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View Poll Results: Do you look forward to Christmas or kickoff more?
Christmas - Bring on those presents! 30 22.90%
Kickoff - Gimme the challege and KOP now! 101 77.10%
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

It's kickoff all the way. I mean sure, I love presents and eating food until I'm fat. But it only leads up to New Year's Eve, which leads to kickoff. So while it's good, it's really just a stepping stone to kickoff.
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

Christmas is a lot of fun. maybe it would be funner if i had snow here. anywho, i want christmas to get here already so alteast it gets closer to the kickoff. and just like someone said, it feels like, it takes 10 years for the kickoff to come but the season passes by so quickly.
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

There's a difference between Christmas and Kickoff?
"on the 14th day of Christmas.." we get Kickoff!
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

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Christmas...cause im burnt out
i feel that, i actually need to get more than 2-4 hrs of sleep per night, so christmas is definitely a good time for that. getting the best games of the year that i dont have already is also a big plus.
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

This year... Kickoff.
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

Kickoff because of one reason....

WORK!!!

Right now im working about 30hrs a week, and being a HS student it sucks majorly!!! and i work in a music store that plays X-mas music OVER and OVER and OVER!!! i have heard everything from the Now X-mas, to Jessica simpsons, to Destiny's child, to Jimmy buffet, to reagea (sp), to the manchevista or Trans-Siberian orchestra (sp)(its the orchestra w/ guitars and stuff).... ALL of it x-mas music... over and over and over...

CHRISTMAS MUST PASS QUICKER!!! and to add it all together my b-day is tommrow and i hate having my x-mas next to b-day... (wait said that backwards... oh well)
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

My solution-have my family give me my christmas presents before i go to kickoff, then have my birthday like a week later, so i might just ask for those early then. I shall call it Birckomas.
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

Kickoff, totally...

I guess xmas is fun, but even during the xmas season I'm focussed on the upcoming FIRST season.

I certainly don't spend all year preparing for another Christmas!

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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

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Kickoff because of one reason....

WORK!!!

Right now im working about 30hrs a week, and being a HS student it sucks majorly!!! and i work in a music store that plays X-mas music OVER and OVER and OVER!!! i have heard everything from the Now X-mas, to Jessica simpsons, to Destiny's child, to Jimmy buffet, to reagea (sp), to the manchevista or Trans-Siberian orchestra (sp)(its the orchestra w/ guitars and stuff).... ALL of it x-mas music... over and over and over...

CHRISTMAS MUST PASS QUICKER!!! and to add it all together my b-day is tommrow and i hate having my x-mas next to b-day... (wait said that backwards... oh well)
I must concur with you. EXCEPT, I don't have a job at all. Most of the christmas music I hear comes from the radio, and most of it I have heard enough of already. It's just evedence that Christmas has gotten a bit too commercialized. Not good.

HOWEVER, I really can't wait for XMAS. Presents take a back seat. Frankly I don't care about them. It's the gatherings I goto that really hold the spirit, along with ACTUAL SINGING with my mom strumming her guitar. Not to mention, I may just pull an all-nighter going to midnight mass this year.
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

I have to say Christmas, because it means I get to come home from college and see my family again!

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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

Kickoff is the secular holiday for robotics nerds - lol - i still voted for christmas though due to the good spirits and fun.
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Exclamation Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

Now you guys / gals, lets be politically correct:

Do you look forward to the holidays or Kickoff?!

Hmmm, I would say either is good for me. I know when the holidays come along, the kickoff is right around the corner. Either way, it is a truly inspirational / magical time of year.
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Gah! I have to choose just one?
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

Kickoff duh....One thing I get out of school for a few days to go to the tournaments when for x-mas you only get maybe 3 weeks off then you have to go back. (that should sound better but who cares). I mean the stuff I get for x-mas can only hold attention for a few days while robotics can hold it for 6 weeks straight. You do the math :-P
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Re: Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

This is going to be my second year in FIRST and to me it is more exciting to wait for the kickoff because Christmas is important but i know what to expect. On the other hand for kickoff is unkowng and i just cant wait...

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