Oh bar humbug
 

Not too far from the dreaded C word & still havent got pressies yet - me last minute, dreading the cost all for just one day & now my daughter is taunting me with xmas songs!!!! Great for the little ones but oh i feel so humbug:(

What makes u humbug??

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I'm sorry, my christmas spirit rub off on you? I bet you wish you'd never popped round to old grumpy guts now lol!

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Why do people act nice to people they dont like or dont even know because of the time of year? I went to a christmas dinner last year and the waiter stood by the table and directly at the side of me after giving out the menu's. After about 5 minutes ended up tell him to fook off and leave us the look at the menu's but got shi7 of people for doing it and what did they say? Oh dont be so mean its christmas. I dont give a shi7 if its his birthday.

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Naaaa xmas spirit wasn't in me anyway it comes too darn quick doesn't seem long ago since it was last xmas - i think age has creeped in LOL:D

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Well, like we were saying this afternoon, for me it's that the kids have got older. The magic has gone from when they were tiny tots, with the wide eyes on Christmas morning at the beautiful coloured paper that hid their new little toys, that they would spend hours playing with.

Now, it's just wants! I want a Playstation, I want a mobile phone, I want money instead of presents.

Me, I want to have a couple of tots to hang round with at Christmas :)

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I'm sure Mthead could oblige :) :)

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LOL! I know he would but it's not an option ;)

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Yeh they are much easier to please than older ones - now with everything so expensive these days :(

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I know and that's the problem with yerselfs idea ...... a kiddy is for life not just for Christmas. :rolleyes: Wonder if there's any websites that rent tots out :D

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No better still - no kids xmas in the pub:D :D :D

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Now there's a plan ........ ;) :D

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i can arrainge for u to have my lot to hang round at urs xmas morning but ull have a lot of tiding to do lol

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LOL! I'm used to it ;) My place is always in chaos :eek:

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You misrable ***, you should be singing alone with her, bless her little socks..........:)





wait till no one's looking and give her a good slap........:D

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You feel rushed and if that happens your customers are not relaxed so will not remember the visit for the reasons you want. So are less likely to come back. Id love to run a pub/resturant of my own but due to financal funds not being there i cant. And when the other people watch you eat that gets me too. Ive been tempted to go over and sit next to them and ask if they would like to try my food on more than one occassion

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thats cause your getting old lol ill send our jake round he'll give ya the xmas spirit:Banane06:
its the free things abt xmas that are the best

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Don't be so miserable, It's CHRISTMAS.... I've just put my tree up!!!!!!

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LOL yeh he would just do that lol na pefer the pub idea so i can least drink some xmas spirits instead:Banane20:

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They sell long tins of humbugs in m&s with the word HUMBUG written right across it .I bought one plus a xmas black hat with "bar humbug" on it,,, but nobody was impressed and i have been banned from wearing it...STILL I DONT REALY THINK ITS HUMBUG ....

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Good to hear that something is up!

To all the folks who are not happy with Christmas, I say a loud "Scrooge You!" Sounds nasty but meaning, of course, that I hope these folks end up as happy and merry as old Ebenezer!Attachment 7488

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Its not being happy with christmas its being caught up with all the hype & stress of it all especially leading up, gee xmas day is a light releif once the dinner & washing up is done :D

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Oh our christmases arnet the same now all the kids have grown up but i still try and make an effort for them even though theyre all teenagers plus ......Iloved it when they were all little xmas morning was the best time ever watching there little faces light up when opening pressies ..]

Now its just "ta mum " so i try and put my effort more into xmas dinner now although now my eldest has to share one year with me and other with his GFs fam unless hes away with work which im sure in due coarse they will all be the same , im dreading it lol!!!

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dont really get stressed about the run up or xmas, dont go a bundle on it either,but dont dislike it. the hype and crap 3/4 months before by advertisers etc, i got a mute button. tree went up sat night, mind the kids are long gone so thats a blessing.:D

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That's all it was, we were having a grumble about how the kids are growing up more than anything. Mine and Mels youngest are 9 year old this time, so for us it's just lost that magic, as you say of their little faces at all the pressies. As they get older the prices get higher but the box's get smaller. They more or less choose want they want, so only the odd surprise.

So really it's not a moan about Christmas season, it's my kids getting older. I read a really inspiring thread on burnley web earlier which certainly main me think :)

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christmas,christmas,christmas!!!

I cant wait :banslide: :banslide: :banslide:

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I hate the run up to christmas. I have always loved Christmas eve better than Christmas day.
Now the children are all grown Christmas Eve is our Christmas Day. MUMMIBOO still has that big grin and the wide eyes. it dosnt seem like 12 months since last christmas.
it comes far to early.
It's hard work when you have loads of Grandchildren and they prefare loads of bits rather than a couple of decent presants.

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must confess did used to love it when the kids were kids,had some great crack once did a tape reckoning i was father christmas, me son thought he had a lancashire accent for a few years.;)

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Well started on the christmas pressie shop <groan> i can say ive started not got much but its a start & a card holder.....finally some pins to put rest of stuff up, bumped into miss kitty whilst down town too :D

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If any of you lot with kids are concerned about the rising cost of Christmas, here is what you do:

1) Get yourself a DVD showing lots of piccys of poor, starving African babies. You know - the usual old rubbish we see again and again on TV.

2) Sit down with the kids and show it to 'em on Christmas Eve. Make 'em feel guilty about all the pressy's they're going to get the following morning.

3) When the snot starts to dribble from their noses, ask 'em if rather than having the pressys, you should send the dosh to Africa instead.

4) The little bu**ars can only say yeah, at which point you've saved yourself piles of dosh. However, make sure you let 'em have a bag of nuts and an orange as consiliation.

Christmas is easy when you know how.

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What date is Christmas this year ?:rolleyes:

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in 20 days & counting down :(

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omg cheer up guys-its once a year and goes and quick as it comes!(no comments on that one please),you know you will have a good time really-even if its just at the accyweb meet:banhat: :banhat: :banhat:

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I will be happy come January, :D Crimbo is just too commercial and open for PC attacks for my liking. :)

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I''''m dreeeaming of a Whiiite Chrissssstmmass

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I hope nobody attacks my PC!!!!!!

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I just dont feel like Christmas this year. Cant get in the swing of things - i've still to write the christmas cards, put the tree up, start the christmas shopping.

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Not far behind you jen, although did manage to get a few pressies on sunday in preston, otherwise it's finding the flippin time!!!!!!!!!:(

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DECEMBER 25TH.:D

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I cannot let your reply go unanswered, I do not think you are an indecent person or an uncharitable soul, one question I would ask of you, if you were told it was your last Christmas on this earth how would you celebrate it ,if at all?

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Instead of being nice to friends and neighbours at Xmas why don’t people do the same the whole year round?

For me and by choice, Xmas is just another couple of days the same as all the rest. The only difference is that there might be some decent programmes on TV.

With 4 children, 11 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren I cannot afford to give them all a meaningful Xmas present so they all get a card with a fiver for those under 16. They get a tenner on their birthday. They all know not to buy me a pressie, as a card will do for me. Those who can will drop in for ten minutes to wish me the season’s greetings. If anyone is so conscience stricken that they insist on buying me something for Xmas they know that either a packet of fags or a bar of chocolate will be appreciated rather than something that I don’t need or want.

So Xmas is bah humbug for me but if the world wants to celebrate then that is fine by me. Just don’t ask me to get involved. I’m content in my world.

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Just seen misskitty saying cant wait cant wait etc etc etc...

But what for? What is there to look forward to? yes you get presents and thats it. Noone cars about christmas spirit and all that craq

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Extremely well put. Thats exactly how i feel about it and alot of other things