Will this Christmas be a sad holiday for you and if so why?
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u On one hand, no. My wife and son are alive and well. We're actively hoping that we can give him a baby brother or sister soon. I may be getting a new job soon and we may even be able to start actively looking for a house. There are also some ways I've been needing to grow personally and I'm starting to see those things happen.
On the other hand though...*sigh*... I realize that most people won't think twice about this. But last week, Pope Francis tightened his stranglehold on traditional-leaning Catholics, like myself. He's trying to choke the traditional Latin Mass out of existence and has made what I can only call his radical hatred for the Church and the Faith abundantly clear. I know his evil vision for the Church will ultimately fail (in many ways, it already is and he's desperately trying to save it). For me, it's just a little more difficult to feel a sense of joy. I'm not totally despondent and depressed, but I'm just not really looking forward to what else he has in store for us.
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Yes! Very much so!! I've been up for 3 hours, now and nearly cried 3 times in just the last 90:00!!
My ex-sisters forced me out of MY house 2 years and 6 days ago!!
Ever since the year before mom died, Christmas has not been even close to the same!!
Now, I have no immediate family left and no friends to share any holidays with. My aunt died almost a year ago (11 days after Christmas). She took me in 2 years ago and I've been here at her house (what used to be grandma's house) ever since. But, because of all the shit my aunt hoarded over the decades, I have next to no room to move, around here!! We USED to have a tree up in the living room here and another in the family room in the basement. Now, the family room is reduced to A PATH!! We used to have huge Christmas parties down there! Now, it's just me!!
Grandma died 22 years and one day ago.
I, no longer, have all the things I used to look forward to on Christmas: dad's electric train set, the kind of Christmas music I prefer to listen to, the various house decorations, the HOUSE, my family!!
I used to have 56,000 records in my collection but lost at least 2000 in the eviction, nearly all 78's and I've been wanting to listen to a lot of them the past few weeks!! Christmas was always a great time to dig them out and play them! Sure, I can find a lot of them online but, it's just not the same.
I don't even have a mantle or fireplace here where I can hang up a pair of pantyhose in hopes that fat bastard will fill them appropriately!!
We have lots of old ornaments for the tree, some over 100 years old, now and I always loved the old fashioned coloured lights we'd put on the tree but, since the `90's, mom has abandoned the old lights in place of new all-white lights and all new ornaments! After she died, I was looking forward to setting up the tree the way I wanted it, again but, I never got that chance and, now, I doubt I ever will!!
Nope but my birthday (which is a few days before Christmas) kind of was disappointing because I wasn't able to go on the road trip I planned due to becoming pregnant. I was going to road trip to Yosemite National Park and showshoe, snow tube, and ice skate. The pictures looked beautiful. So I'll be waiting until next year to go.
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Yes, as always. I don’t have very much family, so it always feels like a lonely time.
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It will not be a sad Holiday, but, I did get some sad news two days ago. I am still working through my feelings and at some point may have to see a therapist. I was cheated on back in 1982. It was a defining moment in my life. The sad news was this girl now 64 was diagnosed with Metastatic Breast Cancer, was forced to quit her job, and has moved in with her daughter. This Christmas most likely will be her last. I am still close to her Brother Don and he told me about it. At his request, I will be making a trip next month back to Georgia to see Terri for the last time. In doing so I will also be doing something I know for a fact my mother would hate. So I will be dealing with some baggage this Christmas, but I am determined to have a happy Holiday.
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It will be OK for me, but there’s been people in my circle that have lost loved ones this week and it’s going to be so bad for them. There’s just an extra cruelty to it when you lose someone close to you near a holiday like that. I would imagine that would ruin Christmas forever if that was me.
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Well because I have no one to love in the way my heart truly desires I have no one to hold hands with no one to make love to no one to share my heart with or to just have in my life as she would be that very special one for me that's someone I'd get to hold in my arm's an say them very special words to may God help me Please.
God Bless u all an a very happy X-Mas 2 u all -
It will be bittersweet for me. My fiancé just left me a few days ago and right before that I had to put down and bury my cat. But I can say that I will be spending time with my family. For that, I am thankful.
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Yes. My ex and I recently split up and 3 days ago she messaged me and asked if there's any chance of us giving it another shot. I ripped the band-aid off and told her most probably not (for reasons we both understand). I feel absolutely horrible and I've broken her and her heart into a million pieces.
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Yes. This is my third Christmas since losing my eldest daughter, and second since losing my second daughter.
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Just another day for me. I can't say I feel anything anymore, I lost any hope for family or happiness in my life long ago. One more year I endured alone, not sure if I want another.
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I will have become a cynic. Christmas appears to me as a holiday without content. It has become the holiday of Santa Claus and gifts. This is largely thanks to you Americans who are Christians in words and followers of mammon in your heart.
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It was indeed. My cousin overdosed on the 19th. I stayed home with my kids.
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Yes I feel lonley just treating Christmas like a normal day 😔
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No, I have my wife and kids and maybe a few guests.
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yes. too much to explain. but every year is sad. got today, tomorrow, and new years eve to get over. then i can finally be left alone.
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Saddest christmass we got so far. Been a weak after the cyclone and we still don't have electricity. Many houses are destroyed
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Not sad, but boring. It's just me and the cat. My kids are with their mom and I'm single. Netflix, here I come.
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i been trying to allure my s/o attention all day today
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well i have my health and i have some family but i am lacking a romantic partner which is sad for me.
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M mm. I still got some JWE2 waiting for me. It’s gonna be awesome
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For me it has been the happiest ones in several years. I have seen friends I haven't seen in like three to five years and missed dearly.
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Yes it kinda is both kids are sick and mom passed away
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I didn’t celebrate this year 🤕
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