What does everyone doing for Xmas?Follow

Heh...I think this came to me sometime last night when I was trying to study my way through several pieces of boring roman art on the wired...

Anyway, what is everyone doing for Xmas (or Hannakuh if you celebrate it)?

Myself, my family will be missing my sister. She is going off an a trip to Antarctica today, and won't be back to New Year's Eve. It is at that point that my family will do the official celebrating Christmas thing, while I will be watching **** Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve Party ;)

How about everyone else?

I will be spending Christmas with a few of my mates. My best friend and his girlfriend are coming in from Texas and spending a few days here, then we're going down to Ft. Lauderdale and spending a bit of time with my significant other. Also known as playing meet the parents. Fun stuff.

This'll be fun!

First let me say, I love my family no matter what.

My mother is married to a guy who is embarrased by my relatives, he has never quite goten along with my brother, and him and I have literlay goten into a fist fight.

My brother (28) is bringing his ex/girlfriend and her children. She is 45, with a 25 year old son, and a 21 year old daughter. The daughter just happens to like to steal anything she can find.

My Grandma has lost 2 children and a husband, as much as I love her, she has nothing nice to say any more, often conversations with her end up in tears for everyone.

Now, my Aunt and Uncle are alcoholics in the largest sense of the word. For some reason, they decided they want to host Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. In the past few years, we didn't get together, but for some reason my Aunt decided she wanted to play hostess.

For thanksgiving, the food was near horrible, and there was an ash tray next to the turkey. My aunt and uncle were drunk before 1:00 PM. My brother and I spent our time in a section of the hous we nominated as the "Non-Smoking" section. My brothers girlfriends daughter has a 6 month old child, and we thought it best he didn't 2nd hand smoke a few packs on Thanksgiving.

And also, for some reason, I got the opportunity to take my Grandmother home, who then cornered me, and questioned me about the loss of my father and grandfather until I was in tears.

The following week, I found out from my Mother that her Husband was "Hurt" that we didn't spend time with him on thanksgiving, so for Christmas, were expected to cut through the clouds of smoke and spend some time with a guy who we dont like, doesn't like us, in order to make my mother happy.

I would deem this event the Disfunctional-family get together.

But no matter what, it is the holiday season, I do love most of them, and I wouldn't trade the opportunity to be together with them all for anything!


Happy Holidays!

This is a fun thread. Nights you always pioneer the most interesting topics of disscussion. I will be driving all over Texas starting next week. Taking some freinds to see the gf perform "The Nutcracker" on Monday the 20 in Dallas. I'm taking one of my less cultured friends, so it should prove to be most entertaining.

Then the 23 I'm planning on picking up my brother in College Station and drving him to see the extended family in south Texas (aka "the valley"). My other brother has work so it's unlikely that we'll be able to see each other on christmas. My father also had a schedualing mishap and will be unable to fly in from China. Thats makin' moms sad, which makes me sad. It'll be a little less joyous holiday season, but ya have to make the best of it.

Wow Sing, it says a lot of your character that you still love your family with all their personality flaws (not making a judgment call on your family, just sayin). Nights thats sad but cool about your sis bein in Antarctica (tell her shes on the wrong side of the planet for presents tho). Alauce good luck meeting the gf's parents. To everyone else, have a great, safe holiday!

I will be playing FFXI, my family left me alone as I work and they had vacations. They all left to different parts of the caribbean. I guess I will go to Bibiki bay and pretend to be in the caribbean and talk to my LS family. I will spend the night before Christmas (which is what we celebrate in my culture) with my father half the night and the rest with my gilfriend.

Merry Christmas all.

At least I am with my family for Christmas here in the Outer Banks of North Carolina...my wife however is in Richmond, VA and has not responded as to if she will be joining us for Christmas or not (I expect not). I also have my family here ^^ (both Merodi and Nataraja have been great new friends, above and beyond the call of duty really, thanks you two *tight huggles*) I will also have my friends from ingame, although I only talk to a few on the phone, I have my email and IM (try explaining online friends and email and IM communication to a set of parents where one ignores it and the other things its bad to be online too much ><;;)

Anyways I hope everyone has a happy holiday

I feel like a Scrooge lately, well there has to be balance in the holiday cheer, right? :(

I plan on receiving the one gift I'm likely to get (other than some clothes), Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, and use it as an excuse to ignore all the obnoxious family I'll be forced to be around over the next day or two.

Unlike Kestra, I am a scrooge.

And pay no attention to what Yuki said about me. I'm secretly a terrible person.

There's a kawaii kitty I talk to who generally calls you that. I picked up the habit.

Anyway, I've enough Bah humbug in me to balance out the entire world.

Me, I'll be working from 8 am to 4pm on 4 or so hours of sleep. Did the same thing on Thanksgiving. Boss hates me. But I love my paycheck afterwards.

My father and sister will be in NY with his side of the family. My mom is in Ireland till my grandfather gets better. So I'll be at home, on Vanadiel, after 5pm. Yes, I will be home, alone, listening on the cd player to the great Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne. ;-P

awwwww that sucks Lady...well here you go *huggles for Ladyrikku* hope you have a wonderful holiday! ^^

after RTFT here, I think I'm Holiday Manic Depressive...hmmm