I have a renewed and rejuvenated love for Christmas. 
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Poll: Who comes to mind the most when you think of Christmas?
- Thread starter Eddi
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Who is your answer?
exchemist
Veteran Member
Jesus. We don't really have "Santa" under that name in my country. We have Father Christmas. (They have Sintaklaas - St. Nicholas - in the Netherlands, which presumably is where the American Santa Claus comes from). But regardless of the name, he has not been a feature for me since I was a tiny kid. For the last 50 years or so Christmas for me has mostly been about carols, Midnight Mass, the Christmas tree and Christmas lunch with the extended family. So as far as persons are concerned, it's the commemoration of Jesus's birth.
McBell
Unbound
Grandchildren
I call him Father Christmas too, I strongly prefer it to Santa
But I thought more people would know what I was on about if I called him Santa in this thread
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
I think Scrooge. I'm not wealthy or well off like a lot of folks. Every year at Christmas I feel like Bob Cratchet trying his best to live under his circumstances.
But I do like the festivities to take my mind off things.
I can relate to that
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Yep. A lot of people.I can relate to that
IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
oh good heavens. I avoid both Walmart and Target, especially Target. I use Amazon.
I used to feel this way and still do most of my Christmas shopping on Amazon, but there is something to be said about being down there in the trenches. I like to go to the mall at this time of year. I don't buy anything. I just go to people watch. In fact, I'll probably go down this afternoon to get my steps in and watch the activity.
TagliatelliMonster
Veteran Member
I voted santa, but it might as well be Kevin McCallister.
Every year at Christmas i think of how great Marx was for inventing the concept of socialism.
I’ll suggest using a first name in the future, because it took my brain a few seconds to register Karl when it automatically inferred Groucho.
Right!!
I went to a store on Halloween and saw Halloween/Thanksgiving merchandising and came back the next day (yeah, I have that kinda time on my hands now), and it was Christmas.