Merry Christmas tree to all!
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Perfection
The Great Head.
Happy birthday Jesus!
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Happy birthday Isaac!
Hail, hail, the Undying Sun!
Catharsis
catch u on the flip scythe
Good tidings to you all.
Although to be honest I'm not sure what tidings are. Hopefully this lack of knowledge hasn't affected the quality of the tidings I wish upon you. I wouldn't want to give you sub-par tidings. Is there an ombudsman I can contact about this?
Although to be honest I'm not sure what tidings are. Hopefully this lack of knowledge hasn't affected the quality of the tidings I wish upon you. I wouldn't want to give you sub-par tidings. Is there an ombudsman I can contact about this?
AdamCrock
Polish Pirate
Happy "nom nom nom" and a "burp!" New Year ! 
AdamCrock
Polish Pirate
awwww ....I envy You - the only way I am going now is to get a vacum cleaner, a floor sweeper and all that no-fun items that has to do with cleaning
But there is a party this evening so it's a good effort (might as well be a nice guy and help folks in preparing as well) Anyway I'm out and wish You guys a really cool x-mas !! CYA 
Happy Holidays to Connor, Erik, Julian and Tony, and to those I most love to disagree with - Allen and Finn. Merry Christmas to those I respect the most, Kevin and Aria, to Honest Ben Down Under, to Owen on the Coast and to Bill - wherever in the world he is today. A special holiday Semper Fi to Brandon - fellow beardsman - stay warm!
Thinking fond thoughts of you all and looking forward to the new year.
XOXOXOX' s Dave
Thinking fond thoughts of you all and looking forward to the new year.
XOXOXOX' s Dave
It doesn't feel like Christmas for me this year. It's not just the weather, with the need to wear three layers instead of one. Every year of my life, Christmas Day has involved church in the morning, a gathering of my extended family for a barbecue, with a swim in the afternoon and leftovers for dinner. It's always a day spent entirely with family. But this year all my family are over 10000km, or 24 hours and $2000, away. I decided to re-watch the Community Season 2 and The West Wing Season 1 Christmas episodes, and the storylines of Abed and Mrs. Landingham seemed much more poignant or relatable to me. But although this year I'm definitely feeling more melancholy, being reminded that I'm much more alone this Christmas also reminds me of what I have to go back to.
I can understand, though, that for people without a family or others to share Christmas with, the whole season can simply serve as a reminder of that; it has the potential to be either the happiest or saddest time of the year. When my grandfather was still alive, but in a nursing home and suffering badly from dementia, I could hardly bear thinking about what Christmas was like for him. Sure, everyone would go visit him in the morning before moving onto the big family gathering, and there wasn't anything more we really could do, as it wasn't possible to take him out of the nursing home, even for a few hours. But we'd all have left by lunch, and he'd be there alone in his room all day, shut off from the world because of his condition. The nursing home was usually fairly understaffed on Christmas Day too, so he'd get even less attention than usual; usually someone in the family would be there for lunch to make sure he'd have someone to feed him at least. The saving grace, I suppose, was that he didn't understand what was happening in any case. It highlighted for me, though, the extent to which we're dependent on family, particularly at this time of the year. What I take from that now, I guess, is that even though they aren't here now, I'm thankful that I do at least have a family. My Christmas thoughts are particularly with all those who aren't so lucky.
I can understand, though, that for people without a family or others to share Christmas with, the whole season can simply serve as a reminder of that; it has the potential to be either the happiest or saddest time of the year. When my grandfather was still alive, but in a nursing home and suffering badly from dementia, I could hardly bear thinking about what Christmas was like for him. Sure, everyone would go visit him in the morning before moving onto the big family gathering, and there wasn't anything more we really could do, as it wasn't possible to take him out of the nursing home, even for a few hours. But we'd all have left by lunch, and he'd be there alone in his room all day, shut off from the world because of his condition. The nursing home was usually fairly understaffed on Christmas Day too, so he'd get even less attention than usual; usually someone in the family would be there for lunch to make sure he'd have someone to feed him at least. The saving grace, I suppose, was that he didn't understand what was happening in any case. It highlighted for me, though, the extent to which we're dependent on family, particularly at this time of the year. What I take from that now, I guess, is that even though they aren't here now, I'm thankful that I do at least have a family. My Christmas thoughts are particularly with all those who aren't so lucky.
