Bah HUMBUG!!!!!!!!! Thank God Christmas is over.

Never ever, I will love Christmas until I die….I love Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, New Year's Eve (even though me and the hubs will be alone this year)….
It will be OK.....Some wine and I cook the lentil Legume … Carrots and onions...make it a wonderful bowl of lentil soup...
This will be the first New Year's Eve alone.....Hubby might ask the neighbor....He lives alone....
 

This is normally my favorite time of year but I AGREE...SO GLAD Thanksgiving and Christmas has come and gone. Been a bit rough.

Not doing much but I am looking forward to New Years. At 12am New Years, no matter what I am doing, I start praying. And then I toss with Champagne. I also clean my house New Years eve night....no dirty dishes in the sink, vacuum, clean bathrooms, etc.
 
I rather enjoy the holidays, but in a very low key way. Talk with my parents (mid 90s) and my son on the phone, etc. Minimal presents exchanged with my lovely SO. It's all good.

Had to make an early morning trip to Walmart. The "seasonal" isle was mostly emptied and the crew was busy putting in Valentines Day items.
 
Tommy said:
I guess I'm fortunate. Nobody forces me to watch any vapid Christmas movies (although we do have DVDs of a couple of classics that we watch every year solely because we enjoy them). I'm not annoyed by the commercial advertising because, frankly, I don't pay any attention to it. And no one has regaled me with tales of Rudolph for many, many decades. I do enjoy seeing the nice decorations and lights when I'm out driving.

I had to make a 2000 mile road trip the week before Christmas and actually had difficulty finding much seasonal music on the radio the entire way from New Hampshire to western Michigan and back.

The way I look at it, one can celebrate Christmas as:
- a grateful remembrance of the birth of the Son of God and the wonderful gift of salvation;
- a time for coming together with family and friends - even if by phone -to reconnect and appreciate anew those warm relationships;
- a time for sharing and giving and showing an extra bit of kindness to those with whom we routinely interact - and maybe some we don't even know;
- a mad festival of rushing around and shopping and entertaining and partying (not my thing, but there are actually people who enjoy it!).

If none of the above float your boat, then what's the problem? Just go about your normal activities. If there's an issue, I guess I just don't get it.
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Why do you have to go around making perfect sense, Tommy? ;) 🎄 🤗
 
I, too, am glad Christmas is over. The over commercialism makes it almost intolerable and tends to make us forget who should be the center of the holiday--Jesus.

We had the family over for Christmas Eve and had to tolerate the poor behavior of mother, brother, son and spoiled grand kids. Holidays are hard and stressful for many people.

I envy those of you who have loving family members that can gather together and enjoy the season.
 
RadishRose said:
I am as well. Not Christmas in itself, but the looong, drawn out repetitious crap that goes on and on starting in October!
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The Christmas stuff was out in the shops , the day after Father’s Day here in Australia
that was the first Sunday of September ....now we have Easter buns in the shop ( already ) along with back to school supplies ( School is not back till late January )
 
I had a good time with my family here, but I'm glad it's over. To us it has nothing to do with Jesus or god - Christianity simply hijacked the Yuletide season. It's the hype, the commercialism, the pressure to spend on things that will end up in a charity shop, and the endless repeats off films on TV. And I'm glad that the turkey is finished!
 
Christmas is what you make it. I prefer low key. I don't watch the movies, etc on tv. I listen to my Elvis Christmas cd. We eat the same food and love the chocolate covered cherries. . I did not go to any store beside Krogers so I avoided the music, people and decorations. I put out a nativity set that was hand made for me 30 years ago by a dear friend. Sent a few cards to friends I don't see much during the year. Enjoyed a few calls with them also. The kids, grands and I enjoyed the time we spent together. I also went to midnight Mass with a friend. That is always very meaningful to me.
 
Capt Lightning said:
I had a good time with my family here, but I'm glad it's over. To us it has nothing to do with Jesus or god - Christianity simply hijacked the Yuletide season. It's the hype, the commercialism, the pressure to spend on things that will end up in a charity shop, and the endless repeats off films on TV. And I'm glad that the turkey is finished!
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Every year everyone says that in (Bold) .. I personally don't buy turkey because I dislike it, but it always makes me wonder why others do when every year they repeat the same mantra about having to use the turkey up for days and being fed up with it ... why not buy something different for Chritmas dinner.? ( general question Capt, not a personal Criticism ) :unsure:
 
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rgp said:
I agree. From what i hear & read it is already severely on the decline in popularity.

Works for me !
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Maybe some parts of it, but not spending. Online spending set a new worldwide record as did retail this season.
 
hollydolly said:
Every years everyone says that in (Bold) .. I personally don't buy turkey because I dislike it, but it always makes me wonder why others do when every year they repeat the same mantra about having to use the turkey up for days and being fed up with it ... why not buy something different for Chritmas dinner.? ( general question Capt, not a personal Criticism ) :unsure:
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We have turkey and a ham.

Even though I suffer through seasonal depression, I still enjoy the religious aspects of Christmas. Our church looks so nice when the sanctuary has been decorated. Christmas Eve service is still the best service of the year.
 
Oh yes, I'm mighty glad that the darn thing is over too. I am lucky because I don't have brain-washing cable TV & I never plan Christmas music until December 1. The last Christmas CD I played was on December 25. We don't put up a tree anymore so that is nice. I work hard not to go to stores & the wife & I buy each other only 1 gift & it's pretty simple. If people want to be puppets of international corporations & stores that get all their junk from China, I guess that it's a free country. For me, I got off the consumer tread-mill many years ago. Got so tired of the Christmas buy, buy, buy being screamed in my face. So glad that my credit card has not been used & the money is still in the bank. I do enjoy the family get together, the lights most folks put outside their homes but the whole thing of "shop until you drop" makes me sick. Life is short & there has to be something better than that.
 
oldman said:
Maybe some parts of it, but not spending. Online spending set a new worldwide record as did retail this season.
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Yes, that may be sadly so but studies show that most things bought at Christmas time end up in landfills. That is a problem because we are running out of space for these landfills. We are sending our junk to Asia but they are fed up too & some countries are sending our junk back to us. Go figure!
 
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Yes, that may be sadly so but studies show that most things bought at Christmas time end up in landfills. That is a problem because we are running out of space for these landfills. We are sending our junk to Asia but they are fed up too & some countries are sending our junk back to us. Go figure!
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Not where I live. 100% of our garbage pickup goes into our County's incinerator. There is still a landfill operated in our County that is owned by Waste Management, but no more waste goes into it.

We also recycle in different pickup tubs.
 
I enjoy Christmas: the lights, music, I can buy a whole turkey (usually 2 so I can eat one in Feb), most people seem happier, kids are excited, churches have Christmas service (choirs) although I don't go as it would be by myself unless we have gone to visit my husband's family, a time for family to get together. Am I glad it is over? I don't know. We don't do anything at New Year's. I try to concentrate on the good things about it.
 
we are a funny lot --all the excitement then we cant wait to get bck to normality '
and most wish for snow -then we wish it would go away lol, then its party time happy new year we all say and smile to strangers

then we cant wait to take down all the dec's so we can get bck to normal yet again hahaha -why do we wish our lives away ?
 
We enjoy gumbo from Abes Cajun Café here in Houston. We do the turkey thing at Thanksgiving. Even then we buy a small one that is already cooked. We get some sides from Lubys and two of their pies. Everybody has to work Christmas Eve and part of Christmas day so there is not a lot of time to cook. Before my stroke I did it all and was exhausted but I loved doing it. We get enough gumbo to freeze a few containers.
 
I think you have to separate the religious and family aspects of Xmas from the gift giving frenzy. The selling of Xmas gift giving doesn't start after Thanksgiving ( late November to non USers), it starts in July. The TV sellers begin hawking goods with " Xmas in July". Then TV networks start promoting their Xmas 24/7 agendas in Sept., but start showing those dreadful, schmaltzy, overly emotional , and really cheap Xmas flicks, on the weekends. All of this is to implant in buyers minds, the need to buy presents for everyone on the planet, and if possible, in other solar sytems. It is a strictly profit and loss aim, and any moralistic or religious intention is totally coincidental. I just get tired of the constant call to run out, and buy a something- any thing . which makes "great gift".
 

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