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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I had to work on Thanksgiving and Xmas, multiple states away from everyone I care about, out in the middle of nowhere. Again.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

My mid 20s niece who lost an argument with my 2 year old great-nephew and spent the rest of Christmas shitty because people (me) kept making fun of her.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How's that ruined? That's epic!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

my local electricity company just let half of our city without energy from 15h Christmas eve to 08 on Christmas morning. Here in Brazil the tradition is to eat at midnight and then exchange gifts. This year it was not possible for me, my family and my friends.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago
  • at least two wars going on right now
  • darkness
  • I hate Christmas, so... Christmas.
[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

i looked at my cc bill

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

The fact that we aren't allowed to celebrate it in my country. It's seen as unimportant. In fact, we don't ever have Christmas breaks. I saw school buses packed with students heading to class today (and yesterday too), some are even taking exams. Radio stations play absolutely no Christmas music. Nothing in the country is decorated for Christmas. Life goes on as usual as if Christmas doesn't exist.

This video by Gari Sullivan perfectly explains how life is for us. Yes, it's 2 years old already, but I doubt that it's that irrelevant.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I paid for my entire family to go to see the Grand Canyon for Christmas. 11 of us in total, rented a big house and a van and we were going to drive all together for fifteen hours. Fly down early to spend time with my mom and she gave me Covid. She has been sick for a couple weeks and didn’t take a test.

She is a nurse.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My brother in law has appendicitis, my 'rents have head colds, and I am still suffering from a 6 day sinus infection and COVID head fog from Thanksgiving but otherwise we're peachy

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cheap Costco box wine and rum

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Mother-in-law's Adderall addiction and years-neglected mental health issues

Might shake things up enough for some meaningful change to finally happen tho, so 🤷‍♂️

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