the last thing christmas is about is spending money at least to me...

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Originally posted by Ygrene I once saw Swamper peel off 4 or 5 $100 bills from a fat roll and say this to Donald Trump: "Go clean yourself up; you look like a bum.". And then he threw the bills right in Trump's face/hair! Then Swamper and his entourage of 30, who were all wearing TA monogramed Rolexes, left the room and flew to Hawaii for a few hours because Del wanted fresh coconut. To his defense, Trump didn't even really look like a bum.

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Originally posted by R!CH the holidays are about spending time with your family and friends

fucking cliche as xmass itself. like this is the only fucking time of the year you're supposed to spend with friends and family? If you love them so much, spend more time with them more than once a year.

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shopping for a bunch of shit you want and others have no use for. sadly most people don't understand that. they are slaves to consumerism

Hey, someone has to keep this economy chugging along, no? It ain't gonna fix itself and Obama's money-printing ink well appears to be running a bit dry.

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Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie I loooooooooove Christmaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssss!!! Except for the whole Jesus part...

But... but... but... HE DIED FOR YOUR SINS!!!!

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Originally posted by aNYthing fucking cliche as xmass itself. like this is the only fucking time of the year you're supposed to spend with friends and family? If you love them so much, spend more time with them more than once a year.

Yes, because every family has time off at other times of the year. Perhaps you're suggesting that entire extended families should synchronise their annual leave in order to hang out?

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Originally posted by aNYthing anyone else not "feeling" all jolly this holiday season? seeing that I still don't have that gold-plated unicorn Obama promissed me before I voted for him, I am beginning to suspect I won't be getting it... evar! And there's a nagging feeling there's no Santa either... And miracle of lights didn't happen either. it's been a shit year... and generally a fucking depressingly shitty decade, come to think of it. can't wait for it to be over.

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Originally posted by djnitride Malls are for tools. But the traffic is unavoidable, lol. I am used to having no parking. Hell, most of the time I have to park a mile away from my appartment

Christmas shopping is not the only reason to go to a mall during this time of the year. I've often found myself in situations where I have to go to a mall to get something that I need, completely unrelated to Christmas and it's an excruciating experience because it's chaos everywhere.

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i've had a couple of years like that but i generally enjoy the holidays now. i like the cold fronts we get and going to starbucks and shopping and having a xmas tree up. one of these years, i'm spending xmas week in nyc. always wanted to do that, i've only been to nyc in the summer.

i get to go to indianapolis in a couple of weeks so i hope it snows while i'm there

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Originally posted by notelfreak man i can't believe i tried to come off as responsible in that other thread, i am so full of shit just don't tell anyone

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Originally posted by aNYthing fucking cliche as xmass itself. like this is the only fucking time of the year you're supposed to spend with friends and family? If you love them so much, spend more time with them more than once a year. Hey, someone has to keep this economy chugging along, no? It ain't gonna fix itself and Obama's money-printing ink well appears to be running a bit dry.

your post is cliche. especially that unsolicited political statement. domesticated stated the obvious for you, that most people don't have the luxury of flying their distant friends and relatives in from around the country whenever they want to hang out. nor would the gathering be as significant if we could. i guess that means we don't love them /cliche

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Originally posted by ******** I was singing christmas carols while jogging to a tutoring session..

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Originally posted by R!CH your post is cliche. especially that unsolicited political statement. domesticated stated the obvious for you, that most people don't have the luxury of flying their distant friends and relatives in from around the country whenever they want to hang out. nor would the gathering be as significant if we could. i guess that means we don't love them /cliche

so, I what you're saying that if instead of xmass u got together for a 4th of July it just wouldn't be as meaningful. Also, airfares and hotels are most expensive this time of the year and the only reason is... Because they can.

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Originally posted by Domesticated Yes, because every family has time off at other times of the year. Perhaps you're suggesting that entire extended families should synchronise their annual leave in order to hang out?

oh noes, that would involve some commitment, planning and desire to attend.

I work with Indian people - some have family reunions that have 300+ people show up from all over the world and not necessarily at x-mass. Crazy, I know.

I dunno - maybe it's the immigrant side of my brain... But this love for family was instilled in me to be a year round sort of thing, not "one and done, see u next x-mass"

IMHO, this urge to get together for winter solstice stems from our pagan roots. gather the clan to worship the sun in a stone henge

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I cant stand it when its the 1st of december and people are alredy acting like its fucking christmas, ffs wait another 3 weeks before you annoy me with your artificial cheeriness. The only holliday which should last a month is Winter-Enn-Mas.

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