Guest Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Simple poll. :D Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy Alien Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Days/nights Link to post Share on other sites
ThaHoward Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 We have 4 candles. We take the first 4 weeks from.xmas and sing one verse. Then we take it sunday to sunday to the last :) Link to post Share on other sites
WinterWanderer Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Months :p Link to post Share on other sites
Homer Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 I count down to the 27th. Link to post Share on other sites
NerotheReaper Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 I read this thread and then I realized how quick it is coming up! Time to panic! :o Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 222 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 It's quite simple really. I look at the calendar and notice that it's December 24 and I say "okay. one day to go I guess" Link to post Share on other sites
Philip027 Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 I don't do it anymore, but back when I used to it was simply by days. There's been a few Xmases in recent years where I woke up not even being aware it was the 25th. Link to post Share on other sites
deltaX Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 I count down in weeks, and only then because knowing which week of advent we're in also tells me the number of Sundays left until Christmas. Perhaps this is an opinion that should have been posted in Hot Box instead of Census, but I don't actually like Christmas all that much. The insane amount of hype and over-saturation of Christmas has turned me into a bit of a Grinch, to the point where if it weren't for the religious meaning I could see myself abandoning the holiday entirely. Not once has Christmas actually lived up to the two months of preparation :ph34r: Link to post Share on other sites
Vega91 Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Used to count it by days, back when I was younger. Now I just count how many days I have to study until exam week begins. :P Don't much like Christmas, honestly. It's just stressful. Though I appreciate the vacation. Link to post Share on other sites
SirEl Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 I use a chocolate advent calendar for Christmas :D Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy Alien Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 I use a chocolate advent calendar for Christmas :D At least someone has Christmas spirit! :P Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Added months and weeks to the list :P Link to post Share on other sites
Togee Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Hours... :mad: Link to post Share on other sites
TheLandsBeyond Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Daylight, midnights, sunsets, and cups of coffee ;) Link to post Share on other sites
tgif Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 I already have my countdown app counting down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds. Sometimes I use a chocolate advent calendar as well (but I'll have to wait until December for that :) ) Link to post Share on other sites
Starry Sky Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Back when I count down, I counted by days. Then hours then minutes as it got closer. I used to loooove Christmas. Not so much anymore. I totally like the presents and the chance to bake all the cookies I want, though :P Link to post Share on other sites
Busrider Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 For me its either "sloppily" or sometimes the chocolate calendar too. - I'm merciless if co-workers don't empty theirs on time. Link to post Share on other sites
JaySexual Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 There are only '##' decorating days left until Christmas . LOL (where ## is replaced by whatever the count is) Link to post Share on other sites
- - - Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 days though i only countdown when it gets near, like less than 2 weeks Link to post Share on other sites
WhenSummersGone Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Days. I don't bother with months unless it's closer to Christmas. Link to post Share on other sites
Perkins Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Days, starting the countdown when we reach December. I outgrew chocolate advent calendars years ago but I still buy myself one, otherwise I'd forget. Link to post Share on other sites
timewarp Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Bah! Humbug!! Link to post Share on other sites
Skycaptain Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Could we have an "I don't count down to Christmas" option, as it's just another working day for me Link to post Share on other sites
SpaceShark Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Depends on the day. I usually use Sundays (Advent, I'm a pastor's kid and I now work in a church office. So Advent and the Methodist Calendar has become my counting system ), Birthdays (my family has 3 Dec birthdays: 3, 23, 24), and sleeps ("just go to bed and there are only X days left" etc). Link to post Share on other sites
SpaceDustbin Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Weeks, usually starting somewhere late October or early November, but mainly because Christmas = holidays, and one of the very few times a year I'm home That said.. celebration-wise.. I'm mainly counting down to Sinterklaas/Saint Nicholas (5 December), because that's something you can't miss :p Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzipueo Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Avoidance works for me. I buy XMas gifts, but don't do much else. Link to post Share on other sites
9Lives Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Days, mostly. I have two Advent calendars this year, one from my Mom and one from my boss/co-conspirator. I never could say no to chocolate. I also have an Advent wreath with four candles. This year, though, I'm not so much impatient for Christmas, but rather for HR to tell me where I'm going to spend the next four years. They promised they would have my next assignment for me before Christmas. Link to post Share on other sites
King Al Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 In Christmas songs. Link to post Share on other sites
King Al Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 http://imgur.com/zdu2zyghttp://imgur.com/rxJe0vGhttp://imgur.com/UxCeB0ohttp://imgur.com/PAGSggihttp://imgur.com/tp9haYqhttp://imgur.com/Am7vjhh (Go from the bottom link up) 8:33 3rd December If I have done this right, we have less than 8906 Christmas songs left until Christmas. (If we say on average a Christmas song is about 3.5 minutes*). Do keep in mind that I have only just woken up though so I have no clue why I'm doing. *I chose 3.5 minutes due to songs such as Last Christmas and Fairytale of New York being more than four minutes and songs such as Jingle Bells and Silent Night being around the two minute mark (dependant on who is singing it). Link to post Share on other sites
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