When do you start thinking about Christmas?
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CoffeeFirst said:poppy123456 said:I started a couple of weeks ago. I've already bought several for my grandson and a few for my new granddaughter. My biggest problem is where to keep them I always tell myself i won't spend so much this year...
Yes, it's a nightmare thank you also!!
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Christmas Eve, on average!3
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October pay day, put money in to their accounts (2 people) order something I fancy that will come in a box, which I gift to the cat (I don't think they are convinced that I am buying the box and what comes in it is a freebee). Dare say wife will start adding bits to the online shopping for christmas, I just pay.
When they buy their presents and they arrive I am usually too busy to wrap them, and get them to wrap their own presents. When the ask what I want I usually tell them I will let them know, and find something cheap.
I am expecting a nice stress free Christmas2 -
I try not to think about it all if possible.
Christmas is no longer a happy time for me because of a serious division within my close family. 😪0 -
I'm sorry to hear that @ShirleyW There are usually some people around on the community on Christmas day, so you won't be alone2
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I'm not a fan of Christmas at all. Always found it stressful and over-whelming. Had hoped it would become less so as I got older but it seems to be the opposite!
I guess I started thinking about a couple of weeks ago, when I first saw Christmas foods appear on the supermarket websites. Had to remind myself it's still months away!!
I can't do anything socially now. Can't really eat 'nice' food that I would have treated myself to in past years. And I'm dreading the long, dark nights. The only positive I can think of is that I have got a few gift ideas for family members, but don't have storage space to buy early so have to hope they haven't sold out online by the beginning of Dec.1 -
Tori_Scope said:I'm sorry to hear that @ShirleyW There are usually some people around on the community on Christmas day, so you won't be alone
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As Christmas stuff appears on the shelves in most shops the same time or day after Halloween, I used to shop then. As it was mentioned earlier, the closer it's left to December, the less there is on the shelves.
I love Christmas, seeing the town lights and large tree, all the shop windows done up christmassy, but I don't have a single Christmas thing in my house. I do love watching the Christmas movies on youtube, and hum a few around the house, but having moved to a town where I don't know anyone and have out-lived my family (even though I'm only 55) I have no-one to buy gifts for. I love the smell of real Christmas trees but being vertically challenged, me trying to lift or move a tree or bend and stretch to decorate it either leaves me bed ridden for days or back in my wheelchair.
This year i can only partially see to put up hanging decorations if I did put any up. I don't feel sorry for myself and don't do pity parties, I just avoid Christmas in my house being a partially sighted wheelchair user living on my own.
Just because it's not in my house, it doesn't mean I don't love this time of the year. I do, and even though I don't drink alcohol and can't eat much, I still have a party dress on stand by incase I get invited to a pub over the holidays.
Chances are high I'll be in here over the holidays with others, so I'm not totally on my own.2 -
After bonfire night0
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Sending you all hugs. I can hear that some of us enjoy Christmas but Christmas is also a difficult time for many of us.
I started thinking about Christmas properly today. Only because I went to do Christmas present shopping though and also spotted lots of Christmas trees0
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