One of us, one of us!

Do you just like dioramas in general?

Watch out, you just pissed off the post-structuralists

They have Christmas songs for that too!

There is a physical connection. At some level we are aware that the Sun is returning (based on memory of experience). More than the fairly recent Christian meaning, it is tied to eons of animal experience in the northern hemisphere.

Indeed, what is?

Indeed, they are.

I'm German, and coca-cola had nothing to do it with our Christmas celebrations or our nostalgia. Infact I grew up ok. A house where we didn't watch television and were expressly forbidden from drinking soft drinks.

And in your eyes what makes Christmas awesome, engage in the philosophical inquiry of your feelings.

Do you feel its awesome because of your experiences or have you studied the history around Christmas and can include things that I may be ignorant of?

Simply saying its awesome doesn't provide anything for conversation, does it?

Our reality is limited by our senses. It doesn't make it less real but perception is fun.

Christmas is awesome

For me, it's bittersweet but in a good way. I'm likely past the midpoint of my life and I do feel nostalgic but sad about how much loss I've experienced simply as a product of getting older and " things just aren't the same anymore."

On the other hand, I see it as my duty to make Christmas as fun and magical for my kids and other younger people, and that brings me a tremendous sense of joy and purpose this time of year.

What that's a thing? All I feel on Christmas is dread, just another reminder of the cyclic nature of life and its finite nature, but maybe I'm just weird lol

Not at all! Just haven't seen it written out in months probably and now I've seen it like three times in the past 24 hours.

No, my girlfriend did and I thought it might be one of those Baader-Meinhof type things!

You shouldn't feel sorry, thats part of the oppressive nature of the season. We can all feel however we want about the season and none of those feelings are inherently wrong or sad or pitiful.

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The notion that the Christmas season as a whole is useful to offset the hardships that the year as a whole has held is likely close to the heart of Christmas, and the growth of the season to 2-3 months could be representative of the dismal and dreadful existences we have come to live in our day to day lives.

But why couple that with the religious theft and oppression that Christmas represents, why not dismiss Christmas and celebrate exactly what you said? That is the oppressive nature of Christmas, everyone is all too willing to ignore its ugliness and accept its boons.

Historically Christmas was made to pacify pagans through their indoctrination into Christianity, we have come to ignore the way Christmas has become what it is in a similar way to how white privilege is institutionalized in modern America. Ignorance is bliss I suppose, but such bliss is oppressive, zealous, and wasteful.

Sorry you feel that way

Lol I'm an atheist who fucking loves Christmas too and ironically my favorite thing to collect are nativity scenes. Fucking love those things and I have no good reason why lol

Is wistful a weird word or something?

If you put it that way, reality itself becomes a social construct if we follow Baudrillard's and Goffman's line of thinking.

Christmas is about nostalgia and hope , not oppression or wastefulness . We use this period every year to celebrate the good experiences we’ve had with family and friends during what would ordinarily be a difficult time of year . When you think of Christmas you think of the magical feeling you had around it as a child , and that’s why it’s so nice as an adult to reminisce on that magic again . This is my take on Christmas anyway , that it’s a brilliant excuse to spend time with family and friends that we may not have seen much throughout the hustle and bustle of the year , and to make memories that aren’t clouded over .

Doesn't sound oppressive in the slightest, amazing point. Quote the grinch and prove my point further...

Lemmings to a cliff.

Who's pressuring you?