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Lyn W

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I'm a firm believer in "it's the thought that counts" I don't place much value on gift giving because I believe that's why so many people stress over the holiday. Come over to the house, grab a dog or a tort. Eat drink and be merry. That's what the holidays are for anyway :) and yep, Dec 25
A double celebration! Did your folks separate the two when you were a kid so you had your own special day or was it all rolled into one?
 

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It's going to be a lean christmas here. I'll probably buy a couple gifts for our young nieces but everyone else is getting baked goods. Ben will be out of work for at least a month, christmas is the least of our worries lol. That is my birthday though :)

we done that last year, jade made iced ginger, went down a treat :)
 

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no caves on my daily hike :( i have to make to with a can hidden up my sleeve;)
Caves are alcohol shops, hidden through a door at the back of a supermarket or in a small separate shop round the corner, so as not to offend the Muslim majority. Though they still get picketed sometimes and are closed for the month of Ramadan and the big festivals.
 

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I'm a firm believer in "it's the thought that counts" I don't place much value on gift giving because I believe that's why so many people stress over the holiday. Come over to the house, grab a dog or a tort. Eat drink and be merry. That's what the holidays are for anyway :) and yep, Dec 25
Ok, I will think about giving you a gift, come over and grab myself a tort and some nosh and booze.
Sounds perfect!!!;)
 

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I'm a firm believer in "it's the thought that counts" I don't place much value on gift giving because I believe that's why so many people stress over the holiday. Come over to the house, grab a dog or a tort. Eat drink and be merry. That's what the holidays are for anyway :) and yep, Dec 25


hear hear!! I actually refuse to do Christmas dinner, think its been 10yrs! i'll give gifts to family as its a must but other than that i just don't do it. despise the forced structure of it all.... why do we need a reason to have a happy day?!

i bet it sucks having a bithday on Christmas though?
 

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Caves are alcohol shops, hidden through a door at the back of a supermarket or in a small separate shop round the corner, so as not to offend the Muslim majority. Though they still get picketed sometimes and are closed for the month of Ramadan and the big festivals.


seen in the news a chap got arrested in country for having made wine :(

to be fair he had been in the country for a few years and new the law
 

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hear hear!! I actually refuse to do Christmas dinner, think its been 10yrs! i'll give gifts to family as its a must but other than that i just don't do it. despise the forced structure of it all.... why do we need a reason to have a happy day?!

i bet it sucks having a bithday on Christmas though?
Exactly! I love thanksgiving and Christmas, I truly do. But it's because we see so much family not how many gifts we get. I was raised in that family is your first priority so holidays where family can get together, they are my favorite.
It's not so bad. It was rougher when I was younger. I could never have a birthday party ON my birthday
 

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hear hear!! I actually refuse to do Christmas dinner, think its been 10yrs! i'll give gifts to family as its a must but other than that i just don't do it. despise the forced structure of it all.... why do we need a reason to have a happy day?!

i bet it sucks having a bithday on Christmas though?
I never used to do Christmas before wifey came along, just maybe get drunk at the office party etc.
But wifey loves Christmas, so now I happily do two!:)
 

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Exactly! I love thanksgiving and Christmas, I truly do. But it's because we see so much family not how many gifts we get. I was raised in that family is your first priority so holidays where family can get together, they are my favorite.
It's not so bad. It was rougher when I was younger. I could never have a birthday party ON my birthday



we are a weddings and funerals kind of family. my sister actually got a note excusing her from doing a family tree in school as ours is just to complicated lol.

half brothers and sisters, step brothers and sisters and adopted members as well! its a family orchard we have lol
 

Lyn W

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we are a weddings and funerals kind of family. my sister actually got a note excusing her from doing a family tree in school as ours is just to complicated lol.

half brothers and sisters, step brothers and sisters and adopted members as well! its a family orchard we have lol
- a rich tapestry though!
 

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