My truck was stolen, suspiciously right around the time Santa should have been there 🧐
It wasn’t me, I swear!
Just go get it.
Not like you don’t know where the jolly ol thief lives.
No point now, he’s probably put a million miles on it plus think of all the piss bottles
Fair point. Suspension’s probably shot from all of the taking off/landing with the toy load on it.
Humans. Where is my snow?
I’m swimming in it! We always have a white Christmas, but this year it’s spectacular. You could already ski (cross country) on the 23rd, since then there’s 20 more centimetres of crispy new snow on top. It’s amazing!
Obviously doesn’t compensate for the heat elsewhere, but it won’t stop me from appreciating what we’ve got!
Californian checking in, never have had a white Christmas 👍
Western Canada, and this is the brownest Christmas of my life (over half a century.)
washed up on beaches in Australia
The same thing that ruined it every year of my life: Capitalism
We caught covid which started presenting symptoms Christmas morning… Didn’t even go anywhere. Vectors are school, neighbour and work.
Just tested positive and was sick on Christmas too
I love taking vacation time just for one of the kids to get me sick during. (Y)(;,;)(Y)
My girlfriend of 4 years decided to dump me.
Hopefully before you gave her her presents.
No one, can you believe that?
No one. I spent it in Buenos Aires with my partner. Best Christmas in a long time
Snow storm. The stage was set for a good Christmas because my asshole brother wasn’t going to be there, but the weather ruined it.
My <1 year old nephew nearly choked to death on a nerf dart. He briefly went unresponsive before the ambulance got there and would probably be dead if both his parents didn’t have medical training.
So I guess it’s not ruined in that he’s still alive and probably okay (still waiting to see if he aspirated anything), but it’s not how you want to spend Christmas! Especially the older siblings watching all this happen.
Imagine killing someone with a nerf gun. That’s gotta be a record!
Whew, glad they saved him! Reminds me I used to tell friends with children or that live alone they should have a LifeVac in their home medical kit. Under 100 bucks.
Thanks! I didn’t know this existed.
Wow I’m super glad he’s ok. That could have been so so so much worse
What ‘ruined’ Christmas this year was having to go home and spend it with my parents, one of whom is bedridden and non responsive from Alzheimers. It’s more akin to a wake where everyone is focused on someone who is dead and there’s little joy to be had. I’ve been doing it now for 5 years and there’s no sign that it will end soon.
It is incredibly stressful and morose. Christmas isn’t really joyful anymore because Mom could die at any time. The worst part of it is that all of us recognize that she’s suffering and so are we, but the government won’t allow any other outcome.
Still, the family shows up and puts in the work for caring for her for many reasons, the least of which is that she raised us for almost 20 years. She was a wonderful person and she’s owed that, bottom line. It is uplifting in a way because we come together and work together for a purpose and while it’s hard and sad, we’ve bonded over it nonetheless.
But… what kind of Christmas will we have once she’s gone?
The worst part of it is that all of us recognize that she’s suffering and so are we, but the government won’t allow any other outcome.
That sucks so much; my grandfather basically lived for two years too long. Can’t imagine 5 years of that tbh.
Hopefully, one with quiet relief.
Mom wouldn’t want you miserable every year because of her.
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.
I have enough self awareness these days to know that it’s usually me, and also enough to know that I didn’t this year. Getting better!
That’s fucking great! Keep it up!
I like cooking, so I went all out trying to cook a nice chicken dinner for me and my wife. I made stock the day before, brined a chicken, made basically everything from scratch, etc. In my haste to get everything ready, I cooked the chicken upside down. 🤦♂️
Alongside this, I have IBS, but am relatively lucky in that I can usually see the signs of when my stomach will start acting up. I’ve been planning a boxing day walk, and I’m so bloated my stomach looks bigger than my (30 weeks pregnant) wife’s. It’s gonna be a fun day…
Really sorry about the IBS. That always sucks. Re the chicken- what happens when you cook it upside-down? Isn’t meat meat? Sorry, I’m totally ignorant on this.
I’ve only ever heard of it being a plus. It’s supposed to make the breast meat juicier.
I slightly chipped my fingernail polish.
Xmas is fucking RUINED.
The NFL. Really? Two games on Christmas? Multiple games on Christmas Eve? Go fuck yourselves.
I mean you can just say NFL in general. Ruins a good chunk of the year hearing about it during work discussions.
No, I will never care about a sport, and especially not overpaid assholes who play it for more money in a couple minutes than I will ever make in years, or more in one game than I will ever see in one place ever.
If I had a genie I would change culture so sports got moved to the same category as politics and religion so you’d never hear about it if you weren’t around scumbags.
I also don’t care in the slightest who’s winning in a huge stadium.
I’ve found that a blank stare when they get to the punch line of their dramatic sports story usually ends the whole thing. You’re meant to react big to every story, so zero reaction throws people off when they want to talk sports.
