Christmas: Merry or Sad?

Agreeing with you there. Christmas reminds me of "submarine Christians" (those "Christians" that only come out and surface to the church on Christmas and maybe Easter), too many commercials, but on the other hand having time to be together with the family due to holidays, being able to see friends that I haven't seen for some time again a.s.o.

1) I'll be spending christmas at the hospital, hooked to a dialysis machine because my kidneys recently gave way
2) My sister's pocket was picked, which included her paycheck, all our money for christmas presents and christmas dinner. In fact, we won't have any money until next middle of next month.
3) My mother recently lost her job

Despite this, I think its still a good christmas, because we still get to spend it together as family (even it is in a hospital).

Frankly, anyone who says christmas sucks and isn't dying alone in some dark alley should go get some perspective.

I get tired of Christmas very fast, mostly because I work in retail and I find the holiday so superficial.

It seems like the holiday is literally how many credit cards you can max out before December 25th.

People are grumpy, they're rude, and selfish as to what they want, and so forth.

The holiday itself, since I have my first apartment, I enjoyed getting my first Christmas tree and then I got a poinsettia for a center piece on the dining room table.

Just spending time with loved ones is good enough for me, I can't see my family this year so I get to spend time with Fpod and his family. This year being around people has been more important to me than any other since I'm away so far from my own family and friends for the fist time.

Exchanging a gift or two is nice, or just spending some quality time does it for me. I get so tired of the who gets the better gift or spends the most due to work.

Im not too excited this season, Im broke and Im not back home...so its kinda lonely...Ahhhh maybe ill stay outside and smoke, the cold, dark and lonely outside....-.-'

I work on the 24th and 25th, because those days count quadruple and I don't have to work on New Year's eve in return, which is the most hellish day of the year if you're in the medical sector. Yay for me!

Soo..."Christmas" isn't really a special day for me other than having to work two shifts in a row. The two weeks following Christmas we'll both be taking off from work though. It has become a tradition of sorts for the two of us to just go on staycation during that time of the year, disconnecting the phone and the router and simply spending some "us" time to recuperate from the year. I'm quite looking forward to that bit of quietude.

We don't really make a huge deal out of Christmas as such - we give each other something small rather than making it a huge spend-fest. We'd rather sneak things onto each other here and there throughout the year than partake in the great Credit Card Squeezeout (and me paying half the car ought to be worth at least twenty Christmasses either way ;p).

I do get quite sick of the whole "spirit" though - people being assholes because they're stressed out; the increasingly obnoxious and appalling decorations; all the odd little shavelings coming out of their holes, trying to "save your soul"; the tiresome way shops employ Christmas as a way to cash in.

Christmas ..... Humbug!

I personally don't particularly enjoy this season because all the shops are closed!

Not to mention the fact that being told "Merry Christmas" 5 times a day for the past week is getting on my nerves.

Lastly, despite the fact I complain about university studies during the year, not having to go or cram for exams does feel a bit boring as well.

Word. Personally, I just can't stand all this super happy, fake smile, holiday spirit bullshit. I'm like the stereotypical scrooge. "Bah, humbug!" is not good enough so I say "Man, fuck this shit!"

I don't like the way those little pieces of sh*ts stare at me when I forget to say "merry christmas" to them ~

They didn't even say "Happy Devil's Day" to me on June 6th, 2006 ~
Oh those f*ckers ......

Uhh... yeah >D
It's a very delicious christmas tree I got .

Hate it, its damn cold!!! It should be moved to July or something XD

I don't hate it, but I could do without all the hugging.

Someone who lived up the street from me had their house burnt down on christmas eve.

So , back to the main question , did it make you merry or sad ???

Wanna trade places?

Christmas for me, is just another day.
The few differences are that expenditures rates tend to skyrocket and people fake smiles more often. :|

All I can say about my Christmas is "God, thank you". It was the best Christmas I've ever had in years.