Let The Christmas Madness Begin

[piratelady]

Genius!!! I'm going to get the biggest darn wreath I can find!!! :woot:

 

[Whitneys story]

Genius!!!

Have fun! I am keeping this post for ever!!!!!! Hugs, Whitney

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Piratelady, I am sorry you cannot have a live tree. I wonder why she made the ordinance? It does not make any sense. I hope you find a really good fake tree. Ours is not so good. But it does the trick.

 

[Queen Boudica]

No Real Chirstmas trees are allowed!!!

Do you have the smaller live Christmas trees that are sold as plants in pots in the States? I used to get those when I was living in a studio flat in the UK. You could then claim it is a large potted plant to your apartment manager.

 

[Ginny]

I despise the commercialism of Christmas and if it weren't for the children's joy and happiness, I'd say we should abolish the holiday. However having said that, I must admit that I'm probably just bitter because there has been no Christmas tree, or presents, or family gatherings for many years. I usually end up sitting alone, cold and bored, while the television reruns the same movies over and over and over. Then, if I am really lucky someone will bring me a plate of leftovers to eat.

I hope that for once the Christmas holiday will bring family and friends together for a celebratory feast. Perhaps next year, I will sock a little money into a Christmas fund and orchestrate the celebration myself. That way I can have my grandsons, nieces, and nephews over to the house, because to me that is really what Christmas is all about anyway.

I'm in the same situation, have been for years. If the house is warm and there's
food on the table, I count that as a win. Wish someone would get me coal for
the Holiday, it gets cold here! The artificial excitement generated by the advertising industry is there to make people feel left out if they can't participate, and it's a mean way to manipulate what was intended to be a goodness. Glad you understand that, but it's still a bitter pill to swallow. Perhaps plan something nice for yourself that doesn't cost anything--a hot bath, a walk to look at lights or just to walk if you can, a batch of cookies, don't let the advertising weasels win!

 

[KP the nut]

H hates the commercialism of Christmas as well.

We have started to enjoy Christmas more since we stopped buying huge gifts. My girls are grown now and I do them a stocking filled with small gifts I buy throughout the year.

My Christmas madness is food and goodies. Why do I always buy enough to feed a small army. At most we are 6 people. Already I know I've bought too many sweets (which I'm not supposed to be eating) and I haven't started baking yet.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I go to the bakery and buy premaid cookies and pies. I am not into baking anymore. I am tired. I can only do what I can do. I have to figure out how the heck I am going to get the tree from the shed into the house with all of the decorations.

We will have the girls decoarate our tree. We will serve hot choclate and cookies to them and make it into a party. It is so nice. It is fun having them do the decorating. I undecorate it and pack up everything. I will have to carry everything from the shed into the house. If I cannot I will wait and have my daughter help me.I love having a christmas tree with the lights. It is so cheeful

 

[KP the nut]

One Christmas madness that I don't do is the grocery shop. I have just been on-line and organised my groceries to be delivered on Sun 23rd Dec between 12 and 2pm. I can change my order now as needed.

Sorted, no crammed aisles for me.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

KP you are so smart to do it that way. I wish I had that service. It sounds heavenly.

 

[KP the nut]

It sounds heavenly.

It is :D

 

[Britt.f7]

I'm starting to feel like putting a tree up. Here is my craziness from the other day.

My FIL asked for a yellow turtleneck. Simple right? Nope. The one place that had yellow turtlenecks was completely sold out(LandsEnd)! So hop on the internet, search everywhere. Popular stores, non popular stores, ebay. On ebay, the nearest one was Korea(I'm in America). What if it didn't fit? He's a small man. After about, at least, an hour of this, I decide to call Land End Inlet stores(this is a catalog return store/outlet). The one nearest me had nothing. The one about 40 minutes away, in traffic, had one that was returned, in small, would I like it? Why yes I would. I ran out there during rush hour, without my husband(no easy thing for me as of late) get it(fabulous deal since it was a return and discounted) and ran back home.

I tell my husband to ask my FIL if there was anything else he wanted if we couldn't "find" the turtleneck(just so I could get him something else, we obviously had the turtleneck). He came up with one, but said all haughty, they have them at land's end. :confused::banghead: My husband said it will be a great story of the elusive yellow turtleneck when Christmas comes! :O_o:

 

[therapybankrupt]

Do you all do cyber Monday?