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[xi0]

What did you get for Christmas/what's in your Christmas wishlist, Gary?

I don't have a wishlist

And so far, nothing worth mentioning

 

[Josef]

You are overusing:

 

[xi0]

Fixating on stupid things

 

[Josef]

Fixating on stupid things

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Lag, dear lord Milly! D:<

 

[Doraku]

I don't have a wishlist

And so far, nothing worth mentioning

What? You do not expect anything as your Christmas present? I thought Christmas supposed to be fun.

and just die Milly.

 

[xi0]

What? You do not expect anything as your Christmas present? I thought Christmas supposed to be fun.

and just die Milly.

No, I don't expect presents. Why would I do that?

 

[M3J]

ya'll losers deserve it. :}

 

[Doraku]

No, I don't expect presents. Why would I do that?

Well I don't celebrate Christmas so I do not know for sure, but I got the impression that one of the essence of Christmas is when you received nice gifts from your family and the like (besides your birthday).

I guess my mind is tainted by movies.

 

[xi0]

Well I don't celebrate Christmas so I do not know for sure, but I got the impression that one of the essence of Christmas is when you received nice gifts from your family and the like (besides your birthday).

I guess my mind is tainted by movies.

Well, no...I mean, as a kid Christmas is a big deal. My Mom asked my brother and I what we wanted this year and we didn't really have anything to suggest right away. I think Christmas is a huge deal when you're a kid, and then it sort of fades in regards to gifts, but returns once you start of a family of your own. Right now I don't really care about it too much.

 

[Kaiten]

Well I don't celebrate Christmas so I do not know for sure, but I got the impression that one of the essence of Christmas is when you received nice gifts from your family and the like (besides your birthday).

I guess my mind is tainted by movies.

I'm not Christian, but gift giving is part of the premise of Christmas as I understand it. As an outsider I may have missed something, somewhere. Christmas has little cultural presence in America, it's easy to misinterpret things.

 

[Josef]

Christmas here is on the 7th of January, that is when fasting ends and we usually celebrate the night on January the 6th, which would be interpreted as Christmas Eve, with fish, beans, sarma, oranges and drinks. On the morning of January the 6th kids go around houses asking for money, fruits and cake.

Usually the whole gift giving thing is a New Years part here, that is when Santa comes, supposedly, on the evening of December 31st.

 

[Doraku]

Christmas has little cultural presence in America, it's easy to misinterpret things.

Ah, good to know. I used to thought that most Americans love Christmas, because if I could remember correctly, it's the only religious federal holiday, no?

 

[Kaiten]

Yeah, Christmas is definitely a big deal here. While it is a religious holiday, for most people it seems nearly completely secularized. Christmas is the only day where the entire country shuts down. Virtually nothing even opens on Christmas day, the only day of the year that happens. Easter is also a religious federal holiday, though more overtly religious than Christmas.

 

[xi0]

It depends completely on the individual family, but aside from seeing a Nativity here and there, the actual holiday isn't very religious.

 

[M3J]

Gary. plans for Christmas? NYE? NYC on NYE? Please.

Also, I think of Christmas or hope that it's about family gathering more than anything.

 

[xi0]

Gary. plans for Christmas? NYE? NYC on NYE? Please.

Also, I think of Christmas or hope that it's about family gathering more than anything.

Yes, family stuff. And no thanks.

There's that too. Thanksgiving is more explicitly about that though. In my family, Thanksgiving is basically Christmas without the gifts, the same sort of things go on.

 

[M3J]

Thanksgiving is about eating, spending time, and then Black Friday. Christmas is about shopping, gifts, and spending time with each other as well. INverse.

 

[xi0]

Thanksgiving is about eating, spending time, and then Black Friday. Christmas is about shopping, gifts, and spending time with each other as well. INverse.

Inverse...?

 

[M3J]

Thanksgiving - eating, spending time with family, then Black Friday (shopping)

Christmas - shopping, spendin time with family, then gifting

Inverse.

 

[Kaiten]

Inverse...?

The opposite of universe.