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Personally I love xmas. I am 60 now but that child part of me is still there. I love the old xmas movies as well as some of the new. I hook the dogs to a cart on xmas eve and go thru the neighborhood with cookies for the kids around here and just have a great time. Its not about religion anymore but about being with family and shareing a special day where love is suppose to prevail and everyones petty differences are put aside for one day. I see nothing wrong about that.

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I hate Xmas,it's such a bore and buying
presents is a chore and wrapping them,
however,I've only got two to buy,anyway
I still hate it,and if I could ban it I would.

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I'm glad I'm not the only one

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I used to love christmas, it was magical when my daughter was small and my parents used to come and stay with us. But now she is grown up with a life of her own its not the same. We don't go overboard with excesses anymore.

I will enjoy it with the dogs, we love our christmas morning walk, and this year I will have the puppies running around, I am really looking forward to that.

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Personally I love Christmas. Not the commercial part of it, but the spirit of it.
I love it that people are nicer to each other. Well, in general!
I love it that I get to have a pretty tree in the house with colourful ornaments on it.
I love it that there are lights outside on the deck.
I love it that hubby and I get special food and booze we don't normally during the year, and we enjoy it like we were a couple of kids.
I love our Christmas mornings when hubby helps me stuff the turkey.
I could go on and on....! I think Christmas is what you make it. It will only be hubby and me, and the beasties too, but we will have a good time!

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My first xmas three years ago after my wife passed I got up and stuffed a turkey and the whole nine yards. Did it all by myself. When the turkey was done I had it on the counter cooling off and had gone outside to shovel the deck. When I came back in I had 4 Bouviers in a circle all enjoying xmas dinner. I did manage to save a drum stick though. Funny thing was I was planning to share it with the dogs anyway so didn't even get mad. lol

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It's stressful; all the shopping (thank God for online shopping!), cards, wrapping, etc. When you're older with no family it really isn't too meaningful, and need I mention overcommercialization? It's always nice to get together with a few friends, and good to hear from distant ones with an update. But too many people don't seem to understand that you'd prefer to stay home, fix your own dinner the way you want and enjoy the day by yourself! I guess that makes me a bit eccentric .....

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I have to admit that because it starts so early (October in some supermarkets) by the time it arrives I just cannot be bothered. I like to see friends and family, I enjoy the time off work but I think the reason we celebrate it has been lost in the complete commercialisation of it. I find it so stressful trying to get the right present at the right cost for the right person. The shops are a nightmare - people seem to end up in some sort of seige mentality. - and then they do it all again for New Year arghhh.

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in august there was a big family falling out. my middle daughter due to being a crap mother had my grandson taken away from her by social services. the same thing had happened 9 yrs ago where she lost 3 other children. we had been supportive ect, and gave her another chance. (long story ) and after letting a 5yr old boy escape her flat. she was on the computer chatting to her friends at the time. he was found on a bus. (she lives in london) he had no coat on. no shoes. and it had been torrential rain. poor little man was soaked, luckily he was found by a lovely lady who took him to the police station. he was placed in police protective custody. and SS placed him with a foster family. after a few days i was told by my 2 daughters that i should throw my husband out. and let my daughter move in here. and i said no. im sorry ive helped her time and time again. and what did i get. abusive phonecalls.and abusive letters. calling me names i would never call anyone.
so now i dont talk to either of them, earlier on this year we had said that we would do a huge christmas thing. all the kids around. deccys tree the works. go all out.
and now im sitting here with 1/2 a dozen cards. a tree that stands 12 inches high. missing my grandson like mad. im having to get permission to snd him some special books id been saving for him. as a gift. via his social worker. i have got to get my solictor to apply to the courts so i can have what they call a final contact visit. so i can give him a special gift. i thought a st christopher. and i want some lovely pics of him.
so christmas this year is going to be very low key. a token gift to charlie and his mum. and a special friend whos been 100% for me.
sorry did go on a bit. but as i have said im not ashamed of this. i havnt done anything wrong. hell i didnt even know she was having probs. she has a knack of only saying what she wants to say.
bahhhhhhhhhhh humbug.

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I don't see anything wrong with that at all except why? why if we can share and allow love to prevail and put differences aside for just one day why can't we go all the way and make it so that it lasts for all the other days. That is exactly my reason for disliking Christmas those things should not be dragged out for just one day they should be there all of the time. Unless of course all this love, sharing and goodwill is really just Christmas spirit.