It's Almost that time agian...

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:00 pm

Hello,

I don't know how this is going to go considering i'm kind of a black sheep at SG but here is goes. The holidays are quickly approaching and I was kind of interested in knowing what you guys celebrate if anything. One thing for sure...big meals and good times will be had.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:02 pm

I don't think you're a black sheep. It's just no one knows what you're saying most of the time.

I celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas with my family. I don't much bother doing anything different from the routine on Halloween anymore.

Yuka · Post by **Yuka** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:14 am

The only thing on my calendar for this month is Jewish New Year, and I'm not Jewish.

I still don't quite know what Thanksgiving is. All I've taken from American TV shows is that all the family sit down to a massive dinner which ends up in bickering and everyone agrees never to do it again... and it has something to do with stealing Indian land, I dunno.

I only really bother with Christmas to be honest.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:55 am

festivus 4 life

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:56 pm

My birthday's at the end of November, JD Wetherspoon's birthday is at the start of December, and I celebrate Christmas on 17th November this year

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:15 am

Sheep! KILL IT! IT'S THE WRONG COLOR!

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:14 am

Today be "Talk Like A Pirate Day", so all o' ye filthy bilge rats best start speakin' right.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:29 am

Yaar. Fuck that shit.

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:04 pm

++ for Pirate Day. Also Ninja Day in December.
I don't mind traditional stuff like Halloween/Undeads-are-cool-Day, and Xmas/Let's-celebrate-Life-in-the-middle-of-Winter-by-doubling-our-electricity-bill-and-cutting-down-innocent-trees-and-cramming-tons-of-food-down-our-belly-while-little-kids-are-starving-in-Africa Day.
We normally don't do Thanksgiving here in Old Europe, but I may make an exception if it happens to fit in my schedule of randomly picking up and celebrating "ethnic"/exotic holidays (e.g. Dewali, Chinese New Year, etc.)

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:06 pm

Entr0pi3 wrote:Xmas/Let's-celebrate-Life-in-the-middle-of-Winter-by-doubling-our-electricity-bill-and-cutting-down-innocent-trees-and-cramming-tons-of-food-down-our-belly-while-little-kids-are-starving-in-Africa Day.

It's pretty though,

Hi Entr0pi3.

Yuka · Post by **Yuka** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:13 pm

Last Christmas was rubbish. It was pretty much like any other day. All the magic's gone.

I'm officially old

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:18 pm

Last christmas sucked for me as well... I had to spend it in the hospital. This year anything would be better than that.

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:29 am

Lord Golbez wrote:
Entr0pi3 wrote:Xmas/Let's-celebrate-Life-in-the-middle-of-Winter-by-doubling-our-electricity-bill-and-cutting-down-innocent-trees-and-cramming-tons-of-food-down-our-belly-while-little-kids-are-starving-in-Africa Day.
It's pretty though,

Hi Entr0pi3.

Hi LG

Don't get me wrong, I love the basic[*] Yule/Xmas/Sol Invictus concept: having some lights shining bright in the dead of the long Winter night, showing of evergreen plants when all the nature around looks dead, and gathering with your peers around an abundance of food while singing cheerful songs and exchanging token gifts, all these are very strong symbols of hope (+ a nice sense of community) at a time of the year when it's certainly much needed (winter depression

)
[*] The purely Christian version is not bad, either, but more "controversial" - the Nativity is a cool story, but not everybody believes in JC, while most people can believe in the virtue of lighting up a fire when it's cold and dark outside, and inviting your tribe to share a nice meal to fight off the gloom

But I do get a feeling the original symbols tend to get a bit lost behind all the buying frenzy (and related stress) nowadays associated with the "Winter Holiday Season" (crazy consumerism

) - that, and the family drama (though I suspect that bit existed in every "traditional" version too - people will be people)
Ideally, Xmas should be a time to sit down and relax (heck, all holidays should, if you ask me

), not getting fixated on silly appearances (like "OMG I forgot to send random NPC4263 their Xmas card")
It makes me a bit

to think some people end up not celebrating the Winter Solstice period at all because of all the associated hurdle (+ they may think it's a purely Christian holiday that has nothing to do with them, and/or a trick invented by supermarkets to sell more... which to some extent is true, but beyond that, there is still the original idea of celebrating the return of light, which is not a bad one, IMO)

Etch · Post by **Etch** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 3:42 am

New Years - Usually have 20 - 30 people over at my home to celebrate the new year. Had one year where it somehow balooned up to about 80 people, and I don't think I even knew half of the people there. I guess some people were a friend of a friend of a friend.

My birthday - A caek, a song, and then gift cards.

St. Patricks Day - Have a beer or two. That's about it.

Easter - Don't really celebrate that one. I never remember what it is.

4th of july- Light some fireworks and all that. Pretty colors, damaged vision.

Halloween - I usually have parties for this one. 10 years running...expensive.

Thanksgiving- Pretty traditional. Turkey, stuffing, pies, all those tasty side dishes. Ofcourse there's also the whole drinking and getting angry at ones family members for no reason.

Christmas - Hang some lights on the house, go cut down a tree that doesn't deserve to live, put some lights on it, open some presents. Nothing all that special.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 2:33 pm

Yeah, I don't care for the consumerism either. I'll take the bad with the good though.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:19 pm

Halloween shall be a party with a guest list of 10 people. The RDM's first booze in like 7 months. Joy.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:16 am

This year I'm not actually working from the 15th of december to the 4th of January, I guess I should take the opportunity to celebrate Christmas for once

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:15 am

You need to celebrate by watching The Queen and Doctor Who

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:39 pm

This was from TLaPD a couple weeks ago. In keeping with tradition, I also gave a brief powerpoint presentation to my lab on the finer points of marauding and raiding.

Cybernetic Empire · Post by **Cybernetic Empire** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:09 pm

mrobo wrote:Last christmas sucked for me as well... I had to spend it in the hospital. This year anything would be better than that.

I wouldn't be to sure of that...I'm just saying, don't speak too soon...

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:35 pm

Damien wrote:You need to celebrate by watching The Queen and Doctor Who

Hmmm, how do I do that without being in England and with no computer/internet access?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:47 pm

Cybernetic Empire wrote:
mrobo wrote:Last christmas sucked for me as well... I had to spend it in the hospital. This year anything would be better than that.
I wouldn't be to sure of that...I'm just saying, don't speak too soon...

I have enough bad luck on my own, don't wish anymore on me!

bsd · Post by **bsd** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:22 pm

I am so excited for the holidays because I'm a huge holiday dork. In fact I'm way happy today because it actually kind of feels like autumn in San Diego for a change, so I got my pumpkin spice latte and I'm feeling like the holidays are coming. Halloween... I didn't do much for it last year but I think I might take a Vegas road trip for it this year. Thanksgiving I don't get to go home which is kind of sad but I'm thinking of going to the Grand Canyon for no real reason other than I can. Then I get to take off two weeks during Christmas/New Years and go home.

After that everything goes downhill because I get really busy at work and there are no fun holidays (though my bday is at the end of January).

Man of the Sea · Post by **Man of the Sea** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:33 am

Happy Thanksgiving! (CAD obviously)

Enjoy your turkey.... or turnip or whatever your into...