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The Christmas Police.
- Thread starter Bob
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Bob
Well-Known Forumite
Bah Humbug!
I'm not saying that's how a Christmas tree should look and it's certainly not how I do Christmas, but what I don't understand is why a personal Christmas choice evokes such strong reactions.
Why would an abundance of presents make a keyboard warrior issue a death threat? I must be missing something.
Then you have this.
http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/04/mothe...ey-on-presents-from-father-christmas-5538277/
I understand the logic behind it, but again, it's not a dictatorship. We've always done that all presents are from Santa though this year, now they are older it's only a select few and most being from us. Mainly because hubby was fed up of Santa getting all the credit! What we do and how we choose to explain it to our children isn't up for input from every parent in the land, just because you pop a child or two out doesn't give you the automatic right to make the rules.
I'm not saying that's how a Christmas tree should look and it's certainly not how I do Christmas, but what I don't understand is why a personal Christmas choice evokes such strong reactions.
Why would an abundance of presents make a keyboard warrior issue a death threat? I must be missing something.
Then you have this.
http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/04/mothe...ey-on-presents-from-father-christmas-5538277/
I understand the logic behind it, but again, it's not a dictatorship. We've always done that all presents are from Santa though this year, now they are older it's only a select few and most being from us. Mainly because hubby was fed up of Santa getting all the credit! What we do and how we choose to explain it to our children isn't up for input from every parent in the land, just because you pop a child or two out doesn't give you the automatic right to make the rules.
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
Driving along Baswich Lane this morning there was a Mini stuck in the queue going the other way. On its roof were reindeer antlers and on the windscreen, Christmas tree lights. Not on the edge of the windscreen but covering its entirety obscuring vision to a quite catastrophic degree, I would imagine.
Clearly there are some people, in the wider community who cannot distinguish the fine line between festivity and fuckwittery.
Clearly there are some people, in the wider community who cannot distinguish the fine line between festivity and fuckwittery.
Noah
Well-Known Forumite
When the kids were small, so quite a few years ago, they wanted all the Christmas decorations put up at the begining of December "because everyone else has put theirs up". Well before Chrismas the whole family was pissed off with them and the kids wanted them taken down again. Nowadays we seem to have settled for them going up a week before Christmas Day. However I agree with Gramaisc
, it was great fun with the whole family gathered to put up decorations, decorate the Christmas tree, heap all the presents round it and enjoy all the Christmas Eve traditions. The kids always had quite a few presents, but most were small & inexpensive.
Trumpet
Well-Known Forumite
What he said.
Trumpet
Well-Known Forumite
I'll settle for two, brandy & whisky.
Jonah
Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
Jonah
Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
Ta, missed that.
littleme
250,000th poster!
You could well of been speaking to me.....
For many thousands of people that work in Retail, over the Christmas period they will have only ONE day off - Christmas Day itself.
For the many thousands of People that work as Nurses, Carers, Prison Officers, Clergy, Farmers, Bar staff & Chefs and in the Emergency Services they wont even get a SINGLE day off.
Glam
Mad Cat Woman
I'm working 7-3 Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Then 3-11 Boxing Day. D-I-L is cooking the Christmas dinner this year for us.
Glam
Mad Cat Woman
Smallest daughter? Thought you only had the 1? Or do you keep 1 locked up in the attic, like on one of them old black n white films?
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
littleme
250,000th poster!
I'm working all day Christmas Eve & Boxing Day, but I do have Christmas Day off - where I will spend the day cooking and running round for the rest of the family! Pfffftttttttttttttt & Bah-Humbug!!!
In retaliation I shall make everyone listen to. Michael Buble until Dr Who comes on the telly!