Who is ready for X-mas to be OVER?
I will be so freaking glad when Christmas time if over. All the hassle of shopping and wrapping gifts. The crazy traffic, plus I hate that it gets dark so early this time of year. Plus don't even get me started on work, I am just shy of 60 hrs of stamp selling this week 
Come on 2009 w00t w00t!
~~NGD
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~~NGD
NGD, you're only ready for Christmas to be over because you actually have to work during the holiday season.
Unless a person has been living in a box todays world is horrible. So much hate, violance,greed, lust, envy.
You forgot gluttony, sloth and vanity. I'll count hate and violence as wrath.
That and I don't have any kind of broadcast tv or cable in my apartment, so I don't have to suffer through Christmas commercials, specials, movies, and garbage. It helps keep the ugly commercial aspect out of it for me, so that I actually enjoy the season a lot more now.
The problem right now with my family is there isn't any young people left, so the magical and mysterious concept of Santa and Christmas overall has come and gone. I think the happiness I once had on Christmas will return when I have children of my own, but for now...eh. Right now all of the familial interaction just feels...subconsciously forced.
Also, my family has never really been that religious, so Jesus's birth was always just an afterthought. I remember being 14 or 15 and wondering why my family even celebrated Christmas, but then I came to the conclusion that there are many, many non-Christians out there that still celebrate Christmas. It is obviously changing from a religious event into a cultural event.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I suppose it's a little of both.
Remembering holly jolly days of yore - are you sure you're not just remembering the magic through a child's eyes? Worry-free? Naive and innocent?
Are you sure you're not thinking of Christmas Special holidays and Leave it to Beaver specials?
Christmas depression and holidays stresses are like porn and whores. Stay with me
Christmas has always been a time of stress and budgeting for parents. It's just that nobody takes pictures of the checkbook, or mommy crying, or any unpleasantness. Rose-colored glasses, folks.
So make of Christmas what you wish and will. But don't worry if you can't or don't or won't, because looking back, it will be just as merry as your dreams, anyways.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I suppose it's a little of both.
I don't think it really matters that much, honestly. If you're religious, all you've got to do is celeberate the birth of Christ by yourself, and in your own way. If your family doesn't want to celebrate it, then so be it. Besides, even if you are religious, and celebrate the birth of Christ, I think it's safe to say that at least for most, that the gifts and family time far outweigh the celebration of Christ's birth, no matter what one would have you think.