Merry Christmas!
God jul, and Merry Christmas to you, personally, my friend!
Merry Christmas Everyone
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#52The year I got the original Gameboy, came with Tetris and Gargoyle's Quest. Must have been 1991 or so, was probably the happiest Christmas of my life. Incredible how I still vividly remember that morning, more than 30 years later. I opened the gifts and then we spent the day at my cousins’ eating and playing, I was the youngest among my cousins and it was so cool hanging out with them, slightly older kids, we stayed there from morning til midnight. What I wouldn’t do to live that day again, perhaps paying more attention to the adult conversations happening at the dinner table which I completely ignored as a young kid back then.
My parents have been so good and kind to me, we were never poor but money was always tight with my dad being a small business owner with some ups and many downs, and yet they never failed to provide memorable gifts when I was a kid. I was very happy back then, but just as an adult I came to appreciate the sacrifices they must have made for me.
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#53Christmas of 1981 in Athens, Greece. I was 15. Father had died 3 years ago from heart attack at 42. His last words to my mother: "Educate the kids".
She did her best, given that my grandfather was old fashioned and had stopped her from going to school after she became twelve, although she was among the smartest in her class.
That Christmas she had bought me the brand new then Sinclair ZX81 personal computer. We were visiting the grandparents in a small village near Athens.
I spend the night by the fireplace with a small portable TV and the machine, typing in games published in the UK PC magazines of that time and occasionally watching the Chrstmas shows. Debugging my typos was the way I learned how programming works.
Nothing really interesting here, but I am remembering that night again and again so when I saw the prompt I felt I should share. Merry Christmas everyone.
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#54May you all find Peace and comfort this Christmas. I had a somewhat traumatic childhood but Christmas Eve was the one day I could count on to find solace. Despite the dysfunction of family, attending Christmas Mass and in later years watching the televised Christmas Eve mass from the Vatican was always a calming experience. God is love. We are his children, brothers and sisters. We may not understand the mystery of life. But we have faith in God whose mercy endures forever.
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#55I always enjoyed the family get togethers over at my Father in law's house. There was always a festive spirit and plenty of really tasty food.
I didn't like my stepfather, but his family did Christmas right. We'd all go to his parents' house, and it seemed like there were a hundred family members there. Incredible food, tamales, a big pot of beans and fresh corn tortillas, carnitas. The grandfather did the Santa Claus tradition, handing out the presents in full costume and character, after which my 50 step-cousins and I would absolutely destroy whatever toys we had just received.
When bedtime arrived, of course there weren't enough beds for everyone, so each of us kids would grab couch cushions, find a nook somewhere between two pieces of furniture, and sleep like the dead on the 1970s plush carpet.
My mom wised up a few years later and divorced him, instantly improving the other 364 days of the year. But I missed those crazy Christmases.
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#56lots of alcohol, cigarettes, and karaoke's
time is fleeting gents
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#57three days before xmas in 2022, my partner of 6 years threatened to kill me because i was scared to travel through an ice storm to her mom's house. while she was downstairs getting her pocket knife, i texted her best friend for help and got her to call her and she talked her down. the ice storm prevented any travel for 2 days; we still made it to her moms for xmas, but i was gone mentally for the next year and a half…
Cheers homie! I'll go pour myself some Angels Envy and drink with ya.
cheers!
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#58Ho ho ho
Its christmas time
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow what a great set of movies too
1999 is considered by many enthusiasts as a peak movie year. It was a great cap to a great year. https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature&releas...
Oh that explains it, I thought it was just when I came of age. I did become suspicious that perhaps it wasn’t just a personal bias when I noticed the same movies on lists made by very different age groups.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
1999 is considered by many enthusiasts as a peak movie year. It was a great cap to a great year. https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature&releas...
Oh that explains it, I thought it was just when I came of age. I did become suspicious that perhaps it wasn’t just a personal bias when I noticed the same movies on lists made by very different age groups.
I graduated in 1995 in LA. Going to the movies was something most of us did every weekend. Just show up and get a ticket for the next thing you haven’t seen yet.
Many consider 1994 the best single year for movies ever.
I got really lucky that that was also my peak movie going year.