i like christmas but christmas eve is definitely overrated, i dont like christmas food and where i live we have a hot christmas so thats even worse (i literally spotted a cockroach on my bathroom bc its summertime)

 

sorry christmas lovers tho 

Emm no

For me - no.

It's a time to truly rest and spend some time with my family. 

I wouldn't say it's overrated but it should be less forced down on people's throat, especially people that can't celebrate for a reason or another and that they're dealing with a dark moment of their life, not to mention the consumerist-materialistic aspect of it that these days it has became too much with this pressure of having to gift a present to someone at every cost that majority of the time end up to be always something that is not needed or appreciated.

When you grow up it’s just a sad reminder of what it used to be.

Yes. I'm tired of it

yeah, it lost its magic awhile ago. idk, not to be a drinch (duck grinch) but certain holidays just don’t feel the way they used to feel. and it’s not because I’m just disillusioned. like other days of the year feel spectacular, such as a few days during pride month and the first cold day of autumn and new year’s and my birthday, which is the day after new year’s! but christmas (and halloween too for that matter) just aren’t special to me anymore 

5 hours ago, Venice B said:

Yes. I hate the two last weeks of the year because of all this performative happiness. I know it's time to celebrate and be thankful but I just can't enjoy it. These are the days I'd rather be alone and just enjoy some peace & quiet.

you hit the nail on the head here

 

as a kid I feel like the magic was more easily palpable because of youthful naïveté but unfortunately it’s so easy to see how put on this “holiday spirit” is. the new year is where the actual magic comes in, cause it’s a tabula rasa in a lot of ways. this is just a more depressing, sobering couple of days which make me feel guilt and contemplation over my year instead of festivity. I think if christmas wasn’t at the tail end of the year, I’d find it easier to enjoy than i currently do. like if it were a few days after thanksgiving or like the first week of december, I’d enjoy it far more at this point

 

No. It's a beautiful holiday that gives people the opportunity to lift spirits up. 

 

It's totally ok if you don't like it though. You're more than welcome to create your own holiday instead. Buster Baxter did that during the Arthur's Perfect Christmas special. 

All the lights and holiday decorations are nice to see especially since it gets dark at like 4pm now.

A holiday is never overrated if it means rest from work but lemme say, xmas can be a stressful time for adults and I've never been into it for a couple of reasons. I'm not really cool with my distant family so besides forcing myself to tell merry xmas to a few people (just for courtesy) it's just like another holiday for me. But i love the food.

As you grow older, yeah - but that's also more because of the forced family gatherings

It’s really only overrated if you give into the overratedness that consumers December. If you can get past that, it’s a lovely time to reconnect with family and friends. 

Not for me, I love how everyone seems to gather and be grateful after such a long year. It’s a time for me to appreciate what I have and just enjoy family and friends.

 

I absolutely adore this time of year. It’s when I can get my mind off the worst parts of life and just get a week of peace.

No I like cheesy Christmas holiday movies on Hallmark lmao

I would say it's underrated tbh.

Scrooge if he were an ATRLer

For lonely people

I feel like if we had a year off from it we would appreciate it more again 

I've come to appreciate it more in the past couple of years. I'm still not a fan of forceful gifts, I feel like if you want to give something to someone it's because you thought of them and it could come at any time of the year.

I don't understand people saying Halloween is better? Halloween is just a day where people get dressed up in costumes they'll never wear again. Maybe it's different in the US, but Halloween comes and goes and I barely notice it happens most years. Christmas has a whole festive vibe going along with it and you'll usually do a fair number of Christmassy things in the run up to it and around the day itself. Like others have said it's a nice opportunity to come together with people and you get some days off work

yes

I like it. It's a good way to get through the dark cold winter days by making everything colorful and getting together with people. I also like that work basically stands still for the Xmas week.

 

I dislike Xmas music though and hate that it's so extremely dominating for 2 months basically. Such a waste. 

No, it's my favorite holiday. It's perfectly rated, in my opinion. It does require effort to enjoy, however. You can't just sit at home by yourself without decorating, engaging in Christmas activities, attempting to connect with people and just living common everyday life and complain about how it doesn't feel like Christmas.

no Valentines Day is the most overrated “holiday”.