Christmas Grinch

[MorbidRaccoon]

How many people think Christmas is lame, and in turn should be shut down? Personally, it seems to support the human greed we seem to feed yearly. I personally think we're dumb, and we cover up for the things we do to make ourselves look better. Christmas is another example. It's not even Christmas anymore for most, just presents or a reason to get drunk. To hell with it all.

[MorbidRaccoon]

anyone?

[dreamyxo]

Me.  I'm a total grinch.  I'm also not religious so it means even less to me in that aspect.  I just hate the commercialism of it.  I hate that they have Xmas decorations in October.

[resebel]

Not me! That's one of the most special occasion in my life that I've always look forward to celebrate with the family every year. Commercialism? It dependes on each individual.

[PennyMTodd]

I don't like the holiday myself, but don't begrudge it to others.  I believe we all have choice and no one should take that away.

[xile2k7]

More school for the kiddies!!! And seriously, who'd want that???

[articx]

I don't hate Christmas but this day has no special meaning to me. If Christmas was to be shut down, I will remember it but I won't miss it.

[Kymberli0529]

I am not religious nor do I force my children to celebrate the 'religious' aspect of Christmas.  It is a fun family tradition that forces the entire family to come together from all ends of the globe, for my family at least considering we're on at least one of us at every continent, and celebrate this family holiday.

Seems to me you are a sad teenage exploring his boundries...

[s3xyrixa]

I usedto be a grinch.. Now the only part that really aggrivates me about christmas is the fact that christ WASNT BORN ON DECEMBER 25th!!! christmas has NOTHING to do with jesus.. the only reason christians started celebrating christmas and easter and all that junk is because christianity wanted more people in their churches.. so they took the pagan holiday saturnalia, then realized it had nothing to do with christianity.

i found this on google search..

"saturnalia was a week long period of lawlessness celebrated between December 17-25.  During this period, Roman courts were closed, and Roman law dictated that no one could be punished for damaging property or injuring people during the weeklong celebration.  The festival began when Roman authorities chose “an enemy of the Roman people” to represent the “Lord of Misrule.”  Each Roman community selected a victim whom they forced to indulge in food and other physical pleasures throughout the week.  At the festival’s conclusion, December 25th, Roman authorities believed they were destroying the forces of darkness by brutally murdering this innocent man or woman."

sounds REAL christian like..

So christians took THIS holiday and decided that december 25th is jesus's birthday!! After this happened thats when christmas really started to take shape.. the roman pagans worshipped the trees in the forest, they would cut them down and bring them to their houses to decorate them.

"Druid rituals use mistletoe to poison their human sacrificial victim. The Christian custom of “kissing under the mistletoe” is a later synthesis of the sexual license of Saturnalia with the Druidic sacrificial cult."

so think twice before smacking lips under that thing!

and Nicholas was actually a bishop that worked on the net testiment of the bible. Basically their cult made jews look bad that they "killed jesus", that cult spread more north.. to europe where the story got changed some more and around to the rest of europe.. where it changed even more, more people joined and more ideas got thrown in there.. to today where the whole shibang turned into a HUGE moneymaker!!

[ConnorsMom86]

I agree that some aspects of Christmas can be a little condesending.. or however you spell that.. but the MAIN reason I go along with it is because I LOVE christmas lights and the time spent with family.. there's never any fighting or boring discussions on christmas day.. I likes it... the food helps... those danish cookies are gooooood.=-)

[klutzycutie]

i belieive u r right

there are those who have greed on the mind

such as my dads gf who when i was buying christmas gifts with her told me

i should spend alot more than $10 per person

its rly not trying to hold on to ur money

kind of thing

and i was pretty pissed. cuz all i could hear from her it sounded like she wanted a RLY good gift

tho those are the kinds of ppl who have greed on the mind

who want more

there are those who such as my mom only thinks its the thought that counts

i mean christmas for me

just means time to spend with family and try to relax for that one day

and no have to think about work

but to enjoy it

so i guess theres 2 sides

theres those who are grinches and others who arent

it depends on how u look at it

[Matski]

I love christmas, since it feels like all the troubles from the previous year just flow out of you. But their, is one thing i hate about christmas, all the  adverts everywhere. I'm a catholic, so i also hate how Christmas became such an unholy thing to, it just became a time for buying things in America. Although, it does kind of affect how people act, like they are kinder and friendlier during christmas. so yeah, depends on what your subtopic of Christmas your talking about.

[mrisha]

I've always loved Christmas, but in the past couple of years its been kind of blah because I wasn't able to buy gifts or really be with my family.  It will be the same this year, which I really dislike.

[rn4bama]

You can take Christians out of "Christmas" if you will, but you will never take Christmas out of us Christians. Take away all your trees, lights, gifts, commercialism, music, symbolism, discussion, Santa, whatever you will. For those who know the true meaning of Christmas, we will continue to celebrate with our families and with Jesus. Actually we carry the message of Christmas with us all throughout the year. Its not simply a day. Its a state of mind and a way of life. 

[mykalshel]

I'm so OVER "CHRISTMAS" and wish we could go back to Christmas . . . family time, Christmas eve potluck with friends before church and gifts that fit in the tree, kids happy that they got anything, when wishlists were just that, a list of wished for (not expected) gifts!

Still think people should limit gifts to no more than 3, why should we expect more than Christ himself received?