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[liberated-soul.livejournal.com]

I wanted to go ahead and post about an obvious subject.


~HOLIDAYS


now that they are here, do any of your others get anxious or excited, depressed and alone, or just simply mean.


I have my share of all of these and can quite empathise with how everyone inside me feels.



all in all, how do the holidays affect you and your others.


thanks ~Danu

Comments

[lovefromgirl.livejournal.com]

This is one of those areas where we can all agree: the holidays are a pain in the arse, whichever ones we run across. Other than Solstice, nobody really gives a good goddamn about any of them. Kali likes to sing at the local "midnight" mass (at 10pm), but that's it.

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[pthalo]

our religion has no holidays in december. but i tend to scowl at the "in your face"-ness of Christmas.

[stealthdragon.livejournal.com]

Meh, consumerism. That's the general sentiment, so far.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

I don't do well with the holidays. There are some things I like about them - the lights, the music, time with my kid - but mostly they're the Festival Of Guilt And Regret. I will never, ever be able to 'celebrate' the holidays in the manner in which my early conditioning insists I'm supposed to: the manner in which all my dutiful and industrious Nebraska Scandinavian Lutheran female forebears apparently celebrated it even during the Great Depression, while simultaneously giving birth, tending the livestock in three feet of snow, and spinning straw into gold.

It's hopeless; I'm defeated before Thanksgiving's even over (by which time my mother and sisters already have their houses decorated and the first 300 Christmas cards ready to mail) because I know that there's just no frickin' way I can manage even a D- effort. And oh yes, I am being graded, even though the fact will be politely not mentioned. So I go through the holiday season being sad and angry for this and related reasons, even though I know rationally how stupid it is.

Kír doesn't have this difficulty, because neither Christianity nor my family and their traditions mean anything to him. However, he has other difficulties - late autumn is the time of his worst memories, so he goes through the holiday season being sad and angry for past wrongs that he can't do anything to amend or avenge, even though he knows rationally that it's futile.

Crist-Erui loves winter weather, and he also loves the lights and music, but he's very uneasy with my family - it's hard to say whether this is because he regards them as his family, or because he doesn't. Kír says he thinks it's because he does regard them as his family, but knows they would reject him if they ever saw him, so it's hard for him to have to see them. Also, of course, with Kír all grim and me all time-crunched, it's not so fun for our forest-dancer - I'm sure he must get somewhat fed-up with us, and really, I can't blame him; we are bloody tedious during the holiday season.

[dinogrrl.livejournal.com]

I love Christmas. Most of the people here do too. But a series of unfortunate happenings recently has made many of them moody, to say the least, so I'm not sure how it'll turn out this year.

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

I in particular despise the holidays and all their mealy-mouthed consumerism, and not to mention that family togetherness crap. No, for me, the Superhuman Crew is my family, my life. I don't frickin' care about no Earthworlders. If you ask me the holidays are for meanness and bitchiness, which is odd, considering that at most times of the year, I am a nice SOB. Thanksgiving is good for stuffing yourself, Easter falls at an Underlanker festival day, but man, I don't frickin' LIKE THE BODY'S PARENTS! Not many Superhuman Crew members do, as a matter of fact. The Birth self's clone, Trinity, feels some form of affection, but he's the only one. When we're on our own, we're separating from the Bodyfamily. Ah, God, that felt good.
Gamera of the Superhuman Crew.