So not long to go...
Whose done all their shopping and whose leaving it to the last minute?
Where you spending it and how drunk will you be by 10am.
What a ball ache. Every year they can't resist kicking off the festivities earlier than the previous year. No shopping from me until its December. 24th. Bah humbug.
Took a gander around the Galway "Christmas Market" today. I'd like to know what the fuck nutella pancakes and little ceramic garlic graters have to do with christmas.
The Galway Christmas market is up already? Must take a look next time I'm in town.
One thing that is absolutely essential this time of year is having your headphones primed and ready to go with some good music before walking into any shops that will be playing that god awful Christmas music shite.
Yeah they set it up on friday I think. Same stuff as every year from what I saw.
Where I work we started getting in the christmas stock around the middle of August. Thoroughly depressing, and really got me thinking about how we are always getting rushed towards the next commercial extravaganza. It is all a big bag of shit, gets worse every year and there is really no spirit to it at all.
At least there is a good run of soccer to look forward to, I suppose
I've heard they're installing an ice rink near city hall in Belfast. Should be interesting
House near me has had their decorations up for about 3 weeks now! As soon as Halloween was over up they went! Fuck that shit!
Loathe it. At least I'll be out of Dublin for it this year.
I find I hate Christmas far less in recent years since I moved away from Dublin. It feels like it's impossible to get away from it while in the city, being bombarded by Christmas ads, lights, decorations and all the rest wherever you go.
Fucking hate Christmas.
Plus the fact every year, xmas stuff slowly pollutes every shop you go into. Last Sunday I was watching TV and thought,I've already had enough of.xmas and it's not even December!!!
Although I must admit, I really enjoy getting friends and family a nice gift, a.surprise that I know they'll like but I just hate that Xmas starts nearly 2 months before December. And it's lost all value. New year's Eve tho, fuck, that's even worse!!?
New year eve is just so depressing and I can't quite put my finger on why it is.
Aul Lang is soon depressing... should replace it with the ghost busters theme.
Humbug
Quote from: KingBuddha on November 18, 2018, 01:11:58 AM
One thing that is absolutely essential this time of year is having your headphones primed and ready to go with some good music before walking into any shops that will be playing that god awful Christmas music shite.
Bitta Teitanblood to make everything that bit more surreal.
Grafton Street is already hell on earth and it's not December yet. Don't have much presents to buy this year but hoping to get it sorted sooner than later. Last minute present buying is more stress than it's worth.
I don't mind xmas, as such, and it's fun watching my young nephews getting extited about it all but they are children and it's all good. With adults, however, I expect a little bit of cop-on. I despise the cunts in work who feel the need to inflict faux-chirpiness onto everyone in the run-up. The same cunts will then wave an accusing finger, screeching about "not getting into the spirit" if you don't conform to their very narrow, heavily Americanised vision of the festive season. I have less ability to put up with the cunts as the years go on.
I was getting a bit fucked off with the whole thing but since having kids I'm enjoying it way more the last few years. Probably helps that I don't have a tv so I'm not bombarded with shite from October onwards, and only need to buy a couple of presents which I just get online to save he hassle of town.
Used hate it but since the kids came along it's a hugely enjoyable time of year. My 2 get mental excited about it and it's hard not to get into the spirit of it with them.
I do however echo comments about cunts in work etc who turn full on retard about it. I'm avoiding any work sessions because some tools there think that a night out needs festive party games etc.... Fuck. Right. Off.
The childer make it bearable alright. Young lad has his heart send on a Nintendo Switch, with a few games thrown in and presents for the nephews and it's already 400 bar before I even put up a tree or look after the Mammy!
I'm riddled with children myself so I like the whole thing once it hits Xmas eve and shit is all done. The sheer joy of the smaller lads who haven't been tainted by YouTube unboxing videos is great to see.
The run up though... fucking torture
Bring on the Darts!!
i love xmas!
2 weeks of drinking and taking drugs. whats not to like lol
The thing I hate about Christmas most is explaining to people why I don't celebrate it. Yes, I'll be on my own drinking wine, eating pizza and probably watching Lord of the Rings from start to finish.... What's not to understand?
I had to put up the decorations in our place. Opened a box of lights (we sell them), hung the entire thing a hook, plugged it in beside the window and left it like that.
The boss approved, though he thought I may have gotten a bit too OTT actually plugging them in.
Not too bothered about it, our business doesn't really get any busier in the run up, and on the Saturday before it, I'm flying out to NYC.
Kris Kindle. Draw a name, buy for that person, bang job done. No fucking about ;)
Turkeyfucked. I need a cesarean...
Quote from: Eoin McLove on December 25, 2018, 03:08:53 PM
Turkeyfucked. I need a cesarean...
Yup. On the wine now. For digestive purposes...
Same here. Purely medicinal...
Feel like I ate a ton of spuds, struggling to get the booze in, still going to try though...
Whiskey, wine and a little of of gin. No beer this year surprisingly. I'll save that for new year I guess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0fzD0PL3k0
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