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The only Christmas decoration on my boat will be the same as all the 365 days of the year, it's just my presence that nobody can see, as I don't open the curtains.
I don't like Christmas, it's just another commercial happening, where they manage to make people empty their wallets and bank-accounts (in my case they're both empty anyway).
I don't like Christmas personally but having kids it would be rude not to get into it at least a bit.
We buy all their presents at charity shops and the tree is a fibre optic plastic one I bought in 2003 from Focus DIY in Loughborough
I think its worth celebrating days getting longer. Nobody knows what is going to happen in the future and I prefer light to dark on balance as it helps grow the food we need.
I don't like Christmas personally but having kids it would be rude not to get into it at least a bit.
We buy all their presents at charity shops and the tree is a fibre optic plastic one I bought in 2003 from Focus DIY in Loughborough
I think its worth celebrating days getting longer. Nobody knows what is going to happen in the future and I prefer light to dark on balance as it helps grow the food we need.
I love it when the days get longer. My 'darker' months tend to be Oct-Dec. Jan - Feb is cold but it does get lighter and there is the pending Spring to look forward to.
Yes, I prefer light to dark. Maybe I should get some Christmas lights after all...
My biggest worry at Christmas is getting the presents right. Presents should be something they need/want/will like, presents should be a surprise and wrapped in gift paper. Presents do not need to be overly expensive, but there should be some value and quality in the big ones. I reckon something like one major present, a slightly smaller second major present, then perhaps two middle-sized presents and perhaps four small presents - for each person. A Christmas card is important. Sometimes I have excellent ideas and can zoom right in, but often I have no idea what to get, and then charity shops may come to the rescue. It can help to gradually pick up presents during the year to reduce the panic just before Christmas.
I like the 'proper Christmas' - going to church for Midnight Service on 24th (once I went to Malmesbury Abbey, that was great for the atmosphere. Last year we went to Chirk church, where I had rung the bells for half an hour before the service), preparations for Santa coming down the chimney (Mind that Ecofan!), hanging up Xmas stockings at the foot of the bed. Opening presents Christmas Day morning, the excitement of having visitors and relations arriving for Christmas Lunch - turkey and roast potatoes and brussels and cranberry sauce, parsnips and carrots baked in foil). Crappy plastic things Made in Hong Kong in the crackers and the lame jokes that come out with the paper hat. Playing with your toys after lunch and then playing a board game such as Monopoly at the living room table with relations/visitors. A good film on the TV later. Boxing Day another round of visitors/relations - and more presents from them! Presents like books always make you feel you should get on with some studying, or learn a new language.
Christmas carollers coming to your door before Christmas is OK, so long as it's genuine and not 'too professional'. Building a snowman and sticking a screwdriver in as a nose as the carrots have finished.Β Β Β Β Β
I think spending quality time with people is the biggest present. I have a hunch you are quite good with that too.
My biggest worry at Christmas is getting the presents right. Presents should be something they need/want/will like, presents should be a surprise and wrapped in gift paper. Presents do not need to be overly expensive, but there should be some value and quality in the big ones. I reckon something like one major present, a slightly smaller second major present, then perhaps two middle-sized presents and perhaps four small presents - for each person. A Christmas card is important. Sometimes I have excellent ideas and can zoom right in, but often I have no idea what to get, and then charity shops may come to the rescue. It can help to gradually pick up presents during the year to reduce the panic just before Christmas.
I like the 'proper Christmas' - going to church for Midnight Service on 24th (once I went to Malmesbury Abbey, that was great for the atmosphere. Last year we went to Chirk church, where I had rung the bells for half an hour before the service), preparations for Santa coming down the chimney (Mind that Ecofan!), hanging up Xmas stockings at the foot of the bed. Opening presents Christmas Day morning, the excitement of having visitors and relations arriving for Christmas Lunch - turkey and roast potatoes and brussels and cranberry sauce, parsnips and carrots baked in foil). Crappy plastic things Made in Hong Kong in the crackers and the lame jokes that come out with the paper hat. Playing with your toys after lunch and then playing a board game such as Monopoly at the living room table with relations/visitors. A good film on the TV later. Boxing Day another round of visitors/relations - and more presents from them! Presents like books always make you feel you should get on with some studying, or learn a new language.
Christmas carollers coming to your door before Christmas is OK, so long as it's genuine and not 'too professional'. Building a snowman and sticking a screwdriver in as a nose as the carrots have finished.
I think spending quality time with people is the biggest present. I have a hunch you are quite good with that too.
He is, as those that have been lucky enough to meet him can verify
Lost in wonder at the world and often wondering how I got there
Love that Christmas card, too bad I haven't got a boss to send it to .
Peter.
Wife?
Ex that I don't write anymore, because of a stupid thing I did when we married she ended up with everything when we divorsed, she even ended up with the money I would have paid for her card .