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9th-Dec-2009 11:04 am
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I always feel awkward asking people for things but at Christmas I suddenly feel totally okay with it. Somehow this seems like a perversion of the intent xD
And thus, it is great.
/obnoxious high schooler
Christmas is about being forced to listen to 37 renditions of Frosty the Snowman and Silent Night while waiting in line to buy your deodorant.
Christmas is about having to deal with the nastiest, meanest, most disgusting dregs of humanity who only emerge from their caves once per year for this special holiday. While waiting in line for an hour to buy your deodorant. And being forced to listen to 37 renditions of Frosty the Snowman and Silent Night.
Christmas is about being frowned upon for not expressing your love for friends and family because you did not buy a bunch of useless s*** for them.
Christmas is about finding space to put all that useless s*** that people insist upon buying for you. You poor, deceived, selfish Heathen you.
Christmas is about shops putting up politically correct "Happy Holidays" signs, while their employees gleefully declare, "Jesus is the reason for the season."
Christmas is about killing trees to celebrate life.
Christmas is about observing a Christian holiday by means of Pagan traditions.
Christmas is about getting time off work. Okay, i'm sold. ♥
Edited at 2009-12-10 12:23 am (UTC)
ETA: I also love the Christmas decorations. I have no clue why, but when I was younger, people would always give me Christmas decorations--maybe because my birthday is in December. We have two nativity scenes, but some of the pieces have been broken, so I think we set it up with Darth Vader standing in as Joseph or something like that. But I'm sentimental about the ornaments. Almost all of them were either gifts that remind me of the giver or ornaments my kids made or that someone made for us (hand-crocheted lace snowflakes!) or some other special ornament. Every year I let my kids pick out one special ornament for the tree, so those ones have significance as well.
I don't know. I think it's fun, especially as I get older and the stress of it all is much less than it was when I was younger. OTOH, I loved it when my kids were little and we could make a magical Christmas for them, usually for not much money.
Edited at 2009-12-10 10:24 am (UTC)