Society & Culture

How do you feel about Christmas? Love it? Hate it?

Society & Culture

Posted by: Rainbow

17th Nov 2011 04:22pm

Do you wish Christmas would come and go quickly or do you look forward to it with great enthusiasm? Do you believe Christmas has lost its meaning given all the materialistic connotations associated with it or does it still have a special place in your heart?


aedna
  • 23rd Dec 2014 12:12pm

Christmas just becomes overwhelming for me. There are so many lovely Santa Klaus films on at this time. But that is NOT Christmas. Christmas is about the birth of Jesus Christ. I feel Jesus has been pushed out of the equation. It's all become about spending money, A funny old fella in a red suit and a cotton wool beard. I try to be creative in buying presents but so often I get told what I bought was not acceptable. Even gift cards and a no-no! In fact last Christmas I upset my family without realising it and one person wouldn't speak to me for about a month afterwards. I just didn't realise I was the cause, thought it was because of his bad health!!! Families are strange but they are important to me. At this time of my life I decided to avoid negativity so chose not to join them this Christmas. Mostly at other times they are fine. All this Santa Klaus lark does strange things to people. I try to celebrate the birth of Jesus early November. Experts tell us that was a more correct time when He arrived on this planet.


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