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Old 10-08-2005, 00:48
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Christmas is coming....

So, today, Harrods started to put up Christmas decorations and sell yuletide goodies ba hum bug.

But I do love all those bar girls on Xmas eve all dressed up in little red dresses

Roll on Xmas eve!
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Old 10-08-2005, 00:54
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already putting them up???? what is that all about, i agree with you mate, all x-mass means to me now is another trip to los, don't do the family thing anymore, i ain't been in the uk for x-mas in 3 years bring on all the little red thongs and the x-mas morning BJ
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I absolutely detest christmas all the shops are closed the tv is sh it and relatives you cant stand come to visit. give me a good scottish new year anytime by the way i usually come to los november time because i always felt that you got ripped off for flights hotels etc but last year came to los at christmas and spent it in pattaya i have to say i did not think it was any better or worse than normal times of the year and certainly not worth the £900 i had to pay for a flight so its back to my november normal time holiday and i will work at christmas for double time and a half to save up for my april/may visit to los
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Old 23-08-2005, 05:34
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I agree with Talbotman.. I too hate Christmas time with its bullsh!t of music and trade.... I hate it in Europe, and also in SE Asia... remember a trip in December in Malaysia (mostly muslim) but the shops were full of x-mas decorations and when I went back to the hotel, they plaid "jingle bells" everytime. Now Christmas trade starts so early... boring IMHO but it's business.

But I think BG's like Christmas as we often see them wearing so many gold chains that they look like a Christmas tree

Sometimes funny to see they like so much to wera many gold things and they can tell you they don't have BF
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Old 23-08-2005, 12:56
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A friend of mine was relating to me a christmas decoration he saw in a Japanese department store - Santa Claus nailed to a cross.

I don't think they quite understand the concept, yet - but a great idea for all crimbo hatgers!
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I dont know where they got to but one time I bali they had made up this croos cultural 'Santa' with red suit and a Balinese 'demon' mask on its face on an sort of sliegh thing..

After christmas the decoration all kind of broke down so it looked more like a drunk comotose red demon with white fur trim..

funny as..
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But how can you hate x-mas, as it was the day our lord gave us Jesus Christ! Not santa!
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I am not sure Jesus meant for girls to wear red skimpy underwear to celibrate his birth... oh well, Thailand is free to express their views on the christian religion however they want is it means seeing lots of short skirts!!
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I rememebr seeing the big Xmas tree near Siam Square, BKK, entirely decorated with AmEx cards... pretty much summed up al that Xmas is these days. Not that I approve of the superstitious clap-trap from which it grew in the first place (the pagan holiday of Sol Invicta, hijacked by Roman Christians for their leader's pseudo-birthday.)
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After christmas the decoration all kind of broke down so it looked more like a drunk comotose red demon with white fur trim.. ..

Well, Santa is an anagram of SATAN
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ok, im gonna ruffle some feathers here, but its just my opinion. i dont think x-mas is as big as a holiday as it is in the states. if it is, let me know. but i have to tell you guys, it seems like people on this board are so negative about everything not LOS. i just dont understand it. i here so many people *****ing about their countries, the girls in their countries. now x-mas? i really just cant understand. maybe in the states we breed robots who just follow things weve been told throughout our upbringing, but i love my country, love girls in my country(actually love girls in every country)and i absolutely love christmas. i really just dont know where all this negativity comes from, it has baffled from day one ive been in LOS and listened to guys talk
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Talking hi paul

spend xmas,here in the uk, and you will know what the xmas haters are talking about !
its about as interesting as whatching paint dry !
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ok, im gonna ruffle some feathers here, but its just my opinion. i dont think x-mas is as big as a holiday as it is in the states. if it is, let me know. but i have to tell you guys, it seems like people on this board are so negative about everything not LOS. i just dont understand it. i here so many people *****ing about their countries, the girls in their countries. now x-mas? i really just cant understand. maybe in the states we breed robots who just follow things weve been told throughout our upbringing, but i love my country, love girls in my country(actually love girls in every country)and i absolutely love christmas. i really just dont know where all this negativity comes from, it has baffled from day one ive been in LOS and listened to guys talk

It is big here in the sense of commercialisation. If you have children here, peer pressure results in people getting in to debt in order to provide for their little darlings. This can lead to depression and in extreme cases - suicides (pretty negative).

If you have not got kids then the hype from September to December 24th gets on your t!ts as all it is really is a few days of work.

My general impression of the BMs here is that they can usually see ''the bigger picture'', they have seen a lot of life and are not easily fooled. So if they appear negative about a 2 day overhyped holiday, celebrating the birth of a fictional character on a day when he wasn't born, now you know why
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i feel that i am pretty worldly, and want to see us much as the world as possible and learn from it, but i see alot more negativity than just x-mas.
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It is big here in the sense of commercialisation. If you have children here, peer pressure results in people getting in to debt in order to provide for their little darlings. This can lead to depression and in extreme cases - suicides (pretty negative).

If you have not got kids then the hype from September to December 24th gets on your t!ts as all it is really is a few days of work.

My general impression of the BMs here is that they can usually see ''the bigger picture'', they have seen a lot of life and are not easily fooled. So if they appear negative about a 2 day overhyped holiday, celebrating the birth of a fictional character on a day when he wasn't born, now you know why

But don't you still look forward to opening all your presents on christmas morning, going round the families for games and roast turkey, stuffing and roast potatoes, pulling christmas crackers and getting a little surprise present, popping round friends for a xmas drink and then going to a party in the evening. If thats not worth looking forward to and getting excited then its all round mine for this christmas to get that christmas cheer back into your lives, as you can tell I love it and am more excited by it now than when I was a kid or maybe I am still a kid?
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i feel that i am pretty worldly, and want to see us much as the world as possible and learn from it, but i see alot more negativity than just x-mas.

You asked a question about people being negative about Christmas, so I answered it. We all see a lot more negativity than Christmas, but can we agree not to start any threads on it as:

1: We don't want to get depressed, and
2. It will probably have nothing to do with LOS
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I always drink a lot on Christmas,

And when I do I think of Ambrose Bierce.

"The day is associated with the barbarous custom of present-giving, present-taking and present-expecting; the solemn family dinners, hollow civilities and meaningless salutations; with the deception of children and downright lying; with mawkish editorials in the newspapers, warmed over from last year; with mental distraction relieved with flashes of physical prostration. Christmas, as observed in this country, leaves a bad taste in the mouth, and as a relaxation is not noticeably superior to a shuddering drunk. I have experimented with both, and I prefer the drunk."

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But don't you still look forward to opening all your presents on christmas morning, going round the families for games and roast turkey, stuffing and roast potatoes, pulling christmas crackers and getting a little surprise present, popping round friends for a xmas drink and then going to a party in the evening. If thats not worth looking forward to and getting excited then its all round mine for this christmas to get that christmas cheer back into your lives, as you can tell I love it and am more excited by it now than when I was a kid or maybe I am still a kid?

The only crackers I intend pulling at Christmas time will be in LOS. May I be the first to wish you and your family a merry Xmas and a prosperous new year

all together now...

We wish you a merry Xmas
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Maybe we should all combine Christmas with something that makes us happy.

Nothing would be better than opening my little BG present Christmas morning and then doing it again and again all day long.

2 years ago I went back to New Jersey to have Christmas with my parents. Got there Christmas morning(red eye from California) and then proceeded to clean the driveway at my parents house 4 times in order to go to a party at their friends house as it snowed(25") all morning and into the afternoon just after I arrived. We used to go on a vacation when I was younger and I really loved to do that but now they either come out here or I go back to NJ. I am an only child and none of my other relatives live within 5 hours of my parents so it is usually just the 3 of us. I would like to take my parents on vacation somewhere but my Dad can't travel much anymore. I have never married and don't have any children so not a big ocassion for me anymore but I used to have a great time when I was younger. My birtday is a few days before, my dad's the day before, parnets wedding anniversary a few days after so there were a lot of reasons to celebrate.

Christmas in LOS. Ah, one of these days, hopefully.
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that is what happens when you hold it all in for a year without any release.

And we all thought it was his stomach that made him look fat.
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I think Christmas is great, I loved it as a kid and even though it does not mean as much to me now, Just seeing the excitement of my litte niece's and nephew's on the days leading up to Christmas and then when they finally get to open there presents is a joy to watch and brings me right back to when I was a kid and felt those exact same feelings
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