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Dared1111
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What do you do to get to sleep?

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I pass out usually around 12 or 1 on Christmas Eve after drinking and having fun with the family.

If you can't sleep might I suggest reading a Math textbook?

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I no longer actually get excited that much about Christmas anymore. I always know what I'm getting, and it's never really anything special because I already have lots of stuff

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i don't sleep. i go to a van buuren/mark eteson/judge jules xmas party the night before which goes on till 6am, screwing over my bodyclock
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Jeku: lol

might try to prove the idea of boring stuff sending people to sleep right or wrong... even though i just played the old puzzle bubble thing and im tired becuse i got bored to the end

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heh... for some reason, even if i have zero excitement for getting presents, i always wake up about 3 am with my adrenaline pumping

it's not really fun when you just want to sleep... and you have no idea why you're awake... (when i was younger sure i was excited about presents... but now i have no idea why i am.. i guess my body is just used to being excited for Christmas )

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Ya, its disappointing that I no longer get the "traditional" Christmas, and I haven't really had one in 3 years now. I sure do miss being allowed one present to open on Christmas eve, and then trying to get to sleep only to wake up and head over to my moms house for the big unwrapping. This year I just asked my dad for dark physics and my mom a wii, got both too. So I'm not complaining, just reminiscing.

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found animal stories for under fives on my shelves, might read or TRY to read it and we'll see how that goes. i probaly wont be able to read it so i may put it by my clock and try. even if i cant im still proving or disproving the idea.

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Quote: "This year I just asked my dad for dark physics"


At least your family buys you things online.

But really, this year is all about the kids. I'm super stoked to watch my little nephew (3 yrs) and niece (1 yr) open their gifts

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Posted: 24th Dec 2006 21:45 Edited at: 28th Dec 2006 21:27
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Quote: "But really, this year is all about the kids. I'm super stoked to watch my little nephew (3 yrs) and niece (1 yr) open their gifts "

Yeah, it's weird this year; I'm looking forward to my family opening the presents I bought them rather than getting anything myself - in fact, there is only a single thing I would like this year for Christmas, and that's a Wii - but I have absolutely no chance of getting one


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Quote: "At least your family buys you things online. "

yeah, my parents didn't want to buy me some online software because i wouldn't "be able to open it on christmas morning"

but that's fine, just seems weird from my point of view

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acturally ill just sleep or try

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I pretty much go to sleep within 10 min of putting my head on my pillow... no matter how much caffeine I have in me. Nothing keeps me awake.
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falling asleep made easy by Zaibatsu:

1. Drink can of beer (may be subsituted for sugary stuff if you're too young)

2. play loud rock music

3. turn volume up louder

4. do some kind of wierd shaky dance where you jump up and down alot

5. continue for 10 minutes without break

6. hit head on something hard

7. turn voume down

8. do 50 jumping jacks

9. do 50 sit-ups

10. do 5 chin-ups

11. do 20 push-ups

12. do 15 jumping jacks

13. turn off music

14. lay down and let nature take its course

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I'm a big kid myself (no, really), so the best part is watching the young-uns open their presents. I have to say I've outdone myself this year, so the little gimps better appreciate it .

My fave present has to be the Still Game 5 series box set, 1000 minutes of the best Scottish comedy in decades .

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well ill stay up really late the night before until about 3 or 4am. then have my parents wake me up at like 8 so i only get a few hours of sleep. and ill be with friends or playing games all day staying awake so im tired. then ill pretty much crash at 10 or so and sleep well, be good and energized for the morning to come.



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I haven't really had any trouble falling asleep on Christmas until a few years ago, right now my strategy is to exercie so much I'm so tired I just fall asleep. I always wake up at about 6:00, but since going to bed at 1:00 AM isn't getting much sleep + the sensory overload of all my cousins playing their new graphic video games, I fall asleep at 6:00 PM on Christmas. I'm going to my other grandmom's this year, fewer and younger cousins + they're not into video games, so no one's going to get mesmeried by a brand new Wii. I just remembered tomorrow's my DBP's birthday! I remember last year, I tried to make my dream game the week I got it, wow it's been a whole year since I made that mistake. I just bought/activated Caligari gameSpace today, I had to buy it myself because no one in my family's ever given a virtual gift.

Don't forget to play my Christmas game everyone, it predicts how many presents you're going to get.

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Try watching "An Inconvienent Truth" you will be out about 4 minutes in.

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I just play video games until I start passing out in my chair, then I crawl up onto my bed... Which is right behind my chair. Oh wait... I do that every night.

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Me and my gf watch movies.

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Well, I got a bottle of goldschlager and Jäger sitting on the counter, 'nuff said.

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I could tell you, but it might invalidate the TOSS. Do you see?


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Quote: "My fave present has to be the Still Game 5 series box set, 1000 minutes of the best Scottish comedy in decades ."


LOL, Navid makes that show. He should have his own series.

I usually conk out after visiting family and consuming copius amounts of lager and mince pies.

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i take a massive hit of smack, and drift into a blissful trance.

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Quote: "What do you do to get to sleep?"


When I have insomnia, I grab my iPod and listen to Opeth, Damnation is the best album to help you sleep.

However on Christmas Eve, I watch TV until 0:30, went on my computer for 1/2 an hour and when it came for me to sleep, I slept like a log because I was tired, so basically I did what I do every night (well 0:30 and earlier is the norm for me, not 1:00)

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Quote: "What do you do to get to sleep on christmas eve?"

I might spank the kids, have a beer, then stay up all night, all the while cursing the world and this holiday wishing to God that I could just go to sleep. Bah humbug.


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Quote: "I might spank the kids, have a beer, then stay up all night, all the while cursing the world and this holiday wishing to God that I could just go to sleep. Bah humbug."


Me thinks Cash was up till 4am wrapping presents like I was.

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I usually just watch TV, or watch a movie. Works like a charm. It's best watching Tales from the Cyrpt. Not sure why that show makes me sleepy, kind of odd.

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Maybe our friend Jack Daniels can help you

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I just didn't bother going to bed until half past one in the morning, after a very active day. I was out like a


Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...
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hehe. I'm always the last one up on xmas day. The family have to get me out of bed. I've long sinse out grown the xmas day excitement and now I give myself the xmas gift of an upto 11am lie-in, to everyone elses dismay.


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Quote: "Maybe our friend Jack Daniels can help you "


Alcohol causes you to snore and i think it keeps you up.... unless you're on about passing out....

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Quote: "unless you're on about passing out.... "


You hit the nail there, a good dosage of JD is enough to put anybody out for the night.

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Quote: "Me thinks Cash was up till 4am wrapping presents like I was."

6 actually We actually did finish at 4, but I had to finish all of my wife's stuff, so I didn't lay down until 6. Then the kids woke up


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Yeah mine woke up at 4:45. what possess women to buy items that need to be assembled that they have no ability to assemble themselves.

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The same thing that possesses them to buy tons of crap on sale that we've never considered buying or even wanted before the sale


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@Cash: Is that why my gf got me a 6 speed blender?! I dont want kids though, so thats good for me...

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