See I thought it was a festival of giving,
and celebrating and strengthening family bonds.
Just because it's been commercialised extensively doesn't invalidate it as a secular holiday.
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chenobble rocking his explorer beard on,
Tue 12 Dec 2006, 18:28,
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I've no problem
I give gifts to my kid and family's kids as they have no understanding of my views. I don't like it but I do it. I don't participate inanything else of it and I certainly don't need an excuse to do no work for a month and get pissed.
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Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Tue 12 Dec 2006, 18:37,
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