My train was stopped in the middle of my ride home because of a terrorist attack, I may have missed the last ever chance to celebrate with my great-grandmother because my entire extended family got COVID, my hometown is desperately trying to prevent a huge flood and when i found out that i would be sad and lonely on christmas my muslim friends ghosted me :) So its a mix of some circumstances.
Holy shit, where do you live? Sorry to hear about your missed chance to celebrate with your great-grandma.
I was curious too, based on the timing I think they live somewhere in Europe and have family in Germany. There have been attack threats in Cologne
Yea without disclosing anything too specific: I have to drive through cologne to get home. The entire region is having problems with floods, but my city is facing additional complications.
Xmas for me was ruined because I found a guy that was robbed and dumped in the middle of nowhere during my drive.
Helping him fucked up my entire days plans and even the little festivities I wanted to take part in but bloody hell who robs someone on Xmas and then leaves them to die? Ofc I had to help.
The intense rain didnβt help. I think Iβm ill now.
What the fuck.
Hope youβre both doing alright. I guess one could say something about how helping others is what Christmas is all about or whatever, but seriously, what the fuck is wrong with people.
Good thing you were there to be a decent human being in a shitty situation.
I said above that Christmas is alien to me, but isnβt helping people and doing good the whole βspirit of Christmasβ thing? In a sense, you had the most appropriate Christmas even though it wasnβt the most pleasant.
And, of course, you helped save a life. Youβre a hero!
my mother. asked her to stop bringing up my rapist in conversation with me. she said βya know other people have problems too.β Then she went and had holiday lunch at his house. that was before I was set to drive there for christmas, so instead I stayed home and did nothing. Turns out christmas is just a regular day.
My <1 year old nephew nearly choked to death on a nerf dart. He briefly went unresponsive before the ambulance got there and would probably be dead if both his parents didnβt have medical training.
So I guess itβs not ruined in that heβs still alive and probably okay (still waiting to see if he aspirated anything), but itβs not how you want to spend Christmas! Especially the older siblings watching all this happen.
im cpr certified and technically have the knowledge to βsaveβ a choking person as i work a βsafety jobβ. i often wonder if id actually be able to do it in a real situation. shits scary i hope kiddos ok.
Whew, glad they saved him! Reminds me I used to tell friends with children or that live alone they should have a LifeVac in their home medical kit. Under 100 bucks.
Humans. Where is my snow?
I too was mad that there was no snow on the ground for Christmas this year. Then I got a blizzard warning on my phone so it might still work out Β―_(γ)_/Β―
Iβm swimming in it! We always have a white Christmas, but this year itβs spectacular. You could already ski (cross country) on the 23rd, since then thereβs 20 more centimetres of crispy new snow on top. Itβs amazing!
Obviously doesnβt compensate for the heat elsewhere, but it wonβt stop me from appreciating what weβve got!
Western Canada, and this is the brownest Christmas of my life (over half a century.)
My wife and I have a Christmas tradition (in Germany).
We go swimming in a local river or lake at some point between Christmas eve and new year.
The last 4 years it was always warmer than 10Β°C during that time. 3 years ago, it was 18Β°C, which was completely bizarre. We were lying in the sun to dry after our bath in late December.
