Are you sociable at Christmas? ( Archived) (48)

Dec 13, 2015 5:36 PM CSTAre you sociable at Christmas?
Elegsabiff
ElegsabiffElegsabiffMotril-ish, Andalusia, Spain24 Threads 20 Polls 695 Posts

Are you sociable at Christmas?(Vote Below)

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Choosing to spend it alone
13
20%
Not celebrated in my country
2
3%
Have to see family, like it or not
8
12%
Family, friends, hugely sociable
18
28%
I hate that I will be alone for it
5
8%
just a long weekend with corny TV
5
8%
Favourite time of year
5
8%
Other
8
12%
Total Votes
64
I'm ducking out of spending the holiday this year with family because long drive (8 hours at least), bad weather forecast, and I don't want to be stuck for 4 days when I know 4 hours would be more than enough.

Can't be with my favourite person who is stuck halfway across the world in a country which doesn't celebrate it.

Slobbing out instead with box-sets and eating at random times and quality time with the dog and cat. Every now and then I get a tiny flutter of panic about spending it alone, though. Just wondered how others felt.

santa waving
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Dec 14, 2015 6:22 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Elegsabiff
ElegsabiffElegsabiffMotril-ish, Andalusia Spain24 Threads 20 Polls 695 Posts
Interesting, lots of views, a few votes, no comments. Usually polls go the other way.

Green with envy because I managed to duck the happy families get-together? Or so sorry for me you daren't even risk a hug in case I break down in tears?

How little you know me innocent
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Dec 14, 2015 6:28 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
pat8lanips
pat8lanipspat8lanipsbabinda, Queensland Australia67 Threads 14 Polls 6,372 Posts
Nah not really, nor at any other time of the year really. Sociable people give me the heeby geeby's.
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Dec 14, 2015 6:31 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Elegsabiff
ElegsabiffElegsabiffMotril-ish, Andalusia Spain24 Threads 20 Polls 695 Posts
pat8lanips: Nah not really, nor at any other time of the year really. Sociable people give me the heeby geeby's.


All that hail-fellow-well-met and aren't we having FUN? *shudder* handshake
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Dec 14, 2015 6:48 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Cocheta
CochetaCochetaunknown, Western Cape South Africa1 Threads 2,021 Posts
Elegsabiff: Interesting, lots of views, a few votes, no comments. Usually polls go the other way.

Green with envy because I managed to duck the happy families get-together? Or so sorry for me you daren't even risk a hug in case I break down in tears?

How little you know me


So not my favourite time of year. Spending it pretty much like the last five or six years. Just me, my kids and their partners. Want nothing, need nothing more than that. That's my illusion bowing

BIG hug for you teddybear hug teddybear
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Dec 14, 2015 7:42 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Elegsabiff
ElegsabiffElegsabiffMotril-ish, Andalusia Spain24 Threads 20 Polls 695 Posts
Cocheta: So not my favourite time of year. Spending it pretty much like the last five or six years. Just me, my kids and their partners. Want nothing, need nothing more than that. That's my illusion

BIG hug for you


Thank you sweetie, and your Christmas does sound like a good one gift gift gift

teddybear
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Dec 14, 2015 8:20 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
Dance around the Christmas Tree.

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Dec 14, 2015 8:20 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
allthegoodnamest
allthegoodnamestallthegoodnamestLondon, Essex, England UK40 Threads 4,697 Posts
I'm sociable all the year round but at Christmas time , I can let my hair down a little more because of no work commitments. dancingsanta dance buddies laugh
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Dec 14, 2015 8:24 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
Elegsabiff: I'm ducking out of spending the holiday this year with family because long drive (8 hours at least), bad weather forecast, and I don't want to be stuck for 4 days when I know 4 hours would be more than enough.

Can't be with my favourite person who is stuck halfway across the world in a country which doesn't celebrate it.

Slobbing out instead with box-sets and eating at random times and quality time with the dog and cat. Every now and then I get a tiny flutter of panic about spending it alone, though. Just wondered how others felt.



Me n you nder the mistletoe.

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Dec 14, 2015 8:49 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
LucyMaud
LucyMaudLucyMaudunknown, Alberta Canada153 Posts
Elegsabiff: I'm ducking out of spending the holiday this year with family because long drive (8 hours at least), bad weather forecast, and I don't want to be stuck for 4 days when I know 4 hours would be more than enough.

Can't be with my favourite person who is stuck halfway across the world in a country which doesn't celebrate it.

Slobbing out instead with box-sets and eating at random times and quality time with the dog and cat. Every now and then I get a tiny flutter of panic about spending it alone, though. Just wondered how others felt.


Kids are spending Christmas with their in-laws this year, so I'll be cooking dinner for those of my neighbors who are in a similar situation. Celebrations start at 2 p.m. (after I get home from some outdoor play) and end at ?. No one has to drive, so it'll only be a very short stumble home. laugh
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Dec 14, 2015 9:02 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Ccincy
CcincyCcincyCincinnati, Ohio USA77 Threads 20,535 Posts
I don't bother to celebrate the holidays anymore to me they are just another day.

Besides they are so commercialized anymore.
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Dec 14, 2015 9:07 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
unlaoised
unlaoisedunlaoisedTwilight zone, Wicklow Ireland34 Threads 12,152 Posts
Ah no, nobody should be alone on Xmas :(

For the first time in 10 years, I don't have to do all the cooking and hosting this year cheering applause I'm so excited! laugh

So, I'll have everything I need to do, done by Xmas eve afternoon, drinks with friends that evening and head to my brother's place the next day for a late lunch with family and a few friends who would otherwise be alone
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Dec 14, 2015 9:14 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Cocheta
CochetaCochetaunknown, Western Cape South Africa1 Threads 2,021 Posts
unlaoised: Ah no, nobody should be alone on Xmas :(

For the first time in 10 years, I don't have to do all the cooking and hosting this year I'm so excited!

So, I'll have everything I need to do, done by Xmas eve afternoon, drinks with friends that evening and head to my brother's place the next day for a late lunch with family and a few friends who would otherwise be alone


Wonderful and exciting! Enjoy wine hug
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Dec 14, 2015 9:19 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
unlaoised
unlaoisedunlaoisedTwilight zone, Wicklow Ireland34 Threads 12,152 Posts
Cocheta: Wonderful and exciting! Enjoy


Thanks, lovely lady...hope yours is wonderful too hug

I think I'm more excited about not having the mob here for a change than anything else laugh
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Dec 14, 2015 9:20 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
agman
agmanagmanEagle, Idaho USA3,145 Posts
Bah Humbug mumbling
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Dec 14, 2015 9:38 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Elegsabiff
ElegsabiffElegsabiffMotril-ish, Andalusia Spain24 Threads 20 Polls 695 Posts
MikeD12: Thanks darling
I am taking it that you speak from wide experience

I forgot to add that I Love women even more if they sound like Susan Hampshire, Joanna Lumley, Carol Kirkwood or Nigella Lawson


Darling, if you squint and the lights are low enough, I even look a little like Joanna Lumley. batting I'm absolutely fabulous.
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Dec 14, 2015 9:39 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Elegsabiff
ElegsabiffElegsabiffMotril-ish, Andalusia Spain24 Threads 20 Polls 695 Posts
tomcatwarne: Dance around the Christmas Tree.


Widdershins? Throw us some shapes, darling.
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Dec 14, 2015 9:40 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Elegsabiff
ElegsabiffElegsabiffMotril-ish, Andalusia Spain24 Threads 20 Polls 695 Posts
allthegoodnamest: I'm sociable all the year round but at Christmas time , I can let my hair down a little more because of no work commitments.


And how far down does your hair go?
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Dec 14, 2015 9:41 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Elegsabiff
ElegsabiffElegsabiffMotril-ish, Andalusia Spain24 Threads 20 Polls 695 Posts
tomcatwarne: Me n you nder the mistletoe.


Pucker up then lips

LOVE the emoticon!
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Dec 14, 2015 9:43 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Elegsabiff
ElegsabiffElegsabiffMotril-ish, Andalusia Spain24 Threads 20 Polls 695 Posts
LucyMaud: Kids are spending Christmas with their in-laws this year, so I'll be cooking dinner for those of my neighbors who are in a similar situation. Celebrations start at 2 p.m. (after I get home from some outdoor play) and end at ?. No one has to drive, so it'll only be a very short stumble home.


Ha, that's a top plan, but maybe you should stumble from house to house having a course at each? less cooking / washing up but okay, more stumbling. On the other hand, your way you do stay warm gift hug
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Dec 14, 2015 9:45 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Elegsabiff
ElegsabiffElegsabiffMotril-ish, Andalusia Spain24 Threads 20 Polls 695 Posts
Ccincy: I don't bother to celebrate the holidays anymore to me they are just another day.

Besides they are so commercialized anymore.


4 days off work for me grin before I plunge back into the delights of financial year end moping

Tell me about commercial - bought the dog's presents yesterday, yikes, cost a fortune. The cat will have to settle for a squeaky mouse.
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Dec 14, 2015 9:46 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Elegsabiff
ElegsabiffElegsabiffMotril-ish, Andalusia Spain24 Threads 20 Polls 695 Posts
unlaoised: Ah no, nobody should be alone on Xmas :(

For the first time in 10 years, I don't have to do all the cooking and hosting this year I'm so excited!

So, I'll have everything I need to do, done by Xmas eve afternoon, drinks with friends that evening and head to my brother's place the next day for a late lunch with family and a few friends who would otherwise be alone


YAY but that was another reason to avoid going down to daughter's, she has the whole tribe at hers and would expect me to pitch in and help. I'm a terrible mum ...
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Dec 14, 2015 9:47 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Elegsabiff
ElegsabiffElegsabiffMotril-ish, Andalusia Spain24 Threads 20 Polls 695 Posts
agman: Bah Humbug


Have a drink together here over the holiday and sneer at all those too hot and bothered to take a quiet 5 minutes on line? handshake
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Dec 14, 2015 9:48 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
Elegsabiff: Pucker up then

LOVE the emoticon!


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Dec 14, 2015 9:50 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
unlaoised
unlaoisedunlaoisedTwilight zone, Wicklow Ireland34 Threads 12,152 Posts
Elegsabiff: YAY but that was another reason to avoid going down to daughter's, she has the whole tribe at hers and would expect me to pitch in and help. I'm a terrible mum ...


I don't mine helping, it'll just be nice not to be the one doing 99% of the work for a change....not to mention the clean up afterwards.

I miss having a housekeeper crying

laugh
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Dec 14, 2015 9:50 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Elegsabiff
ElegsabiffElegsabiffMotril-ish, Andalusia Spain24 Threads 20 Polls 695 Posts
Tomcat applause

And of course none of them pull down into the reply. But they are AWESOME.

elephant
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Dec 14, 2015 9:52 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
allthegoodnamest
allthegoodnamestallthegoodnamestLondon, Essex, England UK40 Threads 4,697 Posts
Elegsabiff: And how far down does your hair go?


Far enough so I won't need beer goggles. cool laugh
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Dec 14, 2015 9:53 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
5 years ago i was in a mental hospital suffering psychosis for 3 weeks i left the hospital xmas eve .....with a half a brainpurple heart
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Dec 14, 2015 9:55 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Elegsabiff
ElegsabiffElegsabiffMotril-ish, Andalusia Spain24 Threads 20 Polls 695 Posts
unlaoised: I don't mine helping, it'll just be nice not to be the one doing 99% of the work for a change....not to mention the clean up afterwards.

I miss having a housekeeper


I call my dishwasher Dorcas sigh

Last time I went to daughter's I had the choice of

(a) watching her dotty gran like a hawk before she could put toothpaste in her hair, her knickers on over her clothes, or sit on anyone's lap seductively

or

(b) making the bread sauce, the brandy butter, laying the table, wrapping the last few presents, walking the dog, and opening the wine. I was exhausted. Fell asleep face first into the brandy butter. I do make extremely good brandy butter. Maybe all the taste-testing added to the exhaustion ...

innocent
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Dec 14, 2015 9:55 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
Elegsabiff: Tomcat

And of course none of them pull down into the reply. But they are AWESOME.
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My pleasure ma'm
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Dec 14, 2015 9:55 AM CST Are you sociable at Christmas?
Elegsabiff
ElegsabiffElegsabiffMotril-ish, Andalusia Spain24 Threads 20 Polls 695 Posts
allthegoodnamest: Far enough so I won't need beer goggles.


the success of your festivities is GUARANTEED laugh
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