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Would you ban Christmas

Deleted User

if you could?

A deliberately controversial title Blush

How many people welcome Christmas with open arms, I wonder?

It's purportedly a Christian festival based upon a pagan one.

However, in the UK today (a secular society) and a lot of the West, the God being worshipped appears to be money.

When I was a child we were working class.

In those days (60s/70s) goods were far more expensive as the mass manufacturing we see today of cheap imported goods didn't happen.

Borrowing money from banks etc was far more difficult than it is today.

We didn't have much and didn't get much for Christmas.

Also, my mother became cyclically depressed every Christmas and because of all the arguments and misery during my childhood Christmases, I get depressed too.

There are other causes of the depression - bereavement, most of my life spent in deep anxiety about how I was going to pay for presents and spending time in mass gatherings I hated.

I went shopping today and the shops are mad, completely mad with people rushing around buying stuff that the recipients may not even want.

This is what Mind says:

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/christmas-and-mental-health/christmas-and-mental-health/

What do you think?

Does it cause more misery than happiness?

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  • I was just thinking that since my autism diagnosis/realisation, another aspect of Christmas I find difficult makes sense - the break in routine.

    I really love when it's over and my daily lists make sense.

    I'd not by-the-way, want to take anyone's Christmas joy from them.

    I do feel terribly for those though who really can't afford it and get into debt because of it (and those who find it difficult for other reasons).

    And of course it accentuates loneliness.

    Thank you for your thoughts - it's very interesting.

    Christmas tree

  • in reply to Deleted User

    I find the change in routine difficult to adjust to. I’m currently working and it’s a struggle and the sudden break during summer and winter makes going back again more difficult. At the moment I’m used to going in every week but come Dec 19th I’ll be off until Jan 6th next year and I know I’ll be so anxious about going back again. I always am.

    I also don’t like how unstructured this time of year is. You don’t know how loud music in shops will be, how bright lights will be etc etc. There’s so much to consider and try to think about all at the same time. This side of Xmas I really do not enjoy.

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  • in reply to Deleted User

    I find the change in routine difficult to adjust to. I’m currently working and it’s a struggle and the sudden break during summer and winter makes going back again more difficult. At the moment I’m used to going in every week but come Dec 19th I’ll be off until Jan 6th next year and I know I’ll be so anxious about going back again. I always am.

    I also don’t like how unstructured this time of year is. You don’t know how loud music in shops will be, how bright lights will be etc etc. There’s so much to consider and try to think about all at the same time. This side of Xmas I really do not enjoy.

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