Things you absolutly DON'T want for Christmas

skysidhe · 11-29-2006, 10:47 PM

We talk alot about what we want for Christmas. Most of the time recieving isn't the problem.

Please list your 'must NOT haves'

A Pointsettia. I absolutely don't want one.

Aliantha · 11-29-2006, 10:48 PM

I definitely don't want chocolate or anything food related.

skysidhe · 11-29-2006, 10:51 PM

Not even fudge?? Peanut butter fudge..

Aliantha · 11-29-2006, 10:53 PM

At Christmas I make heaps of sweets, including fudge and coconut ice and rum balls etc. I make fruit mince pies and rich fruit cake with plastic icing and frilly bits. I make fancy lollies of other kinds as well, including chocolate with fillings.

The last thing I need is more chocolate!

Bullitt · 11-29-2006, 11:10 PM

My family to just enjoy each other's company for once..

skysidhe · 11-30-2006, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Bullitt

My family to just enjoy each other's company for once..

So you don't want any arguing and people pushing each others buttons. I think we all want that. Especially at Christmas.

I do not want a christmas tree.

Instead, I saw this small tropical pine I am going to buy that will continue to grow through out the years.

bluecuracao · 11-29-2006, 11:12 PM

I don't want any more STUFF, period. I've reached the limit of stuff I can fit in my <1200 sf home and my 5'6" frame. The best present I'm going to get this year is a visit to a spa in NM, which starts out with an archeological hike and ends with a massage and mud bath...and I do not plan on purchasing an overpriced robe to take home.

Aliantha · 11-29-2006, 11:14 PM

Bullit...it's things you DONT want.

Bullitt · 11-29-2006, 11:18 PM

Sorry Alex, tired and in pain from the wisdom teeth extraction.. but you know what I meant

Aliantha · 11-29-2006, 11:21 PM

Sorry about your tooth ripping out thingo. Hope you feel better soon. I sympathise with you though. I've got an earache which isn't helping me to be very understanding either.

Shocker · 11-30-2006, 11:45 AM

There really isn't anything specific that I don't want... I just don't want something that I'm never really gonna use!

Sundae · 11-30-2006, 11:59 AM

Please feel free to send me anything you get and don't want!

I'm not getting any presents this year as I can't afford to give them. Excepting my niece and nephew of course, which means I'll probably get a voucher from my sister. If I said I didn't want that I'd be lying.

An STD? Not much chance of that happening, but I don't want one for Christmas anyway.

Shawnee123 · 11-30-2006, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

I'm not getting any presents this year as I can't afford to give them.

Me in same boat. I love to get great gifts for my family, and especially nice gifts for my nieces and nephews, but with the recent changes I just can't this year. It's kind of embarrassing.

Then I was delivered a catalogue called Signals that has exactly the kinds of things I like to give, and many things I'd like to get! (There's a shirt that says "Careful, or you'll end up in my novel" that i love)

Let's see...what do I absolutely NOT want? I guess I don't want that one fruitcake that has circled the world for the past 10 years through the joy of re-gifting.

glatt · 11-30-2006, 01:29 PM

I don't want Sting's newest CD where he plays ancient instruments and sings ancient songs.

I thought I did, and even put it on my list before listening to samples on Amazon. But boy, it's a stinker. Unfortunately, in the 24 hours between putting it on my list and taking it off again, my mom three states away had gone out and bought it for me. She was at my relatives' for Thanksgiving, and later tried to pawn it off on all my cousins there, but was met with much mocking and ridicule. Actually, I imagine the mocking and ridicule was directed at me. She finally had to return it. She gets major point for the ordeal I put her through.

Elspode · 11-30-2006, 02:09 PM

I saw Sting on Public TV last night, a typical "give us money" special, designed to drain funds from Baby-Boomers like myself. Sting, playing an ancient instrument (which sounded like a cheap guitar but looked like something Mr. Spock might have played), singing a James Taylor song, in whose honor the entire shebang was being thrown...and filmed.

Looked good in HD, though, and there were many *killer* performances therein...Dr. John and Taj Mahal, Keith Urban (yeah, I was amazed, too, and with Nicole looking rather fine in the audience, too) and Allison Kraus.

We do not have a "don't want" problem at our house as we sort of wrapped up the gift issue in one fell swoop by buying the 42" plasma tv on Black Friday, using windfall money that had been in custody of the state for the last 18 years without my knowledge...until Selene discovered and liberated it.

Cool, huh?

11-29-2006, 10:47 PM	#1
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Things you absolutly DON'T want for Christmas We talk alot about what we want for Christmas. Most of the time recieving isn't the problem. Please list your 'must NOT haves' A Pointsettia. I absolutely don't want one.

11-29-2006, 10:48 PM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I definitely don't want chocolate or anything food related. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-29-2006, 10:51 PM	#3
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Not even fudge?? Peanut butter fudge.. Last edited by skysidhe; 11-29-2006 at 11:01 PM.

11-29-2006, 10:53 PM	#4
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	At Christmas I make heaps of sweets, including fudge and coconut ice and rum balls etc. I make fruit mince pies and rich fruit cake with plastic icing and frilly bits. I make fancy lollies of other kinds as well, including chocolate with fillings. The last thing I need is more chocolate! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-29-2006, 11:10 PM	#5
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	My family to just enjoy each other's company for once.. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

11-29-2006, 11:12 PM	#7
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	I don't want any more STUFF, period. I've reached the limit of stuff I can fit in my <1200 sf home and my 5'6" frame. The best present I'm going to get this year is a visit to a spa in NM, which starts out with an archeological hike and ends with a massage and mud bath...and I do not plan on purchasing an overpriced robe to take home.

11-29-2006, 11:14 PM	#8
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Bullit...it's things you DONT want. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-29-2006, 11:18 PM	#9
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	Sorry Alex, tired and in pain from the wisdom teeth extraction.. but you know what I meant __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

11-29-2006, 11:21 PM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Sorry about your tooth ripping out thingo. Hope you feel better soon. I sympathise with you though. I've got an earache which isn't helping me to be very understanding either. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-30-2006, 11:45 AM	#11
Shocker Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Your Mom's house Posts: 378	There really isn't anything specific that I don't want... I just don't want something that I'm never really gonna use! __________________ “I live only for posterity. Death is nothing, but to live defeated and without glory is to die everyday." - Napolean Bonaparte

11-30-2006, 11:59 AM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Please feel free to send me anything you get and don't want! I'm not getting any presents this year as I can't afford to give them. Excepting my niece and nephew of course, which means I'll probably get a voucher from my sister. If I said I didn't want that I'd be lying. An STD? Not much chance of that happening, but I don't want one for Christmas anyway. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-30-2006, 01:29 PM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I don't want Sting's newest CD where he plays ancient instruments and sings ancient songs. I thought I did, and even put it on my list before listening to samples on Amazon. But boy, it's a stinker. Unfortunately, in the 24 hours between putting it on my list and taking it off again, my mom three states away had gone out and bought it for me. She was at my relatives' for Thanksgiving, and later tried to pawn it off on all my cousins there, but was met with much mocking and ridicule. Actually, I imagine the mocking and ridicule was directed at me. She finally had to return it. She gets major point for the ordeal I put her through.

11-30-2006, 02:09 PM	#15
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I saw Sting on Public TV last night, a typical "give us money" special, designed to drain funds from Baby-Boomers like myself. Sting, playing an ancient instrument (which sounded like a cheap guitar but looked like something Mr. Spock might have played), singing a James Taylor song, in whose honor the entire shebang was being thrown...and filmed. Looked good in HD, though, and there were many killer performances therein...Dr. John and Taj Mahal, Keith Urban (yeah, I was amazed, too, and with Nicole looking rather fine in the audience, too) and Allison Kraus. We do not have a "don't want" problem at our house as we sort of wrapped up the gift issue in one fell swoop by buying the 42" plasma tv on Black Friday, using windfall money that had been in custody of the state for the last 18 years without my knowledge...until Selene discovered and liberated it. Cool, huh? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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