Christmas - The thread (with polls, chat encouraged)

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Toilet tube angel

[anon76851889]

We have a crochet crocodile this year, with a bear due to join it soon.

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Tends to be more internal politics rather than big level politics. My grandad used to do his best Tory troll job when he was alive though (to the extent that my aunt would write to apologise afterwards!)

[iamwiggy]

just remembered this

[JaguarPirate]

I still demand a stocking for morning presents, only way to handle the cruelness of post-lunch presents.

[JaguarPirate]

Yeah I’ve definitely had times where I felt bad about being online and not totally “in the moment”, but then I realised it’s not really any worse than dozing off in front of some crap on TV that no one’s paying attention to.

[JaguarPirate]

• I drink a lot over the Christmas period
• I’m a child

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[Mistersteve]

Pretty silly response this.

[JaguarPirate]

Yeah fair, my bad. Was just trying to be self deprecating since I never got into Xmas drinking as a thing.

[ttf]

ordered something online that arrived the other day in very christmas packaging, should I complain about this unbidden acknowledgment of christmas entering my home?

• of course
• no

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[imipolex]

Tree’s up!

Think my favourite decorations are these robots:

Listened so some Sufjan and Phil Spector whilst putting it up, and have some beers and mince pies in for later

[Im_On_Safari]

This thread just reminds me how much of an obstinate, set in my ways prick I am about Christmas. Really like Christmas but anyone that doesn’t do it how I like it is wrong to me. Like, open stocking and presents in morning, plenty of baileys, absolutely no pub or church, hate going for a walk, very particular on what tv I will watch.
Irks me that I’ll be eating boiled veg and watching awful tv dictated to me around entirely sober people this year, like most of the last few years. So irked. Stop doing Christmas wrong ffs

[anon89873996]

I did not realise real trees were quite so prevalent a choice, I am glad I made the poll to enlighten me on this matter.

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I changed my vote bc of this post. Also, bc I thought: “I never actually do anything on NYE; I normally just awkwardly latch onto other peoples’ celebration (or feel anxious that I am awkwardly latching, etc.)”. NYE is a funny one cause people act as if it’s really depressing if you’re on your own that day (which, sure, it can be depending on context) but I have very fond memories of eating a shit load of chilli and watching films alone one year.

Maybe I’m just a rubbish human.

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I do love a Christmas Day / Boxing Day walk, but: we went up Hengistbury Head on Boxing Day last year and ye gods, it was crowded. All those people walking up Warren Hill reminded me of that old computer game Lemmings.

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I think I’ve hit the stage in my life where, if I’m being honest with myself, it’s Boxing Day I’m looking forward to. Bloody love Boxing Day

[shes_so_high]

PJs on Christmas eve is definitely a thing. It’s the one present we open Christmas eve evening

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Another random Christmas association: I dug out the old Yamaha PSS keyboard out the garage. Think I’ll play around with it some Christmas night; I always associate it with the fact that when I started messing around making music with it, it was Winter, and I’d sit in my dinky room with the little desk lamp on and play around on it then go downstairs to the living room being lit only by Christmas tree / other seasonally relevant lights

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