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It's Christmas Day -- is anyone else around? What are you up to?

Hey @friendless@lemmy.blahaj.zone - did you find anyone else to hang out with?

Hey @iii@mander.xyz - what are your thoughts about Christmas on this fine day?

Hey @Platypus@lemmings.world - you said you'd be around today, what are you up to?

Personally, I might make a big pot of spaghetti later on. My cousin said they might pass by at some point but no guarantees. If I don't find anyone to talk to online, I'll probably just watch some free movies and game.

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Merry Christmas, fellow lemmings!
I was just with my parents and brother while my girlfriend is working her shift at the hospital. Later we'll be going to see more of her family.
I like quiet, so right now is my favorite part of the day! 😉
I hope everyone is doing what they want to today, if that's traditional or not.
The shelters usually have some better owl Christmas stuff, but I didn't see much this year. You guys may have seen the Barred Owl that got in through the chimney in the news.
I do have this baby Boobook and Frogmouth though! This is probably the best owl Christmas thing I saw this season.
Have fun and I hope everyone has a good new year!
- Heyyy.... thanks for stopping by and also for hosting the Owl of the Year on !superbowl@lemmy.world... I just started subscribing to that community last year but I missed the Owl of the Year. So I was glad to see it this year, but I was like: "Noooo the Great Grey is so cool-looking, why don't people appreciate it more?!?" I mean that facial disk is amazing, it's like having a radar around your eyes.
  
  Great Gray is constantly underappreciated. The world's longest owl deserves more respect!
  One of my favs is the Long Eared and that one gets no respect either, even though it has some of the best stats on paper as far as things it has that everyone likes.
  I donated the new Owl of the Year plaque from the animal rescue yesterday, so our donation in the community's name has been made.

Going to see my family, hopefully for the last Christmas. I'm prone to verbal shutdowns, so every holiday, everyone just gets to say whatever they want right in front of my gay ass.
I only keep showing up for the kids, but I think next year I'll try to make separate plans with them, like picking a weekend to bake cookies or shop for their friends.
- Christmas is toxic. When I was a kid, New Years was the bigger deal. I think because we didn't have a lot of money to spend on presents and for New Years people would just make little bonfires in the streets and throw coins. (this was in Latin America)

yep. I'm doing my yearly ritual of bein' a slob and doin' nothin'
its pretty great, i made some sausage and egg muffins earlier and am just hanging out being warm in bed
- OMG same, I was reading this long article about a plane crash last night and I think it gave me nightmares or something, I remember almost falling asleep a couple times but then having sudden anxieties and waking up again, so I’m barely stirring this morning.
  edit: the article: https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/masks-smoke-and-mirrors-the-untold-story-of-egyptair-flight-804-42c788fcac2d

This is year 2 of my tradition of "order a pizza and play video games"
I'm not close to my family. They invited me there, I invited them here, neither party accepted.
Maybe in the future I'll be dating someone who wants to do more. Until then: pizza and path of exile 2
- That's cool fam, I'm pretty much doing the same thing. I'm not close to my family either, it's kind of funny, whenever we get together we all just go to our own corners and ignore each other. One time someone put on a football game and I tried to get them to make cheering sounds but they just looked at me like I'm crazy.

Merry Christmas
- Hey, merry christmas to you too! How's hilaroiuschaos going? I remember passing by there and checking out a bunch of interesting-sounding communities, it looked like they had just started out tho.
  
  We doing good, been here a year now. Time flies lol How's your Christmas going?

I'm doing great! Been talking with family and eating delicious food. I got a TON of chocolate because everyone knows how much I love white chocolate biscuits and other chocolates haha. I've also been drawing this little fishy friend! 😃
- Oh yeah... I just finished my second plate of spaghetti that I cooked. My cousin stopped by and I gave them some but I think they didn't like it bc I made it with less butter and fewer eggs...
  
  Two plates of spaghetti sounds great! Honestly while it may not be everyone's cup of tea, I prefer mine with less of both too!

I'm working. I'm at a small waste water treatment plant and we need to collect samples today. I scheduled myself for today, so I can avoid the in-laws and use the holiday hours next month.
I'm the only one here, and it's a slow day so I have time for lemmy.
- Oh yeah, santitation engineering is really important, I'm always like: make sure everything's working OK, and my housemates think I'm crazy, but the alternative is that we all get some weird infection if it isn't working.

Taking a break after a long Christmas morning spent eating a wonderful breakfast prepared by my wife, having coffee and O.J. while my wife and son had mimosas, opening presents, and just hanging out together and enjoying the holiday. We only get to see our son every few months these days, so it's really nice to be back together as a family. What're you up to?
- Oh, I ate too much of the pasta that I made when my cousin came by, even though I did a bad job of cooking it. Now I'm gaming and watching Mexican telenovelas. Glad you got to be able to spend time with your family, it must be tough being away from your kid.
  
  Sounds like a wonderful lazy day. I ended up taking a relaxing nap after dinner -which I almost never do- and then helped my son pack up. All in all it was a great day!

I celebrate the solstice, but today is just another day off as far as I am concerned. So just the usual stuff: had a lay in, played a bit of Forge of Empires, did a couple of chores, have just been reading (Confessions of a Justifed Sinner, Hyperion and just started Conan: City of the Dead), and will watch a couple of episodes of TV (Wolf Hall, Agatha All Along and Gatiss' Ghost Story for Christmas Woman of Stone) with my wife this evening. She has been doing much the same, plus some yoga at the moment.
- I really loved Hyperion when I was younger, especially "Fall of Hyperion" though I never got into any of the sequels. I should take a look at that again. I've also been meaning to give the Conan stories a read-through, starting with the originals then the followups. Hey, did you know there was a free movie on youtube about R.H. Howard, who wrote those Conan stories? this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtIQr7pLDEM
  
  I read the original Conan tales a looooong while ago. Loved them and the de Camp ones, and the Bjorn Nyborg novel too. There are a lot of other writers that have added Conan tales, and I read a few at the time, but most were pretty mediocre. I'd stick with the early ones overall. This one was recommended on Lemmy a day or so back as having a good Lovecraftian vibe which is what attracted me. I'll see how it goes.
  I did know about the movie, and did start watching it at one point, but didn't have chance to finish it. Maybe I will.

I was at work on Christmas (it's Boxing Day right now for me). Christmas isn't a thing here (no matter how hard the merchants try to make it one) so I'm mercifully unimpacted by the high stress winter season.
(High stress here comes in early spring.)
- Boxing Day... I'll have to read up on that, it sounds interesting. In some places I've lived there were all these Saints days that took place at the start of the year... Yeah, unfortunately I think a lot of people make a big deal out of Christmas because they just want to sell things.

Merry Christmas! I'm driving with my family to a fancy restaurant.. feeling a little car sick lol. I'm not a great passenger. Should be getting out soon. I'm excited, the menu looks amazing. I'll post a pic in a minute
- Going to a restaurant sounds awesome. I'm a bit surprised bc I'da thought they'd all be closed today. That's why I stocked up on food yesterday.
  
  It was so good. I had lamb. Very rich food. My belly is happy now lol. Merry Christmas ♥️🧡💛💚💙💜

There was an unexpected turn of events today that has given it new purpose. I have a whole day ahead of me now.
- Wow, that story was a real rollercoaster, sounds like a full day!

- The only xianxia I've watched in "The Untamed", and it was pretty good. I wanna dress more like Wei Wuxian. I also really liked the idea of "cultivation".

slept in. walked the dog. ate some pastry. watching the taken series while doing what I can on the commercials. first emphasis is dishes. gonna have a ham sandwich I think soon.
- I didn't know there was a Taken series.... oooh looks like Jennifer Beals is in it...
  
  its alright. second season changes it up from first season. Its free on plex currently though and the criteria for me to watch something is free.

Watching porn and being in my room. My family was drinking with the neighbours in the living room. I have no intention to go anywhere and tomorrow back to my shit job
- Well, yesterday I learned that the day after christmas is Boxing Day, so: Happy Boxing Day!

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