carew66 Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Do you like tamales? Are they like she-males??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 I enjoyed far more as a kid than I did as an adult. I think its a kid's holiday, like our Halloween. As a kid you receive gifts you don't have to buy them. You're out of school, you get to stuff yourself with food. Toys. The whole thing has few if any negatives for a kid. I don't like the over commericalization as others have noted. I also don't like the shopping madness at stores. The cost of buying gifts is also a big negative if you have to buy for a certain number of people. Depending on the type of family you have and your relationship with them, Christmas day can be either a wonderful day or a day you dread. I once heard that suicides go up at Christmas time. For the lonely its the worst time of the year. The positives for me is right about Christmas eve people do seem to treat each other better. The holiday bonds all of us. We do get the day off from work. A few days in fact. Work seems to slow down around the holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 I love not having Christmas in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 anyone for mince pies!!! Yuk ..you can have my share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchapstick Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Like: Being with my kids Skiing Dislike: Religious crap Shopping Commercialism Shopping Everybody with their hand out Shopping Parking at the mall Shopping Did I mention shopping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 looks like this Year i will be laying in bed as i'm suffering from Pnuemonia. ............ I've had pnuemonia' date=' not nice, hope you recover swiftly :thumbup: I love Christmas but I detest new year's eve. I love putting up the tree and decorations and seeing the kids faces when they open their presents. I also love cooking the Christmas dinner but I have royally fucked up this year. I invited all my side of the family for Chrimbo dinner so I will be cooking for 27. Then in a moment of pissed guiltyness, I invited the wifes family for a Christmas dinner on the Sunday before. So, I am now cooking for 24 on the Sunday before as well, Holy shit [/quote'] A huge tub of khao pat should do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Christmas at home in the States is great. Good food, good company, a pleasant time all around. In LOS it doesn't even seem like Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Hope you get better soon.. :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pe7e Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 I hate the shopping and all the religious crap, but I love the parties and seeing some of my old friends who only appear to be allowed out once a year or so, I quite like NYE as well, but stay well away from the nutters in the city centres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiHome Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 The past 10 years I have spent Christmas in non-Christian Asian countries. It is great, as we always get the holiday, but everywhere it is a normal day, so it is just a day off. In a few places there was a large expat population on the project and there was a dinner or some such. I like Thailand better, it is just a day off without the hassles, usually get invited to someoneâ??s house who feels sorry for me, but we always decline. TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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