Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 51878795 United States 11/16/2014 08:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 61974406 United States 11/16/2014 08:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) Sine I was a child the way man expressed Christmas troubled me , it was not till I lived in Austin and could go hand out things to the homeless did I get it. I have always got a extra dose of the Spirit during this time , but hated the way my family celebrated with chaos and gifts no one wanted. Now I enjoy in another way giving gifts to the poor , participating in Christmas parade Jesus Style and trying to spread extra love , thanks for post |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 65088983 United States 11/16/2014 08:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) I enjoy spending Thanksgiving and Christmas with my family. I love being around those I care about most and eating good food and giving gifts, even if they are small and nobody appreciates them. I love the smells. This year I started making some gifts. I'm going to DIY Christmas cards, so they are a little more special (even if no one appreciates that either). However, work and other people tend to ruin Christmas and the holidays for me. It's a shame. |
Sunny Daze
User ID: 26285793 United States 11/16/2014 08:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) and we don't contribute to the perpetuation of the insanity any more - probably the most POSITIVE gift one could ever contribute to one's family is the example of being TRUE to one's self and them. FREE at last ... the truth will set you FREE |
goodmockingbird
(OP) User ID: 61914106 United States 11/16/2014 09:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) I voted "I am totally into the whole Christmas thing and love splurging and gorging. OP needs to die." I am fully and ridiculously described in the first part of the statement but I surely do not with death to the OP. Quoting: Zuzu Much love to you Good Mocking Bird. I hope you and yours are staying warm and ready to enjoy the early snow. I went to Crest last night and the crazy people were clearing out the shelves. You'd think it was the snowmegedon. Strangely beautiful blustery morning today. I've been out for a 5k run and thoroughly enjoyed the solitude. We may get a dusting later, but it is far from snowmageddon. I think people are just neurologically short circuitted these days to get into a frenzy just for the sake of getting into a frenzy! I Support Our First Responders |
goodmockingbird
(OP) User ID: 61914106 United States 11/16/2014 09:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) Sine I was a child the way man expressed Christmas troubled me , it was not till I lived in Austin and could go hand out things to the homeless did I get it. Quoting: Goofy for God I have always got a extra dose of the Spirit during this time , but hated the way my family celebrated with chaos and gifts no one wanted. Now I enjoy in another way giving gifts to the poor , participating in Christmas parade Jesus Style and trying to spread extra love , thanks for post You have my utmost respect for actually doing something meaningful which benefits others and lives out the teachings of Jesus. I Support Our First Responders |
pmb1
User ID: 65099558 United States 11/16/2014 09:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) I enjoy spending Thanksgiving and Christmas with my family. I love being around those I care about most and eating good food and giving gifts, even if they are small and nobody appreciates them. I love the smells. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 65088983 This year I started making some gifts. I'm going to DIY Christmas cards, so they are a little more special (even if no one appreciates that either). However, work and other people tend to ruin Christmas and the holidays for me. It's a shame. This is how I feel. I almost died 4 years ago, so to me spending as much time with my family and making them happy is the best thing in the world. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 35410860 United States 11/16/2014 09:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) Sine I was a child the way man expressed Christmas troubled me , it was not till I lived in Austin and could go hand out things to the homeless did I get it. Quoting: Goofy for God I have always got a extra dose of the Spirit during this time , but hated the way my family celebrated with chaos and gifts no one wanted. Now I enjoy in another way giving gifts to the poor , participating in Christmas parade Jesus Style and trying to spread extra love , thanks for post I hope you don't get arrested for helping the homeless. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 60457028 United States 11/16/2014 09:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) I consider Christmas…RETAILER'S WHORE DAY. The commotion & craziness starting with black friday is a purposely created frenzy. I usually buy a few gifts for my adult children. And I do that earlier in the year and these gifts are in my closet waiting to be wrapped. That is it. |
pspock
User ID: 17057338 United States 11/16/2014 10:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) Christmas is not just a pagan holiday, it's a celebration of the birth of the antichrist. See: Thread: Kirk Cameron's "Saving Christmas" - Do NOT go see this movie! |
Zuzu
User ID: 57210837 United States 11/16/2014 10:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) I voted "I am totally into the whole Christmas thing and love splurging and gorging. OP needs to die." I am fully and ridiculously described in the first part of the statement but I surely do not with death to the OP. Quoting: Zuzu Much love to you Good Mocking Bird. I hope you and yours are staying warm and ready to enjoy the early snow. I went to Crest last night and the crazy people were clearing out the shelves. You'd think it was the snowmegedon. Strangely beautiful blustery morning today. I've been out for a 5k run and thoroughly enjoyed the solitude. We may get a dusting later, but it is far from snowmageddon. I think people are just neurologically short circuitted these days to get into a frenzy just for the sake of getting into a frenzy! You are far more ambitious than I this morning! All I manage was a cup of coffee on the back porch wrapped in a fluffy blanket. I love watching the squirrels scampering around in the morning getting ready for winter. Let me say that I love my state and my fellow Okies but I agree that there is some short circuiting going on. I've lived in a number of places here and abroad before coming back home yet this is the only place that I've seen this frenzy take hold. It's as if some odd computation takes place in the brain. Water + Cold = catastrophe! As for Christmas participation, I would be sad to not have it. I spend all year making gifts for my family and friends. It gives me so much joy to see them open the packages and enjoy their gifts. I would prefer to receive a one of a kind hand made item over something store bought any day. The only gifts I really purchase are for my son. It's hard to knit converse sneakers. Proud to share the basket with you. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 2562806 United States 11/16/2014 10:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) |
~kpm~
User ID: 34763230 United States 11/16/2014 10:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) I love the holidays......... LMAO, the jolliest bunch of assholes......I love this scene! ~With forethought and malice Whitless enacted an EO giving nursing homes immunity from wrongful death prosecutions, forced them to take in infected patients and is responsible for over 6500+ nursing home deaths~ |
TheOracle'sCookie
User ID: 15741990 United States 11/16/2014 10:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) I voted "I am totally into the whole Christmas thing and love splurging and gorging. OP needs to die." I am fully and ridiculously described in the first part of the statement but I surely do not with death to the OP. Quoting: Zuzu Much love to you Good Mocking Bird. I hope you and yours are staying warm and ready to enjoy the early snow. I went to Crest last night and the crazy people were clearing out the shelves. You'd think it was the snowmegedon. You bring up a really good point OP--and it always needs to be pointed out for the people who have big families where it would be a big drain financially. But...things have changed DRASTICALLY this year! This year...I am feeling different about the holiday "splurge" deal we hear about each year. We have some very strange climate, solar and geologic conditions that are hitting us right in the face (and the pocketbook) this year...and it is frankly, depressing as shit! My feeling is...GO FOR BROKE this Christmas. If you can't afford store-bought gifts, start to get busy right away with what talents at crafts that you may have to design lovely personalized gifts for your loved ones. BAKE A COOKIE! I think that the "shite" will hit the fan SOON ...and into 2015 and we need to really "PARTY DOWN" this year! Sorry to have to say it...but this may actually be our last "hurrah." (Sorry to sound doomy!) If you celebrate and the world continues to gind on--great, all the better! But my thinking is to have a really great time, help others to celebrate like there's NO tomorrow--because there may not be one! GO SANTA! GO SANTA! (And, yeah...go to church!) O'sCookie "...Hey! If I've got to endure Polar Vortex -35 below... ebola AND CMEs from a Jupiter-sized sun spot...the least you can do is celebrate Christmas this year!" Last Edited by TheOracle'sCookie on 11/16/2014 11:25 AM "Know ONE thing absolutely...and you will UNDERSTAND everything. Walt Whitman "Leaves of Grass" "...Buckle up buttercups cuz this shit is going to go biblical." GLP'er Thread: Update Pg14 2 Trees of Genesis! Alien Covenant Ridley Scott's new Movie: Carries Message on DNA and Ark of the Covenant! Video Thread: Updated: The Radcliffe WAVE Discovered along Milky Way's Dark Rift! Is this LaViolette's Super Wave? Thread: "Founder of Analytical Psychology," Carl Jung Called "Disturbed" Due to His "Red Book!" Video Thread: Greatest Secret of the United States, Causes of the Ice Age and Nova, Thread: 2-23-2020 pg. 8 Big Update: The DAVINCI EQUINOX CODE: Ancient Equinox temples were WARNINGS not "celebrations" of the sun." Thread: Disney's TV Series "LOST" MARATHON! Numbers/Script Match Future News! 2018-2020 Target Years. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 23461586 United States 11/16/2014 10:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) ". . . The War on Christmas (new HD version)" [link to www.youtube.com] “Germany has lost Christmas“: Thread: no christmas in germany (Page 2) |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 35600443 United States 11/16/2014 11:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) When I was a kid the whole extended family of 30 or so would pack under one roof at three different places. (dad’s side of the family, step-dad’s family, and finally mom’s side for the rest of the evening) It was a hugely stressful and very long day. Quoting: Resister Christmas is supposed to be a celebration of the birth of Christ and it is also family time at our house. In recent years, we have really scaled back gifts, huge meals, and massive numbers of people. We still go to my mom’s and dad’s separately, but extended aunts and uncles and cousins each do their own thing now and we aren’t carting $100’s in shopping bags or pounds of food for hundreds of miles anymore. Lunch and dinner are light as are the gifts. At my mom’s house, my step-dad reads the Christmas story from the book of Luke. It is so much more peaceful and I believe respectful of the celebration of the birth of Christ. Exactly...Amen to that brother! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1544158 United States 11/16/2014 11:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) My grown children and the entire family stopped buying gifts many many years ago. We all just enjoy the lights, decorations, and each other. We don't travel, even though I have a son 400 miles away, we just see each other during the rest of the year when easy to do so. Its so easy for all of us. We do get together with those in town at my daughters house on christmas day and just laugh and eat, so easy sweet and gentle. I wish this for all. Those who want to get gifts for children under 12 do, those who do not are not even noticed. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 64560170 United States 11/16/2014 11:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) Husband and I have completely and proactively taken control of our lives and simply stepped aside from any and all Christmas commotion. Quoting: goodmockingbird Anyone can do this! Even if you believe you "have" to participate, you too can take positive control and step aside from the insanity. Start now, before Thanksgiving! Let every word out of your mouth regarding Christmas be gracious and positive. State simply -- first to family, then to aquaintances -- that in the interest of simplicity and good mental health you are just stepping aside from any involvement in Christmas. Announce it like the good thing that it is --positively! -- just like you would announce that you have quit smoking, lost 30 pounds of excess weight, or gotten a promotion. You are not only liberating yourself, but liberating others! Wish good cheer and a happy day to all who choose to observe it. Emphasize simplicity, reflection, and de-stressing when you discuss your own choices. Plan your own wholesome, solitary activities -- or lack thereof -- for Dec 25th! Taking a hike in the quiet woods, go birdwatching, or curl up and read a good book. Rake leaves or prepare ground for a spring garden. Cut firewood, paint the shed. Go running, or work out with weights. Clean house, or do home repairs undisturbed. Make it your day for quiet, contemplative activity or relaxation that puts you in touch with nature or the simple humdrum rhythms of life. Graciously thank everyone who invites you to Christmas events. Forthrightly explain that you appreciate the invitation, but that you have other plans. And you do have other plans! Satisfying ones! Don't get up on some high horse about it. Explain your choices simply and forthrightly. If the discussion gets around to giftgiving, just plainly, firmly, and kindly state that you are not giving any. AND state that if anyone mistakenly gives you a gift, that you will first offer it back to them, and if they refuse it, that you will donate it -- unopened -- to a local charity. Hold firm, and do not give in to emotional blackmail, threats, or whining. Hold your ground, then hold it all the firmer. Get to where you can speak from the heart, the mind, the rational intellect and the gut all at once, and with conviction upon the subject. This may take practice, but it can be done, and done in good spirit without malice. Yes, you will have to earn your freedom. Your decision will likely "cost" you broken family relations... with the people who don't give a shit about you anyway! You will likely find yourself much respected by the few people whose opinion you really care about. You CAN reclaim your integrity! Just graciously say 'Thank you, but NO thank you' to Christmas commotion. Your poll is idiotic and shows no insight into ANYTHING whatsoever |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 51659868 Canada 11/16/2014 11:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking FREE from the Insanity and Stress of CHRISTMAS COMMOTION with Positivity and Integrity! (Includes POLL) Retailers can't even say Merry Christmas and promote Jesus Christ on their flyers and in their stores. so, fine. we get it. This Christian and my entire family, friends and accountancies have had enough of this PC anti Christian bigotry. we have all decided to not shop ( ALL YEAR ), in any secular establishment, that includes restaurants, theatres, stores, etc. ---- |
goodmockingbird
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