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Just realistic. I love Christmas, and some of my kin folk. No bahs or humbugs from me. You might want to stay off my lawn though.
I gave this as a gift to my grandparents over 40 years ago, never forgetting what it meant to me. Hope it helps you get through this hard time.To be quite honest with you even when I'm trying to focus on Jesus right now I'm sort of upset with Him that He's allowing this to happen. I'm more hurt and confused than angry at Him though.
Don't need any of that. I just yell at them, and the little shits just runoff. I might have to do something different when they become teenagers, but it works for now. They know I don't mind if they get a popcicle out of the freezer on my back porch and then move on, but no baseball around my azaleas.Do you use BBs or pellets?
I gave this as a gift to my grandparents over 40 years ago, never forgetting what it meant to me. Hope it helps you get through this hard time.
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Didn't say don't help them if you can. If they are that broke, they might need something more than a trip to your house.Yeah but that's easier said than done in one of these kind of situations. Especially when you really want to help them but there isn't anything that you can do. After all, until you have walked a mile in somebody else's shoes you just can't feel the burn that they're going through.
On the years that we have had to have Christmas with just my husband and myself we utilized two options:How do you guys handle the stress? I'm just curious because right now there's a chance that might be happening to me and I am completely beside myself about it because it just really wouldn't be Christmas to me then.
Didn't say don't help them if you can.
On the years that we have had to have Christmas with just my husband and myself we utilized two options:
1) We looked for and invited other 'strays' to Christmas dinner at our home. We've made good friends that way and it was always a lot of fun.
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2) We volunteered to help serve Christmas dinner at the Salvation Army or other facilities that provide a bit of Christmas cheer to some of those most in want in this country. And that was always so rewarding.
I hated Christmas when I was younger. Buying gifts you can't afford for people that don't want what you give them isn't what it's supposed to be about.The years I had to work at Christmas were some of the best. I hate the season and missing out on all the stress and running around on that day is the best gift I could ever ask for. Exchanging gifts with loved ones a week later in a more relaxed intimate setting is the way to go.
I hated Christmas when I was younger. Buying gifts you can't afford for people that don't want what you give them isn't what it's supposed to be about.
That sucks. Do you think it will help to mope about it a little more?That's the thing... I can't. Don't you think that I would if I could?
That sucks. Do you think it will help to mope about it a little more?
I know that now.It's not about buying and spending money on Christmas presents period. The true gifts of Christmas are priceless. Yet it's gotten so commercialized that people often seem to forget that.
As a kid I totally despised the day. Wake up open gifts, then off to 1st grandparents, then off to 2nd grandparents. Back home to pack and off to one state for extended family, then to another for the other extended family. We didn’t get back home until usually second week in January. Hated it as a kid got cool toys but couldn’t play with them until almost middle of January. Then as adult each year was a fight with parents and in-laws about how no we are not coming over Christmas Day I’m letting my kids play with their toys you’ll are welcome to come over or you can wait till the day after Christmas for us to visit but we are not running around town on Christmas they get to play. Now some years I don’t even put up a tree especially if the gifts are getting mailed and no one is coming overI hated Christmas when I was younger. Buying gifts you can't afford for people that don't want what you give them isn't what it's supposed to be about.
I think it is time to dust off the old reliable...Right now the only Christmas present I want is for everybody to be together for Christmas. I'm not sure what Christmas is (other than the birth of Jesus) without it. This country is fucked up enough already and all I want is my family.
I think it is time to dust off the old reliable...
When Loved Ones Won't Be Around For Christmastime
How do you guys handle the stress? I'm just curious because right now there's a chance that might be happening to me and I am completely beside myself about it because it just really wouldn't be Christmas to me then.
I've been dealing with it for years.
I live in Sacramento, California, my sister's in Santa Barbara, my brother's in Texas, and my parents are in Heaven. My wife's the only family in practical range of me. At least she's close by.
My wife's the only family in practical range of me. At least she's close by.
