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Are the holidays less chaotic for you than for us???
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<blockquote data-quote="nlj" data-source="post: 639328" data-attributes="member: 17650"><p>No thanksgiving here in Wales <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I'm not keen on Christmas. It's just a load of commercialism here. The season of clutter and greed.</p><p></p><p>We have an old house (built 1806) with enough room and my eldest daughter often comes for a week or so. We cook a traditional turkey on Christmas day, but I don't go over-the-top with anything. Step-kids come over on Christmas morning and my son sometimes appears for a day or two and gets really stressed about big businesses, comercialism and exploitation. He has a point and I agree with him. After Suzir's suggestion on my other thread I'll be getting a supply of eco-friendly cleaning products (super-extra-strength) to give him as a gift this year <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</p><p></p><p>Just read my post back and I sound like a right misery-guts. It's a couple of weeks off work for me and H, so that's something to celebrate! We go to the beach walking a lot if the weather is crisp and cold.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlj, post: 639328, member: 17650"] No thanksgiving here in Wales :) I'm not keen on Christmas. It's just a load of commercialism here. The season of clutter and greed. We have an old house (built 1806) with enough room and my eldest daughter often comes for a week or so. We cook a traditional turkey on Christmas day, but I don't go over-the-top with anything. Step-kids come over on Christmas morning and my son sometimes appears for a day or two and gets really stressed about big businesses, comercialism and exploitation. He has a point and I agree with him. After Suzir's suggestion on my other thread I'll be getting a supply of eco-friendly cleaning products (super-extra-strength) to give him as a gift this year :). Just read my post back and I sound like a right misery-guts. It's a couple of weeks off work for me and H, so that's something to celebrate! We go to the beach walking a lot if the weather is crisp and cold. [/QUOTE]
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