One Christmas many years ago, I was informed by my wife of 16 years, the mother of my two beautiful children, my high school sweetheart, the ONLY woman I had ever slept with, wanted a divorce. Not much Christmas cheer at our home that year. Within 2 years I was grateful my former spouse had left me. I met a wonderful woman and had decades of happiness in that new relationship. I never would have met her unless I had been told to pack my bags. Some of the best gifts don't look like gifts until you have them a while.
Brian Garrow/ sounds like my first marriage! Been 32 years now with the true love of my life! My first wife cheating on me and kicking me to the curb was the best thing that ever happened to me, funny world we live in!
This post gives me hope. My husband of 33 years divorced me to be with his girlfriend and their Harley lifestyles. They married, but I haven't met or dated anyone in four years. And I'm adorable! 😊
@@minecraftfuntazerbuilds9347, you make a good point. I truly do enjoy being surrounded by only MY things, that tell my (and my ancestors') story. I like coming and going as I please, and keeping my own hours. Hmmm...maybe I do prefer being single after all. ☺
Another lighter note story is the Christmas Truce of 1914 during WW1 where opposing soldiers enacted a cease fire, sang Christmas Carol's together and even exchanged gifts
But then went on to the needless slaughter of the war afterwards. That phenomenon is something I just don’t understand, how you can lay down arms, find a common ground, connect to the humanity of the ‘enemy’ but then go back to the bloody business of war.
@@elishevabatchanah8005 Well, they didn't. Like the person above me said, they had to rotate units around because suddenly nobody was shooting straight after the Christmas Truce.
@@elishevabatchanah8005 1st WW, think of cold, mud, blood and, at a certain point, you realize that the "enemies" are guys just like you, 18/19yo forced to go to slaughter themselves and the co-aged enemies from someone sitting comfortably in the power palaces. Then, the day after, the men in command started back with their orders and you must obey. Or you get shot from your own army due to missing to obey or due to "cowardice" (that was punished with death).
The fire thing... that's why doors to businesses are supposed to open outward... ALWAYS. Imagine piling a few hundred panicky people against a door that opens in?
i went to elementary school at "memorial"school in cleveland ohio ,it was called that because the school that was there before burned down killing a lot of children who died trying to push out the closed doors that only opened inward . idk but after that they made a law that doors open outward
the first music concert i saw live was an italian band calle 'PFM' , it was around christmas 1975 or 6 at an old theatre in Quebec city. It had a super wide side walk in front at least 50 by 100 feet . the theatre people did not open the doors to let people in t'ill the last minute and there was no reserved seats with a capacitiy of about 1,100 , it was first come first served and the doors to enter where outward opening , the 1000 + croud waiting to enter was all their cramed at the door, when the theater personel tried to open the doors they could not, somehow a panic ensude and a unstopable crowd movement followed , people at the front literaly went through the front glass doors. I was carried inside with the others around me helplessly. apparently one person got trempled (not too seriously) and a few others got minor injuries , the concert was given and me and my buddys even managed good seat , the band was great, all in all it was a luky night that could have ended much worst.
My dad died this September and this will be our first Christmas without him. It’s really harder than I had imagined. He loved Christmas and was the happy, positive person in my life. I honestly couldn’t have asked for a better dad.
All right buddy you got two options. You can be a saint (SAINTE) or you can be a Grinch (GRUNCH). Pick wisely now. What's it gonna be? Huh? Huh? What's it gonna be? AND THATS THE TALE OF THE CHRISTMAS CRETIN.
@@madaxe9989 I like to believe he was placed on this planet for the sole purpose of making that comment, and disappeared from existence immediately thereafter
My worst Christmas could have been way worse. About five years ago, my mom (62 at the time) was in the yearly Christmas Eve midnight mass choir but was having a hard time catching her breath. This was at about one in the morning. Back home all the presents were wrapped and the fixings ready to make Christmas dinner the next day. My dad took her to the hospital, turns out she was having arrhythmia, like really bad, like her heart was operating at 20% normal capacity. The doctor was shocked she walked in the door. Obviously they kept her in the ICU that night....and for several days afterwards. Me and my three siblings only learned about this Christmas morning over the phone, and since none of the Christmas food was prepared we did...frozen pizza instead...so we spent Christmas terrified mom was not going to survive the day eating frozen pizza. Although we did bring our presents to the ICU room and open them with her, which was pretty cute. Thankfully she recovered and got that ablative therapy where they cook the specific part of the heart that's beating incorrectly. She battled it for a few years with repeat treatments but she's ok now. She has like ZERO cholesterol build up though which at her age is amazing.
My parents would ask me what I wanted for Christmas every year from the age of 12 to 17. I asked for a winter hat and scarf set for Christmas. I never got a winter hat and scarf set. The sixth year they asked me what I wanted and I told them that I didn't want anything. They were shocked and asked why. I told that every year I have asked for the same thing and never gotten so they will get me what they want anyways. I left it at that and forgot about it. For Christmas that year I got FIVE sets of winter hat and scarf! In fact I got more than that because everyone got me a hat and scarf set for Christmas! I was thrilled and those sets lasted me for the next ten years.
Every single holiday I've celebrated in my life was laden with trauma and violence. This, 2022, is the first year I'm celebrating the end of the year with people who actually care, without my mother's vicious grip on my shoulder. When a friend asked if I wanted to come with her to spend Christmas with her family, I broke down and ended up crying for about half an hour. My anxiety around holidays is still a huge problem despite experiencing four holidays alone for the first time, but I'm confident in my ability to enjoy them despite it.
I was in the Maldives during the Boxing Day Tsunami. I remember seeing the atol our island was situated in draining of water, and seeing reefs I’d scuba dived around the previous day during a Christmas Day scavenger hunt. It was crazy. Then the water rushed back in, and swamped the island... nothing like the dramatic pictures from elsewhere, but it did wash straight over the low lying land. We where spared the worst of it, as I’m guessing we where shielded by the other islands in the atol. I remember the rest of the day watching boat after boat of refugees from the other islands coming to ours as we had power. I still recall one mother and her kids, who walked everywhere clutching or wearing their life vests, for fear of other waves. All the phone masts has been either knocked out, or turned off / switched over to the S&R effort, so we couldn’t call home to let anyone know we where ok. When we did get through, my mother was first furious and then sobbing with relief. I will remember that call forever. She even used to choke up a bit whenever she saw it on TV, as for 24 hours she thought my wife and I where dead.
Arrow Air Flight 1285 was a flight carrying soldiers from the 101st airborne home from a 6 month deployment in Sinai right before Christmas. It crashed leaving no survivors. Imagine how horrible that would be to have your family member almost home and just in time for the holidays only for that to happen.
Not to forget 1914, another cheerup during the shittiest time possible, the christmas truce where soldiers sang christmas songs and lit candles and decorated christmas trees.
Until the officers got tired of it and shot some of them to make the stop... but I guess that does not enter the Hallmark version of history. Also, Luis, Americans were not in the war in 1914. The Brits were though.
Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day, 1974, devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is the most compact cyclone or equivalent-strength hurricane on record. killed 71 people, caused A$837 million in damage (1974 dollars), or approximately A$6.41 billion (2014 dollars), or $4.94 billion 2014 USD. It destroyed more than 70 percent of Darwin's buildings, including 80 percent of houses. Tracy left more than 25,000 out of the 47,000 inhabitants of the city homeless prior to landfall and required the evacuation of over 30,000 people. Spectacular photos online show whole suburbs with nothing higher than a mailbox.
I just made almost this same comment, and then now I'm scrolling down and spotting so many other people mentioning Cyclone Tracy. I'm so surprised it didn't get a mention.
I want to add a little silver lining to your video and talk about my best christmas present ever. I was in Thailand on that day in 2004. I was camping on the Similan Islands, a small chain of islands 40 miles west of the mainland in the Andaman Sea. I was there with my parents, cousin, and girlfiend. On the morning of the tsunami, I was seriously ill with what i believe was pneumonia and was trying to decided if I should hitch a ride to the mainland to go to a hospital. Everyone was going out snorkeling that morning, so I decided to get some rest in the tent and not ruin their fun. I got my wallet and sandles on to get a shower and buy breakfast before I napped when our tour guide found me and insisted I get breakfast on the boat and that he would bring me back after. Well, once on the boat, I didnt want to impose on anyone and decided I would nap on the boat while everyone was having fun. The boat came around to the east side of the island and everyone hit the water to check out the coral reef. That is when the tsunami hit. The water level dropped, leaving the snorkelers sitting on coral then rebounded and repeated. We knew it must be a tsunami, so we got everyone back onboard to head for deeper water. We picked up some divers who had been swept away from their boat and went back to the camp when we felt it was safe. When we arrived at the camp which was in a cove on the west side of the island, it was gone and the cove was strewn with tangled floating tents and debris. if that tour guide had not insisted i come with him, I would have drowned right there in that bay, wrapped in a tent... So, while it was cetainly the worst christmas ever, that tour guide gave me the best present ever.... breakfast on a boat that I didnt want to be on. (also, everyone with me survived, though I was the only one with sandals and a wallet... and a boy working on the island found my backpack stuck in the sand on the beach with my passport and all my clothes... so, bonus present)
Us in the West only really hear about the. Tit for tat arguments from governments. Nothing is really said about this BAM. I remember the year after but not this 1.
Masoud Hosseini Peace is good. But what if you have a choice between peace and freedom? Which one is more important? More importantly, are others justified in fighting on your behalf to try to give you freedom?
I think the family massacre was the most scary thing I ever heard ... not only on this channel, but in general. Just the way you presented it - goosebumps.
Joe, sounds like you were dreaming about shoes all day. No wonder you got Adidas. Adidas stands for: All Day I Dream About Shoes. It's your own dang fault!!! ;)
my worst christmas was ALL OF THEM because i was absolutely TERRIFIED of santa as a child. i would start crying every time we passed the local mall in december (even if we weren't going in and were literally just driving by to go somewhere else) because i knew the mall santa was in there. my entire family would have to come into my room on christmas morning and spend like 10+ minutes trying to convince me to come out because i was afraid he would still be out there, waiting by the tree, poised to strike. i think i got got by krampus in a past life
On the day my mother died I want for a walk. I passed a park where a child's birthday party was taking place and all the kids were laughing and playing and just having a really good day (it was a very nice Fall day). I realized that when you are having the worst day of your life, someone, somewhere is having the best day of their life. Of course the reverse is also true, so the next time you are have a perfect day, stop for a moment and remember those who are having the worst day of their life.
I just like to think about how glad I am that the rest of my family can have a safe holiday season. Being deployed or stationed overseas for the last 9 years I don't get to go home very often, so I try not to think about my personal feelings about not being there with them in person. Happy holidays every one.
The worst things always seem to happen around Christmas. And birthdays. I stopped celebrating both many years ago. My disappointment level dropped significantly. Happy holidays!
I grew up in foster care. And I only remember celebrating Christmas twice. The first time I got 3 toys. But I was made to give one away. I had to give that toy away after I've already opened it on Christmas Day. I don't remember ever thinking about Christmas as a child because no one brought it up I think.
Hey... ummmm... you ok guy? Ps: I saved my arse off to buy Reebok pumps. Coolest kid in school for a couple days till the pump broke. You didn’t miss much.
@@simonjohnson4704 The pump was totally useless at *$80 1992 dollars which nikes cost like $500 bucks now, remember free cell phones? My last cell phone costs $1200 + tax.
Well as an Australian, I'm disappointed you didn't include Cyclone Tracy. Category 4 cyclone, killed 74 people, caused the equivalent of US$4.9 billion dollars in damage, destroyed 70% of Darwin's buildings (& 80% of houses), forced 30,000 of the city's 47,000 people to evacuate, and left 25,000 homeless.
I just made almost this same comment, and then now I'm scrolling down and spotting so many other Australians mentioning Cyclone Tracy. I'm so surprised it didn't get a mention.
Love the last story. Thanks for ending on a positive note. And you always do a good job telling us interesting, somber stories too. I learned many things today
Thank you for ending this video with, “The Ship of Miracles”! I was surely feeling like a Debbie Downer at the end… I like good endings! 😁 Love from Texas ♥️🤠🌴
When I was 19, I lost my great grandmother. She was the center of my family. She died at 92. Each Christmas without her is a little worse then the last. She left this world with dozens of friends, dozens of family members, and not a single enemy. When she passed I felt like I didn't do enough for her, spend enough time with her. But at her funeral her final written words told me that I did more then enough for her to know how much she meant to me. She was an amazing woman. And even after her passing made me feel better. I may be 26, and have the rest of my life ahead of me, but I'd give it all up, for one more family dinner at her house. Its been almost 7 years, and I still cannot believe she's gone.
Dude, she was 92, she lived a full life, yeah it sucked for you but it's not tragic. Try losing your father when you were 6 like I did, now that really sucks.
For me it would have to be the Christmas of 2005 my younger brother had just recently passed away on November 6th of that year from acute myeloid leukemia...... Christmas is kind of sucked ever since not going to lie, but at least now I know that there are true genuine Christmas miracles. I also would like to add my sympathy and condolences to anyone experienced any sort of loss or tragedy in their life during the holiday season and from there on in the holiday season just doesn't seem as joyous and wonderful as it once had.
Our teacher has just shown us some videos of the boxing day and I am so disturbed. This was one of the saddest things I have ever seen. You could literally see how theese people were swallowed up by the wave and never got up anymore. He has also told us about another pupil he knew who's mother and sister both were killed on vacation at the beach on the boxing day...
I lost both my parents this year. Not looking forward to the holidays. It will be difficult. But thank you for sharing, Joe. It is a good reminder that things could always be worse for some people. Much worse.
I was so bad one year when I was a kid all my parents gave me was a stocking full of charcoal for Christmas. Then I got in more trouble when I tried to light it on fire in the backyard, like what did they expect me to do with charcoal? Good times
*Moon jae-in is my mothers husbands father. Never knew he was on a ship* . . His mother used to smuggle rice in the tops of her socks so they had food for the night* What are the odds I would see him on an ask joe episode
Awesome video! I totally get what you mean in the beginning. Christmas 2021 was our family's first without an uncle. He died unexpectedly in October, and the timing worked out where his memorial service was on Christmas week. So yeah, it was our toughest Christmas yet, but I think it was the one that he would have wanted us to have. We weren't mourning his death, but celebrating his life.
My grandmother was killed in a head on collision after our family Christmas party by a elderly woman who had a stroke at the wheel. The seat belts failed on the car and my grandfather was in a coma for 13 days. He's never got to say goodbye to his wife of 50 years. He blamed himself the rest of his life. This was my first loss of a family member. Needless to say it sucked
I watch a lot of your videos and it cannot be easy doing some of the content that you do. I really think that you do a fantastic job and I enjoy your videos. Thank you very much for continuing the awesome work.
Joe, the richter scale is not used anymore. The most used one is called the moment magnitude scale which is likely what they used for the earthquake in 2013. Just thought I'd let you know and it is often said wrong. I enjoy your content.
Can't believe you didn't mention the tragic events of 1984 in the town of Kingston Falls when homes where destroyed and lives lost because one Jackass couldn't follow 3 simple rules which led to a population explosion of carnivorous marsupials.
I cried today because I got my father in law something he wouldn't want and I had to return it after I had already wrapped it. This video helped a lot, and really put it into perspective. Thank you, Joe.
My worst was fighting fatigue to try and catch Santa delivering my stocking, I succeeded. Me and my mum knew at that point that Christmas was never going to be the same as I was the youngest of 4 brothers(Scott's the oldest). It didn't dampen the joy but the magic was gone and that was a sad moment. I've been blessed with a life of awesome Christmas days and I now ensure my kids are gifted with that same tradition.
yeah Joe, back in 1997 I was knocked over in the February, fighting for my life and the Christmas that year my great granddad died on Christmas day... He just opened the door, took a step outside, unknown to him, he trod on black ice and fell over banging his head dying instantly. I made a pledge to myself that I will get to near enough normal again, now days I can walk around, even though people can still tell that I am disabled, I have got a wife and my two daughters... I wouldn't change a thing
Wiw Joe!! Thank you for that positive note!! I love Yuletide! I never get what I have asked for, so I stopped asking and have ended up with some thoughtful unexpected things! Useful things that I had never heard of. The only day I have never liked is my own birthday. But that is a another story! Always a gem, Joe! Brightest Blessings to you this Yule!
Hot is hot because of cold. High is high because of low. Seeing the bad helps accentuate the good. Thanks for the video Joe. Safe Travels and Merry Christmas (etc)
My father disappeared on Christmas Eve. A few days later we started noticing a smell coming from the chimney. Dad had tried to climb down the chimney like Santa and gotten stuck. He died. Trapped and alone. And that was the worst Christmas ever. EDIT: Wait. That wasn't me. That was the chick from Gremlins. My bad.
Ah I remember years ago when my dad first gave me the valuable lesson of: Fuck off, you're too old for gifts'' when I first turned 18, and now this time, years later I'm celebrating my first Christmas free of those hypocrites I used to call friends, gotta say some lessons hurt like a brick to the toe but I kinda appreciate the value of what I've learned along the way.
the worst one that comes to mind wasnt actually on christmas, it was the day carrie fisher died, the 27th i think. a horrible christmas present, even worse when her mother followed her the next day. rest in piece, carrie and debbie.
Regarding worst Christmases, i went to have an eye test around Christmas 2019, the optician noticed swelling pushing blood vessels behind my eyes. I eneded up having emergency brain surgery on Christmas morning, it was an (endoscopic third ventriculostomy) to drain hydrocephalus. I was in hospital for 3 days. My neuro surgeon said i would have died within a few weeks if the problem wasn't spotted by my optician. I've had better Christmases, but thanks to my optician, I hope to see many more.
I do my best, daily, to remember -- someone always has it worse than you. Be kind to those you meet daily. Even the asshats -- you never know what they're going through... -- I lost my best friend one Christmas due to cancer of the brain. -- 2 Christmas later -- I lost my fiance due to cystic fibrosis. -- Christmas is a time of reflection for me. My own personal Thanks-Giving. -- I am thankful for my life. Such as it is. I am also thankful for Joe Scott and the things I've learned. The laughs he's given to millions of people, and for the ability to keep on living, when all seems so futile. Merry Christmas, all. I truly hope it's a good loving one for everyone. Aesir -
One Christmas I got Donkey Kong Country when the game I most wanted was Super Metroid and I cried, but then there was another package that had Super Metroid :) Too be fair to me though we were poor at that point and I was lucky if I got a game once every year or two so it was kind of unprecedented.
What about that unlucky couple that did not find any room for xmas night and ended up giving birth to their child in a stable, surrounded by animals? :)
@ Indeed. However, magician or not, the message he left, the pure and simple message of love and mercy, free from any past and future manipulation, or instrumentalization, could yet shed some light into these new dark ages era we are living today. Merry Xmas!
Riccardo Sallusti But what of the rumors that he is a fraud!!! There is so very good evidence against him. His father’s back story and claims are absolutely absurd!
I have a history of house fires around Christmas time. The worst and best time to lose everything. People are generous around the holidays. Happy Festivus!
Christmas house fires are so common anymore one really has to wonder if these aren't cases of "economic lightning". I always view them with a degree of suspicion.
Maybe not in your top 5 but should have made your top 10 was Christmas Day 1974 when tropical cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin in Australia with the loss of 71 lives and 70% of all houses destroyed.
My worse xmas was laying in a hospital bed with a tube down my nose to pump out the blood from a perforated ulcer, good times! My second worse was laying in a hospital bed after a total hip replacement which was bad but the worse thing was it was a DuPuy which are the ones you see on tv with a saying “if you or a loved one have ever had...” I now start getting nervous around the start of Dec.
My worst Christmas was 2021, after my mother, my last living ancestor, died unexpectedly on Dec 3. Our family tradition was for her and her 12 siblings to gather the week after Christmas and most of them were able to come, so that was a great comfort. I'm fortunate that this was the worst.
Christmas is overblown materialistic greed and has been since the 80's. So many spoiled people (especially kids, I blame their parents) who think they deserve stuff, like it's some kind of right instead of being grateful for what they have. If you get a thoughtful gift and it's from someone who really cares then that should be enough for any of us.
Happy Holidays Joe! If I believed in X'Mas wishes, it would be very cool to sit down with you over a huge mug of cider and maybe even a doobie. Just talking would also be very cool. All the best to you and yours.
For me, it was definitely last year, 2017. In the six months leading up to Christmas, l had lost both my parents, the family home and all but a handful of memorabilia due to their debt situation, had had to spend all my savings on funeral costs, legal costs and air tickets, AND had been kicked out of my apartment. 2017 sucked big time! 2018 hasn’t turned out much better, just a month ago I found out that my entire department is being closed down and I‘ll be out of a job come February 1st, but at least it is not quite as bleak as last year. Sure, that light at the end of the tunnel might be a high speed train coming my way, but given the reliability of trains here in Ireland, I should be safe ;)
Last year, a girl I know, she has all the kids Christmas presents and her house went on fire. It was a week before Christmas. Thankfully everyone was fine but the presents were gone. The village rallied and chipped in to replace the Christmas presents . Humans can be brilliant when they want to be.
I work in a place where I work with a lot of people with disabilities. One guy hadn’t shown up in a few days and myself and my co worker were a bit worried. Turns out his dad has died Friday. This guy was so excited to see his dad on the weekend just to have him die the day before. This happened recently, but he’s been taking it well. He’s not his usual self, but I would not be able to handle it as well as he is.
I love your videos, I have only recently discovered them! Thank you. :) Please be careful when conjecturing about a father having a 'relationship' with his daughter; usually it is a case of extreme abuse starting in childhood, and that level of incest and assault can and should never be called a 'relationship'; I am quite sure she was not a willing participant. My worst Christmas was 2019; Fires all over Australia and we couldn't visit anyone, nor have any visitors, because the fires burned both ends of the mountain I live on. The smoke was so bad everyone now has lung damage. We tried our best to make it all fun for the kids!
Thank you Joe, in my world it's shaping up to either be a really good Christmas, or really bad one. I needed a reality check, it could always be worse. So I guess I'm going to have a really good Christmas.
I was 15 in 2004 and one of my best friends was in Thailand for the holidays. I´ll never forget waking up to the news of a big tsunami, no one knew how bad it was at the time just that it was bad, we all frantically started texting our friend on our Nokia 3310´s but as you can imagine we never recieved an answer. The only survivor from their party was her boyfriend, he lost his parents and his girlfriend, the funeral was jam packed and an open casked was not possible due to the condition of the body... Hopefully the worst Christmas me and the rest of that funeral attendees will ever experience.
I used to listen to a radio show. One time they talked about a drunk driver who drove into their house Christmas night. I found proof of it in a Cleveland news report. Everyone lived and the house was quickly repaired, they infact used the settlement to build an addition. They celebrated all later Christmases in said addition.
I wanted a Schwinn Stingray in the worst way for my 9th birthday. I got an English racer instead!!! Like a 10 speed frame with upright handlebars and a saddle seat. I was scarred for life. Enjoy your videos.
One Christmas many years ago, I was informed by my wife of 16 years, the mother of my two beautiful children, my high school sweetheart, the ONLY woman I had ever slept with, wanted a divorce.
Not much Christmas cheer at our home that year.
Within 2 years I was grateful my former spouse had left me. I met a wonderful woman and had decades of happiness in that new relationship. I never would have met her unless I had been told to pack my bags.
Some of the best gifts don't look like gifts until you have them a while.
Brian Garrow/ sounds like my first marriage! Been 32 years now with the true love of my life! My first wife cheating on me and kicking me to the curb was the best thing that ever happened to me, funny world we live in!
Welcome to the red pill.
This post gives me hope. My husband of 33 years divorced me to be with his girlfriend and their Harley lifestyles. They married, but I haven't met or dated anyone in four years. And I'm adorable! 😊
Monica Collins yes, you are adorable, but you may stay single. Not a bad way to live.
@@minecraftfuntazerbuilds9347, you make a good point. I truly do enjoy being surrounded by only MY things, that tell my (and my ancestors') story. I like coming and going as I please, and keeping my own hours. Hmmm...maybe I do prefer being single after all. ☺
I remember when I didn’t get the sandals I wanted for my birthday one year... it was rough.
That's too bad. Did you have to wash your own feet?
But that one Christmas a poor lil drummer boy dropped you the first hot Birthday jam!
Oh Lord, say it ain't so!
On your own holiday?
Amen
Another lighter note story is the Christmas Truce of 1914 during WW1 where opposing soldiers enacted a cease fire, sang Christmas Carol's together and even exchanged gifts
But then went on to the needless slaughter of the war afterwards. That phenomenon is something I just don’t understand, how you can lay down arms, find a common ground, connect to the humanity of the ‘enemy’ but then go back to the bloody business of war.
Elisheva bat Chanah they switched out the soldiers
@@elishevabatchanah8005 Well, they didn't. Like the person above me said, they had to rotate units around because suddenly nobody was shooting straight after the Christmas Truce.
Stormi Suedonym I appreciate these comments as I wasn’t aware of this. Thank you
@@elishevabatchanah8005 1st WW, think of cold, mud, blood and, at a certain point, you realize that the "enemies" are guys just like you, 18/19yo forced to go to slaughter themselves and the co-aged enemies from someone sitting comfortably in the power palaces. Then, the day after, the men in command started back with their orders and you must obey. Or you get shot from your own army due to missing to obey or due to "cowardice" (that was punished with death).
The fire thing... that's why doors to businesses are supposed to open outward... ALWAYS. Imagine piling a few hundred panicky people against a door that opens in?
I don’t know how Ive never thought of that that makes sense tho
Not for the dunny though...
i went to elementary school at "memorial"school in cleveland ohio ,it was called that because the school that was there before burned down killing a lot of children who died trying to push out the closed doors that only opened inward . idk but after that they made a law that doors open outward
the first music concert i saw live was an italian band calle 'PFM' , it was around christmas 1975 or 6 at an old theatre in Quebec city. It had a super wide side walk in front at least 50 by 100 feet . the theatre people did not open the doors to let people in t'ill the last minute and there was no reserved seats with a capacitiy of about 1,100 , it was first come first served and the doors to enter where outward opening , the 1000 + croud waiting to enter was all their cramed at the door, when the theater personel tried to open the doors they could not, somehow a panic ensude and a unstopable crowd movement followed , people at the front literaly went through the front glass doors. I was carried inside with the others around me helplessly. apparently one person got trempled (not too seriously) and a few others got minor injuries , the concert was given and me and my buddys even managed good seat , the band was great, all in all it was a luky night that could have ended much worst.
@@Noah-sl7rc This was in 1840-something. They hadn't figured it out yet. It took several more fires before the idea was adopted.
The last one mentioning the 14,000 sacred refugees was really heart warming
I literally cried. I know why but I still wonder, why would so few people decide to offload cargo and save lives?
My dad died this September and this will be our first Christmas without him. It’s really harder than I had imagined. He loved Christmas and was the happy, positive person in my life. I honestly couldn’t have asked for a better dad.
"Let's face it, some years are better than others."
*watching in 2020 and laughing joylessly*
Complete with a bombing on Christmas Day.
welcome to 2021 your welcome NOT !!!
2022 says "Hi"
yeah...that....aged...somehow...
*_The Grinch is typing_*
*g r u n c h*
All right buddy you got two options. You can be a saint (SAINTE) or you can be a Grinch (GRUNCH). Pick wisely now. What's it gonna be? Huh? Huh? What's it gonna be?
AND THATS THE TALE OF THE CHRISTMAS CRETIN.
@@spcsongparodycentral4612 hey so um how have you changed from the past year. It's been 1 year since you made this comment
@@spcsongparodycentral4612 how do you feel knowing you wrote this
@@madaxe9989 I like to believe he was placed on this planet for the sole purpose of making that comment, and disappeared from existence immediately thereafter
Thank you for ending that with such a wonderful story :)
Weren't you in Friends?
Rob Fraser lol I'm flummoxed. what do you mean?
My ayes are watery from happiness 😭😭😂
My worst Christmas could have been way worse.
About five years ago, my mom (62 at the time) was in the yearly Christmas Eve midnight mass choir but was having a hard time catching her breath. This was at about one in the morning. Back home all the presents were wrapped and the fixings ready to make Christmas dinner the next day.
My dad took her to the hospital, turns out she was having arrhythmia, like really bad, like her heart was operating at 20% normal capacity. The doctor was shocked she walked in the door. Obviously they kept her in the ICU that night....and for several days afterwards.
Me and my three siblings only learned about this Christmas morning over the phone, and since none of the Christmas food was prepared we did...frozen pizza instead...so we spent Christmas terrified mom was not going to survive the day eating frozen pizza.
Although we did bring our presents to the ICU room and open them with her, which was pretty cute.
Thankfully she recovered and got that ablative therapy where they cook the specific part of the heart that's beating incorrectly. She battled it for a few years with repeat treatments but she's ok now. She has like ZERO cholesterol build up though which at her age is amazing.
I'm so glad she pulled through! ♥ I was reading that with a knot on my throat, fearing the end of the story.
My parents would ask me what I wanted for Christmas every year from the age of 12 to 17. I asked for a winter hat and scarf set for Christmas. I never got a winter hat and scarf set. The sixth year they asked me what I wanted and I told them that I didn't want anything. They were shocked and asked why. I told that every year I have asked for the same thing and never gotten so they will get me what they want anyways. I left it at that and forgot about it. For Christmas that year I got FIVE sets of winter hat and scarf! In fact I got more than that because everyone got me a hat and scarf set for Christmas! I was thrilled and those sets lasted me for the next ten years.
What a sad but sweet story.
Your parents sound very odd
@@bderrick4944 Right? 😅 Like...the kid didn't even ask for anything absurd, a hat and scarf are something I'd get most Christmases.
Every single holiday I've celebrated in my life was laden with trauma and violence. This, 2022, is the first year I'm celebrating the end of the year with people who actually care, without my mother's vicious grip on my shoulder. When a friend asked if I wanted to come with her to spend Christmas with her family, I broke down and ended up crying for about half an hour.
My anxiety around holidays is still a huge problem despite experiencing four holidays alone for the first time, but I'm confident in my ability to enjoy them despite it.
I was in the Maldives during the Boxing Day Tsunami. I remember seeing the atol our island was situated in draining of water, and seeing reefs I’d scuba dived around the previous day during a Christmas Day scavenger hunt. It was crazy. Then the water rushed back in, and swamped the island... nothing like the dramatic pictures from elsewhere, but it did wash straight over the low lying land. We where spared the worst of it, as I’m guessing we where shielded by the other islands in the atol. I remember the rest of the day watching boat after boat of refugees from the other islands coming to ours as we had power. I still recall one mother and her kids, who walked everywhere clutching or wearing their life vests, for fear of other waves.
All the phone masts has been either knocked out, or turned off / switched over to the S&R effort, so we couldn’t call home to let anyone know we where ok. When we did get through, my mother was first furious and then sobbing with relief. I will remember that call forever. She even used to choke up a bit whenever she saw it on TV, as for 24 hours she thought my wife and I where dead.
i love the way he tells the stories and mixes in his style of humor, seriously one of the best I've ever seen
Arrow Air Flight 1285 was a flight carrying soldiers from the 101st airborne home from a 6 month deployment in Sinai right before Christmas. It crashed leaving no survivors. Imagine how horrible that would be to have your family member almost home and just in time for the holidays only for that to happen.
Not to forget 1914, another cheerup during the shittiest time possible, the christmas truce where soldiers sang christmas songs and lit candles and decorated christmas trees.
German, French, American, etc. During world War I, all got together to play in the snow and took turn singing Christmas carols
Until the officers got tired of it and shot some of them to make the stop... but I guess that does not enter the Hallmark version of history.
Also, Luis, Americans were not in the war in 1914. The Brits were though.
Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day, 1974, devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is the most compact cyclone or equivalent-strength hurricane on record. killed 71 people, caused A$837 million in damage (1974 dollars), or approximately A$6.41 billion (2014 dollars), or $4.94 billion 2014 USD. It destroyed more than 70 percent of Darwin's buildings, including 80 percent of houses. Tracy left more than 25,000 out of the 47,000 inhabitants of the city homeless prior to landfall and required the evacuation of over 30,000 people. Spectacular photos online show whole suburbs with nothing higher than a mailbox.
I just made almost this same comment, and then now I'm scrolling down and spotting so many other people mentioning Cyclone Tracy. I'm so surprised it didn't get a mention.
I was there. 5 years old.
@@RaghnaidAnnaNicGaraidh me too!
I want to add a little silver lining to your video and talk about my best christmas present ever. I was in Thailand on that day in 2004. I was camping on the Similan Islands, a small chain of islands 40 miles west of the mainland in the Andaman Sea. I was there with my parents, cousin, and girlfiend. On the morning of the tsunami, I was seriously ill with what i believe was pneumonia and was trying to decided if I should hitch a ride to the mainland to go to a hospital. Everyone was going out snorkeling that morning, so I decided to get some rest in the tent and not ruin their fun. I got my wallet and sandles on to get a shower and buy breakfast before I napped when our tour guide found me and insisted I get breakfast on the boat and that he would bring me back after. Well, once on the boat, I didnt want to impose on anyone and decided I would nap on the boat while everyone was having fun. The boat came around to the east side of the island and everyone hit the water to check out the coral reef. That is when the tsunami hit. The water level dropped, leaving the snorkelers sitting on coral then rebounded and repeated. We knew it must be a tsunami, so we got everyone back onboard to head for deeper water. We picked up some divers who had been swept away from their boat and went back to the camp when we felt it was safe. When we arrived at the camp which was in a cove on the west side of the island, it was gone and the cove was strewn with tangled floating tents and debris. if that tour guide had not insisted i come with him, I would have drowned right there in that bay, wrapped in a tent... So, while it was cetainly the worst christmas ever, that tour guide gave me the best present ever.... breakfast on a boat that I didnt want to be on. (also, everyone with me survived, though I was the only one with sandals and a wallet... and a boy working on the island found my backpack stuck in the sand on the beach with my passport and all my clothes... so, bonus present)
The Bam earthquake was a very sad tragedy. 😞
Thank you Joe, love from Iran
Us in the West only really hear about the.
Tit for tat arguments from governments. Nothing is really said about this BAM. I remember the year after but not this 1.
Merry Christmas from the uk. I'll drink a toast to all the lives that was taken.
Rip
kai sanders merry Christmas to you Sir and everybody anywhere on earth. I wish for global peace ✌️
@@masoudhosseini9204 God please let us have peace on this Earth.
Masoud Hosseini Peace is good. But what if you have a choice between peace and freedom? Which one is more important? More importantly, are others justified in fighting on your behalf to try to give you freedom?
I think the family massacre was the most scary thing I ever heard ... not only on this channel, but in general. Just the way you presented it - goosebumps.
The DeFeo family massacre trumps it.
My uncle and my dad got on a big fist fight that split the family in half for several years on Christmas
Joe, sounds like you were dreaming about shoes all day. No wonder you got Adidas.
Adidas stands for: All Day I Dream About Shoes. It's your own dang fault!!! ;)
In South Wales of the 80s it use to be Sex.
Interesting👣
@@peterjamesroberts-thejolly2860 There's also a Korn song called Adidas, and it's "sex" there too.
@@peterjamesroberts-thejolly2860 Yeah well in this case it's shoes all right, pal?
Poor Joe...all he wanted was to be one of those kids with the pumped up kicks.
my worst christmas was ALL OF THEM because i was absolutely TERRIFIED of santa as a child. i would start crying every time we passed the local mall in december (even if we weren't going in and were literally just driving by to go somewhere else) because i knew the mall santa was in there. my entire family would have to come into my room on christmas morning and spend like 10+ minutes trying to convince me to come out because i was afraid he would still be out there, waiting by the tree, poised to strike. i think i got got by krampus in a past life
This is so funny but so sad.
On the day my mother died I want for a walk. I passed a park where a child's birthday party was taking place and all the kids were laughing and playing and just having a really good day (it was a very nice Fall day).
I realized that when you are having the worst day of your life, someone, somewhere is having the best day of their life.
Of course the reverse is also true, so the next time you are have a perfect day, stop for a moment and remember those who are having the worst day of their life.
I just like to think about how glad I am that the rest of my family can have a safe holiday season. Being deployed or stationed overseas for the last 9 years I don't get to go home very often, so I try not to think about my personal feelings about not being there with them in person. Happy holidays every one.
The worst things always seem to happen around Christmas. And birthdays. I stopped celebrating both many years ago. My disappointment level dropped significantly. Happy holidays!
I just found your channel.. Love it!!! I was watching your videos all night at work..lol. . Great videos.
Whoa Black Betty
Bam, Iran
I feel so bad for laughing.
Dammit, I typed this exact joke just to scroll down and see someone had beat me to it :P
Noice! Toight!
Ahhh... so THAT'S how the song goes... thnx, been trying to figure it out for years!
Lmao
This guy is a national treasure!!! I just love binge watching his videos 💓💓💓
I am binging through all your videos man, pure gold. Thank you! how have I not seen these videos before ?!?
2020 called.... and just laughed and laughed.
I grew up in foster care. And I only remember celebrating Christmas twice. The first time I got 3 toys. But I was made to give one away. I had to give that toy away after I've already opened it on Christmas Day. I don't remember ever thinking about Christmas as a child because no one brought it up I think.
Hey... ummmm... you ok guy?
Ps: I saved my arse off to buy Reebok pumps. Coolest kid in school for a couple days till the pump broke. You didn’t miss much.
But those couple of days were glorious though, I bet
Tall Troll I felt like a King.
@@simonjohnson4704 The pump was totally useless at *$80 1992 dollars which nikes cost like $500 bucks now, remember free cell phones? My last cell phone costs $1200 + tax.
Having grown up and more or less lived in Richmond VA for my entire life I never knew of the Richmond Theater fire. That was a new one to me.
Well as an Australian, I'm disappointed you didn't include Cyclone Tracy. Category 4 cyclone, killed 74 people, caused the equivalent of US$4.9 billion dollars in damage, destroyed 70% of Darwin's buildings (& 80% of houses), forced 30,000 of the city's 47,000 people to evacuate, and left 25,000 homeless.
I just made almost this same comment, and then now I'm scrolling down and spotting so many other Australians mentioning Cyclone Tracy. I'm so surprised it didn't get a mention.
Is Australia real?
Love the last story. Thanks for ending on a positive note.
And you always do a good job telling us interesting, somber stories too. I learned many things today
Thank you for ending this video with, “The Ship of Miracles”! I was surely feeling like a Debbie Downer at the end… I like good endings! 😁
Love from Texas ♥️🤠🌴
When I was 19, I lost my great grandmother. She was the center of my family. She died at 92. Each Christmas without her is a little worse then the last. She left this world with dozens of friends, dozens of family members, and not a single enemy. When she passed I felt like I didn't do enough for her, spend enough time with her. But at her funeral her final written words told me that I did more then enough for her to know how much she meant to me. She was an amazing woman. And even after her passing made me feel better. I may be 26, and have the rest of my life ahead of me, but I'd give it all up, for one more family dinner at her house. Its been almost 7 years, and I still cannot believe she's gone.
Damn, made me cry. I’m so very sorry for your loss.
Dude, she was 92, she lived a full life, yeah it sucked for you but it's not tragic. Try losing your father when you were 6 like I did, now that really sucks.
hey there comments section
have a merry Christmas!
Not likely. The Fed increase in interest rates killed the expected Santa Claus rally. I am down 84% for the year. 😞😞😞😞😞
// NoticeMeSenpai // happy holidays
Happy holidays!!
Merry Christmas!
Have a merry 2019 Christmas
For me it would have to be the Christmas of 2005 my younger brother had just recently passed away on November 6th of that year from acute myeloid leukemia...... Christmas is kind of sucked ever since not going to lie, but at least now I know that there are true genuine Christmas miracles. I also would like to add my sympathy and condolences to anyone experienced any sort of loss or tragedy in their life during the holiday season and from there on in the holiday season just doesn't seem as joyous and wonderful as it once had.
Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin Australia on Christmas day where 71 people lost their lives and 80% of the buildings in the city was destroyed.
1974
@@aussiedonaldduck2854 I remember. 'Santa never made it into Darwin...a big wind came and blew the town away'
@@Annie1962 Yep I was 13 and on Xmas holiday camping at Toowonga near Bright
Great video Joe. I can only remember wonderful Christmases when I was growing up. We were a big family so there was a lot of joyful comotion.
Our teacher has just shown us some videos of the boxing day and I am so disturbed. This was one of the saddest things I have ever seen. You could literally see how theese people were swallowed up by the wave and never got up anymore. He has also told us about another pupil he knew who's mother and sister both were killed on vacation at the beach on the boxing day...
I lost both my parents this year. Not looking forward to the holidays. It will be difficult. But thank you for sharing, Joe. It is a good reminder that things could always be worse for some people. Much worse.
I was so bad one year when I was a kid all my parents gave me was a stocking full of charcoal for Christmas. Then I got in more trouble when I tried to light it on fire in the backyard, like what did they expect me to do with charcoal? Good times
I remember that Christmas tsunami. Santa didnt have time to visit Thailand that year, so instead he leaned out of his slay and gave them a big wave.
Take your like and get out.
This is funny? It's sleigh by the way unless you're extending slay to your questionable sense of humor.
*Moon jae-in is my mothers husbands father. Never knew he was on a ship* . . His mother used to smuggle rice in the tops of her socks so they had food for the night* What are the odds I would see him on an ask joe episode
Awesome video! I totally get what you mean in the beginning. Christmas 2021 was our family's first without an uncle. He died unexpectedly in October, and the timing worked out where his memorial service was on Christmas week. So yeah, it was our toughest Christmas yet, but I think it was the one that he would have wanted us to have. We weren't mourning his death, but celebrating his life.
My grandmother was killed in a head on collision after our family Christmas party by a elderly woman who had a stroke at the wheel. The seat belts failed on the car and my grandfather was in a coma for 13 days. He's never got to say goodbye to his wife of 50 years. He blamed himself the rest of his life. This was my first loss of a family member. Needless to say it sucked
I just found your channel yesterday and I've been binge watching your videos. There great, TH-cam finally did its thing
Merry Christmas *everybody* !
When we become interplanetary, will Christmases be synchronized. 🤔
@@fcgHenden Winter seems to be a major part of Christmas, and even it's pagan precursor. But then again, Australia.
@@deus_ex_machina_ Shouldn't be an issues for belters then. 😂
I watch a lot of your videos and it cannot be easy doing some of the content that you do. I really think that you do a fantastic job and I enjoy your videos. Thank you very much for continuing the awesome work.
Well Joe I was having a fairly bad Christmas season. It's good to remember it's always worse somewhere else.
Do you need a hug?
#Hugs
Joe, the richter scale is not used anymore. The most used one is called the moment magnitude scale which is likely what they used for the earthquake in 2013. Just thought I'd let you know and it is often said wrong. I enjoy your content.
Wow!!! Thanks for that, nothing like hearing a cheery tale to lift the spirits over Christmas Haha!!! Now, where did I put that noose???
Can't believe you didn't mention the tragic events of 1984 in the town of Kingston Falls when homes where destroyed and lives lost because one Jackass couldn't follow 3 simple rules which led to a population explosion of carnivorous marsupials.
LMFAO
Nice
_This_ is gold.
Hehe... that took me a minute.
Don't forget that Kate Beringer's father died after dressing up as Santa and getting stuck in the chimney.
That's why she hated Christmas.
I cried today because I got my father in law something he wouldn't want and I had to return it after I had already wrapped it. This video helped a lot, and really put it into perspective. Thank you, Joe.
0:30 Joe Scott's first approach in becoming a Gopnik
0:40 Blasphemy
My worst was fighting fatigue to try and catch Santa delivering my stocking, I succeeded. Me and my mum knew at that point that Christmas was never going to be the same as I was the youngest of 4 brothers(Scott's the oldest). It didn't dampen the joy but the magic was gone and that was a sad moment. I've been blessed with a life of awesome Christmas days and I now ensure my kids are gifted with that same tradition.
yeah Joe, back in 1997 I was knocked over in the February, fighting for my life and the Christmas that year my great granddad died on Christmas day... He just opened the door, took a step outside, unknown to him, he trod on black ice and fell over banging his head dying instantly.
I made a pledge to myself that I will get to near enough normal again, now days I can walk around, even though people can still tell that I am disabled, I have got a wife and my two daughters... I wouldn't change a thing
Wiw Joe!! Thank you for that positive note!! I love Yuletide! I never get what I have asked for, so I stopped asking and have ended up with some thoughtful unexpected things! Useful things that I had never heard of. The only day I have never liked is my own birthday. But that is a another story! Always a gem, Joe! Brightest Blessings to you this Yule!
You also shouldn’t be happy during Christmas because it could always be better.
Oh man... HAHAHAHA....
Jerry Rupprecht: Yes but as this video pointed out, Christmas can also be a lot worse. Count your blessings.
You shouldn't be sad during Christmas because it could always be worse.
Wow haha
Hot is hot because of cold. High is high because of low. Seeing the bad helps accentuate the good.
Thanks for the video Joe.
Safe Travels and Merry Christmas (etc)
My father disappeared on Christmas Eve. A few days later we started noticing a smell coming from the chimney. Dad had tried to climb down the chimney like Santa and gotten stuck. He died. Trapped and alone.
And that was the worst Christmas ever.
EDIT: Wait. That wasn't me. That was the chick from Gremlins. My bad.
Never had a bad Christmas. I always see what lil bit of family I have and tend to have the day off from work. So it's always been a good day.
Ah the Joe Scott Christmas special, I don't think I've ever really had a bad christmas, and for that I am extremely thankful.
Merry Christmas!
Ah I remember years ago when my dad first gave me the valuable lesson of: Fuck off, you're too old for gifts'' when I first turned 18, and now this time, years later I'm celebrating my first Christmas free of those hypocrites I used to call friends, gotta say some lessons hurt like a brick to the toe but I kinda appreciate the value of what I've learned along the way.
You were a teenager in 1989?
you must be 1000 years old.
Hey, those of us who were _"teenagers in 1989"_ don't like to be reminded that we're 1000 years old. 🤫
Your math skills are unequaled.
@@joescott 36
@@joescott They're unequalled cause they don't equate.
I was 27....
I hate this holiday so much! Really hard without a family on a day like this. So who ever reads this I really hope you had a wonderful Christmas xo
Laughs in 2020
I can't think of a worst Christmas after this because (a) none were as bad as any of these and (b) you left me in too good a mood. Thanks!
I can only imagine how was Christmas 1929.
@Rohan Dick Yeah, dude... It was really horrible. 😔
I love going through your older videos. This final story is pretty awesome. Kinda puts my £10 charitable donation into perspective 😂
the worst one that comes to mind wasnt actually on christmas, it was the day carrie fisher died, the 27th i think. a horrible christmas present, even worse when her mother followed her the next day. rest in piece, carrie and debbie.
Regarding worst Christmases, i went to have an eye test around Christmas 2019, the optician noticed swelling pushing blood vessels behind my eyes. I eneded up having emergency brain surgery on Christmas morning, it was an (endoscopic third ventriculostomy) to drain hydrocephalus. I was in hospital for 3 days. My neuro surgeon said i would have died within a few weeks if the problem wasn't spotted by my optician. I've had better Christmases, but thanks to my optician, I hope to see many more.
The day after christmas my mum is getting 2 tumors removed
Hope all goes well.
Thank you
Prayers for your mum.
I hope for her recovery and a long life ahead in good health. I've lost family to cancer myself so I can empathize. I wish good fortune in this.
Wish your mum well!!
I do my best, daily, to remember -- someone always has it worse than you. Be kind to those you meet daily. Even the asshats -- you never know what they're going through... -- I lost my best friend one Christmas due to cancer of the brain. -- 2 Christmas later -- I lost my fiance due to cystic fibrosis. -- Christmas is a time of reflection for me. My own personal Thanks-Giving. -- I am thankful for my life. Such as it is.
I am also thankful for Joe Scott and the things I've learned. The laughs he's given to millions of people, and for the ability to keep on living, when all seems so futile.
Merry Christmas, all. I truly hope it's a good loving one for everyone.
Aesir -
One Christmas I got Donkey Kong Country when the game I most wanted was Super Metroid and I cried, but then there was another package that had Super Metroid :) Too be fair to me though we were poor at that point and I was lucky if I got a game once every year or two so it was kind of unprecedented.
Munashiimaru Was that before you could go to Game Stop and trade games in? 😑😑😑😑😑
Haha what a finale in this video. These are getting better and better. Happy holidays ol' chap
What about that unlucky couple that did not find any room for xmas night and ended up giving birth to their child in a stable, surrounded by animals? :)
Why you should check Yelp reviews to avoid situations like that.
Riccardo Sallusti you're forgetting that that son went on to be the greatest touring magician of all time and I've heard his biography is doing well
@ Indeed. However, magician or not, the message he left, the pure and simple message of love and mercy, free from any past and future manipulation, or instrumentalization, could yet shed some light into these new dark ages era we are living today. Merry Xmas!
That is only a legend.
Riccardo Sallusti But what of the rumors that he is a fraud!!! There is so very good evidence against him. His father’s back story and claims are absolutely absurd!
I have a history of house fires around Christmas time.
The worst and best time to lose everything. People are generous around the holidays.
Happy Festivus!
Christmas house fires are so common anymore one really has to wonder if these aren't cases of "economic lightning". I always view them with a degree of suspicion.
Maybe not in your top 5 but should have made your top 10 was Christmas Day 1974 when tropical cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin in Australia with the loss of 71 lives and 70% of all houses destroyed.
My worse xmas was laying in a hospital bed with a tube down my nose to pump out the blood from a perforated ulcer, good times! My second worse was laying in a hospital bed after a total hip replacement which was bad but the worse thing was it was a DuPuy which are the ones you see on tv with a saying “if you or a loved one have ever had...” I now start getting nervous around the start of Dec.
My worst Christmas was 2021, after my mother, my last living ancestor, died unexpectedly on Dec 3. Our family tradition was for her and her 12 siblings to gather the week after Christmas and most of them were able to come, so that was a great comfort. I'm fortunate that this was the worst.
Christmas is overblown materialistic greed and has been since the 80's. So many spoiled people (especially kids, I blame their parents) who think they deserve stuff, like it's some kind of right instead of being grateful for what they have. If you get a thoughtful gift and it's from someone who really cares then that should be enough for any of us.
Happy Holidays Joe! If I believed in X'Mas wishes, it would be very cool to sit down with you over a huge mug of cider and maybe even a doobie. Just talking would also be very cool. All the best to you and yours.
Thanks for this - hope your solstice is full of joy
Now I wait for Thursday and Monday only for your videos :)
For me, it was definitely last year, 2017. In the six months leading up to Christmas, l had lost both my parents, the family home and all but a handful of memorabilia due to their debt situation, had had to spend all my savings on funeral costs, legal costs and air tickets, AND had been kicked out of my apartment. 2017 sucked big time! 2018 hasn’t turned out much better, just a month ago I found out that my entire department is being closed down and I‘ll be out of a job come February 1st, but at least it is not quite as bleak as last year.
Sure, that light at the end of the tunnel might be a high speed train coming my way, but given the reliability of trains here in Ireland, I should be safe ;)
Last year, a girl I know, she has all the kids Christmas presents and her house went on fire. It was a week before Christmas.
Thankfully everyone was fine but the presents were gone. The village rallied and chipped in to replace the Christmas presents .
Humans can be brilliant when they want to be.
I work in a place where I work with a lot of people with disabilities. One guy hadn’t shown up in a few days and myself and my co worker were a bit worried. Turns out his dad has died Friday. This guy was so excited to see his dad on the weekend just to have him die the day before. This happened recently, but he’s been taking it well. He’s not his usual self, but I would not be able to handle it as well as he is.
This will help to have a better attitude on Christmas this year. Thanks.
I love your videos, I have only recently discovered them! Thank you. :)
Please be careful when conjecturing about a father having a 'relationship' with his daughter; usually it is a case of extreme abuse starting in childhood, and that level of incest and assault can and should never be called a 'relationship'; I am quite sure she was not a willing participant.
My worst Christmas was 2019; Fires all over Australia and we couldn't visit anyone, nor have any visitors, because the fires burned both ends of the mountain I live on. The smoke was so bad everyone now has lung damage. We tried our best to make it all fun for the kids!
A year and a half after this video was released. Nowhere near Christmas. Still a terrific video.
Thank you Joe, in my world it's shaping up to either be a really good Christmas, or really bad one. I needed a reality check, it could always be worse. So I guess I'm going to have a really good Christmas.
I was 15 in 2004 and one of my best friends was in Thailand for the holidays. I´ll never forget waking up to the news of a big tsunami, no one knew how bad it was at the time just that it was bad, we all frantically started texting our friend on our Nokia 3310´s but as you can imagine we never recieved an answer. The only survivor from their party was her boyfriend, he lost his parents and his girlfriend, the funeral was jam packed and an open casked was not possible due to the condition of the body... Hopefully the worst Christmas me and the rest of that funeral attendees will ever experience.
I used to listen to a radio show. One time they talked about a drunk driver who drove into their house Christmas night. I found proof of it in a Cleveland news report. Everyone lived and the house was quickly repaired, they infact used the settlement to build an addition. They celebrated all later Christmases in said addition.
I wanted a Schwinn Stingray in the worst way for my 9th birthday. I got an English racer instead!!! Like a 10 speed frame with upright handlebars and a saddle seat. I was scarred for life. Enjoy your videos.
I don't remember having a happy Christmas, ever? Its always been just another day. No family get-togethers, no present's, no special food.
When you get 10 and you get clothes for Christmas:
😐 "Am I a joke to you? "