A theory

[urbpan]

Maybe part of the reason I loathe Christmas is that it (that is to say, the everpresent monthlong promotion of it) coincides with the onset of my Seasonal Affected Disorder.

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[ruthling.livejournal.com]

ugh.

[starrchilde.livejournal.com]

I hate them because I already cry over everything, I don't need a holiday to emotionally manipulate me further.

[urb-banal.livejournal.com]

I hate Xmas too and it is definitely, in part due to SAD.

My clever daughter and new husband are going to Cuba! That also means that we can all post-pone the whole bloody thing till March when my son will have some time off from university.

Somehow a totally fake Xmas is easier to deal with than an only sort of fake Xmas with the whole weird Christian thing. Last two years we have done the NO GIFTS thing instead and that has been a HUGE improvement.

If you are depressed and have to deal with the ugliest mass of shoppers in the whole of time it is almost enough to make you want to step in front of a subway train. I do not go out to malls until long after boxing day. I don't feel much love for humanity when I am depressed, (or in general) but truly, people are horrid and hate-worthy when Xmas shopping.