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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 642926" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My son 37 told me something very interesting about Christmas in a different way, but it's really the same.</p><p></p><p>In my young, naive years, I always thought it was just us who were left alone without extended relatives and friends on Christmas and, while I was still in my 30's and maybe even early 40's, I still cared. I am finding out A LOT of people are actually alone on Christmas.</p><p></p><p>37 was alone on Christmas. He didn't drive up to Chicago and his son spent eight days with him and now is with his mother. So he was totally alone. He used an old trick he'd done another Christmas when he didn't want to be alone. He went on his favorite pick-a-chick site, Match.Com. He gets more responses on Christmas and other holidays than other days. He can almost always find something to do too. Now if these women were happily in familyland, they wouldn't be on Match making plans to go on a date.</p><p></p><p>Another thing that sort of tickled me yesterday (Christmas) was that while Jumper was visiting the dog she was dognsitting and my husband had run Sonic home with his new television (and stayed to get it working) I was alone. I didn't mind and decided to wash clothes in our apartment basement where the washers and dryers are. I was surprised that others were also doing it. I ran into two other people, which is very unusual for this small apartment, and even cracked a joke to one that here we were doing laundry on Christmas. Later in the day, I saw this lady getting a few guests who were laden down with presents, but, like us, it had not been one big wonderful all-day affair laden with family and love.</p><p></p><p>The Chinese buffet is another great example of how it is way exaggerated how "everyone" is happily enjoying large family functions on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Plenty of us don't have a lot of peeps on those days, but, heck, we can sure have a lot of fun! Our little Christmas was a really warm, cozy affair and if we'd gone Chinese, it would have been all the better. I'm mad I didn't think of it <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 glad all of you had a good time and I'm also glad many of us are learning that Christmas is as different to each person as our jobs, our choices in clothing, our interests and everything else. It is ok to have our own kinds of holidays that do not conform to the norms. It is ok to have fun in differeing ways</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 642926, member: 1550"] My son 37 told me something very interesting about Christmas in a different way, but it's really the same. In my young, naive years, I always thought it was just us who were left alone without extended relatives and friends on Christmas and, while I was still in my 30's and maybe even early 40's, I still cared. I am finding out A LOT of people are actually alone on Christmas. 37 was alone on Christmas. He didn't drive up to Chicago and his son spent eight days with him and now is with his mother. So he was totally alone. He used an old trick he'd done another Christmas when he didn't want to be alone. He went on his favorite pick-a-chick site, Match.Com. He gets more responses on Christmas and other holidays than other days. He can almost always find something to do too. Now if these women were happily in familyland, they wouldn't be on Match making plans to go on a date. Another thing that sort of tickled me yesterday (Christmas) was that while Jumper was visiting the dog she was dognsitting and my husband had run Sonic home with his new television (and stayed to get it working) I was alone. I didn't mind and decided to wash clothes in our apartment basement where the washers and dryers are. I was surprised that others were also doing it. I ran into two other people, which is very unusual for this small apartment, and even cracked a joke to one that here we were doing laundry on Christmas. Later in the day, I saw this lady getting a few guests who were laden down with presents, but, like us, it had not been one big wonderful all-day affair laden with family and love. The Chinese buffet is another great example of how it is way exaggerated how "everyone" is happily enjoying large family functions on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Plenty of us don't have a lot of peeps on those days, but, heck, we can sure have a lot of fun! Our little Christmas was a really warm, cozy affair and if we'd gone Chinese, it would have been all the better. I'm mad I didn't think of it :) I'm glad all of you had a good time and I'm also glad many of us are learning that Christmas is as different to each person as our jobs, our choices in clothing, our interests and everything else. It is ok to have our own kinds of holidays that do not conform to the norms. It is ok to have fun in differeing ways [/QUOTE]
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