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    Lol... That's because the outside stuff requires more practical skills, in terms of hanging it all properly, and in general is more of a man's thing. Maybe also because some guys think it's a 'macho' thing to do?

    What I'm talking about is more indoor decorations, such as colour co-coordinating tinsel and baubles on trees, choosing the right sizes of baubles to put on specific parts of the tree, so that it all looks nicely balanced, and wrapping up presents, to put under the tree, which both look neat and nicely decorated with bows and ribbons, etc.

    In my experience, women generally do a better job of that than men

    The cat could wrap presents better than me! Del makes them look like a work of art, fit for display in a shop window, so I bow to her superior skills in that area.

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    Quote Originally Posted by montesquieu View Post
    First Sunday of Adent is tomorrow. Decorations really shouldn't be seen until then.
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    That is where it gets confusing to me. The Advent is to do with the Jesus bit, but the decorations and the date of the celebration are pre-Christian. The tree came in with the Victorians, in Britain, anyway. But elsewhere that too is from the pre-Christian festival.

    So the correct time to put the tree and decos up is really when the pre-Christian lot did it. I'm not sure we know when that was.
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    Got an advent calendar off of work, Galaxy chocolate, can't fault them there. That starts on December 1st. A chocolate for each day. I recall as a youngster there was only a chocolate in the very last window, we used to draw lots to see who got it. Even that was an innovation back then. I can also recall even further back when advent calendars had no chocolate in them at all!

    Tell that to young folk today and they wouldn't believe you.
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    Nice one. Advent calendars rock. I've got one of these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Luxurious....c100677.m4598



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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Nice one. Advent calendars rock. I've got one of these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Luxurious....c100677.m4598



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    It was a present, lol

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    Very upmarket. Dont get much chocolate these days either. An occasional hot choc but not for a while. About only treat i get still is coffee
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post

    The depressing levels of 'bahhumbugness' and negativity from folk who clearly haven't got much happiness in their lives, and are intent on trying to bring everyone else down to their sad level, and feel as depressed as they are!!

    My message to them? GET A LIFE, or at least let those who have one just enjoy themselves!

    Marco.
    It not that though is it really. I am not unhappy in that sense. I spend the rest of the year giving when I can and enjoying myself when I can. I have a dinner party when I want but I wont let this forced fun of Christmas take over.

    Serenity comes from within and I wont be told its a countdown to a day of "fun" when I plaster on a fake smile. Its just not my idea of enjoying myself.

    In that way Christmas is an insult to who I am. It is essentially a commercial venture to get people buying goods in the cold winter months when we should be tucked up warmly indoors.

    We just see it for what it is. I get cards from people who have never picked up the phone for a chat or said come for a pint. They have never got in touch when I was at a low ebb and maybe unemployed...but a Christmas card comes through the door with seasons greetings Its become a duty to save face rather than anything of real meaning.

    So we are not unhappier than anyone else but tend to see past the tinsel and baubles. There are another 364 days and I fail to see the excitement of gift giving and a turkey meal on a day of forced fun. Yes there are some nice touches but overall its stuff and nonsense.

    The Christmas lovers always get away with calling us miserable scrooges but maybe they should look a bit deeper into what we are actually saying

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    my friend was out carol singing yesterday in senior citizen homes !!!! i said isn`t it a bit early

    i love this reverse advent calender idea though

    December has arrived and in homes across the country, cardboard doors will be opened in the traditional countdown to Christmas.
    But just as some look to luxury, others are choosing to reverse things this advent - with a calendar which gives back.
    The idea is simple; instead of opening the door to a chocolate or picture, you do the giving.
    People put aside a donation each day of advent, so they have a collection of goods ready to drop off in time for Christmas.
    Many choose to dedicate their calendar to food bank charities, like One Can Trust in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
    The charity said it had been overwhelmed with offers following the success of last year, when more than 200 calendars were donated.
    "Individuals, companies, other charities, scouting and guiding groups, even people who live along the same street, are coming together to collect for us,"

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42069381
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Lol... That's because the outside stuff requires more practical skills, in terms of hanging it all properly, and in general is more of a man's thing. Maybe also because some guys think it's a 'macho' thing to do? Marco.
    :-) I was being a little bit sarcastic there, sorry. Not many of us (the family) left now but it was always the girls who loved getting it all ready. The blokes did all the electrics - and getting the tree carried in and the ladies did the decorating. They made the food, we washed up. Every year. Very traditional.

    When I first started living on my own I just left the decos up all year, including my fake tree - no kidding. Women thought it was terrible, men thought it was great! That is a paradox of some kind, surely. lol.

    Advent calendars - yep. Always had em. Just a door for each day made of paper though.

    Also just thought of something I read which is a little off-topic but I like it. "The sight of fresh-fallen snow is inversely proportional to the beholder"

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