Christmas is coming! I never used too.. (My Life Around It)

[Chrysopal]

Is everyone excited for Christmas? Or are you not so into Christmas?
Some people celebrate, Some people don't.
I grew up not celebrating it until I was 16. Now I love the warmth of the family.
I grew up a JW. No birthdays, no Christmas, no "hanging out" after school, no college dreams or after school activities.. Just service, yes "going door to door", studying for baptism. I can't sleep without thinking Armageddon is going to happen tomorrow.. The thought of death terrifies me now since my mother told me I'd live forever on paradise earth. Reality hit me, and I went to the hospital. After I was out I saw the world really did have a lot to hide.. My small JW world lifted away once I saw how sad everyone was, secrets buried in congregations that authorities should know about. Im diagnosed scitzophrenic, but all my delusions are from what they taught me. (We have our own "translated" bible named The New Worlds Translations) that is full of mistaken stories stolen from other older religions. I'm sorry but these people are making others mentally ill. Apparently 70% are mentally ill already (Like me). Serious do some research about JW's and you'll double think before asking for a magazine..
I'm not sure if this post is allowed, but yea.. That's why I feel the love of my boyfriends family during Christmas

Let it Snow
Let it Snow
Let it Snow

 

[tae]

i'm spending christmas alone so i'm not that excited for it honestly.

 

[Nodokana]

I haven't celebrated Christmas for at least 3 years now. It's feels like a normal day honestly.

 

[Chrysopal]

I did to me before. But now I think it good to little to the music, laugh with family. And soak up the holiday spirit

 

[toadsworthy]

i'm spending christmas alone so i'm not that excited for it honestly.

never alone when you have the internet

- - - Post Merge - - -

honestly, this is the first christmas where I'm kinda like meh...
Christmas is the biggest holiday for my family, but I'm just not in the happy headspace for it like I used to be.
Its a break from school though so theres that.

 

[tae]

never alone when you have the internet

nah man, when you're drunk and can't talk to the one person you want to, the internet is still lonely. haaa

 

[toadsworthy]

nah man, when you're drunk and can't talk to the one person you want to, the internet is still lonely. haaa

I can relate.... but just to the being drunk part
but really that sucks. I hope you will find something good this holiday!

 

[seliph]

Christmas is gonna be so awkward this year 'cause there's a Big Tension™ between my grandma and my mom (and in tern, the rest of my immediate family including myself) so this should be.... interesting to say the least.

However I don't like Christmas and I'm never excited for it as it is. I don't like a lot of my non-immediate family and it just exhausts me and sucks the life outta me.

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

I was raised Christian, my mom tried really hard when I was super young, and once she gave up I had a close friend whose family kept me along with it cause I'd go to Church with them instead. So I was always big on the Christmas holiday being around the Nativity and birth of Jesus. When I got a bit older and dropped religion I started enjoying the holiday more, I don't know why but it just got better cause then it was about the food and gifts and family instead of all about Jesus.

I really enjoy Christmas now, even though obviously it's just a day about giving for me, most of the time these days because we all have different schedules and stuff at my house we just do our gifts whenever we are all together, which is usually in the morning after I get home and before everyone else goes to work. And it's just fun to chat and open presents and have a nice time together. I like it more this way then being about Santa or Jesus.

 

[Bowie]

I bought a Buddha for Christmas. Ironic, right?

 

[Warszawa]

I'm very excited! Not overly christian but hey, it's a fun time to get together with fam. 8)

 

[lostineverfreeforest]

I haven't lived with my family in a long time so it stopped really meaning much for me. Both of my parents are in Korea and my brothers have their own lives and are scattered all over the country. Usually just use it as an excuse to drink with my friends who haven't gone back to their home states.

 

[Corrie]

I am really happy you are happier now!! I am so happy for you!!

With all due respect, I never liked JW or thought their beliefs were even good. It just sounds like a plan to make its follows miss out on safe fun and be mindless robots.

 

[lostineverfreeforest]

I am really happy you are happier now!! I am so happy for you!!

With all due respect, I never liked JW or thought their beliefs were even good. It just sounds like a plan to make its follows miss out on safe fun and be mindless robots.

TBH that's pretty much it. They sit around doing nothing, waiting to die. What a life.

 

[Chrysopal]

TBH that's pretty much it. They sit around doing nothing, waiting to die. What a life.

Trust me it's depressing. Death is their highlight of life because after that they will apparently be in paradise.. I ended up hurting myself I felt so trapped. Only my mother talks to me because the rest of my family is still in it and I'm not so I'm "shunned". I really miss my family but the thought of their mind control just scares me now..

 

[lostineverfreeforest]

Trust me it's depressing. Death is their highlight of life because after that they will apparently be in paradise.. I ended up hurting myself I felt so trapped. Only my mother talks to me because the rest of my family is still in it and I'm not so I'm "shunned". I really miss my family but the thought of their mind control just scares me now..

It's a cult. Shunning and isolating themselves from outsiders is pretty typical. Glad you escaped from that life.

 

[StarUrchin]

For some reason, my family doesn't celebrate Christmas even though we are Christians. I always wonder why we don't but I think it has to do with something about families getting broke. I don't even know. I honestly think that when I get older I probably will celebrate it. :/

 

[tybalt_cake]

I love it , its my favorite part of the year Its pretty exciting to see stuff about christmas and how it seems like the happiest time of the year c:

I also love how its best time of the year to confess your love feelings to someone. I have never done it but it must be really sweet

We could say i get pretty christmassy 7u7

 

[Blueskyy]

I'm 27 so I'm not excited about it because you just get whatever clothes from Macy's your grandma thinks is cute, but I do like being around family. My mom's side does xmas on xmas eve so it's 17 of us together that night and it just feels cozy.

 

[LinkToTheWorld]

When I was a teenager, the wife of one of my dads friends who is a jehovas witness was very keen on me joining her.
I was late teens so I thought I could make up my own mind alright, but it's so bizarre how I got almost brainwashed by her leaflets and readings from the Bible. It's probably a good thing I got past it, I always remember one of the things she said was that God doesn't approve of us injesting other people's blood...well, since then I've acquired an immune condition that has meant I needed multiple daily transfusions to keep me alive during relapses, that is the only treatment for my condition. I was only 23 when I first became unwell and I will always wonder what she would have said about it...or how she would have justified her opinions when without transfusions I would die.
Not sure if that's a common teaching but it was certainly important to her and the other jehovas witnesses I knew at the time

Anyway, will be having a quiet Christmas this year. Will be doing something a bit different for dinner though...pork instead of turkey?
Will see how that goes down I hate turkey.