I'm with you bbr. It is just another day to me and whilst we buy presents and put up a tree etc it is more for our 12 years old and I can see that diminishing as he gets older. We have a roast dinner but don't go mad buying stuff we never eat because of some traditional nonsense. I have real problems with some aspects of christmas like the false caring for those alone/in hospital/less well off when we don't give a shit about them for the other 364 days of the year and the over the top consumerism which seems to convince some to overspend and put themselves in debt. Have you seen how much stuff some people buy, the shops are only closed for 1 day ffs?! I also don't get the New Year celebrations, again it is just another day, and I can't remember the last time I stayed up to see the New Year in.
It's not all bad as I get 13 days off this year starting yesterday and my wife doesn't mind me coming down to watch us play so my son & I will be at Carlisle on the 30th and at the Ricoh on the 1st and heading straight back up to go back to work on the 2nd.
Get what you are saying, but don't people also show care for Comic Relief and Children in Need etc? And the UK is ranked 4th in the world and number 1 in Europe for charitable donations, so I would say there's a lot of us DO, do this all year round.
I am nice and polite to people all the time anyway. Always say please and thank you when I am in a shop and at tills or asking an assistant a question. The only difference for me is that I tag on 'have a lovely Christmas' to my politeness at this time of year.
I love Christmas. The commercialism is not compulsory. Our family don't fall for it and simply ignore it. Just ignore the commercialism. It's very easy I find.
For me it is all about having a lovely family meal together, giving your loved ones gifts (I still love to see the look on my daughter's face with each and every unwrapping of each present), having time off to be together and sitting watching some TV etc.
You go down town on Christmas Eve and so many people are smiling and so many strangers are wishing you a happy Christmas. I love it.
Yep, agree, we should be nice to each other all year round anyway, but if we turn our backs on Christmas that is one less day where we are being nice to each other and spending time together as friends and family.
Ignore the commercialism and just do your own thing.
I can't wait.
