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Let's make Christmas fun

Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor11 Dec 2017, 9:35 am AEDT

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.

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Hope4meSenior Contributor19 Dec 2017, 11:38 am AEDT

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A joyful prequel Christmas to all this morning!

@Bunniekins Your green mustang's a very Xmassy colour! Like all big pressies, I hope you find it in your driveway wrapped in a big red ribbon on Xmas morning! 🙂

@MDT I was re-gifted something I gave the Xmas before. That was disappointing! The positive though, was I always buy things I'd like to have myself. Sometimes I purchase a gift and end up keeping it! Lol.. Especially jewelry

@Phoenix_Rising I can't wait to see your Gingerbread man! I had fun colouring in mine. My 'Paint' app is so much better than the old days of trying to do everything free hand. I may do another one just for the fun of it. 🙂

I thought of a great idea for gifts this year. Instead of buying each child a boy/girl present, I bought really beautiful tree ornaments for each and put them in individual family Xmas boxes for future safe keeping. It worked out much cheaper and each received a different item; there's no two alike! There's such a wonderful selection to choose from.

Hope

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BunniekinsSenior Contributor19 Dec 2017, 11:42 am AEDT

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@Hope4me@Phoenix_Rising Well I am counting on Phoenix_Rising to work her magic! She knows I have been as good as a greenpea can possibly be so x fingers and toes. 🙂

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utopiaSenior Contributor19 Dec 2017, 12:00 pm AEDT

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@Hope4me. I like the Christmas ornaments gift idea. My sil gave me one years ago and I cherish it. It's beautiful. Well done for thinking outside the box.
@MDT - I am highly sensitive to perfumes and certain chemicals - but each year - my uncle forgets and buys me something perfumy. Bath salts. Scented creams etc. It's just such a waste of his money because I can't use them. But my best friend likes it-as the gifts end up going to her. Lol

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