I love Christmas but I hate Santa, if you see what I mean.
I do! But I have my reservations about the whole thing as it carries so much emotional baggage I just don't want: family obligations, having to do things you don't want to because even aggressively pagan SILs want a special dinner (who knows why), having to buy presents for adults and get ones you don't particularly want back (yet more bottles of wine with cat labels; sigh); blah de blah blah. At least other religious festivals of whatever kind haven't taken over popular culture so one is free to celebrate them how one wants, or indeed not. Yes, there are the chocolate eggs and bunnies (urk) at Easter, but they're don't impermeate the whole environment for 2-3 months. [stab]
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I do! But I have my reservations about the whole thing as it carries so much emotional baggage I just don't want: family obligations, having to do things you don't want to because even aggressively pagan SILs want a special dinner (who knows why), having to buy presents for adults and get ones you don't particularly want back (yet more bottles of wine with cat labels; sigh); blah de blah blah. At least other religious festivals of whatever kind haven't taken over popular culture so one is free to celebrate them how one wants, or indeed not. Yes, there are the chocolate eggs and bunnies (urk) at Easter, but they're don't impermeate the whole environment for 2-3 months. [stab]