Blog Challenge Four: Christmas

I don't like it when people say that they spend Christmas alone, because for me Christmas means family. It's not about the presents or the food (although I certainly enjoy both of those aspects), it's about 'peace and goodwill to all men', which I interpret as spending time with the ones you love and putting up with the ones you don't, because it's Christmas. Unfortunately everybody seems to have forgotten this over time, leaving everyone hungry for presents, selfishness and every other material thing you could wish for, and of course I include myself in this.
I love Christmas. All of the tinsel and the lights, the Christmas tree and everyone is generally in a better mood, it's impossible not to be happy. I'm not going to pretend to fully understand why someone wouldn't like Christmas or would choose to spend it alone, but I guess that if you are forced to spend it alone, then I can see how that wouldn't be very enjoyable. It isn't, after all, a holiday for solitude. Even something as symbolic as a Christmas cracker requires a second person to pull it with and listen to the terrible jokes.

This video pretty much sums up what I hope Christmas is never like for me. It's called Misery Christmas and it's hilarious in a sad kind of way.