actually my crisis is not so much about the jesus as it is christians in general. the thing is, i don't really celebrate christmas. i'm just not that into it. i'm not religious so i miss out on the christ part of christmas. i'm also not a fan of another consumer driven holiday. it bothers me when i start seeing commercials in october for kmart pushing layaway. the idea of people spending money they don't have on things they don't need seems foolish to me. and while decorations and lights are sometimes pretty, at the same time i find them wasteful. in high school i went around with a bunch of friends unplugging christmas lights. at the time it was a way to prove what punks we were, but also i think a valid statement at the amount of resources wasted when people cover their homes/businesses/trees in lights and leave them on all night.
it's not that i hate jesus, or santa. i've just stopped being amused by their superstition. for the last three years i've managed to find ways to keep from taking part in the holiday. the thing i take so personally is that when i explain to people that i don't celebrate christmas it always ends with me seeming like an asshole. and sure i have a tendency to be selfish and occasionally hurt people's feelings, but overall these are unintentional habits. and not to sound self-righteous, though this is another bad habit of mine, i do just as many if not more good deeds as the people who claim to have better morals than i do.
that said, three things i do actively enjoy about christmas:
1.) the santaland diaries.
2.) national lampoon's christmas vacation - such a classic.
3.) tacky homemade sweaters.
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