cheninblancrcruise63
Reged: 27/03/2007
Posts: 956
Loc: Consett
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Flipping Tescos have put up their Christmas decorations - it should be illegal before December 1st!!
Nothing more than an irritating reminder that once again I have failed to set aside enough time and money to finance the whole commercialised fiasco!!
Seasons greetings to you and yours 
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johnstrac
Reged: 05/11/2006
Posts: 761
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Our local Garden Centre was advertising its Christmas Fair in September !
I have also recently discovered that the song White Christmas was No 1 in America on November 6th in the year the film came out.
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tonybv9
Reged: 08/10/2007
Posts: 751
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Welcome to Grumpy Corner.
Mince pies and Christmas puds first sighted in Sainsburys - mid September.
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bfergie
Reged: 19/04/2008
Posts: 3653
Loc: Sticks ,Scotlandshire
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I now accept PAYPAL!!!!
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themadchemist
Reged: 22/04/2007
Posts: 388
Loc: South Cheshire
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Just got in from Asda.. all the decorations are up,shelves full of xmas food and xmas music playing... it's only f*@#in November.. i don't start to think of xmas until midway through December.. and then it's to find ways of avoiding it all 
..a weeks training in the Canaries sounds like a good idea 
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 4046
Loc: Man of Kent
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Sainsburys in Whitstable was selling Xmas food in early October, I bought some twiglets. I've even managed to avoid eating them so far.(When I was a lad they were full length in the Christmas tins, not the short things they are now  )
I like Christmas, but only the few days before, the 2 days, and the couple of days after. Why we need to start now is beyond me.
I used to work Christmas Day quite often, I would much rather be visiting/being visited by relatives etc than examining insect eggs, for example.
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bfergie
Reged: 19/04/2008
Posts: 3653
Loc: Sticks ,Scotlandshire
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Oh christmas day storms...big trees blocking roads, fences crushed...£90 per hour "emergency" callout fee...ah happy days!!!
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daveno7
Reged: 04/03/2007
Posts: 651
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for once i dont have to work in the nhs...i have 2 days off but i will have to face mince pies and endless chocs pre xmas...i get sick even thinking about it but i just might be tempted to get myself a little xmas present...more socks please...bring them on
give me cold weather and hills and my bike but you do tend to miss those who have passed away...then it becomes a hard time...
daveno7
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simon9000
Reged: 07/01/2007
Posts: 234
Loc: Lincolnshire
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I hate Christmas and from next week untill Boxing Day I won't have a day off!! I'm a Chef, so this is the busiest time of year for me. Really pi**es me off, everyone having Christmas parties and drinking and i'm working my bo**ocks off! I aggree, it all starts to early, our first one is in November!! By the time Boxing Day comes i'm too bloody knackered to get out of bed, let alone go out on my bike!!!
Anyway, after a good moan about my wonderful chosen profession (which I do enjoy! Really!!) may I be the first to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and many hours on your bikes!!! 
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cheninblancrcruise63
Reged: 27/03/2007
Posts: 956
Loc: Consett
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Quote:
you do tend to miss those who have passed away...then it becomes a hard time...
daveno7
True - miss mum (2nd without her) but little 'uns fill the gap! Getting Junior his first road bike this Christmas - feel very proud 
PS hate it when people write Xmas - is it just me being a grumpy old g*t or does anyone el?se hate the lazy, commercialised word
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 4046
Loc: Man of Kent
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Xmas is an atheist invention, rcruise.
I use it occasionally, but i prefer Christmas.
I hate Happy Christmas. It should be MERRY Christmas (and a happy new year). Merry has a connotation with drinking that prudish types don't like, but Christmas is not a fey religious commemoration, but a time for feasting, drinking, and having fun, in the middle of winter.
To simon9000, I can imagine office dinners can be tedious after a month, I feel for you. Looking after insects was quite tedious, but they just die if you treat them bad, not ask for refunds, start drunken fights etc.
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340driver
Reged: 12/06/2008
Posts: 156
Loc: Stratford-upon-Avon
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Christmas at home with the kids and wife then off to Sydney on 29th.New Years day at Bondi beach admiring the views.Perfect!!!!(no bike though )
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DougMorley
Reged: 15/12/2006
Posts: 324
Loc: BC Canada
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You don't know half of it. One of our local superstores in BC Canada (in addition to the "Holiday" stuff), has hot cross buns on it's shelves already!
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scm
Reged: 24/06/2006
Posts: 1735
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Quote:
Xmas is an atheist invention
Not according to Chambers:
X n. the twenty-fourth letter in our alphabet; X as an abbreviation represents the word Christ.
Why would atheists "invent" a word to represent something they don't believe exists?
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colnagodram
Reged: 06/04/2008
Posts: 769
Loc: Langholm, Dumfriesshire. 10 mi...
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To uplift you all, 3Weeks to-morrow (Sunday)will be the shortest day.
PS By X it's caul'!!!
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cheninblancrcruise63
Reged: 27/03/2007
Posts: 956
Loc: Consett
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Quote:
To uplift you all, 3Weeks to-morrow (Sunday)will be the shortest day.
PS By X it's caul'!!!
Cold!!
Just spent an hour watching 8 year olds kick a ball about - well wrapped up but Arctic blasts cut through everything!! Am typing this with 1 finger like an arthritic old lady!!!!
PS startting to snow now!!!
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colnagodram
Reged: 06/04/2008
Posts: 769
Loc: Langholm, Dumfriesshire. 10 mi...
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Getting the sledge out soon  (have to test run it for the children,- to make sure it is in good working order)
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goblin
Reged: 31/03/2007
Posts: 1389
Loc: down yur me anzum
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Quote:
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Xmas is an atheist invention
Not according to Chambers:
X n. the twenty-fourth letter in our alphabet; X as an abbreviation represents the word Christ.
I think the x comes from the greeks.
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slowhand
Reged: 11/12/2006
Posts: 882
Loc: Leeds, West Yorkshire
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I don't celebrate Christmas (as I'm not a Christian) but I do feel that it starts earlier and earlier each year
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hubbub
Reged: 22/10/2007
Posts: 813
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We'll celebrate the shortest day with a ride up on the tops, weather permitting watch the sunset from a stone circle on Big Moor, then a fast whizz home in the dusk followed by food & beer. Who needs christmas?? 
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