Christmas shopping

[Goldir]

I believe the question was "What does Christmas mean to you?"  For me it means gathering all 89 (actual number) members of the Horde (a.k.a. all of my family) to one geographic location to gorge ourselves on Lefsa, Lutefisk, Oyster stew, ham, turkey, etc....  It also means crunching the budget and making many trips to the dollar store to buy gifts for the aforementioned mob. Overall, much fun is had, pictures are taken, sometimes they can even con me into getting a little bit of that old time organized religion. By Dec 27 we all want to kill each other on sight. Either from a hangover or just from having umpteen screaming children and yelling adults all in one small house.

[davo]

ahh i love christmas, my favourite day of the year and the weeks around chrismas.

I gotta do my shopping for the family soon, i have no idea what to get the girls, my brother will be easy, have no idea for my parrents.

Id better start soon hay.  Girls liiikkee....?  Well i know lachie will like lots of things i can get him.

Christmas reminds me of/i get reminded of christmas when:

1.  The smell of new plastic
2. wearing boardies
3. the smell of christmas trees (i looooove the smell of christmas trees)
4.stockpiles of beer
5.summer heat
6.swimming pools/beach
7.getting angry at north american wanna be's who think its winter and hang up snowflake decorations 
8. wearing thongs (the footwear not underwear)
9.barbieques and eskies (way to hot for roast dinners, (one year we had cubed chease and it actually went soft it was so hot)
10.great atmosphere, well being atmosphere which is so much better when youve got something cool and new (i dont care if its comericial) just makes chistmas funner imo.
11. family
12. getting off my face with my mates on boxing day

To me it means a great day

im not a depressed 'internet generation' guy, i love christmas and dont really mope about.

[Idoru]

.getting angry at north american wanna be's who think its winter and hang up snowflake decorations 

Northern Hemishpere wanabes in general I would have thought

[Goldir]

.getting angry at north american wanna be's who think its winter and hang up snowflake decorations 

Northern Hemishpere wanabes in general I would have thought

Goldir Sings... "I'm Dreaming, of a WARM Christmas.  One where I don't have to freeze my family jewels off in the snow..."


I envy all you Equatorial and Southern hemisphere people.  Nebraska hasn't gotten much snow the last few (eight) years, but it has more than made up for it with bone-chilling arctic breezes.  That is one aspect of the holiday season that I could live without.

Just had to pipe up on that one!

[Kalika]

Kalika hopes to get a camera and smoe canvases and acrylic paint and thats all she wants

im so simple

[Karyuu]

Hail art supplies!

[Akaye]

Hail art supplies!

Hail!  I hope I get some. I have been asking for a new sketch book and some pencils on my christmas wish list. *crosses her fingers*

[Kalika]

  i loveses my fellow artists

[lordraleigh]

Santas with T-shirts... 

Wearing those hot clothes in tropical weather is really uncomfortable...

Now seriously...

Christmas means to me:

1) The date where an invention of a smart businessman is used to sell more products;
2) Another symbol of the consumerism of our globalized world;
3) The Winter Solstice in Northern Hemisphere(A holiday for "pagan" religions);
4) An excuse to ask for a gift (Civilization 4 probably).

I don't see christmas as a "magical" date... Of couse calling it "magical" attracts more customers!