How do you feel about Christmas Traditions?🎄

The traditions keep the magic alive, at least for me.

I need the carols, family, ugly sweaters, advent calendars, food, films, decorations, tree, and snow.

Buying something someone tresures is beautiful too.

I'd never want to ditch Christmas cards or lights, or holiday carols, or movies. Elf on the shelf I'd be fine with ditching lol.

I enjoy most Christmas traditions. Im not wearing any christmas sweaters though, or any of those matching pajamas either, i'd just as soon take a dive in a wood chipper.

Not my holiday
And it is a little irritating when people at work are insisting on my participation.

I happily cover the work area so they cand o their thing.

Just don't expect me to participate

I gave up on cards. I used to love sending them and I would tape the ones I got around the door frame and stop to look again and again, but geez it’s been almost a decade now that it seemed folks lost interest in sending them. For a time I held on, but when it became obvious I was only getting one from someone after they got mine and felt obligated I just let it go. I was down to one card exchange with Aunt Betty who always wrote a letter, but she passed away this spring so the last is gone now. This year I found gift buying a little different as well. Both the chicks are out of the nest and with limited space, so I focused on useful items and fewer things overall. There are no little children in our family anymore, no traveling this year since mom died at the end of summer so dad will be coming to stay here for days. I’m finding it feels like a quieter holiday than it once was, and my spirit with it, but I will always have my tree and lights and Christmas movies. ☺

I'm not really into traditions. I'm really super boring when it comes to that stuff. Well, when it comes to most stuff. Actually when it comes to any and everything.

I say keep them all. They all have a purpose, whether it's preferred or not, in my opinion.

When you have kids at home, you should try to keep as many traditions as possible. Once they move out then just keep the ones that are important to you

In the past, I did ditch Christmas cards, because the postage is so expensive. Instead, I used to send virtual cards. American Greetings kept my Christmas list on file, and it was easy to send a "card" to everyone!

This year, I can't afford American Greetings. I had 6 stamps left, so I mailed out 6 cards, (which are sent to me by various charities), and placed cards near the mailbox for my friends and neighbors who live in this building.

My tradition is seeing these guys play live[media=https://youtu.be/Ysf2dpA98UU]

I love listening to the Little Drummer Boy

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It's mostly pagan tradition anyway, so I do enjoy celebrating the season. Decorating the gray sleeping earth with twinkle lights and treats for animal friends who might struggle in the winter. I'm not crazy about the consumerism aspects. But why not feel a little cheer while it's dark.

How I feel about them in a nutshell:

I love the artwork on old Christmas cards, some are quite beautiful.

I hate ditching the lights right away when the new year comes. It's still dark, why making new year even more depressing than it already is?

Midnight mass on Christmas Eve at St Patricks Cathedral - never miss it

I do enjoy the decorations and the Christmas feeling. But my bf and I dont eat christmas food or bother with gifts. We enjoy it in our own way and still have lots of luxuries to eat and drink without any pressure.

I keep traditions as long as they make me happy. I'm flexible with regards what we do for Christmas. My sister however, must eat the same things at the same time and do the same things to a T.

I love making gifts and passing them out.

I get the best joy when I see them using my gifts.

PS

Your gift found the perfect home

Just being food

Don't know about traditions but, Christmas is always more enjoyable and better with children around.

I like Christmas music, SOME Christmas movies, and spending time with family.

I think the whole thing needs to be abolished. Just buy me some jewellery first

No elf on a shelf but i do have a reclining fairy!

Like getting drunk before midnight mass?

I do all of them except Elf on the Shelf.

I like seeing the houdesxdecorated

I’d like to give up on the “people” that have given up on Christmas and its traditions.

If you’re a Scrooge, just keep your mouth shut and move on.

I’m against the “Happy Holidays” crowd. It’s “Merry Christmas” or bust.

My little grandchildren love it.

I love the sparkle on the long winter nights

In Spain they hardly celebrate it. Just family time. But they have so many fiiestas.

Love Christmas, but I’ve never done Elf on the Shelf or the ugly Christmas sweater. Rarely is there a gift exchange at work.

I love the gift giving part.

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Christmas is what each household makes of it 🥂✨🎄🥰🙏🏼

I am all for keeping Christmas songs, gift giving, decorations, Christmas cards, Christmas movies, baking and goodies. 😊

I think elf on a shelf would be a good thing to use for target practice... 🏹