12-09-2002, 12:09 AM | #21 |
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I'll mostly likely go with my mom and the brothers to the province to meet up with 1 and 2nd degree relatives (around 50 to 60 people) for the annual Christmas party.
On the first sunday of january, we meet up with the rest of the clan of up to the 4th degree (well over 500 people) in a ranch or a rented stadium.
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12-09-2002, 12:45 AM | #22 |
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Good Lord!! I can't imagine that! I just have my parents and the people I've made myself! So is this fun?
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12-09-2002, 01:07 AM | #23 |
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Well, the one during Christmas is really great. We're quite close to those cousins, uncles and aunts. My first degree cousins (my mom's siblings' kids) we see every sundayat our grandparent's.
The reunion every january is also fun but is more like a school/fraternity homecoming where there's lotsa games and contests where we form teams. There's so many people that those who are related to each other from the 3rd degree down have to wear the same colored shirts to identify the branch. You're given a sticker ID after you register which has a number stating which generation from the common ancestor (I'm an number 6). My brother just froze when went the first time they started it 8 yrs ago. He found out that his date fro the prom was a 4th degree cousin. My mom told him afterwards that it's not inbreeding if the shirt colors are different. LOL! Anyway, it's great when you're looking for referals and looking for business. Ain't my family hobbit-like
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12-09-2002, 08:25 AM | #24 |
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I always think that it's a little sad how Christmas is an empty holiday for me. Surely it was sacred once? Surely?
But i don't really know. I don't care. It wouldn't matter to an atheist like me anyways. It's sad, really. I'm glad to see my family at Christmastime. I'm not glad to get gifts, but I'm glad to give them. I love my family and that's about it.
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12-09-2002, 02:17 PM | #25 |
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I can't wait for Christmas!! I love it!!
The whole family gets together which is great but sadly this year my Great Grandma won't be here this year as she passed away in September. Oh and my uncle won't be coming from Holland this year!! I'll get to see my 2 Year old cousin and his 2 month old sister though! Hopefully i'll be getting LOTR goodies too!!! |
12-09-2002, 02:28 PM | #26 |
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Yesterday i saw one of the best things ever!!!
It was a talking Treebeard doll!! It was wicked! You pressed this branch and then his eyes open and he say's either: "Don't be Hasty" "I'm not a tree! I'm an Ent!" "Treebeard some call me!" I can't remember the rest but it was sooooooo good! I wanted it for x-mas but my grandma says "You're too old for that! When u r 15 u don't want talking trees!" I said "He's not a tree, he's an Ent" U have got to see it it is brilliant! |
12-09-2002, 03:01 PM | #27 |
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damn trees allready fallen over
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12-09-2002, 04:07 PM | #28 |
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Mine fell over last year... It was "fully loaded" with tons of beautiful fragile ornaments, some very old! I saved all the broken pieces, they are still beautiful. Everybody laughed except me! What a mess! And then you have to start all over again! I bought an industrial strenght tree stand after that! Poor Sween!
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12-10-2002, 12:47 PM | #29 |
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I'm really excited! I'll get to see my nephew for the 1st time ever!! My brother too! Ihavnt seen him in ages. He's 30 and lives in Hawaii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He's going to take me to see TTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
12-13-2002, 01:21 PM | #30 |
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Somone post something!
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12-13-2002, 01:27 PM | #31 |
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Merry Christmas! (yes, I'm early)
My friends and I are going to TTT for Christmas; it probably won't be the first time we've seen it, but it will be fun!!!!! |
12-13-2002, 01:33 PM | #32 |
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HUMBUG!!!!!!!!!!!!
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12-13-2002, 01:34 PM | #33 |
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OK, Blackboar, but you'll be sorry you asked
Christmas? Bah, HUMBUG. I love my friends and family, and enjoy sharing meals with them. BUT, I resent being forced to set aside a particular time and day to do so -- I resent the social pressures to buy gifts for people who have more than they need or deserve -- I resent the nationwide (US) celebration of consumerism and materialism from Nov 26 until January. What will I do? Participate in the annual family psychodrama... and it may not be so bad, and I'll probably have a good time. On the plus side: my closest friends and family have all agreed not to exchange gifts this year. Last year was the first time we made the pact and it really made the holidays a lot easier to get through. Most of us don't have the money, don't need more stuff, and can use the time we would've spent shopping doing other, more interesting things! Those that had extra cash made larger than normal contributions to charities, certainly a more worthwhile gift than yet ANOTHER sweater...
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12-13-2002, 01:41 PM | #34 | |
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12-13-2002, 03:03 PM | #35 | |
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And as far as I'm concerned, if you're going to celebrate the birth of Christ, then you might as well trying and work out when his birthday ACTUALLY was, cos it certainly wasn't xmas - the seasons are all wrong. Besides, it was a pagan holiday long before it was a christian one. Another tradition stolen by you damn christians.
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Yes, we Christians did turn a lot of pagan holidays into Christian ones. I think that in part, Christians wanted to be able to relate to the people. So instead of making up a brand new holiday, they changed the significance of one that was already celebrated. Anyway, it would be quite hard to change when Christmas is celebrated; everyone's too used to Dec. 25, and most people won't just suddenly change their ways because something we've always done before is inaccurate. (Using the excuse, of course, that "well, that's how we did it before!") I do wish we didn't go to such extremes with certain things (like shopping!) though. Whoever decided to give everyone gifts at Christmas probably wasn't thinking straight. I could think of things that would be equally fun, and less of a hassle. |
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12-13-2002, 03:26 PM | #37 |
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I loved Christmas when I was a kid. My mom went all out for us, and the religious element was there, but Christmas has become a jole consumed with commercialism. It is nothing but work and money.
I think the gift giving idea came from the Three Wise Men giving Jesus gifts didn't it?
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No. A lot of things Christians have done in the past (and in some cases, today) to try to get others to convert to Christianity are just plain wrong. Still, not EVERY Christian was persecuting non-Christians. Some recognized that trying to cram the Gospel down people's throats wasn't going to work. |
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