When I was a lot younger...before kids and divorce...I used to enjoy this time of year. Now I hate it with the passion of a thousand suns.
How many of you have the same feelings for Christmas as you did as a youth?
I had full custody of my son, the only time she got him was on the major holidays. I spent at least 28 christmas' alone. I'm not really into xmas anyway but it is a family time-just not for me. So, I worked nearly all of them as the thought of showing up at a family dinner without my son was not very pleasant. Good news is the last 10 or so years I made about $75 an hour.
I certainly do not have the same feeling for Christmas now.I get a deep feeling that all those people at christmas holidays that say it is wonderful an the best time of the year do not know why they say those things.And they go around denying their feelings of confusion an over indulge in bad diets an activities this time of year.In my opinion this time of year is the time to look foreward to spring the renewal of the life cycle.
I definitely did not feel the same about Christmas as a kid as I do as an adult!
It's way too consumerist for me. I hate stressing out over it, all the rat racing.
It's also not as much fun when your favorite people are gone, at least for me.
Xmas is my least favorite holiday.
@Rideauxb -- I find it difficult to understand how anyone could waste the energy and brain power it takes to hate much of anything, and certainly not a holiday. I think that we make these things for ourselves because the days themselves are not taking an active part in how we conduct our lives. They are not in control -- we are.
December 25th to me is December 25, and what I make of it decides what sort of a day it will be for me. I choose to assemble family and friends for another grotesquely calorie-laden meal so we can all sate ourselves and lean back afterwards for a nice round of chatting about nothing much or digging in depth if a comment warrants. We do silly things and, if needed, some serious things.
After all, life is much too short to fuck it up with things like hate. Any kind of hate directed at anything is not worth the effort.
I wasn't raised with Christmas and kept my distance from it, but I've learned to take the good from it and ignore the rest.