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ChristmasHoliday, And Then It Snowed And Got Very ColdThem: Where are you from?
Me: New York.
Them: Really?!
Me: Yeah, upstate.
Them: *disappointed* Oh.
Leading to me wanting to secede. Until a fellow upstate nyer pointed out that we would be a really poor, really lame state.
And my dad makes latkes year round for our former-Catholic family. Except he usually serves them as a side dish to pork chops, which I find inappropriate.
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ChristmasHoliday, And Then It Snowed And Got Very ColdThe thesis is that Dickens was anti- organized religion and wanted to present a secular alternative, hence the Crachits and Feziwig and the nephew all eating and drinking and being merry. Not too much Jeebus tho.
Isn't it funny how crusty that story is now?
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ChristmasHoliday, And Then It Snowed And Got Very ColdAll holidays, always, have been celebrated how the people involved wanted to, and not necessarily as dictated by some authority, or some long held custom, and not as remembered in some hazy nostalgia.
They all follow the sun, because, like, we can see it.
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ChristmasHoliday, And Then It Snowed And Got Very ColdIt was fine when I was 8 years old and cold enjoy frolicking around in it, but 30 years later, it's not so fun.
Yesterday I was going to go out to get a much-needed prescription, but I turned right back around once I realized I couldn't even see out the door.
This, my friends, is why I want to move to California; I'll take rain and fog over blinding snow storms any day.
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ChristmasHoliday, And Then It Snowed And Got Very ColdLEAVE CHRISTMAS ALONE! heh.
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ChristmasHoliday, And Then It Snowed And Got Very ColdAdditionally, Upstate is kinda upsetting, my aunt lives in Rochester and its simply depressing up there..the shopping malls look like they exist 6 months after the apocalypse.
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My dad still foams at the mouth because of Reagan's tax cuts.
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ChristmasHoliday, And Then It Snowed And Got Very ColdI know I have a million things to be grateful for, and I am, and I know my career is going well, but I can't get through Christmas without at least one lengthy cry. Does anyone else get the Christmas blues, too?
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I feel for you re your dad though, my father has the same thing about his sister who died young. I think it's because it's time of year when you can't help but remember people. We used to always drink to the dead on Christmas Eve.
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I may be the only person in history who ruined her life by going to law school. But oh well! I like my cat.
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Maybe we call all be miserable together.
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I used to love Christmas, but for the past 10 years I get worse at this time of year; the snow only makes it worse.
I hate not liking Christmas and I know part of my issue is BPD/whatever other freaky mental illness crap I have.
But having Christmas "cheer" practically rammed down your throat from October on does not help. I miss the good old days, where crappy homemade gifts and actual Christmas cheer made the holiday.
I'm not even putting a tree up this year.
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@TheFormerJuneBronson: for me, It's A Wonderful Life, I'm just a mess at the end. When George Bailey's brother Harry comes home, and George just stands there saying, "Harry! Harry!" I'm a wreck. (Great NYT story on the movie this weekend, btw.)
@limedcoconut: Until you're married, you have every right to be with your own family on Christmas. Kate Middleton does no less.
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If you can understand the concept of being drunk and eating lots with your family, you get Thanksgiving.
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Plus having an extensive family, we always did "the rounds" visiting/hosting our extended family and Christmas was about the immediate household.
I don't mind the two holidays, but they are incredibly close in timing.
/guess who just finished Team of Rivals?
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ChristmasHoliday, And Then It Snowed And Got Very ColdI fucking hate Christmas.
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So true. I posted on this morning's Dirt Bag that if I were as rich as Croesus - or Tom Hanks, who was the topic of conversation - I would be drunk with generosity. Dizzy with it.
Giving a handful of euro coins to someone collecting on the street and finding the perfect political book for my dad is as much as I can afford right now, but even that can be like the warmth from a glass of whisky.
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ChristmasHoliday, And Then It Snowed And Got Very ColdThere, I said it.
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Which is actually a pretty Christmasy sentiment, when you think about it.
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ChristmasHoliday, And Then It Snowed And Got Very ColdWhich is to say: Megan, I laughed even harder (and more bitterly, if possible) at Spencer's question about the economics of upstate NY than you did. Since I will be unemployed as of Xmas day.
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what kind of employer does that?!
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So no, I didn't get fired; my office actually desperately wants me to stay. But I still appreciate the sympathy and the misplaced rage :)
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ChristmasHoliday, And Then It Snowed And Got Very ColdPS: I live with my family (including small children). Send alcohol.
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Hey now, according to the Seattle Times, the city of Seattle has 27 snowplows. So you know, maybe we'll get to drive around after the New Year!
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