Christmas Sucks

**SOLDIER #819** · 12-10-2011, 05:45 PM

My family (either mother's nor father's) does the gift exchange thing. We don't even do the meet up and eat together thing often. So it's sort of nice when we actually do get together for the holidays, even if it isn't on Christmas necessarily. Everyone's getting older, so it could be sooner rather than later that I won't be able to see some of them.

Also I have awesome cousins who are less than half my age. They help remind me from time to time that life is actually pretty cool and that I shouldn't sweat the small stuff. So Christmas (or at least the holidays) are pretty alright, presents or no presents.

**Dranzer** · 12-10-2011, 11:13 PM

I still love Christmas. My family gets together for dinner and to exchange gifts, etc. I normally go to midnight mass Christmas Eve. Actually, I'm really looking forward to it this year as I have off on the Eve - I've worked Eve and Day the past two years. I still work on the actual holiday, but it's double time so I can't complain.

I'm also a big, fat dork and still watch the classic Christmas movies. I've been slacking this year, I need to get on that shit.

**seanb** · 12-11-2011, 05:17 AM

Originally Posted by Dranzer

I normally go to midnight mass Christmas Eve.

Do they do it at midnight? Cos were I am it used to be at midnight but they had to change it to 9 because everyone ended up landing in pissed haha

**Dranzer** · 12-11-2011, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by seanb

Do they do it at midnight? Cos were I am it used to be at midnight but they had to change it to 9 because everyone ended up landing in pissed haha

It starts at ten o'clock, but goes until midnight. I haven't been in awhile though so I don't know if anything in particular has changed in regards to service.