I got nothing for Christmas.

your not alone

nor you guys, people have changed

Do you want a gift? I am willing to give you one, a stranger and fellow GLPer to another.

It is not Christmas yet however I will give all of you a Blessing: May all of you and your families have good health and happiness during this season and always...

Aww, sorry dude. I picked up a 12-pack of Becks for myself.
Do you live in Madison? I'll bring you a few Becks. ;-`)

Next year you will save money.

How old are you? When you grow up you realize that the real joy of present giving at Christmas is the giving and not the receiving. The look of joy on your loved ones face when they see that they have gotten something they like. That's the best part.

Would u like some fries with that whaaaaa-burger!

That is very nice of you, but I kinda wanted something from my family since i do so much for them throughout the year. And especially from my sons. One owns a fairly successful Apple Ipod repair store and the other is pulling in 6 figures as a sales manager for a car company. I figure since I struggled so hard to get them raised and to make them successes instead of drunks or lazy slackers they would at least appreciate it enough to get me something. If even a cheap card. I am unemployed and struggling bad right now and I spent $50 each on them. I am very hurt over this. I was their only parent. I gave up my 20's and 30's to be a full time dad. I gave the best years of my life in a celibate attempt to create strong, successful, well adjusted, decent men.

It is not like I wanted a new car or tv. A stick of gum would have been enough, and I can't chew gum because of my dentures.

You are not alone. People over here look to me to give them stuff because they THINK I have money, all the while I rarely, if ever get anything of tangible value back from them.

Of course I'm foreigner here, but you know what, I'm tired of giving and not getting. Same thing with my own immediate family, kids are pissed because I didn't spend $487 USD on an XBox. All I get from them are attitude and entitlement.

I hate what Christmas has morphed into, someone with their hand extended to get free shit from me! Let's get that new year here already and be done with it.

Well OP, I'm sorry to hear that your sons aren't giving gifts to you. You have sacrificed a lot for them, and deserve a lot in return...I believe, that good karma will return to you in another way.

And in addition to that, since I can't give you a gift, I wish you the best of blessings.

I want to hear their effing lame excuse OP

Well, it's sad when the people you love the most don't seem to be remembering you at this time and Season. But you know, someday they will look back and wish they had. Keep in mind that when you are young, you think that you'll have forever to tell others how much they mean to you. It is only as you grow older that you come to appreciate the short and growing shorter window of Time that we actually have.

I, too, am (physically) alone this Christmas. I have gifts which I have bought and wrapped for friends and their children sitting here waiting for them and they aren't even coming over to get them until "Christmas" is over. A few years ago I would have said "F - Them", but as I get older I realize that giving and getting gifts is NOT what Christmas is all about. Rather it is about the Gifts of LOVE and compassion which were shown to us by our Creator, that he sent his Son who could have come with legions of angels but came instead to be born in a humble stable, and to grow up and go through all of the stuff we experience growing up, and to spend His adult years reminding us about His Father and the simple things we can do to show our appreciation for that magnificent Gift. And yes, He died to allow Mercy to be shown to us along with Justice, and that is very important too, but the message He left us is just as important.

I am in no way a "Bibletard". I look at my little tree, which is trimmed with ornaments gathered over the years, and each one reminds me of stories,
situations and people no longer here. I light the candles which illuminate the pictures of family and friends who have Gone Home, and realize that I will soon be joining them. Regardless of the rudeness or thoughtlessness of the people I still know, I feel like I am surrounded by love. And that is the greatest gift of all.

Merry Christmas to you, friend.

Nicely said. Merry Christmas to you Eggcellent.

May they all rot in hell Op

Hey Op, merry Christmas. I hope your family sees you today with love and good tidings! And to all the rest of you over the net Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

try being the kid when no one gets you anything.

it's a lot worse.

for that reason, my son will never go without on christmas.

And hey op, just so you know, i got my dad nothing, he gave me $50, he got to hang out with his sons on Christmas eve , and to him .... Thats better than anything we could have got him.

If your children, that you raised did not get you anything, the blame is on you. After all, you raised them. Do they resent you? Did you not teach them the value of giving? Did you raise them atheist so they do not feel compelled to celebrate a holiday they do not believe in? They are the product of the upbringing you gave them, after all.
My advice to you? Have some honest talks with them, or you will get nothing next year too.

Wow this thread makes me really sad.

While that is true, I don't believe it was about the presents. I think the OP is hurt because none of his loved ones thought about him. I think it's sad, because it really doesn't take that much of an effort to let your loved ones know you care about them and that they're special to you.

I got nothing.

Most everyone I know is flat broke.

I'd just like a scrap of Land on Planet Earth,
so that I can grow vegetables.

But a tiny bit of Bare Land here in New Zealand and Australia is about $200,000 these days.


However, one gift I did get, I gave to myself,
and that is...

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Didn't get anything either, big woop.

My first pin! I have been posting here for 5 years. That is quite a present right there. Thanks!!

And you nailed it AC 48.

I'm still waiting for my boxer shorts in the mail from mom.

Christmas is not about presents.

As much as i do agree, it isn't about giving at all.

Spending time with the ones you cherish is what all holidays should be about.

Then totally take the superpin away.

I really need those boxer shorts.

Ditto