Advent calendars, are they dated?
Advent calendars, are they dated?
Used to love those things (back when I believed in Santa).
Today, it looks like a countdown to greed.
(bah humbug)
I've always enjoyed them, but felt that they could be improved upon. The first change I'd make is to make the little pictures replaceable from year to year, so you could reuse the same calendar "frame". That would also give you the option of putting in your own, custom pictures, say of kittens, or seashores, or ...
Althouh the kids are grown, we still get one for each of them every year. My wife usually bogarts the chocolate behind the doors.
A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory
RIP ALBI-W3MIV RIP RUSS-W5RB RIP BOB-VK3ZL
My answer on my board on a similar starting post:
In the 15 years i was a TIG welder/pipe fitter/foreman i always worked the holidays, double or even triple pay.
Mostly in that 15 years without Holiday except for one week off and a few long weekends.
I read the post of Allen, and he makes it clear work is not everything as i found out with a busted back.
Family, friends, taking time for yourself to reflect on your life and family and do better.
This dark time of the year is not for me, I'm more the summer type of guy
The humbug Xmas became as commercial push over isn't for me either, we stopped doing that decades ago when our son saw through it as well.
Take care all, I'll be thinking about you, wishing you the best thing in life, good health, friends and a good family.
And that is what you have to do it with.
;)
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
When first they were invented (in Germany, I believe), they served a purely religious purpose and the children received tiny rewards. Like everything else surrounding the celebration of the birth of Christ, the Draculas of capitalist greed have sucked every vestige of value out of them.
I used to love Christmas but now it's all about buy! buy! buy!
Come to think of it, it pretty much was when I was little. But it just seems so much worse now. The greed makes me sick. I'm trying hard to teach my children to be more givers than takers.
I agree, Kelly. After a few years of trying to get that special Christmas feeling back and never finding it I've started just ignoring it, except for inside. Guess another case of "You can never go home again."
Sigh...
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
I don;t understand the dislike for Christmas based on the "buy buy buy" shopping mentality. Christmas is basically what you make of it. I still enjoy Christmas, I just simply exclude the "extreme commercialism" from it. I buy a few quality meaningful gifts for people, I buy something for myself, and avoid the Wall Marts and the "shop till you drop" nonsense.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
Yep, it is what you make of it, which is why I choose to make it really simple and not make a big deal out of it like I used to. Just like how Thanksgiving last year was the most memorable one in my life; it was just me, my husband and my MIL and we had a scrambled egg breakfast together and turkey pot pies for dinner. My kids were with my ex, so we kept it simple and just enjoyed each other's company. It was much more enjoyable than the crazy "everything has to be perfect, stuff yourself to the gills, deal with family drama" bullshit I had to endure every year with the family I grew up with.
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