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Paperboy  Posts: 14 Joined: 14 Dec 2008     | |
Beat Writer  Posts: 180 Joined: 12 Sep 2008    | actually this christmas seemed better than the last couple years |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 110 Joined: 22 Dec 2008   | Bah! Christmas was gone last night at about 12:00am. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4581 Joined: 22 Jun 2008     | Your growing up? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1933 Joined: 31 Jan 2008    |
Thats the one! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1742 Joined: 5 Jun 2008    | Christmas was awesome, its always awesome. Also I like the idea that families get brought together across the world (Those who celebrate it obviously). That makes me happy. |
Paperboy  Posts: 30 Joined: 11 Dec 2008    | It's not just that. This year in general, most people felt, sucked ass. You might call this bullshit or mumbo jumbo, but this year has had some bad energies (psychic) in general. These energies influence how we feel in a big way. Trust me, by mid-Febuary , things will be better. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 110 Joined: 22 Dec 2008 |
Cause that's my birthday |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2440 Joined: 11 Oct 2008    | I personally think Christmas was left 4 dead long ago. ..... sorry, just got it this morning, kind of obsessed. =P |
Paperboy Posts: 30 Joined: 11 Dec 2008 |
Let's go with that :] |
On the Record  Posts: 7329 Joined: 23 Dec 2007    | You just need to focus on the right parts and ignore the things that aren't Christmas; commercialism, etc. |
Paperboy Posts: 14 Joined: 14 Dec 2008 |
That doesn't surprise me. I agree with the "most people". Not due to my own personal experiences, but when i think of the things that have happened in general to the human populace. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2851 Joined: 20 Jul 2008     | I think it just mean's we're all getting older. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 110 Joined: 19 Dec 2008   | I liked this Christmas, but that's mainly due to having an exceptionally shitty year, so meeting up with family & freinds, getting drunk & setting the world to rights put a positive light on things. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1155 Joined: 22 Dec 2008 | I get depressed around Christmas. I am an ATHEIST and I feel bad that Jesus' birthday has been shoed in on by some fat guy who breaks and enters into your home and big corporations saying Christmas can be obtained or exchanged. Christmas itself doesn't depress me one bit. It's really nice to see my family. |
Muckraker  Posts: 266 Joined: 18 Dec 2008 |
That is the main thing I think. I got an all time low in christmas presents, while the nephews and nieces were having a hard time staying above the tide line of toys. As long as they got a buzz this christmas its fine by me, My christmases have been meh for a while now though. But last time it was meh was because I got dumped the day before. "Merry christmas I hate you now." "Yay, how do I unwrap that?" 4thegreatergood, yea, It does sorta suck knowing capitalist swine took a dump in what should be someones birthday. How would they like it if we decided to have halloween or something on their birthday. Not only does everyone forget about you, but They'l try and take candy off you. =P |
Copy Clerk Posts: 110 Joined: 22 Dec 2008 |
Alriiight! My birthday's bringing the good energies people! Time to stop dragging your asses about Christmas and look forward to what I will yield to thee. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1636 Joined: 21 Nov 2008 | wasn't that great seeing as i didn't get anything i wanted, and i had to spend my own money to buy what i was hoping to get, is really depressing |
Paperboy Posts: 14 Joined: 14 Dec 2008 | On the subject. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 592 Joined: 19 Nov 2008    | yeah us old people can't enjoy christmas... |
Muckraker Posts: 323 Joined: 3 Sep 2008    | Didn't think this one was that great. But I think that's because my mum couldn't be arsed to cook enough food :( |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2380 Joined: 29 Oct 2008    |
I feel your pain. This is the first year I've not been that bothered. It's not just us. It's dying, and in my opinion political-correctness is to blame. There are little to no local or public decorations of christmas anymore because it's offensive I read in some god-awful paper the other day about some family who were told to take their christmas tree away from their visible flat window because it might make non-christians feel "uncomfortable". That just ruined my spirit. I'm a total athiest and total non-believer of christianity but I still love Christmas and the few hours of magical splendour. I know it's not just PC to blame. It's also our age. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1469 Joined: 21 Jun 2008  | Worst Christmas I've had so far, mainly because I couldn't fall asleep last night. Not to say it totally sucked, but I still wasn't as happy as I could've been. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 426 Joined: 15 Jun 2008   | I just realized that "The Polar Express", a great Christmas tale, essentially says that Christmas is about gifts and leaves out Jesus entirely. |
On the Record  Posts: 6226 Joined: 10 Mar 2008    | Bah, just wait, next year you'll be all "I didn't feel all Christmassy this year, it blew" and the cycle repeats itself. That's what happens when you get older, you forget stuff... If anything the Hannukah spirit is low, hell it's the 6th day or something and I don't feel no jollyness-ness or anything. Never have for the past 15 bazillion Hannukahs, why start now? :D |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3106 Joined: 28 May 2008 | I know that I'm growing up and the magic of the season is lost over time no matter how much you try to compensate, but I really did feel like other people simply weren't feeling it either. When I was young I was used to seeing Christmas decorations everywhere and people dressed up in Santa costumes walking the streets of my town centre, but this year only a couple of shops had the occasional ribbon of tinsel strewn across the otherwise baron establishment, and I didn't see one person (aside from myself) dressed in the seasonal attire. Might just be me but I did think this year was a lot less Christmassy than usual. |
Paperboy Posts: 14 Joined: 14 Dec 2008 |
That's what I'm getting at. I know I'm growing up. I think that even for the younger people, it's lacking in feeling. I'm not the oldest of people, but i observe as well as any other. |
BANNED  Posts: 2505 Joined: 19 Aug 2008 |
Yeah, it did for me too. I was a little less excited but I was still pretty excited! User was banned for: Poll: Round 5 - Field of Four - (1) Turbine vs (1) Nintendo. (Permanent) |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 545 Joined: 27 Dec 2008 | I don't think it really felt like Christmas this year. Never really talked about it with much of my friends. But I've had some fun family get-to-getters. |
Paperboy Posts: 14 Joined: 14 Dec 2008 |
And why do you think it did not feel like Christmas? |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 545 Joined: 27 Dec 2008 |
It didn't feel like it did as a child. It seemed to me like an ordinary day almost. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1129 Joined: 9 Oct 2008     | mine was pretty good this year |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1183 Joined: 24 Feb 2008   | I love Christmas. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1044 Joined: 2 Jul 2008  |
I knew it! That's whats weird this year! It honestly didnt feel like Christmas to me. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 110 Joined: 22 Dec 2008 |
I love how Christmas trees came from the pagan(?) religion of just bringing a tree into your home and planting it into your dirt floor to keep it warm.
Not only that but they also fail to keep their characters out of uncanny valley. |
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Is it just me in thinking that the good feeling of knowing it's Christmas has gone?
Christmas Eve, I didn't feel any sense of hope or happiness in knowing it was Christmas tomorrow.
I've never been really a big fan of Christmas, being its a commercial sinkhole, but the time period at least feels... significant?
Anyone else had this feeling or similar?