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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

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PeppiPattySenior Contributor

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ooh @Phoenix_Rising

You are lifting me into Christmas cheer ! Awesome cards forum Land lady ....

Thanks for adding me !

PP

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QueenieSenior Contributor

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You might just get over the line @Phoenix_Rising! However, if you ate all that roughage in one day, you might have @Bunniekins's problem of not making it to the toilet on time! I'm sure you'll make it onto the Nice List yet, Santa is always updating his list until the time Norad says he has left the North Pole.

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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor

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@Queenie wrote:

You might just get over the line @Phoenix_Rising! However, if you ate all that roughage in one day, you might have @Bunniekins's problem of not making it to the toilet on time!

@Queenie

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BunniekinsSenior Contributor

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@Queenie@Phoenix_Rising Oi! you two stop taking the mikie out of poor greenpea ... no respect for poor old, old, old greenpea... 😄

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CheerBearSenior Contributor

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Hi having fun at Christmas people!

Something so exciting just happened and I have to quickly duck in to share!

As a few may know and for those who don't, I have a little collection of creatures who live in my handbag who remind me of being connected here on the forum, help me believe in myself and who I go on adventures with. There's a seahorse (who usually has a straighter nose but I guess that happens sometimes when you live in a pocket), a mermaid psychiatrist, a jellyfish and a turtle (a @Phoenix_Rising) and they make up the "Pocket Crew".
I had just walked out of a psych appointment during which my psych did their very best to assure me I am totally normal, when I heard jingle bells and saw Santa!!!
Because I am totally normal, I had to ask if it would be ok if I could take a sneaky quiet photo of the Pocket Crew meeting him so I could wish you all a very merry eve of the eve of Christmas eve (I almost felt the face palm from my psych ).
Hope there's good in today for all

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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor

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@CheerBear That is the most superly duperly coolest thing in the whole entire Universe EVER!!!!! . If you share this story with your psychologist, make sure you tell them that you made a little sea turtle super super happy. That will definitely make them even more impressed with your normality!!!

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TheVorticonSenior Contributor

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Just posting so that everyone can see my new profile pic when it gets approved.

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utopiaSenior Contributor

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Thank you @phoenic_rising for posting yhis thread. It's certainly made me smile a lot & that's a great thing at this time of year

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor

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That is soooo special and cool @CheerBear ..... ❣️

👋 to your psych from us ...... 😏

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