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Post by wankah on Dec 11, 2020 17:37:10 GMT -5
With the whole pandemic and all, or just stayed the same?
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Dec 11, 2020 18:31:22 GMT -5
so far I've done less. had my fun time with covid last month and just don't have the energy. got my shopping done, but decorating is really far behind
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Dec 11, 2020 18:36:05 GMT -5
Normally most years I'm busy on the 24th and 25th. This year I'm busy from the 22nd until the 27th. But lots of that is we are doing a bunch of stuff in advance for the podcast and the podcast's youtube channel.
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Post by Cyno on Dec 11, 2020 18:41:02 GMT -5
About the same. But then, I'm Jewish so I never plan much for it. Only change is that I will be streaming a movie at home (Wonder Woman 84, specifically) instead of going to the movie theaters.
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Post by Triangle Lancer on Dec 11, 2020 18:44:58 GMT -5
About the same. Only difference is no Christmas get together with my brother's family, which has my mom kinda bummed.
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Post by Hurbster on Dec 11, 2020 19:41:05 GMT -5
Just going to my parents, rather than my sister's family going as well. Too many of them.
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Post by wankah on Dec 11, 2020 20:03:05 GMT -5
Nice to know that,lads.
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Post by Jaws the Shark on Dec 11, 2020 20:11:00 GMT -5
It's going to be a bit of a non-event for me. My family isn't especially close and we don't do big Christmas celebrations anyway, but people are now in various different bubbles and it's going to make it all a bit difficult, especially if London and around it go into Tier 3 like is threatened. I also go to the West End every Christmas Eve to have a look at the lights and I'm not sure that's really sensible this year, although I do find it a bit depressing now.
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Post by jimmyjackezekiel on Dec 11, 2020 20:37:10 GMT -5
Not really. I was just gonna have a spaghetti dinner with my parents. Stay overnight, and then get driven back home the next day around noon.
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Post by bob on Dec 11, 2020 21:25:36 GMT -5
Much less— shout out to idiots running state unemployment in a related note
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Dec 11, 2020 21:46:51 GMT -5
In my 35 years, this is the first time I've ever hung up Christmas lights and gotten a small tree for my apartment.
Too much time at home, have to make the setting change just a bit.
Still wondering how the holiday itself will go, but my family has been reasonable about accepting social distancing and taking precautions thus far.
So, yes, slightly more planning for Christmas this year.
ETA: I also usually do the Angel Tree charity through my employer every year, which usually leads to me having to go to a Wal-Mart and purchase a couple hundred dollars worth of stuff while hoping I got the sizes right, then bagging it up, etc.
Because of the pandemic, this year they're just letting the people requesting help upload Amazon wish lists with exactly what they need.
Waaaaayyyyyy easier and more efficient, and I don't understand how this didn't become the default as soon as the internet became widely available.
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Post by SmashTV on Dec 12, 2020 7:01:20 GMT -5
I’m heading into town tomorrow (13th December) to pick up something for my partner, which is par for the course with me. It’s not last minute but also not too far in advance.
She said that we shouldn’t bother with presents this year, but we all know that’s a smokescreen hiding a minefield. Better safe than sorry, eh?
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Post by Muskrat on Dec 12, 2020 9:38:47 GMT -5
I honestly don’t really give a shit about Christmas on a normal year, although it is the one day a year my family gets day drunk which is always entertaining, so I’m not too worried about this year. Gift cards for everyone this year, as stores are all closed until mid-January at least. Luckily gift cards fall under “essential goods” rules or my family wouldn’t be getting f*** all
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 12, 2020 13:29:23 GMT -5
A whole lot less. Imagine just phone calls with the grandparents and then watch World Juniors, assuming that still happens.
It’s been getting less and less every year but this is as close to a normal day as it’s gonna get.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2020 13:38:32 GMT -5
About the same. But then, I'm Jewish so I never plan much for it. Only change is that I will be streaming a movie at home (Wonder Woman 84, specifically) instead of going to the movie theaters. I'm Jewish too but I live with Christians that insist on getting me gifts every year even though I tell them not to. So of course I have to shop for gifts for them or I feel like an asshole. I wish I could just skip Christmas altogether. I'm a single man with no kids. Even if I weren't Jewish it wouldn't be some magical day to me. It seems like it's only fun if you are a kid or have kids.
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Post by Viking Hall on Dec 12, 2020 17:29:31 GMT -5
No, first Christmas where me and my Girlfriend are just spending it alone in eight years since we got together. Family presents are all getting boxed up and posted out to them this week and that's me done basically. Actually looking forward to it, Christmas in general for me is just over a week of rushing madly around trying to visit everyone (I live away from my friends and family) and it always ends up being an exhausting dash until I cross the finish line usually on the 2nd of January.
This year it's the two of us, the James Bond boxset I know is arriving, a big meal and probably a few naps and that's it. Bliss.
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Post by edgestar on Dec 12, 2020 18:12:05 GMT -5
We usually have a Christmas Eve party, but can't, for obvious reasons. I guess it's alright, in a way, since I have a concussion from a car accident, and I can't look at Christmas lights.
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Post by Paul on Dec 12, 2020 18:48:41 GMT -5
No, first Christmas where me and my Girlfriend are just spending it alone in eight years since we got together. Family presents are all getting boxed up and posted out to them this week and that's me done basically. Actually looking forward to it, Christmas in general for me is just over a week of rushing madly around trying to visit everyone (I live away from my friends and family) and it always ends up being an exhausting dash until I cross the finish line usually on the 2nd of January. This year it's the two of us, the James Bond boxset I know is arriving, a big meal and probably a few naps and that's it. Bliss. It's always nice to see a couple "Bond-ing" over the Holidays.
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Post by DerktheDerk on Dec 12, 2020 21:46:02 GMT -5
I always spend Christmas Eve with my parents. They don't live too far away and don't go out because they have underlying health issues and aren't taking the slightest risk with the virus. So now that we're on Christmas Break, I'm going to quarantine so I can make sure I'm okay to still do that.
My wife and I just sit around the house on Christmas Day, so that is not going to be any different.
We usually go to a lot of places around Christmas to see lights and all of that. Obviously that isn't happening this year, which is depressing. It definitely doesn't feel like Christmas.
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Post by Malibu Stacy on Dec 20, 2020 16:28:18 GMT -5
Kind of, but it's not pandemic related, at least not directly. We usually visit my boyfriend's mom for a couple hours, but this year, we'll be spending the weekend with her. Other than him and her father, her relationships with family members are all strained, and she lost her father over summer. So boyfriend wants to make sure she doesn't feel overly alone this holiday. Other than that, I never really have any particular obligations. I decorate if, when, and how I feel like. Last year I set up the tree and decorated it, then my dad put a couple gift bags under it with one present and card for me, one present and card for boyfriend. That was it. This year, I asked my dad to teach boyfriend how to put up lights outside, and went whole-hog with decorating inside throughout the house. I also colored two "Christmas" pumpkins and plan to leave them on a couple of friend's doorsteps for their kids. And I got myself on the hook to bake 5 dozen cookies for another friend with five kids
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