Isn't this adorable

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I think this clock is so adorable.

http://www.collectionsetc.com/popup_lgview.aspx?img=xlarge_29111.jpg

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i can't say i agree there...

its yet another annoying product of an overcommercialised holiday which was effectively stolen from pagans thousands of years ago. There are so many products just like this and in my eyes none of them trigger any emotion other than yuck...

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Aww...I think it's cute! I'd never have it in my house but it's cute!

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Oh mai that is the worse thing I've ever seen! It looks like something off bid-up tv! It's a little scary too :nervous:

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I can't say that I am overwhelmed by it either .... sowwi.

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twisted_trinity wrote: »

i can't say i agree there...

its yet another annoying product of an overcommercialised holiday which was effectively stolen from pagans thousands of years ago. There are so many products just like this and in my eyes none of them trigger any emotion other than yuck...

A holiday is a holiday I don't care who I stole it from and the commercialisation of it is just in reaction to people's demands. You don't have to take part

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The tree gods disapprove of commercialisation.

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I wouldn't have it in my house, it's a bit tacky imo, but each to their own

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A holiday is a holiday I don't care who I stole it from and the commercialisation of it is just in reaction to people's demands. You don't have to take part

i don't...

instead on "christmas day" i shall be stealling little children and putting them in a big cauldron as part of my ritual to give me the power of the world in my hand...which i shall then crush...

I'm actually gonna be doing the spanish xmas thing with my ma and her other half and i'll be doing yule on the beach! yay!

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Can't say no to a beach BBQ!

Though December might be a cold .

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shouldn't be too bad in spain, though we may be up in the mountains which means SNOW!

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itd take me about three goes to tell the time on that

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SuzyCreamcheese wrote: »

itd take me about three goes to tell the time on that

I don't think I'd ever manage!

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I'm pretty sure my gran got something like that free with bingo tokens =/

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Mushi wrote: »

I'm pretty sure my gran got something like that free with bingo tokens =/

Yaas! I need to get myself down to the bingo - my mum would love this as a xmas present!

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she truely does get the most random things from there everytime i go round i get given something like a filofax (obv not a real one) or a nail buffer or a washing bag etc etc etc

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twisted_trinity wrote: »

its yet another annoying product of an overcommercialised holiday which was effectively stolen from pagans thousands of years ago.

The ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge lives on.

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If by 'adorable' you actually mean 'terrifying', then yes.

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Mushi wrote: »

I'm pretty sure my gran got something like that free with bingo tokens =/

See, these are the things that make you love bingo! My nan wins all kinds of random crap at bingo, especially community bingo. Then she lovingly passes all this shit onto us :rolleyes:

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stargalaxy wrote: »

The ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge lives on.

haha!

Yes, i can be a bit scroogy but i hate all these xmas tv programs and films, and xmas-y-fied stuff everywhere the week after my birthday. its wrong! what happened to just a quiet time with family and friends?

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yes but SO many people do that! stop acting like "everyone who isn't pagan loves christmas tacky shit in the shops" because it's not true. it's so judgemental. Christmas does mean different things to different people and although for people who aren't religious the meaning has shifted somewhat, it does usually come down to enjoying spending time with your family.

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i didn't say that!

and i was also joking...

i did say above, what happened to if being just a nice time to spend with your friends and family...i just don't like to commercialness of it, i'm not saying it shouldn't be there and i have plenty of pagan friends who love anything to do with xmas, i'm just not one of them. maybe its just cos i had some pretty shit xmas's but i've never really enjoyed it all.

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twisted_trinity wrote: »

haha!

Yes, i can be a bit scroogy but i hate all these xmas tv programs and films, and xmas-y-fied stuff everywhere the week after my birthday. its wrong! what happened to just a quiet time with family and friends?

hasnt been like that in this country in my memory

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Knee High Stripy Socks wrote: »

yes but SO many people do that! stop acting like "everyone who isn't pagan loves christmas tacky shit in the shops" because it's not true. it's so judgemental. Christmas does mean different things to different people and although for people who aren't religious the meaning has shifted somewhat, it does usually come down to enjoying spending time with your family.

:yes: Christmas means spending time with people you love, you don't have to buy into all the commercial crap

Christmas is deliberately in the middle of winter to cheer people up through the winter months! Why can't people just enjoy it instead of complaining all the fuckin time! Oh my gawwwwd I can't believe I have to eat lots of nice food, get given presents and spend time with my family. What a fuckin life eh :rolleyes: Grr scrooges. I love Christmas!

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my stepdad used to hate christmas and made it well known, and whilst we celebrated with presents and a xmas dinner etc, i dont have any memories of magical christmases that many of my friends do, and the whole xmas spirit doesnt come naturally to me. I try and get into it though as i really want my kids to feel it is a special time and have good memories of it. Its a cultural thing to get excited about it isnt it. Everyone does it. I dont see what the people who get all scroogey are gaining except probably feeling superior to others who try and have at least one fucking time a year when its fun and exciting. Birthdays are already enough of a letdown, but at least most people like christmas and can share in it as a community, if not country.

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kangoo wrote: »

Christmas is deliberately in the middle of winter

Actually, it's in the beginning of winter. Winter officially begins on the 21st December and ends on the 21st March. That would place the middle of winter at about the 5th February.