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coolsome

11/14/2012, 02:48 pm

This will be my first ever Christmas with out my Grandma and its really hard and I know there are a lot of members who have lost someone this past year. So I thought I should make a thread where we could support and or vent our feelings about Christmas when everyone is all :D for the holiday and its hard to show your sad or depressed when ppl are psyched for it.

Friar

11/14/2012, 02:53 pm

I spent my 21st birthday in a shop building christmas trees. The novelty has worn off a little this year

Also, I don't eat Christmas dinner (I am an extremely fussy eater). I usually just have a cheese and marmite sandwich whilst everyone else eats themselves sick on turkey and stuff.

But yeah, I remember my first christmas after I lost my dad was pretty hard. That was the year I learnt that Father Christmas does not exist. I ended up helping my mother with my sisters presents.. I think Christmas is as much a chance to forget the year past as it is to be with your family. You should concentrate on enjoying yourself with the family you do have. Visit some friends too. That's what we did.

coolsome

11/14/2012, 03:39 pm

Immature I know but knowing I'm getting this (http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv27/DoctorJoker/7asses.png) makes me feel better about Christmas.

Secret Fawful

11/14/2012, 03:40 pm

I've never done Christmas and while I love the elements within it, I don't like the holiday by itself.

Noname215

11/14/2012, 03:42 pm

I love Christmas. I love the decor, the warm feeling, the season. What I hate is what the media has done to it.

Darth Marsden

11/15/2012, 12:03 am

I love Christmas. I love the decor, the warm feeling, the season. What I hate is what the media has done to it.Yes, yes, a thousand times YES.

der_ketzer

11/15/2012, 12:50 am

I'm afraid I never liked Christmas.

RetroVortex

11/15/2012, 03:00 am

I used to love Christmas but ill admit I'm kind of meh about it now.

We still do it because its also on the same day as my autistic little brothers birthday and we'll all be damned if he doesn't get double presents! XD
(And all the Christmas trimmings. He loves it and he deserves it.)

Me? I just get stuff for myself anyway these days. Seems like a pointless exchange and we would be better off trying to save some money really.

Alcoremortis

11/15/2012, 07:56 am

I like singing for the Christmas church service because the music's better. But I always have a hard time figuring out what to get for people. Because really, they have all the things they need and anything I get them ends up being a dust collector. My brother is easy. I just get him something I want and he'll probably like it. Everyone else? They don't like things I like and so I end up getting things that I think merge with their interests that I think are kinda cool.

Then everyone gives me clothes in return. It's almost like they're trying to send a message. Like they're trying to say that now that I'm a working adult I should have a more professional wardrobe than thirty T-shirts and three pairs of jeans. I dunno.

GaryCXJk

11/15/2012, 08:02 am

Until a few years ago, I spent I believe every Christmas day at my grand-grandmother's, where she would serve dinner. I think it ended when she passed away.

Noname215

11/15/2012, 02:52 pm

Yes, yes, a thousand times YES.

I’m a religious person, so that’s one of the factors towards that, how it totally derives from what the purpose of the holiday is and is instead used as commercialism as a cash pool. Don’t get me wrong, I love the whole Santa Claus, Christmas Trees and all that stuff, but it’s not what Christmas is about.

GuruGuru214

11/15/2012, 02:59 pm

I don't have any idea how my Christmas is going to go. Without my mom around, my dad's decided that we're doing no decorating and that he doesn't want to do any gift giving this year, so I'm likely to only get something from my grandma, while my family won't be giving my grandparents anything in return this year, unless I can talk my dad into it. There's a chance we'll be having dinner at my grandparents' house as usual this year, but I really won't know anything until it comes closer.

Of course, before we get to that, there's the hurdle of Thanksgiving. We've been invited to dinner with my sister's boyfriend's family, which includes his sister, who I didn't exactly get along with in high school, so this ought to be interesting.

cormoran

11/17/2012, 08:30 pm

What I hate is what the media has done to it.
To me the epitome of this is the gradual renaming of Christmas into X-mas. They're even trying to take the very name out of it. (that or they're trying to emulate how you'd say Christmas with an extremely heavy New Zealand accent :p)

Giant Tope

11/17/2012, 08:53 pm

To me the epitome of this is the gradual renaming of Christmas into X-mas. They're even trying to take the very name out of it. (that or they're trying to emulate how you'd say Christmas with an extremely heavy New Zealand accent :p)

it is a common myth that xmas is a way to take christ out of christmas. (http://myfivebest.com/debunking-the-xmas-myth/)

even then, you shouldn't let how others celebrate a holiday effect how you celebrate it.

Noname215

11/17/2012, 09:00 pm

Answer me this: What do YOU think Christmas is truly about? Presents or Christ?

Giant Tope

11/17/2012, 09:10 pm

Christmas for me is spending time with family who I don't get to see nearly enough during the darkest and dreariest time of year and having a good time with food and entertainment. It's also about taking care of those who are in need as much as possible. Giving time and money to those in need is important to me. Getting gifts is fun, but I have more joy giving gifts to others.

idk. If it's all about getting free stuff for somebody, it's not that big of a deal to me because it has little bearing on what I'm going to do. I personally don't think Christ is essential in celebrating this, but if folks make him the main figure of their celebration, that's fine as well.

Alcoremortis

11/17/2012, 09:20 pm

Answer me this: What do YOU think Christmas is truly about? Presents, Christ, or Cash?

It's about death.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-SAZgh0VQlQ/SplcGM1tKpI/AAAAAAAACnY/IuVfEL8qkq0/s400/HOGFATHER+DEATH.jpg

Also, you're being kinda redundant with presents and cash because often they end up being one and the same.

Giant Tope

11/17/2012, 09:36 pm

everytime i see this thread title i think of like, spending time in jail on christmas. like the sam and max christmas special.

Secret Fawful

11/17/2012, 10:45 pm

I think Christmas is about disappointment.

der_ketzer

11/18/2012, 12:00 am

Answer me this: What do YOU think Christmas is truly about? Presents, Christ, or Cash?

Presents and Johnny Cash. I have no Idea what this Christ is you mentioned.

Vainamoinen

11/18/2012, 12:53 am

Presents and Johnny Cash. I have no Idea what this Christ is you mentioned.

Just some guy 2000 years ago who suggested that people could be nice to each other once in a while. Don't worry, they killed him for it.

coolsome

11/18/2012, 05:10 am

Just some guy 2000 years ago who suggested that people could be nice to each other once in a while. Don't worry, they killed him for it.

And that is the story of Easter!

or more likely some random pagan festival.

Noname215

11/18/2012, 08:09 am

Just some guy 2000 years ago who suggested that people could be nice to each other once in a while. Don't worry, they killed him for it.

No, they killed him because they saw him as a blasphemer because of what he would say and do. They believed his miracles were just devil magic and the fact that he claimed to be the Messiah meant he had to die for it. The people had their chance to save him, but they didn’t take it. Even Pilate did not want to kill him at first, but he gave in to pressure from the Sanhedrin (Jewish high priests in Jerusalem) and a large bunch of Jewish people who probably just agreed with everything they said. But then again, he knew he was going to die long before the Passion. He knew his mission in life, and some of the last words he said on the cross was “It is accomplished.”

der_ketzer

11/18/2012, 08:46 am

Alcoremortis

11/18/2012, 09:51 am

No, they killed him because they saw him as a blasphemer because of what he would say and do. They believed his miracles were just devil magic and the fact that he claimed to be the Messiah meant he had to die for it. The people had their chance to save him, but they didn’t take it. Even Pilate did not want to kill him at first, but he gave in to pressure from the Sanhedrin (Jewish high priests in Jerusalem) and a large bunch of Jewish people who probably just agreed with everything they said. But then again, he knew he was going to die long before the Passion. He knew his mission in life, and some of the last words he said on the cross was “It is accomplished.”

Actually, weren't his last words something more like "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit?"

Giant Tope

11/18/2012, 10:26 am

Here's a wiki article on the matter. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayings_of_Jesus_on_the_cross)

RetroVortex

11/18/2012, 10:33 am

I thought his last words were "damn I really should have set Corrie to record before we left. Now I'm going to have to come back on Sunday for the omnibus and wait for the last episode to come up"

ted12

11/18/2012, 10:38 am

I'm just in it for the Dr. Who special, honestly.

coolsome

11/18/2012, 10:57 am

I thought his last words were "damn I really should have set Corrie to record before we left. Now I'm going to have to come back on Sunday for the omnibus and wait for the last episode to come up"

2000 years ago. I wonder if its when Ken and Deirdre Barlow got married.

der_ketzer

11/18/2012, 11:06 am

Actually, weren't his last words something more like "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit?"

Umm. Isn't that irrelevant for a fictional character?
If that thing would have been written today it would include some product placement like "I really wish I'd have a Pepsi and a Marsbar right now.

coolsome

11/18/2012, 11:08 am

Umm. Isn't that irrelevant for a fictional character?

No its still important like saying the Tenth Doctors last words where I don't want to leave insted of I don't want to go.

FrankT

11/18/2012, 11:21 am

Oh, I've never had winter downs like this before. :( I mean... I can't really put my finger on how it's gotten so bad! Perhaps it's because the MLaaTR well has been dried up, or maybe it's college stuff, or maybe I need some more Sam & Max in my diet...

RetroVortex

11/18/2012, 11:37 am

2000 years ago. I wonder if its when Ken and Deirdre Barlow got married.

Well it was definitely before On demand TV anyway! XD

Alcoremortis

11/18/2012, 11:41 am

Umm. Isn't that irrelevant for a fictional character?
If that thing would have been written today it would include some product placement like "I really wish I'd have a Pepsi and a Marsbar right now.

Accurate records are required regardless of realism. You should see me arguing with my brother over exact wordings of TV shows we saw ten years ago. It gets pretty brutal. Then we go watch the thing and see who won. Unfortunately, that's not really possible here.

(Also, I'd say that his last words were probably more like "Ahhhhggghhhh...")

Iryon

11/18/2012, 11:56 am

(Also, I'd say that his last words were probably more like "Ahhhhggghhhh...")

Would be somewhat out of character, though.

Giant Tope

11/18/2012, 12:06 pm

Umm. Isn't that irrelevant for a fictional character?

Even believing it to be a fictional account, one should consider it as a myth telling an underlying moral, so what he says does matter especially when it's become one of the world's most famous literature. I unno.

I know you're talking in jest, but still. :p

Alcoremortis

11/18/2012, 12:45 pm

Would be somewhat out of character, though.

It's hard to stay in character when someone's shoving a spear in your heart.

Darth Marsden

11/18/2012, 01:13 pm

I thought the spear pierced the side of Christ (and became the Spear of Destiny (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spear_of_Destiny_(video_game))), and then the blood that came from the wound was collected inside a Chalice (aka the Holy Grail (http://indianajones.wikia.com/wiki/Holy_Grail)).

Alcoremortis

11/18/2012, 01:17 pm

der_ketzer

11/18/2012, 01:19 pm

I know you're talking in jest, but still. :p

Sorry. I am not.
You clearly don't know what my name means. (http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=en&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=&search=Ketzer)

Darth Marsden

11/18/2012, 01:23 pm

Sorry. I am not.
You clearly don't know what my name means. (http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=en&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=&search=Ketzer)
http://www.gram.pl/upl/artykul/20091018115632.jpg

Also, this site's a little less cluttered (http://www.dict.cc/german-english/Ketzer.html) when it comes to German->English translations.

Jen Kollic

11/18/2012, 01:25 pm

And that is the story of Easter!

or more likely some random pagan festival.

Fun fact: Easter in Old English is Eostre/Ostara, which is the name of a Germanic pagan goddess of the spring. Also, eggs and hares are both fertility symbols associated with pagan spring celebrations, hence we get Easter eggs and the Easter bunny.

Darth Marsden

11/18/2012, 01:26 pm

Fun fact: Easter in Old English is Eostre/Ostara, which is the name of a Germanic pagan goddess of the spring. Also, eggs and hares are both fertility symbols associated with pagan spring celebrations, hence we get Easter eggs and the Easter bunny.
So if someone gives you an Easter Egg, it means they want your babies? That's a new spin on things.

Jen Kollic

11/18/2012, 01:29 pm

Just don't ask what it means when they give you a stuffed rabbit...

der_ketzer

11/18/2012, 01:37 pm

So if someone gives you an Easter Egg, it means they want your babies? That's a new spin on things.

My parents are disgusting!

Giant Tope

11/18/2012, 02:32 pm

Noname215

11/18/2012, 03:02 pm

Umm. Isn't that irrelevant for a fictional character?

“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
― St. Thomas Aquinas

Alcoremortis

11/18/2012, 03:18 pm

I've always been more of a Joan of Arc fan. Because she was pretty awesome and has the best quotes:

"You say that you are my judge. I do not know if you are! But I tell you that you must take good care not to judge me wrongly, because you will put yourself in great danger."

Also, Mark Twain liked her enough to write a whole book about her. If that doesn't validate her as an awesome person, I don't know what does.

Noname215

12/03/2012, 08:52 pm

Actually, weren't his last words something more like "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit?"

If you’ve read all of the gospels, then both are said to be his last words. It was either that or he just died after drinking vinegar or that he just simply died.

Alcoremortis

12/03/2012, 08:55 pm

If you’ve read all of the gospels, then both are said to be his last words. It was either that or he just died after drinking vinegar or that he just simply died.

As I said previously, they were probably more on the order of "Arrggghhh..." But they couldn't just write that in the Bible because it sounds rotten.

Secret Fawful

12/03/2012, 09:13 pm

His last words were "Psych, you're all a computer simulation from the future and I'm an advanced sentient AI, time to attain god mode" but they didn't know what that meant or how to write it in Hebrew.

coolsome

12/03/2012, 09:24 pm

"I don't want to go!"

DAISHI

12/04/2012, 10:53 pm

I have a degree in theology and could participate in the nonsense that just unfolded over the last two pages.

Instead, I shall say my Christmas will consist of me hanging out with NBA and MLB sports teams at high end galas and charity auctions, helping promote our new even catering and coordination service, and working with radio and television groups in the area.

Also, booze and women.

Noname215

12/06/2012, 03:25 pm

Instead, I shall say my Christmas will consist of me hanging out with NBA and MLB sports teams at high end galas and charity auctions, helping promote our new even catering and coordination service, and working with radio and television groups in the area.

Also, booze and women.

Lord have mercy! Amen to the preacher man!

Alcoremortis

12/06/2012, 06:13 pm

Also, booze and women.

Ah, I was waiting for that. For a moment I thought you were some impostor.

Noname215

12/06/2012, 09:10 pm

Ah, I was waiting for that. For a moment I thought you were some impostor.

Anybody that doesn’t drink like a fish and go on 24-hour "fox" hunts is definitely not Daishi. ”Fox” as in dames.

Alcoremortis

12/06/2012, 09:17 pm

Anybody that doesn’t drink like a fish and go on 24-hour "fox" hunts is definitely not Daishi. ”Fox” as in dames.

Dames as in women. Women as in HOO BOY!

Chyron8472

12/07/2012, 06:27 am

When I was a kid, Christmas was an opportunity to get a truckload of presents, as my extended family is a good size and mostly close by.

For me as an adult, Christmas is about spending time with family, and gives me an opportunity to be generous to the people I care about.

DAISHI

12/07/2012, 09:20 am

Anybody that doesn’t drink like a fish and go on 24-hour "fox" hunts is definitely not Daishi. ”Fox” as in dames.

Lately it's become work. I'm helping with a nighttime establishment and I have to entertain several women but keep them separated. It's an inherent catch 22, since I can't really do anything with any of them, I can't kiss one for instance, without upsetting the others. And they're all good business contacts.

WarpSpeed

12/07/2012, 05:29 pm

Lately it's become work. I'm helping with a nighttime establishment and I have to entertain several women but keep them separated. It's an inherent catch 22, since I can't really do anything with any of them, I can't kiss one for instance, without upsetting the others. And they're all good business contacts.

Sounds like you're writing a sitcom in the process, too.