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i love christmas. i come from a close knit family so its always good to fellowship, enjoy each others company, watch the kids open gifts, drank and eat.
I like Christmas very much, but I learned quite some time ago to make it the way I want it to be. The majority of the 2 days are spent at home with just my son and me. We will attend religious services on Christmas Eve - a nice quiet, reverent one without a bunch of parents running around filming their kids in angel and shepherd costumes. Afterwards, we will head to the family event, but since we go to church first, it will be almost over by the time we get there. We will have missed the annual frenzy of gift opening - of which I am not a fan - and will be able to be there simply for the visiting. I also quit participating in the name drawing thing a while back because it had turned into people just telling each other what to buy them. Now, I spend that money on gifts for a kids' charity and get nothing material in return. Tomorrow will be a nice day at home with a home-cooked meal and a few gifts for my kid.
i love christmas. i come from a close knit family so its always good to fellowship, enjoy each others company, watch the kids open gifts, drank and eat.
A week off work, sleeping in, gifts? Hard to hate that.
you must be broke, single and lonely?
So stating facts = acting like I'm the first to discover them? Yeah, you're not butthurt or anything
"The 400 wealthiest Americans are worth a record $2.02 trillion, roughly equivalent to the GDP of Russia. That is a gain of $300 billion from a year ago, and more than double a decade ago. The average net worth of list members is a staggering $5 billion, $800 million more than a year ago and also a record. The minimum net worth needed to make the 400 list was $1.3 billion. The last time it was that high was in 2007 and 2008, before property and stock market values began sliding. Because the bar is so high, 61 American billionaires didn't make the cut."
Meanwhile:
As the economy picks up, slightly higher pay raises are coming with it.
Many U.S. workers can expect to bring home 3 percent more in 2013 than they did this year, according to forecasts from national compensation surveys .
That’s just over the average median pay raise of 2.7 percent to 2.8 percent in 2012. It's also more than the 2 percent to 2.5 percent raise most employees saw immediately after the recession, which started in late 2008, according to a 2013 salary report from Bucks Consultants.
Three percent raises are the new normal, says Ravin Jesuthasan, a compensation expert and managing director with management consultant Towers Watson. “I don’t think anyone should expect merit increases to deviate that much going forward, even if the economy does well,” he says.
Pay raises remain skimpy because unemployment is still high, and because companies continue to keep a lid on fixed costs, including labor, according to Jesuthasan and other compensation analysts.
I don't hate Christmas. I just hate being part of it.
No, stating facts for no other reason. Did a priest molest you as a kid? One did, huh? THAT MAKES A TON OF SENSE. Plus your excessive use of the word butthurt.So stating facts = acting like I'm the first to discover them? Yeah, you're not butthurt or anything
LOL Now I feel bad for you.
Nope. I'm not black
Is your aunt one of them?
I like Christmas quite a bit, but I have no attachment to the holiday's religious connotations and it's a holiday I've never made too big a deal about. But I have a fondness/nostalgia for the music and the decorations, I love the extra sparkle around town, and I love the social/familial aspects of the season. I also do love giving gifts (though I'm indifferent about receiving them), but I tend to be a big gift giver all year round and I actively reject the idea of gifts as a compulsory or expected part of the holiday.
Ultimately, it's a holiday that I enjoy, but refuse to stress about. This year I'm not actually doing anything for the holiday - I couldn't leave town for work obligations, and none of my family could make the trip out here for the same reason - and while it would be nice to see some people I haven't seen in a while, I'm not terribly broken up about the whole thing.
no one cares
No. No one should care. But you do, very much.
nope
There is nothing like the Holidays, love it.
And "bah, humbug" to all you Scrooges out there!
A very Merry Christmas to the rest of you.
And a Happy New Year!
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