I’m getting her a framed copy of this thread to put on the wall.
Some food and drink stuff (really nice), some slippers- fluffy boot things, perfume. Plus a spa day gift voucher (experience), although being as we brits now have Covid mk2 spreading feck knows when she’ll be able to use it!
love it
The only one that really bothers me is xmas, for its utter, unapologetic laziness. For the love of mass produced snack food, you can surely eek five more letters from your weary fingertips.
I saw it spelled that way on my car radio, John Lennon’s “Merry Xmas,” which song I like but seriously? You’re wealthy enough to have maids and drivers and errand-runners. Spell out the fucking word on the jotted notes you sent to your toadying music producer and his enormous staff of make-your-famous-life-easier sycophants!
All of that being the case, I shall now go one step further than the rest of you who are offended by “Crimbo” and label the entire British Empire lazy, as proven by this bullshit along with their failure to win both the American Revolution and the Irish Revolt, or whatever they call it over there.
Get her a longbow
Nice. Shots fired! I’ve got to up it a notch…at least they aren’t French! 6 weeks and you are nearly speaking German…6 weeks. Come on! My grandmother could hold off the blitz longer than that!
I like where this is going. So back to gifts. The wife and I see Christmas/Crimbo…whatever for what it is. Torture for parents who have children. We don’t give each other gifts. We get it. Focus on the little turds and it actually ends up being, most of the time, more fun that way in the end. Merry Crimbo/xmas/christmas/festivus…to everyone.
The sun never sets on the British Empire. We’re tired, give us a break.
The “X” is actually the Greek letter “chi” and the original spelling for “Christ”. Its use as such predates the Roman Church.
It used to be a posh way of spelling “Christmas” in English, showing off how cool one is because you were edumacated in the classical sense.
So, in that way, it’s similar to the pop-collar crowd’s obnoxious use of “Crimbo” (and undoubtedly interface, up-level, reach-out, deep dive, journey, agile, circle back, take offline, synergy, and all other words that must die).
I too am allergic to buzz words.
So I got mine a knit hat, gloves, scarf combo and a super fuzzy warm throw blanket.
Snuggly stuff.
The language as such predates the Church, but at any rate, where I see it used I am not convinced that people are keeping secret their affiliation to a new Messiah or write primarily in Greek.
Tired? Or LAZY? No break!
I absolutely LOVE my super fuzzy warm throw blanket.
Yeah! I figured it has all the coziness of a sweater without having to fit or match anything.
Thanks for the excellent clue. She almost got a new fly tying vice.
Merry Crimbo everyone. Hope you have an agile journey and remember to focus on the most important thing in life - interfacing synergistically with your friends and family.
Thanks for reaching out.
We’re going up level and taking a deep dive offline journey into the synergies of team building this Xbo.
The studies I’ve read in my behavioural Econ classes suggest otherwise
There was one where people ordered healthier food just because the unhealthy options were at the back of the menu and taped off with small seal 
Merry Christmas ya filthy animals!