Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I don't celebrate it and I do get sick of Christmas by the time December 25th actually arrives, but it's because of "Christmas creep" and the balls-out consumption orgy that accompanies it. I find it somewhat sickening and pathetic.
I don't hate the concept of Christmas as a Christian celebration as the birth of their savior, though. No issue there.
I am frequently told "Merry Christmas" in December. I'm Jewish, but it's not like I have it tattooed on my forehead or anything. And since we have freedom of religion in this country (for now), I don't have to wear a yellow star on my shirt. So people have no idea I'm Jewish when they say it to me. I don't get offended.
It doesn't take much to offend the delicate and limp wristed here. Back in the day hides were tough and this sort of thing folks didn't let bother them.
December belongs to Christmas entirely. Just because the actual day is on the 25th does not mean you should only decorate for that particular day.
Um...no. December belongs to many other days. The first one that comes to mind is Pearl Harbor. Enjoy Christmas, decorate to your hearts content. Stores? Fine, it's Christmas! Saying the whole month of December belongs to Christmas, naive
In the movies people always buy and decorate their trees on Christmas Eve.
That was my parents' custom when I was a little kid. Santa decorated the tree on Christmas Eve. It comes from the German tradition. It also seems to be more customary in the midwest to trim the tree later rather than sooner, maybe b/c there are a lot of German ancestry people there.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
