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I do the Christmas thing because my family does. I went through guilt for several years, because I don't have the proper religious belief that would warrant recognizing it, but, though it creeps me out, I've deemed it ok to do because I'm not alone in celebrating it merely as a gift-giving situation. Plus, it would hurt too many people in my family to completely reject it.

However, there are things I will not do and things I believe there should be ettiquette to govern. I want to see how off the wall I am though, so regardless of your belief/celebration situation, offer me your thoughts on these:

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[automat76.livejournal.com]

my peeve, even as a non-religious individual, is that the holiday is way too commericalized to begin with, and these massive iconic decorations are just perpetuating that cycle. on the halloween day this year, i saw christmas decorations fully stocked in large retail outlets. logically, merchandise availability must preceed purchases, but geez...

on the other hand, shitdamn if other folk want to decorate early (i simply shoose not to participate) -- that's their bag and i don't hold it personally against those individuals. it's all part of expression, i suppose... and, it really isn't much different from folks pre-ordering (some 6 weeks early) those thanksgiving turduckens (http://www.chefpaul.com/turducken.html) or christmas honeybaked hams (http://www.honeybaked.com) or valentines's day roses, eh?