Why I hate Christmas....

[Ice Burn]

Call me Scrooge but whenever Christmas season approaches, I feel bitter. Perhaps it's because I feel compelled to give expensive gifts to everyone. Or it just so happens that I enter into bitter arguments with my parents every Christmas. It's also the idea that Christmas feels the same no matter what. Parang nakalimutan na yung real meaning ng Christmas. Here we are, feasting on Christmas dinners, shopping for our relatives and friends and being ridiculously kind to everyone. What's my gripe? Well, why only Christmas? What about the rest of the year? The other day I saw a bunch of people giving toys to street kids, well what about the rest of the year, when they are simply nameless statistics of thousands out on the street? Sometimes I feel that the whole idea of this Christmas spirit is nothing but a fraud. Yeah, I know what you guys are going to say, but before you react, did you ever stop to think about it this way? Do we really have to wait until the birth of Christ to make our lives meaningful?

[nix]

You are right Iceburn that it can be considered deplorable that people only maintain this kind of attitude for one time of the year, and lose the generous heart when the Holidays are over. But Festivities happen, and traditions take place. Do not hate a tradition because it suddenly makes people more giving or more joyous.

The true spirit of Christmas is only fully realized when it is lived each day. Not too many people understand this, and when they do, they don't really put it into practice. But there are those who are Christlike all year round.

Give of yourself, practice what you consider is right, and don't let a wonderful occassion bring down your spirits. Remember, we are after all commemorating Christ's birth. Now that is a reason to celebrate!!!

[grounded]

Ooohh.. Merry Christmas?!? Just kidding!

Good points! Sad but, umm.. at least people DO take time.. kahit na pag Christmas season lang =(

Hey! There's a good side to it! Wouldn't it be worse kung wala?

[Telcontar]

ice burn: tama sila 'no. Even if kahit for just one single day lang ang tao for the whole year naging mabait at thoughful and considerate of other peoples rights/lives or whatever, don't you think it still amkes a difference even if it is just a small one.....

[angstboy]

woah, hhmmmmmm, ako iba reasons ko...(medyo mababaw)
why i hate christmas:
1. fruitcake...'nuff said
2. me as ninong...need i say more?
3. rel/family gimmick....we get together, plastikan to the max, then go on a drama session crying our hearts out on what we think of each other. (parang psy session)siyempre oblige ka mag-onstage kasi kups talaga mga magulang eh...tapos we exchange gift giving really crappy **** lalo na pag one size smaller ang ibinibigay sa'yo (every year sheesh)...tapos bago umuwi, may hihirit na naman na mag free therapy ulit (girl of course, 'coz they're just damn too emotional)...then we go home.

xs, i'm a pracitcing atheist since hs (although baptized r.catholic) so none of the birth stuff for me....
oneday shopping, this mute kid came up to me and ask for donation 'coz their center needed a sewing machine. i didn't give him any money altough i had some...really felt bad ('alalang)...

[ross]

i dont like christmas also. but not because of the reasons given before me. i dislike christmas because i cant give to everyone i know. and it makes me feel bad that there's someone that i cant give to. and you are sometimes obliged to give to people that you do not like. like if you pick someone you're not close to for your exchange gift. then you have to spend time in thinking what they'd like even if you dont know them personally and you end up giving them a picture frame or something.
and then there's when you recieve something you dont want. it is the thought that counts but what are you going to do with a figurine?
it's true that christmas is for the children. every year we grow older and in my case i receive less presents from relatives. this past christmas we ate noche buena before 10:00 and my father was asleep by 10:30. we dont have a christmas tree because it's just a waste of time to put it up and keep it after. i was supposed to go to my girlfriend's house but there was no one to bring me there. (they dont allow me to drive eventhough i have a license) before i thought christmas was supposed to be spent with the family. but now i know that they dont mind me not being home during christmas. they allowed me to go i just cant leave.
i can think of many reasons why i dislike christmas but i still wouldn't want christmas to stop. and if i go on, nobody would read my post anymore. :)

[uptowngirl]

What I really hate, kahit hindi Christmas, eh yung pag super saya ng family niyo, for example, you just had a good time talking and just enjoying each others company, tapos, out of the blue, bigla na lang magkakaasaran or something... I really hate it kasi alam ko, something or someone will surely burst our bubble. Bad trip lang talaga! :(

[YoBaKs]

Merry Christmas To All Pexers!!!

XMASSUX!

[DELISYUS]

christmas isn't as fun anymore......unlike when i was a kid...i used to look forward to it with rapture and excitement in my heart....

maybe bcoz it's my turn to give gifts now....

but no....

oh well....i still like Christmas.....ppl may gripe about us being hypocrites, being only thoughtful and kind for a month....

but at least we had that one month!!!

[CzarinaT]

i have never looked forward to christmas. to christmas vacation, yes, but only because i get to have time off from school. but that's entirely different. ;)

i never liked going to big family reunions where i have to talk to all of my relatives, shrink in shame when i dont remember their names (i'm not a big-family person, what can i say?). as one of my black sheep uncles once said, "the only thing we really do in our family reunions is bragging." of course there are some that i love seeing, those close-yet-not-so-close cousins and uncles and aunts of mine.

all of my christmases were cold. whenever christmastime comes, i usually dont have anybody special to spend it with (excluding my family ok?). that's pretty depressing especially when u go out and see other couples romancing each other.

i have always looked forward to the gift-giving though. i love seeing people opening their gifts, and of course i love opening mine :D

hmm there are a lot of things i would have liked to experience when it's christmas (be with a HAPPY family, etc), but for now, since i havent had them yet, i guess i'll still continue NOT liking it. http://www.pinoyexchange.com/lol.gif

[Ice Burn]

Sinong nagbuhay sa thread na to...Di pa Christmas. http://www.pinoyexchange.com/lol.gif

Naalala ko na naman tuloy na malapit na ang pasko. Bwiset!

[tar-heelz]

yeah that's what I hate....it's always the same each year and for some reason it becomes more boring.....

[Quentin]

lost it Ice Burn?

Christmas gains meaning to me when i go to a place to ponder, sit still and let the faint music enter my head

i suddenly get surprised at how things unravel before me ... my godchildren, my mom, dad, bro ... by separating the flashy lights and see only people, only people ice burn ...

[Khaos]

i agree with iceburn... ende ganito everday of the year...

all i can say is at least there is one day even ONE PATHETIC DAY that some people have tranquility in their lives... i do not wish to remove that. that is the only time i am at peace with my parents... :(

[Assassin_Mage]

I am not much for christmas.. but I am grateful that it is there..

Because even for at least once a year, there is one day in which everyone at least pretends to be nice to everyone else. That however low mankind can get, there is still hope for it..

[patch]

ako rin ... kapag chrismas arrives, daming jinx na nangyayari ...

grrr ... pero, okei lang. seeing other people makes me happy too ...

ayaw ko lang makakita ng mga kids, mga "poor" sa tv ... makes me wanna cry ...
huhuhuhuhuhu ...

[YoBaKs]

Originally posted by Ice Burn:
Sinong nagbuhay sa thread na to...Di pa Christmas. http://www.pinoyexchange.com/lol.gif

Naalala ko na naman tuloy na malapit na ang pasko. Bwiset!


AKO PO MASTER! :) :) ganda kse ng topic eh!

[basho]

Christmas is another way to acknowledge the superiority of the Christians against other religions.

Even Shinto Japan and Daoist, Buddhist China celebrate Christmas.

Rock On! http://www.pinoyexchange.com/evil.gif

[basho]

Then again, Christmas can be looked upon as a great marketing campaign!

Whichever way you look at it, Christmas the way it was intended to be is dead.

[-sacha-]

Originally posted by CzarinaT:
all of my christmases were cold. whenever christmastime comes, i usually dont have anybody special to spend it with (excluding my family ok?). that's pretty depressing especially when u go out and see other couples romancing each other.

hmm there are a lot of things i would have liked to experience when it's christmas (be with a HAPPY family, etc), but for now, since i havent had them yet, i guess i'll still continue NOT liking it. http://www.pinoyexchange.com/lol.gif

uuuuyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!! mukhang looking for someone ka na talga ha...totoo na ba yan? tumatanda ka na talga http://www.pinoyexchange.com/girl.gif

[Quentin]

Originally posted by basho:
Then again, Christmas can be looked upon as a great marketing campaign!

Whichever way you look at it, Christmas the way it was intended to be is dead.



y'know, i like the origin of your nick dude. matsuo basho ... hehe

anyway, tagal ko nang di nagigreet si C. Hi-C !!

[CzarinaT]

Originally posted by -sacha-:
uuuuyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!! mukhang looking for someone ka na talga ha...totoo na ba yan? tumatanda ka na talga http://www.pinoyexchange.com/girl.gif

oi.. at ano naman ibig mo sabihin ha? i can take relationships seriously naman ah! yun nga lang no guy to get serious with yet eh..

chaka wag ka magulo! layo mo sa topic loka *sabunot* wag na humirit! http://www.pinoyexchange.com/lol.gif

hi din Quentin :)

[Hot Pants]

I hate Christmas pag wala akong girlfriend!! Di ako maka-jingle bells.. :(

[GirlNextDoor]

i dread the family togetherness stuff...kasi hindi naman close knit family ko eh...whole year work ng work.tapos during christmas, instant quality family time naman? labo. http://www.pinoyexchange.com/wonder.gif
tsaka malungkot christmas pag walang kids sa house...i'm 19 and i'm the youngest.

any kids jan na gustong magpaampon during christmas? :D http://www.pinoyexchange.com/lol.gif

[jopert]

since when i was a kid i always get depress in during the holidays. nde ko pa ren alam kung baket. ***** dahel and saya saya masydo kaya ako nalulungkot. :(

[basho]

Originally posted by Quentin:
[B] y'know, i like the origin of your nick dude. matsuo basho ... hehe[B]

Thanks man! :)

Rock On! http://www.pinoyexchange.com/evil.gif

[@Avatar@]

I'm just wondering if those people who poested here still hate christmas??? lapit na christmas party eb! bigyan ko kayo nang regalo .. :D :D :D

[simmie]

Originally posted by @Avatar@
I'm just wondering if those people who poested here still hate christmas??? lapit na christmas party eb! bigyan ko kayo nang regalo .. :D :D :D

talaga?! yey!!! :)

[simmie]

Originally posted by Ice Burn
Call me Scrooge but whenever Christmas season approaches, I feel bitter. Perhaps it's because I feel compelled to give expensive gifts to everyone. Or it just so happens that I enter into bitter arguments with my parents every Christmas. It's also the idea that Christmas feels the same no matter what. Parang nakalimutan na yung real meaning ng Christmas. Here we are, feasting on Christmas dinners, shopping for our relatives and friends and being ridiculously kind to everyone. What's my gripe? Well, why only Christmas? What about the rest of the year? The other day I saw a bunch of people giving toys to street kids, well what about the rest of the year, when they are simply nameless statistics of thousands out on the street? Sometimes I feel that the whole idea of this Christmas spirit is nothing but a fraud. Yeah, I know what you guys are going to say, but before you react, did you ever stop to think about it this way? Do we really have to wait until the birth of Christ to make our lives meaningful?

nalungkot naman ako sa post mo... nalulungkot lang ako kapag may mga taong di natutuwa pag pasko... pero teka, kailangan ko pa ng time to think of a good answer to this... babalik ako... :)

[DELISYUS]

am not such a Scrooge, i don't mind the January aftermath of having no money because i spent it all in Christmas cheer....

but honestly, i hate not receiving any gifts....i have t join exchange gifts pa in order to guarantee myself that i'd be opening something...

and of course, it kinda hurts most times that nobody took the time and effort to give me something...

kahit na 7-page letter :(

[the_BuGs]

naobserbahan ko na yan.... kse ngayon lang nagkakapera ang mga tao dahil sa 13th month pay at christmas bonus...hehehehehhehehe labu no..... kahit nde naman christmas pwede ka namang magbigay ..... buti nga sila kahit paano nakakapagbigay eh di ba?? ksa naman dun sa nde nagbibigay na pusong bato???? am I right?

[Zen]

I hate it when I always begin the season without money, and still end up without any. :p Kung pwede lang talagang puro kiss na lang pamigay ko eh. :lol:

[SoliduS_AlphA]

Originally posted by Hot Pants
I hate Christmas pag wala akong girlfriend!! Di ako maka-jingle bells.. :(
sows ano ka ? feeling SMP ? :lol: ikaw pa eh number one kang lalakero este babaero sa barkada... cge bye adios
*ABA FREAKY*

[WICKEDQUEEN]

...kase lagi akong nawawalan ng fafa bago magpasko. lagi yun.

[Ice Burn]

Ponder on my last message...

Do we really have to wait until the birth of Christ to make our lives meaningful?

[Deeyanne]

Call me THE GRINCH! hehehe!!! As I got older, hindi ko na rin ma-feel Christmas. Giving and receiving gifts used to be so much fun, now it seems to be a hassle. Like many of you, I also don't like it that we are charitable and nice during Christmas only---it's better to be selfish na lang the year round.
But I think, if we do away with all that commercialism stuff and the political crisis, and just reflect on ourselves, it will be easier to feel Christmas. It's about what you feel inside, if you have peace, happiness and most importantly, FORGIVENESS and HEALING. That's my lesson for this Christmas season. I go around saying I hate Christmas, but I think this could be my best Christmas ever the moment I forgive completely the one who has hurt me.

[patch]

christmas na naman ... :(

[overdrive]

la kasi nakaka-sawa na kasi.

[Cr!$eN]

I HATE CHRISTMAS BECAUSE........:~(

when ever there is a happy days that need to be with my family i felt sad because my father hate me and i hate him also that's why when my graduation had been celebrated i celebrate it with mr friends and not with my family

Cr!$eN:~(

[gasoline]

ngayong xmas:

la parents ko
mukhang mag isa ako magki xmas
walang special sum1? :confused:
tuliro ako

---
:girl:

[Ice Burn]

Time to bring up my yearly angst!

[roydz]

what's with all the fuzz abt Christmas?
its just another day in the calendar... another time for vacation... another chance to pig out on food you don't necessarily eat during the rest of the year... another round of 9 days dawn masses... another chance for family reunions...

who says its better to give than to receive? its true maybe on other people's part coz they give, and i receive... gets? bigay lang sila ng bigay... syempre, di ko naman tatanggihan ang grasya...

pero syempre, we shouldn't forget the real reason why we celebrate Christmas... why we are called Christians...

[spearhead_ccdbm]

Originally posted by roydz
what's with all the fuzz abt Christmas?
its just another day in the calendar... another time for vacation... another chance to pig out on food you don't necessarily eat during the rest of the year... another round of 9 days dawn masses... another chance for family reunions...

who says its better to give than to receive? its true maybe on other people's part coz they give, and i receive... gets? bigay lang sila ng bigay... syempre, di ko naman tatanggihan ang grasya...

pero syempre, we shouldn't forget the real reason why we celebrate Christmas... why we are called Christians...

IMO, i agree... its just like any other vacation where there are no classes (or work). you have fun with your family, friends, loved ones, etc...

i like the way you put it... *okay*

[mhai]

a day wer pipol try to be soooooo nice it makes me sick, itz like itz for real.. :rolleyes:

[Yniaki]

I actually like the preparations they make towards the date. Of course, my line of reasoning for that is way off topic. :D

[shadowboxer]

kasi malungkot. basta. disillusioned nako eh. parang it doesn't make sense anymore.

when i was in high school, i spent my Christmases sa bahay ng best bud ko for that certain series in my life. saya dun bwehehehe. ayos lang. tama daw bang di mag-Pasko sa bahay?

after that naging malungkot, as in patay palagi, sobra.

nung 1999, dun naman ako sa bespren ko ngayong college nag-celebrate. masaya.
tapos dun pa sa isang katropa hehehe - all-girls' trip, parang ganun.

mga 36 hrs akong nawala sa bahay nun. nilamutak ko lang yung champagne at arroz valenciana na patakas pa.

last year, grounded ako pramis, pero swabe... ansaya ko ulet. kahit nasa PC lang ako nagbababad...
kaso wala ring kwenta. wala ring silbi. short-lived kumbaga.

kaya ngayon ayoko ulet mag-Pasko kse grounded na naman ako, maaalala ko yung nakaraang masasaya eh samantalang down in the dumps ako, tsaka... wala nang patutunguhan tong buhay kong patapon.

[nheo]

totoo na mas masaya pasko pag bata. o masaya lang ang pasko pag bata. anyways pasko parin un. maybe we should not take things for granted. :)

[sunspot]

:dj:

[s|ate]

Kahit na 4 years na wala akong natatanggap na gift,
Kahit na 6 years na pare pareho ang handa,
Kahit na 10 years na hindi kami kumpleto,
Kahit na 15 years na since nalaman kong Santa doesn't exist,
Kahit na 19 consecutive years na malamig ang Pasko ko,

I just can't seem to find any reason to hate Christmas. I am born to love Christmas. I'm a Christmas person. The Yuletide season is so magical that it is so impossible for happiness not to to be felt by anyone. Mery Christmas to all! :xmastree: :santa:

[Ice Burn]

I hate seeing a lot of Street kids do another form of begging by caroling. I also hate this false niceness springing in the air.

As I said 2 Christmases ago, Do we really have to wait until the birth of Christ to make our lives meaningful?

[LadyMarmalade]

traffic jam's the worst every christmas.

[SCHAUDENFRAUDE]

during the holidays doesn't make me happy one bit.... :sob: :bigcry:

[Ice Burn]

For 2002...

[c0ngster]

i HAVE TO "be merry". what if i dont want to be merry?

i HAVE TO shop for gifts. i hate buying anything that isnt for me.

i HAVE TO see and smile at certain people that i dont like.


this actually happened three years ago. 6 a.m. on december 24, some chick i havent seen or talked to in a year from manila called me here in california to greet me merry christmas.

chick: "merry christmas! a few hours na lang christmas na!

me with the just-woke-up-voice: "whos this?

chick: "si ____"

me: "putcha naman eh! alas seis pa lang ng umaga at bukas pa ang pasko leche!

i wonder whatever happened to her? :glee:

[luzver]

cOngster, you are so rude!!:(

[Ice Burn]

Originally posted by c0ngster
i HAVE TO "be merry". what if i dont want to be merry?

i HAVE TO shop for gifts. i hate buying anything that isnt for me.

i HAVE TO see and smile at certain people that i dont like.


I feel that same way...

And as for the phone call, It's rude but I'd do the same thing. I'm really a nasty person when rudely awoken at that hour. :lol:

[c0ngster]

Originally posted by luzver
cOngster, you are so rude!!:(

an understatement. :D

[Leo_Wyatt]

Christmas simply means BUSINESSSSSSS. :rolleyes: It simply sucks all the money in your pocket.

Once it approaches you, you will feel the obligation to buy gifts. That's the worldwide culture.

Wala kang gift, sila pa galit sa iyo. Kung hindi man galit, may hard feelings naman.

[Lenny]

I used to feel sad/angry or just plain angst ridden everytime Christmas comes. But the hell with it, I choose to be happy during this time of year because I want to. I am only nice to people and give gifts to the ones I like (or should I say who I think are deserving). I think being honest and true to oneself is what makes one feel happy. You deserve to be happy one way or the other.

[mravel22]

oops, i'm in the wrong thread.

i love christmas with all the heat of the sun in all of the universe.:)

friendships, relationships, family bonds are renewed. such a lovely season to be with your loved ones.

an absolutely sublime season.

[sakeena]

i was a big fan of christmas until i grew older andi felt so betrayed to find out sta isnt real. it made the world a sadder place.

for me christmas lost its sparkle a long time ago. we dont put up christmas trees anymore, my mom is on duty on the 25th, i do the laundry on that day, mr brother plays playstation,,, hayy.. even relatives stop giving aguinaldo... malaki na yung P100.. saka dati september pa lang, excited na kame,,,ngayon 2 weeks na lang pala, hindi ko manlang namalayan.. naggulat na lang ako.. hindi ko na maramdaman...

but then, who cares? wala namang pasok eh, ok lang. mas masaya saken ang new year. ay, isa pa, masaya magukay sa bagyo pagpasko.. dati nagukay kame after 25th,,, dami ko nabili hehehee dame nga lang tao..


SANA MAGSNOW NAMN SA MANILA!!!!!!!