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Chan790

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9. "When I was very young, I would worry each year about whether I had started being good early enough"

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 12:41 AM

Dec 2011

I remember being 9 or 10, right around the time boys find themselves and worrying about whether Santa saw me touch myself. It ruined Christmas for me because even though I didn't know the word for it yet, voyeurism skeeved me out.

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a slight rant if I may about Christmas. [View all] Justice wanted Dec 2011 OP

Where would that be? RandySF Dec 2011 #1

Maybe it is my small town around Pittsburgh but it just seems Day after Christmas you see decoration Justice wanted Dec 2011 #2

It gets worse with the years. Just wait. Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #3

I also hate the commercialization of Christmas. femmocrat Dec 2011 #4

Reminds me of how the Romans complained about commercializing the New Year. dimbear Dec 2011 #5

Once upon a time, Lionel Mandrake Dec 2011 #6

"When I was very young, I would worry each year about whether I had started being good early enough" Chan790 Dec 2011 #9

I've noticed a longer buildup to Christmas, but haven't seen it disappearing more quickly afterwards fishwax Dec 2011 #7

The Hallmark Channel Silver Swan Dec 2011 #8

I have always wanted the tree to stay up as long as possible. I love all the rituals of the applegrove Dec 2011 #10