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Call me a witch and burn me if you must but I don't mind the religious stuff of Christmas.
Do I think it literally happened? Hell No!
But I do find the whole nativity story and accompanying traditions culturally rich and far superior in quality, value and meaning than all the mass consumerism B.S. we get saturated with around this time of year.
When I have a choice between a virgin having a baby god and putting it in a manger under a new magic star on a silent night or black Friday mobs, maxed-out credit cards, piles of plastic Chinese $#!* from Santa Clause TM and neverending commericals with those damn canned sleigh bell background music, bring out the frankincense, read a chapter from Luke and throw a yule log on the fire!
Christmas is still about Santa Claus and presents for all kids and a large percentage of adults. You have to admit there is an awful lot of beautiful music surrounding Christmas.
Or you could just be a Scrooge and not give a crap.
In my perfect world, there would be no Christmas season at all. Go from Thanksgiving to New Year for 'holidays'. No decorations, no music, no mad consumerism.
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Most Christmas traditions have Pagan roots anyways (evergreens, etc)....I love Christmas, and to me it's about family, friends, and celebrating being together. I think holidays are fascinating in general, and how certain customs and traditions came to be.
I used to love Christmas - and then I became an adult.
So much for that.
My mother and I were discussing just the other day how we both miss the excitement and magic Christmas holds for children. Wouldn't it be nice to recapture that feeling?
Alas, age does something to the mind, makes it so hard to really feel excited about anything, especially not in the way Christmas made children feel.
Now, with a dwindling family that doesn't lift a finger for Christmas anymore (we don't even put up a tree), with no up-and-coming children to "wow" with Christmas magic, and just about everyone living on fixed incomes, I could do without Christmas.
I would miss it whether it stayed or went extinct tomorrow - but at least without it, I wouldn't have to feel like the person alone in a bar on Christmas eve drinking watered-down beer and wondering where it all went so wrong.
Call me a witch and burn me if you must but I don't mind the religious stuff of Christmas.
Do I think it literally happened? Hell No!
But I do find the whole nativity story and accompanying traditions culturally rich and far superior in quality, value and meaning than all the mass consumerism B.S. we get saturated with around this time of year.
When I have a choice between a virgin having a baby god and putting it in a manger under a new magic star on a silent night or black Friday mobs, maxed-out credit cards, piles of plastic Chinese $#!* from Santa Clause TM and neverending commericals with those damn canned sleigh bell background music, bring out the frankincense, read a chapter from Luke and throw a yule log on the fire!
You don't have to believe to enjoy it.
rant over
I can appreciate that. while I know it's bunkum, I can see the charm of a a sliced -off shack with the doddering old Joseph who can't do it so God must've and the teenaged Mary (he'd be on trial today) with the the snow on the roof and the collection of farm animals, the tinsel star over the top and the little musical box with the angels going round tinkle tinkle tinkle.
I used to love Christmas - and then I became an adult.
So much for that.
My mother and I were discussing just the other day how we both miss the excitement and magic Christmas holds for children. Wouldn't it be nice to recapture that feeling?
Alas, age does something to the mind, makes it so hard to really feel excited about anything, especially not in the way Christmas made children feel.
Now, with a dwindling family that doesn't lift a finger for Christmas anymore (we don't even put up a tree), with no up-and-coming children to "wow" with Christmas magic, and just about everyone living on fixed incomes, I could do without Christmas.
I would miss it whether it stayed or went extinct tomorrow - but at least without it, I wouldn't have to feel like the person alone in a bar on Christmas eve drinking watered-down beer and wondering where it all went so wrong.
Going to a bar that serves watered-down beer was a step in that wrong direction.
I can appreciate that. while I know it's bunkum, I can see the charm of a a sliced -off shack with the doddering old Joseph who can't do it so God must've and the teenaged Mary (he'd be on trial today) with the the snow on the roof and the collection of farm animals, the tinsel star over the top and the little musical box with the angels going round tinkle tinkle tinkle.
Try taking it all in with a bottle of good vodka, write down what happens. If you do, my great, great, great grandkids will celebrating Arequipamas.
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Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801
Going to a bar that serves watered-down beer was a step in that wrong direction.
yep. Crappy alcohol doth not a merry Christmas make.
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and the collection of farm animals, the tinsel star over the top and the little musical box with the angels going round tinkle tinkle tinkle.
