Topic: Christmas time

Not at all, if anything I consider Christmas to be the epitome of hypocrisy as far as I'm concerned.

However, taking that stance would imply some form of strong dislike, hatred or outright bitterness. While this may be accurate to an extend, as I'll gladly argue under that premise, I plainly learned to not give a damn and not feel bad about it, either. Feeding my misanthropy isn't the smartest thing to do.

I don't belong to merry get-togethers, never have, never will and luckily don't have an urge to, either.

Hey man, I also "hate" Christmas time, or should I write I care for it the leastest of the least? Don't know, I just found the Alexithemia topic today... it seems to fit me. So I joined the forum...

Just wondering why there is so little activity in the english part, compared to the german one? Maybe I should write here. My english is about as bad as my german (which is actually my mother-tongue)...

Snow

I never could see any day as being special or different than any other. I prefer to view holidays as some form of mass insanity that I am just observing. You could look at it and say 'at least they are getting some enjoyment out of it', but there are always people for whom it is a depressing part of the year. You could just say you fall right in the middle of the bell curve on that one.

Hi, I am bored with time to waste so:

Throughout my childhood I enjoyed Christmas because of food, free stuff and frivolous days spent watching television or what-not, I can't reliably remember my view on the whole "Santa" business so a safe bet would be indifference. Over the years as I got less free stuff and decreased desire to spend time with others that indifference has increased. The last few years my routine on Christmas have been: Sit on the computer until dinner, eat dinner, go back down on the computer, go back to the living room in time for presents and desert and once that's done, I returned to solitude.

Currently I harbour no real thoughts or feelings towards Christmas, it is just a day and I could not care less for how other people celebrate, or do not celebrate it.

I remember that only five or six years ago (I'm 33 now) Christmas still gave me a cool feeling of nostalgia. It was the only holiday that I have ever felt anything for, since it brought back memories of family get togethers (with little to no hostility) and playing with new presents. Now that the sense of nostalgia has dried up, Christmas is just as exciting as New Years, St. Patrick's day, Halloween or my birthday. Which is to say, not exciting at all. It's just another one of those days when my friends all make big plans that I have to feign interest in.

Years ago, I decided not to put up a tree, found I didn't miss it.

Came to the conclusion I hated Christmas because of all the phoniness about it, and no longer celebrate it, asked family and friends to not give me presents.