KoolHndLuke Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 I used to love the holidays and especially Christmas. It was a time when family and friends would get together and talk about life, love, hardships, and basically just catch-up with those they hadn't seen all year possibly. Plenty of food and drinks for everyone, maybe some games to play(my family played card games) listening to some holiday music to try and keep everyone in the spirit of things. Of course the best part of Christmas for everyone is opening their gifts. That magical feeling of being a kid again, wondering just what in the hell this relative or that friend has gotten for you! Then you open it and find that they outdid you in the gifting- you received something really nice and thoughtful while the gift you gave them was just some generic something you picked up in a rush. Talk about embarrassing! Part of you just wants to crawl under a rock and disappear! But, you being an adult, put on brave smile and act as if it was an even exchange- knowing you might never get a nice, thoughtful gift from that person again. Of course things could have been the other way around and you would be very disappointed in what you received compared to the awesome gift you gave them. Maybe "joke gifts" can cover some of the damage here. Or maybe someone got the same gift as you for someone? Ahh, the gift exchange........ So how do you see the whole gift giving thing? What kinds of gifts do you like to receive or give? What are some rules you follow when finding that perfect gift for someone or just a general gift for "whoever"? How much time do you spend looking? How much money would you spend on one gift? So, talking about gifts, folks, what do you think about it all? And Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all! Link to comment
Stuzy44 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 It's not the gift it's thinking about them..some have more than others to spread out..some see christmas as a gift on it's own a chance to be nice for once to all you know..the gift of christmas is not wrapped in paper is in your heart so don't forget to use it. Link to comment
GimmeBACON Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 I don't like being gifted... another hangup from my childhood, a "what am I, a charity case?" mixed with a "I don't deserve anything" frame of mind. This year I let my gf do shopping for her parents from both of us, and I got her a necklace with her birthstone. If I had to venture a guess what I'll get, it'd probably be an extra set of some tools I already have, a(nother) pair of clippers (mother-in-law thinks I need a shave, I just look weird clean-shaven) or a pair of boots that are cheaper then the ones that I use. Being a nihilist is fun. Link to comment
KoolHndLuke Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 Yes. The theme of Christmas is supposed to be more about being with family and friends and celebrating the Holidays together. But, can anyone honestly tell me that they don't like giving/receiving gifts? Of course most understand when someone is strapped for cash and cannot afford to give everyone gifts. But, you can give someone a "thoughtful" gift without having to spend hardly any money at all. Good gifts, bad gifts, gifts you got and exchanged for something else, store bought or online gifts, homemade gifts, baked gifts, maybe a gift of doing something you normally wouldn't- like fixing something that's been broken awhile. Yeah, Christmas can be fine without any gifts- but it is much better and more fun with them imo. The best gift I ever received for Christmas- in my adult years- was a jacket and a Walkman...way back when. I wore that jacket until it was falling apart at the seams. The Walkman quit after about a year of playing it constantly. Nowadays I'm happy if someone even remembers I'm alive and maybe sends me a card or something. But, most of my family and friends are gone. So I though maybe I could experience a little Christmas spirit through your posts- if anyone is willing to share a little. And the subject is gifts, though anything you would like to share about the holidays is fine with me. Link to comment
Doctor Cadaver Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Why do some people have to wait until a certain time of the year, such as Christmas, in order to feel "charitable"? Link to comment
KoolHndLuke Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 30 minutes ago, Doctor Cadaver said: Why do some people have to wait until a certain time of the year, such as Christmas, in order to feel "charitable"? They don't. Maybe this would be a good subject for another thread. Hmm? Link to comment
Doctor Cadaver Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 14 hours ago, KoolHndLuke said: They don't. Maybe this would be a good subject for another thread. Hmm? I'd prefer to keep the discussion here. And no, there's definitely people out there like that. Family is a good example of this behavior. How would you feel if you'd never even hear a single word from your family until Thanksgiving or Christmas comes around? Link to comment
KoolHndLuke Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 3 hours ago, Doctor Cadaver said: I'd prefer to keep the discussion here. And no, there's definitely people out there like that. Family is a good example of this behavior. How would you feel if you'd never even hear a single word from your family until Thanksgiving or Christmas comes around? I don't see or hear from whats left of my family AT ALL-EVER! How do I feel about it? It sucks- to put it mildly! Petty grievances and all that shit, or they are just to self-absorbed to care about anyone other than their immediate family. I have tried to contact them, to be involved in their lives somehow. They don't want me. I'm not bitchin' about it because I prefer to be alone most of the time anyway. But around the holidays, it bothers me a little that we don't at least see each other for 5 mins. I think they are all Cannibals and they just don't want me to find out! Link to comment
Doctor Cadaver Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 38 minutes ago, KoolHndLuke said: I don't see or hear from whats left of my family AT ALL-EVER! How do I feel about it? It sucks- to put it mildly! Petty grievances and all that shit, or they are just to self-absorbed to care about anyone other than their immediate family. I have tried to contact them, to be involved in their lives somehow. They don't want me. I'm not bitchin' about it because I prefer to be alone most of the time anyway. But around the holidays, it bothers me a little that we don't at least see each other for 5 mins. I think they are all Cannibals and they just don't want me to find out! Yeah, been there before. That's why I get so jaded this time of year. It's just the same old shit, over and over again. Link to comment
arpaschad Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Oh it's that time of the year where you get free stuff from people you know (and sometimes people you don't know...usually selling you something though) and they expect something in return from you... I thought it's the thought that counts and getting together with family and friends is what really matters... but when you have nothing to give them they pout and call you different names behind your back... also those gifts are kinda leverage for them to use against you after Christmas and when the new year starts... THAT time of year again... Capitalistmas... but all of the hopeful yearnings I had from childhood had already disappeared ever since I discovered the one putting gifts in my socks was not a fat jolly old man in red, riding a sleigh pulled by magical flying reindeer but my parents... I wish for Christmas to come back... well at least there's Star Wars VIII... Link to comment
KoolHndLuke Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Darkpig said: Gifs you say? You could have at least picked something related to the subject.....or funny. Link to comment
Darkpig Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 9 minutes ago, KoolHndLuke said: You could have at least picked something related to the subject.....or funny. I just couldn't help myself. Ho! Ho! Ho! But on the subject of gift giving. I keep asking fat man Santa for a nuclear warhead but that never ****ing happens. Aside from that I can't say that I like giving or receiving gifts. Maybe it feels like we're giving each other things we don't need or something. Probably best to give people what you make yourself. *grumpily mumbles something about capitalism* Link to comment
KoolHndLuke Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 Maybe something more fitting for LL- Now THESE TWO would be the best "gift" ever!! Link to comment
Stuzy44 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Those 4 on those two best gift ever..lol Link to comment
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