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In reply to the discussion: How many of you are NOT buying much if any this Christmas? [View all]Holly_Hobby
(3,033 posts)25. Not buying this year, or any other year :)
We also don't have kids, and our families tend to forget about us and are seldom invited to spend holidays with them, even though they all live within 20 minutes of us. Believe me, it doesn't hurt my feelings one bit, if you knew our families, you'd understand
We never, ever spend money on ourselves for Xmas. We each take $20 and go to the casino on Xmas day and eat at the buffet. Our winnings are donated to various causes. If we lose, we still donate, but that's only happened once. Xmas day is nearly always profitable on the penny slots for us, for some reason. Maybe the casino management feels generous on Xmas.
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I don't usually post commercials, but Chrismahanukwanzakah comes only once a year
hatrack
Nov 2013
#62
The animated version was better - a multi-armed Santa playing the sitar sitting on a mushroom
hatrack
Nov 2013
#67
My group of friends does a gift exchange where we buy one gift of about $20 and theres a game that
Erose999
Nov 2013
#36
No, but then we never do . . . a few presents for nieces, Christmas dinner . .. .
hatrack
Nov 2013
#61