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How do you feel about the holidays? Love, hate, apathy?
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<blockquote data-quote="2much2recover" data-source="post: 642267" data-attributes="member: 18366"><p>I wholeheartedly agree. What we enjoy is giving a little something to that person who doesn't expect it and watching the joy on their faces when they aren't expected to give anything back. The give-mes of the holiday seasons has turned me into a bah-hum-bug of a person. I don't see why people feel the need to splurge their hard earned money on multiple gifts. I am OK for the small kids still getting excited about Santa and his gifts. </p><p>Seems to me to becoming a huge commercial mess and it just doesn't feel the same. Also every year, I understand the community needs have gotten greater - but so has the begging and the guilting. I try to give to my favorite charities or people in need year round but having to listen to the "adopt your angel today" type stuff, really ends up irritating me. I do give to toys for tots for both the kids and the Marines behind the charity - but if these damn news companies who beg the loudest - would push more companies to pay a living wage - they wouldn't have to beg the rest of us every year ad nausea um. </p><p>husband and I will be treating ourselves to a nice at home dinner of our favorites but if I hear one more Christmas song I am going to implode LOL.</p><p>We don't need anything, if we did we would just buy it. The only highlight is if you really do need something it might be a great time to buy it and save money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2much2recover, post: 642267, member: 18366"] I wholeheartedly agree. What we enjoy is giving a little something to that person who doesn't expect it and watching the joy on their faces when they aren't expected to give anything back. The give-mes of the holiday seasons has turned me into a bah-hum-bug of a person. I don't see why people feel the need to splurge their hard earned money on multiple gifts. I am OK for the small kids still getting excited about Santa and his gifts. Seems to me to becoming a huge commercial mess and it just doesn't feel the same. Also every year, I understand the community needs have gotten greater - but so has the begging and the guilting. I try to give to my favorite charities or people in need year round but having to listen to the "adopt your angel today" type stuff, really ends up irritating me. I do give to toys for tots for both the kids and the Marines behind the charity - but if these damn news companies who beg the loudest - would push more companies to pay a living wage - they wouldn't have to beg the rest of us every year ad nausea um. husband and I will be treating ourselves to a nice at home dinner of our favorites but if I hear one more Christmas song I am going to implode LOL. We don't need anything, if we did we would just buy it. The only highlight is if you really do need something it might be a great time to buy it and save money. [/QUOTE]
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