Christmas puts me in a terrible mood. Am I the only one?

[MikeV]

It's the music. I work in retail, and while I don't hate Christmas itself, I sure do hate all the surrounding crap, especially the music. Hearing the same ancient Christmas song done (badly) by 5 different artists over the course of only an hour is enough to drive anyone mad.

OH MAH GAWD LOL i forgot about the music. the music is enough to make me want to jump off a bridge.

I have to admit, the "hoopla" around it does get to me.
The super early decorations and music/movies everywhere, the commercials and pushy people.

I know , this might sound "soppy" but what I do like are the memories of snow and twinkling lights everywhere, the excitement as a kid. Decorating the Christmas tree. Trying to sneak out of the over filled church without the parents noticing, and being back in by the time it (finally) finishes.

Nowadays its all loud, abrasive and commercial. Its still fun for the kids, though, and thats good

Personally, I only feel the "magic" on dark quiet nights, being outside in nature and admiring its beauty, being out in the cold and seeing Christmas lights everywhere, or sipping hot chocolate while enjoying a warm evening by candle light and the fireplace, admiring my Christmas tree. Yes, I know how corny that sounds

Basically, the "loud in your face commercial" Christmas gets on my nerves, but I still manage to find the one that matters to me.

Yeah I can appreciate the beauty of the winter, I love the snow so winter time is pretty good for me

I get really stressed when family comes over. About 75 people come to my house for christmas eve so all I can think about is cooking and cleaning and I don't get to have any fun so its not that great for me either.

BUT...we have a lot of young kids in our family and i LOVE LOVE LOVE seeing their reactions to the tree, snow, presnets, decorations and the like

wow, 75 people! jesus I would be going bonkers if I had to deal with that much work LOL