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Alright, so Christmas is something that I'm sure means a lot to a whole bunch of us, so I thought what better way to share the Christmas spirit than with a thread dedicated to all things Christmas?
So, I cannot wait for Christmas. I may be 22, but I'm still just as big a kid as ever. I can guarantee that this Christmas morning I'll be awake with my brothers and sisters at 5am and sneaking out to see what's been left under the Christmas tree. With only one brother still a believer in Big S, you'd think the older kids would be content to sleep in until he woke up - but each and every year we're creeping out to the living room to get a glimpse of our gifts and having to wake him up so we can open him. I think that's what I love the most about Christmas, that rush of excitement as we all creep through the house and sit around the tree waiting for our parents to get up.
By 7am we're done unwrapping gifts and Mum's in the kitchen frying up bacon and eggs in something of a tradition. I'm lucky to stay awake through breakfast, usually exhausted by the morning's events, but I'm up again for the big Christmas lunch Mum and my sister prepare. My mother thinks that gift giving and the Christian associations are the best part of Christmas (a notion I tend to agree with), but my father is a firm believer in the importance of fine foods for the big day. Ham, turkey, chicken, prawns, countless salads, various 'exotic' fruits, desserts, and all of the punch and CWB made egg-knog we can eat caps off the day's festivities.
By 3pm everyone is either asleep, settled in front of the television watching a new DVD, or off somewhere trying out whatever it is 'Santa' left.
I absolutely adore Christmas. From the carols that start playing in late November to the last carolling at midnight mass. From the bustle of buying Christmas presents to the rustle of wrapping paper as you have to literally wade through it to get out of the living room. The smell of fresh baked cookies and the tinny music that our Christmas lights play.
When I get home on Thursday night and see the house alight with my father's annually growing Christmas lights project I'll know it's well and truly Christmas.
I know my traditions and loves will differ from others, but I just wanted to take this moment to wish everybody on the Knights' forum a wonderful Christmas. Whilst the Crusade are all close friends who have made my first year in Newcastle tremendous, I consider everyone on here friends to some extent. I don't know where I'd be on a lazy afternoon without my LU family.
So, from me to all of you, I sincerely hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous New Year. May you find happiness, get that gift you've been hoping for, see your friends and family, and not forget what the day is about once it's stripped of its commerciality.
Alright, so Christmas is something that I'm sure means a lot to a whole bunch of us, so I thought what better way to share the Christmas spirit than with a thread dedicated to all things Christmas?
So, I cannot wait for Christmas. I may be 22, but I'm still just as big a kid as ever. I can guarantee that this Christmas morning I'll be awake with my brothers and sisters at 5am and sneaking out to see what's been left under the Christmas tree. With only one brother still a believer in Big S, you'd think the older kids would be content to sleep in until he woke up - but each and every year we're creeping out to the living room to get a glimpse of our gifts and having to wake him up so we can open him. I think that's what I love the most about Christmas, that rush of excitement as we all creep through the house and sit around the tree waiting for our parents to get up.
By 7am we're done unwrapping gifts and Mum's in the kitchen frying up bacon and eggs in something of a tradition. I'm lucky to stay awake through breakfast, usually exhausted by the morning's events, but I'm up again for the big Christmas lunch Mum and my sister prepare. My mother thinks that gift giving and the Christian associations are the best part of Christmas (a notion I tend to agree with), but my father is a firm believer in the importance of fine foods for the big day. Ham, turkey, chicken, prawns, countless salads, various 'exotic' fruits, desserts, and all of the punch and CWB made egg-knog we can eat caps off the day's festivities.
By 3pm everyone is either asleep, settled in front of the television watching a new DVD, or off somewhere trying out whatever it is 'Santa' left.
I absolutely adore Christmas. From the carols that start playing in late November to the last carolling at midnight mass. From the bustle of buying Christmas presents to the rustle of wrapping paper as you have to literally wade through it to get out of the living room. The smell of fresh baked cookies and the tinny music that our Christmas lights play.
When I get home on Thursday night and see the house alight with my father's annually growing Christmas lights project I'll know it's well and truly Christmas.
I know my traditions and loves will differ from others, but I just wanted to take this moment to wish everybody on the Knights' forum a wonderful Christmas. Whilst the Crusade are all close friends who have made my first year in Newcastle tremendous, I consider everyone on here friends to some extent. I don't know where I'd be on a lazy afternoon without my LU family.
So, from me to all of you, I sincerely hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous New Year. May you find happiness, get that gift you've been hoping for, see your friends and family, and not forget what the day is about once it's stripped of its commerciality.
