i love the xmas weather. the capitalistic agenda of it makes me a bit dizzy. were still having it. regardless, i always really do feel rather apathetic towards this celebration..i dont hate it, dont love it..it just xmas.

i love the xmas weather. the capitalistic agenda of it makes me a bit dizzy. were still having it. regardless, i always really do feel rather apathetic towards this celebration..i dont hate it, dont love it..it just xmas.

I don't hate Xmas, I'm just not feeling it and haven't for several years now.

It's funny..it seems like Christmas is hard for everyone this year. Just must be the year. Hopefully next year will be better.

Whitnail said:

Yes here in Austria it is celebrated on the evening of the 24th and it's not Santa Claus who is bringing the presents but the "Christkind" (the child of Christ), but it is more and more commercialized each year here as well.

MoniGram said:

I hope so too .

MoniGram said:

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I see some people who won't be getting any presents this year with that attitude. No jolly.....no gifts!

BigSanta said:

Well Santa..give me what I want and we will talk about being JOLLY!

liberation said:

I only celebrate xmas because my of my children. I think xmas is overrated and the true meaning has been very much ignored.

BigSanta said:

Fuck it, Santa - I take it back. Christmas is fucking awesome.

Now, having said that... I want a Chia Pet.

I don't like that I have to buy presents, I do like spending time with my family

generally i enjoy most aspects of the holiday season. this year, however, it is not a very joyous occasion and ill be glad when its nothing more than a distant, faded memory.

You have no idea how much...

I'm not feeling it this year, but I don't hate it.

My parents said they only will get me half of my list this year becuse we dont have too mush I hope they at least get my laptop and applephone and i need a new ipod with video and 8mg pixel digital camera and i need new closthes if this is all i can have then thats okay with the other half of the list

GreenLeaves said:

you like computers? have I got the perfect chia pet for you!

hokie1 said:

...and by touched, I mean literally...I wanna be touched...

ZombieKitten said:

I have to say I'm starting to feel a little bit of hate for it

I hate what it's evolved to....I came to despise the season when I worked in retail...but the flip side is that since 1999, I've been deployed away from home during Christmas a couple of times, so being with the family during the season is a plus...

..I also lost the feel for the season when my sister stopped speaking to me for an entire year because I got her a gift that she didn't think very much of...

BucketOfBouncyBalls said:

Co-sign.

The only reason I bother with Christmas at all is my brother's kids.

MoniGram said:

This is exactly how I feel too. For some reason, my mom and oldest brother think that we still need to buy each other gifts. I can see buying gifts for my little nephews and niece, but why my older brothers and parents? They're all college educated, make waaaaay more money than I ever will in life, and are not wanting for anything, really. I would be happy with just gifts for the little ones, just spending time with my family, and eating my mom's delicious home-cooking. But I honestly don't see that happening, which is silly, because none of the adults ever know what they want for Christmas, so they just all ask for gift cards. It just seems like a serious waste of time and money for all involved. I don't see it changing any time soon, so I just have to go with the flow.

BigSanta said:

Uh oh, Santa mad! Santa real mad!

psychodelicide said:

Actually, gift cards aren't the best way to go: you either have to spend exactly the amount,(unlikely) or less, in which case the store makes out, or MORE, and the store makes out. Give cash or a check. This was in the WSJ.

What I'd do with those in the family who have everything, and knowing what their lifestyle is about: go to TJMAXX!
Specialty Coffees,(Jamaican Blue Mtn blend, sure, it's a blend but unless you want to spring for $50/#..) For cooks: pure maple syrup, fancy olive oils, mustards, knives of good German quality, cutting boards, neat serving dishes hand painted. Check out the food section.
And cool, cheap baskets, for presentation.
Or....how about a great down pillow? Bath towels with Egyptian cotton that are plush and absorbant.
None of this is expensive, at all. 50% off. And it's a wrapped gift for under the tree.
I can be a real Martha Stewart.....

I could be your shopping Concierge.
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BucketOfBouncyBalls said:

Totally agree. I even refuse to spell it out--I always write it as xmas. I am skipping it this year (not going to visit my fam) and it fuckin' rocks. It's almost like there really is no xmas this year. I have no decorations up, didn't buy gifts (thus avoiding the crowds and commercialism). I love no xmas!

I don't like what its become to most people and especially kids.

Most kids wouldn't have a clue [or care that much] about what it really means, they just want presents.

It was evil marketing genius whoever decided to associate Christmas with toys and gifts - it's up there with McDonalds deciding to market their food to kids. It's foolproof, but at what price?

I don't enjoy the "opening of presents" at Christmas because it's all just rip em open as fast as you can, give it a once over then rip open the next til you're done then play with the "best" one while everything else is forgotten because it doesn't move or isn't a Bratz doll.

shanti0608 said:

it certainly happens to me

sometimes for reasons i couldn't even tell ya (seasonal affective winter blah crap) and sometimes for reasons that are pretty easy to guess.

this year will be my first christmas ever without the family i've been used to celebrating with my entire life; my grandmother died the day after christmas last year and my mom died september of this year. it's hard, but in a way i'm totally on-board for getting through it and finding a new way to appreciate christmas with the people i still have around me, while keeping my family's memory in tact as part of my personal traditions for the holiday.

it's going to be a hard christmas, but i can't say it will be the worst christmas. the worst would be the previous two years when i had to watch my mom and grandma get sicker and suffer more. at least now they're free from their pain.

i guess with all this on my mind, i can't be bothered to be cynical about over-commercialization or religious bickering or whatever else. i'm just struggling with the personal meaning of this time of year to me - family history, and the fact that a huge chapter of that history has come to a close.




wow, that got deep

Anxiety said: