There’s lots of things I like about Christmas but for me it’s simple. I love the presents. Even if I don’t like the present I love the thought of somebody thinking of me and putting hours into/using there own money to get me a gift.

  • Last@reddthat.comEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    I get to pretend for a little while that things are OK. All of the songs are really happy. I think I get wrapped up in the nostalgia and remember being a kid.

    • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      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.

  • jrubal1462@mander.xyz
    6·
    5 days ago

    Time. My wife is a school teacher and I’m an engineer at a place that shuts down from Christmas through new years. I absolutely love having no schedule and just waking up every day with the kids and figuring out who were going to see and how were going to spend our time. It’s an absolute luxury and I love it so much.

    • Bakkoda@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      5 days ago

      Same. We have a lot of little shutdowns leading up to Xmas (Thanksgiving, off-site Holiday party etc) plus the Xmas shutdown. I’ve worked like 40 hours since Thanksgiving and it’s been glorious.

  • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
    4·
    5 days ago

    The music.

    Brenda lee, nat king cole, sinatra, harry belafonte, all made some incredible xmas albums. I play piano, and there are so many great jazz christmas books too.

    • 0ops@lemm.ee
      5·
      6 days ago

      Actually though, right after new years is about when my seasonal depression turns back into regular depression

      • jecxjo@midwest.socialEnglish
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        2 hours ago

        all the holiday bullshit is over. no more traveling during the most dangerous weather of the year. no more seeing a ton of people out of obligation. no more shoving bronze age blood cult nonsense that just normalizes a beliefe system that promoted patriarchy, racism, misogyny and fear.

  • Aksamit@slrpnk.net
    6·
    6 days ago

    I’m not christian, so idk if this counts but I really like all the festive vegan food options that have started being sold in the supermarkets at this time of year. They’ve gotten really quite good in the last half decade or so!

    (Edit: my spelling is terrible, sorry!)

  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    6 days ago

    That it ends. The amount of social needless obligations is just annoying to me.
    Snuggling up in a comfy blanket is nice tho.

    • riccardo@lemmy.ml
      6·
      6 days ago

      oh yeah this definitely counts against the good things about christmas :D I live in a relatively rich part of Italy where shoplifting is very rare, and if you’re not wearing “suspicious” clothes (eg. clothes that might suggest that you’re poor), if the store is crowded and the staff is busy and you make the anti-theft sensors ring while crossing them, they likely won’t even question why they are ringing and just assume an anti-theft tag wasn’t properly removed during checkout. when I was a kid I’ve stolen sooo many videogames this way during christmas season, my parents where just too good looking to the staff that nobody ever suspected a thing lol

  • Camille@lemmy.ml
    4·
    6 days ago

    Mariah Carey. All I want for Christmas is you is one of my comfort songs, it reminds me of so good memories. Sorry guys, I’m this person who listens to it unironically every year