I feel the same way. I'm busting my ass at Macy's and I still won't be able to afford to buy gifts. I used to love Christmas but now it's just an excuse for people to buy crap. It's almost lost it's meaning. The only thing I look forward to is New Years Eve because I spend it with my best friend who lives 5 hours away.

Well this is the first time that my Christmas is just going to be a 100% normal day. I'll be alone and not doing anything special, but I don't particularly mind. I've kind of just stopped celebrating it now lol, I actually wish they would let me work on the day. I have gifts for my parents, but they'll be receiving them after Christmas as I won't be seeing them.

As a Jew who's going to be alone on the holiday, yeah. Not feeling it, Hanukkah being so early (Thanksgiving) didn't help :(

yeah christmas has become far more stressful these days sinces its all about gifts now but this year has been fun for me since me and my roomy have gotten into the decorating of the trees and the house. usually those things are stressful to me but it was fun this year.

You're so not alone. I'm jobless thanks to my last place closing down earlier this month. I've got nothing for gifts or a holiday meal. I'm in no mood for festivities when I'm worried about losing my home. Fortunately it seems to be the same for everyone, it's just not a jolly feeling in the atmosphere.

I can't wait for Christmas to be over, really. :( Having to spend time with relatives and trying to avoid certain subjects in conversation and acting cheerful when you don't feel like it is so tiresome...

To be honest,I've been having shitty Christmas/New Year for too many years.It's like drinking bad booze because there is nothing else to drink. I'm going to order chinese for Christmas,read some fanfictions and chill.I just can't wait for things to move on and for shops to be cleared and less freaky.

, No, you are definitely not alone, but I think I am the real Scrooge here. As long as I can remember I have always hated Christmas, and 2009 just put the icing on the cake. Now the entire month of December just annoys me. Other than my mom's birthday, the lone bright spot.

Let's be a Grinch team ah ah.

No you're not alone, Christmas has meant absolutely nothing to me for the past 7 years or so!

The holiday has lost its true meaning in recent years, now it seems people only see it as 'what am I getting from someone' and with these years being hard financially, I end up on the wrong end every time. I can't afford expensive gifts and the gifts that I do give turn out not being good enough in their eyes, so I've just given up all together.

This year will be spent curled up with my cat in front of the computer with Netflix and Subeta!

We'd be the meanest grinches on the block!

haha my birthday is in December too, but even that doesn't stop me from hating this month.

I'm not Grinchy per se (I am a Halloween Grinch, though), but I'm not feeling festive or in the Christmas spirit at all this year. It's kinda weird. Something about this year, I guess.

I really do hate this month with a passion, like seriously. And the fact that I work retail only makes it worse.

Oh. Oh no. I could never work retail. I've seen frenzied shoppers be such bastards. I don't handle idiots well I'd end up in jail.

Surprisingly I have not been arrested yet nor have I had a restraining order taken out against me. But it's still early. XD

i'm a big scrooge this year too, cause i work in retail. it doesnt mean anything. its just commercial BS.

these kids watch their parents drop ONE THOUSAND even more dollars so they can have their electronics, loud annoying toys, action figures, overpriced shoes... what do you think they take away from that? imo, i think they learn that money is not an object, these material things will make them happy, that their parent can just drop that kind of money on shit cause "they want it"

i cant tell you how many times a day i hear a child say "i want it" what in t he world has led you to think that makes you deserving of 200 dollars beats headphones? that is seriously what a little like 11 year old girl was throwing a fit over in my store the other night. what the fuck do you need beats headphones for?

and society does all this to celebrate the birth of some cult leader? god keep me out of it

What kind of retail are you in? Clothes, food, misc?

I work at Wal*Mart where we sell everything. x_x

if it makes you feel better, I didn't want to put a big tree this year, so I bought a little tree that goes outside your door. Anyway... it's been up for three weeks and it's still not decorated or plugged in because I cant be bothered :p