I stopped going to Christmas gatherings because my family wouldn't stop spending what I considered a lot of money on things I didn't ask for, didn't want, and have absolutely no use for. I am not going to let them label me ungrateful when I've made it clear there is nothing I want.
I'm fucking sick of the commercialization of Christmas. I lost my faith a long time ago, and even I'm starting to miss the values it was supposed to represent.
I've managed to get into a nice place where my family (and just about anyone else who knows me) knows if they want to get me something, I accept food, and pretty much only food. It's 1000x better than random junk, and only lasts a week at most. It also goes in reverse; I tend to give gifts of homemade treats personalized to the receiver, so someone who hates sweets doesn't get sweet things.
I've received a lot of expensive junk over the years, but my favourite and most memorable gift is a sandwich.
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I stopped going to Christmas gatherings because my family wouldn't stop spending what I considered a lot of money on things I didn't ask for, didn't want, and have absolutely no use for. I am not going to let them label me ungrateful when I've made it clear there is nothing I want.
I'm fucking sick of the commercialization of Christmas. I lost my faith a long time ago, and even I'm starting to miss the values it was supposed to represent.
I've managed to get into a nice place where my family (and just about anyone else who knows me) knows if they want to get me something, I accept food, and pretty much only food. It's 1000x better than random junk, and only lasts a week at most. It also goes in reverse; I tend to give gifts of homemade treats personalized to the receiver, so someone who hates sweets doesn't get sweet things.
I've received a lot of expensive junk over the years, but my favourite and most memorable gift is a sandwich.