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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Nov 19, 2018 22:48:57 GMT
I'm not much of a celebration person. Guess I'm a Grinch.  I just like my normal, every day routine and I get really annoyed when it's interrupted. Holidays to me are basically just a bunch of work for stupid reasons. Not that I do a ton of work, myself. Since I live with "those who gave me life" I have to help them out a bit. They typically do a Thanksgiving and Christmas potluck at the Shit Barn, so I carry things/up & down stairs, wash lots of dishes, and hand things down to "she who pushed me out of her baby canal" so she can hang them up somewhere. She loves to decorate and we always have a tree of some sort. They still buy and send pressies to the grandkids so she has fun with that, but we don't really do the whole xmas gift exchange between the three of us. Though last year she bought a few food stuffs and wrapped them up. The jerk-brother's poor wife usually sends them a box, so I'll sit and watch them open that. It's usually pics of the grandbabies. I haven't had money for years so haven't gotten them anything, except for one year when we were living without home internet. I gave her a flash drive filled with movies and shit for her to watch. "He with the mighty sperm" bought her a vacuum cleaner one year, and I've gotten a couple of computers and an ipod. I never ask for anything, but he tends to ask me if I want something, so I'll throw out a suggestion cos he did ask. And that's only after saying several times that I don't need anything. But I already got a new computer this year after dowsing my last one with ice water, so he won't ask this year, which will be nice. So that's what my holidays are like, what about yours? Do you enjoy them? Do you work through them or take time off? |
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Post by writeway on Nov 20, 2018 3:21:11 GMT
I'm a homebody and an introvert so I always just stay at home. My dad and I live together so he always gets me a Thanksgiving meal and he goes to his girlfriend's and I just do my thing. I have plenty of family to spend holidays with if I wanted to but I enjoy being alone at home, eating and watching football and movies. Holidays are just days to me especially since my mother passed over a decade ago.
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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Nov 20, 2018 3:38:18 GMT
I'm a homebody and an introvert so I always just stay at home. My dad and I live together so he always gets me a Thanksgiving meal and he goes to his girlfriend's and I just do my thing. I have plenty of family to spend holidays with if I wanted to but I enjoy being alone at home, eating and watching football and movies. Holidays are just days to me especially since my mother passed over a decade ago. Sorry about your mom. *hugs* It's nice that your dad doesn't try and pressure you into going out with him. I used to have to go things when we lived closer to relatives and it sucked. I'm a homebody like you. I have a home why would I ever want to leave it? |
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Post by corabuhlert on Nov 20, 2018 4:29:49 GMT
Sorry about your Mom, writewayI'm in Germany, so we don't do Thanksgiving over here, at least not US style (we do have a thanksgiving type harvest festival, which is a parade and a church service in September). There might be turkey this Thursday, but that's because I like turkey. It's good lean meat and I buy it a lot, though only breasts. For Christmas, I'm staying with my parents. There will be food and probably a tree. I'll get some presents for them, too. Books for my Mom. Not sure what I'll get for my Dad, cause he is difficult. I'll also put up some decorations and I'll make holiday cookies. And I'll visit at least one Christmas market this season. |
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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Nov 20, 2018 5:02:26 GMT
Sorry about your Mom, writewayI'm in Germany, so we don't do Thanksgiving over here, at least not US style (we do have a thanksgiving type harvest festival, which is a parade and a church service in September). There might be turkey this Thursday, but that's because I like turkey. It's good lean meat and I buy it a lot, though only breasts. For Christmas, I'm staying with my parents. There will be food and probably a tree. I'll get some presents for them, too. Books for my Mom. Not sure what I'll get for my Dad, cause he is difficult. I'll also put up some decorations and I'll make holiday cookies. And I'll visit at least one Christmas market this season. Yeah, it's not surprising that non-americans don't celebrate Native American Holocaust Day. What's a Christmas Market? A store that just sells Christmas stuff? |
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Post by possiblyderanged on Nov 20, 2018 14:22:28 GMT
I know, right? I call Columbus Day "Cultural Annihilation Day" and refuse to have anything to do with it. For years, since I was pagan, Thanksgiving was a day to be thankful for a bountiful harvest. We would have done it earlier, but everyone had the day off, so it was easier. I've been invited to have dinner with my youngest son and his girlfriend's family, so that will be nice. I wasn't planning anything since it's only me and the oldest now, he has to work until 11 pm. For Christmas, my middle son wants us to get together at his house and go all out. I stopped doing a lot for holidays because it was exhausting to cook and get everything done. And with no grandkids, there wasn't a lot of point to go through all the decorating stuff when I had to do it all myself, and the boys really didn't care. This year I have an honorary grandson (official when/if his parents are able to marry sometime in the future), which will make things interesting. I'd basically given up on having grandchildren, and as it turned out, he will be the only one, so I guess I need to study up on the sorta-step-grandma stuff. |
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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Nov 20, 2018 21:17:24 GMT
I know, right? I call Columbus Day "Cultural Annihilation Day" and refuse to have anything to do with it. For years, since I was pagan, Thanksgiving was a day to be thankful for a bountiful harvest. We would have done it earlier, but everyone had the day off, so it was easier. I've been invited to have dinner with my youngest son and his girlfriend's family, so that will be nice. I wasn't planning anything since it's only me and the oldest now, he has to work until 11 pm. For Christmas, my middle son wants us to get together at his house and go all out. I stopped doing a lot for holidays because it was exhausting to cook and get everything done. And with no grandkids, there wasn't a lot of point to go through all the decorating stuff when I had to do it all myself, and the boys really didn't care. This year I have an honorary grandson (official when/if his parents are able to marry sometime in the future), which will make things interesting. I'd basically given up on having grandchildren, and as it turned out, he will be the only one, so I guess I need to study up on the sorta-step-grandma stuff. Yaaays on maybe getting a grandson and for having some nice holiday plans.  If I lived alone I would totally ignore turkey day and prolly xmas, too. Unless I got invited over to an actual friend's house. Then I'd go and just have fun with people I like. If I got invited anywhere for Columbus day I'd bring a Columbus pinata/voodoo doll. We could all stick pins in him and remind him of his fowl deeds. |
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Post by corabuhlert on Nov 21, 2018 4:52:37 GMT
Sorry about your Mom, writeway I'm in Germany, so we don't do Thanksgiving over here, at least not US style (we do have a thanksgiving type harvest festival, which is a parade and a church service in September). There might be turkey this Thursday, but that's because I like turkey. It's good lean meat and I buy it a lot, though only breasts. For Christmas, I'm staying with my parents. There will be food and probably a tree. I'll get some presents for them, too. Books for my Mom. Not sure what I'll get for my Dad, cause he is difficult. I'll also put up some decorations and I'll make holiday cookies. And I'll visit at least one Christmas market this season. Yeah, it's not surprising that non-americans don't celebrate Native American Holocaust Day. What's a Christmas Market? A store that just sells Christmas stuff? Christmas markets are open air markets, a bit like craft fairs or farmer's markets, with stalls that sell holiday decorations and crafts. There are also stalls that sell food and mulled wine. The stalls are decorated for the season, there's usually a a big Christmas tree and at least one carousel. Pretty much every German city or town has a Christmas market, though the size varies a lot.
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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Nov 21, 2018 5:42:47 GMT
corabuhlert, how fun! I love all the old buildings. We have things like that here, sometimes they're inside and are called Craft Shows, sometimes they're outside and are more like festivals.
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Post by thatwritergal on Dec 5, 2018 18:38:38 GMT
Sorry to hear about your mom, writeway. :-( Sending hugs your way.
From a fellow introvert and homebody, we've also been staying home this year. In the past years, we've usually visited my parents but this year it's mostly a nice meal at home and some game time on the playstation. I do love watching the Nutcracker around this time and catching all the lovely Christmas concerts from orchestras around the world. I've already set up my youtube playlist to watch them all while I bake. :-)
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Post by kateelizabeth on Dec 10, 2018 18:27:59 GMT
I'm so sorry about your mom, writeway.
We had Thanksgiving lunch at my sister's, and then Thanksgiving dinner at my in-laws'. Both were really nice, and I was so stuffed, I was a good kind of miserable.
Normally, my husband and my two children (and the pets) open gifts, then we head to brunch and gifts at my in-laws', then an early dinner and gifts at my parents'.
This year, my son went to Parris Island for Marine boot camp at the beginning of November. So we didn't have him for Thanksgiving, and he'll also be gone for Christmas and his birthday. We're going to at least have another Christmas for him during his leave before he goes on to combat training.
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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Dec 10, 2018 18:56:06 GMT
I'm so sorry about your mom, writeway. We had Thanksgiving lunch at my sister's, and then Thanksgiving dinner at my in-laws'. Both were really nice, and I was so stuffed, I was a good kind of miserable. Normally, my husband and my two children (and the pets) open gifts, then we head to brunch and gifts at my in-laws', then an early dinner and gifts at my parents'. This year, my son went to Parris Island for Marine boot camp at the beginning of November. So we didn't have him for Thanksgiving, and he'll also be gone for Christmas and his birthday. We're going to at least have another Christmas for him during his leave before he goes on to combat training. You must miss your son, but I'm sure you're very proud of him! It sounds like you've got a good setup for the holidays, with parents and in-laws. My brother's ex-wife's family is like that. |
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Post by kateelizabeth on Dec 11, 2018 17:40:49 GMT
We are proud of him. I have to say, I did beg him not to, but he was determined to enlist. He will be in the reserves, so he'll be working and going to college. After that, he wants to go in the military full-time.
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I just like my normal, every day routine and I get really annoyed when it's interrupted. Holidays to me are basically just a bunch of work for stupid reasons. Not that I do a ton of work, myself. 
