Worst christmas ever Answered

Sorry about your Granddad. I have no clue how you feel. My biggest loss was my deformed dog. He was born with his leg out of the socket.

I know how you feel. My Uncle and granddad died 3 weeks ago also.

sorry for your loss.

Ok, now I find myself in the VERY awkward position of agreeing with both Nacho AND Kiteman :-)
Seriously, I am sure he would want you to celebrate his life rather than spend all your time morning over his death.

So, yes remember the good times, and when you are able, celebrate the good times. It is the happiness he would want you to remember.

Family keeling over always sucks, never won't. Especially around Christmas, also first Christmases without... As for the crisis, I'm still in shock about woolies closing, it was like a tradition, a load of my friends have been laid off and I've been hunting for a job for ages, lots of places actually let Christmas staff go early or didn't get any people in at all this year. If you fancy cheering up my friends and I are having a get together in on 23rd in the hopes of making Christmas happier, thankfully supermarkets are at rock bottom prices so we can just afford to do it. Actually it may be miserable, if the oil for the heating doesn't come...

Thank you everybody, you had all made me feel better. :-)

I'm sorry about your granddad. It's so hard to lose grandparents. :(

Sorry to hear that mate :( I know a few people have said this but i'm sure your granddad would have wanted you to be happy this holiday season. Hope you feel better soon !

That is very sad. I wish you and your family the best of luck, and hope you are able to recover soon.

Aww... That's sad and I mean it. Australia's economy is truly stuffed. Just by travelling overseas and buying some presents would make us get automatically ripped off.

I'm genuinely sorry Plas. I know how you feel, I lost my mother 3 weeks after Christmas and 2 weeks before my 15th birthday, and my father on July 4th, thankfully not in the same year. Losing someone you love is never easy, but especially around the holidays because we are supposed to be happiest at this time. This is not something you "get over" but it does get easier year to year. Even decades from now, you will look back and think of your grandfather each Christmas without the sadness, but with a love and joy that he was there to share your childhood with you and see you start your journey through life.

That's hard. I lost a grandmother and an aunt last month. Sometimes the Holidays are anything but merry.

I too am sorry to hear about your lost, I can remember how had it was for me when I lost my Grandma right after she was starting to get better from her 5 bypass heart surgery (she died 2 days after Christmas). I hope you will still have a Merry Christmas. I am sure everything will get better too.

*moment of silence* .

Let me add my own condolences to everyone else's. I can't say I know how you feel (no one can), but I can tell you that I understand your sadness -- my mother passed away just after Thanksgiving a few years ago. It could have made the whole season just, er, crappy. Instead, we had nearly 100 people come to the service, some of whom had been Mom's friends for 50 years or more. They all talked about their good memories of her over the years, and so on. When the rest of the family got together at Christmas, we remembered and talked about the things Mom contributed to the parties and to the family. Kiteman's observation was the best, and hopefully something that can support you through this difficult time.

. Sorry to hear about your loss. . I agree with Kiteman - don't let his passing ruin your Christmas. . Take some time for everyone to tell what made Granddad special to them and celebrate the holidays in his memory. Rejoice in the fact that you got to know someone very special. A lot of us never got to meet the man.

Sorry, my friend.

_{^{I can empathise quite clearly - when I was small, the first news we had one Christmas Morning was the death of a grandmother.}}

Never fear, though, we are all here for you. One thing to remember - don't feel guilty for enjoying yourself over Christmas. Your granddad would not have wanted that.

Reminisce, remember, rejoice in having known him, rather than being miserable about not knowing him longer.

About the nearest I get to religion: nobody is truly dead as long as somebody remembers them.

Times are tough. My condolences.

Sorry to hear that. Caitlin and I lost a person dear to us last year right before the holidays. We knew things were never going to be the same and the family celebrations would be really empty. But somehow you get through it and rejoice that the person left good memories and is part of who you are. It's all part of growing up and life. Find something to do to dedicate in their memory and be comforted to know that you accomplished it for them. Take care.

I am sorry for your loss.I hope you will have better times ASAP.

I'm sorry for your loss. I hope things start to look up soon!

I am so sorry Plasmana. That's just terrible. My condondolences. :-'(

Thats too bad, I hope you can get over it...

Please share my condolences with your family. I remember in June, just 3 days before I was to have my double bypass done, my wife's mother passed away, and how hard that was on us at the time. Take care...

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