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Boy, all of you had a sad Christmas.
The time is stressful for me because both my wife's and my parents are divorced (and her mom is getting another one this year) so we have to somehow fit in 5 families to visit, not including grandparents.
But with the stress of trying to make time, I do get the chance to celebrate differently with each family. At my mom's house we all got together, ate and played cards. At my father-in-laws we ate and watched the Twilight Zone. At my mother-in-laws get got drunk as skunks and then ate. At my father's we will get drunk and sing karaoke.
And that my friends, is what Christmas is all about. Getting drunk and singing karaoke. Oh, and seeing the look on my sister's face when my niece unwraps another messy, noisy present from her uncle. Take that sis!
I can understand some people's stance that christmas is overcommercialized, but that really seems to be your problem. One of my families made this year a handmade Christmas, where if you gave a gift you had to have made it. It was nice to see the family show off their diverse talents.
But even the other families draw names so you only have to get a gift for one person in each family so the cost isn't too bad. It makes it so you can get them something nice, as opposed to a $5 piece of crap. For the parents, all of the kids go together and get them something really nice that they actually want (DVD recorder this year).
Of course, how can I hate Christmas when my wife says "don't buy me jewelry, buy me an amp".
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