We've stopped with presents in my family, except for the kids. And they don't get showered in them, a few things they really want, preferably cheap. Everyone else just wants nice food and family coziness.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I just use it to have a merry time with my family. Corporations try to co-opt everything; Christmas is no different. Is Pride about honoring greed and capitalism just because companies make everything rainbow? No, and neither is Christmas even though they try their best with that too. The only difference is buying gifts, but Christmas is about more than that, and homemade gifts are always an option.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 58 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Cool, so it's still worth eschewing /s

I would like to note though that xmas is a very sore time of year for a lot of people (mostly queer, but others too) who do not have a good relationship with their family

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's why I think it's important that we bring Christmas back to its true religious roots: Fertility, hunting, and maybe a cult of the dead.

Well, that and I just kind of want to piss off all of my pearl clutching relatives.

But seriously, thank you for the reminder that this can be a particularly hard season.

I hope your solstice is marked by good times with real friends and chosen family.

[–] MysticKetchup@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Forget all the other traditions, the true meaning of the season is a battle of rhymes with a skeletal horse

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

It's so beautiful! Thank you. I love that there's a tradition where a man under a sheet carrying a horse skull prances around people's living rooms, and academic scholars can all agree "we have no idea what is going on here".