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this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2024
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My favorite part is when it's over and all the fake cheer dissolves.
I feel this. I have a really hard time with holidays and i hate the media portrayal that it's a beautiful day for everyone. Abuse, neglect, illness, and everything else continues regardless of the calendar. This will be my second Christmas without my mom. I keep thinking of all the things she did over the years to make Christmas nice for me and it's made me want to participate a little more this year.
I started to downvote you, but it's an honest answer, so I stopped. But I can't bring myself to upvote you either ʘ‿ʘ
I get this, after working retail as a teen/early 20's. I hated the music, the commercial nature of everything, the fakeness of it all. As a special extra, for those in the southern hemisphere "traditional" Christmas food is so dumb here.
But you know what "cured" me of this. My kids, they are what it's all about, they love the songs and gifts, time with us. Lake days and sun... its all wonderful to them.