Christmas madness already!

Hi All,

Well we are only 3 days into December and already the shops are starting to go mad with people doing their shopping! BAH-HUMBUG! Ok, so I'm not that much of a fan of Christmas, it's not Christmas it's self that I don't like, it's going over broad on food and gift's. I mean do we really have to spend HUGE amounts of money on gifts for everybody we know? and eat till we are uncomfortably full?

I much more like to spend Christmas with my family and have a smallish meal of Christmas food (e.g. turkey, ham etc) and have good gifts that will be:

A: Useful

B: NOT expensive

Having said that the wife and I have spent $300 so far on presents to ours self's! but it is something we both like and it well get used. The rest of the family is getting things that cost no more than $5, one reason for that is my Mum has laid down a rule this year that nobody in the family is to spend more than $5 on any gift, I can live with that, because I feel that Christmas is far more about spending time with loved ones then trying to out do each other with costly gifts.

Anyway I have this simple little rule about Christmas..... It's not Christmas until I hear "Snoopy's Christmas" on a local radio station, last year I made it till 24th Dec before I heard it, this year I heard it yesterday (2nd Dec) I have only one thing to say about that....

BAH-HUMBUG!

It's just WAY to early in December to be hearing that on the radio! anyway I guess I'm already in the "I hate Christmas" mode and I'll stay there into the 23rd or 24th!

Today's weight 126.75kg a very small gain which I can live with, hopeful back to going down tomorrow!

Jeff

P.S I don't really hate Christmas, just the madness leading up to it!