is christmas getting boring?

Answer 1

Its not boring as such, but as the first poter said, it is getting very commercialized. I guess its what you make it, with your friends and family although sometimes I fear with the way society is going, it may turn into a normal day with hardly anyone having the option of being off! I hope that this isnt the case, its really the one day when we can stop and think and appreciate what and who we have in our lives.

Answer 2

If you're in your late teens or early twenties Christmas could be the most boring it will ever be - you are too old to believe in Santa Clause, you may have outgrown the excitement of getting the latest gadget, and you may not yet have your own children.

If that above describes you, I can tell you that it is amazing how Santa Claus honestly does because very real once you have a family of your own. Even when they're grown, as a parent you know you have to create some "magic" for them, so Christmas doesn't return to the boring it was when we were in our twenties.

From what I've heard (I'm not there yet), once families have a few years of "grown-up" magic and once grandchildren start to come into the picture, it brings yet another type of "magic".

Regardless of your age, some things you can do to make Christmas feel like Christmas are:

1. No matter who you live with (if anyone), make sure decorate and make some "atmosphere" in your own environment. Choose decorations that will add to a "magical" mood, rather than, say, a big inflatable Grinch. (The lights, the greens with berries, and the Christmas flowers tend to make a more magical atmosphere than plastic candy canes, Mickey Mouse Santa's, and no tree.)
People get sick of hearing it in the stores, but if you play old fashioned Christmas carols it can add to the mood. You don't have to be religious to get some mood from the music.

2. Do a few things to help make a Christmas for others. Help local people put together gift bags for a hospital or shelter, pack up a bag of toys you put together yourself and call local agencies (like DCF) to see if they have children who need them, take one niece or nephew (just you and the child) to a Christmas production or for ice skating and lunch after.

3. Socialize even if only in a small way: Go to lunch with a friend and exchange small gifts. Go visit another friend and bring a Christmas dish with cookies on it.

4. Even if you hate baking, pick up a few of the Pillsbury Quick Breads and some disposable loaf pans and Crisco and mix up some cranberry bread, pumpkin bread, nut bread, etc. Either wrap them with a ribbon and give them to people (not as a gift, just as a nice thing) or else cut them into small pieces, wrap them individually, and set out for whoever is around to take a couple.

Go to one or more of the following places: Town/city commons where there are nice Christmas lights everywhere (and walk around), a downtown shopping area where you can be around the "city sidewalks" rather than being under a mall roof. Take a walk around your own neighborhood just to look at the lights on a nice, quiet, night.

Finally, you have to be ok with the idea that some years (or stretches of a few years) have Christmases that aren't quite what they once were or what you think they should be. Do your best to create a few fleeting moments when you get a little bit of Christmas feeling going and accept that you may not be able to feel as "magical" for as much of the holiday time as you'd like right now. Try, though, to particularly appreciate the people in your life, particularly your parents; because one day you'll probably find you need to once again redefine Christmas and figure out new things to do when they aren't here.

Most people would trade all the "Christmas feeling/magic" they can find in the world for a non-Christmas-y feeling Christmas when their parents were still here. (Oh - to have a boring Monday or Wednesday afternoon dinner with a mother or a father one more time....)

If Christmas feels boring to you you will either have to wait until you move into a new phase of your life or else figure out a few things to do to make it less boring (or both if you'd like to find some joy while you're waiting for you life-phase to change).

Answer 3

Christmas for me will always have that magical spark to it (the same spark when I was 6). The Christmas spirit is there, you just have to SEE IT.

People's mind are becoming clouded with commercialism, materialism, greed,,etc. Just dont forget the important things in life that matter..loved ones, health, being grateful. Christmas has the power that brings family together and unites loved ones.

Christmas will ALWAYS be magical to me.

Happy New Year All. :)

Answer 4

I read the answerer's people posted and my only gripe is the one about Santa sucking----that shows me that person is absolutely ignorant and does not even deserve a PC- let alone to post such things on it--the first thing Christmas morning is to say Happy birthday Jesus-and thank you for the blessings we have--then watch the children and grand kids open presents--life is what you make of it--you have a choice--you can choose to be happy or to be sad-to have fun or not--choose what is best for you and others

Answer 5

It is less boring for me now than before! I devoted about 5 weeks to the buildup this year... and loved every minute of it.
I don't let the commercialism bother. I buy what I can afford and thrive on the good feelings, sights, and sounds!

--That Cheeky Lad

Answer 6

no christmas will never be boring for me, i love it, its exciting, although im feeling a bit down now its all over, it doesnt last very long, and then bang its gone, back to normal boring!

Answer 7

At times yes

Answer 8

The commercialization of christmas has totally ruined it for many of us, myself included...the best part is the time off work!

Answer 9

The older you get the worse it gets and the fact that supermarkets star selling xmas stuff in August doesn't help

Answer 10

Only to you, it has already been celebrated successfully for hundreds of years and the youngest among us enjoy it more than others. It will always remain popular for as long as we keep reproducing! :)