I do not celebrate Christmas. I thank all of you that thought to wish me a Merry Christmas or such, anyway, though; because I know you do, and even though I don't like the holiday, I do very much appreciate the kind thoughs.
The reasons I don't celebrate Christmas is not, have thoughtfully suggested,due to brain washing by a cult, for I also do not celebrate cults.
I stopped celebrating Christmas, in truth, when I was a teenager. I still gave presents to my family on that day because that was the day they were gathered, but I refused all talk of either Jesus (as related to the day) or Santa, because the latter seemed only a poor substitute for the former and the former wasn't born on that day, anyway.
Did you believe in Santa? I never did. Mom and Dad occasionally made the effort and all, but we knew "Santa" was Dad. So to me the stories were just that: stories. I thought it was a rather marvelous way for adults to keep themselves entertained by trying to fool kids. It was fun, interesting, like most fairy tales are, but nothing more.
Also, I knew most Christmas traditions came from pagan traditions, not from Christian worship. That, even if it was on the right day, plus the gross over-commercialization, the greed, the enforced poverty, the drunken debauchery, etal is certainly no way to honor the Christ. And outside of honoring the Christ, there is really no excuse for the existence of Christmas.
I love giving people presents though and I do give them, often. Since I don't have much money, when I have any at all, the presents I give are usually in the form of doing something extra around the house, writing them a poem, making sure they get the movie they want to watch, making them a special dinner, making them a digital painting to enjoy, or something from a thrift store or a sale that I know they'd really enjoy.
I don't really ever get any presents though, except on rare occasions from my sisters or one nephew. People say to me "Well, you don't celebrate Christmas or birthdays so you don't get any presents" which to me points out one of the ultimate flaws with that sort of tradition to begin with.
I don't want a present from someone who doesn't care for me that's only given to prove that they can observe the day that it is on the calendar. And if someone truly does care for a person, sometimes they should want to do nice things for them regardless of what day it is on the calendar.
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