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Bah Humbug!
Dec. 20th, 2008 11:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrsbrownWhy can't christmas be like it was when I was a kid?
Where are the cool presents, the singing, the candlelight, and the people who are interested in me and what I have to say?
Please, if you want to give me a gift, make it something that reflects who I am - even chocolate is better than perfume or soap! If you can't manage that, don't give me anything!
And don't watch TV while I'm trying to socialise with you. Or get angry with me because I failed to see that it is reasonable to put my daughter in an out of the way room, in front of a kids TV program, at a party ..on a nice day.
And why am I the only person who didn't have to bring any food? Is there some social nuance I'm missing when I take them literally after I ask if there's anything I need to bring?
Where are the cool presents, the singing, the candlelight, and the people who are interested in me and what I have to say?
Please, if you want to give me a gift, make it something that reflects who I am - even chocolate is better than perfume or soap! If you can't manage that, don't give me anything!
And don't watch TV while I'm trying to socialise with you. Or get angry with me because I failed to see that it is reasonable to put my daughter in an out of the way room, in front of a kids TV program, at a party ..on a nice day.
And why am I the only person who didn't have to bring any food? Is there some social nuance I'm missing when I take them literally after I ask if there's anything I need to bring?
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Date: 2008-12-21 12:54 am (UTC)Now it is your job to pretend, make like your having fun.
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Date: 2008-12-21 10:18 pm (UTC)Definitely not what I meant.