Possibly I escaped this year by going last friday to the mall, the day after one of the first hollydays in December that everyone utilize for the xmas shopping!

But since until the 24 it will what Frau descrives, I do not want to talk soon.....

My overriding concern is buying something that turns out to be the wrong size for eaxample and having to go back for a double dose of torture :o

Ahhh, but here we got a 30 days for exchanging, so everyting is done after xmas time. But the 27th is when the sales begin here so... a small dose of the torture is back...

Tree's up, kids arguing, I'm hiding in bathroom with phone/interweb.

Bah, humbug!

Go for a pint, you deserve it :yep:

Just in from work and noticed a Lightning with a broken cockpit canopy but still mounted on the stand.

Of course nobody knows anything about it :stare:

Santa Claus is dead?
Was the fat guy finally overrun by a Coke truck?
:rock:

Gift cards :know:

A very long time ago I saw a sign in a department store on December 26:

ONLY 364 MORE SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

Sounds like a veiled threat. :hmmm:

Never went that much with them, I tend to put money in a card whenever possible :yep:

ha, I have Heintje's LP at home, couldn't say no when I bought it for 50 Pfennig - and it's a great tool to get unwanted guests to leave :D - if this doesn't help I rely on yodel country

Ouch, you got me with this: Treffer, versenkt! This is exactly my childhood Christmas nightmare, my parents always put on the Heino Christmas tape.... :dead:

quick, I need to put on my antidote:
EA80 - It's Christmas
EA80 - Hallelujah
ahh, that helps! :rock:

A holiday message for you from HMS Ocean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=SDZcGz4vmJc



Still not as gay as Twilight. :O:

http://sketchysantas.files.wordpress...mas-lizard.jpg

ZOMG DO WANT!!!