Christmas has always been my favorite holiday. I love the lights, the decorating, the Christmas trees. You name it, I love it. This changed somewhat once husbeast and I moved in together. Christmas in his family was ALWAYS overwhelming and all about the gifts. I'd never spent a Christmas like that. We were always somewhat poor, so Christmas was about well-thought out, wonderful gifts and not about how many one amassed. I started to dread Christmas with husbeast's family, but this Christmas blew my mind. It was all about family, the way Christmas has always been for me, and about giving people something they wanted/needed/liked and not just more useless junk. It was the first time that I really truly enjoyed Christmas with my in-laws. Suffice to say, Christmas this year blew my mind. :)
So why am I rambling about all of this? Well, I think I'm going to clamber on my soap box for a bit. Christmas shouldn't be about who gets the most toys or most stuff or most expensive stuff. For me, Christmas has always been about spending time with the people who love you and care about you. It's not about what you get, but about what you give. Part of the love I have for Christmas is due to people being more willing to donate to someone in need or having a little more compassion for those in less fortunate situations. I think the world would be a better place if people started caring less about what they "got" from Christmas and cared more about the intangible gifts they received.
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