Chistmas has lost its excitment...

A couple a years ago I was 19 and was still looking forward to Christmas time. I was wondering what my parents were getting me, looking forward to the food, etc.

When I was younger I could hardly sleep as my mind wondered what Santa was going to bring me.

This year though it's all so blah. Normally Christmas feels like it takes forever to get here because the day after Thanksgiving I would start anticipating it. Now I look at the calender a couple days ago and realize there is less than a week left (now only 3 days till Christmas Eve.)

I'm 21 and still getting gifts from family. I may get an XBOX 360 this year. Something to get excited about right? I just don't know it's almost like this time of year isn't close to being the same. If I don't get a 360 I could always just save up for about 5-6 months and buy myself one.

I know this isn't really abnormal, but I was thinking about how happy I was this time of year as a kid. Now it is just like any other time of year just with more crowds and more traffic.

its kind of like halloween man....as a kid halloween was the shit! then as you got older into highschool and such it was a crappy holiday. then when you go to college, halloween FUCKING RULES. im sure christmas is the same, once ya have kids, im sure it takes on a whole new meaning.

Yeah...I agree with you. It feels like a chore to me anymore. I'm hoping that someday, I'll feel the excitement again...

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Originally Posted by higher4hockey

its kind of like halloween man....as a kid halloween was the shit! then as you got older into highschool and such it was a crappy holiday. then when you go to college, halloween FUCKING RULES. im sure christmas is the same, once ya have kids, im sure it takes on a whole new meaning.

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im 17 and halloween still FUCKING RULES. next year we might go and destroy property while trippin on acid and mushies

Hah, always fun to destroy property.

Not.

Mushrooms and cid are alright though ;)

yeah i know what u mean. this christmas doesnt feel right. im from Mass and usualy we have snow in october but weve had NONE so far. im pissed. hopefully itll be w hite christmas i love the snow

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Originally Posted by MastaChronic

im 17 and halloween still FUCKING RULES. next year we might go and destroy property while trippin on acid and mushies

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hahahahha hell yea
appart from destroyin property (i actually did a little), thats exactly what i did halloween 2 years ago

the cid.. then a few hours later the psilo's.. what a trip!

Chistmas. lol.

I'm taking Christ our of Christmas once and for all. This holiday will now be known as Chistmas.:D

As for Halloween, I never really have gotten back into it. I will go to a halloween party sometimes, but I usually don't bother much with that one either.

Yeah, when I was little I used to count the days until Christmas, but now I find it to be almost a waste of my money. Sure I get to see my neices and nephew, but do I seriously have to by them presents? I'm perfectly fine teaching them how to play video games and just having them there.

i don't think christmas has lost it's excitement, i just think i've lost enthusiasm for it. if i get another pair of socks this year...

Is it really so hard to not talk about acid and shrooms in every single post? For fucks sake people, I'm tired of all kinds of posts getting deleted because people insist on talking about this shit. It has been made perfectly clear to all of us the owner of this site doesn't want the shit mentioned. Why when one person says something about everyone else has to confirm how "shrooms are the shit man."

I'm not sure if the mods will feel the need to delete this, nor do I really care. But it is starting to get rather annoying when I go to check back on a post that I find interessting only to find out it has been deleted because some people can't follow a very simple rule!

I just can't understand how thick headed some people are.

Yeah man, I know what you mean.

I'm only 16 though, but christmas has definitely lost its appeal. I moved to FL so theres no snow, and that was like, one of the best things about that time of year. I am excited to get some new games, but its just not christmas. Past few years its been more of "Oh cool, I get some new stuff on dec. 25" but before it used to be like "CHRISTMAS!" and I'd be excited for numerous reasons.

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Originally Posted by Frivolous248

Yeah man, I know what you mean.

I'm only 16 though, but christmas has definitely lost its appeal. I moved to FL so theres no snow, and that was like, one of the best things about that time of year. I am excited to get some new games, but its just not christmas. Past few years its been more of "Oh cool, I get some new stuff on dec. 25" but before it used to be like "CHRISTMAS!" and I'd be excited for numerous reasons.

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I have had one white christmas and all that consited of was little bit of snow falling and istantly truning to wet dirt.

Louisiana and all, we don't get snow bet once every 10 years or so. It has snowed twice here in my lifetime, once being on Christmas day. ;)

It was actually kind of cool.

i gave this guy i......."extremely dislike" a present, it was a giant mound of dog poo that i had gathered from the park (with a pooper scooper) covered with those packing peanuts and sprayed with cologne. he got so pissed at me

Look, I'm Wiccan, (if you don't know what that means, well, basically I'm a Goddess-worshiping witch- deal with it!), so Christmas is not really my area. However, I know what's wrong with you kids who have lost the joy of this season. You have gotten poisoned by the commercialism! The NEED to give meaningless gifts has gotten out of hand in Christendom. In the need to "keep up with the Joneses" and use a "boughten" gift to show duty, love and/or respect, you have forgotten the simple man who washed the feet of his disciples. Jesus was the humblest and "realest" of men. I would have enjoyed discussing philosophy with him. His path is not mine, but it can be a good and rightous path. In his memory, give a REAL gift, work in a homeless shelter, a soup kitchen (I'm sure there is a church doing Xmas dinners near you- they'd love another volunteer!). Give of your selves, not a gift from a store. Give an IOU of a service (upon demand) mowing the lawn, babysitting, getting prescriptions, etc to a family member (start with only a few - this CAN get overwhelming if done to excess). Christmas doesn't really have a darn thing to do with giving gifts- it has to do with renewing your spirit! May you be blessed! -Granny :stoned:

SC, your a wiccan right? im thinking of becoming one but i have no idea where to start, what books to read and whatnot, could you help me out?

Storm crow, just out of curiosity, do perform spells on a regular basis? and do they work?

I think many components of Christmas are the special domain of kids, and I like to think that's because it's a holiday that celebrates the birth of a very special babe. But kids definitely get into the commercial and magical aspect and also the visual and sensual--the sights, lights, colors, smells, tastes and emotion of the holiday. It's an amazing time when you're a child and you believe in Santa magic, and it'll become an amazing time again when you have small children of your own and they do. You see it again through their eyes. If you're in the in-between magic times, try and spend some time with families who have little ones during the holidays. Or be patient. Those magical times come back with every generation. My child is grown now, but I can look foward to the times when I'm a grandmother.

i love xmas, seeing the joy on my kids faces is priceless,my kids are 14 and 15 but i still love playing santa ho ho ho and merry xmas to u all:noel:

yeah christmas just ends up turning into like any other day.. apart from you have ALOT more weed ALOT more booze and ALOT of good ass munchies :D they're the only things i really love about christmas anymore.. presents are ok, few dvds i can watch when im bored, new clothes some nice aftershave or somethin.. i hope i get some CK one from someone this year cuz i love that shit

but ya, it looses its magicalness when you're not a kid anymore.. stayin up all night outa excitment and then eatin round the family dinner.. now its just a few memebers of the family like my aunt and a few cousins n my dad and an excuse to get stoned n absolutely rat arsed

I already know about the 7.2 Q of hash i'm gonna get. I ordered a new bong yesterday, should be here before x-mas. I already have my 360. I'm gonna get even more money =] I can't wait to get so blazed on christmas day.

Maybe it's just because I moved away from home, but christmas still excites me. I don't look forward to getting anything anymore, but I look forward to eating dinner with my mom, dad and sisters as well as seeing everyone else (hopefully) enjoy the gifts they got. Just makes me feel relaxed and good. Even better than weed. Thats right, I'd give up my oz anyday to get to have a christmas with everyone.

Christmas is retarted
It comes every year whether you like it or not. It is full of obligation, lies and lame traditions. I told both of my daughters as soon as they could understand that there is NO Santa Claus and that parents all over the world lie to their kids and tell them that Santa is real.

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Originally Posted by Storm Crow

Look, I'm Wiccan, (if you don't know what that means, well, basically I'm a Goddess-worshiping witch- deal with it!), so Christmas is not really my area. However, I know what's wrong with you kids who have lost the joy of this season. You have gotten poisoned by the commercialism! The NEED to give meaningless gifts has gotten out of hand in Christendom. In the need to "keep up with the Joneses" and use a "boughten" gift to show duty, love and/or respect, you have forgotten the simple man who washed the feet of his disciples. Jesus was the humblest and "realest" of men. I would have enjoyed discussing philosophy with him. His path is not mine, but it can be a good and rightous path. In his memory, give a REAL gift, work in a homeless shelter, a soup kitchen (I'm sure there is a church doing Xmas dinners near you- they'd love another volunteer!). Give of your selves, not a gift from a store. Give an IOU of a service (upon demand) mowing the lawn, babysitting, getting prescriptions, etc to a family member (start with only a few - this CAN get overwhelming if done to excess). Christmas doesn't really have a darn thing to do with giving gifts- it has to do with renewing your spirit! May you be blessed! -Granny :stoned:

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Storm Crow is absolutely right. The real magic happens when you do something for someone else- of course it sounds corny and all, but once you do it, you will realize the awesome power it has over the human spirit- theirs and yours -the crap you buy will never do that! I challenge anyone to go help someone else for a few hours or a few days and not feel great :) Give that present to yourself:noel:

Now Halloween is another matter- I have an annual Halloween party, my husband and I dress up and decorate the house all spooky-like, and we have about thirty people over, not too crazy, kids too, and we have tons of delicious food made by my chef husband, but later on after the kids go home, everyone gets high on wine or weed and sits in the hot tub till the wee hours acting silly. Never lose the bacchanal baby!:yippee: :dance:

Christmas is strictly for the kids in my family.

However, I do enjoy sitting around with my siblings, cousins,...etc and kicking back, talking smack, maybe play some cards. Spark a little something after the young ones have left or are sleeping.

We're able to find enjoyment in each other's company. For me thats what Christmas is about now.

Yes it's ususally full of obligation. The only problem is that nowadays, there isn't enough obligation out there. Everyone is allways ditching responsibilities and saying one thing and doing another. There was a time that someones word meant something to them, but not anymore. Everyone is allways out for ol' number one, fuck everyone else. I've allways liked christmas because it's ususally the only time of the year that greedy lazy bastards stop for two minutes to take care of someone else. I say if someone doesn't want to celebrate the holidays, then go serve in a soup kitchen, or a hospital or something. That way you can at least make someones day a little better and spread the cheer :madnoel:

only thing i look forward to is football, basketball, and gettin drunk as fuck, and gettin high as a kite, than eatin turkey..........and then opening a gift or 2.. I didn't even notice till like a week ago how close it was, usually i know, but this year feels kinda different...weird, and there's no fuckin snow yet in toronto......

Christmas puts something special in my heart that is not explainable... once I got past my youth it was time to feel joy in giving...

Merry Chrstmas all... now go hug someone that made your childhood special this time of year :areindeer: :areindeer: :areindeer:

i used to like x-mas as a kid cuz i loved to get gifts

as a teen and young adult i hated fuckin mas everyone was stupid and shit

as a man i love to see people smile when i buy em some dope ass gifts

I'm 24 and I still love xmas. When I was a kid, I used to get so excited I couldn't sleep. I get excited, but I sleep just fine now. I get more excited seeing my family than presents. I see them only once or twice a year, so when we get together, we have a good time.

We've never been about big, expensive gifts either. I wasn't raised to love someone who gives me expensive gifts.

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Originally Posted by geonagual

Christmas is retarted
It comes every year whether you like it or not. It is full of obligation, lies and lame traditions. I told both of my daughters as soon as they could understand that there is NO Santa Claus and that parents all over the world lie to their kids and tell them that Santa is real.

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So you really want your kids to grow up and be as bitter as you? Give your kids what your parents didn't, and I'm guessing with that attitude, they didn't give you much. I feel sorry for your kids. You're robbing them of their childhood. You should be ashamed as a parent.

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Originally Posted by Nochowderforyou

So you really want your kids to grow up and be as bitter as you? Give your kids what your parents didn't, and I'm guessing with that attitude, they didn't give you much. I feel sorry for your kids. You're robbing them of their childhood. You should be ashamed as a parent.

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I have a friend I work with who doesn't want her son to believe in Santa either. I never understood what the big deal is. I see her side of it, but belief in Santa is a very fun part of childhood.

Her problem with it is she feels that kids don't appreciate the gifts when they think they come from some magical creature. She wants to teach her child young that nothing comes easy, and mommy and daddy have to go to a shitty job everyday in order to buy nice gifts.

I can kind of see her point. I always had mounds of gifts as a kid and still today, I would say I get close to 1500 - $2000 dollars in gifts each year. My family just never stopped giving their kids things over christmas. Just the bigger each of our families get the less we get, because that set amount is spread amongst each of our kids, wives, girlfriends, etc.

On that note, I would have to say, knowing all your life your parents are buying you gifts would help keep the kid from thinking he can get anything he wants for doing nothing.

I still vote for Santa though. ;)

yea... dont worrie bros and siss its lost damn near all meaning to me to... i mean... it used to be, on chirstmas, or thanksgiving when my mom would have us kids(when we were with my mom for thanks giving, we would be at my dad for chirstmas, and vise versa... and when my mom had us for either one of those holidays... we would go down the street 2 houses for dinner and to open our presents... cause thats were santa went... so that he wouldnt have to stop at 2 houses for the same kids is what the family always told us.... and anyways, a few years ago... my grandpa passed away... and since then, there has just been a great big family fight basicaly, and the fights ending long enuf for some one to ask for monney from the other person... and then after the monney was givin to the person, the fight would be back on agin...

anyways... because of the family fighting... my mom has been draging me to her boyfriends familys houses for what ever holidays...

and then on top of that... my dad spends all of his chirstmas monney on my step sisters, and me and my sisters all end up with shit from the bargin bins, and dolllar stores... and maybe one good gift...

this year, im happy though... i was able to talk my mom out of making me go down to Oregon for chirstmas with my moms bf family...

i disagree. now that i have been away in college and am becoming an adult, suddenly family time has become very important. ive gotten over my irratble teenager phase and i just wanna share time with the folks. we are getting along better too. so christmas this year is really exciting since i get to be with my whole family.