#walmart xmas eve

[bbcinternationals]

Walmart christmas eve hours

[caffeinated-rants]

I'm just... so fucking done.

I'm losing inspiration to work on anything. Am I going to quit, no I'm not.... but its just too hard to focus on anything that I actually want to put effort into right now...

Just when it looked like we were done doing mandatory overtime at work, someone is going to be "out for a while" and it resumes. No rest even after the bullshit of short staffing and ridiculous holiday drama...

I'm exhausted. I am at my limit. All I want to do is sleep because I'm that exhausted, but if I give in to the need to sleep then I risk throwing off my whole sleep cycle and making my body think it needs more sleep than it truly does (which it does need a lot, don't get me wrong).

I have had two stress-induced anxiety attacks just in the latter half of December. Yeah, shit gets busy during the holidays. That's a given, and with that is added stressors. But being short staffed in a department than ultimately SHRANK when the employer's business MULTIPLIED... that's just a recipe for disaster. I'm at the point where I can't handle even a small amount of stress like I used to. I feel like I'm going to break the moment shit starts popping off at work. I can't focus and I can't keep up anymore. Xmas Night I pulled a 12hr shift that turned into a 13hr shift due to my relief being over an hour late and showing up with fucking McDonalds... and then this last Wednesday I was by myself with two people who I'm having to train due to a lack of supervisors, so I'm the only one who is able to fully do the tasks needed during our shift... and this is the SLOWER shift, mind you... and I can't even fucking handle that anymore...

What's worse is that I can't risk calling in even for a fucking mental health day. The new clock in system literally points you for leaving even 1 fucking minute early, so I've accumulated too many attendance points due to that (which is bullshit and they won't remove them). If I call out then I might as well just hand in my badge and call it a night, because doing so means I can kiss my job goodbye.

I am so... so... fucking tired. My family even commented on it during Xmas Eve together. They pointed out how tired I look. If family are even noticing it, ones who normally wouldn't even bat an eye and notice under normal circumstances, then there's clearly an issue...

My psych told me at my appointment in September or so (idk the exact appointment date) that I show signs of C-PTSD along with my Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Depressive symptoms. Things at home have... honestly not been as stressful since I took a trip to Texas to see my friends. Instead, that stress is at work and its taking a massive toll on me...

Can I even handle working anymore? I don't want my family thinking I'm just following in my mom's footsteps. I don't want them thinking I'm just lazy and don't want to work. It's not that in the slightest. I honestly wonder if I'm capable of holding a job anymore if this is how bad my mental health is getting. I know I can't handle a public-facing position anymore. Not after being a barista and doing food service. Never again. ...And most office jobs these days require degrees and shit which I do not have nor do I have the urge to even get. I don't want to go through the stress of having to go back to school. My current job is literally my only hope for an income if I can manage to stay afloat within all of my bullshit emotions.

I'm the fucking problem and I know it. Its all the bullshit in my head.

I see my psych on the 16th. I'm going to ask about disability because I genuinely cannot think of what else to do. No other job in my town will let me sit in my own little space. It's all public-facing, customer service. Walmart, Staples, Big Lots, fast food like McDonalds and Wendy's.... all things that I also know I cannot handle anymore.

I'm spiraling and don't know how to stay afloat.

[jakemyboy]

Well here they are again, I got out the 2015 Walmart bear I gave my mom her last Christmas, and the dino I gave Jake xmas eve in 2019. Both of these items are kept near the front door in my 'go bags'. If you don't know what a 'go bag' is its bags you have ready to go in an emergency. Around here that would be wildfire. If you look close you can see big pins with fake pearl heads on them that i used to pin the arms back on, my husband had cut the Dino's arms off as a preventative measure, since Jake tended to eat his soft toys. I was mad, but understood. If he hadn't cut them off, I might not have them now. Blu has eaten a few of his Dinos arms, and they uh, went thru his system and came out rather different. 😂 Anyway, this little Dino started me on my collection of these toys, I must have maybe 10 now? I'll have to get a picture of them all.

[postnuclearophelia]

ok im going to walmart on xmas eve can everyone pray for me

[birdhaslostit]

🎁🎄❄️What the Lupin Gang would do for Christmas!❄️🎄🎁

Helloooooooo Lupin fans! You may or may not remember me as that one chick who made that Halloween headcanon post a few months back, as well as the Jigen’s bangs post. I’m back with a Christmas post!!!

Please note: Personally, I really only celebrate Christmas in a non-Jesus-y way. (Which is how I’m also writing this post, because let’s be honest, do you really think Lupin is going to confession and shit? Absolutely not.) It’s purely out of habit because I was raised Catholic, but I practice witchcraft now. My family doesn’t know that though. Because of this, I considered also making posts for other winter holidays, so I could include Lupin fans that don’t celebrate Christmas. But I didn’t want to accidentally mess it up, or write something inaccurate about a holiday that I don’t celebrate. It felt disingenuous to make a Hanukkah post because I’m not Jewish and it doesn’t seem like my place, and I didn’t want to do a Yule one either, because no two people celebrate it the same way. So, I strongly encourage others to add their respective winter festivities to this post if they want to! We’re all about inclusivity here.

Without further ado:

🎁LUPIN:

I don’t feel like it needs saying, but this man goes bonkers for Christmas.

He flip-flops his choice of red or green jacket by the year. But it always comes with an equally garish Christmas-themed tie, just to make explicitly clear that this is The Christmas Jacket for the year, as opposed to the standard red/green jacket.

The hideout(s) are always decorated to the GILLS inside. It’s an odd mix of older classy decorations he’s inherited from his family, and absolutely horrendously tacky ones he’s bought himself. 

Picture real branch garlands, wrapped tastefully around gilded candelabras that have been passed down through several generations. And then one of those singing, dancing stuffed animals from Walmart that plays “Jingle Bell Rock” when you squeeze its paw, right next to it.

Christmas-themed heists? You know it, baby. But he won’t steal anything on Christmas Eve or Christmas. It just isn’t in the spirit of the season, in his opinion. But he’ll leave a little something-something with his calling cards during the rest of December. A candy cane, a sprig of mistletoe, a bough of holly, etc.

Lupin despises eggnog. He loves any other Christmas drink, just not eggnog. He’s too grossed out by the idea of drinking eggs with alcohol- some things just shouldn’t be mixed.

Will not allow anyone to mention the truth about Santa Claus in his presence. Yeah, he knows, but that’s not the point. It just feels like bad luck to say it out loud. The harder Jigen tries to debate with him that Santa isn’t real, the harder he digs in his heels that “of course he is you absolute Scrooge, how dare you! If you don’t believe, you don’t receive.”

Favorite Christmas Songs: Anything peppy! 

Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney

Step Into Christmas by Elton John

Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee

We Need a Little Christmas by Percy Faith and his Orchestra

A Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives

All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey

Santa Claus’ Party by Les Baxter

Favorite Christmas Drinks: Literally anything except eggnog.

Favorite Christmas Foods: Anything obscenely sugary. Especially gingerbread men and other decorated pastries.

Favorite Christmas Activities: Loves to ice skate and make gingerbread houses! But his houses usually look fairly pathetic, no matter how hard he tries.

Favorite Christmas Movie(s): 

The Grinch (Jim Carrey version)

Home Alone

Scrooged

Christmas Gifts: The king of gag gifts, but he also gives surprisingly thoughtful presents too. He’s the kind of guy that would get a person something they mentioned once offhandedly that they really liked, and he’d go back and get it for them.

🎅JIGEN:

Lupin always wants to decorate the hideout(s) the second Halloween ends, but it never happens. With Jigen being the only American in the gang, he always puts a stop to it in order to preserve the quickly-disappearing border between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

What can I say, dude loves his Thanksgiving excuse to eat like shit and do nothing for a day. Even if it is a fucked-up holiday, historically speaking.

But once the Thanksgiving meal is over, he gives Lupin the okay to go crazy. He’s pretty stoked about Christmas too, but too full of turkey to contribute, so he just watches Lupin hang up Christmas lights everywhere while he lays on the couch and digests.

Jigen likes Christmas a lot, but like, in a normal person kind of way. Nowhere near Lupin’s insane level. He’s surprisingly open about his enthusiasm too. The average person would think he doesn’t really care about Christmas much (or anything else really), but to the gang, Christmastime is the most openly excited they’ve ever seen him.

One year’s Christmas-themed heist involved Jigen dressing up as a mall Santa as a part of the plan. The gang powdered his beard, gave him a pillow for his stomach, and sent him on his way. Everything went surprisingly smoothly, and he actually did pretty well with the kids. At first they were a little intimidated, and Jigen was kind of nervous- but he gave them all candy canes and they changed their minds pretty quickly.

Jigen enjoyed it a lot, actually... to the point that he may have potentially started volunteering to be the local mall Santa. Every year during December, he leaves for a day or two on “business.” Nobody in the gang can prove it though, and trust me, they’ve tried.

Favorite Christmas Songs: The classics and the chill ones, with a few rock ones thrown in for a little kick.

Mele Kalikimaka by Bing Crosby

Sleigh Bells by Gene Autry

(There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays by Perry Como

Jingle Bells by Frank Sinatra

Caroling, Caroling by Nat King Cole

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow by Dean Martin

Silver Bells by Dean Martin

Happy Holiday by Bing Crosby

Run Rudolph Run by Chuck Berry

Merry Christmas Baby by Bruce Springsteen (Sang this once after too much eggnog and will never live it down)

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by the Barenaked Ladies (He’s not into all the Jesus-y stuff, but it’s pretty catchy.)

Favorite Christmas Drinks: Jigen is ALL. ABOUT. THAT. NOG. He’ll make his cup a little stronger than everyone else’s.

Favorite Christmas Foods: He really likes candy canes, especially the mini ones. He’ll keep a few in his pocket with his cigs, and switch between them depending on his mood. Out of habit, it’ll usually dangle out of his mouth like a cigarette would.

Favorite Christmas Activities: Watching Christmas movies and laughing at Lupin’s shitty gingerbread houses.

Favorite Christmas Movies: 

Anything that’s on at the moment, really. He likes to lounge by the TV, and he’s not picky. 

He has a soft spot for A Charlie Brown Christmas though.

A Christmas Story, solely because of the BB gun.

Scrooged, because Bill Murray’s hilarious.

Christmas Gifts: Something practical and useful that the person never realized they needed until they opened the box.

☃️GOEMON:

Goemon wasn’t originally a huge fan of Christmas. Shocking, I know.

He now enjoys some aspects of it, and tolerates others. He likes the idea of giving heartfelt gifts and spending time with loved ones as a tradition, but dislikes the cheesy commercial aspect of Christmas.

He already enjoys the snow and walking through the forest, so the gang usually commissions him to pick a tree for them and cut it down with Zantetsuken. (If they’re somewhere where that’s an option.)

Unbeknownst to the rest of the gang, he will always replant the tree he cut down, and he will wrap something cozy around the bottom of the sapling to keep it safe. Yes, this was directly inspired by A Charlie Brown Christmas. No, he will not admit to this.

Favorite Christmas Songs: The instrumentals, and a few he’d rather die than admit to liking.

The Nutcracker March from The Nutcracker

Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker

Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental) by the Vince Guaraldi Trio

Greensleeves by the Vince Guaraldi Trio

Last Christmas by Wham! (He likes the storyline and the romantic aspect of it.)

Do They Know It’s Christmas? by Band Aid (He likes that it was for a good cause, even if it has its flaws.)

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Again, flawed, but he enjoys the intended message of peace. Also, represents Japan on the side with Yoko Ono.)

White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes

Favorite Christmas Drinks: Surprisingly fond of hot cocoa. Heavy on the whipped cream and marshmallows. 

Favorite Christmas Foods: Doesn’t really like eating gingerbread men, but enjoys decorating them. They’re always pristine, like something you’d get in a bakery.

Favorite Christmas Activities: See above. Also enjoys going out in the snow, and making ice sculptures with Zantetsuken.

Favorite Christmas Movies: Refuses to admit he likes any of these.

Any of the classic Rankin Bass claymation specials.

Any other animated ones for kids. Has a soft spot for A Charlie Brown Christmas and The Polar Express.

A few of those cheesy Hallmark ones.

Christmas Gifts: Something small and sentimental he saw while walking by a store that reminded him of the person he’s giving it to. Nothing extravagant, but thoughtful nonetheless.

⛸FUJIKO:

Fujiko decorates the tree. Period. Lupin cannot be trusted to do this on his own. Goemon picks the tree, Lupin and Jigen put it in the stand, and from there, it’s all Fujiko. The ornaments, lights, and tree skirt are all perfectly color/theme coordinated, and arranged like a pristine store display. 

She also has a few ornaments that she bought for each specific member of the gang. Lupin’s is a monkey (he was not pleased, but he’s whipped for her, so he let her keep it). Jigen’s is a carved wooden pistol. Goemon’s is porcelain, with hand-painted sakura blossoms on it. She bought one for Zenigata too as a joke one year- a tiny bowl of ramen noodles.

Her ornament? The star on top of the tree, because she’s the star of the show, baby. It’s actually a snowflake, made of the finest crystal she could steal.

Favorite Christmas Songs: Pop music and Motown’s finest.

Underneath The Tree by Kelly Clarkson

All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey

Santa Tell Me by Ariana Grande

This Christmas by Donny Hathaway

What Christmas Means To Me by Stevie Wonder

Sleigh Ride by The Ronettes 

Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by Darlene Love

A Marshmallow World by Darlene Love

I Like A Sleighride (Jingle Bells) by Peggy Lee

Favorite Christmas Drinks: Hot chocolate and mulled wine.

Favorite Christmas Foods: Loves baking and eating gingerbread men. She lets Goemon decorate them with her. Hers have lots of candy and sprinkles on them, while his are just icing.

Favorite Christmas Activities: Along with baking, ice skating! She’s the best at it out of the whole group. None of the guys are particularly good at it, but she makes them go with her at least once regardless.

Favorite Christmas Movies:

Hallmark ones, solely to make fun of them.

Babes In Toyland, but only the 1986 one, because it has Keanu Reeves in it, and “I don’t care if I’m your girlfriend, Lupin. In this house, we support Keanu Reeves.”

Christmas Gifts: Something expensive/extravagant that will make the person think of her every time they use it.

🎄ZENIGATA:

Zenigata is the second biggest Christmas enthusiast, just behind Lupin.

He doesn’t get to settle down and decorate anything really, since he’s always running after the gang, but he does lots of other little things to celebrate instead. Like getting hot chocolate instead of coffee, tuning the squad car radio to the Christmas station, getting an air freshener that smells like gingerbread, and wearing a festive scarf and gloves with his trench coat to keep out the cold.

In years past, Zenigata still had to work on Christmas Eve/Christmas, even if Lupin wasn’t out stealing anything. Lupin found out and thought that was a little harsh of ICPO, so he came up with a plan. 

Each year he sends a calling card to the station with the conditions that only Zenigata can come to investigate. Zenigata does some research, shows up to the location on Christmas Eve, and every year, nothing’s there except for a neatly wrapped present from Lupin. 

Zenigata keeps the present as “evidence,” goes back to the station, and they give him Christmas off to go investigate on his own, in case Lupin tries anything else. Lupin never does, but the station doesn’t know that. Bada bing, bada boom, Lupin just got Zenigata a vacation.

Zenigata never catches on, bless his heart.

Favorite Christmas Songs: Ones he can sing/hum along to in the squad car.

The Man With All The Toys by The Beach Boys

Celebrate Me Home by Kenny Loggins

Feliz Navidad by José Feliciano (Does Zenigata understand Spanish? Absolutely not. Does he get the point and think it’s festive? Darn right.)

A Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer by Dean Martin

Winter Wonderland by the Eurythmics

Silver Bells by Dean Martin

Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season by Andy Williams

Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town by Gene Autry

December by Earth, Wind, and Fire (Let him have this okay, it’s a good song and he gets made fun of for liking it by the rest of ICPO)

Skating by the Vince Guaraldi Trio

Favorite Christmas Drinks: Hot cocoa and eggnog, but not strong eggnog like Jigen’s.

Favorite Christmas Foods: Anything, really. It’s something besides cup noodles, so he’s grateful. Lupin’s gift always includes lots of various Christmas goodies because of this.

Favorite Christmas Activities: Zenigata enjoys the snow in theory, but doesn’t handle the cold well. So he likes to watch the snow from his window while he listens to Christmas music in his squad car and sips his hot cocoa.

Favorite Christmas Movies: He doesn’t really have a lot of time to sit down a watch a movie, with how hard he works. But he remembers a few from when he was younger, and he really likes those. His favorite is Frosty the Snowman.

Christmas Gifts: Something inexpensive because ICPO vastly underpays this poor man, and he’s always embarrassed because of that, but it’s always something super sweet and heartfelt.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! And for those who don’t celebrate it, HAPPY HOLIDAYS! <3

[starvingbaker]

It never fails 🤦🏼‍♀️ 🌲

Every Xmas my family has mimosas in the morning, wine in the evening and liquor/daiquiris at night. I'm so tempted to get lit and BP on EVERYTHING in sight.

It doesn't help that my family gives me Xmas gifts such as wine, Walmart gift cards and Visa gift cards. Now I can go WHEREVER I want and buy food to BP on or liquor. It's usually a little of both.

On New Year's Eve I walked 2 miles to get a pint and 1/2 of vodka. Took me an hour and got home just at 11:15. I'm relapsing, big time. I'm buzzed right now and it's 7am. I walked in the rain and stepped in a puddle to get a pint... Only cuz I had money and my bf is sleeping.

I need help. I want help. I want to ask for help. I know and see how I wanna ask for help. But I can't. Ana won't let me. She won't let me go...

[mythicalsecretsanta]

Christmas Together (G)

This gift is for: Rachel (AKA @bloody-fucking-cigarettes) Merry Christmas! I loved all your Nicesties but I couldn’t get past the phrase “Tooth rotting Christmas fluff”. I snuck a couple of others in there too! I hope you like it :D From your Secret Santa, Ross (AKA @mythical-ross)

Link to AO3, or read below:

Even though they’d spent almost their whole lives together, Rhett and Link had never really spent Christmas together. They’d been a couple for the past few Christmasses, but they’d been living separately and stayed at their parents’ houses on Christmas Eve. This was the first year they were staying in LA for the whole Christmas season, living together in their own house. 

“You can’t force Christmas spirit,” Rhett had said when Link started fretting that it ‘wouldn’t feel right’ to stay in LA, “in a few years this’ll all feel normal.”

Link had snorted at the sentiment, but he appreciated Rhett’s attempt to cheer him up. “Christmas Spirit,” he laughed. “What is this, a Hallmark movie?” 

On December 1st, Link insisted it was time to decorate the house. They had several boxes each labelled ‘Xmas’ that had been unceremoniously dumped in what would eventually become the guest bedroom. Link was eager to start consolidating all their decorations but the more he talked about it, the more Rhett seemed to be trying to avoid it.

“Can’t we just watch a Christmas movie and curl up under a blanket?” Rhett suggested hopefully.

“I’m doing it today and you better help or I’ll just throw all your stuff away,” Link told Rhett. He had no intention of doing it without Rhett, but Link wasn’t above an empty threat to encourage him. 

It was just starting to get dark when Link carried one of the boxes into the living room. Rhett gave a long moan when he saw Link coming. “Now?” He whined.

“Yes,” Link said cheerfully. “Come on, it’ll be fun!” 

Despite his protests, Rhett helped Link carry the boxes downstairs. They sat facing each other on the rug as Link looked around the room thoughtfully. “How big is your tree?” Link asked. “We’ll only have room for one big one… maybe some little ones.”

“What?” Rhett practically whispered.

“Your tree,” Link prompted. 

“I always get a real tree.”

They stared at each other, mouths ajar, like they had just discovered a horrible secret about each other. Link was the first to speak.

“I’m not having a real tree in my house!” 

“But you’d have a fake tree? Those things are horrible!”

“They’re a lot more appealing when you don’t have to worry about it catching fire and burning down the whole house!” 

Rhett scoffed at the suggestion. “That won’t happen.”

“You don’t know that!” 

“Yes I do,” Rhett said, trying to sound reassuring. “Plus a real tree looks and smells better. It smells like Christmas to me. Why do you think I like wood so much?”

Link hesitated. He knew Rhett was trying to emotionally blackmail him and it was working… almost. “Rhett, come on,” he said calmly. “We already have a nice tree. We don’t need to go out and buy another one.”  He placed a hand on Rhett’s knee and squeezed gently. “Just for this year and we can talk about it again next year.” 

Rhett sighed. He, of all people wasn’t immune to Link’s charm. “Ugh, fine. But just this year. I love my real tree dang-it.”

Link smiled, both relieved and satisfied to get his way. He opened a couple of his boxes until he found the tree in pieces. “The one downside,” he said, grinning as he pulled out a bundle of branches and set them on the couch, “is that you have to attach each branch individually.” 

“Are you kidding me,” Rhett muttered under his breath, but got up to help.

With the ‘trunk’ connected to the base, Rhett kneeled on the floor and slotted in the branches as Link passed them to him one at a time. He put out his hand to receive the next branch, looking up at Link when it didn’t come.

Link gazed down at him blissfully. “I can’t believe I’m doing this with you.”

Rhett huffed out a laugh, “why d’you say that?”

Link shrugged. “We always spent Christmas with our parents and I figured some day we’d start spending it with our own, separate, families.”

Rhett gave a small smile, unsure what to say to such a touching comment. “I’m glad,” he said, the words catching in his throat.

Link cleared his throat, physically shaking himself, and handed Rhett the next branch. They were soon standing side by side inspecting the bare tree. 

“It looks so sad,” Rhett said.

“Once it’s decorated it’ll look great.”

“Why don’t we put some lights on it?” Rhett suggested. “I’ve got a bunch of them.” 

Link watched him go back to the boxes and select a string of little white LED lights. “I have colored ones,” he said.

Rhett stopped what he was doing and looked at Link. “Aren’t those a little old-fashioned?”

“I like them,” Link shrugged. “They remind me of the tree in my mom’s house.”

“Oh yeah…” Rhett said, tilting his head slightly. When they were kids he was always so jealous of Link’s Christmas tree. The tree in his house was all red and gold (‘tasteful’ his mom called it) but he always thought Link’s tree looked more like Christmas. “Okay,” he said after a pause, “colored it is.”

Rhett held one end of the string of lights at the top as Link circled the tree with the rest, adjusting as he went. He couldn’t resist running his fingers across Rhett’s stomach each time he passed, earning a giggle from Rhett. 

With the lights on the tree, Rhett went looking for ornaments. He opened the next of Link’s boxes and peered inside. Sitting right on top was a little tree, about two feet tall, made entirely of green tinsel. He’d bought it years ago when Link said he wanted something to brighten up his desk. Rhett had found the tackiest, cheapest decoration he could and proudly set it down beside a bemused Link.  “Why do you still have this?” he said, unable to hold in a laugh.

When Link realized what Rhett was talking about, he snatched the tree out of the box and held it away from Rhett. “Because I love it,” he said, placing it defiantly on the table at the end of the couch. “Remember when you bought this for me?”

“Yeah…”

“I was having such a bad day,” he said, “and you just appeared beside me with this ridiculous tree and a huge smile on your face, so pleased with yourself. It turned my whole week around.” Link smiled to himself at the memory and looked up to find Rhett smiling back at him. 

“In that case, I love it too,” Rhett said. He went back to the box of Link’s decorations. There were no tree ornaments, but the box was full of little snow-covered buildings. “What are these?”

Link looked into the box and lifted out two of the houses. “My Christmas village!” he grinned. He moved an unopened box off the coffee table and set down the houses. “I got this one first because it looked like my house and then I bought that one because it looked like your house.”

Rhett watched as Link arranged the buildings on the coffee table. He had a space for each one and looked up at Rhett triumphantly as he placed the last one. “It’s Buies Creek,” Rhett realized. 

“Yeah!” Link said, and stood up beside Rhett to survey the town. He wrapped an arm around Rhett’s waist and leaned his head against Rhett’s chest. “I know it takes up a lot of space. I’m sure we can find somewhere else for it.”

“I like it there,” Rhett said. “We can work around it.” Since they weren’t going back to North Carolina, it was a nice way of keeping their family and old friends close. 

Link retrieved a candle out of one of Rhett’s boxes and set it down beside the village. “Can I light this candle?” He said, hoping to improve the ambiance.

“Not that one,” Rhett said quickly before Link could find the candle lighter. 

“What? Why not?” Link asked. It was just a plain white church candle with a Christmas tree stuck on the side. It looked like he got it at a gas station.

“It’s just a reminder,” Rhett said, looking a little uncomfortable. “Before we were a couple I was really good at hiding my feelings… most of the time.”

Link sat down on the couch and gave Rhett an encouraging nod. Truth be told he was still good at hiding his feelings. When he opened up, Link liked to encourage him as best he could.

“Once I was in Walmart, minding my own business, and you text me all excited about some guy who’d just asked you out and it killed me man.” Rhett cleared his throat and sat down beside Link on the couch. “I just started crying right there in the aisle.”

Link placed a hand on Rhett’s knee and squeezed gently. “Yeah, I was a dumbass.”

“We both were,” Rhett said. “This nice lady came and asked what was wrong and I just blurted it all out. She told me if it’s meant to be, it’s never too late and she would light a candle for us.” He lifted the candle and smiled. “I picked this up in the next aisle over to remind myself that God would be working on it.”

“That’s really sweet,” Link said. He placed a hand on Rhett’s cheek and gave him a gentle kiss. “I guess it must have worked.”

“Guess so,” Rhett grinned.

Link scanned the rest of the boxes and pointed at a small one by the couch. “That one says ‘Rhett’s Xmas tree ornaments’. You think that has Christmas tree ornaments in it?” 

Rhett narrowed his eyes. He didn’t remember labelling his boxes so extensively. “Alright alright,” he said, amusement in his voice. “You just concentrate on finding your own so we can figure out what to keep and what to throw away.” 

Link found his box of ornaments and sat down beside Rhett on the couch. “My own decorations take up the whole tree so we definitely need to get rid of some stuff,” he said, searching through the decorations. 

“I don’t want to get rid of any of mine,” Rhett muttered.

“Well, neither do I,” Link said and looked into Rhett’s box. “There’s bound to be something you don’t need in there,” he said. He pulled out a plain blue star and turned it around in his hand. “Like this. It’s nice, but it’s not very distinctive.”

Rhett took the star from Link’s hand and held it up beside his face. “It’s the same color as your eyes,” he said sheepishly. “I couldn’t resist it… it was just something subtle that reminded me of you.”

Link took the star back and looked down at it in a new light. Before they got together, Link would keep little items all the time that reminded him of Rhett but he didn’t realize Rhett would be sentimental enough to do the same. Without speaking, he went and placed it on the tree and sat back down on the couch.

“Thanks,” Rhett grinned. He peered into Link’s box and picked out a little plastic Santa carrying a christmas tree. “Do you want to keep this? It’s a little cheap looking.”

Link’s face flushed. He gave Rhett a guilty look.

“Seriously?” Rhett said, understanding right away. He held the ornament up to eye level so he could get a closer look. 

“What?” Link said. “A bearded man with wood made me think of you.”

Rhett couldn’t help laughing. “Okay, fair enough,” he said. “That one can stay.”

Link leaned over and gave him a kiss. “Don’t worry, you’re still my favourite bearded man with wood.” 

Rhett rolled his eyes, but laughed anyway. “Okay, well what about this?” he said, lifting a gold bell out of the box. “It isn’t even a Christmas decoration.” Rhett had taken a trip to Philadelphia years ago with his brother’s family, and brought a Liberty Bell back for Link as a souvenir.

Link smiled fondly at the memory. “I was so pissed at you for going on that trip,” he said. “We were crazy busy with work and you just left me for a week to deal with it on my own.”

“That doesn’t sound like a great memory,” Rhett pointed out.

“But you came back,” Link went on. “We spent so many Christmases apart, I moved the bell to my tree to remind myself you’d be back. You always come back.” 

Rhett couldn’t think of a response. It was just like Link to turn a bad memory into something positive. 

Before Rhett had a chance to speak, Link leaned over and took a plain silver ball out of Rhett’s box. “What about this? It couldn’t possibly have any sentimental value.”

“Um…” 

“You’re kidding.”

“I’ve had that one longer than any other decoration,” Rhett said, grinning at the confusion on Link’s face. “One Christmas I was at your house, and I was telling your mom how much I loved your tree and how it didn’t feel like Christmas until I saw it.”

“That’s really cute,” Link said.

Rhett shrugged. “Well your mom must have thought so too, because she took that ball off the tree and gave it to me to keep.”

“I never knew that,” Link said. “I always wondered why you had that one silver ornament on your mom’s beautiful red and gold tree.”

Before long, there wasn’t a bare branch on the whole tree. Every ornament seemed to have some sentimental value and neither was willing to let any of them go. 

“What kind of topper do you have?” Rhett asked, setting the remainder of the ornaments on the floor. 

“A star,” Link said. “What kind of topper to you have?”

“A Link!” Rhett said, holding up the weirdest looking angel Link had ever seen.

“What the hell is that,” Link asked slowly. 

Rhett smiled at the angel in front of him. “I got it because I liked the look of it,” he said, “then one day I saw it out of the corner of my eye and realized it looks exactly like you.”

“It does not!” Link protested, narrowing his eyes at the doll’s heavy brow and square jaw.

“Let’s see your star,” Rhett said, trying to change the subject. 

Link pulled the star out of his box and held it up to show Rhett. It was made of wood and painted with red, yellow and blue paint. 

“Uh…” Rhett said, not wanting to criticise it in case it was particularly meaningful to Link.

“Don’t give me that look,” Link snapped. “Remember the time I took my mom to Europe for Christmas? I picked it up in a Christmas Market in Berlin and the woman selling it told me to make a wish and put it on my Christmas tree.”

“Good sales technique,” Rhett grinned.

“Well it worked,” Link shrugged.

“What did you wish for?” Rhett said, a smile teasing at the corner of his lips.

Link couldn’t help smiling. “It doesn’t matter, it already came true,” he said, and leaned forward to press a kiss to Rhett’s lips.

“Oh,” Rhett grinned, “well in that case, can’t Angel Link go on the tree?”

Link picked up the little gold angel and looked at her face. Apart from the long hair, it actually did look a lot like him. Distinctive for a woman, to put it nicely. “I guess,” he said, turning his nose up.

“I think it’s beautiful,” Rhett said, looking at Link instead of the angel.

“Shut up,” Link said while trying not to smile. “Okay fine, put the angel on the tree. But I’m not getting rid of the star.”

“Put it on that little tree,” Rhett said, pointing at the 2 foot tall tinsel tree.

Link shrugged. They didn’t match and the star was half the size of the tree, but he crossed the room and placed it on top anyway. 

“Perfect,” Rhett said.

Perfect wasn’t the word Link would have used but it looked whimsical if nothing else. “Better than putting the angel on here,” he admitted. “That would just look like me with a tree up my ass”

Once again, they stood back and inspected the tree. It looked considerably better with the decorations.

“Do you feel more Christmassy now?” Rhett asked, prodding Link in the side gently.

“Yeah,” Link said, grinning up at him. “Don’t you?”

“A little.”

“We still have a box of ornaments we don’t want to throw away,” Link said, pointing at the box on the floor. “What are we going to do with them?”

“Save them for next year?” Rhett suggested.

“But I want them out now!”

“Well then we’ll have to take something else off.”

Link looked up at Rhett pleadingly, like Rhett was going to be able to magically fix it. “Well,” Rhett said, after thinking it over for a moment. “There is one easy solution.”

“What?” 

“We could get a bigger tree.”

“Oh!” Link said, initially pleased with the suggestion. He narrowed his eyes at Rhett when he realized what he was really suggesting. “Wait a second. You’re just saying that so we’ll go and look at real trees.”

“Aw come on Link,” Rhett said. He placed his hands on Link’s shoulders and turned him towards the tree. “We tried yours and it’s not big enough.”

“I’ve never had any complaints before,” Link grinned, unable to help himself. 

“Please?” Rhett said, trying not to giggle at Link’s joke.

“Fiiiine,” Link said. “We can go tomorrow.”

“Thank you,” Rhett said, leaning down and giving Link a kiss on the cheek.

“I must really love you,” Link mused. “I guess if you’re happy, I can cope with the fear of the house burning down.”

[anendoandfriendo]

Okay, cool, cool, so we guess our brain is actively poisoning us by making cough like we still have that flu, but only whenever we have to leave for Walmart.

We thought it was a fluke at first because Xmas eve and all but it's still happening even when we have zero other symptoms.

[nuclearms-a]

Oh my LORT people didn’t want to leave the store rven though we gave AN HOUR TIME WARNING !! AT 4PM. WHEN WE CLOSED AT 5PM !! BECAUSE !! IT IS !! CHRISTMAS EVE !!

One girl after I scanned All Five Coupons Even Though She Only Was Qualified For One, turned to her friend “wait, they [product] were so cheap, should I get another one?” AFTER SHE WAS DONE CHECKING OUT. BITCH IT IS 5:15 YOU NEED TO LEAVE WE ARE CLOSED. IF YOU WANT IT, THEN STEAL IT, because I Am !! Leaving !!

And then i was checking another person out before her and in my peripheral, because I was at reg. 4, with a clear view of the clear sliding door (and the cold breeze), people were still!! Trying !! To come in !! My manager needed to lock the fucking doors because even when we turned the sliding mechanism off PEOPLE STILL PRIED THEM OPEN! JESUS ! CHRIST ! Wha could you POSSIBLY need on christmas eve from a craft store that you can’t find at walmart?

He was standing there and I saw him pull out his phone and sure enough the fucking store phone rang a second later.

And you know what’s funny? I made eye contact with the manager, he looked at the phone, and said “next on 2 please” BITCH HE WAS SO DONE.

Moral of the story? DO YOUR XMAS SHOPPING A WEEK IN ADVANCE. christ.

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So my aunt thinks I should tell my paper that this is my last week and leave the last week of the year for them to deal with finding a replacement, instead of me waiting to quit in January. Please read the next part before answering this question: If you were me, do you agree with my aunt, and would you tell my boss at the paper that this is your last week, or wait until January to quit like they asked me (or practically begged me lol) to do?

My work schedule as of right now for both jobs:

I deliver papers Tuesday through Saturday at noon to 5 (I can finish everything in ~2 hours)

I work at Walmart Friday-Tuesday at 10pm to 7am (I will have Christmas Eve into Christmas Day off, as Walmart is closed on Xmas Day) I get 2 15-minute breaks and one 1-hour lunch break

My sleep schedule as of right now:

After my shift at Walmart, I get home at 7:15am or so and I go to sleep until noon or 2pm to deliver newspapers until ~5pm

After I finish my route, I try to go back to sleep until 8pm, so that gives me ~2 hours to be awake and get ready for me to go to Walmart at 9:30-45pm

My health for both jobs:

As I'm not used to walking around for several hours a day, the bottoms of my feet and my shins/ankles pay the price at Walmart. My mental health is normal thanks to my medication

Riding my bike doesn't hurt my legs too bad, but I don't get to have much time to let me feet and legs rest before going to Walmart 4-6 hours later. My mental health is normal bc of my meds, but before I was working at Walmart, I was getting really sick of my job, hence why I was looking for new employment in the first place

If you've made it this far, thanks for taking the time to read! Under the read more is my overall opinion, what my family members think I should do, and asking the question in the title again, so please continue reading before answering. Thank you <3

My overall opinion:

2 weeks left doesn't seem like too much trouble. I've worked for the paper for over 13 years, so what's only 2 weeks more? I AM still capable of doing both jobs. Plus, having income for both jobs is a pretty good deal, especially with all the Christmas tips I get from my paper route customers

However, the point of working at Walmart was to let me quit a job that doesn't pay well and has been giving me mental health problems for the last several months. Bc of the paper calling me about me having to get a sub last Wednesday (there was a power outage and my papers wouldn't be deliverable before my Orientation at 3:30pm), I had to tell them about my employment at Walmart. Before, I wanted to wait until after Christmas to say anything, but bc I got to tell them last week, my boss asked me if I could stay on until the new year, so that they could get a replacement. I told them I would be okay with that at the time, but now I'm not entirely sure

Since my boss practically begged me to stay on for the end of the year, bc I'm aware of how understaffed they are, I felt guilty that I wanted to leave as soon as I was hired by Walmart, simply bc I've worked there so long and I care about my customers. But in the end, working for a company that doesn't pay me well is enough for me to want to finally leave, regardless of how understaffed the paper is

So far, I've been doing pretty okay doing both jobs bc I get to sleep quite a bit between both time frames, my only main issue currently is the pain in my feet and ankles/shins. If I want my physical ailments to go away so I can function my very best at Walmart, then the logical decision would be to finally quit the paper, let my feet and legs rest all day after my Walmart shift, and only work 8 hours a day

I asked mum what she thinks I should do, and she thinks I should tell work that Christmas week is my last week. My aunt says that's what I should do too. If I asked my dad, I think he would tell me to stick with it until the new year (tho his reasoning is bc that means I make more money in order to pay the rent, which I wanna raise to $500 a month thanks to the good bi-weekly paycheck from Walmart) I think my 2 siblings would agree with my mum and aunt too

So now that you've read all of that (if you did, thank you, I really appreciate your opinion on this matter) here's the question again from the title: If you were me, would you tell my boss at the paper that this is your last week, or wait until January to quit like they asked me to do?

[halspur]

sheith waiting until 8pm xmas eve 2go2 walmart for decorations/gifts and the next morning all of team voltron arrives at their home, super festive, but shiro & keith only ended up buying a mini white tree for their coffee table

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[rosebramblewolf]

in my Youth i worked at meijer, which for those outside of the region where meijer exists is essentially like a super walmart except walmart literally stole the idea from meijer and also its a union shop

i worked in the fashion dept for about 3 years, i had to work every xmas eve when i was there and i had to close each time and it is the worst. you take a store that never closes EXCEPT on xmas eve? and you fill it with a bunch of people trying to get the last minute ingredients they realize they forgot? it is not a good time

we would close at 6 and we would be scheduled until 6:30 and we would be stuck there until at least 8 cleaning up after the fucking customers, i will never forget the time i found literally a stack of frozen meals just on the floor in the middle of the womens dept for no reason

anyway fuck customers and fuck xmas from your local retail escapee

im having groceries delivered before the stores shut down for this weird obscure gentile holiday, good stuff too like did yall know chips ahoy makes a red velvet cookie with cream cheese filling? this was imparted to me by one of my work friends, i am trying them

[vmprbat]

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A California college professor has called for Black Lives Matter followers to continue a “Black Xmas” tradition of supporting black businesses and boycotting “white capitalism.”  “We say ‘white capitalism’ because it’s important that we understand that the economic system and the racial structures are connected,” said Dr. Melina Abdullah, a professor at California State University-Los Angeles and a national BLM leader.  Of course, most companies employ African-Americans and such a boycott might hurt them but, hey, when has BLM ever thought in a logical way?  But the big issue here is racism. Asking Americans not to do business with someone based on skin color is flat out racist. Yet few media outlets would say that because they are frightened.     Ironically, Segregation Is Huge For Black Lives Matter Groups     It is now established that fanatic s have intimidated the press and politicians in this country. That is dangerous. The lack of courage on the part of journalists and elected officials is appalling. But it is a matter of record.    We’re dreaming of a  #BlackXmas …where folks withhold dollars from White capitalism and use resources to  #BuildBlackCommunity . Instead of spending, DONATE to a Black organization as a holiday gift for your loved ones or  #BuyBlack . 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She was joined by Dr. Anthony Ratcliff, also a professor at CSU-LA, who  organized  BLM’s first youth activist camp last summer.     Shaun King of Black Lives Matter: Christianity is ‘white supremacy disguised as religion’     “Black Lives Matter and other organizations build a strong critique and understanding of racism and white supremacy and sexism and homophobia, transphobia, but we have to have as much hatred or vitriol against capitalism,” Ratcliff said. “Until we start to see capitalism just as nefarious as white supremacy, we will always be struggling.”  BLM launched a Black Xmas  website  on Saturday which calls for “no spending with White corporations” through New Year’s Day, encouraging supporters to donate to allied, black-led community groups or black-owned businesses instead.   We also stand in solidarity with  @BLMLA  and  #BlackXmas . Because capitalism is  #AntiBlack . If you must shop, please try to support Black businesses or at least small POC immigrant businesses. LA is full of street vendors and swap meets. Its not so hard!  — Ice Out of LA (@IceOutOfLA)  November 25, 2017        The website goes on to state: “Donald #Trump embodies White capitalism. If you are anti-#Trump, you should hold back your resources from him and the like.”     Trump Right Again: Black Lives Matter protesters in Charlottesville cover Thomas Jefferson statue     “We are socialized to believe that the answer to white oppression is black capitalism,” said Abdullah.  “We don’t need any black millionaires and multi-millionaires, and we don’t need a black Walmart. That doesn’t free us.”  In Los Angeles, BLM activists are organizing around historical, communal economic models that were implemented by free black people during the era of slavery. On the radio show, Ratcliff and Abdullah spoke of building black mutual aid societies and black co-ops as alternatives to the existing capitalist structure that requires dismantling.  “In order to get free as a collective, we have to think collectively,” said Abdullah. “It’s not enough for one person to draw profit because that also drains community. It needs to be structured around this idea of collective uplift.”     Top Political Mind Justin Bieber Endorses ‘Black Lives Matter’ Racism ‘WORSE THAN EVER’     BLM has promoted Black Xmas every year since its founding, however many people remain unaware of its anti-capitalist motivations.  As Dr. Abdullah  wrote  in the  Los Angeles Sentinel :   This call is fundamentally tied to Black Lives Matter’s mission to end state-sanctioned violence against Black people. We know that state-sanctioned violence is rooted in White-supremacist capitalism. Since its inception in 2013, Black Lives Matter has recognized the killing of Black people at the hands of the police as not simply a question of a few rogue officers, but a part of a system that is built on the backs of Black people. …we live under a system of White-supremacist capitalism that exploits Black people as workers and consumers and relies on the police state to secure and maintain its dominance.”   Previous Black Xmas demonstrations in  Minneapolis ,  San Francisco ,  and L.A.  resulted in activists blocking traffic near major airports during peak times of the holiday rush, inconveniencing many travelers. Last year, BLM-LA disrupted Christmas Eve brunch at the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.  According  to LAist, protesters “entered the dining hall and began singing ‘Protest Carols,’ or classic Christmas carols re-worded with mainly anti-Trump lyrics, to the patrons.”  The post  Watch: Black Lives Matter is organizing ‘black Christmas.’ Here’s what that means.  appeared first on  Project Republic | Headlines, News, Politics .

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[gay-jesus-probably]

okay so i’m looking up black friday retail worker stories bcause my sixth sense of Extreme Pessimism is already telling me I’m gonna have to work a black friday shift at walmart and oh my god the horror stories

the one walmart story this article has is from a guy that had my exact job. in five minutes he got shoved onto his box cutter, slicing his hand open, and when he tried to get up he got punched in the face for being too close to a dvd a customer wanted

i am afraid.

okay the walmart reddit is a lot less horror story a lot more advice. good shoes, stay hydrated, watch out for customers thinking they’re entitled to go through the fucking back room, be careful during the rush, enjoy the free food management sets out for you.

hm. i work 6 hour shifts and all the footwork has been killing me. maybe i should invest in dr. scholls. or better shoes.

or maybe i’ll just get stronger, i’ve got a few months. but apparently walmart starts preparing in like august, so i’m already late to the party.

although I have been warned that black friday is a cakewalk if you keep your head, christmas eve will always be hell no matter what.

and like real talk, if i get holiday pay i will volunteer to work christmas eve. and possibly christmas day. maybe ask if i can get a shift starting later in the day, cause the fam does our xmas stuff in the morning and then just chills

ooh but the parents would get on my ass if i ditched them for christmas. fuck.

i can definitely get away with ‘oh yeah work says i have to’ and bail on thanksgiving cause we’ve never really taken that too seriously, and i’ve always hated it anyways lmao.