OK, Jellies, ‘tis officially the Season! Love it or hate it? Why?

Bored by it. I’m not a christian in any way, shape, or form – quite the opposite. If some christians want to take a pagan holiday and christify it, go for it, but leave me out.

And the music largely sucks, with maybe two exceptions.

And christmas movies suck seven more. Even though Die Hard was pretty good.

I guess I’m kind of indifferent about it. I don’t put up a tree or decorations any more. I do like the songs and sing along with them. In December where they belong. November is too early for them. I love looking at others decorations. They generally make me smile.

I’m like @chyna in that I don’t put a tree up, I like the songs and I love looking at others decorations.

I do put up something on the door, like a wreath. I attend a few holiday parties. I like seeing friends and family around the holidays. I try to minimize the gifts I have to give and I am fine not receiving gifts from people. I enjoy looking at photos of rooms decorated for Christmas on social media and I like doing Christmas crafts.

I enjoy the music and seeing nicely decorated houses around. We took our dogs for a photo with Santa tonight — that’s fun. I love the idea of Christmas caroling, but no one ever wants to go with me (I made it happen only one year). I like getting together with family. I’ve run an art-making Secret Santa for some old friends for the past four years, which has been very good.

My daughter is really into Christmas, so that’s nice to be a part of. She really loves planning, buying, and giving gifts, which is not my favorite thing, but we go along with it because it means so much to her.

I also find the holidays (well into New Year) to be really melancholy. I actually enjoy this. It’s a good time to reflect and be a little sad.

The week between Christmas and New Years is my favorite week all year because everything seems to slow way down.

I also get a month off over the holidays, which is great.

The traffic is obnoxious, but I do like the idea that we’re supposed to be extra-kind to others.

I should add that, for me, not exchanging so many gifts takes a lot of pressure off the holidays as far as not having to shop like crazy to get everyone on a list a gift.

I always felt like I wanted to do crafts and never planned far enough ahead to get many done. Strangely, this year I am not into doing any crafts. For some reason, I’m apathetic about it.

Hard getting presents for 10 grandkidd.

@Dutchess_III The only one I feel I need to get presents for is my daughter. Everyone else is optional. If I had grandkids, I would feel obligated, but maybe I would give the older ones money, I don’t know. I used to go nuts running around buying gifts for friends and coworkers and all that, and having to wrap them all, and then see the people between mid December and mid January, and now that is like a breath of fresh air, not to have to do it any longer.

^^^^^ It would drive me nuts too.

10 Grandkids is a lot to buy for, @Dutchess_III.

I think I’d have a blast planning and shopping for 2–3, but 10 would be pushing it. Luckily, we only have one daughter and the odds of her having 10 kids is very slim.

My aunt had 9 children to buy for plus her three kids and me. She was a knitter and crocheter so that’s what everyone got. Knit hats, scarves, gloves, blankets, etc. Of course, she probably worked on them all year.

Don’t hate it, but could totally skip it.

@Dutchess_III I can’t remember how the prices are (not bad, I think), but a good store you can order from online is Fat Brain. I’ve shopped there a couple of times and love it. Sooo many ideas – doesn’t even really matter who you’re buying for. They group them by ages.

Amazon works for me.

It’s going great now- I can buy organic weed for $100/oz! :-D

I just spent over 100 dollars on 120 Christmas photo cards. I do it every year and because my daughter is in her late teens, it’s going to come to an end in the next year or two, or maybe this is the end. This is not even with stamps. Sending cards has been my tradition since I was a teen, and since having a baby (who is now a teen), it’s been a photo card. It used to be from Costco, but now they don’t do it so it’s from other sites, which are way more expensive than Costco.

^^^ I didn’t get one!!

@Dutchess_III They’re going to take about 10 days to print. If you pm me your address, I’ll send you one.

@Brian1946 omg remember when there were nickel and dime bags?

@smudges

As I recall, lids were a dime up until about the 70’s.
OTOH, they were $300—$400 at dispensaries about 10 years ago.

Is recreational weed legal in NE?

I enjoy it for the most part.

@Brian1946 No, no recreational pot in NE.

We love Thanksgiving and Christmas/Christmastide.

I was in a store earlier today and was reminded what I don’t like about Christmas and the gift giving. I am seeing a relative on Christmas and she’ll have her boyfriend there, and so the dilemma is do I buy her a gift and do I buy him a gift. I’m ok either way but I really don’t want to deal with the expense if i don’t have to. I also am one who feels awkward if someone buys me a gift and I don’t have one for them. Hence the dilemma.

^^ Can you just flat out ask your friend if you should get him a gift. That may open up a conversation about whether or not you two are giving gifts.

I don’t like the gift giving or receiving for adults. I think it is a horrible expectation, and I do my best to guard against. I probably will buy a few gifts for people who have gifted me in the past, but I wish they hadn’t.

I like the decorations, I don’t have any decorations myself, I’m not Christian (yes, I know you don’t have to be Christian to put up a CHRISTmas tree, but anyway I don’t) but I do drive around to see the Christmas set-ups, some are incredible.

I like the Christmas music for a few weeks too.

I plan to go to the Christmas parade here, and to go to one of the tree lighting events in a town square (there are three tree lighting events in separate locations on different nights).

I perform (dance) in the Chanukah celebrations in the town squares here, I think it’s really nice we do an event (two events in different locations) where I live and that so many people turn out for it (usually about 1,000 people between the two events). Most of the dancers in my troupe are Jewish, which makes it very special to us, but I’m also thrilled the non-Jewish members love doing the event too. Also, the audience is mostly Jewish, but plenty of people who aren’t Jewish attend, and I love that the community comes out to see it.

People here dress up for Christmas like so many holidays here. Christmas leggings in zumba class, Christmas songs in zumba, Christmas t-shirts worn everywhere, and Christmas necklaces. That part is really fun. I have some Christmas garb myself and some blue and white for Chanukah.

I like the parties but hate that so much of the food is horrific for my health and I don’t practice enough control. I once made the mistake of getting a cholesterol test during the holiday season. 330! Maybe it’s good I did the test.

It’s just not my thing really. We still put up a ton of lights and stuff but that’s more because my wife likes it. I like seeing family but hate the whole adult, commercial gift-giving scam. I don’t need any stuff and the people I’m buying gifts for don’t either so the whole thing is just performative. I’m not a fan of Christmas music or cuisine. Some of this is just my disdain for winter in general so Christmas just happens to be associated with it. I’m really into Halloween though. We go all out for that.

I’m a hard atheist Jew but I like Christmas.

Everyone likes Christmas! It’s a non-denominational season.
It’s like the “Hump Day” in a week.

I kind of like the Christmas TV commercials, too.

This one is so touching from a year or two ago. “Solo’s Holiday Story.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggB4cx_-FBE

@Caravanfan: Your sexual prowess is not.really in question here.

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