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Going underground
Written on November 28th, 2009
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That’s where I’ll attempt to hide out until after the holidays. Thanksgiving is now fading away in the rear-view mirror, and all I have to look forward to now is….um….nothing. I DETEST Christmas. Oh, of course, I love the REASON for the season, but what’s that got to do with Christmas? Once again we’re buying presents for the grandkids only, so I’ll sneak into the store one weekday mid-morning, do the deed, then slither back to my underground lair. I’ll come out for the family get-together with my brother and my wonderful daughters and their families, and we’ll have to visit K’s folks, too, but hopefully not much more than that. Oh, and K’s company Christmas party. Where do employers get the idea we want to hang out with our co-workers outside of work hours? Do they see us hanging around together after work the other 364 days a year? A tip off should be that they wait until the end of the annual Christmas party to have the prize drawings (really nice big TV’s and such), but once that’s over with, we all bolt for the door. We’ll make the mandatory appearances, and of course go to church like we do every Sunday, and hope that our excuses will be good enough to not hurt feelings when we decline invitations to party with people we barely know. One of my biggest nightmares was during those years before K when my cousin would invite me to their house for the BIG family Christmas bash. These might as well have been 75 people out of the Dallas phone book, as I didn’t know any of them. There were cousins there so far removed I didn’t even know what branch of the family tree they perched on. It was a nice gesture on my cousin’s part, but after doing that one year, I managed to convince them I really was a secret agent, and my services were urgently needed in the far east. Amazing how I’m only on-call in December, isn’t it? Yep, sounds like a plan to me. S |
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Comment Number: 3909
. Left by Jedikelly
on November 28th, 2009 - 11:57 am
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Funny! BUT you are so NOT going to buy the grandsons Christmas presents without ME! They will certainly end up with stupid things - like cotton balls. Last year you gave Colby - the toddler - sharp wooden blocks to poke his eyes out with or throw at unsuspecting relatives. |
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Comment Number: 3910
. Left by lowandslow
on November 28th, 2009 - 12:00 pm
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They were very nice blocks. It wasn’t his fault you couldn’t react faster. S |
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Comment Number: 3911
. Left by Ben B
on November 28th, 2009 - 12:54 pm
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Company parties are good for making a show. I don’t want to go to ours, either, but I figure to show up a couple of hours and slip out the door and done with it. |
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Comment Number: 3912
. Left by Fin
on November 28th, 2009 - 12:59 pm
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Of course the teevee is now so reluctant to antagonize anyone that they were calling the thing in Rockefeller Center a “holiday tree”, at which point I switched it off. I will be without television for another month in a few weeks and am glad. |
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Comment Number: 3913
. Left by Tcbntx
on November 28th, 2009 - 1:28 pm
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I hide until early February. Then I stick my head out and if I see my shadow…………… |
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Comment Number: 3914
. Left by Westy
on November 28th, 2009 - 1:30 pm
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Christmas is a really pretty season, but I agree about the commercialization of it…. yuck! Our office had a together-go-out-for-dinner and the way it gets presented is so we can get to know each other better without the restraints of the office. |
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Comment Number: 3915
. Left by Effstop
on November 28th, 2009 - 3:11 pm
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Our company party was cancelled “due to the economy” but it has had declining attendance for years. I haven’t went in two years, and wasn’t planning to go again anyway. |
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Comment Number: 3916
. Left by Evilfury
on November 29th, 2009 - 11:39 am
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I’m actually looking forward to Matt’s company party, because we never leave the damn house. It is a good reason to get dressed up and eat a meal that I don’t have to cook. |
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Comment Number: 3917
. Left by bubonicpandora
on November 29th, 2009 - 1:20 pm
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This year, we’re only doing Secret Santa here because that’s fun, and buying for the little kids in the family, because that is also fun. The rest of it…not so fun. I wish I had thought of the Secret Agent story. I think you’re on to something big, S! |
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Comment Number: 3920
. Left by Westy
on December 4th, 2009 - 2:36 pm
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hey Scott… where ARE you?? |
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Comment Number: 3921
. Left by loupylou
on December 6th, 2009 - 10:18 pm
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Oh where oh where is Scott?? |
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Comment Number: 3922
. Left by Ros
on December 7th, 2009 - 7:51 pm
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I agree I would rather hid too. |
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