The Christmas Spirit

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A time of reflection upon family ~ possibly due to increased contact with them ~ and the richness they bestow upon one's life in their various ways.

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alcoholic spirit

There is no change in the amount of alcohol consumed that results from it being Christmas, not for me. Even at New Year's.

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I experience zero percentage points of the potential /proverbial friction /stress that Brits often riff on when talking about the family Christmas dinner etcetera.

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Mass on Christmas Eve at 9 pm is exuberant and steeped in expectation. Mass on Christmas Day at 7 am is noisy and infested with children!

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Is there such a thing for you?

Not much anymore. Just dinner at relatives' house and exchange a few gift cards. I do like being off work though.

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Not as such, no.

@suzianne said
Not as such, no.

I like going for a walk in a park on Christmas day (especially when we had the dog) as the Christmas spirit is palpable and people a lot friendlier.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
I like going for a walk in a park on Christmas day (especially when we had the dog) as the Christmas spirit is palpable and people a lot friendlier.

Christmas spirit.

This is a somewhat falsified manifestation of people who seemingly desperately need a reason to feel better about themselves. It's a mental construct. This holiday has precious little to do with the birth of humanity's savior and more of a fantastical corporate money grab.

@suzianne said
Christmas spirit.

This is a somewhat falsified manifestation of people who seemingly desperately need a reason to feel better about themselves. It's a mental construct. This holiday has precious little to do with the birth of humanity's savior and more of a fantastical corporate money grab.

Nevertheless, in that park on Christmas day strangers wish each other happy Christmas and have a shared sense of happiness and wellbeing. (Even atheists).

@suzianne said
Christmas spirit.

This is a somewhat falsified manifestation of people who seemingly desperately need a reason to feel better about themselves. It's a mental construct. This holiday has precious little to do with the birth of humanity's savior and more of a fantastical corporate money grab.

This holiday has precious little to do with the birth of humanity's savior and more of a fantastical corporate money grab.

This rings false for the followers of Jesus I live among here. Are you perhaps projecting some shallowness or emptiness you experience where you live onto the entire world?

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It's Saturnalia in my family, and we put on a feast.