Stillearly Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) Not sure whether I can be bothered putting up Xmas decorations or not this year ... do you bother if you live alone or does your home look like Santa's Grotto ... ? Bah Humbug 🎄 Edited December 3, 2022 by Stillearly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 I am not at home, but when I was, I used to put some flashing lights in the window and had a little tree. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lemondropkid Posted December 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2022 Live alone. Put up the Xmas cards I get but that's about it. Love the joy various young relatives take it in but I'd be honest now to say there's a small selfish part of me that's relieved when it's over. Both my parents are passed on now, so it's partly a sad time now. A myth it's a happy time for everyone. Even more so now with economy going down the pan. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 All my family are dead now so Christmas is meaningless to me now. Just another day. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 55 minutes ago, galenkia said: All my family are dead now so Christmas is meaningless to me now. Just another day. Sounds cruel, but that’s life. Same as me with birthdays, after 21-22 never wanted anyone to make a fuss for me, not a big deal except another year closer to the dirt nap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunder367 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 in 20 odd yrs ive had my own place only twicehas any gone up.once when i had a thai gf over and other time was when a m8 was living with me.his gf put them up asked her why because she said.well i told ur both coming thailand for xmas so who goign to be here for them and take them down.since then ive never ever bothered at all as i work away in week and if hoem for xmas i go my sister and mums for xmas.plus waste of money on eletricity to 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Years ago we had a small tree that came out for Chrimbo but I think it got lost in one of our many moves. Lots of houses lit up plus they have Xmas lights in the village but I just can't be arsed. I know I'm a misery guts but Xmas bores me shitless. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yessongs Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Quite frankly, I still like X-Mas and our tree is now up. I remember many great X-Mas memories, especially with my kids when they were young. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Another bah humbug here. When I was at home, I had a 10" fake tree with flashing LEDs that used to come out of its box and go on the table as a token gesture...if I was feeling community spirited then I used to move it to a window at night.... then the battery leaked one summer and the LEDs stopped flashing... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy dee Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 on my own, couldnt care less. last year with the, then, wife to be.. we did.. and this year have grandchildren coming so of course. tree is aging but every decoration has a memory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 I will leave my opinion to Father Jack ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Boy Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Ten years ago it was a small tree and some sad bits of tinsel, but I've become more domesticated and now have LED lights strung along the entire front of the house, as well as fancy animated snowman and santa lights all along the security fence facing the street. The small tree and sad bits of tinsel inside are still there though, lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nightcrawler Posted December 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2022 I don't celebrate Christmas nor have done for quite a few years. Don't bother with decorations or tacky outside house illumination. Christmas is for kids and I enjoy watching the excitement on my Grandson's face on Christmas day when he opens his presents. To me, Christmas has long since become a commercial enterprise and little to do with religion. For many, Christmas can be a lonely and depressing time, as this ritual comes around each year. Having a Christmas tree in my living room, would not make me feel any different any other day. If I were still working, I would look forward to a brief holiday but now every day is more or less the same On TV we see this stereotype of Christmas with snow falling and slaybells, but it's all just to get you shopping. That said,I quite enjoy Christmas Dinner, although it takes 10 times longer to cook and prepare that it takes to eat, and fall asleep in front of the TV. So,No to decorations personally but great for kids up to the point where they become cynical 😃 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Our Xmas day is always the same,my mum comes over to dinner & stays the night.We don't like turkey so have roast chicken which is not a lot different from lots of other roast dinners we have during the year. The missus buys some crackers so we end up with the silly paper hats on. There is absolutely nothing worth watching on tv except maybe reruns of long dead comedians.Having said that they are usually much funnier than any living ones. The most boring day of the year by far. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 22 minutes ago, coxyhog said: Our Xmas day is always the same,my mum comes over to dinner & stays the night.We don't like turkey so have roast chicken which is not a lot different from lots of other roast dinners we have during the year. The missus buys some crackers so we end up with the silly paper hats on. It is so odd, isn't it, that you have such a long and happy marriage but dislike Xmas, whereas with each of my Thai wives it has been the happiest days in our marriages! With my daughter's Mother, we had a fantastic Xmas at my Mum's (1997). I did the whole thing from going out to buy a real tree, through to decorating it and doing the table decorations. The preparation and cooking the food was a real team effort! The culmination of a fantastic dinner was me doing the washing up whilst they disappeared somewhere... Later I found the two of them (My Wife and my Mum) cuddled up under a blanket crying their eyes out to Titanic. My wife had bought it as a Xmas present for my Mum on video (it was newly released in UK). Fantastic times !! Who'd of thought that the WWotN had a heart !!! With my last TW, I did a smashing Xmas party for the whole extended Thai family with a massive turkey and loads of wine and dancing. At the time who'd of thought that she would end up fucking every man in the Province or that her parents would kill my dog because I refused to use her for breeding.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 I am not adverse to a kiss under the mistletoe from a female if held at waist level. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Just put up my tree in the lounge with plenty of lights in the conservatory, keep the little girl happy! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lazarus Posted December 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2022 Hoe, ho, ho...🎅 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiFlyer Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) I remember Xmas from when I was 6 or 7 years old. I am 73 now. The joy I felt at that earlier time, from the various decorations and celebrations still carries with me to some degree. The excessive presents and commercialization puzzled me even back then. I very much enjoy watching young people taking enjoyment in the holiday season. I brought with some Xmas lights when I first moved to Thailand about 6 years ago. The GF hung them up and almost started the couch on fire. My Buddhist TGF was not used to this type of thing. She noticed (I think) that I was ghosting a memory that no longer meant anything to me. We do not decorate or directly celebrate Xmas, although I still make something a little fancy for dinner. She does ask about Xmas presents. 🙂 Edited December 4, 2022 by ChiFlyer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Well, I guess I am a grinch because I think Xmas is for little kids and bible thumpers; I have never had a tree in my house and don't have lights up outside either. When I was younger Xmas was a lot of fun because there were parties everywhere and we all got into the spirit, but then society ruined all of that with its zeal for safety by making it impossible to move around to the various parties without running into gestapo checkstops. My aussie sister-in-law is totally bonkers about Xmas - she's the sort who starts planning it in July - and wants nothing more than to inflict herself on my home brother and myself for another "White Christmas" up there in northern Canada but I told her that I'll never spend another Xmas in the north again if I am able to travel away from it and I intend to keep that promise - I'd much rather be under the palm trees for that time of year, anything is better than the cold and gloom of a northern winter. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coxyhog Posted December 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2022 I don’t mean to be a Grinch, however.... to those of you who are placing Christmas lights/decorations in your yards, would you please avoid anything that has Red or Blue flashing lights together!! Every time I come around the corner, I think it's the police and I have a panic attack. I have to brake hard, toss my margarita out the window, fasten my seat belt, throw my phone on the floor, turn my radio down, and push the gun under the seat. All while trying to drive. It's just too much drama, even for Christmas. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tko Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 We have children, so putting up the tree is huge for them. Being in Thailand we probably have the only tree up in our neighborhood, but the malls and many restaurants put them up. Also our daughter attends a Catholic girl's school, so Christmas is celebrated there, too. The Santa Claus myth is over for them, though. When she was eight years old she and some of her friends were running around the house playing and stumbled on the gift wrapped packages in my home office closet. They all came out yelling "Daddy is Santa Claus!" They all called my Daddy because to them it just meant "Katie's father," because she was the only one who used that word. It got me some odd looks and comments when friends from the US visited to have a bunch of Thai kid's calling me "Daddy." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 12 minutes ago, tko said: They all called my Daddy because to them it just meant "Katie's father," because she was the only one who used that word. It got me some odd looks and comments when friends from the US visited to have a bunch of Thai kid's calling me "Daddy." I get exactly what you are saying but my daughter's friends are all now in their 20s and call me "Daddy"....!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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roomark Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 12/4/2022 at 11:20 PM, maipenrai said: Well, I guess I am a grinch because I think Xmas is for little kids and bible thumpers; I have never had a tree in my house and don't have lights up outside either. When I was younger Xmas was a lot of fun because there were parties everywhere and we all got into the spirit, but then society ruined all of that with its zeal for safety by making it impossible to move around to the various parties without running into gestapo checkstops. My aussie sister-in-law is totally bonkers about Xmas - she's the sort who starts planning it in July - and wants nothing more than to inflict herself on my home brother and myself for another "White Christmas" up there in northern Canada but I told her that I'll never spend another Xmas in the north again if I am able to travel away from it and I intend to keep that promise - I'd much rather be under the palm trees for that time of year, anything is better than the cold and gloom of a northern winter. Totally agree mate. Last year I was snorkeling on Xmas Day off Ya Nui Beach Phuket , this year I'm in the thick of it currently -4 in U.K hate the winter here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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