Is the Christmas season (still) enjoyable to you...?

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[Twoony]

I love holidays in general, just for different reasons. Halloween and Christmas are tied for favorite because Halloween is one I spend with friends. Even if it isn't on Halloween itself, the month tends to be about us getting costumes, watching horror movies, maybe having a get together or two and, of course, all the spooky meme's. I don't always watch horror movies but once October starts it is horror every day. Carving pumpkins, obviously gotta do that, seeing how people decorate their homes for trick or treating and, of course, trick or treating itself! I still go lol so I love it!

Christmas is different though since, for me, it has to do with family. I actually don't really celebrate Thanksgiving with anyone other than my dad and brothers while Christmas is a huge get together as in aunt's, uncle's, cousins, long lost relatives appearing from the swamps of who knows where. It can be loads of fun. Rather than get everyone gifts for such events, we all just purchase a single present then play games and exchange them at the get together so no stress! Just lots of games, food and seeing people I haven't seen all year. I know not everyone loves spending time with their family but, in my case, my family is super loud, loves to play games and joke around so it tends to be a lot of fun. I've always got a lot of Christmas spirit! Not to mention the lights, ooooh man, I love just walking or driving around with people to see the lights! Ah, and my cats love the Christmas tree so that's a hoot lol

In short, I love the holidays. Each one is a little different but I can see why it may not be as fun for others. If I compared it to childhood, I'd say my excitement is the same. It's just in a different form, before I wanted presents, now I like seeing people open what I've made/bought for them. Before, I wanted to trick or treat, now I can skip all the walking and buy the candy myself XD

[vfinnigan]

Today is actually my Alive Day. Six years ago on this day I was involved in a major car crash that nobody, least of all myself, expected to survive, let alone survive relatively intact. (OK, so my sacral spine and pelvis are held together by metal rods, my knee and neck still hurt when a cold front or a storm approaches, and I have PTSD, but I expected I'd be hamburger helper, if not worm food.) So this date since then has been a hard one for me, and it was hard to manage my triggers - one of them being seeing Christmas stuff up before December 20. So you can guess that I was a mess.

Christmas carols on the radio before that date annoyed me, but stations taking Christmas carols off the air at maybe 5 pm Christmas Day flat out made me mad.

I'm doing much better now. It's kind of helped that I've just learned to ignore everyone who thinks the Christmas season starts before Halloween (zombies in the Nativity scene? Go get 'em, Baby Jesus!) and ends the second we've finished dinner, and observe the holiday in my own traditional way, starting the season on the 25th and celebrating into February. I think it's the best way to avoid feeling let down come December 26 too.

[GusC]

Christmas has only gotten better as I have gotten older. It is very difficult to be in a bad mood this time of year. I love my family, I love biting cold and snow, and I am both a hopeless romantic and a religious fellow. I am an easy mark for Christmas cheer. Palpably special time of year. So many opportunities to be gloriously sentimental. I could go on and on. If I felt more established as a creator and if I had an actual buffer, I would leap at the chance to have a Christmas related special.

[jurinova]

Christmas was nice when I could spend it with my family playing board games and having fun but now I'm spending Christmas alone for the first time and it just feels like another day. I'm working till the 22nd and then I'm just gonna work on my comic and school stuff until January.

I do miss the graveyard visit, though. Every year we bring candles to the graves of lost loved ones but now I'm living in a new city, so I can't do that this year. I'll just have to settle for a candle on the balcony this time, I guess.

[monotone_ink]

I just realised how close Christmas is god damn.

[OliviaMerteli]

Nope. I spend all December and half of November wishing we were already January.

[sushy00]

I don't really like all these winter months to be honest. I don't care about Christmas either. On tv it all seems about eating and partying and what not right now. I just want it to be not so cold. I get sad because of the cold wind, the dark days and not being able to grow many plants outside.

[HGohwell]

I always feel really bad for saying I'm mostly just here for the gift giving. Not in like a selfish materialist way people always take it is, but I like getting people gift and making them happy when I get something they totally didn't expect but they actually really wanted. It gives me fuzzies. But when it comes to the hype and the decorations and family gatherings and stuff, nope. I think I really sorta lost the joy of it when I was like 18. My youngest sibling was 11 so we weren't making a big deal out for him anymore, and that was the first year I was away and working for it. It was a really odd experience to have lots of us youngsters (everyone between 16-25) experiencing Christmas away for the first time. It was fun, but we were working full shifts every day up to it, so there wasn't much hype, and still had to work a half shift that day so we really had to make the most of what little Christmas we got on the day. The longer they seem to drag it out, the less special it seems. Christmas starts before even Halloween is over these days and I just get exhausted but it all. (That said my 2 favourite movies are Christmas moves, The Grinch and The Hogfather and I only get them at Christmas)(I don't think the amount of alcoholics in my family using the holidays as an excuse helps with the enjoyment either)

[Jenny-Toons]

It's still enjoyable for me. The holidays were always kinda low key in my family. Like, we went out, saw Santa Claus, had dinner, but that's kinda it.

Presents were opened, then people went to sleep. Then we get back up again to eat, and then sleep.

No drama cuz it was always close family that was chill -- no inviting distant relatives you haven't seen in 5 years and weren't gonna see in a while again

[eochoa92]

i'll try and get a picture with Santa tomorrow.
That's something that I just realized I've been missing this year.

[VibrantFox]

holidays are always really simple with my family so its easy to get cozy and enjoy the season. this year though has been pretty rough since summer time into fall so now that thngs are finally slowly falling back into place i feel like ive been to tired to care.

i admit ive tried finding a bit of holiday cheer and even went to my neighborhoods annual christmas event but its definitely a downgrade from other years so while im not super cheery im at least trying to feel content

[Penni]

I enjoy Christmas because it means I finally get to have some down time and I get to spoil the people I love a little bit

But I could do without the endless amount of Christmas songs