Where are you going to spend Christmas?

[Shazzam]

christmas in these days has nothing about it with religion, now i'm waiting for some attacks for what I’ve said, but sorry that's what i think

Attack? On the contrary, I am with you, Christmas doesn't have anything to do with religion nowadays. I despise religion, but I love Christmas! I mean I love walking on the street and hearing carols or meeting my whole family for a meal together... I have so much fun...

Ahaha!! Dixie knows what I'm talking about! Exactly Dixie.

[Shazzam]

I am not a Christian,
but I congratulate my foreign friends ,specially in my center ,,
I was born in Italian hospital with italian Nuns's hand....in Amman
and i have 2 arabic Christian friends .and I will give them postcards..but I don't celebrate Christmas

I LOVE YOUR SANTA!

Do you have a lunch? See special friends? What makes Christmas day different in your country from Australia do you think?

[Rui]

hello, i was not arguing the reason of your thread Shazzman, i just said that because the other members (Asep and ahmads) had started their answers with the sentence "i'm not christian", and my thought to that sentences is who cares about religion, christmas it's some days that we have listening Christmas music on the streets and seeing lots of advertisements on tv about presents we could buy, and then we spend a night with the family and we eat until we can't do it anymore , we can join to this some good wine that my uncle use to have

[Shazzam]

hello, i was not arguing the reason of your thread Shazzman, i just said that because the other members (Asep and ahmads) had started their answers with the sentence "i'm not christian", and my thought to that sentences is who cares about religion, christmas it's some days that we have listening Christmas music on the streets and seeing lots of advertisements on tv about presents we could buy, and then we spend a night with the family and we eat until we can't do it anymore , we can join to this some good wine that my uncle use to have

I didn't think you were arguing; I agreed with you that thread is similar; just a little bit of a twist that is all. I understand exactly what you are saying; this thread isn't about the religious aspect of Christmas it is about how you celebrate the day (if at all). Just to get an idea of how differently people do celebrate the day. This year will be very different for me because there will be a new baby in the house; so i'm sure it will be exciting. But all in all we just find that it is a great day to spend with people that you love and share great food, wine and laughter.

I suppose too because the climate is so hot in Australia most celebrations take place outdoors, where most European people enjoy a hot meal indoors. It is amazing! I would love the experience Christmas in the snow...one day!

[ahmads]

I am not a Christian,
but I congratulate my foreign friends ,specially in my center ,,
I was born in Italian hospital with italian Nuns's hand....in Amman
and i have 2 arabic Christian friends .and I will give them postcards..but I don't celebrate Christmas

I LOVE YOUR SANTA!

Do you have a lunch? See special friends? What makes Christmas day different in your country from Australia do you think?

Hi Shrone:
I don't know many things about Christemas in amman ,
just Amman awakes all night from 25/des-3/jaun, and many people go shopping and go to cafes,I talk about all people ,Christian ...etc.
about church, we have a lot of church here ,but when I pass them I don't see many people in it .
but every sunday all churchs bell their bell .
in christmas many christian people bandy presents and postcards .
In christmas there are many muslims introduce postcards
and congratulate christian , kind of fraternising..just

[ahmads]

well, as we discussed already in other topic, who celebrate christmas? i think it's good because we can be with family and friends and give some presents, but come on.. christmas in these days has nothing about it with religion, now i'm waiting for some attacks for what I’ve said, but sorry that's what i think

yes Mr.Rui, you are right ...
in amman there are many of muslims celebrate christmas and many

of pagans too ,,,as Dixie wrote .....

[MissLT]

Well Christmas is getting very close. In Australia all the stores have their decorations, food items etc, on display from October onwards. Christmas comes very early here!

It is usually very hot in Australia on Christmas day (as it is Summer). For years we have persisted with the traditional Turkey baked dinners in the sweltering heat (generally a british tradition). This is because our parents and grandparents have always done it this way.

A couple of years ago I broke from tradition and did a seafood spread, thinking it would be much nicer as there was no cooking involved. Believe it or not it wasn't nicer. It just didn't have the same feeling about it; it was too relaxed and the family tended to roam around instead of all sit at the table with our silly hats on; reading even sillier jokes.

This year we are going back to the British way of doing things but with a shazzam twist. I'm going to cook the roast on the bbq...

What are your plans for Christmas? Where will you spend it and who with?

Too many topics, Shazzam, too many topics. I haven't had time to go through all of them yet. Well, this is the first one in the forum, so I'll just go ahead and answer it first. Okay,...
Hip, hip, hooray and yip, yip, yay, yay! Only 42 days left till Christmas. Time flies so fast. After Thanksgiving, I have to go for Xmas shopping if I don't wanna see myself doing any last-minute shopping. Right now, I'm working on the list to see how many people and what to get them. Gosh, I'm so excited. My family doesn't normally have parties with the neighbors or friends except Xmas, Vietnamese New Year, or some birthdays. Xmas and Vietnamese New Year are two most important and biggest parties that we have. They're too big that even the kids get to stay up all night if they want to .

[Shazzam]

WOW Lenny I love your enthusiasm. You sound like my daughter she has started to count down sleeps.

The way I feel at the moment I hope I don't sleep through it.

So what is on your Christmas wish list Lenny? Something shiny or something in a nice bottle with a nice smell?

[MissLT]

Thank you. Christmas has always been one of my favorite holidays. When I was a kid, my aunt's family always took us to their friends' and neighbors' houses who were also Christians. We hung out with their kids, and then we got to pick up the little presents on the artificial Xmas tree. Usually, the presents were filled with money. The lucky kid of that night would get the present with a double amount of money in it, which we called the special present. Each of us was so thrilled to aim at a present we thought was good, so the adults could get that specific one down. I never got that special present because I always chose the big box with pink wrapper . I was happy enough, though. Then when my family came to the States, I thought I wouldn't have a chance to do any more Xmas things since we were all Buddhists. However, to my surprise, all my cousins and their families like Xmas. Actually, they like presents . Hehehhehe, no need to say more because this is good enough for me.
For this Xmas, my cousins have decided to play secret Santa since they're all broke. I will play it with them, but I will give each of my nephews a present plus some other people. Lately, I have been doing the Christmas shopping, however, I've been shopping for myself . In a way it's a good thing because it will decrease my wish list.

[Shazzam]

What sort of special meal do you have on Christmas Day Lenny? My family tends to lean towards the English Traditional Lunch. Like roast Turkey, baked veges, plum pudding etc. I have to walk for a bout six months straight to burn off all the calories.

I often wonder what a traditional Christmas meal is in other countries.