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Continuing my tradition of making a thread every year for Christmas, I'm wondering what other folks are doing you Buddhists and Christians, Muslims and Jews, Yazidis and Zoroaster followers, atheists and Santa worshippers as well.
I posted all of my Christmas cards by US Thanksgiving and I've just sent all my electronic cards. All of the gifts save one are wrapped. All of my staff have their token gift cards, and a handwritten thank you. The department party is booked on Monday. A secondary one on Tuesday. The division party was held earlier. I had my Christmas party at the Fairmont for being VIP drinker or tipper - I never sort out on which basis I'm invited. I turned down a bunch of professional parties being the hermit I was. I have my pagan solstice party this weekend.
On Christmas Eve, I shall be praying in front of a bottle at the men's only club next door to work when early dismissal happens. I will get just sloshed enough to take the last of the early homebound trains to my parents' house.
On Christmas Day, I will play Santa at lunch and distribute gifts to the good little Muslim children, actually just one child. Last year she was telling me all about the dreidel; cosmopolitan city par excellence.
Later that day is the main event. It appears some of my grown cousins are no longer thinking of only taking advantage of cheap Christmas travel and are making an appearance at my family's holiday party. Or perhaps they are being selfish and need money and things to pawn to make their next booking. My parents lost out hosting it so it will be hosted five minutes walking distance from my family home at my aunt's (yet again). I count a party that is close to twenty. It'll be a grand time again when dinner is finished and some of them men linger and shuffle up to indulge in brandy, whisky and cigars. Oh right and there are gifts, but as my parents' generation retires and I'm one of the chief breadwinners, it's really not working out to be a straight upwards trajectory in gifts given versus gifts received these days.
On Boxing Day morning, I continue my tradition of roaming around stores at 6am without purchasing much of anything with my father and then finding out McDonald's is the only thing open before 9am on the day after. In the afternoon, Boxing Day fixtures at the pub, Arsenal and Southampton with a good mate of mine and a few pints or more of London Pride.
That sounds about right yes..
I posted all of my Christmas cards by US Thanksgiving and I've just sent all my electronic cards. All of the gifts save one are wrapped. All of my staff have their token gift cards, and a handwritten thank you. The department party is booked on Monday. A secondary one on Tuesday. The division party was held earlier. I had my Christmas party at the Fairmont for being VIP drinker or tipper - I never sort out on which basis I'm invited. I turned down a bunch of professional parties being the hermit I was. I have my pagan solstice party this weekend.
On Christmas Eve, I shall be praying in front of a bottle at the men's only club next door to work when early dismissal happens. I will get just sloshed enough to take the last of the early homebound trains to my parents' house.
On Christmas Day, I will play Santa at lunch and distribute gifts to the good little Muslim children, actually just one child. Last year she was telling me all about the dreidel; cosmopolitan city par excellence.
Later that day is the main event. It appears some of my grown cousins are no longer thinking of only taking advantage of cheap Christmas travel and are making an appearance at my family's holiday party. Or perhaps they are being selfish and need money and things to pawn to make their next booking. My parents lost out hosting it so it will be hosted five minutes walking distance from my family home at my aunt's (yet again). I count a party that is close to twenty. It'll be a grand time again when dinner is finished and some of them men linger and shuffle up to indulge in brandy, whisky and cigars. Oh right and there are gifts, but as my parents' generation retires and I'm one of the chief breadwinners, it's really not working out to be a straight upwards trajectory in gifts given versus gifts received these days.
On Boxing Day morning, I continue my tradition of roaming around stores at 6am without purchasing much of anything with my father and then finding out McDonald's is the only thing open before 9am on the day after. In the afternoon, Boxing Day fixtures at the pub, Arsenal and Southampton with a good mate of mine and a few pints or more of London Pride.
That sounds about right yes..
