Christmas -v- Xmas

I say Christmas as Xmas is just lazy. Although Yule would be better ?

Wonderful idea ?

Christmas for me too

can i add Father Christmas vs Santa (Claus) for future debate?

I hate Xmas, it is so wrong. And at a slight tangent, I hate the way in which some local councils (mine included) call christmas the 'festive season' or 'holiday season' so as not to offend people who do not celebrate christmas. Christmas is christmas, it a festival celebrating the birth of Christ, so why should it be renamed? I just don't get it. or is that another thread entirely?

Ooh, Janey, nice one! ?

Xmas is just wrong, wrong, wrong. Has to be Christmas.

And I hate the 'happy holidays' sentiment too. What about all of us wot doesn't necessarily have any holidays at this time of year?

We could have a thread on themed trees vs just chuck on whatever decs you've collected over the years.

Or, GMT, we could have 'Real Tree -v- Fake Tree'. That's always good for a few pages ?

It's Christmas and surely you open your advent calendar on 1st December or am I missing a vital point?

We've already got one of out the way. "When do you put your decorations up?" was done over the weekend just gone.

Morning or evening, Sun. Morning or evening ?

My Advent calandar has 4 bonus chocolates in it and I've already eaten one. ?

Christmas for me too.

Christmas. Xmas makes me wince, but it's not nearly half as bad as <shudder> Chrimble, Chrimbo etc.

Vaguely remember sneering and outrage about tinsel last year .....

i have ridiculously strong feelings about present opening times too

Really? Well some people really do have too much time on their hands lol!

Actually we're debating real v fake this year at work. The boss really doesn't want to put a real tree in his lovely car and I couldn't give a flying fig as long as we have a fecking tree sometime before the 24th.

It's father 'missmuss' in our house ?

Janey, we could be here until next Christmas, there are just so many debates to be had ?

Why the *** have they decided to make 32 day "Advent" calendars? The period between Christmas & New Year ISN'T FRICKING ADVENT!!

Christmas rather than Xmas, unless piping it onto a small cake when your wrist is already achey. ?

(I'm kidding)

I don't particularly mind Xmas. My Mum hated it as she thought it was people who couldn't bear to have 'Christ' associated with Christmas, so used Xmas instead, but my Dad (who has studied Greek) explained about the greek letter 'X' being used a symbol for Christ.

For people with hundreds of cards to write, putting 'Xmas' instead of 'Christmas' saves you a whole 4 letters a card...

I'm even lazier - I buy cards which already have the greeting printed inside, so all I have to do is sign my name.

AH, but is it perhaps a non-denominational Christmas and new year "countdown calendar"?

Any excuse for 7 more chocolates is good in my book!

It's Christmas for me too, unless I am feeling particularly lazy.

My Christmas woe so far this year is I haven't seen a Dr Who advent calendar yet. Can

Any excuse for 7 more chocolates is good in my book!

It's Christmas for me too, unless I am feeling particularly lazy.

My Christmas woe so far this year is I haven't seen a Dr Who advent calendar yet. Can anyone help me out on this one?

Woolworths is where you'll find it, KJB. I bought one on Saturday.

Which also raises the question of "What does Ben 10 / Bratz / Thomas the Tank Engine / Bart Simpson have to do with Advent" question.

it's all wrong is what it is.

Its Christmas, but I can just about deal with Xmas, as long as you don't actually say, just write it.

Advent calenders are opened in the morning, but I can see why people find that a bit wrong.

Trees are real.

Turkey from the butcher if you even have to eat turkey at all (another deabate).

Decorations up mid-december and updated a wee bit, but not changed for entirely new ones every year.

Good idea to get it out of the way, Hole.

Christmas here. I can't stand xmas.

I prefer real trees, but in other peoples houses. We have two fake ones here. Can't be dealing with the mess. Did have a real one two years ago, never again.

I loathe tinsel. Especially tinsel over mirror, pictures etc.

You'd hate our house then. My husband, who normally has good taste and likes minimal ornaments, seems to lose his good taste sometime in December and doesn't get it back till New Year's Eve. I usually come downstairs one weekend morning to find him hanging tinsel over the mirror or sticking things to the ceiling with sellotape ?

Christmas for me here too, never Xmas.

It's Christmas for me, although I'm not especially bothered by Xmas

Trees are real

Meat (not turkey) from the butchers, never the supermarket

Advent calendars in the morning, although I usually forget these days anyway

Definitely Father Christmas in our household

Christmas isn't about taste!

My stepdad covers every downstairs surface in tinsel, balloons and crepe paper, and every outdoor surface in lights, and finishes it off with a 'Santa Stop Here' sign just by the front door. When queried, he claims "it's for Lora". My sister is 26, left home several years ago, and could care quite a bit less than that about Christmas decorations. ?

OOo thanks HH. I shall buy one this evening. This is the one nod to Christmas that I'll allow. Other than that, Christmas is cancelled.

OOo thanks HH. I shall buy one this evening. This is the one nod to Christmas that I'll allow. Other than that, Christmas is cancelled.

OOo thanks HH. I shall buy one this evening. This is the one nod to Christmas that I'll allow. Other than that, Christmas is cancelled.

Now you see really I am going to buy 3...one for home, one for work and one for the cats....but I just didn't want to admit it LOL.

You might be able to get them on 2 for 3 ?