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My boyfriend and I spent our first Christmas together this year. I'm a big holiday person so I went all out, spending months racking my brain to think of the perfect gift for him: a ski jacket he'd had his eye on.
We celebrated on Christmas Eve, had a lovely home-cooked meal, and snuggled up by the fireplace — it was a perfect evening. When it came time to open gifts, I wanted him to go first. All my hard work paid off because he absolutely loved it. When it was my turn to open, however, I couldn't have been more shocked — it was like he didn't know me at all!
I get that Christmas isn't all about presents, but I can't help but feel disappointed that he got me such an impersonal gift — a gift certificate to a store I would never shop at! I faked it and thanked him, but I guess my feelings were written all over my face because he knew something was wrong. I hate lying to him so can I be forgiven if I tell him the truth? I just don't think I can keep it in much longer.
CitizenSugar readers apparently care about results! Barack Obama's victory speech won favorite Barack Obama moment of 2008, beating out all the other choices having to do with Obama's path to the White House.
On election night Obama greeted the world from Chicago's Grant Park, exclaiming that:
Change has come to America. If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible. Who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
The road ahead will be long, our climb will be steep, we may not get there in one year or even in one term, but America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you. We as a people will get there.
One of the top write-in choices involved Obama's comments on the yet-to-be-chosen White House puppy. For other top moments of 2008, check out all our highlight coverage!
The crime beat kept us shocked, outraged, and sometimes entertained this year. Take a trip down lawless lane with this roundup of all the best crime headlines from 2008. We've got stories about imitation Ferraris, convict rodeos, jail-house love, and even JonBenet Ramsey's family.
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San Francisco International Airport will soon be populated with kiosks where green, and presumably well-off, travelers can buy indulgences for their environmental sin of air travel. The machines give travelers a chance to buy carbon offsets by calculating their trip's carbon footprint, along with the cost of an investment necessary to reduce general environmental impact by the same amount.
Once the travelers pay, they get receipts telling them which projects they have sponsored. All you need is a credit card to save the planet!
Offsetting a trip to Europe would cost about $36, while a two-hour trip would only cost $4. Would you participate?
I have been in a serious, monogamous relationship for nearly seven months. Both of us are very much in love, and I have been looking forward to our first holiday season together. For Christmas, he gave me a beautiful paper star lamp that hangs from the ceiling, which I had pointed out to him while shopping this Fall. However, this Summer his ex-girlfriend — whom he dated for five years — gave him back the necklace he gave her for their first Christmas which was a beautiful, ornate, heavy silver choker which probably cost around $150, whereas my gift cost about $25. I'm not really what you would call "materialistic," and the lamp itself is a nice gift, but I often have issues with their still-close relationship and the difference between the two gifts makes it seem as though he values me less, or thinks of our relationship as less of an "investment" than theirs.
I know this Christmas is less grand for everyone this year, but he has a job that is relatively unaffected by the recession. I spent around a $100 on him, and I'm a student! He's older, has a job and a house and money to spend on luxuries. Should I tell him he's offended me? Or just let it go? I don't want to sound like a brat, but she got a beautiful, sentimental gift, and I got a house-warming present! I feel like I'm always "second best."
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Add Some Holiday Cheer to Your Condom Drawer! During this holiday season, why not spread some cheer below the belt? Check out these cute holiday condoms — great stocking stuffers, if you ask me! Enjoy.
Robe Di Firenze
Alice + Olivia
Dior Homme