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Posted on 11/22/25 at 9:47 am to kingbob
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Because it makes me sad.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 9:47 am to Bayou
I love Christmas for the joy it brings my grandchildren but the commercialism is over the top and spoils the softer side of the holiday. When home Depot Lowe's etc put out Christmas stuff before Halloween it's over the top. And the stupid Lexus for Christmas commercials irritate the shite out of me for some reason.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 10:06 am to Bayou
I love the celebration of the birth of our Saviour. I dislike the forced everything, which I have always resisted. Family who doesn't really like one another, pointless gifts, etc.
My Mom's last Christmas was 2024 - She got me, my husband and my Dad these ridiculous radio controlled objects (not cars). She was dying of cancer, and I believe she enjoyed watching us race them around, even though she bought all the same frequencies, so it was chaos.
My father, his brother, adopted sister, my husband and his parent's are my only family left.
I spent a Christmas alone. Mom didn't even call. I am beginning to warm up to the "Season", but I have both good and bad memories.
Decorations, as sparse as they are, will never go up before Thanksgiving.
My Mom's last Christmas was 2024 - She got me, my husband and my Dad these ridiculous radio controlled objects (not cars). She was dying of cancer, and I believe she enjoyed watching us race them around, even though she bought all the same frequencies, so it was chaos.
My father, his brother, adopted sister, my husband and his parent's are my only family left.
I spent a Christmas alone. Mom didn't even call. I am beginning to warm up to the "Season", but I have both good and bad memories.
Decorations, as sparse as they are, will never go up before Thanksgiving.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 10:08 am to Bayou
I can see why people that are not Christian or only culturally so would get tired of the season. It is so empty and commercial without the faith component. Christmas with a stable family with kids can be heartwarming without faith.
This advent and Christmas devotional of writings by St. Alphonsus is so deep and meaningful. I highly recommend it for everyone.
The Road to Bethlehem
This advent and Christmas devotional of writings by St. Alphonsus is so deep and meaningful. I highly recommend it for everyone.
The Road to Bethlehem
Posted on 11/22/25 at 10:15 am to Bayou
It's a ridiculously fabricated bunch of non-sense. Buying & storing all sorts of crap. Bringing all the BS out of storage, spending hours setting it up...reversing it all however many weeks later.
Everybody else's house is decorated. That's enough for me. No need for it at home. And, more practically, we don't have the storage space for any more crap and certainly can find better uses for the $$.
We will celebrate the true intent at church.
Everybody else's house is decorated. That's enough for me. No need for it at home. And, more practically, we don't have the storage space for any more crap and certainly can find better uses for the $$.
We will celebrate the true intent at church.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 10:22 am to Bayou
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There are those that really are not into Christmas. If you're not in to it what's your reason?
We still love it, but I could see that changing whenever our parents are gone. We don’t have kids, so it’s not like we’ll be watching grandkids open gifts and stuff. May end up using the time off for trips and stuff in the future. But we’ll always still decorate, try to find a mass, etc.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 10:29 am to Bayou
Bah! Humbug!
I do Christmas only the week of. Relatively simple and useful gifts. It's not about retail consumerism. Enjoying a day with family.
I do Christmas only the week of. Relatively simple and useful gifts. It's not about retail consumerism. Enjoying a day with family.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 10:31 am to Bayou
Christmas used to be my favorite holiday. I was really into the spirit of things with decorations, music, gifts, etc. It no longer has an appeal for me. I've gotten older, I guess. The kids are grown, I have two grandsons but only see one very often and he's now at the age Santa isn't a big deal. The other is a military brat currently in Spain. Dad is gone, Mom in memory care with dementia. I have siblings and nephews and nieces but everyone is spread out and they have their own families with kids and grands.
My wife is still into it but if I had my way, we wouldn't even put up a tree. It's just more trouble than it's worth now. I do enjoy seeing other people decorate and enjoy the season but I can take it or leave it.
My wife is still into it but if I had my way, we wouldn't even put up a tree. It's just more trouble than it's worth now. I do enjoy seeing other people decorate and enjoy the season but I can take it or leave it.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 10:56 am to Bayou
The $20 collapsible tree is all I put up. Hauling bin after bin after bin of Christmas shite out of the garage attic, then putting it all back went a long way to reinforce my minimalist style. Same thing for Hannukah, whip out the menorah, and that's about it.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 11:07 am to stonedbegonias
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The older I get the more stressful it gets for some reason,
Because you are realizing it’s not about getting gifts but the people around you haven’t come to that conclusion.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 11:08 am to Breesus
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Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Christ
Don't you celebrate everyone you know's birthday on their birthday?
Posted on 11/22/25 at 11:10 am to Dawgfanman
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I haven’t been in the mood much for it since 2009 when my Mom died 10 days before Christmas. She was divorced and I had two young kids at home. When I went to her home after she passed I found 1 kids presents laid out and realized she hadn’t done the shopping yet for the other. She had decorated too. She loved Christmas. Having to pack up her decorations, finish her shopping for my youngest, bury her, celebrate for the kids, etc. It broke something deep inside me.
Sorry for your loss
Posted on 11/22/25 at 11:14 am to Bayou
quote:A gentleman would never ask and a lady would never respond.
Why don't you do Christmas?
Posted on 11/22/25 at 11:35 am to Bayou
Bc frick Christmas, that’s why
Posted on 11/22/25 at 11:54 am to Bayou
You really looking for honesty??
Too many happy memories. Kids moved out to another state, routine felicitations are hollow, shite is still shite and tv is nothing BUT shite. Food is just shite to eat to keep the body alive and ruminate on how shitty everything is. Holidays are nothing but money-stealing cash grabs that guilt you into giving people shite free to them but costly otherwise. Cancer has become a whack-a-mole thing that is shite to live with in between MRI and PET scans what with the wondering if anything shitty will be there the next time.
But I can smile, laugh and pretend with the best of them and nobody will know any different.
Too many happy memories. Kids moved out to another state, routine felicitations are hollow, shite is still shite and tv is nothing BUT shite. Food is just shite to eat to keep the body alive and ruminate on how shitty everything is. Holidays are nothing but money-stealing cash grabs that guilt you into giving people shite free to them but costly otherwise. Cancer has become a whack-a-mole thing that is shite to live with in between MRI and PET scans what with the wondering if anything shitty will be there the next time.
But I can smile, laugh and pretend with the best of them and nobody will know any different.
This post was edited on 11/22/25 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 11/22/25 at 5:52 pm to 777Tiger
I don’t lack for self confidence. I’m just lonely and don’t really like spending time with my family very much. I don’t have a wife or kids either.
When I try to embrace the family aspects of Christmas, I quickly get reminded that I really don’t enjoy spending time with my parents and siblings very much nor am I still close with my cousins. Everyone is either retired or married with small kids, so I feel like I am in a completely different phase of life than everyone else when I already had little to nothing in common with them anyways.
When I try to do the homey stuff, I feel like I am throwing a house party that no one showed up to after getting frustrated with lights that won’t work or cooking a bunch of food I can’t afford. It just seems like a waste of effort and energy.
When I try to lean on the religious aspects, I sit in a church pew alone feeling isolated and disconnected, like a spectator more than a member of the congregation. No one talks to me, and when I sign up to lists to volunteer, no one ever invites me.
It’s usually best to just skip it so as not to be reminded of everything I lost and what I seem incapable of making for myself.
When I try to embrace the family aspects of Christmas, I quickly get reminded that I really don’t enjoy spending time with my parents and siblings very much nor am I still close with my cousins. Everyone is either retired or married with small kids, so I feel like I am in a completely different phase of life than everyone else when I already had little to nothing in common with them anyways.
When I try to do the homey stuff, I feel like I am throwing a house party that no one showed up to after getting frustrated with lights that won’t work or cooking a bunch of food I can’t afford. It just seems like a waste of effort and energy.
When I try to lean on the religious aspects, I sit in a church pew alone feeling isolated and disconnected, like a spectator more than a member of the congregation. No one talks to me, and when I sign up to lists to volunteer, no one ever invites me.
It’s usually best to just skip it so as not to be reminded of everything I lost and what I seem incapable of making for myself.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 6:02 pm to shutterspeed
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I'll tell you why. The worst thing that ever happened to me was on Christmas. Oh, God. It was so horrible. It was Christmas Eve. I was 9 years old. Me and Mom were decorating the tree, waiting for Dad to come home from work. A couple hours went by. Dad wasn't home. So Mom called the office. No answer. Christmas Day came and went, and still nothing. So the police began a search. Four or five days went by. Neither one of us could eat or sleep. Everything was falling apart. It was snowing outside. The house was freezing, so I went to try to light up the fire. That's when I noticed the smell. The firemen came and broke through the chimney top. And me and Mom were expecting them to pull out a dead cat or a bird. And instead they pulled out my father. He was dressed in a Santa Claus suit. He'd been climbing down the chimney... his arms loaded with presents. He was gonna surprise us. He slipped and broke his neck. He died instantly. And that's how I found out there was no Santa Claus.
Such a crazy story in a classic crazy movie.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 6:05 pm to Bayou
Many don’t like Christmas because someone close to them has died. It reminds them of those people and makes them sad. SAD is another reason.
This post was edited on 11/22/25 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:06 pm to shutterspeed
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I'll tell you why.
The worst thing that ever happened to me was on Christmas. Oh, God. It was so horrible. It was Christmas Eve. I was 9 years old. Me and Mom were decorating the tree, waiting for Dad to come home from work. A couple hours went by. Dad wasn't home. So Mom called the office. No answer. Christmas Day came and went, and still nothing. So the police began a search. Four or five days went by. Neither one of us could eat or sleep. Everything was falling apart. It was snowing outside. The house was freezing, so I went to try to light up the fire. That's when I noticed the smell. The firemen came and broke through the chimney top. And me and Mom were expecting them to pull out a dead cat or a bird. And instead they pulled out my father. He was dressed in a Santa Claus suit. He'd been climbing down the chimney... his arms loaded with presents. He was gonna surprise us. He slipped and broke his neck. He died instantly. And that's how I found out there was no Santa Claus.
Dang man, I can't imagine! So sorry. Only thing that could get me through that is a strong faith in God. Hope you are doing OK these days.
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