> And the bad news is that those folks who say it will let up when the kids are grown, are wrong. So are the ones who say you will have time to do everything after you retire. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
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> I hate to be a Scrooge, but after about six dozen Christmases I could do without it.
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> Presents? I certainly have all the "stuff" I need. I can't eat the good food any more and I never was any good at shopping. Cold weather gives me chills.
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> But on the upside, I still have grandchildren, so ho, ho, ho.
> Howard

Nice to see that there are other scrooges here. After less than two decade of Christmases I'm already tired of it. The only good thing that comes out of it for me is all the sugary food. (Is dreading the next dentist visit.)

I hate the incessant music (do we really need a solid month of nothing but "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa" playing"), the shopping (going into stores without knowing what I'm going to buy is not fun), and the blatant materialism that pervades the country during this time.

Maybe I'm overly cynical, but for me it seems that the "season of joy and giving" has turned into the "season of greed and going into debt" for most people.

mindless"yes, I do know that my heart is a piece of ice cold stone"drivel