Thread: Christmas only gets less magical as you grow older

Also, tl;dr.

Originally Posted by Atmosfear

And I'll echo a couple other people in that I have become an old fart who enjoys giving gifts that others will enjoy. I always spend hundreds of dollars more on my little sister than on anyone else because I love knowing she will have all the stuff that I wish I had had when I was her age.

Aww, you're not nearly the asshole as you make your internet-sona out to be.

Originally Posted by Atmosfear

Negarep the fuck out of this post, team. This type of shit posting doesn't belong in CD.

ollie: I'm not falling for the anti-capitalist bait. I'm perfectly happy with the holidays, they just lost the magic of childhood. Now I appreciate spending time with family more than the act of opening gift and I feel rather nostalgic for the good old days.

And I'll echo a couple other people in that I have become an old fart who enjoys giving gifts that others will enjoy. I always spend hundreds of dollars more on my little sister than on anyone else because I love knowing she will have all the stuff that I wish I had had when I was her age.

You realize that you essentially based your entire thread on

Christmas has become a business transaction. It starts with some negotiation on the total value of Christmas this year, usually adjusted for the perceived "necessity" of the gifts I want this year, and largely influenced by the gifts I was promised the year before that I never got around to picking up from the store. After some careful analysis, comparison, and evaluation, we arrive at some mutual limit which establishes the theoretical boundary of gifts this year.

How can Christmas *ever* be enjoyable with this kind of mindset?

I understand how you COULD like capitalism (it gave rise to all the gadgets etc. that we have today) but you bring it to a whole new level where it, essentially, becomes the center of your dealings. And even if you still enjoy the family etc. aspect of Christmas, you still made this huge post about how Christmas essentially sucks compared to before but the reason for that is because of your mindset of money. There shouldn't be any of these analyses of money for Christmas outside of dedicating X to overall spending on gifts (so as to not make yourself broke).

Moderation is key. I have nothing against people who like Capitalism, don't get me wrong, even though that I think capitalism is doomed for failure. The point I'm making here is that your perspectives and cognitions of Christmas is what is making you feel this way about Christmas. Fuck money, seriously. Dedicate X to Christmas, stay within those lines and keep it there, no need for further analysis. The only thing that's different about Christmas now and Christmas when we were kids is that when you think about Christmas when you were a kid you get a heavy feeling of Nostalgia (which is a "false" feeling because you didn't actually feel what you are feeling about the memories when you were a kid). The only real difference is the element of semi-surprise at what gifts you're going to get, other than that it's the same thing.

So yeah, try something new (ie. fuck worrying about all this cost, evaluations, timings etc.) and you might come out pleasantly surprised.