Comments on: If Christmas Was Sex, It’d Be Prostitution

By: A

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:40:10 +0000

God, ND is incessant with the requests for donations, aren’t they? CSC isn’t for Cash Stealing Crooks, is it? Chin up about the holidays.

By: MissMegs

MissMegs — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:31:06 +0000

If I didn’t have to deal with family during Christmas, I think I would like it a lot more. But the whole guilt trip about who thinks I should visit is really annoying.

It sounds like you need to have kids or something. You are living vicariously through your sister hehe.

By: Random Esquire

Random Esquire — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:20:39 +0000

@Sandra – I sense that your birthday is a big event. I will let Little Filthy know. But – fair warning – he’ll promptly forget. He’s just awful like that.

@Kez – Seriously, Kez, get with the baby makin’. CHOP CHOP.

@Instigator – Ooookay, I’ll try.

@BigLittleWolf – Agreed. Paris = BETTER.

@Linda – I think those traditions make all the difference. We didn’t have any traditions outside of the standard fare but I think they must make a huge difference. Your kids will be the better for them!

@T – Aww, jeeze, T, cut it out.

@Lily – I think you’d be in more trouble if you went around celebrating Good Friday.

By: lily

lily — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:16:41 +0000

errrm…Halloween is my favourite holiday. i don’t know if that tells you anything about me (OH THAT PAGAN! SHE SHOULD BURN!)…sigh…

By: T

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:18:16 +0000

Aw. This post actually got me all teary.

I can tell that you want it to mean something to you but you’ve just been jaded by the duty of it. I can completely understand why. I turned away from organized religion for many of the reasons you listed here.

Christmas is for the giving but that giving shouldn’t stop on the one day of the year. Christmas should be the celebration that we can all stop and take a moment to recognize that we can offer much more than we think. And those offerings don’t always have to have price tags.

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:52:37 +0000

Christmas = transaction. Wow. I never thought of it that way, but when I think back to my family Christmas holidays, yep, in a nutshell.

My kids are older, 14 and 11, but when they were babies I began traditions with them that I hope one day they will look back and look on the Christmas holidays with warm memories.

Great post RE. Thanks.

By: BigLittleWolf

BigLittleWolf — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:59:25 +0000

No question kids make it what it is – or should be – a time for family, for optimism, for closeness to those you love. Even those expectations are part of what makes it such a difficult time of year, for so many.

Macy’s. Yeah.
Paris. Better.

By: Instigator

Instigator — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:22:45 +0000

Take your niece and nephew to see the windows at Macy’s and the big giant Christmas tree. Take pictures of their cute little noses pressed up against the glass. Then let me know if you are still so eh about Christmas

By: Kez

Kez — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:01:37 +0000

I think Christmas is for the children. That wide eyed excitement and magic. Oh, the innocence.

Although in saying that, last Christmas my mother in law looked at the hubby and I pointedly and said, “I hope there are more children soon so we can enjoy Christmas with them soon…”

Erm…she may have to wait a while. That was the first moment we faced the stereotypical pressure to get pregnant from the in laws. And it keeps building.
Yes, Christmas really is magical…eek…

By: Sandra

Sandra — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:49:44 +0000

Can you explain to Little Filthy that my birthday is at the end of this month ? Chocolate cake, blah blah blah, loves dogs, wants to spoil little filthy rotten with peanut butter and read to him, blah blah blah…….

Like you, I don’t feel so romantic about Christmas. But when little children in my family are around, I want them to get excited. While I’m busy feeling like a Christmas whore and all used up for my gifts, I want them to feel valued and loved.

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. That is when I get together with my family and we all tell each other how much we love and appreciate one another. Oh, that and it’s around my birthday………….