like all the fuckin ads with the hugging families around winter. any educationally normal adult knows everyone just gets more stressed, with travel and gifts and social obligations and everything, but you’re not even allowed to…openly feel that, it seems? it’s like there’s this happiness benchmark you have to reach, otherwise you’ll feel even shittier and sadder for not having a happy holiday season

  • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    You should come join us in NZ - we get good hot beaches for Xmas.

    Im known as a Grinch because I can’t stand the wonton consumerism, expectations and , let’s be honest, propaganda around it. As far as I’m concerned Xmas eve should have a walk of something with the kids, they can have one decent present that they actually want, Xmas day is for eating far to much easy to cook stuff and eating it with lots of people on the deck, and boxing day should be spent at that previously mentioned hot beach.