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wheres the damned hands up emoticon :-s

@sarah_1 wrote:

Think we are all agreed – Put Christmas back into December. :D

Hands up who remembers the days when the shops were shut pretty much between Christmas & New Year. :shock:

Many a time I heard my mum say Christmas eve “well if we haven’t got it now we will do without”. Not ooooh rush down the local “corner” shop & get it.

The times they have a changed. :(

I think the true meaning of Christmas has been lost in modern day comercialism.

I can remember when it was just me and the Twins. God we was skint in those days. I saved all year round for the things they got. I never went out the door on Christmas eve, we would spend the day in our PJ’s, stuffing our faces with mince pie’s and watching Santa films on the Telly. Then after our tea, we would have our bath’s, open our 1 present (PJ’s) and a video film and watch that, then they would go to bed. Then I did the Santa bit and went to bed.
Always said what we ain’t got now, we can do without.
I hate that times have changed, I liked that the shops would be shut for days after Christmas.

I can honestly hold my hands up and say Ive never got in debt for Christmas. I have saved up throughout the year when the children was younger. Or like now, where we arnt in debt, but have stayed in budget.

Ahhhh the good old days, wont get them back no matter how much we moan about it