Thread for people who actually like Christmas

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Holidays are awesome. They [often] mean you aren't forced to go to work and/or school to be around a whole heap of people that you usually hate.

Christmas lights are so cheap to buy now so more and more houses have them.

I'm the only one in my complex that bothered to put any decorations outside (tinsel over my balcony railing and front shrub). Not even the neighbour put her usual wreath on her door.

I've got the dinner on.

Merry Christmas all!

My Christmas tree is drunk. Pictures to follow tomorrow.

This Christmas has been wonderful for me. My mantra this holiday is: "Know what you've got."

Once I have finished my Christmas shopping and decorating, I'm pretty good for the rest of the season.

I don't have a billion things to do like so many other people. Two words: Not Married. Two more words: No kids.

I don't have to do a lot of cooking since I always go to my parents for the holidays, and I know my parents enjoy having me over and appreciate the gifts I give them. And I appreciate them as well.

Today I said to my dad how the days are going by so fast, and then I added "Said no kid ever".
Yeah that's one thing I don't miss about Christmas as a kid: being ready to explode from having to wait for the start of vacation and trying to sleep on Christmas Eve.

Happy Holidays, everyone.

I like Christmas, but I don't like going to see my family (I have 16 family members)

I love Christmas! It's one of my favourite times of year and my favourite holiday after Halloween!

I'm scarcely even really a Christian but I appreciate holidays in general. I party half the month, read more, drink wine and see family (incl. close friends I mean). I'm quite clear on the downsides of materialism, I try to gift knowledge.

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There’s a reason why most people don’t see each other over the festivities, mainly because they can’t act any the wiser during the rest of the year and remain biased and unblessed even in fortunate tidings.

It’s widely known that people cringe of boredom and of all the cheap party food and beer, as well as the crap they put on telly, the only time that game becomes edible but.. you can still pull out all the stops and no one bats a cherry.

Apart from cashing out on gifts and stocking fillers, the attitude that you have to have a big family gathering and celebrate doesn’t attempt to cross anyone’s mind. Even with new additions.

I’m thinking twelve Christmases.

Gonna have to have a few pre Xmas drinks and conquer Crimbo madness....

I loved Christmas as a kid, I never believed in Santa but I loved the carols and the presents, decorating the house, essentially the general positive atmosphere. Plus I was raised as a devout Catholic, every time someone mentioned Santa my parents would scowl under their breath 'that's not the true meaning of Christmas...'

Although I am now atheist (my Catholic school was extreme to the point where it put me off), I still appreciate how everyone seems to magically be more positive and treat each other better around Christmas time. I am by far the most organised in my family in terms of buying presents, apparently I am something of an expert at getting presents that are actually relevant and will actually be used and appreciated by the recipient, my parents both ask me what they should get for my other parent.

Now that I am not a kid anymore, I admit that the countless Santas everywhere, the Christmas ads on TV and the overdone carols (being a musician, this is 10x worse for me, I have to actually play them a million times, so I can't just ignore them) do annoy me, and like most aspies I don't exactly look forward to the annual big family gathering, but I just go along with it and enjoy the time off from uni and work.