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Christmas Loungeroom

Christmas Loungeroom

For all those who are both celebrating and avoiding Christmas this year the Chistmas Loungeroom is a place for us all to hang out. It is especially for those who will be alone throughout this Christmas period and as a place to come together and enjoy the company of others in what can be a difficult time for many.

Feel free to post your stories, images, grievances, etc. of this period and to leave messages for other members to help each other get through this time of year.

Christmas day can be extra hard for some so this is a place for us all to get together on the day and share it with other members.

@TAB @Former-Member @Shaz51 @Faith-and-Hope @Sans911 @Snowie @CheerBear @Teej @Former-Member @BlueBay @Mazarita @eth @Former-Member @Owlunar @Hope4me @Bunniekins @outlander @TheVorticon @Adge

@Former-Member @Former-Member @Maggie @utopia @Wanderer @MDT @PeppiPatty @Chris @Appleblossom @Sophia1 @eudemonism @Whiteknight @Pepsimax @Crazy_Bug_Lady @Nay69

....Please tag in others as my brain is not working well this morning

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I am working on Friday too (I am not in Retail) - I only had today & tomorrow off work.

Not enough, since I have not had any sort of holiday (or trip away) in over 2 years.

No $$ for a trip away, & no-one to do it with (I like company).

I don't do trips away or make holiday plans, without having company (to do it with).

Adge

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Much like you @Adge no funds for any sort of holiday here either. I am the opposite of you though - I like doing things on my own and if I could take Toby everywhere with me I would be very content. I am actually looking forward to this time off or school holidays - need to have a complete break from work for a couple of weeks then get stuck into organising things for my class next year. That will mean tackling the spare room and finding and sorting all my resources to choose what to take in and what to keep stored.

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Hi @Zoe7 @Adge @TAB @MDT and everyone passing through. Thanks for all the support- it’s so nice to know that people care! I’m okay, just sitting in the car reading a book called ‘The Book Ninja’ and listening to the Wolfe Brothers on the CD player. I’m really glad I listened to my sister for once and had a book in my bag- great for times like this!- as I’m not in a knitting mood. I really should get back into reading as I used to read lots as a kid- my parents preferred to give us money to buy books instead of lollies in the 1980s- and I remember reading books like the Babysitters Club and Enid Blyton books. Those were the days, before reading became the thing of doing it for academic purposes in high school and uni.

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I used to love the Enid Blyton books as a kid too @Judi9877 ...and the Secret Seven and Famous Fives series 👍 I used to escape to the same places as in the books when I read them ...was my way of coping then I suppose. Now I much prefer biographies or crime novels ...not so much the adventure type books.

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Ok so you're home and safe? @Judi9877 yes books Very important in my upbringing. Made me feel smarter than I was lol
Yeh nah books reading📚 Very Important 🤔📡😬🎄

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The thought counts most of all @Zoe7

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your definently going to have to get a bigger outfit for him! @Zoe7 hes a little cutie!

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Take care @Judi9877

Things can be hard at Christmas especially if it involves new people. It's something that used to occur in our family....

Be safe

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Tobes is sound asleep next to me now @outlander - poor little mite is worn out.

@MDT yes you are right buddy 👍 Might make it an early trip tomorrow so I can be home early as well. Of course I will take Toby with me so that also reduces the possibilites of where to go. I have left him snuggled in the car before but the weather has been much cooler and safe to do so - expecting it to be too warm tomorrow to do that.

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One thing that used to bug me and mum was when we went to my dads sisters house about ten years back. Every time their neighbours would always turn up and hijack proceedings.
It was fine that they would turn up.. But then to take over conversations and treat the place like it was the next stop on a Christmas day pub crawl.. Annoyed my mum and me.

Shhh don't tell anyone I said that lol.

I love family but then you do need space.
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