Are you in the Christmas spirit yet?
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Yes I have 4 Christmas trees and all my decorations up. Before you think I'm crazy, I have a 2 yr old daughter who saw one in a shop and thought it was amazing. So I put ours up to make her smile and she hasn't stopped smiling yet! Well Christmas is a magical time!!!
986560
Of course.  Shows what real Christmas is like...at least at my house.\n\n*sings* Christmas time\nYou force a smile\nEveryone is joining in the group denial\nFolks behaving infantile\nFamily Christmas time.
747133
Well I think that the true spirit of Christmas still exists, you can feel the excitment in the season, but it is also very commercialized.
829813
i,m going to visit family members abroad.\nso i'll actually have snow at christmas time.\ni'll eats loads of delicious food, do absoloutely no excerise (as usual) and not feel guilty in the slightest
895101
Christmas is coming, just wait.
15160
WE must have JESUS CHRIST in our heart's not on a calendar, celebrate christmas with joy and don't let no one put a damper on christmas.\n        * MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE *
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Only four! People in your area are leaving it late compared to people round my way, however I know I'm not in real trouble til I start hearing people humming 'Mistletoe and Wine'!\n\nI think that Christmas decorations should be restricted to December - I can understand that people enjoy Christmas and celebrating the time of year with the people they love but there's such a thing as overkill! It should be the positive feelings from Christmas that should last all year, not commercialism and cheap tinsel!\n\nLx
944307
Hope your christmas is purrrfect
33863
Are you wishing us a happy new year?
711222
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas....could that be it??
982319
Something you would like to receive in Christmas
805060
Mine is very similar to yours - except that on Christmas Eve we spend the evening with my side of the family doing our gift exchange and dinner. My dad stayed with the kids during Midnight Mass last year, but maybe they'll go this year - who knows? (That's up to my husband, since I'm in the choir). The next morning we all wake up and the kids excitedly head downstairs to open gifts. I am alway amazed that they wait until we are all down there (and happy, too) before they start! The in-laws usually come over for the noon meal and more gifts. Then my husband and father-in-law take over all of the electronic toys and play to their hearts content. Our neighborhood also has a longtime tradition of luminaries - each year on the same date, most houses (it's voluntary, but the more, the better) set up the paper sacks with sand and candles lining the sidewalks, and light them at dusk. The streets are closed to traffic, and people walk around enjoying the sights and togetherness. Several people open their homes for hot cocoa or cider, soup or sandwiches; there are also carriage rides and the Boy Scouts always have a tent set up in the center park with more hot cocoa and cookies. "Santa" and his wife make an appearance and hand out candy canes to passersby. It's very nice, and brings back the simplicity of a bygone era. Carolers often tour the streets, joyfully singing in the cold. The candles continure to burn all night, until they've burned themselves out. Combined with the hushed glory of Midnight Mass, I'd have to say that if that was all I got for Christmas, I'd be more than content!\nMerry Christmas!
947172
Yes!\nMerry Christmas and Happy New Year!\n\nAfter all HE is the reason for the season.
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I guess some people are just already looking forward to the holidays and getting excited and want to start early. I've even noticed that a lot of people are saying "happy holidays" already.\n\nPersonally I think it's too early for all this stuff and it kind of kills the fun of Christmas to have everything decorated and Christmas songs playing so early, because by the time it's Christmas people are already tired of it, it's not so special anymore. I think it would be nicer if everyone waited until December like they used to.\n\nBy the way, they started decorating shopping malls in my area in late October. I wonder how long it will be until we'll bump into Christmas trees in August.
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the ? is why by christmas
812046
No...I haven't started at all, and I'm dreading it..  I have too many people to buy for and sadly, not a whole lot of money.\n\nHere's your Christmas hug 25 days early...  *hug for Angel*
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Good for you. \n\ni applaud you. *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap*\n\ni am glad that some people still feel the true spirit of Christmas, instead of the crazed buying spree type views that the stores want you to use.\n\none more *clap, clap, clap*