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Hank Scorpio · 11-03-2009, 03:28 PM

Again. I used to love them. These days it just means more work and less sleep.

Moon Calf · 11-03-2009, 03:46 PM

Here come the relatives!

rcapo89 · 11-03-2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Moon Calf

Here come the relatives!

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This

shadowmask · 11-03-2009, 03:52 PM

When I was a kid, my dad used to always tell me that as you grow up, holidays lose more of their meaning with each passing year. Of course, I didn't believe him, I truly thought that every Christmas would hold that same sense of anticipation and excitement. Looks like everything the old man told me turned out right yet again.

5tk · 11-03-2009, 03:54 PM

I actually want the holidays to come. I miss my family.

Qoder · 11-03-2009, 04:02 PM

Heh, I actually love the holidays. Even if I don't really spend them with anyone but my immediate family, and I don't ask for gifts anymore.

Maybe it's the weather. I love cold weather (I live in a desert, so it's nice relief). I usually put on some cheesy Christmas music, change my desktop wallpaper to something seasonal, and maybe make some hot chocolate or something. It's one of the few times I'm unconditionally happy each year.

And then my birthday comes 5 days after Christmas, and I realize I've wasted yet another year of my life being a pathetic, friendless virgin.

But yeah, I love the holidays!

Ing · 11-03-2009, 04:09 PM

I enjoy the holidays overall. The weather is nice (it's usually freakishly hot here the rest of the year) and I get school off. I can also come home and see my pets and family.

If you don't like how holidays are traditionally celebrated, then you can just make them your own and do things that are special to you instead.

Canadian Brotha · 11-03-2009, 04:18 PM

I don't like the commercial aspect of the holidays, that is all the presents & shopping etc & luckily we don't do that in my family but there are a few things that I like. Seeing the snow in it's prime of the winter glistening in natural or artificial light, when it snows lightly, the neighborhoods that get creative with Christmas lights, & also good eats, those are things I like. Generally speaking though over the years I've grown not get hyped over them as many do, I prefer they pass by rather quickly actually

IHeartSteveMcQueen · 11-03-2009, 04:35 PM

Canadian Brotha, you are so wise.

nubly · 11-03-2009, 05:09 PM

i like the holidays too, especially christmas. they used to depress me but now i love it when they arrive. except for thanksgiving because my family never celebrated it. in my 32 years, ive only had four thanksgivings. its just a paid day off for me

polythene · 11-03-2009, 05:18 PM

Yeah, the holidays always turn out to be a huge disappointment. In my household it's just like any other day, absolutely zero festivities. I am however thinking of getting a seasonal job in some dinky retail store so I can make some money and enjoy the maddening, oft-repeated caroling tunes.

Braxietel · 11-03-2009, 06:42 PM

I usually have high hopes going into the holidays of, you know, seeing friends, getting videos/animations done, having 'fun'. Hasn't happened yet.

glarmph · 11-03-2009, 06:46 PM

I miss the way it used to be, when I was a kid, with family, everything seemed so much better. The only christmas type thing I do anymore is watch The Grinch and A Christmas Story, if that counts.

Prakas · 11-03-2009, 09:52 PM

Holidays don't mean anything anymore to me. Might see a brother or 2 on the holidays, thats about it.

Iced Soul · 11-03-2009, 10:01 PM

In my family once you reach a certain age, usually around 12, holidays don't mean anything anymore. It's just another day, so I don't really mind them, but it makes me sad sometimes that we do nothing for the holidays (well, we cook, but it's more like a chore than being in the kitchen together and sharing, that was something that only happened with my grandma), no family comes around, it's just normal.
But then again, I'm always anxious around relatives, so maybe this is a good thing.

Hank Scorpio · 11-04-2009, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by polythene

I am however thinking of getting a seasonal job in some dinky retail store so I can make some money and enjoy the maddening, oft-repeated caroling tunes.

You don't want that!

I'm mainly talking about my job, not my family. I like the commercial aspects of the holidays. As long as I'm on the giving and recieving end, not the selling.

leonardess · 11-04-2009, 07:13 AM

I can't wait for the holidays. For me, it still means going to see the folks, day trips just driving around doing whatever, eating too much, passing out in the jet bath with all the settings - low, medium, and who-needs-a-man, eating too much, sleeping, shopping for needless trinkets with me mum, joking with dad..... watching the wildlife on the island - and then there are the animals....

looking for the deer beds behind the house, sunsets over the Sound.

I can't wait.

11-03-2009, 03:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
Hank Scorpio Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Underground Posts: 333	Here come the holidays Again. I used to love them. These days it just means more work and less sleep.

11-03-2009, 03:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
shadowmask Status: Seeing stars Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: TN Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 1,085	When I was a kid, my dad used to always tell me that as you grow up, holidays lose more of their meaning with each passing year. Of course, I didn't believe him, I truly thought that every Christmas would hold that same sense of anticipation and excitement. Looks like everything the old man told me turned out right yet again. __________________ Basically, I'm complicated I have a hard time taking the easy way I wouldn't call it schizophrenia But I'll be at least two people today

11-03-2009, 04:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
Canadian Brotha Status: A Lonely Soul Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canada Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 1,792	I don't like the commercial aspect of the holidays, that is all the presents & shopping etc & luckily we don't do that in my family but there are a few things that I like. Seeing the snow in it's prime of the winter glistening in natural or artificial light, when it snows lightly, the neighborhoods that get creative with Christmas lights, & also good eats, those are things I like. Generally speaking though over the years I've grown not get hyped over them as many do, I prefer they pass by rather quickly actually __________________ Listen To My Demo Album, "Soul Of A Man" Listen To Live Folkstyle Sculpting Facebook=Become A Fan Blogspot=My Poetry I See What I Want To See, And Read Into It What I Want To Read Depressions Blinding Me, It’s Clouding My Vision Of Positivity Stand Up Live Your Life, As People Do In Society Maturity Is Calling, It’s Time To Find Your Personality Everybody Knows Everything, When It Comes To People Outside Themselves ^^^An Excerpt Of Song Lyrics Of Mine^^^

11-03-2009, 04:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
IHeartSteveMcQueen Status: lost in the supermarket Join Date: May 2009 Location: Canada Gender: Female Posts: 1,408	Canadian Brotha, you are so wise. __________________ If Adolf Hitler flew in today , they'd send a limousine anyway

11-03-2009, 06:42 PM	#12 (permalink)
Braxietel Status: Dandy or a clown? Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender: Male Age: 17 Posts: 211	I usually have high hopes going into the holidays of, you know, seeing friends, getting videos/animations done, having 'fun'. Hasn't happened yet. __________________ DeviantART \| Twitter \| Facebook \| VideoBlog \| Blog

11-03-2009, 03:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
Moon Calf Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Age: 29 Posts: 117	Here come the relatives!

11-03-2009, 03:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
5tk Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 42	I actually want the holidays to come. I miss my family.

11-03-2009, 04:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
Qoder Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Southwest USA Gender: Male Posts: 33	Heh, I actually love the holidays. Even if I don't really spend them with anyone but my immediate family, and I don't ask for gifts anymore. Maybe it's the weather. I love cold weather (I live in a desert, so it's nice relief). I usually put on some cheesy Christmas music, change my desktop wallpaper to something seasonal, and maybe make some hot chocolate or something. It's one of the few times I'm unconditionally happy each year. And then my birthday comes 5 days after Christmas, and I realize I've wasted yet another year of my life being a pathetic, friendless virgin. But yeah, I love the holidays!

11-03-2009, 04:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
Ing Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: United States Gender: Female Age: 19 Posts: 61	I enjoy the holidays overall. The weather is nice (it's usually freakishly hot here the rest of the year) and I get school off. I can also come home and see my pets and family. If you don't like how holidays are traditionally celebrated, then you can just make them your own and do things that are special to you instead.

11-03-2009, 05:09 PM	#10 (permalink)
nubly Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA the greatest and best country in the world!! :) Posts: 7,065	i like the holidays too, especially christmas. they used to depress me but now i love it when they arrive. except for thanksgiving because my family never celebrated it. in my 32 years, ive only had four thanksgivings. its just a paid day off for me

11-03-2009, 05:18 PM	#11 (permalink)
polythene Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 225	Yeah, the holidays always turn out to be a huge disappointment. In my household it's just like any other day, absolutely zero festivities. I am however thinking of getting a seasonal job in some dinky retail store so I can make some money and enjoy the maddening, oft-repeated caroling tunes.

11-03-2009, 06:46 PM	#13 (permalink)
glarmph Status: Hiding in my basement Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Gender: Male Age: 25 Posts: 243	I miss the way it used to be, when I was a kid, with family, everything seemed so much better. The only christmas type thing I do anymore is watch The Grinch and A Christmas Story, if that counts. __________________ Life sucks, then you die.

11-03-2009, 09:52 PM	#14 (permalink)
Prakas Status: Failure - Life Sucks Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Delaware Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 434	Holidays don't mean anything anymore to me. Might see a brother or 2 on the holidays, thats about it.

11-03-2009, 10:01 PM	#15 (permalink)
Iced Soul Status: Dancing on Rainbows Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Calilalaland Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 1,775	In my family once you reach a certain age, usually around 12, holidays don't mean anything anymore. It's just another day, so I don't really mind them, but it makes me sad sometimes that we do nothing for the holidays (well, we cook, but it's more like a chore than being in the kitchen together and sharing, that was something that only happened with my grandma), no family comes around, it's just normal. But then again, I'm always anxious around relatives, so maybe this is a good thing. __________________ I scraped my knees while I was praying And found a demon in my safest haven. Seems like, it's getting harder to believe in anything Than just to get lost in all my selfish thoughts. I wanna know what it'd be like To find perfection in my pride To see nothing in the light Just turn it off In all my spite, in all my spite, I'll turn it off. - Turn It Off - Paramore http://twitter.com/MissEerie

11-04-2009, 07:13 AM	#17 (permalink)
leonardess Status: wheresthefire?inmyeye! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: WILL you people please leave me alone?I'm supposed to be working lol Gender: Female Age: 45 Posts: 1,231	I can't wait for the holidays. For me, it still means going to see the folks, day trips just driving around doing whatever, eating too much, passing out in the jet bath with all the settings - low, medium, and who-needs-a-man, eating too much, sleeping, shopping for needless trinkets with me mum, joking with dad..... watching the wildlife on the island - and then there are the animals.... looking for the deer beds behind the house, sunsets over the Sound. I can't wait. __________________ One day I will change this sig to something really cool, if I only had a brain....