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user-inactivated  ·  3660 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 24th, 2014

I don't hate it but it kinda sucks everybody just assumes you celebrate it too.

Or forget that Christmas can bring shitty memories back to some people.

Or the whole extra focus on consumerism.

It's like that video "Santa hates poor kids" or something. You're setting up some pretty bad expectations right off the bat if you're not careful.

We each got one gift for Eid Al Fitr. We were fully aware that our mom was buying it for us, and that it deviated from the norm because it was something expensive, and to appreciate that. I know some people celebrate Christmas the same way, though, so that's good.