Christmas 2015

Trollheart · 12-14-2015, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I can't afford presents this year so everyone will just be getting my autograph.

Hey, that's not so bad. In ten years time that could be worth, you know, nothing at all...

Not much shopping for me to do. Two brothers who don't give a **** and aren't given a **** about, a sister who has already agreed we get each other gift tokens, a few bottles of wine to distribute among the neighbours, a pink cigarette lighter with her name on for my hot new neighbour, new TV for my sis (already bought) and a few cards, turkey etc and I'm done.

Not a big fan of Christmas. Plus you just know ISIS are planning something special...

The Batlord · 12-14-2015, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

a pink cigarette lighter with her name on for my hot new neighbour

To TH's hot neighbor,

Oriphiel · 12-14-2015, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

To TH's hot neighbor,

Trollheart · 12-14-2015, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

To TH's hot neighbor,

Rumours the lighter has a tiny video camera inside are totally unprovable.

**Exo** · 12-14-2015, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

a pink cigarette lighter with her name on for my hot new neighbour

Video matches TH so well it's almost surreal.

Zhanteimi · 12-14-2015, 07:01 PM

Merry Christmas!

We're three weeks into Advent now, and my kids are working on their Jesse Tree. We've got all the presents already under the tree, and we listen to Sting's If On a Winter's Night, Handel's Messiah, and Sufjan Steven's and Pete Seeger's Christmas albums.

Trollheart · 12-15-2015, 05:28 AM

I remember when we were kids we used to write our letters to Santa and then our parents would take them to the fire, hold them over the flames and the updraft would whisk them up the chimney. Don't ask me why we did this, but maybe it had something to do with Santa coming down the chimney, so we thought the North Pole was on top of the house or something? I don't know, but that's what we did.

Also, it's lovely to see on Christmas Eve the news reporting on Santa's progress, with some guy dressed in a Santa suit shown "setting out from the North Pole" in a sled drawn by deer. Great for the kids, and of course the newscaster always advises kids to get to bed early, so that Santa will see they're being good and leave presents. Ulterior motives, huh?

**Frownland** · 12-15-2015, 08:33 AM

I figured Santa out when I was four or so snooping for presents in my parents' closet. I found a dank Lego thing, and on Christmas Day it was marked 'from Santa'. That was the last time I trusted anyone.

Zhanteimi · 12-15-2015, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I figured Santa out when I was four or so snooping for presents in my parents' closet. I found a dank Lego thing, and on Christmas Day it was marked 'from Santa'. That was the last time I trusted anyone.

Trust. You nailed it. This is precisely why my wife and I have never lied to our children about Santa being real.

The Batlord · 12-15-2015, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mordwyr

Trust. You nailed it. This is precisely why my wife and I have never lied to our children about Santa being real.

**** that ****. Santa's fun. You'd have to be deranged to stop trusting your parents after you figured out Santa wasn't real, cause anyone with half a brain knows it's all in good fun. Why not put a little literal magic into a kid's life when they're still young enough to enjoy it? I'm an atheist and I have been all my life, but I'm happy to have believed in Santa for as long as I did, cause it made that one time a year into an event that it can never be for an adult.

12-15-2015, 05:28 AM	#7 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	I remember when we were kids we used to write our letters to Santa and then our parents would take them to the fire, hold them over the flames and the updraft would whisk them up the chimney. Don't ask me why we did this, but maybe it had something to do with Santa coming down the chimney, so we thought the North Pole was on top of the house or something? I don't know, but that's what we did. Also, it's lovely to see on Christmas Eve the news reporting on Santa's progress, with some guy dressed in a Santa suit shown "setting out from the North Pole" in a sled drawn by deer. Great for the kids, and of course the newscaster always advises kids to get to bed early, so that Santa will see they're being good and leave presents. Ulterior motives, huh? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

12-15-2015, 08:33 AM	#8 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I figured Santa out when I was four or so snooping for presents in my parents' closet. I found a dank Lego thing, and on Christmas Day it was marked 'from Santa'. That was the last time I trusted anyone. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-14-2015, 07:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	Merry Christmas! We're three weeks into Advent now, and my kids are working on their Jesse Tree. We've got all the presents already under the tree, and we listen to Sting's If On a Winter's Night, Handel's Messiah, and Sufjan Steven's and Pete Seeger's Christmas albums.