Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-679780-20161206123541/@comment-679780-20161223225224

Megalodon Commando wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: Megalodon Commando wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: I must have festive fever, because I keep thinking I've replied to this thread already a few times.

Megalodon Commando wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: Turns out I thought today was Christmas Eve when it turns out I was a day early. It's actually Christmas Eve tommorow... or two hours to be exact... It's Christmas eve for me today. I've got a Hell of a lot of work to do here. Hope you have a merry christmas with your kin. You too dude. Don't worry, It's our usual family tradition to do as much work as we can before Xmas morning. I like to get things done during December before Christmas.

Though this year was worried I would not get the presents I wanted or get to wrap them in time.

Granted the present I got for one of my brothers will arrive around January, I should of checked eBays delivery times. But I got him a bottle of drink and a business diary. I'm glad we did our Christmas shop early in the month. We didn't get each other that much this year, only like two or three gifts between us.

Knowing my Mum, she probably got more for me and Dad from the internet than we got from the local shops. She does go a bit overboard with the gifts during the season. I think everyone in my family get each other just the one gift. Doesn't sound like much but with three older brothers having four presents is nice. Plus my Birthday being 11 days after Christmas I eprsonally get another horde of gifts.

Problem is though buying gifts is not as easy as it was when we were young since now as all have enough to get buy or a bit more to buy what we want, which usually ends up with gifts you appreciate but not what sparks that wonder of when you were 7 and ripping open the paper to get that new toy or game console you really wanted.

It's why I take Christmas rather seriously, though can't say I am a Christmas enthusist.

I put effort into buying ideal gifts and someday I would like to make Christmas games and perhaps a Christmas book someday. This is because Christmas was a magical time for us given to us by the love and effort of the grown-ups in our lives. It is nurtured into our nostalgia at a young age but as we become grown-ups the magic passes. We can buy our won things and we see the burden our parents go to to make Christmas happen.

Still it depresses me I cannot just "know" what my brothers truely want for Christmas and I had to ask them. They provided me eBay links and the like and feel that the lack of suprise takes away the wonder of it all.

Thats why I put in the effort, because I would like a Christmas for my family that reignites the very nostalgia and wonder we had as children. And maybe someday I'll write that Christmas book or maybe make a christmas game that will ignite the christmas spirits of many inner-children.

I hope this year, I will stand by my own life-goals and learn to make computer games, thats my new years resolution. For if I can acomplish that then I can truely make something worth giving.