Bah humbug

[fearnotofman]

I really don't like Christmas anymore. I used to love Christmas, like any middle-class kid who gets showered with presents. Now that I'm older, I've grown to despise the whole idea of it. The rampant commercialism. "Buy presents and Jesus will love you

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[mikser]

: But she already knows my views on Christmas, so she's
: probably not expecting anything anyway.

Maybe you should buy her a present not because it's Christmas, but because it's so long time you haven't seen each other?

Do you have the same kind of despise of presents for your birthday as well? I do.

[fearnotofman]

Yeah, I do. The idea of getting people something because of a specific date just seems weird to me. I don't feel right getting presents, and I don't feel right buying them for others. *shrug*