Anticlimax To Christmas

Christmas last with me until the feeling goes, I always enjoy the feeling and excitment. Sadly it isn't the same as when I was a kid but it's great watching jake go through and it leaves me pretty much overjoyed. I couldn't expect a better christmas this year, so It carried on. (decs/tree) are still up here LOL ~Joey

Wolfie I agree with you but it has only been lately such an Anticlimax I used to love Christmas but now it is not the same and I do not think it ever will be The only thing that would make it Christmas for me is when it is white as that is Christmas xxx

IMO, Christmas isn't over until you have received your last gift. In other words, if you still have gifts pending, for you it is still Christmas. It works that way for birthdays too, lol. Seriously tho, the holiday is a marketer's dream. They guilt us into buying, buying, buying. Well, our family didn't have an expensive Christmas, and it came to a consensus that we had the best Christmas ever. We got together, we ate (I had no help this year, and dinner still rocked!!), we unwrapped our few gifts each & sat around enjoying each other's company until we all got turkey-comatose. I agree tho, they have taken a season for love & giving and turned it into mandatory stress. Ciao4now, gotta clock in.

You make me laugh wolfie. When I say "I love Christmas" I'm not talking just about Christmas day. For me, it starts when I see the decorations go up in the shopping centres and the place is transformed into a beautiful Christmassy wonderland. I'm not a very good gift buyer so I get a bit worried when shopping for gifts but I carefully plan my food shopping depending what my plans are. I love seeing the Christmas lights going up on houses around town and I love the Christmas movies that start being played a few weeks prior to the big day. If I decorate my place, it's good fun to transform my own place into a tinselly, bright, cheerful place. It's not 'just 2 days'....it's the lead up to Christmas, the excitement and joy, the good wishes called out and sent and received in cards. The big day comes and we spend it how we choose wether alone or with others, then it's time to put everything away till next year. My daughter once said to me...."Christmas is what you make it" and that is SO true. If you choose to make it stressful or boring or unhappy, it will be. If you go all out to enjoy yourself and bring joy to others you will do that too. It's totally up to the individual to celebrtate Christmas in what ever way they choose.

I guess if I had your point of view on it, I'd feel let down too. But, I don't start decorating til after Thanksgiving, I don't care what the stores do. I love the whole holiday, and being able to enjoy the decorations, the shopping, the music, etc. And yes, I'm one that the Christmas decorations don't come down til New Years Day. It's always been that way, from the time I was a little girl, that was the day the Christmas decorations were taken down and put away til next year.

The spirit of Christmas should last us all year...everyday in our hearts! I am not bummed that it has passed. I enjoy seeing people enjoy what I got them and I enjoy using what was gifted to me. I still am in the Christmas mood! I do however have one more celebration with my sisters! Maybe that is why for me it's not over!

for me, everyday is a christmas... because for me, christmas is not about gifts, foods etc... but christmas is again a time for us to reflect on God's love to us that He comes down to earth to die so that we might be saved from our sins... and i reflect on His love every single day... that's why everyday is christmas for me... :-)

Ours last until the day after New Years, and I do have cookies left over. But I know what you mean. We expect so much and for me, I really have to save money the whole year, and I wish my husband would have let me make a mincemeat pie, but he did not and I do not make enough money on my own to buy the mincemeat or to buy the ingredients to make one. We just have to take the tree down and there is New Years and cooking for everyone all year, but unless you get presents that will last more than a few months, it seems the only thing about Christmas is the most important thing, birth of the Christ child and forgetting all that shopping and making sure you look nice. I guess those who are just into commercialism have the greatest let down.

you are sure right about the shops over doing Christmas merchandise and hooplah so early, earlier every year - this year there was halloween and Christmas items out at the same time. augh. We do not start our celebration until Christmas Day and we continue through Feb. 2nd. I think that the stores tend to desensitize people to the holy day with all its pushing and cramming and of course reaching for our wallets.

Hello my friend, I think you can have Christmas everyday if you want. And I think also you know what I mean here. :P So soak in the festive spirit all year round. Be light in your steps and beam cheerful always. =)

Hey Doll... I think you are right... Seems we scurry alot for such a short delight!!! I am so glad it is past.. I look fondly forward to beginning a new year ... oxxoxoxoxo

For me, I think that the Spirit of Christmas should last in our hearts year round. I plan the holiday with love and great care for my family. I purchase or make gifts year round (and believe it or not, I am already working on next years gifts and have already started my new stock pile). I treasure the time with family and the looks on the children's faces when they get up and see the gifts under the tree. One of the children passes them out and we all take turns opening our gifts and it is a special time. For me, Christmas is year round with the spirit from within me and my heart dictating the dates, not some calendar that man has dictated.

There is a lot of build up, which often leads to disappointment, and maybe feeling sad or empty afterward. But if we try to keep things in perspective, and not put too much pressure on one or two days being perfect, we wouldn't feel so deflated when it is over. I enjoy the time leading up to Christmas, and I do have some anticipation, but I try to extend it, not just before, but after the big day, so all the excitement isn't concentrated into one day. We are still receiving cards in the mail, and I still have one gift to give that hasn't arrived yet- I ordered too late for Christmas delivery, so for us it is still going on. We do like to extend the season to New Year's Day, and include some of the same traditions for New Year's as we do for Christmas.

I love the season because of the visiting with family and friends, but to be honest I am glad its over. We had company from out of town and they stayed for a week. We went out several times for dinner at other family dinners and we had three family dinners at our house. We have a pool table so our house seems to always be the house everyone wants to come to. We had company here every day. I am so glad everyone is gone and the season is finally over. Maybe now we can get some normalcy around here. I am lookng forward to some quiet nights at home with my hubby. He went back to work today after being off for the last 10 days and I'm glad for that too. I like being home by myself all day and it will take me about a week to get everything cleaned up and to get back to normal. I couldn't even work the computer while everyone was here so this is my first day back in mylot. I really missed it and missed my friends here.

It's a lot of work for only a few hours or a day of enjoyment. My family is not all in one city so by the time everyone gets there, we only have a few hours to have a nice dinner and the kids all open presents. The time goes by fast. I think we live in a very fast paced world and lots have forgotten the meaning of families and family time.

christman is OVER. I'm done. lol i took my tree down today. The 27th. I was sick of looking at the ugly thing. If i didn't have a kid i wouldnt even put it up. I haven't in previous years. I dont go crazy like some of those other people. I buy presents throughout the year and put them away. I dont like those crowds, so i know better to wait till last minute. Also, if you wait till last minute you can never find what your are looking for because everyone else is shopping too.

There is always some sort of anti-climax to special days. Mostly because we do put too much into it, too many expectations, too many preparations too much riding on it. After putting so much into it even the smallest glitch can make it somehow disappointing. That's why when something happens on those special days - heartbreak, ilness or just a simple argument - it's much more difficult to get over. Of course it has to do with our expectations being so high for those times, they make everything else more complicated :)

Unlike years past, wolfie, Christmas has become a relaxing, enjoyable time for me because I don't fuss over anything and don't do anything I don't want to. Once all of the grandkids were pretty much grown up, I decided to just relax and enjoy the holidays. I've always thought the hype is mostly for the kiddies anyway. The last few holiday seasons have, perhaps, been the most enjoyable of my life as far as being stress-free is concerned.