UO- 11/30

mauera07

Anyone have an unpopular opinion for today? 

(Not trying to overstep, but this hasn't been posted in a bit! @GraceUponGrace09 are you okay??)

KatieEl

I HATE Elf on the Shelf.  And if you post daily pictures of the "hijinks" your elf is getting up to? You're getting blocked until New Years.

conineml

@KatieEl I'm with you!!!!  Plus, I feel like it only encourages good behavior for a month...no your butt should be good allll year long and extra good during the holidays  And I just don't have time for that...

gilsam1

@KatieEl Yeah, I've already decided I'll never do Elf of the shelf. I'll just tell the kids if they ask that the elves don't get along with our cats haha

gilsam1

My UO - I went and saw Hamilton recently and I thought it was okay...good I guess. It was creative and interesting, but I was really confused as to why people were cheering and cat calling like it was a rock concert. And the rapping was a little hard to understand. One of DH's coworkers has seen it like 6 times which i don't get at all. Overall, it doesn't make my top 5 shows I've ever seen, but I thought it was good. 

EmilyLove25

@gilsam1 Woooooo! I love love love Hamilton, but I had listened to it many times prior to seeing it (so I could follow all of  the words etc). Where did you see it? If I was $$$$$$$$, I'd also see it 6 times! 

ryannenikole

@KatieEl I totally agree. I think they're creepy!

@gilsam1 Jealous! I want to see it. I saw Little Shop of Horrors on Broadway years ago when Joey Fatone was Seymore and I could not stand it that every time he moved, the audience lost it. He was SEYMORE. Not JOEY. SEYMORE! 

I have two UOs. 

#1 When a 30 year old doesn't know how to properly address an an envelope, we have a problem.

#2 I'm not sure that I'll ever tell my kids that Santa is real. I love Christmas and the stories and the cute pictures of seeing Santa...but I am not playing the game with gifts. I just....no. I didn't have that as a kid and DH never believed it anyway, so I just don't see the point!

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@KatieEl I hate Elf on the Shelf so much! I just don't get it.

Not sure how big of a UO this will be here, but in DH's family it's pretty huge. I loathe snow and winter. It's fine on Christmas Eve/Day, but then I want it to go away. They all love it and are really upset it's been in the high 30s-40s here the last week or so, but I'm just sitting here like

burnsmommy27

@KatieEl it is waaaayyy too much work. I will never do it

@schaze I'm pretty sure I might die if I had to live somewhere were it snowed. I froze my butt off in Alaska in Aug when I was in the 40s in the morning. Like sweater, jacket, beanie and still freezing.

My UO: I do not like Christmas music

mauera07

@ryannenikole I'm so torn on the idea of Santa. Like I totally don't want to deal with keeping that charade up. Plus I kind of hate the idea of lying to my kids, even about stuff like that (probably my UO). But then I also don't want them to feel like they're missing out on something special, or be those kids who go around telling other kids Santa isn't real haha.

ryannenikole

@maueraa07 I don't want my kids to be jerks about it either. Lol. Coming from someone who didn't have Santa going on while growing up, I never felt like I was deprived. 

conineml

Yeah I don't love the idea of Santa...but I definitely don't want to have those A$$hole kids that ruin it for everyone else.  

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Neither DH or my family did Santa, so we are totally fine with not doing it for our kids. We both were told though not to wreck it for other kids, just to keep it to ourselves so we'll make sure our kids do the same.

gilsam1

@EmilyLove25 I saw it here in LA, and my boss is going to go see it next month and i recommended she read the lyrics to the songs online before going so she knew what the heck was going on haha, I wish i would have done that!

@shaze I wish it was 30s-40s here (i like cold weather), but then again i might not know what to do if it was that cold (e.g. I don't own a winter coat  ). I can count on one hand the number of times i've seen/been in the snow, and it was fun, but i don't think i could live in it. DH is from Minnesota, so he thinks I'm weird and snow is no big deal, but I couldn't handle it. 

@burnsmommy27 I can't imagine Christmas without Christmas music! And my favorite Christmas music is classical religious/choir, like 'What Child Is This', 'O Holy Night', etc. I'm a dork...I know haha

And to everyone: I loved Santa as a kid, I have great memories of that stuff, but then again we were big into fantasy/make believe stuff in my family, hence the frequent trips to Disneyland. 

GraceUponGrace09

@maueraa07 Thanks for starting this and checking in on me! I've been horribly MIA lately, my apologies. I came on here because I just realized I forgot to start this. 
We're currently on a "babymoon" at a resort - soaking up the sunshine and virgin margaritas!

supercoolstephy

I love Santa. Like. A lot. I feel like this is an UO based on everyone here today. Bahah. Also, DH will make a great Santa when his beard goes white. I can’t wait. Haha. He already has the round belly and rosey cheeks. Baha. 

bainidhedub

@supercoolstephy I can't wait for my dad's hair & beard to finish going white. He's going to be a great Santa.

mauera07

@GraceUponGrace09 I'm glad you're doing well!  Enjoy your babymoon!!

TInman87

@supercoolstephy Santa rocks! 

My UO...I love elf on the shelf. This will be our first kid but we got an elf on the shelf 3 years ago when we move into this house. It's fun every year moving it around just the 2 of us, we both participate and it's always been just a cute thing to add to our Christmas stuff

Dani0329

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I’m not sure if this will work but I like this idea of revealing Santa, then it’s not such a lie.