Do You Celebrate Christmas?

[Ryantology]

I love Christmas, and that's okay. They stole the holiday and associated traditions from so-called pagans. You don't have the right to bitch about someone else stealing your stolen property.

[Psykhronic]

I celebrate it, yeah, because the winter solstice is awesome and because booze, food, pot, gifts, and my family are all awesome.

[NoraBrimstone]

I kinda do. I'd rather not, but it's a family thing. I usually do lunch for my sister and grandfather, which is always crap because we all kinda hate Christmas and only do it because of tradition and shit. In the evening my sister and I go to our Godfather's, then we either go to our Godmother's and stay over, or we go home and go to our Godmother's on Boxing Day.

As for presents, I've become more of a voucher giver for adults. I hate receiving shit I don't really want, and feel bad giving or throwing away, and I hate that if I do buy someone a gift, that's how they will feel too. Christmas presents should be a kids only kind of thing.

I hate how early in the year Christmas starts now, too. Selfridges have had their Christmas Shop open for a fucking month already, yesterday I saw a Christmas themed commercial on TV, and today I heard a customer say to one of my colleagues "I hope you have a lovely Christmas!" No other religion could get away with taking over the country for a third of the year every fucking year, and Christianity should be no fucking exception.

[frankiej]

I don't celebrate it. My family does though.

Here at the Church of the Yogage, Christmas is a sin. Fistmas is the one true holiday.

[Faith No More]

I love Christmas, and that's okay. They stole the holiday and associated traditions from so-called pagans. You don't have the right to bitch about someone else stealing your stolen property.

Yeah, I was going to say that if Christians can hijack the holdiay from the pagans, who's to say that secular society can't hijack it in turn.

Besides, I get way too much awesome shit to quit celebrating Christmas. I've got my eye on these headphones for this year.

[Silver]

I've got my eye on these headphones for this year.

Do not allow Violet to see them. She will want to eat them.

[Something completely different]

I celebrated it for the first time last winter since 2 years.

Before that I simply had no one to celebrate with for 2 years. Sounds maybe a bit exadurated to some, but being alone at christmas can be very depressing. So yes I like to celebrate it.

[Cyberman]

Doesn't sound exaggerated to me. This year will be my fourth xmas without someone to celebrate with. Yes there's my family, but I haven't felt included since my last real xmas in 2009.

[Silver]

I understand that there is a basic human need for socialization, in real life, but I have always been perfectly fine without anyone around me at any time of the year.

[Cyberman]

For my part, it's more a need for companionship than socialisation. One thing absolutely guaranteed to kill xmas for me is all the happy couples. That's the point I have to make my excuses and leave, as they say in Fleet Street.