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What do you do in the build up to Christmas?
Bare Necessitie
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As the topic says. By this I don't mean the standard things like buying presents or festive food but little changes you make like putting up a shed load of Christmas lights or wearing knitted Christmas jumpers.
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I could do with a list of stores that don't play music, Lidl for starters. Any more?
As for me, I love Christmas. My build up starts After Bonfire night.
- Start Xmas shopping through November, then last weekend of November get the advent caldendars up. Then first weekend of December is Decs up.
I try to finish wrapping soon after and get the presents under the tree.
I then relax and enjoy the run in. I don't wear festive clothes though.
I buy the Radio Times Xmas asap.
I'll go for a meal with people from work, and every year mother-in-law takes the whole family out for lunch. Unfortunately, it's a at a pub where the food is dreadful so it's a bit of an ordeal. No-one can bear to risk offending by pointing out that it's a) awful and b) a rip off.
At some point, I will have to venture into a shop to do the food shopping, and go online to buy something for the hopeless Mr Lakie, who never has any present suggestions, but for me Christmas starts on Dec 25th when we have bucks fizz with scrambled egg and smoked salmon.
Then we cook lunch.
Excuse me?! :D:D
Phew...put feet up and enjoy good food, wine and friends and family. Happy Christmas!
Also, what is it with DS and this anti-Christmas one-upmanship on any festive thread? You lot are like a Monty Python sketch: The Four (Yuletide) Yorkshiremen.
I think you're right. There seems to be an above average number of really miserable gits on here who seem to enjoy putting others down and not enjoying anything. Thank fu c K I don't know any of them in real life.
There does seem to be this regular "battle", if you will, between many of those who like and get in to this time of the year and those who don't. Obviously I know not everyone is like it, but for many, there does seem to be this idea that you're basically not allowed to dislike, or not be bothered about, christmas.
I also have a selection of Christmas books I read over November and December and add a couple each year.
My tree is usually already up but I needed a new one and I've been too ill to go get it so ordered one online that's went missing so I'll have to wait for that but I do have a small table sized real Christmas tree which smells amazing as well as being super cute!!!
I always buy a Christmas TV magazine and highlight stuff I want to watch or record.
And I have a few Christmas jumpers that I wear over December. They got bought as a joke but they are cozy and make me smile so I love them!!!
I also love Christmas food... Lebkuchen and panettone are my favourites!!! I better feel better for Christmas!!!
Basically I love Christmas... I'm single with no kids but I just think Christmas is magical and it really is what you make of it!!!
Merry Christmas folks!!!
Clinks glass of Eggnog...Happy Christmas to you too
I think that's part of the problem isn't it? With Christmas particularly, there is almost an expectation that you will participate and that if you don't you are somehow being "miserable" (blame Charles Dickens!).
I don't mind people celebrating the birth of Christ. It is a religious tradition and I'm not one to poo-pooh that. But then you have some people who would never condone others for ignoring Rosh Hashanah, or Eid-al-Futr, or Holi, but if you fail to put tacky decorations up and have a forced knees-up with your family for Christmas.....oh, there's something wrong with you! >:(