I can't say i hate christmas but it does seem like a waste of time. It's meant to be about giving and sharing but all it's about these days is drink driving and running up tons of credit card debt.
2006-10-27 02:38:10 · 38 answers · asked by The Shadow 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
A lot of greedy people might be trying to exploit and ruin it, but it doesn't have to be a waste of time at all. Drinking doesn't have to come into it at all, and try to be creative when coming up with gifts to avoid spending too much. Think of the fun things like skating which you can only do once a year, or enjoy the lights. Maybe call up friends you've not seen in a long time and suggest getting together for a seasonal/end of year visit. It will add to your good cheer. It's hard to ignore the commercialisation, now that it starts in August, but forget that and enjoy all the good things about it.
2006-10-27 02:47:34 · answer #1 · answered by Dunrobin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be better if people celebrated the true spirit of Christmas - ie family and friends getting together, decorating the house, exhanging a few SMALL, INEXPENSIVE presents (especially ones you've made yourself), cooking nice foods etc, like it was in't "good old days".
Rather than it being some stupid competition to see who can spend the most on their credit cards, have the biggest trees, the most expensive toys, getting so drunk they cause road accidents and get alcohol poisoning.
Its awful when a low income family are made to feel bad that they can't buy their kids all the latest designer shite (which the rich kids get bored of within a few weeks). All you really need to get your loved ones for Christmas is a few, carefully thought about gifts that you know they'll enjoy - it doesn't matter how much they cost or if they're second hand or whatever.
Its just another example of how people have really got their priorities screwed these days.
2006-10-27 04:54:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every celebration is unique in one kind or another and Christmas is not an exception. As with celebrations, you always see some people commercialising them, but that shouldn't dampen the real spirit behind celebrating them.
Christians always mark this day by giving and sharing with the less fortunate. Surely, if you have children or any loved ones you wouldn't want to see them without gifts, would you? We will continue to have debts with or without Christmas celebrations, so do continue holding the giving and sharing theory as it is the main objective of this event.
2006-10-28 09:03:57 · answer #3 · answered by marizani 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG NO. If you have christmas in your heart and NOT in your wallet, it is a valuable time of year. Getting together with a home cooked dinner and watching the kids decorate cookies is sooooo much better than anything else these days. Keep it simple and from the heart and then your credit card won't get 'hurt'.
2006-10-27 10:35:11 · answer #4 · answered by GP 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wastes money as people buy things nobody wants
Waste time
Wastes relationships are people argue
Wastes integrity as parents tell kids about Santa
Wastes marriages as more divorces are in January after bills come in
Wastes belief systems as Christmas is really about nothing
Wastes health as more people move closer to obesity
Wastes ears as deafening bangs are let off
Wastes honesty as theft goes up just before and soon after
Wastes the environment as Waste is increased
Wastes Food as many do not really eat all that they cook
Wastes money as overtime is double the time for employers
Wastes sleep as kids wake up early to see what Santa has brought.
2006-10-27 03:14:17 · answer #5 · answered by Mai C 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A waste of time and money.
Juveniles resent the constraints imposed because of the presence of aged relatives; Aged relatives think up excuses to escape the annual Hell.
Normal activities are disrupted and many people die from over indulgence and stress.
Cancel Christmas and have another week of annual leave instead.
2006-10-27 03:01:41 · answer #6 · answered by Clive 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not at all. Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus. Almost nobody knows that because they concentrate the Christmas theme on Santa Claus and reindeers and gifts and shopping. But Christmas comes from the birth of CHRIST, so for christians, it's the biggest and greatest celebration in the year. It's like Hannukah for the jews.
2006-10-27 02:52:20 · answer #7 · answered by Adriana 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Christmas is about the birth of Jesus Christ -if you are not a christian you shouldn't celebrate it. It is as expensive as you want it to be. It is better to give than receive-if you have a relative who is expecting you to spend hundreds of pounds on them, then you should have a polite, calm word with them. Christmas is NOT about a fat man in a red suite.
2006-10-31 00:38:08 · answer #8 · answered by TRACEY B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A waste of time? What, are you counting wasted seconds and redeeming them someplace for food for starving kids in Africa?
Cmon. Life is for living. Think parties and quality family time and acting nice once in a while is a waste of time too?
Sheesh.
2006-10-27 10:18:40 · answer #9 · answered by martino 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Then don't do those silly things. I agree with the debt thing though..people think by buying alot of expensive gifts shows love. It's pretty sad. In my house it's about giving and being with family and good friends.
2006-10-27 03:53:12 · answer #10 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋