Re: How do you feel about christmas?
I think the winter solstice is a great time for a celebration. Thank goodness the days are getting longer again! (Northern-latitude-centric I suppose). We built a gingerbread Stonehenge with the kids one year.
However, I despise Christmas. I hate the music in the stores, I hate the fake jolliness, I hate the commercialism, I hate the spreading of the idea that "things" will make us happy and that we MUST give things to others to show how much we care. I hate that parents feel obligated to lie to their children in order to perpetuate this nonsense (might be a good chance to teach kids about the OTHER things they are being lied to about!)
After saying all that, I do play along to a certain extent, but I grump about it. No tree at my house.
I do like the lights. It's a dark time of year.
Gift idea! A fun "Christmas" book: The Hogfather by Terry Pratchet
Last edited by Jnana; 11-03-2008 at 06:10 PM.
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