Christmas Options

[Channler]

I love getting together with Family .

especially since it also means getting together with friends who don't ahve such good family lives .  I think this christmas we have two friends coming over as well, we are taking tehm to the mountains with us.

Thats cool.

My family and I were going to go to Old Salem and stay in a bed and breakfast, but again my mother had to work so yea..

[Red]

Too bad to hear so many people have such awkward families, especially now that I know Queen bringdown the alchoholic dirtbag doesn't beat all of your bad families. God she's a drag. I feel sorry for my uncle, he used to be so cool and collected in highschool but then he got into drugs and that all went down the drain. Though I guess she brings a little good though because shes the monument of what drugs and alchohol gets you. Also, I have to deal with Captain A-hole who tries to guilt me on how I never reply to his emails (which are all forwarded to about 100 people and consist of the line "dumb blonde jokes").

Anyways, I'll probably run around Canada, family to family, having fun and seeing cousins who every year seem to have gotten a little less annoying . This will usually end with us all talking about the new ways Queen bringdown and Captain A-hole found to embarass themsleves and, in the Queens case, keep breweries in buisness.

That may sound bad, but its rare and spaced with good times and games in which one person gets on the others shoulders and tries to bring the opposing Juggernaut to the ground. Good fun.

[Florodine of Hlaalu]

I love christmas, my family is normal, the only problem is they have NOTHING to do at their house, so im stuck waiting till we can get home, and i can stay up late and use all my video games

[Kindred Spirit]

I just got all my Christmas shopping done. I had $45 total, and 30 of it was in Media Play gift cards, so my budget was a bit limited. Still, I didn't do bad. For my brother and sister, The Sims for Xbox, because it was cheap and something that both of them might play. My brother usually doesn't like many games that don't have blood, gore, and extreme violence, but The Sims is the kind of thing that everybody likes. (well... almost everybody) For my girlfriend, Final Fantasy (Not FFX, it was one of the older ones, she already has FFX) and a funny Christmas card. On the front, the card says, "Know how you can tell a reindeer from an elk or a regular deer?" On the inside, it says, "Reindeer's a little chewier. Happy Holidays." My parents went shopping for eachother and put all our names on the gifts, so they were taken care of, so I bought a little gift for everybody, a USB port Lava Lamp. Yes, you read that correctly, a USB port Lava Lamp. It plugs into the USB port on the back of the computer and lights up. It isn't a real Lava Lamp, though, just lights and sparklers, but it's still cool. O.o Pretty colors...

I already know a couple of the presents I am getting for Christmas.

I'm getting an iLo MP3 player. My father decided that he wanted to get myself and my siblings MP3 players, so he had me come to the store with him and pick out whatever looks the best for the cheapest. These have 256MB memory and allow you to use external memory, they have FM radio, and you can record your voice, sounds around you, and you can also record from the radio. It plays MP3 and WMA files. We got these for seventy bucks each.

I'm getting a foozball table. There's a box bigger than our Christmas tree on the ground with my name on it, and the large thing I asked for was a foozball table. No other possible reason my mother and her boyfriend would carry something that big up the stairs, if they weren't sure it was what I wanted, so I am reasonably sure that this is it.

I'm also getting a cellphone. My dad's girlfriend told me she's going to buy it for me. My father was against it at first, not because he didn't want me to have a cellphone, but because last time he had brought up the idea, my mother complained. So I'm keeping this present a secret from my mother, as well as my largemouthed siblings.


My family may be annoying, but it's large, so I can be reasonably sure of always getting tons of loot.


I now know my exact plans for Christmas Eve and Day, went over them with my parents. First, off to my Aunt's house with all of our nearby relatives on the paternal side of the family. She isn't actually my aunt, I'm honestly not sure exactly how she is related to me, but everybody just calls her Aunt Sandy. We'll eat dinner there, probably Polish sausage and various other stuff. Everybody gets like one or two presents there, maybe a few more. After that, I go to my grandmother's house (my dad's mom) with my father, siblings, and maybe one of my uncles and his girlfriend. We'll probably eat a small snack/dinner here. All the kids get a bunch of presents there, I'll probably be an exception because I didn't ask for much. That or I'll get random stuff like I usually do anyways, regardless of what I ask for. After this, it's back to my dad's house to go to sleep. We'll open presents in the morning, I'll get some stuff here, not much because of that iLo taking up so much of my dad's money. Then it's off to my mothers house, where we'll eat breakfast. We'll get a bunch of presents here, my mom apparentl went overboard on buying stuff. Then it's off to my aunt's house. (mom's sister) We'll probably eat a brunch/lunch here, and everybody gets a couple of presents here.

So, even if I have to suffer through ~24-48 hours in my family's company, the material benefits are worth it.

[Channler]

My family may be annoying, but it's large, so I can be reasonably sure of always getting tons of loot.

BUWAHA! It might be because its really late.. but I found that comment so damned funny that I almost shat myself.. lmao..

Pirates.. lloll.. heh.. omg..

[FreshJive787]

well, christmas is basically the catholics winter solstice. nobody alive has any idea when jesus was born. the holiday was made to overshadow pagen worshipping. same with april fools day.

but as for what im doing this christmas? im just gonna sleep in, go downstairs open whatever my parents decided to get me and enjoy the time i have with my brothers while they are home visiting.

[stargelman]

5 years ago, christmas was mainly an excuse to get together with family and a few selected friends, eat good food and just generally have a good time. No tree, no presents, no singing (except maybe late in the night), nothing that would remind one of christmas at all.

Then, it all changed. My niece was born, and of course this meant we had to celebrate christmas for real now. Kids have certain expecations. It almost seems as if they're born with them. So now we do have a tree, and presents for the little sunshine. Still no singing of christmas songs though.

Sadly, this year no friends coming over either. They all either have to work or don't feel like christmas

[minque]

5 years ago, christmas was mainly an excuse to get together with family and a few selected friends, eat good food and just generally have a good time. No tree, no presents, no singing (except maybe late in the night), nothing that would remind one of christmas at all.

Then, it all changed. My niece was born, and of course this meant we had to celebrate christmas for real now. Kids have certain expecations. It almost seems as if they're born with them. So now we do have a tree, and presents for the little sunshine. Still no singing of christmas songs though.

Sadly, this year no friends coming over either. They all either have to work or don't feel like christmas 

Hehe, how that sounds familiar....but you lucky germans....all your christmas-fairs...I heard on tv that there´s about 2500 such fairs throughout germany!

Oh and I watched a tv-program about the christmas-fair in Dortmund!, My dad comes from that town.....and I just yearned to be in germany, since I have been there by this time of year for two years now, so I wondered what am I doing here? When i could have been in .....well Stade!!!

YAYYY for german christmas-fairs!!!

[Tellie]

Oh I will stay with my families.

1 Chriastmas eve: The family of my stephfather.

2 Christmas day: Dinner at my aunts place in Tau/Jørpeland.

3 Boxing day: Dinner at my grandmum, in Årdal.

4 , december 27th: Dinner at my grandpa, in Bryne.

5 , december 28th: Dinner at my eldest cousin ( 28 years old ) in Stavanger.

6 New-years-eve : I will be celebrating it at my grandpa , while my mum go to some of her friends.



So you could say that I am fully booked at the time after christmas, but I shall keep my laptop close incase some post come up from Dantrag or override's stories, in the FanFic.

So merry christmas. ( oh minque I like gløgg as well. ).

In case of anyone of you wonder where theese places are, all of them are in Rogaland Fylke ( nearly the same as a state) NORWAY.

[Channler]

5 years ago, christmas was mainly an excuse to get together with family and a few selected friends, eat good food and just generally have a good time. No tree, no presents, no singing (except maybe late in the night), nothing that would remind one of christmas at all.

Then, it all changed. My niece was born, and of course this meant we had to celebrate christmas for real now. Kids have certain expecations. It almost seems as if they're born with them. So now we do have a tree, and presents for the little sunshine. Still no singing of christmas songs though.

Sadly, this year no friends coming over either. They all either have to work or don't feel like christmas 

Heh.. of course you have to do christmas.. After all, you hail from the land of Good Ol' Saint Nick (Who is related all because my name and his are the same...)

[minque]

Ok all you great people on these forums.....now Christmas Eve has come to Sweden, since about 25 minutes, so I will say to you all:


Merry Christmas!!!

[Wolfie]

became christmas eve 8 minutes ago, so to you all:

BAH HUMBUG



This post has been edited by LoneWolf: Dec 24 2005, 01:08 AM

[Soulseeker3.0]

...bah, Christmas Eve wont be here for 5 hours and 27 minutes.... lucky people...

[Channler]

And it'll be Christmas Eve in... 24 mins here!

[Kindred Spirit]

My family may be annoying, but it's large, so I can be reasonably sure of always getting tons of loot.

BUWAHA! It might be because its really late.. but I found that comment so damned funny that I almost shat myself.. lmao..

Pirates.. lloll.. heh.. omg..

O.o Wow. Just...wow. There really is no other word I can use to describe that except...wow.

My girlfriend decided to open her Christmas present early, she loved it.

Thirteen minutes to Christmas Eve here!

[Intestinal Chaos]

Here's the post-morning update

Christmas with the relatives ended NOT HAPPENING. I feel like a just dodged not only a bullet but a shotgun shell (at close range).

I received a decent amount of gifts (The Invasion from Within Tsunami Bomb CD and matching shirt, $60 gamespot giftcard, shirts, etc).

Unfortunatly for me I will be spending family time in Euegen (but in small amounts). I plan on making a mysterious dissapearince towards my friend's houses until the week is over.


Groundations will ensue.

[Wurlon]

We just opened gifts on Christmas Eve and went to both of my grandmothers on Christmas. Now I'm just sitting around the house, waiting for something to do sorta.

[Dantrag]

I feel kinda bad, but not really.

I bought my brother a dream theater dvd for christmas because I wanted to watch it.

[minque]

I feel kinda bad, but not really.

I bought my brother a dream theater dvd for christmas because I wanted to watch it. 

Aww Danny...why do you feel bad then? I hope you´ll have a great New _year then...

[Wolfie]

I was pleasantly surprised this Christmas, because among other things, i got a new tv and dvd player for my room