To be sad maybe? Sad as in “I have no life!”<\/p>\n
I really do look forward to this time of year, although heaven knows why! I live thousands of miles away from my immediate family. My partner is not exactly in what you would describe as a “close-knit” family. We have LESS than no money (we exist primarily on credit cards). I could go on, but I’ll only depress myself. Does the Christmas period account for more suicides than any other time of the year? If it does, I can well understand why. Despite all that…I’m STILL looking forward to it!! I’m a freak, I know!<\/p>\n
OK, here is why: The Pros…<\/strong><\/p>\n Lovely food! I like to spoil me and Em at this time of year. Usually that would mean some M&S food as well, but probably not this time. What it will mean is roast dinners, chestnuts (the best nuts on the planet), deserts, alcohol and lots of warmth.<\/p>\n Presents…when you can afford them. We don’t really do gifts for each other much these days, but rather splash out on a big joint gift. Last year it was a Freeview box with recordable hard drive of 40gb. This year it has been jumping up to a 26″ LCD TV. But I still love getting little personal gifts.<\/p>\n Christmas TV. A chance to see all your favourite old movies and lots of Xmas specials. It’s a dead time for Australian TV, but absolutely prime in the UK. I suppose it’s the weather that makes it that way.<\/p>\n The chance of snow at Xmas!<\/p>\n New Year…an excuse to p!ss up! And have lots of prayers that the New Year will be a better one for all.<\/p>\n The Embassy World Darts in the New Year!!! I LOVE IT! It’s like WWF, but darts! I love the “walk-on’s”, they are brilliant! My two favourites are Ted Hankey, who dresses up as Dracula (he has a darts nickname – The Count), cape and all, with spooky music and sounds playing (he even has the receding hairline – but not a widow’s peak, it’s too far gone) and he picks out plastic bats from under his cape and throws them into the crowd – it’s pure pantomime!!! My other fave is Martin “Wolfie” Adams. He comes out to Duran Duran’s Hungry Like The Wolf and howls and the crowd howls back!! I assume he’s called Wolfie ‘cos he has a lot of facial hair?!<\/p>\n The cons… <\/strong><\/p>\n We feel compelled to buy presents.<\/p>\n We have to worry about decorations. Normally I’m the first to put them up, but I haven’t got a tree up yet. I’d love a fibre optic tree, but money dictates.<\/p>\n You can’t really be with the ones you love…or you are forced to spend time with family…depending on which side you look at it. I haven’t had a Christmas with my family for 8 years now.<\/p>\n There’s probably actually TOO much to watch on TV.<\/p>\n No snow and just horrible, cold, wet weather.<\/p>\n Running out of some kind of foodstuff and having to go to the supermarket on Xmas eve! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh<\/p>\n Sending cards by snail mail.<\/p>\n For those of you getting into the spirit, here are my two fave Christmas songs….<\/p>\n [youtube=http:\/\/youtu.be\/P8Ozdqzjigg]<\/p>\n [youtube=http:\/\/youtu.be\/DiXjbI3kRus]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To be sad maybe? Sad as in “I have no life!” I really do look forward to this time of year, although heaven knows why! I live thousands of miles away from my immediate family. My partner is not exactly in what you would describe as a “close-knit” family. We have LESS than no money … <\/p>\n