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Favorite things about christmas!
K.o.v.e
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What are your favorite thing/things about the holiday?
Of course many will say presents but what else?
I love the egg nog it only comes out during christmas time!
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Snow and presents!
I'm not a big fan of Christmas, to commercialized and I think the spirit of giving has been corrupted. Instead of giving to people in need and helping people that need assistance we by a bunch of crap to give to relatives and friends..usually stuff that they don't really want or will use (and ends of being thrown away or sold at a garage sale). But to avoid screwing up your thread, I'd have to say it is the time spent with my fiancee / family (time off from work), the fire going and the smell of cooking on Christmas day.
Since American comercialism and the PC brigade got into it there is no such thing as christmas.
Its now called Wintervall so as not to offend other religions, and you no longer get any real decent decorations in public places as the local councills try and get the shops to pay for them which t hey dont so we are lucky to get the odd string light in a tree.
Also Wintervall presents and decorations are sold in shops from October now so as to make the most cash. And schools are being stoped from celebrating christmas by doing decoration making or present making and the christmas panto is banned rom amny schools and replaced with something deliberetly NOT christmas themed becaus eit could offend non Christians.
So not much christmas where i live.
P.S. oh i almost forgot years ago peoples homes used to have decorations displayed in public but now most dont bother as its bot too much effory aparently and some councills banned them because of Healph and safety fears.
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Christmas is how you celebrate it guys. Hummm, EGG NOG! I'm an egg nog lover and I drink the stuff till my stomach explodes.
-In memory of Laura "Taera" Genender. Passed away on Aug/13/08-
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The day after when all the stores have huge discounts to get rid of excess inventory. 12 boxes of candy-canes for $1 ftw.
No school! No homework! No teachers!
mistletoe of course! They need a version of it though where you are required to have sex when under it.
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I still call it Christmas and I don't know anyone who has labeled the holiday "Wintervall". I have a ton of decorations on my house, including multiple Christmas trees (one in each kid's room, the main one in the living room and a couple small ones that can be seen from outside).
Christmas can only be stopped if you let it. With that being said, I wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Dauthix The Avenger (Paragon/Ranger)
I enjoy hearing about secular aetheists and christian fundamentalists antagonizing each other, in the news.
Both groups need to get a life and stop pushing their beliefs and trying to dismiss the others.
It is ironic that the current version of christmas has nothing to do with religion, its all commercial
and yet it is being repressed more and more as a result of its religious affiliation
Decorating our tiny 3 foot tall christmas tree, our handmade ornaments, and the christmas spider. Yep ^_^ I do like christmas, but this is the first year I won't have mom. Oh well. Hooray Christmas spiders and christmas pickles!
Christmas spiders... ::glances around his room:: Great, I'll be sleeping well tonight... ::releases his ill-contented swarm of Christmas wasps::
"Put your foot where your mouth is." - Wisdom from my grandfather
"Paper or plastic? ... because I'm afraid I'll have to suffocate you unless you put this bag on your head..." - Ethnitrek
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bowls of nuts and the smell of pine tree in the home....
Trade in material assumptions for spiritual facts and make permanent progress.
Much better than bowls of pine and the smell of nuts....
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My current Guild Wars character:
Dauthix The Avenger (Paragon/Ranger)
Christmas spiders... ::glances around his room:: Great, I'll be sleeping well tonight... ::releases his ill-contented swarm of Christmas wasps::
Lol.My mom showed me our antique christmas spider when i was little. Somewhere, I have the article from the local paper about it. Ours is apparently really rare and special, and has been in our family for a while. That and the christmas pickle are my favorite things about decorating our little plastic pine tree. I mean, who wouldn't want arachnids and vegetables on their tree?
In my oppinion the best thing is family, and having all the family around the house for a big drink up
sure the next day we regret it, but the day before we love it
A good thing about Christmas. Is The Hershey's Kisses Christmas Commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg2qVPqUGkI
And the bad thing about Christmas.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas. It has been a family tradition since i was a little lad to watch this the night before Christmas.
Also those little chocolate covered pretzels and Ritz crackers with pnutbutter dipped in chocolate my muther makes.
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Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
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Food, presents, and days off.
We barely remember who or what came before this precious moment;
We are choosing to be here right now -Tool, Parabola
january
98% of the teenage population does or has tried smoking pot. If you''re one of the 2% who hasn''t, copy & paste this in your signature.
I enjoy the pretentiousness of people being warm and friendly for a week or so, before they revert to their true selves and act like selfish pricks the rest of the year.
I have fun decorating the house and the yard for Christmas and I like giving presents. To me, it's not about what I get, it's the special feeling that comes around this time of year. Wish it could last all year long.
Christmas Music
Christmas Movies
Christmas Eve
Every Christmas Eve, as far back as I can remember, the family gets together to eat Mom's Eggrolls(Great but she only makes them Christmas Eve) and watch It's a Wonderful Life. For the last few years we also watch the Black Adder's Christmas Carol Episode.
As far as the movies, my must see list includes:
A Muppets Christmas Carol
It's a Wonderful Life
Scrooged
Die Hard 1
Die Hard 2
A Christmas Story
The Grinch(New One)
Home Alone 1
Home Alone 2
The Santa Clause(Tim Allen)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Jingle All the Way
Ernest Saves Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Original Grinch
Hook
Lol. What's that supposed to mean?
My family doesn't celebrate Christmas, so it's basically just another day for me. I might chug some eggnog, but that's the extent of my holiday spirit. I never got into the whole santa claus thing either since my dad was telling me that he didn't exist even before I was born...
Edit: This guy is awesome. The sound quality isn't that great though...
"Put your foot where your mouth is." - Wisdom from my grandfather
"Paper or plastic? ... because I'm afraid I'll have to suffocate you unless you put this bag on your head..." - Ethnitrek
AC1: Wierding from Harvestgain