Oh, not here.
The shops are full of family selection boxes and advent calendars and so forth... I am not ready for Christmas and won't be for some time.
( Maladicta, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 19:53, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I'd suggest hiding somewhere with a large Asian community
Or some other culture that doesn't do Christmas.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 20:07, Reply)

I spend December pretending to be Jewish
so I don't have to bother... then I remember my family are half-Catholic, half Welsh Chapel.

Of course, I do get to go to Lille at some point this December with work so I may have to de-Scrooge.
( Maladicta, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 20:09, Reply)

I once told a die-hard Christian I was giving up religion for lent.
Unsurprisingly this wasn't met with belly laughs. Or even a smile.
(Paolo Nutini's Bikini Better than Frederick Fleet's optometrist, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 20:18, Reply)

Some of them take these things well, others look at you like you have sprouted a second head.
I worked with a lovely, non-forcing-Jesus-on-you Christian lady and it was like a breath of fresh air.
( Maladicta, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 20:21, Reply)

Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, I've met some lovely Darwin disbelievers in my time
and had some fantastic discussions with them.
Just this one in particular was very jovial and jolly and yet quite clearly couldn't take a joke. Bless.
(Paolo Nutini's Bikini Better than Frederick Fleet's optometrist, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 20:28, Reply)

My crowning achievement was making a Baptist nearly swear.
This was when I was telling her of the insanity of Stalker Girl, and this girl never said anything mean about anyone, ever. She said "She's ... a piece of work!"
( Maladicta, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 20:34, Reply)