[Livia]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Thank you Livia

Chanukah Sameach/A fraylichen Chanukah

May I also wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year

Thanks Shasown, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours.

[joeysteele]

All the very best to you Livia.

[Pyramid*]

[Vicky.]

This thread made me think of

Youtube video

Anyways, Happy Hanukkah to you too Livia

[sooty]

[Suze]

Thank you Livia, and a Happy Hanukkah to you and yours and the following to all Tibbsters, norty or nice

[MTVN]

Happy Hanukkah Livia!

[Livia]

Thanks to all you lovely people x

[Pyramid*]

I like the idea of 8 days of celebrating - makes it seem more meaniningful - given that Christmas Day is such a massive build up - and let's be honest - mostly commercial these days - and it's over in a flash.

As long as you are happy and enjoying: that's the most important thing. Plus you've got Christmas to go as well.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Snowball

I like the idea of 8 days of celebrating - makes it seem more meaniningful - given that Christmas Day is such a massive build up - and let's be honest - mostly commercial these days - and it's over in a flash.

As long as you are happy and enjoying: that's the most important thing. Plus you've got Christmas to go as well.

I'm lucky to have a mix of people in the family (my beautiful nieces are being raised Christian like their Mum but learn about the Jewish side too). It's even nicer that Hanukkah runs over Christmas this year, and that I'm going to get to share it with them.

[Ammi]

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Snowball

I like the idea of 8 days of celebrating - makes it seem more meaniningful - given that Christmas Day is such a massive build up - and let's be honest - mostly commercial these days - and it's over in a flash.

As long as you are happy and enjoying: that's the most important thing. Plus you've got Christmas to go as well.

I was saying this today.

We spend weeks building up excitement and whatnot and its over before you know it.

And your right, Christmas these days isnt soley a time to be with family, it's how much money you've spent sitting under the tree.

Christmas has become too commercial and it's a real shame.

My cousin is a prime example.

She has three young children and she's spent a mind boggling fortune on them. PS3's and iPod's. The oldest is 6

The three kids are the most spoilt little bastards going and the only concept they have of Christmas is presents, not family.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Santa Claus

I was saying this today.

We spend weeks building up excitement and whatnot and its over before you know it.

And your right, Christmas these days isnt soley a time to be with family, it's how much money you've spent sitting under the tree.

Christmas has become too commercial and it's a real shame.

My cousin is a prime example.

She has three young children and she's spent a mind boggling fortune on them. PS3's and iPod's. The oldest is 6

The three kids are the most spoilt little bastards going and the only concept they have of Christmas is presents, not family.

This surely is worthy of a repost on Arista's Xmas Stinks thread!

It's true though. Guy I used to work with - they had 2 young boys, spent literally a few grand on each of them for Xmas pressies.

3 days later he came in after the Christmas break, and said he was popping out to pick up a new TV for one of the boys.....I thought it was a present that he couldn't get in time for the big day....but oh no, the boy (an 8 year old) was being given it as a wee extra because had behaved himself over Christmas - having had thousands spent on him. Deary me

[Marsh.]

[Glenn.]

It wouldn't be bad but the majority of children these days don't appreciate presents, unless its an Xbox or PS3 or iPod.

My cousins children certainly don't and they behave like ***** all year. If they were mine they would get a toy each and be done with it.

I long for the days of old where you would be excited to get together with everyone and have a good old knee's up that ran into the early hours of Boxing Day.

The true spirit of Christmas has been thrown in the bin, along with countless receipts for unnecessary materialistic things.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

children are awful

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Sassy Claus

children are awful

Im gonna get my Niece on you for that comment.

[Glenn.]

Some kids are alright, its the spoilt ungrateful little bastards that need throttling


-Never ask me to babysit-

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Santa Claus

Some kids are alright, its the spoilt ungrateful little bastards that need throttling


-Never ask me to babysit-

LOL. Am I detecting just the merest hint of loathing & utter repulsion for those brats who want for nothing and act like horrible little divas if they don't get precisely what they wanted, when they wanted it, throwing hissy fits (and gifts) all over the place . I'm struggling to be sure, but I think I might be on the right track - that that's possibly the gist here !!

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Snowball

LOL. Am I detecting just the merest hint of loathing & utter repulsion for those brats who want for nothing and act like horrible little divas if they don't get precisely what they wanted, when they wanted it, throwing hissy fits (and gifts) all over the place . I'm struggling to be sure, but I think I might be on the right track - that that's possibly the gist here !!

Something like that

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Santa Claus

Something like that

If you haven't seen it - I recommend Smithy's new thread about getting kids a terrible Xmas pressie: there is a chubby brat in a red n white striped top that I'm sure you will adore.

[InOne]

Going by google and what Livia has told me I think I'm bumping this at the right time LOL

Happy Hanukkah Livia and all

[Livia]

Thank you InOne x. Happy Hanukkah to everyone, whatever you believe or don't believe.

I've bought you a Woody Allen remake of a Stanley Kubrick classic - "One Jew over the cuckoo's nest".

[AnnieK]

Happy Hannukah livia.

My best friend when I was growing up was Jewish so I got presents for each night of Hannukah from her parents and she came to us for Christmas.