both me and the missus have been saying for a while we don't feel christmassy yet. it's wierd
not for me, but then, its not christmas yet
this year just doesn't feel like it
Not for me either. I run a shop in town and there just doesn't seem to be any christmasy atmosphere, no silly hats or flashing earrings etc.
Nick
still feels a few weeks off
Sadly not, especially as the runup to Christmas has been difficult for a lot of people.
If I thought it'd make a difference, I'd wish for everyone the important bits - their health, family and friends. []3 []3
Blimey, that sounds cheesy... 
Not a bit...
Earlier post
Davids comment has restored a smile though.....
usually starts for me when i go to see the folks ...... which would be tomorrow. 
No, not even a bit. The street outside is flashing with multicoloured LED decorations but it still doesn't feel Christmassy.
Quote from 'The Now Show': "What is it about Christmas that makes people want to decorate their houses like radioactive pound
shops?"
I think that many people are feeling a wee bit pee'd off just at the moment... recession, and so on...
Yes it feels like xmas for me... more this year as I move away from my mam and grandma funerals around this time and they become memories...
I'll be cheering meself up going to see me great grand dad's grave that says "born 1879, died 1975" he was a great laugh, telling
us he was too old for the war... WW1 that is...
Its a time for remembering now for me but I can smile now and enjoy myself.
Merry Christmas!
doesnt feel like christmas to me....maybe cause it was warm enough to go for a drive without wearing gloves yesterday...
Going to get all serious here, so please ignore me. Well, not that serious, but bear with me.
I lost both my Mother and Father within 6 months of one another 8 years ago. I was 35 at the time.
We now have a little girl who is 7 years old. The more arithmetically astute among you will have worked out that she never knew either of her
grandparents on my side.
Then, earlier this year, my fit as a fiddle brother in law was whisked into hospital with a brain haemhorage and nearly bought the farm.
I really do not have time to not enjoy Christmas these days, because I am acutely aware of how quickly the good things can be taken away. Feck
that.
On that basis, you can put me down as one of the peeple who ticked 'yes'. It would have been a capital tick if I could have done it.
As many of the older generation used to say, "you're a long time dead", so you better believe we're having a good one.
Theres a rumour that our tree is going to make it inside tomorrow (its been in a bucket outside three days) but failing that im deffonatly going in
chester tomorrow to do some christmas shopping because the insurence settlement for my old mt bike come through and so i can freely buy a replacment!
Sooooo, maybe christmas is coming....?
How knows! Certainly for anyone who has witteness christmas, i hope it a good one.
Resession hasnt really affected me, as a student with another year left before they need to look for a job. But at the same time, the work load at uni
is high, and everyone in the family just seams about a week down on sleep and effort.
Still, i had my first mince pie today, having given blood for the firs time.
Daniel
Zilspeed, I can sympathise with you to a degree, on Saturday I was informed by the Daughter of a very dear Lady friend (that I had know since I was
29),that the lady had died the previous Tuesday. The funeral will be next Monday. For the most part we were just very good friends, almost soul mates.
At the time I did not have an Alfa Romeo but I did have a Rover SD1, I also made the mistake of calling her Mrs Robinson. She will be sorely missed
and it has put a bit of a dampener on events for me, but she would be very annoyed with me if I failed to embrace life and get on and enjoy Christmas
by celebrating our time together rather than the time we shall now have apart.
So here it is to friends and family that we have all known and shall remember affectionately.
Yes It feels Like Christmas.
I must now away and do my last shift before the big day.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.
[Edited on 23/12/08 by jollygreengiant]
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Originally posted by jollygreengiant
Zilspeed, I can sympathise with you to a degree, on Saturday I was informed by the Daughter of a very dear Lady friend (that I had know since I was 29),that the lady had died the previous Tuesday. The funeral will be next Monday. For the most part we were just very good friends, almost soul mates. At the time I did not have an Alfa Romeo but I did have a Rover SD1, I also made the mistake of calling her Mrs Robinson. She will be sorely missed and it has put a bit of a dampener on events for me, but she would be very annoyed with me if I failed to embrace life and get on and enjoy Christmas by celebrating our time together rather than the time we shall now have apart.
So here it is to friends and family that we have all known and shall remember affectionately.
Yes It feels Like Christmas.
I must now away and do my last shift before the big day.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.
Great x-mas spirit here yet.
Just been called to work for 5 hrs. Itīs now 5.30 in the morning.
Think I can sleep now until isīt time to open presents.
Itīs the longest day of the year.
Søren S2
[Edited on 24/12/08 by sorens2]