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.