Women who keep their married name YEARS after the divorce.

tea_lover

A few years ago my niece was obsessed with High School Musical. I got a fantastic bargain on some HSM wrapping paper (3 huge rolls, 30p for the lot in a Tesco sale). There was quite a lot of it. Every family member's Christmas and birthday gifts for the last few years have been in the flipping HSM paper.... it's never ending!

lisa110rry

Erm, I recently stuck FOUR Christmas cards into a padded envelope of gifts for my daughter-in-law in Australia. It just seemed sensible to send everything together.

onlyroz

Jagraf wrote: »

What are you celebrating during your midwinter festival? Do you recognise it in particular for something? Eg, the food on your table? The feast before the deep winter?

We're celebrating Christmas of course. Just the same as my Hindu friends who put up a tree and give each other gifts on December 25th. We pick the bits of the festivities that we're interested in (the family time, the decorations, the tasty food, the present giving) and ignore the parts that aren't relevant to us.


I don't see anything wrong with celebrating festivals from other people's religions - nobody's denying that they're a lot of fun, and they're good at keeping communities and families together.

Person_one

onlyroz wrote: »

We're celebrating Christmas of course. Just the same as my Hindu friends who put up a tree and give each other gifts on December 25th. We pick the bits of the festivities that we're interested in (the family time, the decorations, the tasty food, the present giving) and ignore the parts that aren't relevant to us.


I don't see anything wrong with celebrating festivals from other people's religions - nobody's denying that they're a lot of fun, and they're good at keeping communities and families together.

I actually think that these festivals are a human thing, not a religious thing. There's a reason why every culture and every society develops strikingly similar ones despite the differences in the 'backstory'.

Hanukkah, Diwali, Christmas, Eid, Chinese New Year, Thanksgiving. The connected stories and beliefs may be different, but they've all got food, friends, family, lights and gifts.

onlyroz

Person_one wrote: »

I actually think that these festivals are a human thing, not a religious thing. There's a reason why every culture and every society develops strikingly similar ones despite the differences in the 'backstory'.

Hanukkah, Diwali, Christmas, Eid, Chinese New Year, Thanksgiving. The connected stories and beliefs may be different, but they've all got food, friends, family, lights and gifts.

Ooh I love Chinese New Year - it's even worth braving the crowds in London for to see all the shows and parades, and try all the tasty food

System

And.. I have NEVER been to the pub or out for a meal on my birthday.. never, not once... it sucks

Nor me and i agree.

I love to hear of people going out and celebrating their birthday but on the other hand i'm envious too.

pigpen

lisa110rry wrote: »

Erm, I recently stuck FOUR Christmas cards into a padded envelope of gifts for my daughter-in-law in Australia. It just seemed sensible to send everything together.

I just stuffed 23 in one envelope haha .. and 7 in with my sisters..

delain

tea_lover wrote: »

A few years ago my niece was obsessed with High School Musical. I got a fantastic bargain on some HSM wrapping paper (3 huge rolls, 30p for the lot in a Tesco sale). There was quite a lot of it. Every family member's Christmas and birthday gifts for the last few years have been in the flipping HSM paper.... it's never ending!

My ex was a bulk buyer of things... Think it's going to be 3 years at least before I have to buy wrapping paper at Christmas (because I bought it too).

It was 9 months after we split up before I had to buy loo roll, I've still got a lot of the 2.5kg tub of gravy powder and about 12 million cupcake cases :eek:

steph2901

I changed my name back to my original name as soon as I was divorced. I didn't want the surname of a man I was no longer married to, and I didn't want to be called Mrs when I wasn't one.