Re: What Did Y'All Get For Christmas???

On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:13:32 -0000, "Alex W." <ingilt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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>> Before I head south for a month, I'm curious to learn what
>people in ASC
>> actually got for Christmas gifts. Not the stuff you
>bought and told your
>> S.O. to wrap for you, but things that were unexpected, or
>perhaps even a
>> surprise...
>
>Indigestion and a hangover don't count, I guess -- I
>expected those.
>
>Screaming kids because we forgot to buy enough batteries,
>now that was a surprise. We know this happens every year,
>and every year we bloody forget. Must be a Freudian block
>or something ....
>
>Also surprising was my brother NOT giving me that
>floor-standing humidor he'd been hinting at for the past two
>months.
>***.
>
>Alas, the present-giving part of Christmas is becoming less
>and less of a pleasure, let alone a surprise. As the years
>go by, it becomes drearily predictable how people spend less
>and less time and effort on finding appropriate gifts. The
>price tag really does not matter one bit. It's not
>expensive gifts I am after, I want to see a sign that some
>care, consideration and thoughtfulness was put into the
>process. If I can do it, why not the others? How hard can
>it be to keep Christmas (and birthdays) in the back of one's
>mind throughout the year, to keep an eye peeled and an ear
>cocked to possible ideas? When I stand in front of a shop
>window muttering "Gee, I wish I had ...", that is a HINT,
>you morons! Is it really so difficult to realise that a
>cheap pair of hand-knitted oven-mitts to replace the
>worn-out set that keeps burning my fingers is a more
>thoughtful and appreciated present than rushing out on
>December 23rd to buy some "Greatest Hits" compilation as
>advertised on TV? It is really rather disappointing to go
>to serious lengths so that there will be a present under the
>tree which is just right, which is unanticipated and yet
>fulfils a need or desire, something that really hits a
>spot -- to be reciprocated by a half-bloody-dozen pairs of
>bloody socks bought cheaply at the fire sale. Maybe I am
>naive, or simply stupid, but I still believe that it is not
>too much to ask, on this day of all days, for a sign of some
>appreciation, some small inkling that I was worth more
>consideration than grabbing something, anything, at the
>department store. I do it, so why not them????
>
>Rant aside, the wine was surprisingly excellent, a true
>highlight of the day. Whatever else my father may have
>been, but his taste in Burgundy wines was brilliant.
>

Nice rant though and I agree with you.
--
TimL
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