or we can fill our days with life, love and laughter. It's our choice.
22 Dec 16
Originally posted by vanderveldeI have to say I also HATE it when people cut trees for Christmas. It takes the wind and rain years to make a tree and it takes a couple minutes to destroy that hard work. I also just don't get the joy in watching it die slowly. Not jolly at all, not one little bit.
Everyone is happy and purchasing and talking about nice meals and gifts. They are dragging murdered trees and garlands and order roast meat at bakeries.
I hate it. Again I will spend that time as a main character in Gogol´s "The Overcoat". I´ll have to stretch food on a whole week so as to survive the days when stores are closed. In cold apartment, wit ...[text shortened]... e time for happiness and for spending. Step forward happy and loaded people. The rest step back.