Does this mean I am getting "old"?

[Aldo]

No. You really know you are getting old when some young punk kid calls you Sir. Never did I feel more offended

Funny you should say that... Some old woman called me sir a couple of days ago when she asked for directions
Anyways, maybe, as some of you have mentioned, its the lack of large piles of wrapped up mystery under the tree this year. All I asked for was money as I'm am really not sure what I want to buy just now.
Despite my lack of enthusiasm for most of the day, I cheered up a lot when I got stuck into the food, capping it off with my mum's homemade brownies with ice cream
I can defo. see how having kids relights the christmas flame though. Seeing their faces light up as we got the chocolate out on the last tennis lesson before christmas was a good feeling
Thanks for sharing all your experiences. 👍

 

[blkvzgo]

I hate christmas. It kinda makes me feel lonely. For the last 4 years every christmas I wish I had that special someone beside me, I get depressed and end up drinking heavily.
To Aldo001: no, you're not getting old, you're just going through a difficult period in your life when you start to look at things differently. Just don't start smoking or fall in love during the next 2 years or so and you'll be fine.

 

[Legendary]

No. You really know you are getting old when some young punk kid calls you Sir. Never did I feel more offended

Thats the easiest way to address a teacher or uni student becoming a teacher at our school, the student could have only been a max of 21.

 

[Joel]

I'm 15, and I see where you're coming from. I don't lay awake until 3 in the morning shaking in anxiety because Santa's coming, but I still do get excited, and love the holiday. However, I find I enjoy it for other reasons. For example, you know how when you were a kid and the adults always said giving is better than recieving (let's keep it mature here), and you completely disregarded it? I find it's becoming true. I enjoy watching my younger brother open gifts, because it reminds me of when i was younger.

I guess as you get older you look forward to Christmas for a different reason. I now look forward to it because it gets my family together, and there's always at least 1 heart to heart talk a year ha ha. I guess it's probably because I have a job and i can buy things for myself, like a PS3, computer, games, DFGT, etc. That used to be something i'd wait to get for Christmas, I can buy on my own.

Sorry, that was a butchering of those paragraphs, but I'm too tired to fix it.

 

[Boffin]

having to stay awake until past midnight against my will is not my idea of "fun and happiness". Plus I don't believe in Christ, so you can imagine I'm not only doing something against my will, but against my religion (or lack thereof, actually).

Who forcing you and why are you being forced to stay up 'till past 12?

This was a particulary horrible Christmas, my mother was mad at me and my brother, because according to her "we don't do anything to help her". I'm so sorry, we didn't asked to be in this world, deal with the consequences.

Is that seriously your response? You'd rather have not been born than help you own mother with something? Do you live in a house? Who pays the upkeep? Car/petrol/upkieep? Food on the table? Pays (maybe) for education, to give you the best chance of doing what you want when you grow up? Gives you love and attention? Pays for some/most/all of your stuff?

 

[Jay]

Christmas is my "good food" day now (or that should be week there is so much of it).

 

[Nicknamealguem]

Christmas is my "good food" day now (or that should be week there is so much of it).

x1

I love Christmas, I love having my family around, having a big dinner with lots of food, playing games after dinner until 4 a.m.
I just love it, I don't care much for the presents, as long as I am with my family and there is lot's of food, it's all great for me.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

I got bored of Christmas years ago, myself. I'm not too fond of going off to a relatives houses for a big lunch and whatnot, I'd much rather spend the day with my immediate family. Christmas Day wasn't too bad this year, though, I had some fun games of pool and later watched Ace Ventura.

 

[Lucas]

Who forcing you and why are you being forced to stay up 'till past 12?

Our mother. Because that's her idea of "happiness".

Is that seriously your response?

Yes.

You'd rather have not been born than help you own mother with something?

I have never said that. If I did, however, please point out where exactly. If she needs help, then why doesn't she asks us for it? It's not my fault she keeps her mouth shout and then she is mad at us.

Do you live in a house?

Yes.

Who pays the upkeep?

Dad.

Car/petrol/upkieep?

Dad.

Food on the table?

Dad.

Pays (maybe) for education, to give you the best chance of doing what you want when you grow up?

Dad.

Gives you love and attention?

Mom. I give her love and attention too (when she needs). May I add she does the same with us?

Pays for some/most/all of your stuff?

Dad.

Who insults us whenever they are angry at us? Who do they treat like 🤬 when they are pissed at somebody else? Go figure. Oh, and isn't their obligation as parents to take care and feed us? It's an obligation they assumed because they wanted to. As I said, I didn't asked to be born with obligations myself.

 

[nick09]

I'm 18 and I could not afford to buy gifts as I already invested into a very powerful laptop and I loved the time I invested into my custom NES PC build. Though I gave my brother my belts since I could not make use of them.

But the gifts do not matter even though I look forward to getting presents. Christmas was originally meant to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and for families to get together. I could not enjoy Christmas with my family because I was sick to a point of sneezing and coughing multiple times. It's not my worst year though as I was sicker during Christmas before to the point of throwing up in the old Jetta my parents used to own while on the trip back home.

 

[Moglet]

Who insults us whenever they are angry at us? Who do they treat like 🤬 when they are pissed at somebody else? Go figure. Oh, and isn't their obligation as parents to take care and feed us? It's an obligation they assumed because they wanted to. As I said, I didn't asked to be born with obligations myself.

My god!

Welcome to life. We have to do things we don't like or we'll die. It's that simple. You could be homeless, living on the streets freezing to death and starving while everyone around you lives their lives as normal, ignoring you. But you're not, you have a family who clearly cares for you, a warm house to live in and food on the table.

You, and the rest of us, should consider ourselves very lucky. Your problems are nothing in the grand scheme of things! They're barely even problems!

Sorry if that seemed like a pointless rant but seeing stuff like this, especially at Christmas, from people who have a fairly good life just annoy me. The world is not there to make you happy. It will go on regardless of what you think.

 

[Lucas]

Welcome to life. We have to do things we don't like or we'll die. It's Sorry if that seemed like a pointless rant but seeing stuff like this, especially at Christmas, from people who have a fairly good life just annoy me. The world is not there to make you happy. It will go on regardless of what you think.

I didn't started this, I just said I hated Christmas, and that my Christmas sucked and explained why.

 

[TB]

I didn't started this, I just said I hated Christmas, and that my Christmas sucked and explained why.

And part of your explanation as to why you think Christmas sucks was just as Mog said - sometimes having to do things we don't like to do. But for the sake of the group, you suck it up and do it. I certainly didn't want to go out in a blizzard for brown sugar so my kids could make cookies for Santa, but did it anyway.

I'm so sorry, we didn't asked to be in this world

"I brought you into this world. I can take you out of it!"

 

[Joey D]

I certainly didn't want to go out in a blizzard for brown sugar so my kids could make cookies for Santa, but did it anyway.

You didn't happen to reap those cookie rewards did you?

 

[TB]

You didn't happen to reap those cookie rewards did you?

I said they were for Santa, didn't I?

My wife took most of them to work, but there were a few left here.

 

[Sureboss]

Your wife is an elf and works with Santa?

 

[TB]

Your wife is an elf and works with Santa?

As long as it's socially acceptable for an elf to marry a hobbit, then yes.

And she would say she works for Satan, which I guess is pretty close to Santa.

 

[Boffin]

If she needs help, then why doesn't she asks us for it?
It's not my fault she keeps her mouth shout and then she is mad at us.

My mum does this too - but you have to look out for it, because it still matters. When she's taking bags through and she has more than 2, I jump up and help, because all I'm doing if not is lazily watching TV while mum gets the shopping, before setting to work with it for dinner. And all that effect is just detrimental to a relationship.

I have never said that. If I did, however, please point out where exactly.

Er....this bit.

This was a particulary horrible Christmas, my mother was mad at me and my brother, because according to her "we don't do anything to help her". I'm so sorry, we didn't asked to be in this world, deal with the consequences.

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Who insults us whenever they are angry at us? Who do they treat like 🤬 when they are pissed at somebody else?

Who's acting like a normal parent? Sure, its unpleasant when that happens, but are you that fragile that you can't take it? Suck it up, sunshine - at least you have parents, unlike those poor souls in endless countries like poverty sticken Uganda, who's mum got raped before their eyes by militia before being shot/forced into slavery/other horrible things. Your situation would seem pretty cozy now I'd expect.

If the bus didn't stop for my mum on the way home, before driving in a puddle and splashing her, ruining the ingredients for dinner that night, and then some teenager laughed in her face at the whole incident, I sure as hell would not ask her to make cookies. I'd keep my distance. Look for the signs, keep a smooth relationship.

Go figure. Oh, and isn't their obligation as parents to take care and feed us? It's an obligation they assumed because they wanted to. As I said, I didn't asked to be born with obligations myself.

Yes it is, but I'd say in return for a roof over your heads and food on the table, a little help and good spirit would be quite a modest repayment, don't you think? Or would you like to be sitting on the blood stained ground in your mud hut with no one to be with this Christmas expect a stray dog and the endless hunger pains?

Sorry to rant on, mate - but I reckon these things need to be said. You are soooo lucky - I can even tell that by the way you have the internet. You got to realise this, and I reckon christmas time is one of the best times to do that. 👍

 

[Nicko]

I'm 16 as well, and I wasn't even near as excited this year about Christmas as I was when I was much younger.

 

[sher_da_putt]

Well as always the dinner was buff.

 

[GT Pro]

How boring has my Christmas become? No longer do I race out of bed at the first second of the morning, zip down the house to the lounge-room to uncover all my shiny new toys while my siblings simultaneously do the same. Now, I reluctantly drag myself out of bed at late morning/midday and meander down to the Christmas tree (all my siblings have since left the room to go have fun with their presents) to discover only a few big presents, half of which are unwrapped and already familar to me because I picked them out. And what are those presents? Ikea furniture. Each in the one colour: 'black-brown'. How on Earth did this happen.

No more. Next year I am going to have my relatives buy me presents that I DO NOT CHOOSE and, hopefully, those presents will be of the same type that once made my heart race with ecstacy when I tore their wrapping up in my chilhood. That means a mountain of Lego and Pokemon items. I don't care if the bulk is needless consumption, I just want to reclaim part of my childhood (even if it is only nostalgia).

 

[Boffin]

My mum got me Pokemon cards in my stocking. Was awesome really, not going to use them or anything, but it was great to open the pack and see what was inside, like all those years ago.

 

[Lucas]

My mum does this too - but you have to look out for it, because it still matters. When she's taking bags through and she has more than 2, I jump up and help, because all I'm doing if not is lazily watching TV while mum gets the shopping, before setting to work with it for dinner. And all that effect is just detrimental to a relationship.

I do the same. Still, she should asks us for help, at least to avoid those crappy days.

Er....this bit.

That doesn't mean I had rather not be born than help her. Otherwise, we wouldn't be having this conversation, because I would have already killed myself.

Who's acting like a normal parent? Sure, its unpleasant when that happens, but are you that fragile that you can't take it? Suck it up, sunshine

Suck it up? I've got the feeling that you guys don't understand that I have been sucking it up for 17 years already, and here I am.

at least you have parents, unlike those poor souls in endless countries like poverty sticken Uganda, who's mum got raped before their eyes by militia before being shot/forced into slavery/other horrible things. Your situation would seem pretty cozy now I'd expect.

I could have a murderer, rapist, pedophile father. But that still would be okay, because I have a parent, right?

If the bus didn't stop for my mum on the way home, before driving in a puddle and splashing her, ruining the ingredients for dinner that night, and then some teenager laughed in her face at the whole incident, I sure as hell would not ask her to make cookies. I'd keep my distance. Look for the signs, keep a smooth relationship.

Who says I don't?

Yes it is, but I'd say in return for a roof over your heads and food on the table, a little help and good spirit would be quite a modest repayment, don't you think?

For the last five years that's all me and my brother have been doing in Christmas. Having to give a little help and good spirit for someone who's mad at us in Christmas is something I won't do. If she wanted us to have a good spirit, she should have spend the day like she always does. Too bad she didn't, her Christmas was ruined (not a big difference compared to other days) along with our more ruined than normal Christmas.

Sorry to rant on, mate - but I reckon these things need to be said. You are soooo lucky - I can even tell that by the way you have the internet. You got to realise this, and I reckon christmas time is one of the best times to do that. 👍

As I said, Christmas is to me another day. To me, the lucky one in my house is my mother. She doesn't realize what kind of sons she has. Otherwise, she would treat us different than she does. We could be stealing, taking drugs, getting drunk, smoking, etc., like the rest of the kids (and young men) in this country, yet we don't.

Anyways, believe of me what you want. It won't make any difference in my (subconscious) way of thought.

 

[Driving Park]

It hasn't gotten boring to me because the appeal of it to me was never Santa; I just love getting stuff, no matter who it's from. I pretty much figured out that Santa wasn't real like a year before my parents actually told me. I was still plenty excited for Christmas this year. Admittedly, it wasn't up to the same level as it was when I was younger but I still was greatly looking forward to it because I knew that I'd get good stuff. And good stuff I got.

 

[Wenders]

No more. Next year I am going to have my relatives buy me presents that I DO NOT CHOOSE and, hopefully, those presents will be of the same type that once made my heart race with ecstacy when I tore their wrapping up in my chilhood. That means a mountain of Lego and Pokemon items. I don't care if the bulk is needless consumption, I just want to reclaim part of my childhood (even if it is only nostalgia).

I try and make a point of buying at least one item that my kids have no idea about. A couple of years ago I managed to by them a TV each and hide them up until xmas eve and wrapped them and put them under the tree after that went to bed.

 

[Daniel]

I'm turning 14 in late January, and am already losing the spirit. I stopped believing in Santa at about Year 5 (9 years old).
Mum and Sister caught a bad cold from Dad (i'm fine ), so that wasn't good. Sister got a laptop (40GB HDD and get this... 256MB DDR!) and was thrilled to get it. I let her borrow my Zoo Tycoon and she loves it. I do like the prezzies bit though .
Got some game points for Crossfire. 250GB Hard Drive (internal), clothes (duh!) Bones: Season 1, PS2 and Wii and DS game...

 

[Boffin]

It hasn't gotten boring to me because the appeal of it to me was never Santa; I just love getting stuff, no matter who it's from. I pretty much figured out that Santa wasn't real like a year before my parents actually told me. I was still plenty excited for Christmas this year. Admittedly, it wasn't up to the same level as it was when I was younger but I still was greatly looking forward to it because I knew that I'd get good stuff. And good stuff I got.

This is exactly like me.

I was always the joy kill at very young fairy parties (no, primary shcool girls invited, like when I was 3 or 4 - I didn't dress up) where there would be someone payed to rock up as a fairy. I would always ask them to fly, and I would always hear them whisper to the parents "you distract them while I leave". So yeah. I knew there was no way of Santa coming. I wanted to believe, but even at 3 I was thinking logistics wise and on paper, when you carried the 3, it just didn't add up. Plus I thought that if he came down the chimney, I'd definatly wake up.

But, as you said, this didn't ruin the spirit of christmas, because for me the spirit was in the tradition. The things that we'd do only at christmas, that sort of thing, and I still love it...and all the prizzies.