Colin
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I hate christmas 
Well I like christmas day but hate the build up to it, christmas is well over rated!
I hate having to run round busy shops trying to find stuff to buy for my family, who want for nothing...just because its the done thing!! I hate a wasted 2 weeks holiday at a time of year when theres very little to do & id rather have the time in summer.
Anyone else feel the same??
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andy1868
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i quite like having time off at christmas, going to work on a rainy cold morning is depressing to the max, at least this way you can stay in a nice warm bed for 2 weeks 
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Cosmo
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I wouldnt mind if the build up last the 2 or 3 weeks before, but it start in September!!
Do all my xmas shopping online these days so no need to go into a busy city and wait for hours in traffic and queuing to pay.
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Colin
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Im going to do alot of mine online I think, Im going somewhere with Jade on Friday aswell but after that im not going anywhere near the shops!!
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ed
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It's ironic how I have to ask my parents for some money so I can buy them a present.
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andy1868
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ask them for £20 and give them a tenner in a card
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JadeM
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quote:
Anyone else feel the same??
Nuppers I looooove Christmas and I loooove Christmas shopping, and your taking me on Friday !! 
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Robin
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Christmas sucks.
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Colin
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Another thing I hate is how it seems a competition to outdo eachother on the prezzy buying. In my last work there were a few girls who saved like all year for christmas to get family members hundreds of pounds worth of gifts each.
They were quite shocked & laughed & called us tight when I mentioned that I only bought my family a small unexpensive gift & they done likewise but were still happy all the same & would go scatty if I 'wasted' my money getting them something they didnt want/need!! 
Now im not tight & would give my last penny to help out any of my family but I think spending upwards of a grand on christmas is plain stupid / greed!!
Members of CS...........how much do YOU spend on Christmas??  
[Edited on 13-11-2006 by Colin]
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Gregor
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I fooking love it
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Members of CS...........how much do YOU spend on Christmas??
about £50 at the most, between 10 people
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Colin
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Originally posted by JadeM
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Anyone else feel the same??
Nuppers I looooove Christmas and I loooove Christmas shopping, and your taking me on Friday !!
I know you do
You decided where were going yet ??
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
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Originally posted by Colin
Members of CS...........how much do YOU spend on Christmas??
about £50 at the most, between 10 people
Yeah serious??
Im not that bad, I put out about £50 per family member (only 4 of them thank god) & I got called tight by these women at work who go completelly mad & splash out
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JadeM
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Originally posted by Colin
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Originally posted by JadeM
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Anyone else feel the same??
Nuppers I looooove Christmas and I loooove Christmas shopping, and your taking me on Friday !!
I know you do
You decided where were going yet ??
Hows about Glasgow if your feeling better Not really fussed, as long as there's plenty of shops
Colin!!! Stop moaning about Christmas, you love it really and...............you bought me loads of nice stuff last year so you must have gone shopping at some point
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ed
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I'll be arriving home from holiday on the 24th, i'm so tempted to not come back and just stay in the mountains. I know where i'd rather be, and i'm sure no one will notice i'm gone. Last year I spent Christmas Day working on my car.
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Yeah serious??
Im not that bad, I put out about £50 per family member (only 4 of them thank god) & I got called tight by these women at work who go completelly mad & splash out
Yeah, its quality, not quantity from me  Presents with a bit of thought behind them, instead of something obvious and expensive.
I get fuck all spent on me anyway, so it'd be pointless wasting money on other people
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Jamie Walby
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6 weeks  I best start thinking about gpoing and buying my family some presents
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Colin
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Originally posted by JadeM
Hows about Glasgow if your feeling better Not really fussed, as long as there's plenty of shops
Colin!!! Stop moaning about Christmas, you love it really and...............you bought me loads of nice stuff last year so you must have gone shopping at some point
Yeah Glasgow will be cool so long as we can go for lunch at that nice place we always go
Thats the only thing I like about shopping LUNCH
I bought you loads of nice things because I know you are a christmas lover & would no doubt get me loads of nice things & if I didnt match your generocity I would look like a chump
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Liam
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I only buy stuff for my Mum & Dad, and 1 Gran. So all in all about 40 quid between them 
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Colin
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Originally posted by ed
I'll be arriving home from holiday on the 24th, i'm so tempted to not come back and just stay in the mountains. I know where i'd rather be, and i'm sure no one will notice i'm gone. Last year I spent Christmas Day working on my car.
I plan to either rebuild the current engine or fit a new one in the golf over X-mas
[Edited on 13-11-2006 by Colin]
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
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Originally posted by Colin
Yeah serious??
Im not that bad, I put out about £50 per family member (only 4 of them thank god) & I got called tight by these women at work who go completelly mad & splash out
Yeah, its quality, not quantity from me Presents with a bit of thought behind them, instead of something obvious and expensive.
I get fuck all spent on me anyway, so it'd be pointless wasting money on other people
Thats my thinking, find something they will appreciate rather than the latest expensive gadget.
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Colin
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Originally posted by Liam
I only buy stuff for my Mum & Dad, and 1 Gran. So all in all about 40 quid between them
Oooooh my old work mates would go to town on you
They called me tight because I told them christmas shopping was all done...
How much have you spent they ask....
Erm £200....
Whiiiiit , I spent more than that on nextdoors dog
There the joke imo, ive got far more important things to do than line shopkeepers pockets!!
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Colin
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Originally posted by Jamie Walby
6 weeks I best start thinking about gpoing and buying my family some presents
Start now to avoid disappointment
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JadeM
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Originally posted by Colin
Yeah Glasgow will be cool so long as we can go for lunch at that nice place we always go
Thats the only thing I like about shopping LUNCH
I bought you loads of nice things because I know you are a christmas lover & would no doubt get me loads of nice things & if I didnt match your generocity I would look like a chump
Yesh Of course we can
Spending Christmas together means alot more to me than pressies and will make me much happier It's not a competition to see who can get who the most dude!
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Liam
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
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Originally posted by Liam
I only buy stuff for my Mum & Dad, and 1 Gran. So all in all about 40 quid between them
Oooooh my old work mates would go to town on you
Pfft. I'm a poor student, got my balance through today..................£5.56
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