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Let's make Christmas fun

Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor

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

@Queenie @CheerBear @Shaz51 @Faith-and-Hope @Zoe7 @Mazarita @Former-Member @Catcakes @Bubbles3 @TheVorticon @Adge @Bunniekins @Former-Member @outlander @NikNik @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @frog @MDT @utopia @Maggie @Former-Member @Former-Member @Owlunar @Former-Member @Sans911 @Former-Member @Former-Member @TAB @Former-Member @PeppiPatty @soul @Former-Member @Appleblossom @24601 @isos @Jen1561 @eudemonism @Former-Member @sjpersonal @Mountbeauty @BlueBay @Teej @eth @MoonGal @Alone2 @Former-Member @Former-Member@FrailBirdPoet ...and all the people I just know I've missed tagging!

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Unknown userMember

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Duh!!!!
No I do not want to start a Ginger Man colouring contest??
I coped & pasted, what @Hope4me wrote, as she wanted the Ginger Bread Man colouring contest. NOT ME! 😞
Maybe I did it wrong?
@Phoenix_Rising

From Bella-Sinking! help duh 😛

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Unknown userMember

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Hi @Phoenix_Rising!

This thread is AWESOME! Thank you for creating it!

@MDT - Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano is a great version of the classic Christmas song. This is one of my favourites!

I love the Ginger bread houses @Faith-and-Hope and the other Christmas treats you posted @NatalieS!

Glad to see forumites enjoying the Christmas festivities!

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

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Hello @Acacia @Adge @Amour_Et_Psych @Bella @Bubbles3 @CheerBear @Darcy @Dec @-Enigma- @Faith-and-Hope @Fee1 @flowerpetals @frog @greenpea @Hamsolo01 @Hope4me @lapses @Lauz @Lunar @Maggie @Mazarita @mohill @MoonGal @Mountbeauty @NatalieS @Nell23 @NikNik @outlander @Pebbles @River9 @Sans911 @Sherry @suzanne @TheVorticon @utopia @Zoe7

This thread is AWESOME! @Phoenix_Rising

We have not put our christmas things up as we are going down to visit our S3 and S2 15 hours away xx

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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor

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Good evening @Former-Member,

It sounds like I made a bit of a muddle. You are quite right, it was @Hope4me who started the gingerbread man colouring competition. I just saved a copy of the outline to my computer. I'm only doing a quick flyby over Forum Land tonight, but I plan to colour in my gingerbread man tomorrow. I'm sorry I made a muddle. I have quite a talent for making muddles.

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AdgeSenior Contributor

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The pictures & videos that people have been putting on here are great.

Some are totally hilarious, especially the naughty Santa ones - or Santa getting payback from his Reindeer etc...

Adge

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CheerBearSenior Contributor

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There's a gingerbread colouring in competition too?!!! I feel like I am missing out on heaps of fun here at the moment 😞

I've been busy decorating my cats who were thrilled when I found them tiny little Santa hats 😛 I think they want me to go back and get them a little elf outfit 😄

Noodle wanted to say Merry Christmas all 🙂

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Unknown userMember

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This is the extent of my Christmas Tree @Former-Member, and front window

And lights in lounge room ceiling

That's all 🎍🎄🎍

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Unknown userMember

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@Former-Member, your decorations look lovely. Thanks for showing us. I guess I am just having some difficulty in feeling the Christmas Spirit this year. Will post a few Christmasy things here to give it a push along.

@Phoenix_Rising, how are the Christmas books coming along? Santa will go on strike soon with all these demands upon his time.

Okay, so lets make Chrismas fun ........ start with these and hope you all enjoy.

Sherry



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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor

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Good morning everybody,

Not long now until Christmas! It's great to see @Former-Member, @Former-Member, @Former-Member and @NikNik getting so into the Christmas spirit: https://www.jibjab.com/view/make/feliz_navidad/a3e34a8e-456a-4994-ad28-1eeafe8dde2d

@CheerBear, @Hope4me started the gingerbread man colouring in competition. She has put the outline in her public images (waves to Hope4me). I plan to colour in my gingerbread man today. Of course, that means I probably won't make any progress on the next installment of the DBT thread, but that's ok isn't it. Oh by the way everyone, if you would like to join the DBT adventure, it's here. Look at me, CheerBear, I'm advertising the DBT thread again. I've been working on learning to be subtle, I'm doing great, don't you think!

GOOD NEWS Greenpea and Sherry!!!!! Your big books have arrived. I ended up having to ask Santa's elves why they were taking so long. It turned out that I needed to clear my cache - who knew! Anyway, they are here now.

Here is your big book @Bunniekins: https://www.portablenorthpole.com/en/player/5a3825b945564-5a3825b945612 Santa asked me to let you know he did his very best to pronounce your name, but it was a bit tricky for his North Polian accent.

Here is your big book @Former-Member: https://www.portablenorthpole.com/en/player/5a382fd33314d-5a382fd3331f0 Santa had no problems pronouncing your name.

Only 6 sleeps to go now until Christmas everybody!!!!!

@Former-Member @Adge @Former-Member @Former-Member @Bubbles3 @CheerBear @Former-Member @Owlunar @Former-Member @Faith-and-Hope @Fee1 @NameUnknown @frog @Bunniekins @MDT @Hope4me @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Maggie @Mazarita @Former-Member @MoonGal @Mountbeauty @NatalieS @Former-Member @NikNik @outlander @Former-Member @Queenie @Former-Member @Sans911 @Former-Member @Shaz51 @Former-Member @Former-Member @TheVorticon @utopia @Zoe7

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MDTSenior Contributor

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Hi everyone. Hope you are all enjoying the festivities.

Can we share what the most disappointing present was for christmas? Mine was a torch lol
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