I’m pretty excited for hit. My wife is really into it so then I start to feel it. Plus, I’m stoked for school to be out. And I always get in the mood for baking.
And I really enjoy Christmas music.
But, there is a strict “No Christmas until after Thanksgiving” rule in our household. Nothing gets bought, sung, anything. Midnight after Thanksgiving, OK. But not a second sooner.
I have very mixed feelings about Christmas. I find it inherently depressing. Too much baggage and too many memories. But I also think it’s beautiful and charming.
The wedding part is an awesome bonus this year.
Voted “neutral”. Christmas lost most of its secular appeal when I got my first adult job. You’re no longer waiting til Christmas to get cool stuff; you just go out and get it yourself. And since most of your friends are around your age, they’re in the same situation too. So you have a whole bunch of people who you still need to get gifts for but have absolutely no idea what gifts they want.
LOL I actually have antlers, and the littles have Christmas sweaters that…wait for it… light up. But when I’m the only one to see them…why bother?
Bring 'em to my house and join the mayhem! (Yes, I have antlers for the dogs. No sweaters, though. But I think our newest puppy would make a better Coca Cola polar bear… and I got antlers and a flashing red “nose” for my husband’s patrol car the last time he worked Christmas. Yes, he thinks I’m a loon.)
Come on down: we’ll eat soup and pie and laugh at dogs. It’ll be fun!
Not excited at all, in fact, I am looking forward to nothing but depression and dread. The whole jolly fucking family is no more. Everyone has died or moved ‘down south’. Relatives on husbands side: Zero. All dead/moved. On my side: elderly mother barely coherent, barely able to hobble around. Oh, and my certified head case of a brother (who walks around with those ear headphone things that drown out noise) and sits there muttering to himself. So there’s two… Grown daughter is living in another city and said she will ‘try’ to get home for a day, though not necessarily Christmas eve. Or day…Husband will be home most of December using up vacation time, without a single thing to do except eat, sleep, and get on my nerves. I imagine I’ll be cooking and shuttling crap over to dear old Mom’s and trying to think of Christmas presents they can use. I imagine I’ll put up the artificial tree and hang ornaments on it. Oh, and let’s not forget, we WILL be slammed with a blizzard or ice storm about that time. I imagine I will get through all this with a fixed green, deep breathing, and the knowledge that this, too, will pass. And by January 6, the tree will be taken down and put away and it will be over until the sad occasion rolls around next year, and I wonder if we will all still be alive to “celebrate”.
I think you’ll find a strong correlation between how many young children someone has and how excited they are about Christmas. I used to like Christmas because of the kids, but now it’s just an annoying time of year for me. The only thing I like about it is getting the days off.
Christmas means time with the family. Shoot me now.
And at least I’m lucky to live in a civilized country, so by the time I start seeing Christmasy stuff in 3D you strange overseas people have been getting caroled for a month… 
I work in retail ,so rage is about right.
I’m neutral now because of a lot of medical problems so I can’t even think about all the hoopla yet. I just bought my pumpkin for my daughter today and will try to put up my haloween decorations. I hope to get into it after things improve.
The day after Christmas is generally what I look forward to.
The holiday season is always too friggin’ stressful for me. I spend the weeks leading up to it hoping I can afford to actually buy things for people … I spend the two days previous to it arguing with everybody I’m related to over who should be where and for how long … and I usually spend the day driving all over hell and back.
The day after is when I get to relax and stop worrying about all that shit.
I love Advent and Christmas - my absoultely favorite time of the year… but for heaven’s sake, it’s only October. I’d like to enjoy Halloween and Thanksgiving without getting Christmas all over them.
totally meh. so many in our family were out of work a few years ago - including myself - that we stopped exchanging presents.
now, it’s about family time and a great christmas dinner, which in my book are far more important things to celebrate together .
i have enough christmas stuff for two houses (thanks, Mom… and that’s AFTER my sister and i divided up her stuff after she passed away!) but i don’t remember the last time i actually decorated.
Pass the Ammo brother.
I LOVE Christmas but never thought growing up that I would ever get tired of it. We live in London UK and our families live in Canada so for us it’s always a logistical nightmare to drag ourselves across the pond every year. I would love to stay here and enjoy Christmas in my own home but my mother in law is too old to travel and I can’t be the one to leave an old lady alone in an old folks home at Christmas. She is fast approaching the time when she won’t know the difference but until then I don’t see us as having much choice. I really need hubby to step up and make that decision so I’m not the evil daughter in law.
Although I get to have Christmas dinner with my sister and niece there is no place for us to stay when we come as MIL has sold her home and waking up in a hotel on Christmas morning is beyond depressing. The rest of the family is spread out across Canada and while it would be nice to spend Christmas with one of them, still there is no one but MIL who would be alone.
The gift giving has become a bit of a boondoggle as well. I refuse to give cash or gift cards as I really do believe that it is important to try and choose something you think someone would like. So then I torture myself trying to come up with thoughtful gifts and end up spending more than I should and certainly more than others can afford to spend in return. And don’t get me started on Royal Mail and Canada Post!
sigh it’s coming up soon isn’t it? Really must go buy those airline tickets.
I don’t generally have a problem with other people’s holidays- but do you have to go all Christmas all the time for a whole month or two?? It’s getting to the point where seeing red white and green makes me simply see red.
Go to your local Dollar Store. Everything’s $1. I’m sorry but I just have to say this…there’s no excuse for disappointing a child on Christmas. They’d rather eat hot dogs on that day and get a present, than get nothing at all. I’ve been so broke before that Blah Blah Blah. Go to the Thrift store, they might have some things even cheaper than a dollar. Put your name on the list of Needy Families that the newspapers usually run during this season. Just don’t take the shine out of a child’s eyes. (And since you have kid(s) they should be reason enough to be excited, instead of worrying about your SO.) And on Dec. 26 start saving for next Christmas. It comes every year.
I’m a Turkey baby. My birthday always falls on Thanksgiving or the day before or after. Guess what my birthday dinner is every year? And guess who cooks it? lol
To some of you all (not everybody):
Life is what you make it. I think of life as an all-you-can-eat buffet; you can have anything you want BUT YOU HAVE TO REACH FOR IT. 
Aside from seeing family, I hate Christmas.