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Christmas is almost here.
I know there are those who do not like Christmas much.....for whatever reason, but Christmas is what we make it.
It is a time for families, for those wide eyed innocents who still believe in the magic of Christmas.
We do not have to believe in the magic to see it.....you only have to see the faces of children on Christmas morning when they realise that Father Christmas has been.
Some families cannot be together.....and for some Christmas will be a sad time because there will be memories of Christmas past when their loved ones were sat at the table raising a glass, telling a joke...or just being there.

What I am trying to say is that I hope each and every one of you has the Christmas you hope for(whether that be one with all the trimmings,or just one where you can do your own thing and just ignore it)...... That the New year has all the best of things in it for you and yours.....that those who are not in the best of health can return to health....or if this is not possible, that the good days outnumber the bad ones.
Merry Christmas to all my Accyweb friends.

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Wishing all Accyweb members A very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2015.

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Beautifully put, Margaret. I, too, wish all of you a Very Merry Christmas and the very best of New Years. May 2015 bring you good health, happiness and prosperity.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all at Accrington Web.

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And remember there is no such thing as a 'perfect' Christmas.
Just be grateful for a roof over your head, food on the table and family and friends to fall out with.

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I agree M,There are many ways to 'do Christmas' sometimes I spend 25th December by myself, at other times with a friend or two.....sometimes (like this year) i do the family thing.
I was taught not to feel obliged to spend money in order to be able to enjoy Christmas.
For me, I will be having some lovely quality time with my mother. No doubt she will have some presents for me (nothing outrageous just things like socks,boxers and a silly jumper).
She will (as always) splash out on food for dinner (about £30-£40) which is utterly indulgent but it's not going to break the bank.

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I think that many of us get sucked into the feeling that Christmas has to be a certain way.......that we should all do certain things.
Giving gifts is not obligatory......and isn't time a gift.....the spending of time with people that perhaps we do not see very often.
We get caught up in the consumerism......eating, drinking.
My Ma would happily have a good dollop of corned beef hash for her Christmas dinner and enjoy it far more than all the rich fancy foods.

Christmas is hyped up so much that it is very difficult for it to match expectations.
Have no expectations of the day......treat it as what it is......just another day, and you will be less likely to be disappointed.
Personally, I would wish for the kindness of Christmas to be extended through the year......and not just given an airing on the 25th of December.

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I know I shouldn't promote my own blog......but when thinking of Christmas I do think that there are some things which need to be considered.
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/b...christmas.html
Have a read of this and see what you think.

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Well said Margaret. There is no such thing as perfect. We should all be grateful for what we have and realise that not everyone is as fortunate as we are. I wish all on the Web a Happy Christmas and a peaceful and healthy 2015.

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Well, never mind the silly spending and the 'Humbug'!

I hope EVERYONE on Accyweb has a good Christmas, however they celebrate it and whether they celebrate it.And a Happy New Year!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrhWn3Ea1DQ

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Well the big day is coming very soon and I would like to wish all the Accywebbers a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy new year. Long may we continue.

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Merry Xmas to all my readers.:D

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Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you both.
I hope you have the Christmas you want, and that the new year finds you well, and is kind to you and yours.

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To all at Accy Web, Merry Christmas and good health and happiness for 2015.
From us down under.

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I know I don't post a lot on here but, I do look through most days and I do enjoy reading and sometimes do have a good laugh at some of them.
So keep it up and I would like to wish all of you guys a very Happy Christmas and a damn good new year.
Run Fast, Keep Low and Stay Safe and Trifle Thee Not as Thy Time Is Short. From Kim and Myself.

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And to you both Jen.
Hope you have a lovely day tomorrow.....and that the New year is kind to you both.

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From the garrulous Donkey & the long suffering Witchling, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas & the best 2015 possible. :)

Kindest regards, Dave & Marion in Germingland.

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IT'S CHRISTMAS

Happy pagan holiday folks :alright:

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Good wishes to all. Here's to a healthy, happy new year Accy Webbers!

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Merry Christmas to everyone and a happy,, healthy New Year. xx

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Thats not much use, Its the shopping days that matter.:D

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So start saving now.

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Every day's a shopping day with tinternet Mr C ;)

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Well I recorded this on my camera and made it into this video - all photos and video taken by my good self...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Ht...ature=youtu.be

Have a good Christmas - I hope this gives you a good laugh!

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Well, christmas in the materialistic and commercial world can be rather expensive :D

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A day to myself with the dog and a good glass of wine - priceless.

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Have to agree, A good glass of wine is priceless.:D

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A good mug of tea will do for me!

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and a brewmaker ... mines rebelling at the minute!!!! :p

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Thanks for the thread, Margaret.

I hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year , however you chose to celebrate or not celebrate it :)

I totally agree about the 'Perfect Christmas'. Even perfect isn't perfect :)

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try a 13 amp fuse

if that dosnt work shove the whole kettle up his arse he will move soon enough ;)

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I know, I know, it is still only coming to the end of Oct but who's ready for Christmas?

Perhaps (like me) you've started to buy presents and started planning for that wretched Christian holiday that we all have forced upon us year after year :D
Yes, it's nearly that time of year when you can't turn on your tv or go into a shop without being reminded of it...


...I haven't seen the coco-cola truck on TV yet,but "holidays are coming" :)

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I'm all sorted. Presents bought so no last minute running around. As for "that wretched Christian holiday", wow, the Bah Humbug season has started early. Cheer up!

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I am sure I have said this before Jason.....no one, absolutely no one forces you to celebrate this Christian holiday. It is another day. So OK, the shops(in the main)are shut....And there may be no buses or trains running.....that is not much different to other bank holidays with little or no,religious significance.
There are people who do enjoy this celebration who are not Christians, many people who,proclaim Christianity to be at their roots give the religion only a passing nod.
If you really do not want to celebrate it, then the solution is in your hands.
Let all your family and friends know well in advance, that you will no longer be celebrating Christmas....Then go and offer your services as a volunteer to some charitable organisation that makes the festive season a little more comfortable(for just one day) to those far less fortunate than yourself who would dearly like to celebrate the day....or go to work(as I did for some thirty years)as a volunteer on one of the wards at our local hospital. I am sure they will value your services to get their elderly and infirm patients fed and watered.

But for goodness sake, do not come here every year and moan. It really is quite tiresome

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Nice try, but I'm not biting, the bold highlighted part of your sentence gives you away fella, bet you'll be organising the secret santa where you work & bringing in mince pies. ;)

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Oh no, at least a month of having to endure all those played to death Christmas records in supermarkets and stores around the land - songs that were once great are now grating the earholes...:mosher:

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This year,Mrs E is going to the in laws so,I think I'm going to indulged in a day of doing sod all.Of course,like any other day,Christmas day is whatever you want to make of it.

I won't bang on about the consumerism or religion side of Christmas this year because,as you correctly pointed out,it's "tiresome".

This year I'll probably wake up at about 5am,and with no pressing urgency to move,I'll wish Mrs E Merry Chrimbo and go back to sleep till about 9am.
When I do decide to rise from my pit,I'll probably just watch the television....and if that gets boring I might switch it on.

I know,especially for those who have nobody,this time of year can bring with it a sense sadness and loneliness.
But,perhaps,spending Christmas alone isn't a bad thing? I spend most of my life being forced to converse with folk I have no wish to talk to and on top of that there's no ruddy room on public transport around Crimbo so I have folk in my personal space....for me spending Christmas Day alone (uninterrupted by other pesky humans) is a present money can't buy you.....

...Bah Humbug :D

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So, you DID find something positive about Christmas Day after all.
Your choice to be alone is just that....Your choice.
Many folk spend most of their time alone.....and ARE lonely. I like my own company but there are times when the company of someone you have connections with, is good for your health.
As for the crowds at Christmas, you can be in a crowd and still be lonely.....because no one acknowledges you, so it is good to talk to folk....even if you don't know them.

When I go out and about on the buses I nearly always meet older folk(I know I am one of them) and I frequently start up a conversation. It is part of the enjoyment of being out and about.
Anyway Jason, may I be the first one to wish you a peaceful Christmas of your own making, doing whatever pleases you.

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Not getting into this subject again.... Just sayin

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Yes, you did just by posting, Oh sheite now you've got me on it, O.K. I give in, best wishes for boxing day everybody, that's only two months off from today.
:bangh8:

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I'm going to make this the best Christmas I've had for a few years.
And I'm sure it will be.
Some of you know why.

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Russell, I am so pleased for you...I cannot tell you just how happy I am for you.

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Thanks Margaret.
I never thought it would happen but it has and I'm so content again.

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It's snowing; so I will give Christmas a thought. There. Done. Must have been a passing thought.;) Looks as if we might have a few days of Indian Summer coming up. That means I can push Xmas to the back of my mind again.:D All I want for Christmas this year is for my little dog to make it so that she can have her special dinner of bacon, sausage, and liver. She's seventeen, blind and deaf, and a tad wobbly on her pins. But there's still bounce in the old girl.:dancedog:

Oh, and I want the usual: a tree I can smoke.:alright:

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hope yer mutt makes it eric.;)

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Me too Eric.
We no longer have a pooch but out little tuxedo cat was quite poorly recently.
Hubby thought that she would pop her clogs and was very upset......but I coddled her through....she is mighty thin, but is much better and eating well(so hopefully she will regain her weight).
Animals...they are a worry!

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Yup ... they are a worry. Glad to hear your cat is feeling better. Don't go feeding her any of that "foreign muck.";)

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Not a chance Eric, right now she is having chicken breast, a bit of cod fillet and a saucer of cream. Himself has put the central heating on too...just so that she can roast her bones on the radiator(she lies on the top like a leopard in a tree.....on leg dangling insouciantly over the edge)

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Me and Mrs E are about to start buying them pesky humans that we interact with some Christmas gifts.

Apparently,we're getting them now so we have less stress in a few weeks time.
Over the years we've found that a nice bottle of alcoholic beverage (if they drink) ,along with a card,is a simple but practical gift.

So, I'm after suggestions for alcoholic tipples in the under £20 range....What would you recommend?

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If that is you choice of gift, then personally I would wait a few weeks as most of the supermarkets will start vying with each other as to who can supply larger bottles of falling down water at cheaper prices. Morrisons, Tesco and Asda all do these ridiculous deals.....so there you go.

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I wouldn`t be spending £20 on someone if I don`t know them well enough to know what they drink.

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Smacks a bit of double standards, doesn't like and will be avoiding celebrating Christmas, but must appear to like folk by buying pressies any way.

Be honest, if you don't like, won't be celebrating krimbo then don't pretend by keeping up appearances.

My ex used to spend ages sending cards, then one year she turned to me and demanded that I should send the cards, for once O.K. I said this year my responsibility.

I didn't buy cards, I ignored the seasonal bull, after all the worst thing if you play with that game is, OMG Uncle slutch has sent a card and I missed him off the list! I must spend extra guaranteeing he gets a card before old postie stops delivering.

All that happened was, she panicked and the next year half as many cards as the year before, no doubt because the usual senders thought, at last I don't have to send them one next year.

To me that was a plus, to her it was a social devastation, we had to put up less strings to hold all the cards we didn't really pay any attention to.

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The simplest way is one we use. buy em vouchers fer clothes. or argos/toys etc no pondering what they may like, just bought a River Island voucher for gran-daughters birthday, shes into fashion, job done.;)

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Sooo 5 weeks to go & it'll be Crimbo, the retailers are pumping out their adverts, opinions anyone? So far I think the best of the bunch has been Lidls Carrot/mince pie add, is it just my warped sense of humour that makes me grin when it's on or does anyone else find it amusing? :)

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Christmas is fun although we really have to spend some for gifts and holiday celebrations. Its a good event to be with our relatives and friends. Its about love and we must not forget that we celebrate it because its the birthday of our Savior Jesus Christ.

By the way, Let us all wish for a peaceful and a Happy Christmas!

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It's my favorite time of the year again, i don't know why but it seems that people are extra kind during Christmas

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Are you including all those who pinch purses off old ladies in the shopping centre or raid folks houses and steal the kids presents ?

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Because they're on the pop!:D

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Sad, really sad, there are 365 days on average every year, why should one period of advertisement full phoney sentimentality be a favourite for anyone?

Do you hibernate for the rest of the year?

Get out there and enjoy the other days, they won't return if you've wasted them.
:cool:

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I'm gradually headin towards a very depleted in numbers family so our Christmases are a-getting very quiet family wise :-( and so many friends have gone upstairs a sad part of it all. I can see how lonely it could be for thousands of people and yep I do love Christmas by the way so I'm not on a complete downer. I feel for those pressurised by the Christmas sell marketing side of things and the expectation to buy whatever on mass and setting themselves up for a year paying up the credit cards.

On a happy note I think Lidl mince pies won a award for its luxury box didn't it?

I'm a Turkey fanatic and will once again be looking after a elderly lady on Christmas day creating another bumper Christmas dinner, that's if I can catch the blasted Turkey first!



You are right Less, as they say life is too short to be wasted so better get going and you never know what is round da corner either.

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Well, because it's the time of the year that people get to give their blessings to everyone and don't forget that delicious food on the table sharing it with the people who are dear to us. :-)