Christmas is a dying event, amirite?

These days it feels like every event is a dying event

by Anonymous 1 month ago

The elimination of traditions is becoming a tradition. Probably because Gen Z and Millennials are more nihilistic than ever. I mean, Christmas is never going away. I do think that people will change the way they celebrate it as time goes on.

by Beginning_Guard 1 month ago

Can't blame it on generations, IMO. Commercialization of holidays has numbed everyone. Halloween decorations are pushed right after the Fourth of July, and now they aren't even waiting for Halloween to start selling Christmas crap.

by MetalUpstairs 1 month ago

It's not even that… They've been rolling out decorations months in advance for decades. The problem is that the current gens are mostly too tired or broke to do much major celebrating. Also, holidays aren't ‘dying,' the way you perceive them is just changing negatively, as you choose to do.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Here's a real historical event: I learned about climate change in the 1970s in school. I watched the U.S. completely ignore it as a ‘too far away to worry about' problem through the 80s. By the 90s it was forgotten. In recent years it's obvious that it's affecting us so now we have the propagandists insisting it's 'perfectly natural'. Rome falls through greed and willful ignorance. Good old history.

by hahnvivien 1 month ago

Yeah god forbid we actually be grateful for the things we have even if the world is far from perfect.

by Temporary_Notice1673 1 month ago

That line of thinking is giving "I've killed people, but I haven't killed as many people as a healthcare CEO, so it's all good" energy.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

"It isn't literally the worst it's ever been, so times are good, actually" is certainly a take. Meanwhile income inequality is near French Revolution levels.

by Due-Preference 1 month ago

Beyond, actually

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Thats a moot point though when its absolutely a fact we are worse off and have less opportunities then the boomer generation with no hope in sight the math is on the wall its gonna get a lot worse with climate change and a regression of education as well. All the main things are starting to become more and more unattainable. Food shelter medicine

by Anonymous 1 month ago

😆

by Unusual-Ferret 1 month ago

Very true man. People have no perspective, mostly because people know nothing about history and it hurts the way they view the world today.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

That sounds impressive until you, um, look at history.

by hahnvivien 1 month ago

I don't think I am necessarily more tired or more broke than my ancestors (maybe more than my parents, but certainly not more than previous generations) but I am not interested in doing the christmas celebrations they way my parents did. It was always super stressful and the focus on stuff was too much.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I prefer, "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb."

by Mindless-Fruit 1 month ago

I think that is the one good thing that came about recently. The idea that having to spend time with assholes because they are your family is insane. At the same time, I feel like family reunions are a thing of the past which is kind of sad. I like that people place more value on quality relationships rather than just being connected by birth. Family is important, but it has it's limits.

by Beginning_Guard 1 month ago

The blood of the Covenant is thicker than the water of the womb

by Velmaschuster 1 month ago

How can the commercialisation and consumerist death of holidays be blamed on Millennials and Gen Z? Literally look back on the history of Black Friday - the problem was already there. We're just seeing the consequences of generations having been raised with Christmas steadily being warped into some consumerist event. Like a lot of society's issues that's blamed on our generations, we're seeing the consequences of problems that already existed and went unchecked.

by Terrillwisozk 1 month ago

Like so much in American society, millennials are taking the blame for "destroying" an already-broken thing that they just happened to be the last people to touch.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

i wasnt allowed to use the word "holi" - "day", in the title, but yes, i feel that way too, every "holi" "day" feels like its going downhill too

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I don't think we can say "fart" either.

by Immediate-Willow2623 1 month ago

but it keeps changing into something more superficial, consumerist, and capitalist each year This has been said for the last 2 centuries.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I don't have sources from earlier than A Charlie Brown Christmas, but this gripe is in there for sure and that movie is almost 60 years old.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

And about everything. Lol, the current universally accepted image of Santa was largely popularized by the world's biggest soft drink manufacturer. Christmas has always had a consumerist side to it.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

This is a myth.

by ProfessionalCar3158 1 month ago

The myth is that Coca Cola invented it. I said they popularized it. Jolly red Santa existed before Cola, but there were also other depictions. Right now, that's firmly established as the way Santa looks.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Society doesn't impact or change what Christmas looks like inside my own home and with my immediate family and friends. We love Christmas. It is alive and well.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

We found the bro with money

by Naive_Inspection 1 month ago

Now that I'm getting older, I appreciate the holiday spirit more. The commercial side of it can die, that's fine. The part where people drink hot chocolate together in the chilly snowy weather can stay.

by maybellecrist 1 month ago

Exactly. Now that I've grown up I obviously don't feel the "magic" of it like I used to, but the other real parts of it like spending time with family, connecting with those you love, and all the fun lights/decorations aren't going anywhere. Unless I'm just biased, it doesn't seem like it's any less prevalent than when it first started becoming commercialized in the late 19th century.

by Zestyclose_Loss 1 month ago

I think you're just growing up

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Nah you are just older and more bitter. Christmas hasn't changed you have

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Agreed. Most people reach an age where Christmas isn't what it was as a kid and becomes more of an expensive and stressful experience than something "magical".

by Anonymous 1 month ago

When you age into the person responsible for creating the "magic", rather than the one benefiting from the magic, things quickly become less magical.

by Ok-Guarantee 1 month ago

It's more magical for me now. Being able to put a smile on someone's face after you hand them an epic gift is ny reason for the season

by tyree34 1 month ago

I'll just say this. Christmas is what you make of it. If you don't do things you enjoy for Christmas it will be miserable. It doesn't mean Christmas is getting better or worse because only you can impact how much you enjoy your Christmas

by diamondwalter 1 month ago

I just cant believe how quickly everyone jumps to christmas time. Literally the day after halloween and everything is suddenly christmas.

by tracy65 1 month ago

Its worse than that. What little Halloween there is is clearanced and condensed by mid October to make space for christmas which started going up in September. I'm thankful I live in an active neighborhood still, I get about 300 trick or treaters, give or take 30, a year. But it still is nothing like growing up in the 90s.

by Ok-Yak4362 1 month ago

Christmas "season" is just a special time for a lot of people. When you're a kid, it's gifts. Not to mention, winter break. When you get a little older, it's about Holiday parties and just get5ing together with friends or family. A lot of people have other traditions. If you're one of the people who like that time of the year, wouldn't you be anxious for it to get here?

by Ok_Pomelo 1 month ago

For you perhaps, here Christmas is as usual. Except grandma though.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Is that because she got run over by a reindeer perhaps?

by Infamous-Lion-5015 1 month ago

Bruh, I tell grandma she ain't allowed outside during reindeer season. That broad is too special for our family. Don't need her getting trucked by Santa and his murderous reindeer.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Nope

by Lavernahills 1 month ago

I was telling my mom a while back that Christmas time is really the only time of the year I feel religious. Come December 1st I just feel every ounce of atheism leave my body.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I don't think Christmas is dying, we're just older. Loved Christmas as a kid, then I grew up. Then I had a kid and got to enjoy it through him. Now he's 18, but I get to enjoy it through my nieces. Hopefully in 10 years when the magic is over for them I'll have grandkids to enjoy it with.

by Interesting_Cod6685 1 month ago

It's pretty constant for me. The Christmas markets are recovering after COVID, the lights in my town get turned on last week of November same as always, I organise get togethers with my friends. All that good stuff. I'm sorry if it's dying for you, as it can be a really uplifting time of year.

by Dry-Sentence 1 month ago

Maybe it is where u live idk

by Anonymous 1 month ago

That's because you're getting older

by Business-Scarcity 1 month ago

Christmas is mainly about the kids, everyone's best memories from Christmas are probably from childhood, it's just about passing that down. Don't gotta be a scrooge 😉

by johnathan58 1 month ago

"You keep Christmas in your way, I'll keep it in mine"

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Well its always vlassic christmas songs and lovely time with family. We dont do much for presents, but have a nice big family dinner and drinks. You dont have to chsnge it. Also love christmas markets.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

My heart is dying but surely Xmas is still festive for those whose hearts isn't...

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Christmas is alive and well in my corner of the world.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Literally nothing you said is relevant to me, so this isn't an opinion, it's just wrong.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Like the other guy said, Christmas hasn't changed you have. I have always and still love Christmas, in fact I love nothing more and look forward to nothing more.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

"Christmas changed!" "I don't even celebrate it anymore." ????

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Christmas is always and will always be the best holiday.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Do you have children? I only ask because throughout my 20s I found myself caring less and less about Christmas and other holidays in general. Now that I have kids I get excited about it for them and embrace the season more than I have since I was a kid.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Your explanation made literally no sense and was just a jumble of different terms that are loosely related. Merry Christmas.

by AdAcceptable 1 month ago

I love Christmas. I love decorating and playing Christmas music and buying gifts for people.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

The reason that this is unpopular is because it's not true. Like Charlie Brown's Christmas is about this theme. In 1960. 64 years ago. And yet, Christmas persists.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

People come to expect gifts and good food, but not all are fortunate enough to get that and the marketing around Christmas is a joke, we can no longer live in the moment for each event as the next one is advertised already. Examples: - Christmas - Easter - Halloween - Valentines crap

by Nikolausvance 1 month ago

Halloween has experienced the most significant drop-off. The candy is all from one of 4 or 5 generic assorted bags that everyone gets from the grocery store. No true variety. The Trunk-or-Treat concept has decimated neighborhood participation.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

The Trunk-or-Treat concept has decimated neighborhood participation. YES! My husband and I just became parents, and we are not looking forward to having to turn to Trunk-or-Treat nonsense for our son. We have memories of kids walking around neighborhoods, usually as groups and having fun. As for your point about the candy, my SIL suggested that parents might also be driving their kids to richer neighborhoods because the candy is better.

by Terrillwisozk 1 month ago

Christmas is exactly the same in my world 🤷🏽‍♀️

by Dear-Education 1 month ago

It's about eating food with family. That's where it's at.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I love consumer Christmas. It's just turning from a religious holiday into a family focused holiday. That's fine

by Anonymous 1 month ago

It's because you're getting older. It's always been that way. I talked to my parents about it and they said the same thing. When they were kids, it was magical but when they got to be adults, the only magic they got from it was seeing it through my eyes. Now that I'm an adult, I understand that. This will be my second Christmas with my son and he's a year and a half old, he can say some words and he knows how to open up a present. It's going to be very magical for me that morning. It's always been consumer focused. But when you're a kid you don't pay attention to those things.

by TechnicianHot1147 1 month ago

Sounds like Mr.Grinch needs to be reintroduced to the spirit of Christmas. Put up some tinsel, smoke some weed, and relax.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I think it comes in waves. I loved it as a child, bored of it in my twenties, now there's multiple young children in the family it's so fun again! You're kinda giving Scrooge vibes here…This weekend I helped my niece and nephews make paper decorations for their school's Christmas play no shopping involved, just us cutting and gluing, and their excitement was so cute. My Nan loves hearing the kids sing the same songs she did when she was young (so do I) it connects the generations. It's cliche but it's what you make of it. Sure, there's consumerism, but that's happening all year round too, you don't have to join in. Christmas can still be special without spending a fortune. Have you tried any volunteer work?

by Anonymous 1 month ago

FESTIVUS FOR THE REST OF US!

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I'm also noticing it creeping into the stores earlier and earlier. Now I'm seeing Christmas items before Halloween has left the shelves.

by Kallie07 1 month ago

Dang an actual unpopular opinion

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Meh, it's just evolving. People will always celebrate the winter solstice.

by Weak_Impression_4860 1 month ago

Are the holidays getting worse or are you just getting older? It's much easier to enjoy said holidays when other people are putting in the work to make it feel special, but much harder when you need to go out and find that joy or create/maintain the traditions. Also let's not pretend most of the country had snow prior to Christmas even before climate change became a massive issue. Across the entire winter? Sure, but not before Christmas.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

It's called getting older. Christmas was different as a kid

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I think you're just not a kid anymore

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Crazy, us mexicans still partying tho

by No_Cartoonist3387 1 month ago

"Christmas is superficial consumerist and capitalist" -🤓 u sound like my 14 year old cousin who's going thru a 1/8 life crisis

by Mammoth_Low 1 month ago

It feels like it's dying because you're not putting in the effort. The holidays feel magical when people make it that way. Spend time with your family. Put on some classic Christmas carols while decorating a tree with old, homemade ornaments. When you put your effort back into the holiday, you'll feel the difference. The problem here is your negativity.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

No, not really. It's morphing as we become more globalized as a seasonal holiday . Myself , I celebrate Yule. Greenery, food and family , friends. We just gift for the little ones. Fire in the fireplace. We feast, we play games , we even have mead .

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Well, consumerism is only pushed forward by consumers, isn't it? So, what kind of Christmas do you want to celebrate? Just do it.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I think less younger people are having kids, which cuts down on the excitement of the holiday for sure. Also, less people believe in magic. I don't mind either way. Celebrate or don't. Just keep buying more things like good little capitalists 👍

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Tell me you don't have kids without telling me you don't have kids.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Christmas is the greatest thing ever

by FalseMongoose9080 1 month ago

My yard is covered in snow. I do not live in the US, so in no way is the holiday considered "American". I have friends and family to my house every year, I cook for 3 days and put out a huge buffet, it's not materialistic in any way. I have a real tree that I buy from a local farmer and decorate with loved ones. Your experience is valid, but please don't think that it's true for everyone.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

lol no, Christmas is very much the same - as others have said, you're just a pessimist. Please go outside and get off your computer - now that cLiMaTe ChANgE has TaKeN aWaY SnOw (also not true lol) you will have plenty of grass to touch

by tyra66 1 month ago

please remind me in the bible where Christmas is. Then also help me determine when Jesus real birthday is. Most real devout and serious Christians I know refuse to celebrate it because its a pagan holiday adopted by the Roman Catholic church to convert the pagans to christianity.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

It does not matter. All it matters is that Christians families are happy celebrating it. Being happy and sharing moments with your loved ones is what life is about. Happy people don't have time for those things you brought up, you wouldn't understand it.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

If your significant other was born on what's now a Wednesday and you decide to do the full celebration on the weekend, does that mean you're not celebrating their birthday?

by Ok-Guarantee 1 month ago

Christmas is on the 4th day of winter. It has always rained 75% of the time.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

You're just growing up op, it's ok

by Crazy-Block-2361 1 month ago

It went commercial a long time ago. But as you get older, the whole thing changes and just gets old and turns into a chore. It's not the same, especially after the kids grow up and move.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Buddy idk where you're living but we got a few centimeters of snow overnight last week, it's stayed and we're getting a few more tonight

by Anonymous 1 month ago

during winter You know christmas happens during winter only for the nort part of America (the continent)?

by MiddleHumor4723 1 month ago

The celebration of Jesus' birthday is not a dying event Oh and its lasts until Feb 2nd so its super lit atheists might be corporatizing the day but come to any Church on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, we show up for The Lord

by Willing_Surround 1 month ago

It's been moved to Dec 4th

by Anonymous 1 month ago

It's been like this for a long time.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

It hasn't changed you've just grown older and can't afford the gifts and everything else people expect during that time of the year, most notably your kids, nephews and nieces.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Christmas has been a commercialized and consumerist event for a long, long time now. But I do agree that there's a certain charm about Christmas that just isn't there anymore.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

The weather is the biggest turnoff by FAR for me. I like the rain but come… on… we need some snow to have any type of Christmas vibe

by Otherwise_Sweet_3885 1 month ago

I'm not sure why you've lumped snow in there. For a lot us it has never been part of Christmas. My only "white Christmas" was the one I spent at my brother's house in Washington state.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

i think it's inevitable as you grow older to not feel the christmas magic as much anymore per say. as a 2000's kid christmas had a distinct feel but i was also young, with all the fantasy and love that comes with that. christmas is exactly what you make of it. i'm very into christmas, it's incredibly fun. it isn't about the gifts. it's about family, doing fun stuff like baking cookies and putting up decor (my fave). i usually only listen to the classic songs, the classic christmas movies ill never get tired of either. of course its political, everything is. i dont exactly like how christmas is tiptoed around, its always happy holidays. but this is the way things are, everything will be controversial. the world changes. i capitalism makes xmas a huge thing but you dont have to participate in that part. handmade gifts or very little gifts is okay! either way, a holiday is about how you wanna celebrate it! make it your own. do what makes it feel special for YOU.

by Hot-Nectarine-381 1 month ago

Christmas has been commercialized for a long time; but let's not forget the real victims here, people with a birthday on or near Christmas, especially Jesus, people must have forgot his birthday all the time.

by ryanalexis 1 month ago

Christmas has been consumerist for a very long time. Idk how old you are but if you're a young adult you might just feel like it's dying because it's not the same experience now as when you were younger, but that doesn't mean the holiday itself has changed.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

It's up to us to keep the spirit of anything we love alive. This is why I always watch a Charlie Brown Christmas as a reminder.

by Nice_Needleworker889 1 month ago

I think you are just getting older my dude.

by sydni47 1 month ago

Christmas is about family for us, so every year we see our family and have a good time. It hasn't really changed ever for us

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I hate the forceful gifting. I miss when you would just get something meaningful. People still try to spend as much as they can.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Definitely not an unpopular opinion. Just ask anyone who has their busy season during the holidays.

by Sweet-Rhubarb 1 month ago

Festvus for the rest of us. I got a lot of problems with you people.

by Still-Wealth4512 1 month ago

I live in a little 1 bed apartment. There is no room for me to put up a tree and I live with little disposable income as it is. I aint got the time, money, patience or room to buy and decorate anything. I buy some gifts for a few people and thats it.

by Educational-Leg-9634 1 month ago

It's not dying you're just getting older and aging out.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I believe that you are projecting your own dwindling experience onto the rest of the population

by Delicious-Cost 1 month ago

It has always been materialist/consumerist/capitalist… And as much as the Christians hate to hear it… partially Pagan. It's only REALLY fun when you're a kid. At the end of the day, I enjoy Christmas for the family get together and seeing the kids happy when they open their gifts.

by Eddie82 1 month ago

I love Christmas. I just don't like the familial aspect of it, anymore. So much damn stress to figure out when the family to get together and siblings getting butthurt about scheduling issues when we don't even see each other at any other point in the year. It's all just so performative. I have the best time just hanging out with my wife.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Me in Georgia wondering what the "snow on Christmas" thing is my whole life. Seriously, for a lot of folks the way outside should "feel" on Christmas ain't the same. Heck, there's a country Christmas song about wanting it to snow somewhere else.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I had a few years where my Christmas spirit waned but I have nieces and nephews now and seeing them super excited for the holiday has me amped up. Absolutely looking forward to Christmas Eve dinner and then gifts the next morning with my family. Celebrate however you see fit, many of us still do. The weather has always been hit or miss for me. Last year we had rain, in 2020 we had a major blizzard.

by Frosty-Tap299 1 month ago

My friend has a 9 year old daughter who is little miss Christmas from September onwards, she has the films and Christmas song radio stations on from October, she is the Christmas motivator.

by williamsonmavis 1 month ago

Maybe an unpopular opinion but I am seeing this too....even here in Canada where we still have a chance at a white Christmas.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

haha, it's not. You're just getting older. Now you have experienced the magic, and it's time to start making it for those around you!

by Hot-Station 1 month ago

We get out of things what we put into things. I dunno, sometimes I just want to scream "BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE" whenever people say things like "Such and such isn't as festive as it used to be".

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Works for me I hate holidays

by Massive_Strategy_681 1 month ago

I think we're just getting older

by Anonymous 1 month ago

It's the time we live in. Corporations, media/social media, government etc does every thing it can to suck the life and soul out of things or change traditions.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

It's up to you to bring the Christmas spirit. No matter how "cringe" or "extra" people think you're being.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Went to a Christmas fireworks show last night in Manhattan Beach. Everyone was dressed in holiday attire and it was literally the longest fireworks show I've ever seen (20 minutes) that culminated in a band playing jingle bell rocks. Christmas is alive and well my dude.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

How dare you say Merry Christmas

by Anonymous 1 month ago

Doesn't seem American at all to me (I'm British). I had a few years in my 20's where it used to bore me but now I've got children I love it again and look forward to it.

by maurinelangosh 1 month ago

It was always like that. You're just getting older.

by Ok-Lock8990 1 month ago

Well yeah triple D is out there keeping a list of who's been naughty and who's been nice, hopefully this forced materialism orgy will die off soon.

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I can really see Christmas becoming like a vacation where the immediate family goes to an Airbnb up in the mountains. I think people at some point are going to just try to escape all of the madness that we ourselves have created. I know that every year all I wanna do is go somewhere peaceful.

by smithorland 1 month ago

For me it is, back then we had the whole family coming over during the holidays, this year our house is barely gonna have any people coming by

by Anonymous 1 month ago

K Scrooge.

by zoemacejkovic 1 month ago

Christmas is whatever you want it to be. I love to embrace less- consumerist winter traditions - coziness/hygge, baking, crisp-weather walks, appreciation of loved ones. Listen to the music YOU like. I'm also not a huge fan of the very clearly "shopping" songs that started in the 50s/60s

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I just got my first tree at 34. Happy holidays!

by Anonymous 1 month ago

I remember getting fresh roasted nuts and dried/fresh fruits from our fruit trees in my stocking. Nowadays you would get beat up for putting that lmao

by Mundane_Statement 1 month ago

Nah. None of that is true.

by Parking-Ladder 1 month ago

I agree but disagree on one detail of the reason. It isn't Christmas that's changing into something more superficial, consumerist, and capitalist. Everything is changing into something more superficial, consumerist, and capitalist.

by Anonymous 1 month ago