Holiday Season 2003 *What are you looking forward to?*
 

The holiday lights and colder weather got me thinking about this coming winter season, and so I quickly started wondering what you all were wanting or anticipating (material gifts, family time, etc...).

As for myself, I'd like to spend some quality time with my dad and my relatives on his side of the family (my mom and dad are separated). I also wouldn't mind some gift cards from some clothing stores and a PC game (Black and White, Rainbow 6 III, or Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time) or something. I'm usually not too greedy, but I enjoy both giving and receiving (we "celebrate" Christmas).

What about you guys?

i am looking foward to more pointless fighting bettween my family and i


i am looking foward to being told there is not enough money for any of the kids to get presents this year

i am looking foward to another year with out being able to find work


i am being sarcasitic


sorry just not much to look foward to this year



i really am looking foward to seeing my dieing grandfather in colorado this could be the last christmas with him around

There there, dragon. I hope something will turn for the better for you!


That's good, I hope it's a happy time for him. My grandfather isn't doing so well either this year, I'm with ya.

Personally, I am looking forward to the Christmas period being over. I never really enjoy it when I can't afford it.
Before Christmas though, I'm spending a few days in Queenstown and hopefully doing a bit of bungy jumping, so I'm looking forward to that.

I am looking forward to time off from school. I have a month to do anything I want.

Totally agree. A month with nothing to do but hang out with the family is something im in dire need of at this point.

I'm looking forward to making Christmas dinner.

I'm looking forward to cracking open a few expensive bottles of wine and a pair of Champagne magnums I've been saving.

I'm looking forward to the looks the faces of my in-laws (I live in Australia, far from the rest of my family) as they open their presents.

I'm looking forward to 3 weeks holiday in New Zealand straight after Christmas.

Mr Mephisto

THE END.

No really I love the holiday season. I guess that I'm looking forward to seeing my family the most. (hopefully all the ones out of state too) and of being able to play some bluegrass with my gramps and my uncle.

oh, oh, and the pie. the pie is great.

I am looking forward to the time off work.<br>I am looking forward to not being rushed this year to see her family and then see my family-A divorce rectified that problem<br> I am looking forward to new possibilities.<br>I am looking forward to being happy or at least faking it to the best of my abilities<br>Snow

I am looking forward to getting the hell out of college with my new shiny B.S. degree. HAHA! Take that, education system! IN YOUR FACE! (and I'll be back for my Masters once I've had enough of my B.S. :D)
I am looking forward to full-time work, moving out, and making it on my own.
I am looking forward to having more time to persue my photography hobby.
I am looking forward to finally having the time to have a social life.

I AM GOING TO SLEEP IN MY OWN BED!

My sister, from North Carolina, is coming home for the holidays. Im lookin foward to spending time with her. In general, enjoying my family and friends and making memories. Last but no least, I am going to Calgary at the end of this month. To be with my girl, and I cant wait to be next to her.

How I possibly forget to add this to my list?!?

Definitely agreed!

Congradulations! Must be exciting... Good luck to you.

Amen! Or should I say, AMEN DAMNIT! :D

I'm looking forward to being with Jadzia.

"Making memories"... What a charming turn of phrase.

You've made me smile!

:-)

Mr Mephisto

This time of year, I look forward to January. Then in January I look for signs of spring.

I am looking forward to...

*Putting my favourite ornament on the Christmas tree
*Making peanut butter fudge to give out to all my friends
*Going home for a while...things are MUCH simpler in a town with a population of 13,000.
*Singing in church. I don't normally go to church, but I do go at Advent because I love Christmas carols. Go figure.

I am not looking forward to...
*My parents and my brother fighting
*Forced conversation with my extended family
*The day after Christmas. It's always seemed sad to me...

I do love this time of year, so here goes...

*I look forward to my office being closed for a week and a half (I don't have to take vacation this year).
*I look forward to the looks on my grandchildren's faces on Christmas morning (we get them all at our house).
*I look forward to the looks on my children's faces as they watch their children on Christmas morning (hopefully we'll remember to take pictures).
*I look forward to my granddaughter's second birthday on the 28th (at least her mother doesn't have to work that day).
*I look forward to our New Year's party (that's when we really get together with friends and celebrate the year).

There are many material things that I would like to get. But if I don't get them, it's no big deal. The stuff above is more important to me.

Sounds like fun, and I agree with you. Material 'things' are just that; things. In fact, it reminds of the quote from "Fight Club": 'We work at jobs we hate for shit we don't need.'

As I'm growing up, I notice that I remember the times that I've had, not necessarily what I got at Christmas (or any other event). Sure, it's fun to get more posessions, but the memories mean more to me in my experiences so far.

I'm looking forward to...

- Getting what I want under the tree
- Eating good food
- Seeing my family fall apart even more.
- Pissing off my uncle in a conversation about politics
- Watching my mom cry when she see what I got her

this sound cynical, but I am looking forward to it being over with...

I'm looking forward to my girlfriend's birthday on the 13th, but I still need to get some cash and buy her something.

I'm looking forward to her having time off so that we can spend time together.

I'm looking forward to the visit from a good friend that we're supposed to get in early January.

Maybe I'll get a sound card. I really don't care about the rest and, in fact, I'm finding the thought of the holidays depressing right now. If I give you my address, will you send me a bright, shiny jar full of cow's blood and make my holiday season all better?

Is that a good thing or am i getting teased??

Christmas Eve w/ my folks (I don't care for the traveling around on Christmas Day), my bro-in-law & sis-in-law coming up from Cali, our good friend who moved to Wisconsin will be visiting, and also contributing $ to the Parkinson's Foundation in my husband's grandmother's name.

I'm looking forward to spending time with my grandmother. This is going to be the first christmas without my grandfather, and she's been living alone since he died.

Also, I'm looking forward to seeing my girlfriend. She lives out of state so I haven't seen her since August 4th.

I am looking forward to seeing my sweetie with all the diamonds, gold, stuff from La Senza and WickedWeasel she's gonna get. :)

I'm looking forward to seeing my sister who coming all the way from BC. I'm not looking forward to the two teenage boys her husband had from a previous marriage.

I'm looking forward to sleeping in every morning with my lover for a week! :icare:

I'm looking forward to playing with the digital video camera I'm gonna buy myself.

Understandable, totally.

Sounds like it should be a blast!

Grandma always gives me something special for Christmas. It's the same thing every year, and I swear, every year I enjoy it more than the last. Grandma is retired and doesn't have much money, so she gives of herself.

Boy that lady can give a great blowjob.

Maybe this year
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Looking forward to school break. Then I can be an hermit. My holidays will suck this year.

Quiet time alone with my family without the interruptions of church, school or work. We never get enough time together these days.

I'm looking forward to the double time and a half I'll be earning for working 10 hour shifts on christmas day and boxing day. My family wasn't planning on doing much this year anyways.
I'm really looking forward to New Year's Eve though. This'll only be the second year since 1995 that I won't be working past midnight, and I don't even have to work the next morning.

I'm looking forward to graduating from college, and hopefully the new year will bring a job that gets me out of Colorado and gives me a fresh start.

I'm looking forward to it being over!

I SOOOOOOOOO look forward from my break from school...

OOH! And the presents under the tree! HE HE :D

sometimes the simple things in life are the best.

I'm looking forward to going back home, remembering old times and good memories.
i'm looking forward to spending time with my family
I'm looking forward to my mother's homemade cream of leek soup
i'm looking forward to finish my first semester of university
i'm looking forward to going skiing every other day
i'm looking forward to playing pool with my dad again

i'm also looking forward to the fact that my family does not care about the materialistic attitude that the media gives to christmas- we'll give each other a few token presents and then talk and enjoy ourselves.

I'm looking forward to finally being named Dictator of the World.

Short of that, I'll be happy with something shiny.

getting drunk out of my mind and of course hangin with my friends. I am current in ohio going to college and my friends still live in Calgary, AB, canada.

you got friends!? Jeez bro..if I knew...

Let see...getting wasted, partying hard and paintballin hard. Just lookin forward to pairing up with my bro to drop a caseload of paintball onto my stepbrother and sister...

Family is taking a vacation to the dominican, should be a fun time!
From up north so it will be nice to get a dark tan :)

December 26, 2003. I dislike the holidays. It's way too stressful trying to pick the perfect gift for everyone.

I think I may want to add an Xbox to my Christmas gift-whoring, but I have to make up my mind soon!

Personally, I'm looking forward to the snow. I don't drive much, but I just love the way it looks when the neighborhood is covered in a white blanket. I'm also looking forward to the stress and spending money. But truthfully, i'm looking forward to my younger cousin's faces as they open their gifts christmas morning.

I'm looking forward to giving my dad his christmas present: 24 hours of help putting his boat back together. Nothing like being upside down and getting a head rush, and catching up with dad.

Being done with finals, and getting to spend some quality time with the girlfriend, as well as major headway with the new racecar. Heck, I just want this Wednesday to be over (my last final)

Four days off work and I'm going to spend most of it fishing with friends from high school (class of '76). Christmas sux unless yer a kid.

Yes, the Holidays can be a drag - commerialism, debt, family drama, traffic jams and all the other CRAP that can spoil the magic of the season.

I decided some years ago that the memories that brought me JOY, were too important to let go of. The Holiday season is what you make it. So... with that said... these are but a few of the things I look forward too...

- Eating my fill on Thanksgiving day.
- Eating my fill of left-overs on Thanksgiving day NIGHT. :)
- Baking Christmas cookies and eating more dough than actual cookies made.
- Decorating the Tree.
- Singing Christmas songs at the top of my lungs while my children look on in horror.
- Shopping and finding the PERFECT gift for someone special.
- Curling up in front of a blazing fire.
- Sitting quietly in the dark after everyone has gone to bed, watching the sparlking lights of the Tree.
- Watching "A Christmas Carol" on Christmas eve.
- The smell of a fresh Christmas tree.
- My Dad's pecan pie.
- My Mom's cooking.
- Watching my children's faces on Christmas morning.
- Walking at night when the snow is falling.

*smiling*... I could go on and on...