Do You Enjoy the Holidays?

[nightglow]

Yes and no.

Yes for the meaning of Christmas. And I do like independence day for how casual it is and how people get together for cookouts. If all holidays could be as casual as independence day, that would make holidays waay more enjoyable with other people.

No due to drama stuff and commercialism. The commercialism for holidays is insane. But I somehow feel like there is less holiday clutter in stores than there use to be??

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

I like the decorations a lot. I don’t really decorate for Christmas but I really like the ornaments and tinsel and the like. I also don’t mind exchanging gifts. I’m not that great at wrapping anything but I at least try. I also don’t mind listening to Christmas songs and only hate two that will occasionally play on the radio and neither of them are All I Want for Christmas by Mariah Carey or Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney.

 

[Kitsuragi]

i love Christmas and it's legitimately the only thing keeping me out of the brink of insanity during the coldest months. im also extremely fond of Hanukkah and i believe they both interlap this year. i'm not in contact with the Jewish side of my family but i'm going to do something, probably, regardless. i am FIENDING for some sufganiyot.

 

[daisyflowers]

yeah, i love christmas! really enjoy the run up to it with the christmas adverts starting in mid-late november/december as well. great to spend time with my family and exchange presents with them. there's always good TV festive specials to watch too.

and i adore roast dinners with my whole heart

 

[Yanrima~]

Why yes, I love Christmas.

In fact, I love the Christmas lights and getting to go to a cold area during Christmas vacation. I also love family get-togethers for Christmas so there is that.

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

My favorite part of the holidays is the stuff resell stores have that is related to the season. I mainly buy music boxes for my collection and I’ve gotten some pretty good stuff for a decent price. I bought an Irish Santa music box that plays Christmas in Killarney which is a pretty rare music box movement and I have a 42 inch limited edition musical porcelain doll that plays Home for the Holidays and what is most interesting about her besides her height is the fact she has her own miniature doll in a matching dress to the larger doll. I also have a limited edition musical porcelain lamb doll dressed like an Angel which is really cute and a couple of musical cookie tins with a holiday theme. I don’t put up a tree because I have no room for one and I typically visit my sister for Christmas so it doesn’t make sense for me to have a large tree. I’m not opposed to having one small enough to sit on a shelf or table though. The one thing I would really love to decorate for the holidays is an Advent Calendar tree that is also a music box. I’ve seen a few for sale online but haven’t found one that I like for a reasonable price.

 

[Cirice]

I do not like the end of the year season but I've learnt to gaslight myself into liking the holidays by trying to decorate my house and live like I'm in a hallmark movie. So far it's working, it's hyping me up for Christmas, but I know the actual day of the holiday I won't like it. But it's alright, it's just one day! The 2 whole months hyping it up before are fun and worth it

 

[Dim]

It's a pain in the ass as an adult, considering how busy things get. It's nice after that though, namely Thanksgiving.

 

[QueenCobra]

I used to hate all holidays mostly bc of the change in routine, but I like them better now. I guess I like Halloween the best since it’s not much of a to-do, but the others are still fun.

I like Halloween for the spooky stories, movies, costumes, and decorations. I also like seeing the little kids’ faces light up when I give them candy in my Pikachu costume.

I like Thanksgiving mostly for the food…and the Macy’s parade.

I like Christmas for the decorations and…SOME of the music. The cookies are also delicious.

I always loved “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” When I was little, I had my parents read it to me when it was nowhere near Christmas! My favorite part is when they describe Santa, “His eyes how they twinkled! etc.” I always liked how they said he had a “little round belly that shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly.”

(Now, if you know the kind of guys I like…it makes sense! )

I LOVE Christmas movies. Every year I watch A Christmas Carol (the 1938 version) and Miracle on 34th Street (from the ‘40s). If Elf or Christmas Vacation are on, I’ll watch those, too. I’m also a sucker for Hallmark Christmas movies lol.

(OK maybe I actually do love Christmas too… My heart grew three sizes or whatever.)

 

[Tude]

The cookies are also delicious.

I always liked how they said he had a “little round belly that shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly.”

(Now, if you know the kind of guys I like…it makes sense! )

First of all, cookies are life so yes they're delicious.

Second, I like all types of guys but my bf has a tiny belly so I agree

 

[BTCircley]

Sometimes, the decorations are really cool... the bad news is that I'm in a large city so there's not as many decorations as I wanted...

 

[Aerith]

I love the holiday season! It has an incredibly comforting atmosphere to me, even if I don't do much with family. I love the general atmosphere and I love giving (and receiving hehehehehe) gifts.

 

[Snowesque]

I'm neutral about it. I find the consumerism aspect rather annoying. The amount of bought things doesn't equate to the amount of love you've for someone, and it's weird that that's the idea that's often presented to us at that time. That was a big point of contention with my blood family. The familial aspect I don't really deal with as I've just my partner.

 

[digimon]

i love the holiday season and the time leading up to it! i didn’t grow up celebrating any of the major holidays that fall during this time of the year, so I appreciate how things slow down since I don’t really have to deal with the more stressful parts of the holiday season. i love looking at all the lights and decorations too, it’s one of my favourite things about the winter season!

 

[deana]

I'll say yes and no. I can confirm that working retail will destroy your soul and your faith in humanity. It also just leaves you with very little time for actual celebrating. The weight of various expectations can be a lot to deal with (buy x gifts, attend x holiday party, etc.). The religious aspect can also be a little off-putting to me since I'm not personally religious.

Some things I do love: the decorations, holiday treats, Christmas music (controversial ), and of course the TBT holiday events

 

[Aniko]

I used to hate the holidays but I think I'm starting to like the holidays now.

When I was a child it was a stressful time, my parents argued a lot, and yelled at us a lot as well, my paternal relatives were always drunk and fighting, my maternal relatives were always *****y and fighting, all kids were crying, there was always someone rushed to E.R. The first Christmas I remember, I was 2yo and my father crashed the car in a bank of snow while a snowstorm, then he walked with me in the snowstorm for a while and let me at some strangers' house to get help. Being with people I didn't know was the most traumatic part lol.

I worked in retail for several years as well, and yes, it was hell. Listening to the same Christmas songs in a loop for 2 months, kids crying and throwing tantrums, costumers being difficult and disagreeable. I saw people fighting over toilet paper while a boxing day, it was like a zombies invasion.

My mom being a Christmaszilla. She has to control e-ve-ry-thing and yell all the time when it's not perfect enough.

It was not too bad last year, we agreed not to put lights and decorations around the windows, because she was losing it every time me or the cats tried to look through the window and messed with the lights. I told her that It would be fun to spend the holidays without all that yelling, I can't stand it anymore.

So we agreed to keep things simple, no gifts, food prepared in advance, nothing too complicated, everybody stay in PJ (we celebrate the eve until dawn). No more running to the stores until the last minute. Artificial tree.
When I was a kid, I was going to the woods with my father and later my brother to find a tree, brought it home (not easy with snowshoes) and we decorated it the 23th while the night. Looks super romantic, I have nostalgic memories about it too, but then I remember how cold and dark it was, strange noises around, fir gum in my hair, falling into holes, the tree being super heavy....at the time, it was not especially funny.

Now we have TBT events that makes the holidays fun, and I feel like I want to appreciate the holidays more (far from the mall)
I like snow and winter, and hope we will have some this year. Last year it was raining (not normal in my area)

 

[-Blue-]

I like it. I like decorating for the holiday and finding cool ornaments and the such. It's nice to just stop and enjoy the time. Christmas music is nice, making gingerbread houses, baking cookies, putting up the lights. I enjoy it all. I know some don't like it. I never cared for all of the running around when I was a kid to see family we only ever saw once. It made the one day hectic and stressful. And I just never understood why people put themselves through the misery. You can see those relatives at any time. Why jam them all in the same day?

 

[Tude]

I like it. I like decorating for the holiday and finding cool ornaments and the such. It's nice to just stop and enjoy the time. Christmas music is nice, making gingerbread houses, baking cookies, putting up the lights. I enjoy it all. I know some don't like it. I never cared for all of the running around when I was a kid to see family we only ever saw once. It made the one day hectic and stressful. And I just never understood why people put themselves through the misery. You can see those relatives at any time. Why jam them all in the same day?

I'll be at your house for Christmas. I'll keep the cookies and you can keep everything else

 

[Neb]

They're not as exciting as when I was a kid, but the holidays are still my favorite time of year. Thanksgiving is a great opportunity to hang out with my grandparents and enjoy their really good cooking and Christmas is always fun for exchanging gifts with family members. The cooler weather is the best part.

 

[lasagne_of_death]

Christmas is my favourite time of the year! I really enjoy decorating my room with tinsel, lights, a Crib, and stickers. I love lighting the advent candles and eating the chocolate from the calendars with my sis every day.

I really love doing secret santa (with people who actually try to participate, not those who give you a piece of paper that took them less than a minute to put together that doesn't even say your name ) and giving presents to people.

I love basically everything about Christmas