What are you doing for Christmas?

When I was a teenager I gradually became aware that I hated the up and down, high and then low of the whole 'festive period' thing (as I have enough difficulty with that at the 'best of times' and is heightened (and encouraged to be so) during such times) and resent what it's all about, in many ways. I decided to keep the decorations up in my bedroom for a whole year at one point (they became faded in the sunlight and so on over time. In hindsight, the point I as partly making was that if 'they' could (e.g. sales+marketing) it would be Christmas all year round in order to increase sales if there was demand imo). Since then I've reduced my involvement+participation in it over my years to the point where I give no gifts, send no cards etc nowadays (and inevitably receive very little in return too). As a result my 'festive period' is a far less 'high and low' experience. Perhaps I will join in in some kind of moderate balanced way in my future (or maybe not)...

When I was a teenager I gradually became aware that I hated the up and down, high and then low of the whole 'festive period' thing (as I have enough difficulty with that at the 'best of times' and is heightened (and encouraged to be so) during such times) and resent what it's all about, in many ways. I decided to keep the decorations up in my bedroom for a whole year at one point (they became faded in the sunlight and so on over time. In hindsight, the point I as partly making was that if 'they' could (e.g. sales+marketing) it would be Christmas all year round in order to increase sales if there was demand imo). Since then I've reduced my involvement+participation in it over my years to the point where I give no gifts, send no cards etc nowadays (and inevitably receive very little in return too). As a result my 'festive period' is a far less 'high and low' experience. Perhaps I will join in in some kind of moderate balanced way in my future (or maybe not)...