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titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts) Sat Nov 2, 2013, 04:14 PM Nov 2013

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I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!! [View all]

Sorry to post this but I just read a whole thread about hating Christmas. Well, I LOVE CHRISTMAS. I love the songs, the cantatas, the choirs, the snow, the warm fires in the wood stove, visiting friends and family, the little extra time I get to spend with my wife. I love giving gifts and it is fun to get that special something from my kids and wife. I love Christmas beer (especially from Great Lakes in Cleveland), the wonderful foods, Christmas cookies and the smell of dad's pecan pie.

I don't care about the advertising, the decorations in the stores, the commercialism. Why? I don't let it bother me. We pretty much give one or two gifts to the kids (older now) and my wife and I usually agree on something we mutually want to do to our house. I avoid people I don't want to see. I avoid conversations I don't want to be a part of. But I love the holiday.

Have a nice day!

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I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!! [View all] titaniumsalute Nov 2013 OP

I love it too shenmue Nov 2013 #1

My favorite holiday just passed by... yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #2

Give me your address titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #6

lol! yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #11

Man that makes my mouth water titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #44

I intend to buy massives amount of yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #48

Please steal it and post it in Cooking and Baking. We won't tell... freshwest Nov 2013 #97

I used to spend hours decorating xmas cookies. CrispyQ Nov 2013 #108

Me too! n/t ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2013 #3

I love Christmas too fishwax Nov 2013 #4

Me, too. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2013 #5

The WAR on Christmas is so fake! nt caledesi Nov 2013 #68

When I was a kid I loved it, but I've grown up B Calm Nov 2013 #7

I do too, but only after Thanksgiving. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #8

+1.0 GreatCaesarsGhost Nov 2013 #82

You've never even heard of Thanksgivoween? eridani Nov 2013 #101

I hate this!! WCLinolVir Nov 2013 #103

+ infinity Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #109

Me too! :) nt onlyadream Nov 2013 #9

Christmas sucks. MagnumUK Nov 2013 #10

thank couldn't have said it better myself! gopiscrap Nov 2013 #24

My Christmas isn't over commercialized anything titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #45

This. +1000 n/t Beartracks Nov 2013 #59

You got that right, titan! My christmas isn't about santa claus, baby jesus in a manger, japple Nov 2013 #70

I love your spirit Lifelong Protester Nov 2013 #110

I can handle a little bit of Christmas cheer here and there, but it can be hard to ignore when it liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #12

You can do it. Think about something else when you see those gross displays japple Nov 2013 #73

Hear hear! I LOVE Christmas too! lunamagica Nov 2013 #13

I forgive you. Iggo Nov 2013 #14

Had some eggnog last night... XRubicon Nov 2013 #15

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #16

I love putting up little Christmas lights. In_The_Wind Nov 2013 #17

that's using energy that could be used elsewhere gopiscrap Nov 2013 #25

They'll put a smile on my face. That's the best use of a very small bit of electricity. In_The_Wind Nov 2013 #75

yes while parts of the world go with out electricity. gopiscrap Nov 2013 #76

They're not going to send power from upstate NY to the rest of the world. In_The_Wind Nov 2013 #79

lights going up..as we speak Sheepshank Nov 2013 #29

I have a very small Christmas Village on top of my dove's cage. In_The_Wind Nov 2013 #78

This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalLoner Nov 2013 #18

ME TOO!!! johnp3907 Nov 2013 #19

And peppermint ice cream and sugar cookies cut into shapes. pnwmom Nov 2013 #20

Me too Pirate Smile Nov 2013 #21

it brings back wonderful childhood memories passiveporcupine Nov 2013 #22

welcome to DU gopiscrap Nov 2013 #27

Welcome to DU! classof56 Nov 2013 #43

Thank you Class of 56 passiveporcupine Nov 2013 #94

Thanks for sharing and welcome to DU! titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #46

Thank you for your warm welcome passiveporcupine Nov 2013 #95

I love Christmas too. It's a shame we have to go to war against it... Silent3 Nov 2013 #23

Nice!! titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #47

Let's be besties! It's such a great opportunity for love and laughter! nolabear Nov 2013 #26

I love the music part of it gopiscrap Nov 2013 #28

This atheist godless heathen loves Christmas, too. liberalmuse Nov 2013 #30

I love Christmas in all its forms, and buy all the gifts before Halloween. No last minute rush. freshwest Nov 2013 #98

O Tannenbaum~ sheshe2 Nov 2013 #117

Yay! Christmas at the White House and my favorite Nat King Cole song! Thanks! freshwest Nov 2013 #118

Sicko! Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #31

The commercialism titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #49

Especially poor retail workers who have to listen to Xmas music on a loop Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #54

Me too, but I hate stores opening on Thanksgiving. Faygo Kid Nov 2013 #32

Me either titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #51

#WarOnThanksgiving n/t Gore1FL Nov 2013 #33

I love the family part of it and the food malaise Nov 2013 #34

Same here! CFLDem Nov 2013 #84

I love it too! mecherosegarden Nov 2013 #35

Me too. efhmc Nov 2013 #36

You're a happy man and that's a good thing. BlueJazz Nov 2013 #37

Me too! ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #38

Tacos and enchilades ChazII Nov 2013 #39

I'm indifferent to it and most other holidays... penultimate Nov 2013 #40

K & R rollin74 Nov 2013 #41

I like Christmas, too, except Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #42

I moved from Ohio to South Florida four years ago titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #53

Not I. bunnies Nov 2013 #50

I love Everything about Christmas! Stellar Nov 2013 #52

Hugs. Thanks for sharing! titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #55

Awww...Thanks!!! Stellar Nov 2013 #92

Great Lakes beer is really good coldbeer Nov 2013 #56

My wife and I are both atheists, but we STILL love Christmas! eqfan592 Nov 2013 #57

many non believers do the same thing krakfiend Nov 2013 #60

Me too, and strangely even more in the lean years tavernier Nov 2013 #58

I love Christmas, too. 840high Nov 2013 #61

I've already started buying "arts and crafts" type items OKNancy Nov 2013 #62

Two months of... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #63

I don't go to stores...so I don't have to hear. N/T titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #64

they even get us... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #65

Ahh come one titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #66

It gets old.... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #67

Stand up, fight back. Take it back from the whining x-tians. japple Nov 2013 #74

Another godless heathen atheist here who loves Christmas. SheilaT Nov 2013 #69

Pass the butter please. Initech Nov 2013 #71

Agreed! Me too. Too many grinches on DU Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #72

We must all sit in our homes, reject anything that could be fun or traditional titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #77

Christmas is my favorite holiday! minivan2 Nov 2013 #80

I love it too meadowlark5 Nov 2013 #81

I love the HOLIDAY season. Everything you mentioned is SECULAR. Happy Holidays !:-) RBInMaine Nov 2013 #83

Hard for me to stay away from a church titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #88

Being a musician is wonderful. I play guitar. I just can't accept mythology as reality. RBInMaine Nov 2013 #104

It appears to me you're talking about Christmas, the day LiberalElite Nov 2013 #85

I don't think you should be ridiculed titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #90

You must live near by! Christmas Ale is now available! we can do it Nov 2013 #86

Unfortunately I now live in Florida titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #89

Not a hoppin frog fan - way too pricey, not that special. Will drive to Delaware for Dogfish, though we can do it Nov 2013 #93

Yes it is pricey...but I love it titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #114

I love it when the Grinch's heart grows 3 sizes eom yawnmaster Nov 2013 #87

I love Christmas! samsingh Nov 2013 #91

Light shows, animal sacrifice, pyrotechnics Festivito Nov 2013 #96

Never worked retail, I see jmowreader Nov 2013 #99

My best friend was a brew-master for Great Lakes... WCGreen Nov 2013 #100

Shame you missed it, but then again glad you don't need it! we can do it Nov 2013 #115

Me too! TBF Nov 2013 #102

An excuse to buy pretty baubles! WCLinolVir Nov 2013 #105

Yes. jwirr Nov 2013 #106

okay, I will rec this hfojvt Nov 2013 #107

Here ya go! nolabear Nov 2013 #111

Here is a hybrid for ya.... Rebellious Republican Nov 2013 #112

more than a name was changed hfojvt Nov 2013 #116

kick rollin74 Nov 2013 #113

It would be a easier to love (and by love I mean tolerate) if it lasted only 12 days Matariki Nov 2013 #119