Does Christmas rock or suck? Languish: YOU DECIDE!

[Admiral Yi]

I love celebrating the birth of Christ.

Stay on topic! 

[Darth Wagtaros]

Easteer is a bigger religious holiday.  I like the songs, the weather, the general feeling. Then there is the darker side of watching people freak out at the mall over things they'd shrug off or barely notice any other time of year.  So long as I'm not invovled with it I find it funny.

[lustindarkness]

I love the chistmas season, fun stuff. I don't have to believe in it and I can ignore the gift giving part. I love the family deal, I like the kids toys and stuff. The fact that I enjoy winter adds to it.

[Admiral Yi]

I like Christmas carols and I like "the Christmas spirit," which is a good excuse to be positive and friendly.

Gift buying is a wash.

[KRonn]

I think that Christmas is great, a magical time for kids, for childhood and something to always remember, and it can be gratifying for adults too. But I think some parts are too much, too stressful such as the over emphasis on gift giving, for adults anyway. Great for getting gifts for kids but too much pressure to buy for too many people. Most of my family stopped a lot of the buying for adults, except spouses and a few others, maybe siblings.

[Ed Anger]

I tolerate it for the kids. But damn, I'm already tired of the toy commercials. Haven't seen anything as stupid as Doogie Doo yet, but I expect something to top it.

[Grey Fox]

I tolerate it for the kids. But damn, I'm already tired of the toy commercials. Haven't seen anything as stupid as Doogie Doo yet, but I expect something to top it.

Yeah, sure, whatever, mister I-put-tree-up-on-the-first-of-November.

[Ed Anger]

I tolerate it for the kids. But damn, I'm already tired of the toy commercials. Haven't seen anything as stupid as Doogie Doo yet, but I expect something to top it.

Yeah, sure, whatever, mister I-put-tree-up-on-the-first-of-November.

For the kids, plus it is a visible reminder to calm the fuck down. SANTA IS WATCHING

[Capetan Mihali]

I'm really pretty neutral on Christmas.  It doesn't depress me (anymore than anything else) like it does some people, but I don't have any real connection to it anymore as an adult with very attenuated connections to kids (only my cousins in Fort Worth are still children, and I hardly see them). 

I agree with Yi re: the Christmas spirit, but I've found it easier and easier to unintentionally avoid most Xmas related things to the point it doesn't really sink in until December 22 or so.

Giving gifts is occasionally very gratifying if I know I found something perfect, but often tedious, and getting gifts always entailed a lot of stress for me, even as a kid, making sure to seem properly appreciative of whatever I got.  This dollar-store alarm clock is amazing!  I really needed a new alarm clock.  Let me set it up right now!  Thank you so much, Uncle!

[CountDeMoney]

Depends on how much discretionary income I have at the time.  This year Xmas sucks Baby Jesus ass balls.

[Capetan Mihali]

I do really like other people really liking Christmas, though.    I briefly had a Japanese roommate who had a treasured collection of generic American Christmas lights that he wanted to start putting up on the first cool day of October.  It was heartwarming.

[KRonn]

But I'm really good at ignoring the stupid bits and just enjoying the fun. Most of the gifts that I give friends/family are homemade.

That would mean a hell of a lot more to me than just getting gift cards and shit.

It started because I had more ability than money. Now, it's because I enjoy making things that I know people appreciate more than something store-bought. This year, I'm thinking stockings with baked goodies and homemade cordials for the adults.

Now that's a good idea. I think as adults many of us feel some kind of obligation to go to stores, or buy online, just to get gifts. But when something different is done like this, something someone made, less commercial, it seems more like the spirit of the Holiday.   

[garbon]

Oh I am trying to convince my cousins that we should stop buying each other gifts. Most of them don't have much money that we don't really need to be passing around $5 dvds.

[Caliga]

@KRonn I agree, but for some reason nobody in my family will do that.

[fhdz]

I don't really care for it, but "hate" would be a strong word.

I do like me a good Christmas dinner, though. And I like my extended family, so hanging out with them is no burden.