I love the aesthetics and ambiance of Christmas. Warm colorful lights and decorations. The festive feeling and using reefs and such to bring color to an otherwise horribly gray and depressing season.
I HATE all the obsession with gift giving and shopping and buying. Basically, the way capitalism wormed its way into it.
Essentially, I like all the parts of Christmas that were basically stolen from other religions. I hate the aspects from Christianity, which were the easiest to use to inject capitalism into it (presents).
I think it should just be about bringing warmth and color to an otherwise cold and drab season. Where I’m from, there’s more deciduous trees than coniferous so all the trees loose their leaves. The sky is most overcast. With nothing but bare, dead looking trees and overcast sky, everything becomes gray and depressing. Due to the angle of the sun it’s like, daytime is “perpetually 10 am untill all of a sudden it’s 3pm. Then you get off work and by the time you are home it’s night.”
Christmas lights and such combat that drab depression. I just wish the holiday was more about JUST being with friends and family and bringing some cheer and warmth. Instead of all the shopping and “literally kill someone for the last TV on black Friday” type shit. Fuck presents. It’s too much of a focus when it SHOULD be like, a minor side thing. Little fun stuff not the main focus.
Right? Like “We just exchanged piles of money but instead of picking out something myself you had to figure out what I might want and then get me that?”
Like most of the time now it turns into “just send the family your Amazon wish list of shit you want to get yourself but feel guilty spending money on.”
I love the aesthetics and ambiance of Christmas. Warm colorful lights and decorations. The festive feeling and using reefs and such to bring color to an otherwise horribly gray and depressing season.
My city in the past few years started leaving lights up in the main park through February. Like they’d take down the Jesus/Santa stuff after the 25th, but leave the basic light strings up. Their reasoning is to keep a festive atmosphere during the drab winter.
I love the aesthetics and ambiance of Christmas. Warm colorful lights and decorations. The festive feeling and using reefs and such to bring color to an otherwise horribly gray and depressing season.
I HATE all the obsession with gift giving and shopping and buying. Basically, the way capitalism wormed its way into it.
Essentially, I like all the parts of Christmas that were basically stolen from other religions. I hate the aspects from Christianity, which were the easiest to use to inject capitalism into it (presents).
I think it should just be about bringing warmth and color to an otherwise cold and drab season. Where I’m from, there’s more deciduous trees than coniferous so all the trees loose their leaves. The sky is most overcast. With nothing but bare, dead looking trees and overcast sky, everything becomes gray and depressing. Due to the angle of the sun it’s like, daytime is “perpetually 10 am untill all of a sudden it’s 3pm. Then you get off work and by the time you are home it’s night.”
Christmas lights and such combat that drab depression. I just wish the holiday was more about JUST being with friends and family and bringing some cheer and warmth. Instead of all the shopping and “literally kill someone for the last TV on black Friday” type shit. Fuck presents. It’s too much of a focus when it SHOULD be like, a minor side thing. Little fun stuff not the main focus.
Reciprocal gifting feels so hollow when every gift has a price tag.
Right? Like “We just exchanged piles of money but instead of picking out something myself you had to figure out what I might want and then get me that?”
Like most of the time now it turns into “just send the family your Amazon wish list of shit you want to get yourself but feel guilty spending money on.”
My city in the past few years started leaving lights up in the main park through February. Like they’d take down the Jesus/Santa stuff after the 25th, but leave the basic light strings up. Their reasoning is to keep a festive atmosphere during the drab winter.