Who's Looking Foward to Christmas?

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I love halloween a lot. I love dressing up in something real goofy and going to Halloween parites. Thanksgiving is hard on me cause it is my birthday. We have no family and i don't want to cook on my birthday and nobody serves thanksgiving dinner around here. Last year we went to gatlinburg, but it was so crowded and did not seem like thanksgiving at all.

[Staceyy]

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I love Christmas! I don't spend much money on it though. I like to throw a Christmas party and I like to have young kids around. I send out cards, I recycle my Christmas tree and decorations and do a lot of baking. The few gifts I do give are low priced and wrapped in newspaper and comics. We light the fireplace, sit around and talk , listen to Christmas music and have a good time.

[getforfree]

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To me holidays, is just extra work. I used to like new year, when I was a kid, not anymore, because all the preparation and cooking falls on me. ANd the holidays are expencive too!!! Expencive, that's the worst part.

Maybe when my kids get older, they can help me, then I will be ok.

I don't think I ever believed that the Santa is real. We were getting lots of candy from my parents for christmass, and decorating the tree. My mom would bake a lot, and prepare all the yummy food.

We don't selebrate halloween. I came from a country where they don't selebrate, and I didn't know about it untill I came to US. This all dress-up is just silly.

We selebrate thangsgiving with a cooked turkey, and lots of turkeys in the freezer. I stock up on them before that time, cut it in small pieces, and they last me until february.

We decorate for christmass, but not too much. I put the lights only inside. What's the use to keep it on outside, if you are inside anyways and can't enjoy it? I have a plastic tree that shines in all colors. I don't put any ornamets on it, I am afraid, kids might brake it and make lot's of mess. I got it 4 yrs ago a few days before christmass, and went for a price adjustment right after christmass, so it cost me only $4.

On the 4th of july this year, we did bbq outside. My dh went to the store and spend like $60 on meat, ice cream, chips and all the other food. We don't normally buy that much meat and junk food. He wanted to have friends over. I can't believe, we ate $60 worth of food for just 2 days. That's why I don't let him shop for groceries or invite people too often, especcially those that don't invite us for any dinners. I don't really like holidays. I don't know if that is normal or not. Does everybody like holidays?

[cschin4]

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We enjoy Halloween. I like dressing up with the kids to take them out Trick or Treating. It is just fun. For Thanksgiving, it will just be us and my mom. I plan to make a turkey breast instead a whole turkey. Nobody likes the legs anyway so why cook all day. I pretty much just make the same menu every year which is plenty of food. Then, the leftovers, I package into tupperware and make my own TV dinners.
As for Christmas, we have purchased alot of ornaments over the years when on vacations, etc. so it is kind of fun to get those out and look at them. I think you can make these things a "big deal" without all the expense. Or, you just play it low key and enjoy.
If you really don't want to cook all day, then don't. Cut back on so many extras, get premade food, etc. We can only eat so much so I don't make that many extras. And, we don't need dozens of cookies laying around so I just buy a tray from the local Ladies Auxillary and they are quite good.

[boefixepa]

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I have mixed feelings about the 'holiday season.'

1. Halloween is my least favorite. I think it's cute for small kids and all, but I REALY DO NOT LIKE the evil that I feel is associated with it. Many people use it as a justifacation or an excuse to do very evil and wrong things...that's why it's my least favorite.

2. Thanksgiving is fine, I generally enjoy it and I like cooking so when I do get the chance to cook something that great.

3. Christmas.....Christmas is hard for me...the whole season is. I've learned I have to be very careful with my emotional well being at Christmas. If I allow myself to get to caught up in the feel good things of Christamas I ended up falling just as hard. I realize I'm alone...that I don't have a SO, that I don't have any children to be to excited to go to sleep, or to watch open presents...the last few years I haven't even really decorated too much. I think I went a little too far last year as far as not decorating goes. I think I will this year. I just have to be careful and stay busy...take the focus off of how I feel.

4. New Years...never been a big one for me I generally sleep through it, but I'm happy to have a day off of work

[Kris10Leigh]

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I have to try not to let my feelings of resentment overpower me during this season. I do feel as though much of the burden falls on me, as many of you have said, but then it's not really a burden because I do enjoy it. I get resentful when I feel like I HAVE to cook or I HAVE to decorate. If I don't do it, it won't get done. I have to remember that I do it because I WANT to. DH will do absolutely anything I ASK him to do, but I do have to ask, and sometimes I feel like I push my joy on others. LOL! "You're not enjoying this, darnit, you're supposed to enjoy this!!!" That's me in November and December.

[mariec99]

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I am so looking forward to the holidays - especially Halloween! It's one of my favorite pagan holidays!

Love Thaksgiving - nice and low key. But I am loking forward to it because that's the day we take out my nieces' Fisher-Price nativity sets and I help them put them out in their rooms as their first Christmas decoration - so cute.

Christmas is fabulous - I get the best feeling from being able to buy clothing and toys disadvantaged children - it makes me really appreciate the things I have. And it makes me Santa Claus! Also, I LOVE the shopping I do. Our family draws names and sets a dollar limit and I find it so fun - it is a challenge to me to see what unique item(s) I can find and get the most for the dollar limit. I adore wrapping presents and I adore finding unique gifts. I get to take my 5 year old niece shopping for her Mom and Dad and then I help her wrap while she makes them cards. I really like holiday parties - going and throwing. Cookie making! Christmas concerts! Holiday plays! The lights! Yeah! The only thing I don't like is Christmas cards. No one ever reads them and it is such a chore to send them all out.

New Years is great too - fresh start, no crazy new years eve though. Just a lovely family brunch to kick off the new year together.

[puppypal]

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I really do enjoy Christmas. Around here, it means visiting with family and friends that I do not get to see through-out the year. It means teaching my boys the true meaning and being blessed that I can. It is a time for remembering Christmas passed, and plan new traditions throughout the years. I don't get caught up to much in the commericalizm of it all. I depend on the reason for the season! It will no doubt be a leaner than most year for us, but we never stop believing in giving, sharing, & God! The world today seems to think that "More stuff is Better" But not to us.
I reckon the most favorite memory I have was when I took my son with me to make some of my holiday rounds. The joy, understanding, and pure air of it all was over-welming. We always give turkeys and hams to several elder folks on a tight budget. We also donate to the women's Abuse Shelter in our small town and also the Foster kids program. Now you say, that is bucks that could go here or there. Ya know, Quite frankly, I have never missed a dime of it! LOL For Real!
If we imagine the things and the way commerically Christmas should go we will no doubt be let down.