It's that time of the year

[JustMeSee]

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas is a very stressful experience for me. I get seasonal depression, but usually get a kick of adrenalin around six p.m. on Christmas Eve.

Church, family, presents, and dinner is about it. I try to avoid the shops as much as possible, and begin enjoying Christmas music around now.

 

[JustMeSee]

ha! thank you all for the varied perspectives, truly. and oh, does anyone enjoy a vegetarian Christmas?

I have several vegetarian friends who are trying to convert me to a vegetarian diet. Little steps.

 

[razeontherock]

Somebody has the right philosophy for Christmas:

Anonymous donors pay off Kmart layaway accounts - Yahoo! News

 

[Eudaimonist]

It's that time of the year, and it's time to be merry. Just wondering what your Christmas philosophy is ???

That's a great question. My Christmas philosophy is that the winter holiday (whatever one may want to call it) is a time to cherish such values as family (especially children), good cheer, thoughtfulness in gift-giving, lights and decorations to brighten the dark winter, and above all... the axial tilt of the Earth. The days will be getting longer again and in Sweden, where I live, that matters a great deal!


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[Eudaimonist]

Oh, I think secular christmas music is crap. Just throwing that out there.

That's why I listen to Cthulhu Carols. Tis the season when the stars are right!


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[GrowingSmaller]

I am a bit of a "spiritual hedonist."

Spiritual = emotions (especially positive emotions) associated with religion.
Hedonism = pleasure seeking.

When I was younger I would have been a material hedonist, seeking pleasure throught consumption of beer, and also through dancing and partying. Now I prefer meditaiton or prayer. This is probably not unusual as people get older.

I think that for the young part of the myth of Christmas is this idea: "the old are stuck in the ways of the past, and only we who are philosophically liberated know how to enjoy life i.e. party as much as possible". At least that was the idea for me.

I think a possible non sequitir is "all religion is false, therefore all irrleigion in all forms is better than any religion in any form."

 

[TouchingTestimony]

thank you again people, happy holidays :o)