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YodaQuiversStern

YodaQuiversStern

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My half-sister is still begging for money on Go Fund Me. What started as "I need $4k for medical bills" (for surgeries she hasn't even had, BTW) is now "I need $8k for medical bills and to buy gifts for my sons for Christmas". Only one $25 donation so far. How about teaching the kids that the meaning of Christmas isn't about getting gifts??? I'm not religious, but I do hate that people try to make this holiday all about gift giving. People have birthdays for gifts!
 
Honkey Donkey

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yodaquiversstern said:
None yet. I was always a last minute shopper. That's part of my Christmas denial.

Husband and I don't exchange gifts really, other than he gives me a new ornament for the tree every year (he picks something with meaning) and I make a custom calendar with pictures of the stuff we did the year prior. I have no idea what to get my mom and stepdad. I always get my Dad and his girlfriend restaurant gift cards.

I'm old enough that I wish people would quit buying me gifts. I tell them this every year and they still buy stuff. I throw away/donate a lot of that stuff away because it's just junk. I'd rather they spend their money on themselves.
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I once worked with a guy who hated Xmas shopping so much he would do it all in one day then go to the strip club after to calm down and celebrate that it was over with . He would use cash and ask for ones for change on the gifts he bought . When we worked together I used to meet him and do the same . I wonder if he still does that gimmick.
 
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yodaquiversstern said:
My half-sister is still begging for money on Go Fund Me. What started as "I need $4k for medical bills" (for surgeries she hasn't even had, BTW) is now "I need $8k for medical bills and to buy gifts for my sons for Christmas". Only one $25 donation so far. How about teaching the kids that the meaning of Christmas isn't about getting gifts??? I'm not religious, but I do hate that people try to make this holiday all about gift giving. People have birthdays for gifts!
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Lol, thanks obama
 
YodaQuiversStern

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Honkey Donkey said:
Thsts all it should be for . Only for people under 16.
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I like gifts when it's something unique that someone finds and knows immediately that you would love it...like last year, my SIL gave me a "Gluten is my Kryptonite" t-shirt. It's perfect for me! This is why my husband likes the calendar I make every year. It's meaningful to him. I let him open it on Christmas.
 
Harry Vanderspeigle

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yodaquiversstern said:
I like gifts when it's something unique that someone finds and knows immediately that you would love it...like last year, my SIL gave me a "Gluten is my Kryptonite" t-shirt. It's perfect for me! This is why my husband likes the calendar I make every year. It's meaningful to him. I let him open it on Christmas.
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We all just trade gift cards net zero so lame.
 
Honkey Donkey

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I feel like just asking everyone how much you want and writing out a check for this shakedown . Being a single guy this time of year I get shafted . No one gets shit for my GF but I have to get two for everyone and they have two incomes .
 
eddyg

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Paktype said:
I wouldn't say that Hanukkah is ignored. But one needs to understand what it is, and what it isn't.

Hanukkah is not one of the major holidays on the Jewish calendar but it is a significant one. Preceding the birth of Jesus by about 170 years, Hanukkah marks the military victory of a small band of Jews over the much more powerful Seleucid empire, which resulted in the liberation of Jerusalem and the surrounding area, resumption of Temple services and free Jewish religious practice. This was deemed to be a miracle and so the holiday of Hanukkah was established by the rabbis of the time. A Jewish commonwealth was thereafter established, which unfortunately proved to be short-lived due to the ascendancy of Rome.

It is worth noting that the Hanukkah story takes place in the Jewish month of Kislev, which usually overlaps with some part of December. Conversely, Christmas is celebrated on December 25 because early Church fathers wanted to take an already established pagan holiday on that day and make it a Christian holiday. Most historians agree that Jesus was not born in December but in the spring - Mary and Joseph were traveling to Jerusalem for Passover.

The story of Hanukkah was memorialized in the Book of the Maccabees. However, this book was not given canon status by the rabbis because it attributes the victory of the Jews to military skill more so than Divine intervention. While it is included in Christian bible canon, along with other lesser known works such as the Books of Tobit, Judith and Jubilees, it is not considered canon in Judaism.

There are many customs involved in Hanukkah but there is NO custom to buy gifts for people or to hold parties or feasts. Those are reserved for another holiday, known as Purim (which ignorant people call the Jewish Halloween because of the custom to wear costumes). While there is a custom on Hannukah to give to charity and perhaps some coins to young children, the modern day notion of Hanukkah presents and parties are the direct result of Christian influence. Basically, Jewish children saw Christian children getting presents on their holiday around the same time of the year and were upset that their own holiday didn't feature presents. So, now it does.
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you must be a **** to know this much.I am a ****.
 
YodaQuiversStern

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OK, I bought my first gift (mom and stepdad)...bought it now only because Amazon said it had 2 left and I have to account for shipping times. This is actually something that I think they could really use, so I'm happy about this gift. The thing is, had I been visiting them in March instead of last month, I would have bought them the same gift in March. I don't need a stupid holiday to give a gift of something that I think someone could use or would like or needs.
 
Honkey Donkey

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It's almost over . Everyone get ready to pack it in . I don't want to hear any more Xmas songs after midnight .
 
Monsoon

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Both parents had near Christmas birthdays. This is going to be MY Christmas this year. Everybody is good and dead and the rest I've disowned. Except for my son I have nobody to worry about. Works for me.

I have sisters that no matter what I got them, made fun of it. I used to get them jewelry until I found out they were regifting or selling it. I couldn't believe it. My older sister actually said " that stuff was real?" I gave her a pink sapphire ring and she said she sold it for $20 and the guy said it was fake. Who knows what the truth is. I'd see her using the Borghese I got her on farm animals. She always had this sarcastic snort she'd do whenever I got her anything.

This year I got everybody the blackest gift ever. Nothing. Use that on you're pet sheep.


F mutt
 
Paktype

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Honkey Donkey said:
So now that it is November 1st are we going to star hearing god damn Xmas music today?
I hate it . Its the most horrible time of the year.
Post here if you hate Xmas and want to punch Santa in the face .
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I like Christmas music, and the entire Christmas season.
 
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Used to hate it for what it represents, now I like it. Just the rarity of it I guess, creativity of lights, gets darker earlier and just another reason to stay inside.
 
Grateful Jim

Grateful Jim

I guess it doesn't matter anyway
I really dread the encroaching holiday season , already seeing Christmas commercials on TV. On the positive side though , I think that I'll have a better Christmas this year than I did last year seeing as I spent the 22nd - 26th in the Trauma unit of the hospital last year.
 
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smartass

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Anonymous said:
I love xmas.
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I fucking hate Christmas with a passion..In a holiday that's suppose to be showing love or care for those close and not close to you, has morphed into the most gimmicky, commercialized material fuckfest!!!!!
 
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