Do You Look Forward To Christmas?

**Thermal** · 11-29-2009, 00:57

Originally Posted by Gregoshi

I'm 50 and I still love Christmas and the Christmas season. I could do without so much commercialism, but try to ignore that aspect. Be it a clear, crisp winter night and a walk out amongst the lights listening to Christmas music or indoors with naught but candles and tree lights listening to music or a Christmas movie/show, it is a wonderful time of the year (ugh, I just sang the last part of this sentence

).

That being said, I think once a year is enough. That helps make it more of a magical time revisit year after year.

I agree completely Gregoshi

**Subotan** · 11-29-2009, 01:03

The thing that puzzles me most about Christmas is various movies, plays books etc. all protesting against the commercialisation of Christmas, despite begging for you to go buy that particular product which has that message in.

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 11-29-2009, 04:52

It loses some of its charm as you get older.

**Samurai Waki** · 11-29-2009, 04:53

The Commercialization of Christmas completely shot my enthusiasm for the Holiday season for quite a few years. Usually we have a big family get together, and for probably the past ten years it was buy as many presents as you can, give them to everybody, and then leave as soon as it was all done. Not much fun for whoever was hosting (usually being me)... so last year we decided to do a gift exchange instead, with a 50.00$ Limit on what you could buy, and I gotta say, that was preferable on every level. It wasn't about the gifts, or somebody outdoing the other, just being with your family and friends, and having some good laughs.