Do you like christmas? Why / why not?

[L0nely]

Personally I hate christmas. I hate spending time with my family, I hate how fake every1 is and how religious my family is. Everything is about their beliefs, nothing can be fun or enjoyable. Makes me sick to my stomach just thinking about it.

 

[Darkover]

its meh

 

[f1lth]

i do like it, but honestly its everything leading up to it that i like. The day itself is okay, but the decorations, lights, the weather. I love all of that

 

[the_path_of_sorrows]

It's quite literally the darkest period of the year outside. The whole preparation for some sort of binging ceremony is sickening and that fake happiness that you've got to project doesn't make it any better.

 

[Forever Sleep]

No. I have bad memories surrounding Christmas. It tends to make me think about families and I've had issues with mine. I usually spend Christmas alone and prefer it that way. I try to forget about it as much as possible but that's hard when reminders start in August! That said, visually it's very pretty. I do love all the decorations and lights.

 

[todeswunsch]

I don't like it. I hate family gatherings. I don't like changes in my routine.
But what I hate the most is how ppl get to be so fake in christmas. Everyone love everyone, everyone think lifes beautiful, everyone is greatful for life. If you are not then you need to be in the so said "christmas spirit". God I hate that. So fake.
As a bonus I also hate gifts. Giving and receiving gifts. Argh.
I like the food tho, the food is nice.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

You should have added the "unsure" option. Well, when I was young I always liked Xmas. I even liked it when I was older although there spirit of the presents wasn't there anymore. But since my decline in life started a few years ago I don't like it anymore. It just reminds me of a year of further decline and agony and suffering I had to endure and the coming year has nothing positive what I could expect. So currently I don't like / I hate Xmas. Thx where I live we don't celebrate Xmas ... at least that makes it a little easier to deal with.

I think I could start liking this time of the year again if my life improved.

 

[deadtrace]

Honestly it's grown on me. Idk why, still have to spend time with family and everything which is terrible. But I do enjoy the food, and setting up decorations. If you'd asked me even a year ago id probably say no.

 

[Daxter_87]

I just don't care. Just another useless, painful day like any other.

 

[hermestrimegistus]

I don't like how materialistic and delusional it is. But it mostly makes me sad because it reminds me of what I'll never have: a healthy, happy family.

 

[Lost cherry]

Personally I hate christmas. I hate spending time with my family, I hate how fake every1 is and how religious my family is. Everything is about their beliefs, nothing can be fun or enjoyable. Makes me sick to my stomach just thinking about it.

I feel just like u

 

[gbi2]

I don't celebrate it. I'm not fussed that others do or anything, I don't moan about it coming up. I'm single and due to being socially awkward I am rubbish at buying gifts that people would like. I don't have any belief in a god either, so I decided it's best to just not bother anymore.

It was something I was bullied for in a previous job. Some people didn't like that I wasn't joining in putting decorations up or talking about what they were going todo, wearing hats and things so I was called a "bah humbug" and was not included in non-christmas things.

The thing is, the company was an Indian company and we had lots of Indian people working there too, who didn't celebrate Christmas. Apparently it was ok because they have a different celebration in their religion , but it wasn't acceptable for me to not celebrate it even though I said I wasn't religious.

Edit: I actually thought I'd show that I didn't hate christmas one year so sent my colleagues cards and they said why am I doing that if I don't celebrate christmas (in a manner that was trying to make me look like I had no integrity) and I said I don't but you do. The card is wishing you a good christmas. But they didn't understand that logic.

 

[L0nely]

You should have added the "unsure" option.

Done!

 

[GlassAlwaysEmpty]

I hate it. "It's the season to be jolly" like hell is it. I'll be spending my Christmas Day all alone, my plan is to sleep most of the day away.

 

[blacksand]

its becomes a bit like birthdays- a marker of a year that seems to come up every few months and a reminder I am getting older. Its impossible to describe to a young person just how fast time starts passing as an adult, Christmas is like a marker point on a race circuit that starts to flash past so often that its almost constantly visible.

 

[アホペンギン]

It's just another day for me.

 

[FuneralCry]

To me it's just the same as any other time of year. Christmas is nothing more than commercialised forced optimism.

 

[ThisUnrest]

No. My mom died before xmas during the pandemic. My late husband's bday is xmas, he died rather young unexpectedly. My closest aunt died right after xmas when I was a teenager. It has always felt extremely stressful and depressing to me, even moreso now.

 

[Eternal🌈Rainbow]

I did. I truly loved them. Until 2018 when my sister passed early on the year. From then on I couldn't enjoy Christmas anymore. And then, my Mum passed in 2021 too. In 2022 another mother figure abandoned me. After all that, I hate Christmas, and I'm scared of those weeks. For the pain they bring and make me feel.
I'm sorry for everyone who doesn't have their loved ones with them and these holidays make it very hard. All my love to you all for the upcoming weeks

 

[Leavesfromthevine]

I want to like Christmas. I love the idea behind it where you get to spend time with family and get to see all the pretty lights everywhere.

Unfortunately I don't have family so I just end up driving around with my teddy bear looking at the Christmas lights. At least I can see the pretty lights I guess