Comments on: Here It Comes http://bigmentaldisease.com/crumbs/here-it-comes/ Get out of my house. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:21:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Stephie http://bigmentaldisease.com/crumbs/here-it-comes/#comment-2674 Stephie Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:37:20 +0000 http://bigmentaldisease.com/?p=4660#comment-2674 Why thank you BMD :) Now, onwards to the muddled mulled wine induced haze that will be the Xmas party season! Why thank you BMD :)

Now, onwards to the muddled mulled wine induced haze that will be the Xmas party season!

]]> By: bigmentaldisease http://bigmentaldisease.com/crumbs/here-it-comes/#comment-2668 bigmentaldisease Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:43:51 +0000 http://bigmentaldisease.com/?p=4660#comment-2668 That's the best comment here yet! That’s the best comment here yet!

]]> By: Stephie http://bigmentaldisease.com/crumbs/here-it-comes/#comment-2617 Stephie Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:53:02 +0000 http://bigmentaldisease.com/?p=4660#comment-2617 I agree totally. I always said that the only thing that was even half-way decent about Christmas was the fact that it was the one time of year that all your mates who live abroad came to Ireland at the same time. Then inevitably when they leave you remember why it’s a good thing they lived abroad in the first place. I have to say I absolutely DESPISE Christmas. I can’t fucking stand it. Buying shite for people who don’t need any more STUFF. Having to decorate your house with crap. If I had my way there would be no Christmas tree in my gaff, and when I lived on my own, I adhered to a very non-Xmas zone ethos. Unfortunately when I teamed up, in the interest of compromise, I gave in to having a Christmas tree. But only on the condition that it goes in a room where I don’t have to see it. Smart eh? The local tradition here is Midnight Mass on Xmas eve. I don’t attend. And to be fair I would piss more people off if I attended, given my general state at midnight each Xmas eve anyway. New Year’s Eve is always an anti-climax as well. As for my own Christmas presents, every year my mother and I have the same conversation: MA: What do you want for Christmas this year? ME: Cash. MA: That’s not a real present. ME: You can put it in a box and wrap it if it would make you feel better. MA: I’m not doing that, you’ll just spend it on things you don’t need. ME: Or alternatively you can just buy me the things I don’t need. MA: Don’t be like that. Now seriously, what do you want for Christmas? ME: A real live penguin... Unsurprisingly, Xmas has been the source of many a family row over the years. I agree totally. I always said that the only thing that was even half-way decent about Christmas was the fact that it was the one time of year that all your mates who live abroad came to Ireland at the same time. Then inevitably when they leave you remember why it’s a good thing they lived abroad in the first place. I have to say I absolutely DESPISE Christmas. I can’t fucking stand it. Buying shite for people who don’t need any more STUFF. Having to decorate your house with crap. If I had my way there would be no Christmas tree in my gaff, and when I lived on my own, I adhered to a very non-Xmas zone ethos. Unfortunately when I teamed up, in the interest of compromise, I gave in to having a Christmas tree. But only on the condition that it goes in a room where I don’t have to see it. Smart eh?

The local tradition here is Midnight Mass on Xmas eve. I don’t attend. And to be fair I would piss more people off if I attended, given my general state at midnight each Xmas eve anyway.
New Year’s Eve is always an anti-climax as well.

As for my own Christmas presents, every year my mother and I have the same conversation:

MA: What do you want for Christmas this year?
ME: Cash.
MA: That’s not a real present.
ME: You can put it in a box and wrap it if it would make you feel better.
MA: I’m not doing that, you’ll just spend it on things you don’t need.
ME: Or alternatively you can just buy me the things I don’t need.
MA: Don’t be like that. Now seriously, what do you want for Christmas?
ME: A real live penguin…

Unsurprisingly, Xmas has been the source of many a family row over the years.

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