Litiquette IV

[aussiegeekygal]

Don't mind me, I'm just here lurking...

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[aussiegeekygal]

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[ChainedUp]

For us in the States, Labor Day and summer have gone, and now we are in the power slide into Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Of those four which is your most favorite, which is your least. And of course the why is as important as the which. (For all the non-Americans, feel free to edit as necessary. I know how the Brits love their Boxing Day)

 

[beachbaby179]

New Year's is my least favorite. I call it amateur night. People who stay sober all year long feel like they have to get wasted and make mayhem. Then there are the resolutions. Too much pressure.

Favorite? Toss up between Christmas (I love finding just the perfect gift and seeing the smiles) and Halloween, for sentimental reasons.

 

[Trekka]

*plugs ears, hums to self, and refuses to think about the holidays for at least six more weeks*

 

[rubydlite]

I'm with Trekka, I don't really want to think about the holidays yet. However, my favourite is Christmas and Halloween. I'm a big kid at heart and love dressing up. *imagine that*

Like beach baby. ..I love seeing happy faces at Christmas!
And ahem. ..Us canucks have Labour day too Mr.
But you spelled yours wrong
Least favourite...any part of any holiday that's commercialized and riddled with the need for guilt purchases or actions...

 

[PeteHulbert37]

October is my favorite time of the year. I love, love, love it. So, NO. I won't be thinking of anything beyond that. Don't rush me past what is the apex time of year for me. September and October are my favorite "holiday" of the year.

 

[rubydlite]

October is my favorite time of the year. I love, love, love it. So, NO. I won't be thinking of anything beyond that. Don't rush me past what is the apex time of year for me. September and October are my favorite "holiday" of the year.

The smell of the air...the crispness in the morning...sweaters...crunchy leaves...hearing sounds for what seems like miles.


I can't imagine why!
(It's my favourite too)

 

[PeteHulbert37]

The smell of the air...the crispness in the morning...sweaters...crunchy leaves...hearing sounds for what seems like miles.


I can't imagine why!
(It's my favourite too)

Fall foliage, sweatshirt weather, football, my birthday, hunting, pumpkin farms, apple picking, and everything about it. I LOVE fall.

Just the other day I was saying, "life has shit on me lately, but I'm in a good mood because it's fall!"

 

[Paul_Chance]

Definitely Christmas for me. I enjoy the others. I can skip the holiday part of New Years, though I do make resolutions.

 

[aussiegeekygal]

I'm new to Thanksgiving, and it has become my new favorite holiday (because it coincides with my birthday, and I combine the two). Having a winter Christmas was really weird to me to begin with, but I've gotten used to it. Back home, new year's was my favorite holiday (if those listed) as the weather was perfect and I'd bring in the new year in Sydney, watching one of the most spectacular displays of fireworks. If I had to pick only one holiday to celebrate ever again, it'd be Australia Day. I love it.

I am not really into Halloween. It's just meh to me. And I even enjoy dressing up.

 

[Lustful_Intentions]

I'm new to Thanksgiving, and it has become my new favorite holiday (because it coincides with my birthday, and I combine the two). Having a winter Christmas was really weird to me to begin with, but I've gotten used to it. Back home, new year's was my favorite holiday (if those listed) as the weather was perfect and I'd bring in the new year in Sydney, watching one of the most spectacular displays of fireworks. If I had to pick only one holiday to celebrate ever again, it'd be Australia Day. I love it.

I am not really into Halloween. It's just meh to me. And I even enjoy dressing up.

But, I think the dressing up you enjoy is a bit of a different kind.

 

[NorthRockJohnson]

New Year's is my least favorite. I call it amateur night. People who stay sober all year long feel like they have to get wasted and make mayhem. Then there are the resolutions. Too much pressure.

Favorite? Toss up between Christmas (I love finding just the perfect gift and seeing the smiles) and Halloween, for sentimental reasons.

I'm with you all the way on all of this. New Years can eat a dick. Halloween is just damn fun. And I love getting Christmas presents.

 

[aussiegeekygal]

But, I think the dressing up you enjoy is a bit of a different kind.

Shh. You promised not to oust my furry fetish.

 

[ChainedUp]

Quiet night....it was a rough couple of weeks on the women keeping this place afloat, a well deserved holiday, no doubt.

 

[ChainedUp]

The solitude, it allows one to clear the mind, recharge the body, and reconnect with the soul. But quiet isn't for everyone. I know those who fear the quiet, it makes them uncomfortable, edgy. The din of constant noise, a buzz going around these people are what feeds them, allows them to recharge. I for one am not one of them, while a constant buzz of activity and noise cause me no concern, when I need to recharge, it's solitude I seek.

What do you seek?

 

[DarkSimian]

For us in the States, Labor Day and summer have gone, and now we are in the power slide into Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Of those four which is your most favorite, which is your least. And of course the why is as important as the which. (For all the non-Americans, feel free to edit as necessary. I know how the Brits love their Boxing Day)

Working retail for the last 25 yrs has ruined the holidays for me. They are just another day that I have to work, and the rest of the world gets to play. Halloween is my last time off at work, before the clusterfuck that is November and December. I have not gotten to enjoy a Thanksgiving with family in over 15 yrs. The Christmas holiday just becomes an insane march until Dec. 24th. Then there is the clean up from Dec 26th thru the end of the year. Only after New Years do things slow down. So Bah Humbug!

 

[beachbaby179]

I seek peace. Quiet. Solitude. And the sound of the waves. They calm me. Even here in the northeast I've been known to throw a comforter around me in February and sit on the beach for an hour. Just me and the gulls and the waves.

 

[Mrtenant]

The solitude, it allows one to clear the mind, recharge the body, and reconnect with the soul. But quiet isn't for everyone. I know those who fear the quiet, it makes them uncomfortable, edgy. The din of constant noise, a buzz going around these people are what feeds them, allows them to recharge. I for one am not one of them, while a constant buzz of activity and noise cause me no concern, when I need to recharge, it's solitude I seek.

What do you seek?

Solitude, in the morning, that first hour, no one else is awake, just me and my coffee, or meditation after a long series of stretches.....early in the morning; at the church, no one else is there, its quiet, easy (yes, I fuckin go to church)..hiking trips,...as far out as I can go. Places where I can just ...be....and there's no pull from anyone or anything, until I release the moment and go, ...wish it was longer at times. I take what I can get or make. But when I do this, its on purpose, its exactly what I want to do.

Quiets the million miles an hour thoughts, some good some nonsense, some bad, that run through my head, to where I can just observe, me, my surroundings, and there is nothing else. Gives me a laser sharp focus. If I can carry that with me throughout even a part of the day, then that is what I want and need.

 

[PeteHulbert37]

I like peace and quiet. Solitude is nice too. Watching the woods come to life on a crisp October morning. There's nothing like it in the world!

 

[beachbaby179]

It's not surprising that we're all mentioning quiet. We're constantly connected. Busy. And it's difficult to find the time to just think and recharge without some interruption.

 

[Paul_Chance]

I enjoy solitude. It's great for rest and recovery, but when it comes to recharging, to getting my blood flowing, to moving through some obstacle or to remember the joy of life after a particularly grueling experience I turn to music.

I love live music, whether I'm playing or just experiencing it, and few things can give me a reset and recharge like it. It may be something as simple as a quiet hour with my guitar, or a live performance in a small venue, or a full on concert.

 

[Scout44]

I am fairly solitary by nature, introverted really and I love my time alone. Quiet mornings with my coffee or a long walk just me and the dogs. I enjoy socializing but being with larger groups for longer periods exhausts me and I need that time alone to recharge. Like Paul, music is also a source for relaxing to me, I almost always have something playing.

 

[aussiegeekygal]

I seek both solitude and company. Not at the same time, however sometimes I do. I'm one of eight kids, so there was nowhere quiet and mine growing up. I lived in chaos and thrived in it. I didn't learn to be alone until much later in life and it was incredibly hard to learn to do so. Now I'm a champion for alone time. If I'm stressed, sore, it just overwhelmed, I'll retreat to my room for a while and decompress.

Most of the time, I actually crave interaction with others. It energizes me, makes me feel alive. I love humans, their stories, their experiences. Getting to know someone is one of my favorite activities.

There are those very vulnerable times where I seek a meaningful one on one connection with somebody. Nothing else in the world matters at that point. Just being focused on another person for a moment in time is a really beautiful thing.

 

[NorthRockJohnson]

Solitude is where it's at. Also just hanging with friends. That's always great too.