Week 8: Reprobate

[fleeceblankie]

Okay, I had to look this one up. Thank you, LJ Idol, for teaching me stuff. For those not in the competition who are reading this...

Reprobate: (n) a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person; (adj) morally depraved, unprincipled, bad; (v) to disapprove, condemn, or censure.Versatile little fucker, ain't it? With an undeniably religious connotation

Comments

[fleeceblankie]

Why can't we all be giving and loving all year around?

Yep, this. This is also why I hate Valentine's Day. Why do we need a special day to tell our significant other we love them? Why can't we be open about that stuff all the time? Oh right, because it's more about business. Of course.

[sonadora9]

There's no rule saying we can't be giving and loving all year 'round -- but some people just won't accept it. They'll look for ulterior motives and such. One reason I absolutely LOVE Christmas is that you get to be nice to people and they won't really question it.

It's also kind of a nice way to end one year and kick off the next one. As dreary and miserable as the winter months are, sometimes starting off Jan. 1 having read an article recently about some guy dressed as Santa handing out hundred dollar bills to people in need makes me feel more optimistic about the coming year -- not so miserable about the fact that it's cold, dark, wet, and generally a gross time of year.

[fleeceblankie]

Yeah, see, that does nothing for me. I'm cold-hearted. :P

[shadowwolf13]

I think I'm rather glad that my Nanny instilled a child-like wonder of the season in me. There were a few years where I just couldn't get into it because times were tough but I've almost always simply loved the decorations and the promise of better times to come. Though I completely understand where you come by your feelings.

[rattsu]

I just don't get how christmas = presents. I mean I celebrate it with my parents and my brother and the occasional other relative that wants to drop by, but it's just decorations, the smell of pine and the plethora of delicious food that makes it yule for us. We've given up presents for a few years now, after all, we're all adults, and gifts is no substitute for love, and adds a hellova lot less stress.

Good post!

[fleeceblankie]

I think that's a wonderful way to go about it. That's what it's supposed to be.

[sonarvampress]

I think you just take Christmas the wrong way. It stopped being about Jesus a long time ago. I don't believe in Jesus at all, and I couldn't care less about getting gifts, but I love Christmas. I really enjoy giving people stuff. I don't give gifts to people I hate, but I love to get together with family, and shower good people with presents. we don't put a tree up at my house, but we do exchange gifts. I think the saddest thing about this whole entry was that you don't give gifts. If nothing else,it's a way to show those you care about that you appreciate them.

[fleeceblankie]

I can take Christmas in whatever want I want to. And so can everyone else. I just don't like being judged because my opinion happens to differ, and I don't feel it's necessary to celebrate a certain way.

As far as giving gifts to show appreciation... I have words for that. And if someone will think I don't appreciate them because I don't give them a gift, that's not the kind of person I need in my life. And I'm not sad about it, so no one else should be, either.

[sonarvampress]

Sorry if I came off as judgmental, or whatever. I wasn't saying you have to look at it differently, I was just saying that that's the way I think of it.

[fleeceblankie]

I was just rubbed the wrong way by you saying it was sad that I didn't give gifts. Since that was exactly what I was talking about in the entry. That's all. No big thing.

[supremegoddess1]

preach.