Christmas is my favourite holiday but it is also one of the more emotionally awkward holidays. It makes you reflect on life and tugs at your heart strings. It places immense pressure on idealistic family time, gift giving and capitalist merriment.
Like weddings, Christmas has long turned into a money-making monster. The bigger, the better, the more lavish the gifts, the merrier or perhaps I should say temporary merriment. There is already immense pressure to consume and this ready-made recipe that is suggestive of what you should do to feel happy and ‘get into the spirit’ of things doesn’t make it any easier. Even those who know their efforts will only guarantee a fleeting five seconds of happiness, still somehow feel the need to join the charade.
