I've been thinking about this today and finally admitted to myself i'm not really that big on the whole Christmas scene.
We had the Secret Santa draw at work today and luck on luck I got the one person i was hoping for. I usually go way over the secret Santa budget and get whoever i have something nice that they want or i think they want rather than some cheap tat. I got to discussing Christmas with my Best work friend Ria (who i have for secret santa) and she was kind of shocked when i confessed I'm not in to the whole Christmas build up.
To set the scene, I'm 27 soon 28 been away from the family home for 9 years now and generally when xmas comes around i always seem to be single so each year i go swanning on home to spend 4-5days with my father and step mother.
My father cant really be fussed with Christmas but my step mum loves it so we go the whole hog for her. In some aspects I'm fortunate that my entire family (uncles aunts cousins grandmother etc) aren't big on present giving, so its usually some token shoddy consumable present which no-one in our family minds.
I tend to get something really nice for my stepmother and my father and i have an agreement that he doesn't want anything from me and vice versa. He's retired so i would never dream of asking him for anything and he see's me coming home for Christmas as his present then gets properly cut up when i leave again!
To me i think Christmas would be great if I had kids because in my eyes its all for the Kids, or if i was in a relationship at Christmas time then it would add some additional meaning to me but as it goes it's more just a trip to see family ( as i only see them 2-3 times a year and Christmas is the only time i spend an extended period visiting them)
Am i the only one that thinks/feels this way about Christmas? I know in true GD style someone will troll or be a prat in this but i thought i would ask. IM also no manic depressive or "forever alone meme"
We had the Secret Santa draw at work today and luck on luck I got the one person i was hoping for. I usually go way over the secret Santa budget and get whoever i have something nice that they want or i think they want rather than some cheap tat. I got to discussing Christmas with my Best work friend Ria (who i have for secret santa) and she was kind of shocked when i confessed I'm not in to the whole Christmas build up.
To set the scene, I'm 27 soon 28 been away from the family home for 9 years now and generally when xmas comes around i always seem to be single so each year i go swanning on home to spend 4-5days with my father and step mother.
My father cant really be fussed with Christmas but my step mum loves it so we go the whole hog for her. In some aspects I'm fortunate that my entire family (uncles aunts cousins grandmother etc) aren't big on present giving, so its usually some token shoddy consumable present which no-one in our family minds.
I tend to get something really nice for my stepmother and my father and i have an agreement that he doesn't want anything from me and vice versa. He's retired so i would never dream of asking him for anything and he see's me coming home for Christmas as his present then gets properly cut up when i leave again!
To me i think Christmas would be great if I had kids because in my eyes its all for the Kids, or if i was in a relationship at Christmas time then it would add some additional meaning to me but as it goes it's more just a trip to see family ( as i only see them 2-3 times a year and Christmas is the only time i spend an extended period visiting them)
Am i the only one that thinks/feels this way about Christmas? I know in true GD style someone will troll or be a prat in this but i thought i would ask. IM also no manic depressive or "forever alone meme"
It's Christmas 
