Going to take advantage of the holiday by putting the two packets of intriguingly black hair dye I bought today to use, with my mum’s help. I’m absolutely awful at dyeing my hair myself and haven’t done it for years anyway, so an extra pair of hands (and a bath tub) will come in useful!
Drinks are still either vodka or coffee based.
Rituals: My family does everything on on christmas eve. We usually start between 4-6, go around and open up one present at a time. Mom always forces a game on us with rules that I’m convinces she makes up on the fly that may or may not result in gifts. Afterwards a Rook game usually breaks out and then we shoot fireworks.
Christmas Day is fun because as stated, we’ve always done everything on christmas eve. I have a longstanding tradition with a friend who’s family was never around on christmas to go to the movies and camp out for at least one (usually 2-3) and eat at a huddle house.
Pro tip, if you’re eating out on christmas and you aren’t tipping 100%, you’re doing it wrong.
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My family informed me yesterday they’ve bought a thousand piece jigsaw of the London Underground Map for a Christmas activity.
I’m British. I don’t tip. Even at Christmas.
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That’s an activity even your cat will enjoy participating in.
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Yeah I generally live by this principle, unless they go out of their way to provide good service, then I shall reward said over achievement 
Do you tip your hairdressers or nail bar (if you go to one), my misses always has a go at me for not tipping my hairdresser, but I just paid the price not sure why I would pay any more 
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I don’t use either (I neaten my hair myself from time to time and that’s enough beautification for me!) so don’t have to worry about the niceties of that situation.
If I have any spare change left over after paying a restaurant bill I usually do leave it, especially if I know I’ll be coming back again. That’s about as far as I go though. In America I’ve learnt to be a lot more generous! And I remember in Vienna some guy who took our coats off came after us to demand a tip!
That would actually meke me not want to tip, I dislike being forced/pressured in to anything.
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The pod is ready for you kitty.
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Random pic from a friend just now
I want to make one
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O.o What am I looking at?
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An iconic scene from Die Hard, one of the greatest Christmas movies of all time, in ornament form
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lol oh yeah.
“John McClane: [huddled in an air vent, recalls his wife’s invitation] Come out to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs…”
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It’s on my list to watch, maybe I’ll get hold of it over the holiday while I’m away from Borderlands
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Top notch action flick
It may seem really trope-y on a first viewing all these years later but that’s because it’s the origin for many of the action movie tropes prevalent to this day
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I agree. They show Die Hard here on TV every Christmas and I have been watching it since 2011.
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Non-stop?
Sounds exhausting
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Not really. I tend to forget most of the film’s plot within a year, so it’s like watching a new film every Christmas.
I’ll have a chance to see if I’ve forgotten something about Die Hard’s plot this Friday when they finally show it.
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I meant your phrasing sounded like you had done nothing but watch die hard for 5 solid years
But your literal response took the wind out of my sails, coal in a stockin indeed
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