Christmas 2013

[Fwiffo]

To be honest the CEO shook my hand a few minutes before noon and we were dispatched from the office. It has been awhile. I spent the next 30 minutes ushering my staff out although a few decided to stay at work because they lost power from the ice storm. I went home and cleaned up the flat a bit before going out to do one last liquor run for the family Christmas party tomorrow.

Then a girlfriend messaged and we were all sitting in a chain restaurant - one of the few that didn't close at 4pm with other single 35-45 single people getting sloshed (uhm, I'm younger than 35 if it helps). I finally got on one of the express trains home - two express trains late and showed up in front of my parents fairly in control of my mouth and my other motor skills and had Christmas eve dinner.

I'm going to break open a brandy and enjoy the rest of the night watching Santa come through NORAD or something.

I make no apologies I wished everyone Merry Christmas instead of this Happy Holiday politically correct rubbish. I hope everyone on the board enjoys their Christmas. Mates on my mobile from Asia are already sending in Christmas greetings. I don't really care for religion or Ramadan or something but Christmas is something special for all mankind.

Okay - back to Hennessey.

 

[Rain Man]

Just finished up playing Joseph in the church Christmas pageant. 20 kids in angel wings and sheep costumes, forgetting their lines.

My father sent me a couple of bottles of wine and the Houdini corkscrew, the package marked OPEN ME FIRST. I am about to put this tremendous gift to use. To all a good night.

 

[Grand Potentate]

I shall be cooking and gorging myself on sweets, as its cheat day.

On the present front, I have only 1 friend in this world and I refuse to give him my address because I don't want to put him out of a gift, and I have no family, so I shall pour my misery out onto my bed like it was a stack of $100 bills, and subsequently roll around in it naked.

Merry Festivus!

 

[Fwiffo]

Oops apparently intoxication led to a few typos.

Most of you sound like you're spending miserable Christmases alone. I got up this morning, got dressed, wore a tie, went down for breakfast with my parents - read Time magazine (newspaper is taking a holiday today) and waited for my brother to get to the family home to open gifts. And we did the gift exchange but now my mother and brother are arguing in the basement.

I just cracked open a bottle of ale that he got me.

6:00 PM is when the Christmas party starts so we have to move all the gifts under the tree to my aunt's house and I have to the move the liquor too. Canapes, then buffet dinner, then gift opening for 13 people (x I don't know how many gifts) and then tea, coffee and digestifs.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Most of you sound like you're spending miserable Christmases alone.

Some of us have no families. Some of us are miserable people. Some of us are both.

 

[ter1413]

I was at my mom's place at about noon. I debated going later in the PM and heading to the Barclays Center to see the Nets vs Bulls. That game also started at noon so I skipped it. My mom cooked and we just hung out for several hours.....She told stories of getting started in the nursing profession many years ago and what she had to go through(she is now retired.)

I received/sent loads of text's throughout the day wishing me/them Merry Christmas! I got home at appr 6. Had some more leftovers that I took home. Had a few Stoli's/Cran and watched a little TV(slow TV night.)
Low key Christmas for me....

Merry Christmas all!

 

[ter1413]

I brought cupcakes to the office this morning. As I'm on my way in about 8:30 I get a call my rape client was just arrested for another rape. Got to hurry to find out where they're having his preliminary arraignment. He shows up without a lawyer he'll get remand without bail, and spend Christmas in prison. After a dozen frantic phone calls find out where he's going, speed over there getting a speeding ticket from some dick cop I pissed off a year ago. Get $30k bail, so the family has to get $3k to a bail bondsman to get him out. Most bail bondsmen are closed on Christmas Eve day, surprisingly. Finally get one out of Allentown, family posts the cash but the prison says it's after noon, closed up, won't let him out. I pull a personal favour with the DJ for that time I repp'd his son on a DUI gratis to make a call and he's finally let out about 3pm.

Picked up a bunch of wine cause I know the liquor store is closed tomorrow. Watching Doctor Who marathon and making apple pie for tomorrow.

:bash:

 

[Fwiffo]

Had half a bottle of scotch and a bottle of Prosecco and some other wine. My cousin announced she got engaged to her boyfriend at the dinner. What was supposed to be a buffet turned into a sit down dinner. I still think people should have kept the buffet station. One of my cousins decided not to show up on the account traffic and inclement weather prevented him. That was strange because his brother came on time and he lived further away.

I barely remember what I did in the end. Looking at the gifts this morning I have some recollection.

Got up at 6 to do Boxing Day shopping and will head over after lunch to my mate's place to see his family.

 

[Chorn]

I had a wonderful Christmas, so fuck you all.

Had Christmas with wife and a former coworker (and good friend) and his wife (they introduced me to mine). They came over with a good selection of various beers. My wife and I cooked. I outcooked my wife (hell fucking yeah).

Earlier in the morning, Mrs. C and I opened presents on Skype with my parents. That was nice. She bought me a Hober tie.

Just came back from an excellent company dinner.

(I did work Christmas Eve until 10, though, if you'd like me to wallow with you in your collective misery)

 

[ETF]

Just under a year till next time!

The xmas onslaught ends tomorrow morning for me. We had my wife's family over before christmas (five people staying over, 10 for lunch), and some of mine after (3 staying over 8 for lunch), and then my brother and his family for new year year (5 staying over for two days), leaving in the morning. I get pretty stressed hosting all this shit, but all in all it's been ok, and I think healthy for me to a certain extent.

Christmas day itself was great, just me and the missus, very relaxed.