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Topic Tuesday // Is it okay to ignore Christmas? // 19 Dec, 7pm AEDT

NikNikSenior Contributor

Topic Tuesday // Is it okay to ignore Christmas? // 19 Dec, 7pm AEDT

Christmas Christmas everywhere! Between Mariah's 'All I want for Christmas is you' blasting on the radio and being wished a Merry Christmas by the shop assistant you just talked you into spending more money on a Christmas present for a Great Aunt, it's like you can't escape it!

Is it possible for us to ignore Christmas?

This Topic Tuesday we will be discussing whether we can ignore Christmas and or at least make it more bearable.

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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Is it okay to ignore Christmas? // 19 Dec, 7pm AEDT

@NikNik wrote:

Maybe we need to find a group of 'anti christmas' clinicians to start a club so they stay open 😄

That's a good plan @NikNik! Let's work on that for next year.

How many people are in your family & your husband's family? It sounds like about a bazillion.

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CheerBearSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Is it okay to ignore Christmas? // 19 Dec, 7pm AEDT

@Former-Member - really with you with this time of the year and the feeling that having kids can bring with it (including feeling the need to get through it thing that can come with that)! And the shops 😮 I am not ok with shops at the best of times and this time of the year is extra extra hard!

Feeling even more alone than already really alone would be very hard @Maggie.

An anti-christmas club of support people sounds like a great idea @NikNik 😄

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TeejSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Is it okay to ignore Christmas? // 19 Dec, 7pm AEDT

Hi all,
I’m trying to ‘do’ Christmas this year instead of catastrophise it. It’s going very slowly and it is very stressful for the same reasons @NikNik said. Planning and buying food and presents is very stressful as there are too many decisions :face_with_rolling_eyes:The last few years I’ve landed in hospital just prior. This year hopefully I’ll have that bit under control.
Just wanted to pass on that I hope everyone survives christmas (still seems like something to survive) and has a few moments of joy along the way.

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NikNikSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Is it okay to ignore Christmas? // 19 Dec, 7pm AEDT

@Phoenix_Rising
12 on Christmas eve
13 on Christmas day
30ish on Christmas night 🙂

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TeejSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Is it okay to ignore Christmas? // 19 Dec, 7pm AEDT

OMG @NikNik. That’s huge.

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NikNikSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Is it okay to ignore Christmas? // 19 Dec, 7pm AEDT

Hi @Teej - so lovely to 'see' you (loving the purple avatar!)
Do you have something enjoyable that YOU want to do planned for christmas?

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Is it okay to ignore Christmas? // 19 Dec, 7pm AEDT

Oh god @NikNik, I feel for you. That would require a lot of hard work to get through that day

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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Is it okay to ignore Christmas? // 19 Dec, 7pm AEDT

@NikNik wrote:
@Phoenix_Rising
12 on Christmas eve
13 on Christmas day
30ish on Christmas night 🙂

@NikNik ROFL. I cannot begin to tell you how completely opposite our worlds are. How the heck do you even remember that many relatives??? When I actually had a family of origin, it consisted of a mum, dad, one brother, one sister and one uncle.

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greenspaceSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Is it okay to ignore Christmas? // 19 Dec, 7pm AEDT

Yes, the isolation that comes with summer holidays, Xmas, and New Year, is part of why it's the worst time of year for me

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NikNikSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Is it okay to ignore Christmas? // 19 Dec, 7pm AEDT

& I'm an only child @Phoenix_Rising , @Former-Member & @Teej It's just my parents had lots of siblings who then also had a lot of kids 🙂

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