Miserable Christmas

[NeoNSX]

With all these Merry Christmas threads, it's only fair to have a balanced "unhappy Christmas" thread too.

Seriously, while we all say Merry Christmas, for many people it's not such a merry time. It can often serve as a reminder of how unhappy we are, or be a time of intense emotional pain. I know of one family who lost their daughter at Christmas a few years ago, and this time of the year serves as a continual reminder of their loss. Having to be "merry" like everyone else must make it even harder for them. So while the rest of us have a MERRY Christmas, let's spare a thought & prayer for these people.

 

[prova4re]

Well said Neo.

It wasn't very merry for me, I got food poisoning from my Aunt's cooking.
I have been laid up all day, she called to see if I was coming over for Christmas dinner, I didn't have the heart to tell her why I was sick. :frown:

 

[Meeyatch1]

Well said Neo.

It wasn't very merry for me, I got food poisoning from my Aunt's cooking.
I have been laid up all day, she called to see if I was coming over for Christmas dinner, I didn't have the heart to tell her why I was sick. :frown:

Ugh....sorry to hear that. I hope you feel better soon, my friend.

 

[KGP]

Unfortunately, I can't say everything has been great this Christmas. Friday night my wife got a call from her sister (lives just up the street). My brother in law's business partner lost his life on Christmas eve. His son hadn't seen his dad in the house for a while, so he decided to go outside to find him. Found his dad in their pond, dead. He had fallen through the ice. It appears he went onto the ice to get a puppy, but never made it out. The guy was a very generous person, and a leader in our business community. Truly a sad thing. :frown:

 

[len3.8]

KGP, sorry about the death. Man I feel for this family.


Prova, Know that I am with you. All of us are fighting something terrible. Let's say that all bathrooms are fairly busy. Bad potatoe salad.

 

[NSX-Racer]

So while the rest of us have a MERRY Christmas, let's spare a thought & prayer for these people.

And we may include the many thousands that lost their lives this morning by the earthquake and Tsunamis in India, Thailand, Indonesia etc...

 

[gheba_nsx]

I just read, quite terrible news...


COLOMBO (Reuters) - A wall of water up to 10 meters (30 feet) high triggered by the 8.9 magnitude earthquake swept into Indonesia, over the coast of Sri Lanka and India and across southern Thai tourist islands, leaving up to 3,100 feared dead in seaside towns and villages.

Two-thirds of the Maldives capital, Male, was flooded and officials voiced anxiety for the fate of dozens of low-lying, palm-ringed coral atolls crowded with international tourists for the Christmas holiday season.

Sri Lanka, where officials put the death toll at 1,500, appealed for emergency international assistance, President Chandrika Kumaratunga's office said. One million people, or 5 percent of the population, were affected, officials said.

"The president has declared a state of national disaster due to the seriousness of the situation," her office said.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh alerted the navy after 1,000 were reported dead and offered urgent help to Sri Lanka.

The earthquake of magnitude 8.9 as measured by the U.S. Geological Survey first struck at 7:59 a.m. (0059 GMT) off the coast of the northern Indonesian island of Sumatra and swung north with multiple tremors into the Andaman islands.

More than 100 Western and Asian tourists on diving holidays were missing on islands off southern Thailand, about 70 of them in the famed Emeral Cave, a tourist official said.

The government sent helicopters to Koh Phi Phi, another island popular with tourists, and other smaller islands in the Andaman Sea to assess the damage in the peak holiday season.

It ordered the evacuation of stricken areas, which included beaches on the popular resort islands of Phuket and Krabi.

"Nothing like this has ever happened in our country before," said Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

 

[4AU4LIFE]

My wife went up North to be with her family. I stayed home to be with mine and they never showed up. I called and left message on machine but never heard from them. Spent the day alone with my dogs. :frown:

 

[ChopsJazz]

It can often serve as a reminder of how unhappy we are, or be a time of intense emotional pain.

It's no surprise that during the holidays are some of the highest rates in suicide. :frown:

 

[rmani]

Well said Neo. It's amazing how a lot of peope don't understand that the holidays can be a real tough time for others.

 

[RSO 34]

I can understand how the holidays can be difficult for some at times. It was two years ago Christmas eve that my father had a massive brain hemorrhage and was not expected to survive. My Christmas dinner was spent in the hospital cafeteria where a doctor saw me sitting alone in the corner and he brought over a tray with turkey and all the trimmings without saying a word but giving me a reassuring smile. I then spent each day of the ensuing 7 weeks in hospitals with him.

There is another thread on Prime asking what people got for Christmas this year. Here is a photo of the best present I got yesterday.

Keep everything in life in perspective.