Anyone Else Not Watching Sunday's Game Because of Christmas Eve?

[TNCowboy]

Will likely have it on in the background, but that’s our primary Christmas gathering with my parents so I’ll watch very little.

 

[Nav22]

If you're a diehard fan, and you're in a relationship where your significant other has you missing Cowboys games, GET OUT!!!!

It's not about "well family's most important!"

It's about you being deprived of your passion by someone who's supposed to care about making you happy.

Not specifically directing this at the OP.

 

[OGSixshooter]

How many of you are not watching the game this Sunday at 4est due to xmas eve plans? I know with my family, we will go to early mass and then out to dinner so I will absolutely miss all of it. I have spectrum streaming so can't even record to watch and when we get home from dinner have magic family time with the 3,7,9 year olds....needless to say, I am going to have to bypass this week due to scheduling.

Hopefully they get the win but curious how many of you are in the same predicament I am in and what you are doing to be able to watch later without knowing how it unfolded?

(PS this thread is not about not watching bc I don't want to or bc trying to make some dumb statement, so lets not make it about that please)

Can't speak for anyone else, but...it depends on whether the Cowboys are good enough for me to piss family off.

 

[atlantacowboy]

The NFL doesn’t care about holidays. I’m trying to do the in-law thing early so I can be home by game time.

 

[Captain-Crash]

no X in Christmas.

 

[Cowboy4ever]

I will be on a cruise out of Galveston so i hope they show the game on the ships big screen. If not, I am still on a cruise

 

[Nav22]

Go enjoy what's important. If they win, you can catch a replay of it at a convenient time. If they don't, it didn't drag down your holiday mood.

The guy has 11,000+ posts here since 2018 and is already bummed about having to miss a football game 3 days from today.

The Cowboys are clearly important to him.

It's not an either/or. My advice to him would be to find a way to enjoy both his family and his favorite football team. Not that hard to do in 2023.

 

[Rockport]

How many of you are not watching the game this Sunday at 4est due to xmas eve plans? I know with my family, we will go to early mass and then out to dinner so I will absolutely miss all of it. I have spectrum streaming so can't even record to watch and when we get home from dinner have magic family time with the 3,7,9 year olds....needless to say, I am going to have to bypass this week due to scheduling.

Hopefully they get the win but curious how many of you are in the same predicament I am in and what you are doing to be able to watch later without knowing how it unfolded?

(PS this thread is not about not watching bc I don't want to or bc trying to make some dumb statement, so lets not make it about that please)

That’s too bad but understandable. Can’t you record it somehow?

 

[BigBlacKahuna]

I will not miss the game! LOL

 

[fivetwos]

If you're a diehard fan, and you're in a relationship where your significant other has you missing Cowboys games, GET OUT!!!!

It's not about "well family's most important!"

It's about you being deprived of your passion by someone who's supposed to care about making you happy.

Not specifically directing this at the OP.

I’m with you on this. I literally told my parents decades ago not to go dying on a Sunday in the fall. Several weddings and family events were skipped. They all knew.

Thanksgiving dinner happens at 2pm around here because of the Cowboys.

I can only recall us playing on Xmas eve once, at New Orleans…back when those same parents still hosted and did all the work. Didn’t matter.

These days I gotta cook most of the meal, and I’m just not missing time with my niece, who is never again gonna be this little, nor am I kicking everyone out at 430 like I usually do on TG.

I’m not missing the game, but I’ll miss plays….by choice, for honestly the first time since acid wash jeans and Reeboks were cool. It don’t like it at all, but it is what it is.

 

[WoodysGirl]

I'll be watching. It's just a matter of where.

I plan around it whenever I can. If I can't, then I take a tablet, so I can stream it.

 

[StarBoyz83]

I'll be at work Christmas eve and Christmas eve. So I can watch the night games those days.

 

[McKDaddy]

The guy has 11,000+ posts here since 2018 and is already bummed about having to miss a football game 3 days from today.

The Cowboys are clearly important to him.

It's not an either/or. My advice to him would be to find a way to enjoy both his family and his favorite football team. Not that hard to do in 2023.

It sounds as if he can only do one thing at a time though. In other words, he understands what is truly important & what has to be sacrificed. And I did tell him there were ways to see it after the fact .... IF it's worth watching.

I don't think he was really looking for advice. Just wondering if anyone else shared his situation.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

whoever can't watch - not a real fan

2edgy4me

 

[The Fonz]

I’m probably not going to watch either. At least not live. Faith and family are higher on my list of priorities.

God bless you and your family brother Stash

 

[maryquality]

If you're a diehard fan, and you're in a relationship where your significant other has you missing Cowboys games, GET OUT!!!!

It's not about "well family's most important!"

It's about you being deprived of your passion by someone who's supposed to care about making you happy.

Not specifically directing this at the OP.

The reverse of this is also true....that is, making someone else happy about "their" passion. That being said, I am with you!!

 

[vicjagger]

No. Christmas eve is cancelled this year because the Cowboys are playing.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

We're having brunch with my parents. The afternoon is free.

Win or lose, I'll enjoy 3 hours of entertainment.

We usually have Christmas Eve at one of my sisters in law's place in the evening. But as the family grows in laws and out of two relatives come into play and we can't all get together. So this year we're having lunch instead of dinner. My wife and oldest son and daughter all also Cowboys fans, so in between playing with the grandchild we'll be watching....

 

[KJJ]

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are like Thanksgiving for us. We stay home with the TV on so it never interferes with me watching football.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Yep going to watch it, will try and keep the profanity to a minimum though given its Christmas Eve