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DimHalo
12-01-2004, 09:56 AM
I get to open my first window in my advent calendar today. Yay for one piece of chocolate per day!

Does anyone else count down the days to Christmas in some way?
ulala06
12-01-2004, 12:53 PM
first i count down the days to my bday (the 10th) THEN i count down 'til christmas! so many presents. *dr00l*
Canyarion
12-01-2004, 12:59 PM
Nope, no counting down here. :) Yes, I count down to every weekend so I can see my girl again. :p
DimHalo
12-01-2004, 01:30 PM
first i count down the days to my bday (the 10th) THEN i count down 'til christmas! so many presents. *dr00l*

That's the same day as my room mate and 5 days after mine.
Typhoid
12-01-2004, 02:07 PM
I count down to Christmas every year....I think its because all my friends are girls....and they like to count things down.

I've been counting down Christmas since about August.
KillerGremlin
12-01-2004, 04:04 PM
Yeah, I count down for christmas. There's a thread in a forum I post at with an "official" countdown. Funny how people count down for Christmas, not the birth of Christ.


Although you're halfway there with an advent calender.
GameMaster
12-01-2004, 04:06 PM
The only reason I like Advent calendars is because each day contains a little chocolate along with the standard old proverb.
Joeiss
12-01-2004, 04:08 PM
I cannot believe they now stopped selling Advent calendars at some places, and now have the countdown going to New Years instead of Christmas! It is stupid!
Perfect Stu
12-01-2004, 04:31 PM
I count down to Christmas every year....I think its because all my friends are girls....and they like to count things down.

I've been counting down Christmas since about August.

ALL of your friends are girls?


...

I love girls, but that cant be healthy
Typhoid
12-01-2004, 04:35 PM
ALL of your friends are girls?


...

I love girls, but that cant be healthy


Obviously not EVERY single one of my friends are girls...But like....90% of my friends are..

and its healthy....oh so very very healthy. :D
jeepnut
12-01-2004, 04:42 PM
I countdown by observing the Advent Wreath every week at Mass.
DimHalo
12-01-2004, 04:43 PM
Yeah, I count down for christmas. There's a thread in a forum I post at with an "official" countdown. Funny how people count down for Christmas, not the birth of Christ.


Although you're halfway there with an advent calender.


I have an advent wreath too. I pray with it everyday.
Acebot44
12-01-2004, 05:02 PM
Used to do that Advent thing. Now don't care anymore really. Just another day except that I get some new boxers :D
Canyarion
12-01-2004, 05:17 PM
Yeah, I count down for christmas. There's a thread in a forum I post at with an "official" countdown. Funny how people count down for Christmas, not the birth of Christ.


Although you're halfway there with an advent calender.
Funny how X-mas has almost nothing to do with the Christ anymore. People just don't care anymore.

But Christmas isn't biblical anyway. Jesus was born earlier, not in the winter. :p
Happydude
12-01-2004, 06:15 PM
i don't particualrly like christmas...it depresses me because everybody ( and by everybody i mean EVERYBODY i know) gets presents while for me it's just another regular day at home played PC games and stuff...:unsure:

life sucks!....mostly.
Dyne
12-01-2004, 06:16 PM
My mom just gave me a calender yesterday.

And Ms. December is pretty hot in my Car Calender... :D

Only 30 days until my birthday now.
BlueFire
12-01-2004, 06:51 PM
Yeah, I count down for christmas. There's a thread in a forum I post at with an "official" countdown. Funny how people count down for Christmas, not the birth of Christ.

Some people don't believe in him, I guess :P
Typhoid
12-01-2004, 07:19 PM
i don't particualrly like christmas...it depresses me because everybody ( and by everybody i mean EVERYBODY i know) gets presents while for me it's just another regular day at home played PC games and stuff...:unsure:

life sucks!....mostly.


Why?

Are you like...Uh.....that religion that doesnt celebrate it...or one of those religions?

look at it this way...Im not religious...I celebrate it perfectly fine. :D
Perfect Stu
12-02-2004, 12:39 AM
Obviously not EVERY single one of my friends are girls...But like....90% of my friends are..

and its healthy....oh so very very healthy. :D

girls are great, and I love hanging out with my female friends. but without "guys nights" (poker, PS2, beer, football) I think I would go nuts with just girls. nothing against girls, I just think I would.
Seth
12-02-2004, 12:44 AM
I hear ya stu.



Anyway, I always countdown. KG knows.

It's just in my head though. No bull**** advent things. I could never handle those. I always ate the chocolates on the first day.


I love christmas. Even though it represents everything that's wrong with our society, I still like decorating a christmas tree and visiting my relatives.....but mostly the snowboarding.
Happydude
12-02-2004, 07:21 AM
Why?

Are you like...Uh.....that religion that doesnt celebrate it...or one of those religions?

look at it this way...Im not religious...I celebrate it perfectly fine. :D
no, we do "celebrate it" if you can call it that, we get a tree and decorate and everything...except there are no presents...:unsure:
DimHalo
12-02-2004, 08:46 AM
It is a shame how overcommercialized the holiday has become. I mean, its pretty sad when you start seeing Christmas stuff before halloween is even over. (wal-mart) But I absolutely love the Month of December, the season, the holiday, the spirit, and, now, the faith.
Typhoid
12-02-2004, 03:25 PM
no, we do "celebrate it" if you can call it that, we get a tree and decorate and everything...except there are no presents...:unsure:


Thats seems redundant to me.


Like hiding easter eggs, and not looking for them.

Or dressing up for halloween and sitting at home.

Or buying fireworks for New Years and not lighting them.
The Germanator
12-02-2004, 03:41 PM
Thats seems redundant to me.


Like hiding easter eggs, and not looking for them.

Or dressing up for halloween and sitting at home.

Or buying fireworks for New Years and not lighting them.

That seems like incorrect usage of the word 'redundant' to me.

Redundancy would be like...opening an a Christmas present, then wrapping it back up, then unwrapping it again, then doing this 17 more times in a row.
Typhoid
12-02-2004, 03:52 PM
That seems like incorrect usage of the word 'redundant' to me.

Redundancy would be like...opening an a Christmas present, then wrapping it back up, then unwrapping it again, then doing this 17 more times in a row.


Oops....i was talking to my sister on MSN, and i switched 2 words around...I meant to say "pointless" on here, and "redundant" to her.

My bad. :-o
Neo
12-02-2004, 05:17 PM
December 1st was happy for me as well. It marks the point at which I now have enough work experience to be eligible for the FBI.
DimHalo
12-02-2004, 05:19 PM
Congratulations! That sounds like quite an accomplishment. :p
GameMaster
12-02-2004, 06:13 PM
December 1st was happy for me as well. It marks the point at which I now have enough work experience to be eligible for the FBI.

What field of the FBI do you want to be in?
Perfect Stu
12-02-2004, 06:47 PM
That seems like incorrect usage of the word 'redundant' to me.

Redundancy would be like...opening an a Christmas present, then wrapping it back up, then unwrapping it again, then doing this 17 more times in a row.


I look at redundancy as more like...calling a british person grumpy, for example

I mean you've said british...anymore than that is just beating a dead horse

:sneaky:
Happydude
12-02-2004, 08:48 PM
yes...well...that my family for you...it wasn't always like this, it just happened to be like this the past 4 years or so :unsure:

they claim i'm too old...even though they expect presents themselves