How do you really feel about christmas?

Answer 1

I find it Awesome and Magical, Warm and Cozy. Simply incredible.

Answer 2

I'm not Christian, but I celebrate Christmas anyway (secularly). Getting family and friends gifts once a year is a good way to increase the good will, which of course pays dividends (if you want to take a calculating Machiavellian approach to the holiday). Also, it can be fun to have good food and visit people I haven't seen in a while.

I agree with others that hypercommercialized aspect of Christmas is disturbing, though. It's really part of the herd mentality. Most people by and large let themselves be defined from the outside in. I suppose it removes from them the burden of holding an original thought.

Answer 3

I feel it's lost its true meaning. I feel that people have become extremely selfish and greedy. Kids these days get too many gifts and are ungrateful after they've received them. What happened to volunteering and giving? What happened to its better to give than to receive? I guess we can't blame our kids these days for being spoiled. Its even tough to blame the parents. The parents aren't allowed to spank or disipline in a way that was once effective. Parents that took this form of disipline way out of line has caused the rest of us to resort to bribing, rewards systems, and then strictly grounding. The government interferes too much to make everything "fair" for everyone. The only way to make things the same and "fair" is to become communistic. Christmas is another one of these incidents that is being corrupted through lack of tradition, government involvement (i.e. it's not christmas break.. it's winter break, can't have christmas gifts, they're holiday gifts, don't want to offend anyone in this country pssshhhh).
I truely love Christmas. I love to give. I donate items to local areas that need it such as headstart or goodwill. I love to decorate, christmas shop and give. I am always asked what I'd like for Christmas and my response is always for everyone to be happy and satisfied. That's what Christmas should be about. We need to continue traditions that have been handed down from generation to generation. What I don't like is seeing the crying 13 year old (yes a teenager throwing a tantrum in a wal-mart store) until they get their way. Yet, they act like this and expect to be respected as an adult and go around calling elders ho's, and whatever language they've picked up from MTV or classmates. Anyway... there's so much that effect how Christmas used to be. I have been attempting to upkeep a traditional Christmas. I will pass this down to my kids and so on and so forth. I hope this will rub off onto other people as well. Let's reteach our kids that "santa's checks his list twice". And for heaven's sake, let's get to church and celebrate the reason as to y we have a christmas to begin with (sorry if I offended all those that don't believe in christmas, but, the majority of this country is christian)

This is how I feel about Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

Answer 4

I think that Christmas begins too early and ends too soon.

If a day is so great -- which Christmas is -- that it deserves two months of prep time and TV specials and retail sales... Why are we so quick to pack everything up on the 26th and return to our normal lives?

Answer 5

I don't really enjoy it. It's an extended vacation which makes me feel very restless and anxious. Plus there's not much I can do since I'm busy attending to my family, so I end up just feeling angst the whole time. The stress of that has historically gotten me sick, which also creates negative associations.

Answer 6

I love Christmas. It's a very happy time of the year, even if it's very expensive!

Answer 7

I try to avoid the emotion; more people commit suicide at Christmas than any other time of the year
Peace out and happy hooya's to all.

Answer 8

Christmas sucks. pardon my français.

Answer 9

I’d hate to spoil you guys fun of the Christmas spirit but I am a Christmas Killjoy. I don’t celebrate it or believe in such a thing as a Christmas spirit. I am a Christmas Killjoy for legitimate reasons because I believe that Christmas is a complete sham of a holiday and it’s truly false!
First of all, where in the Bible does it mention the date of Christ’s birthday? It never was mentioned because it’s not true. If you can find where it states in your Bible that Christ’s birthday is on Dec. 25th, I’ll give you $100! People celebrate Christmas one time of the year and they act all good toward each other, complaining “Have some Christmas spirit, will you?” I also think that people misuse the word ‘spirit’ in this sense or in this time but that‘s another topic for a later date.
Second of all, admit it, it’s okay, do you absolutely love to go Christmas shopping for the latest must-have gizmo with the Christmas spirit in you? I mean, when this time of the year comes around, people put out of mind all of the important matters in this world including: family, community, or world peace, but that national sacrament of late-stage capitalism. Whether you do it online, or drag yourself to the mall amidst the sea of humanity scraping and fighting for the latest must-have gizmo, rest assured that your actions are vital to the national interest. In fact, the annual consumer bonanza unleashed in the last fiscal quarter is so central to defining life in the U.S., that the economy's strength in the beginning of the following year is literally tied to how much stuff we buy. So get out there and do your duty: Buy American. Be American. Shop 'till you drop, and remember, this is what it means to be a patriot.
As always, I am on the web when I came across this poem from one of my online friends: Christmas is a time for love and fun,
A time to reshape souls and roots and skies,
A time to give your heart to everyone
Freely, like a rich and lavish sun,
Like a burning star to those whose lonely sighs
Show need of such a time for love and fun.
For children first, whose pain is never done,
Whose bright white fire of anguish never dies,
It's time to give your heart to every one,
That not one angel fall, to hatred won
For lack of ears to listen to her cries,
Or arms to carry him towards love and fun,
Or friends to care what happens on the run
To adult life, where joy or sadness lies.
It's time to give your heart to everyone,
Good or twisted, ignorant or wise.
Christmas is a time for love and fun,
A time to give your heart to everyone.
Now, when I saw this poem I sent this e-mail to her: ”Why do we choose one day out of the year to do all of this, doesn't Christ want us to do this year round, why should we do these things when we are receiving gifts, doesn't that prove that people are kissing *** for presents?”
Can anyone of you guys answer these questions for me? I mean once a year at the end of the year, we choose to do all of the things this poem says. Christ did this year round and he expects us to do this year round, right? Why do we all, not only the kids, but adults do choose to be good when we’re getting something out of it.
As you may already know Christmas has been exploited and recognized merely as a celebration of Satan & his legions.
Let's begin by first acknowledging the fact that words and symbolism has always been a code of secret societies throughout ages.
For example, let's examine the word Santa CLAUS. The word clause by definition means the arrangements of words or phrases in a word in which has a significant value, in so saying the word claus at the end of Santa is not his last name (who ever heard of such nonsense last name anyway) yet it is in fact an instruction.
Let's examine that instruction: within the word Santa we find the secret significant value S.A.T.A.N.
Whom happen to be obese, capable of entering fire (hell), and giving earthly gifts for all whom worship (naughty or nice).
This would mean that Satan Claus was created to replace the messiah of all mankind said to be overseer and deliver promises of rewards in afterlife.

Answer 10

way too commercial.......telling kids there really is a santa is so bad......kids need to trust their parents above all....then the parents tell them that crock of.......how can they trust then??? the first big lie!!