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Let's make Christmas fun

Let's make Christmas fun

Good morning Forum Land,
Just in case you didn't know, it is two weeks until Christmas. I'm super excited!!! Christmas can be SUCH a hard time of the year. As many of you know, I have no family or friends, and consequently I will be spending Christmas day alone, just like I spend every other day of the year alone. However, this will be the twentieth Christmas that I have spent by myself and I kind-of have the hang of it now. It used to be excruciating, but over the years I have developed my own way of navigating the day. I have created family Christmas traditions...just without the family bit.

To all those Forumites who superly duperly struggle with Christmas, I get it. I really do. For many years it was a truly horrendous time of the year for me. But now I've learnt to make it a fun time in my own quirky way.

This is my first Christmas in Forum Land and I am super looking forward to counting down the days to Christmas here. I totally understand that this thread will not suit everyone. There are threads here and here, which focus on the challenging aspects of this time of year. My hope is that this thread can be a space where those of us who want to enjoy the fun parts of Christmas can do so. Christmas can be oh-so-hard...but despite my muddles and my social isolation, I choose to make Christmas fun. I superly duperly hope you will join me.

https://www.jibjab.com/view/make/beginning_to_look_like_christmas/e43c952f-be6e-49de-b9b9-f5d283c90242

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Absolutely NO pressure then @Bunniekins LOL

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@Bunniekins I have parked your car in the garage to start working on 'rounding up' all the forumites and placing them in there as I do..... watch this space......................

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@Zoe7 OMG! how clever!!!!

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@Former-Member Loving your strangely cutie pie Christmas guinea pig avatar Lauz!!!!!!!

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Well this looks like an extremely FUN thread! To get into the spirit with everyone I have updated my little Totoro display - hope you like it!

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@Former-Member LOVE IT!!!!!! Muahahahahahahaha!!

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Thanks @Bunniekins,

He is from this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096283/ He is an invisible friend that helps the characters in the film through some tough times with his imaginery land of fun and exciting things!

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@Former-Member Well he is adorable!

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@Former-Member is he a raccoon, cat, owl cross?

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@Zoe7 I actually wasn't sure, so I just googled it and you are so spot on!! The 'reliable' world of google said:

However, he is obviously a mixture of several animals: tanukis (the Japanese version of raccoons), cats (the pointed ears and the facial expressions), and owls (the chevron markings on their chests and the "ooo"-ing sound they make with their ocarinas at night).

Nice one!

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