twister947
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Like, a roommate who has their own room or ???
B. At 73, I have difficulty with the term, "girlfriend ", so I resort to euphemisms.
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B. At 73, I have difficulty with the term, "girlfriend ", so I resort to euphemisms.
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Sparkly seems perfectly suited to you. Guessing you and WW are the two most efficient Christmasers I know.Like, a roommate who has their own room or ???
I have a 3 foot high silver "disco" tree. It has the same ornaments on it each year because when the season is over, it goes back in to a bag, ornaments and all. No lights. Just sparkly.
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LOL Apologies, it was there but silent this year.
You know I love your Christmas AV.
Thanks. I seem to have misplaced the version that shows some personal bits escaping their containment. Oh well, drunk Santa is all good.
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For years I had a 3 ft inflatable tree. Obviously no lights. I loved it, it was so.easy.
J made me give it up after the multiple patches were becoming obvious.
I now put up a pre-lit tree that has multiple choices for the non-LED lighting. I always opt for multicolor as I feel plain white is boring. I change it around from twinkling to slow fade to solid lighting randomly each day except I avoid the migraine/seizure inducing rapid flashing. Lots of vintage decorations are hung on the branches and it's topped with a huge gold, glittery bow.
J made me give it up after the multiple patches were becoming obvious.
I now put up a pre-lit tree that has multiple choices for the non-LED lighting. I always opt for multicolor as I feel plain white is boring. I change it around from twinkling to slow fade to solid lighting randomly each day except I avoid the migraine/seizure inducing rapid flashing. Lots of vintage decorations are hung on the branches and it's topped with a huge gold, glittery bow.
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Inflatable? I wish I could see a picture of that
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Unfortunately I don't think I ever got a pic but think cartoon Christmas tree and you get the idea.
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How did the punctures happen? Seems like thete could be some good stories there.
Says the guy who brought his father to tears when he brought down a Christmas tree at age 4 by trying to climb it.
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Is it bad that I'm too lazy to put up a Christmas tree?
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Nope. If you don't feel like it, don't do it.
I find my Xmas spirit changes from year to year and was sorely in the dumps for a number of years after my Mom died. I remember one year wishing Xmas would just go away, but I was hosting Xmas dinner, so on Xmas Eve, at 5 p.m., I finished putting up the silliest 2' Xmas tree on a table...because I needed one for the kids coming the next day and had to leave the house at 5 p.m. for dinner at my Dad's.
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It's just a bad time of the year now for a couple of reasons. I am not much of a holiday or seasonal decorator either.
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I'm the same, not super decoratey. And I'll always say, do what you feel. Nothing should feel forced when it comes to the holidays.
From my past experience, when I was feeling particularly down and didn't decorate, looking back at that time, I wish I had. Just a little something.
This year, I bought this pretty distressed metallic tree, only a foot high. It has lights inside. I just have to flip a switch and it's on. I put up a sparkly snowman, too. No tree this year. Just too... meh. But I like the tree. Makes it feel nice.
By the way, hope things get better.
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Sorry to hear that. Hope things improve.
If there's even a small thing that will feed your soul...maybe a drive to take in the lights or stopping to smell the crisp air...do that and forget the rest. Just do what adds to you, not what subtracts.
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A friend just sent me a picture of her artificial tree. It's so tacky.
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the oddest part of the Christmas season are the people who aren't even Christians and still decorate.
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Thank y'all very much. Several things just came together last night for a perfect storm of bad memories and feeling losses of people and pets lost.
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I'm sorry this happened. I hate perfect storms. Not especially fond of the imperfect ones, either, come to think about it.
I hope today has been better.
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Yes and no.
I'm spending Xmas with my one son's family. We live in the same city and are in each other's social bubble. But usually I travel to get my brother and bring him back to join us and then on Boxing Day when I take him home, I continue on to visit my other son's family. Due to Covid and some areas being in lock down, that's not happening this year. Happy I get to see some of my family, but sad I can't see all of them. Need to keep everyone healthy though.
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Yes, but only after a two-week full quarantine by all followed by negative tests all around. Also, only bringing 2 people to our home.
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No family visits this year. We have a couple of friends in our social bubble that we will see. Closest family is 1,500 miles and just too far to travel right now.
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Just the two of us but we're grateful he doesn't have to work.
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The last couple of days have been better. Thank you so much.
I'll pretty much just see the ones I already see. I'm so ready to see friends and family that I don't get to see often but I'm going to be patient.
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The oddest part of the Christmas season, to me, is that pagan fertility decorations and mass consumerism somehow represent Christianity. *shrug*
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Nope, just visiting over Zoom
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