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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The NFL. Really? Two games on Christmas? Multiple games on Christmas Eve? Go fuck yourselves.

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[–] mbgid@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I woke up at 5 in the morning with a stomach bug 🀒

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

My first bout with Covid. Thanks company holiday party!

[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Sister and Nephews had the flu (still do, it's really bad) so I ended up just staying home and having a video call with them. Sister took a COVID test strip and it's negative, so seems like it's just the flu but it still sucks for her.

So I'd say the flu ruined Christmas this year. At least I didn't get sick 🀞

[–] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

We caught covid which started presenting symptoms Christmas morning... Didn't even go anywhere. Vectors are school, neighbour and work.

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[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You did with this post, fart boy.

I read your username as fart boy at first so that’s what I’m calling you.

Nothing ruined Christmas, it was great.

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[–] ArcticAmphibian@lemmus.org 9 points 2 years ago

Nasty virus with secondary strep infection

[–] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My brother forwarded a passive aggressive text from a parent that we siblings have all distanced ourselves from. Didn't totally ruin things, but sure punched a hole in the happiness.

Edit, this was sent to the group chat so all of us siblings saw it.

[–] MrCrankyBastard@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A friend's brother died. It was literally out of nowhere. And said friend is stick home with Covid - which isn't what did him in, but still. Massive suckage.

Plus it didn't even feel like Christmas this year. Visited family, but...I dunno. It just wasn't, this year.

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[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fucking Darlene. Did you try her sugar cookies? She clearly didn't mix the baking powder with the milk again.

[–] Alph4d0g@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago

There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once Darlene, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

Being old and depressed

[–] STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I know I am late here but I have quite the Christmas story. For Christmas I spent the holidays with my Mom. Over the holidays one of my mom's neighbours tasked my mom with looking after her cat while she is in Sweden with her son for christmas. My older brother came down with two of his dogs which are loud and very big pit bulls. On Christmas day my Dad came over and got my mom and my sister a puppy (the dog my dad owned got pregnant and had puppies) so there was lots of loud animals around the house. For safety precautions the cat was temporarily moved back into my neighbours house over Christmas with me and my mom checking on him periodically over the next two days until my brother and his two dogs left.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

Mom went into the hospital days two days we were supposed to come up. Spent much of the holidays around the smell of hospitals.

[–] LoveSausage@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

That bald guy who started a online bookstore. But not to bad overall, WFH.

[–] Dangdoggo@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have enough self awareness these days to know that it's usually me, and also enough to know that I didn't this year. Getting better!

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Snow storm. The stage was set for a good Christmas because my asshole brother wasn't going to be there, but the weather ruined it.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

My old job. They canned me for not liking my personality and made up non measurable matrices to do so. I could sue, but I really don't care. I'll let their business model fail since it's just high school with pay. I was going to leave anyways because of a lack of a raise and my boss was the biggest gym bro with a drinking problem. But I could have at least hung out and kept getting paid. I had a down payment saved for a house and it's dwindling to find a job with the right fit. Because this world is going crazy in many ways.

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