If you're going to say "People are so happy on Christmas" you have to follow it up with the word day, otherwise, like I said before, it's just wrong. It's like if you said "What are you doing on Easter", that too would be wrong. However, if you said "what are you doing on Easter Sunday", that would be right.
If I get either of you 2 in secret Santa next year, I'm getting you a book on the correct use of grammar.
I'm most definitely a miserable bastard. I feckin' hate Christmas at the best of times but this year was just miserable despite trying not to be. So glad it's all over but some cunny funt sent me a text today telling me there was only 364 days to next Christmas,..the shite Also, TV this year was just awful... BAH HUMBUG Gaffer should come along to finish off the day so me and him can have it out over percentages...
I ended up doing well on Christmas. It involved ditching the family and going to a casino and getting a substantial return on investment. Nothing makes me merrier than free money.
My family plays a trivia game over skype every year that has some good prizes if you play it well. This year I won: $200 American Express Debit Card $75 to Best Buy $50 to Amazon About $300 in gift cards to restaurants Last year the grand prize was a 42" HDTV. That was in addition to the usual gifts from my parents. Also everyone got hams sent to their houses. It's pretty nice because you get to see family and you win shit, but you don't have to go anywhere, and you don't have to spend a lot of time with family to where it gets annoying. It's a one hour Skype call and that's it. This is what we've come up with because none of us really like traveling or doing big family functions for Christmas. Family is good in small doses, but beyond that it gets obnoxious and awkward.
does anyone show up in their underwear? that alone would count me out. I'd be the one showing up in his underwear.
My dad and stepmother. She has a successful business, so it's not a big deal for her and she seems to like doing it. You can also trade at the end of the game if you didn't like what you got. I forgot to mention that.
Stayed with some friends and saw my family. Nothing extraordinary, just did not feel like Xmas. Perhaps if I did not have looming homelessness hanging over my head I may have enjoyed it more. That said, this was the first Xmas that had no decent films on TV. It was mostly crap.
No, not at the moment. I have some problems which are stopping me from doing so at the moment. Which is partly why I quit that trainee chef job and that other one two weeks later.
Do any of you guys get those bragging Christmas letters from friends or relatives where they talk about how great their lives are and how their kids are all superstars? I find them really obnoxious and dishonest, especially when I know that the families involved are really dysfunctional. Usually something like this would be more accurate:
Supposed to be my last day off work and I have ended up in the office as Exchange has gone completely tits up. If I get this working today everyone will no doubt come back tomorrow none the wiser.