so it's near christmas time 'n' i have a few questions.
first of all who here likes christmas raise your hand .i dont' . i think it's depressing.
how about christmas trees. those are depressing too!
and how about a christmas carol by charles dickens? you know ......that story with scrooge and the nephew and the 3 spirits that come to him ( spirit of christmas past present and future) well we're reading that in school because it's from the victorian era.has anyone ever read that?
the gifts...eh? who needs gifts. alotta teens are like : i need the newest technology,cellphone,iphone,laptop computre,ipod. i ask,why to teens need those things. all i want for christmas is brisingr and the hobbit . ( i got em both ...for a fact i know!)

winter is depressing FIX'D

Basically. If you take out the snow, completely.

I like trees and the Christmas Carol. Good story in my mind, and apt...

Hmm, I don't want any things for Christmas...

christmas is depressing for me but for the reason that my nan died exactually one month before christmas 4 years ago....still depressing

If I have learned one thing is that Christmas is far from depressing. Sure there can be things that you do not like: tree, snow, temperature, lights, music, family, etc... but there is something so much more important. I for one would always complain when my mother would start playing the Christmas music at least 2 months before the actual event. Now she is no longer that much around and so we don't hear them playing and to tell you the truth this is what is the most depressing.

Christmas is not only about the presents, it is so far from that. Personally I don't think people should get them if they have this attitude and neglect all the other parts that make this season. It is all about giving and receiving, you may be receiving, but you should return at least a love for everything that makes it possible. This time of year brings you closer to friend and family and to tell you the truth those are the most important.

Living abroad for the past 9 years you grow to understand the actual importance of it. Asking some of the other family members to come over would have just have been selfish since you are just a part of this bigger family. You may live with them the complete year, 365 days a year. You may think that is too much, but it's only when you don't have them for a very long time that you understand there true importance. During this time of year it is not a curse to be with them , but a moment where you can try to get closer. And if the family is unavailable you're friends will kind of become your family.

Most of stories and song that are said, song or watch maybe kind of old, but they still help to place the required spirit. They bring people together and in that they are successful. Anyway it's always interesting to hear or watch something that you only see once a year, because you will probably not be watching it one summer evening.

Gifts in the form of physical goods are not required to make this holiday special. You only need a bit of imagination and love. People that only see it for the material gifts have obviously lost touched with the traditions origins and have falling pray to the big companies who only want to increase there pile of cash in there coffer, Scrooge anyone?

I couldn't agree more.

I've realized the same thing, living away from my best friends and immediate family around 2/3 of the year. We also moved away from most of the family several years ago, and we don't get to see them much anymore. Just puts what's important into perspective I think. No thing is important, only the people you love are.

i know what you mean....i left england 4 years ago...then nan died of cancer...then grandma got cancer....it made it difficult but it makes you realise how important family is but we still live in australia and noone will travel over here and we have 5 in our family so it makes it hard to see them at all.

i sometimes think that christmas is depressing especially this year i mean we normally have our own house so our own little thing idk i guess u would have to be here to understand!! but im the kind of person who LOVES to GIVE not get presents i love to see the smile on peoples faces. one day when i get my life settled down i want to be able to help as many people as i can who are in need!!!

thats sweet dragon freak....

this year im not giving presents to my friends...im having a pool party with lots of sugar....should be interesting

i like christmas but my little brother wants every thing in the whole world!!!!!so my parents forget about me and put their money on him..... not that im greedy but i want love too......

@kotorchief ............you've gotta want at least one thing!!!!!!!
@arya_rox .....oh so sad, sorry about that you in australia and noone will visit...hope your pool party rocks! don't take it overboard with the sugar!
@alex...........thank you for that message everything you said is right!i think i'll look at christmas a little different now!
@firetongue......i don't know how you could live with a grandpa (in my case grandma) who died on christmas eve......if that happend to me i would never come out of my room!
@asimes.......i've been there....i've done that.....ya know what? my sister got 2 american doll girls with books ,accessorires,toys and a nother secret gift my mom wont' tell me what it is.what did i get? nothing

^^ well i cant promise i wont go overbord on the sugar but ill try lol....bought a dress to wear at chrismas today...$70 ... also wearing for the veronicas concert in feb

@firetounge; i know how you feel about you grandad and i was very close to nan....she was like a mum to me....but like you sed, youv gotta get over it

Heh, quite right, we're like the flattest country in the world.... Or at least one of them... lol
I like any kind of tea really, except cinnamon.. amp;

Meh I'm kinda looking forward to Cristmas, but I don't know. I like the holiday, but my parents and siblings always have to yell all the time. If something isn't 100% perfect tehy yell and make an argument over it. When we put up the tree and stuff my dad got all mad just because one of the lightbulbs went out...

dude christmas rock my mom is getting me a iphone and a dirt bike. I think cause every time I mention it she got that look that moms get. so I'm really really pumped for this year but I alway think about the homeless because they don't get toy or presents. it sad but definitely not depresing so to help I go and feed the hungry. It feels good when I do it. so chritmas is fun.

I'm so glad Sonic is closed on christmas

I love Christmas time with my nonbiologial family. I dont care if I get presents or not but I do love to give them. Its so much fun to have an excuse to buy things for people I care about. I understand how some people think its depressing, specially for those who put a lot of stock in getting things. In my family, your lucky if you get one present thats just how we work. But the spirit of the season is the best time of year.

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hello people whats the subject?

*cough*christmastime*cough*

Hmm. My hometown basically shuts down on Christmas, and the other places I live it gets very quiet, as almost all of the buisnesses are closed or have half days.

Yep. Favorite time of year too.

Christmas is amazing. I love caroling (Yup I can be that geeky, lol). But really I just want snow. ^.^ (which I got some lol). That and something else are my two big christmas wishes. ^.^

My little area gets really quiet at christmas, and everyone is kind and gets along great. Christmas is just a really good time for Houston. Lol.

I don't really even want presents. Sure they're nice, but I prefer a nice, quiet, cold christmas.

I hope I will have a snowy christmas

we barely get snow but i want to have a great Christmas!!

last year, right before christmas, we got this huge snow blizzard. every one was off from school and every one was snow shoveling and snow boarding. i can't beleive i actually did this but , while my whole family was in the house sleeping i went out and shoveled! it was like 1 PM . my dad got home from work soon after and he helped. it was fun tho. i got alot done. but snow is too cold!!!!!

i love snow and me and my friends will throw snowball at cars!!! and just the other day i was at my friends party and it snowed and i threw this one snowball at this car on the driver side window and the lady STOPPED AND TURNED AROUND!! i ran in my friends house!!! it was so fun!!!!

I was born up north, in December and have yet to see snow. This is so sad.

I, personally, love the Christmas season. For my beliefs, to celebrate with family and friends, I like to give gifts, and another thing... like I said above, my birthday is also this month. Though it usually gets celebrated in January.

Anyways, I've always liked this time of year. Even when things are slim, this is the best time of the year to me.

kool and i like snow too

Well if the temperature keeps up it looks like I will have a white Christmas . But it looks like on the 15 we will have temperature above 0C so it might all melt .

well will prolly have snow here till prolly hmm march and it wont leave unless we are really lucky. 2 years ago it was 70 degrees on christmas and people were riding there motorcycles so i wish that would happen again i would LOVE to go riding i miss it

motorcycles on christmas !!!!! i doubt that! (kidding)
but....shouldn't they be with family + frends?

Our Xmas is in the summer, in the middle of summer so it basically contradicts all the Xmas carols we have to sing, and it's pretty weird. I'm most likely gonna spend the entire day reading the books I get

I have never seen it snow in my life, only the lucky people down in the South Is. for us will have a snowy Xmas, I will most likely be boiling hot on Xmas day unless it rains

so you get alotta books for christmas? and sorry about the hot temp.(lucky you)

it snows in australia!!!!!!!???? (must be at the coast , right?)

i like Christmas because its the only time were my family actually gets together.

The last time my family was together for Xmas was..........let me see, never

apparently its been snowing all week in england *sigh* i long for snow

I am so excited

snow is not overrated...i miss it so much....christmas isnt christmas without snow

I was 6 and i got a box where you had to put the square in the square hole, the heart in the heart hole, the blah blah blahhhhhhh

well we were about mideast^^. woo 3 days till christmas!!!!

5 more days till Christmas. I can't wait,I get to go to my garandparents house and their house is huge. It's kind of cold there though.

different countries..plus i usually dont count today

an empty box

my da got me a camera when i opened the box no camera

When I was younger and everyone was hyped about the second harry potter book coming out, not one, not two, not three, not four, but FIVE SEPARATE PEOPLE BOUGHT ME IT.
So I had 5 copies of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for Christmas
2nd time was funny. 3rd time was irritating. 4th time was annoying. 5th time was depressing xD

yeah i got it later tat week

5 copies ah hope tat all got u sumtin else after