Mainly Mattias Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Was walking around the neighbourhood and noticed that there aren't very many decorated houses this year. Less lights and no menorahs or christmas trees in windows. Maybe people care less? Or they're spending all of their time at work, rather than decorating? I dunno. Haven't bothered with the tree this year either and it's already the 13th of December. Christmas is either a religious or a commercial event and it's neither for my family. We don't even do mass, presents or a big dinner anymore. We lost the spirit quite a few years ago. It's now just a day to greet relatives and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 christmas is about getting drunk and stoned with your friends, the people that you love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Christmas is only about getting together with extended family and spending time together. The commercial aspect of it all does not interest me. I care not for gifts. If one must gift, it should at least be practical. Hypocritically, I do enjoy the lights, trees, and decorations that lead up to Christmas Day. They all remind me that the big family party is coming and we'll all be laughing together soon enough. Christmas is certainly a religious event, but I'm not religious in the slightest. It certainly is a commercial event as well, and while I am a consumer my expenditures do not spike at this time of year (unless I'm buying incredibly expensive and impractical football tickets as gifts, that was a one shot deal). Christmas spirit is a bunch of drinks, some great food, a warm well decorated house full of family and friends, and late night doobies. If I wake up in the morning and see no presents under the tree I don't even care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 absolutely. don't care about the religious heritage or anything, though i do go to mass on occasion - just for the hell of it. but i don't get the whole criticism of it being a consumer holiday. i like getting gifts, and i love giving them. it's just fun. i like the food, spending time with family, and all of that. seasonal traditions (tree, decorations, movies, music, tv specials, etc.) are always fun too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I like getting together with close family and spending the couple days together. I don't decorate or do any of that stuff though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Monahan Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Christmas was never the same once I figured out Santa wasn't real. Pro tip: avoid first year philosophy classes if you wish to avoid the same fate. My feelings are pretty much the same as @Green Building. My siblings and parents really grilled me about my "wish list" but all I really care to get this year is s few books or documentaries if they insist on giving gifts. I love giving gifts but feel awkward receiving them lol. I just like to go to the family dinners and get drunk with my grandpa really, the man is ruthless when the scotch gets in him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offensive Threat Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Non religious so that aspect of it is a non starter for me but we have kids. Christmas is for/about kids as far as Im concerned. We have the full deal of outdoor lights. Lots of them, a real tree etc etc etc. Our neighborhood is a lot of older homes so they do it up pretty traditional with a lot of lights. Very few houses dont have any outdoor decorations. Ive never been one to care much about receiving gifts. I like giving them if I know what somebody really wants. The idea of giving someone some random crap just because you are expected to bothers me. Its why I like giving gift certificates. Everybody gets what they want and if they dont its their own damn fault lol. Christmas dinner is a big one for me. Its about even with Thanksgiving as the only 2 times a year I go big on eating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etsen3 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I'm not religious, don't really care about that, but I love the decorations and gifts and friends and family and all that stuff. The commercial stuff is kinda annoying but it's easy to avoid the radio and spend minimal time in the mall. I prefer receiving gifts rather than money, I have enough money, so it's nice to have thoughtful gifts no matter what they are. I only wish it were a month or two later as winter just gets depressing when you get into January and February. But that's never gonna happen haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaHoneyBadger Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 It's become to commercialized. Basically from Halloween until new years we are bombarded with 'buy everything'. It's a great time to get together with family. It's great for the kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 It's great for the kids. I enjoy seeing my family. However this year my oldest niece's baby is due so they are staying home. Which is too bad, but I understand. For me Christmas is more Christmas Eve. As it was the one night our families could get together. What I miss is the Stockings. I found more goodies and useful and cheaper stuff in them. But the socks, and other things would get used year round. I found the opposite, I've found there's more places with lights this year. It's in the more suburban areas though. I enjoy watching movies like "A Christmas Carol", A Charlie Brown Christmas, and of course the Animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas. And the non-traditional movies like The Lion in Winter, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service. I appreciate how much work my sister and step-sister do for the meals. Especially the great desserts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 5 hours ago, Wild Sean Monahan said: Christmas was never the same once I figured out Santa wasn't real. Pro tip: avoid first year philosophy classes if you wish to avoid the same fate. My feelings are pretty much the same as @Green Building. My siblings and parents really grilled me about my "wish list" but all I really care to get this year is s few books or documentaries if they insist on giving gifts. I love giving gifts but feel awkward receiving them lol. I just like to go to the family dinners and get drunk with my grandpa really, the man is ruthless when the scotch gets in him. Christmas is important to me. I like these parents response to their kid: “Dear Ryan, You asked a really good question, “Are Mom and Dad really Santa?”. We know that you want to know the answer, and we had to give it careful thought to know just what to say. The answer is no. We are not Santa. There is no one, single Santa. We are the people who fill your stocking and choose and wrap the presents under the tree- just as our parents did for us, their parents did for them, and you will do for your kids someday. This could never make any of us Santa, though. Santa is lots and lots of people who keep the spirit of Christmas alive. He lives in our hearts— not at the North Pole. Santa is the magic and love and spirit of giving to others. What he does is teach children to believe in something they can’t see or touch. Throughout your life you will need this capacity to believe: in yourself, in your family, in your friends, and in God. You’ll need to be able to believe in things you can’t measure or hold in your hands. Now you know the secret of how he gets down all of those chimneys on Christmas Eve: He has help from all of the people whose hearts he has filled with joy. With full hearts, people like Mommy and Daddy take our turns helping Santa do a job that would otherwise be impossible. So no, we are not Santa. Santa is love and magic and hope and happiness. We are on his team, and now you are too. We love you, and we always will. Love, Mom and Dad” http://www.liftbump.com/2015/12/99162-this-mom-dads-response-to-is-santa-real-is-one-you-probably-havent-heard-before/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=entry-meta&utm_campaign=Sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Christmas is generally the loneliest time for me as all my friends are with their family, but that is until I discover this Jewish singles party on Christmas eve as they don't celebrate Christmas AT ALL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigs Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 7 hours ago, GLASSJAW said: i like getting gifts, and i love giving them. it's just fun. i like the food, spending time with family, and all of that. seasonal traditions (tree, decorations, movies, music, tv specials, etc.) are always fun too. Pretty much exactly this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baer. Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Christmas is just an excuse to do something you wouldn't normally do. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I just don't see why people need an excuse to say visit family out of town or buy their kids a gift. I also don't understand why people wait all year for Christmas shopping when literally every store jacks up their prices around this time of year. Used to mean a lot more to me when I was a kid but it's almost meaningless to me now. However I still celebrate, I just don't get excited about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 If all its become is a time of year when people are a little bit nicer to each other then I'll take it. i gots kids so I go all Clark griswald and do it for them. i enjoy eating too much and all the baked goods I normally don't eat. Drinking good liquor. Building a fire (yes I have a house with a real fireplace) getting the place raging hot, getting my cozy on with some booze and watching hockey. Open flame, stiff drinks, hockey. Good times. i enjoy having people over and building crazy meals for all to enjoy. if you're a bah humbugger or just need a Christmas dose of cheer, come on over! edit: the only thing that irritates me this time of year is hearing the music everywhere. the commercial side? Well it is what it is. If you let that affect you its your deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I like the eating and drinking. I really like the eating and drinking.Can't wait to pig out. Gift giving is fun but I hate how there is always the 'just because' gifts that end up being junk. That is the 'too commercialized' part for me. My Christmas will just be missing one thing...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish⑦Canuck Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I get almost two weeks off work at Christmas. That in itself makes it important in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Just now, Scottish⑦Canuck said: I get almost two weeks off work at Christmas. That in itself makes it important in my eyes. Yeah, time off is great too. Allows for more drinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalky Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I love Christmas, it's a great reason to catch up with old friends and family, eat way too much food and drink eggnog...or whatever. Mini Sausage rolls, Eggnog, Antipasto, Mimosas, After 8 Mints, Foil wrapped chocolate Santa. The list goes on and on. I could care less about he religious aspect, and the commercialism annoys me, but the tradition of connecting to loved ones and decorating with seasonal cheer are bigtime important to me and mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I'm religious, but Christmas as a day doesn't excite me. Just me, the wife, and our dog, so we just use the day as an excuse to watch Lord of the Rings. My mother and I are incredibly close, but she lives on Saltspring Island with boyfriend/husband (we live in MB), so we seeing her for Christmas isn't too often. My wife's family lives in Chilliwack, so we don't get to see them all the time either. My wife is flying out by herself on the 26th for a week to see them, so I get the house to myself. As for my brothers and my dad, they live about 45 minutes from me. But my brothers have families of their own and I refuse to be around my dad. So Christmas/holidays are really just me and the wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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