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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like I’m the only one in my immediate family that loves Christmas. I get the tree, decorate, cook seasonal foods, bake cookies and cakes, buy well thought out gifts, wrap them, play Christmas music, etc. I have older teens and a DH at home. No one does anything or even comments on the decorations or foods. I want to watch a Christmas movie with them but afraid to be mocked. Every year, I get presents where they evidently ran to CVS or the mall to buy the first thing they saw. I never say anything but pretend to be happy.[/quote]

I love Christmas but not the way you celebrate it, so you'd probably call me a Grinch. If you walk into my house, you wouldn't see a single sign of the holidays. I'm allergic to pine, don't have the space (or desire for clutter) to store an artificial tree and decorations, not a fan of baking (but I will happily eat any cookies you bring me), and I hate, hate, HATE the tradition of buying full-grown adults crap they don't want or need, and receiving the same in return. My sister is an exuberant (and terrible) gift-giver, and I thought I'd trained her out of buying stuff for me. Nope. Just a few days ago, a package showed up on my doorstep containing a kitchen appliance I didn't ask for, didn't want, won't use, and have no space to keep. Oh well. She got a pleasant thank you, but I feel no obligation to buy something for her in return. Nor will I feel any guilt about regifting this item.

I love the holidays. I love listening to Christmas music (and there's a lot of good, modern stuff out there, not stuck in the 50s). I love walking around town and soaking in the lights. I love streaming Christmas episodes of favorite tv shows. I love the holiday spirit, and reflecting about the myths that got us here (the reason for the season) and the pagan solstice traditions that preceded it. But that's about it. No commercialism. No resentful feelings of obligation. No hinging my happiness on the outcome of a particular day.

Praise Santa! And Happy Festivus for the rest of us!

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