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My opinion on holidays.
10 years ago
Okay. Mid way though holiday season and I feel I at least owe to to make a journal explaining my views on holidays. More so the reasons because a lot of people ask why I don't participate and I have to explain every time. This is so everybody gets the same story from me and my reasons all in one go.
Not to get on the wrong foot, but I'm not really interested in holidays. I've never seen the point to them when we have the entire year to care about our friends and family, and show our creativity and have a good time.
The Nostalgia Critic made a holiday video which I really feels explains how I feel about holidays.
https://youtu.be/FAY0U9gjf_0 Go to 4:19 for the part that I really agree with.
To add on a bit to this. I do believe the big two holidays (Halloween and Christmas) are hurting man-kind rather then good. For the most part. Holidays have become more on the corporate side with people just buying junk for a cheap date. It becomes one day where people believe they are better people, but then fall into a lower state of being right after. That's just the way I've seen it all around me.
The second part that I think it only hurts is how we limit things to only these few holidays. For Halloween's case. It's the only holiday where you can dress out of the ordinary without being looked at differently. Where as if you were any costume related stuff out of reason, you get your weird looks and have to explain yourself. Heck, you can even get kicked out of places and labeled as a pedophile just for wearing costume stuffs for no reason other then people thinking you're not right in the head. THAT, is what I hate about holidays. The limitation normal people set in place with the only allowance to break said limits on each set holiday.
We are lucky though. With conventions and such. People can express their creative sides, and share their love for their fellow man and family. However. What if someone does not have those options? What if they have no where and no body to outlet what they wanna do? With no support, and seeming like said person can be beaten back by these standards people set just for holidays. It singles out some people and makes them hide everything. They can be afraid to go out in public or even show their love for something online just because they are scared of people's reactions to something out of reason.
From my own experience in life. I didn't see any reason for holidays growing up. I used to get presents on Christmas, but it the only thing that was really different those days was the rapping on the boxes. Other then that. I can get a present any other day of the year. My family may have not been having family time all year around, but having holidays didn't change anything. Like one or two other family members would visit and that's all. Other holidays went by without notice. Other then Halloween that is. Never partaken in it and found it silly to dress up in cheap movie based costumes. I do like candy like anyone else, but again. I can have candy all year around. So Halloween wasn't something to keep in mind ether.
As the Nostalgia Critic said. Why can't we just be who we want to be all year around? We furries may already have a way around that. Furcons and meets and the internet where we can be our selves, wear fursuits, etc. What I do worry about are the people that aren't furries. People who do limit this type of behavior just to holidays. The people who will tell you that it's not Halloween or report other people to the police because they think you are after their children. These people... Are a huge part of why I don't partake in holidays.
Not to get on the wrong foot, but I'm not really interested in holidays. I've never seen the point to them when we have the entire year to care about our friends and family, and show our creativity and have a good time.
The Nostalgia Critic made a holiday video which I really feels explains how I feel about holidays.
https://youtu.be/FAY0U9gjf_0 Go to 4:19 for the part that I really agree with.
To add on a bit to this. I do believe the big two holidays (Halloween and Christmas) are hurting man-kind rather then good. For the most part. Holidays have become more on the corporate side with people just buying junk for a cheap date. It becomes one day where people believe they are better people, but then fall into a lower state of being right after. That's just the way I've seen it all around me.
The second part that I think it only hurts is how we limit things to only these few holidays. For Halloween's case. It's the only holiday where you can dress out of the ordinary without being looked at differently. Where as if you were any costume related stuff out of reason, you get your weird looks and have to explain yourself. Heck, you can even get kicked out of places and labeled as a pedophile just for wearing costume stuffs for no reason other then people thinking you're not right in the head. THAT, is what I hate about holidays. The limitation normal people set in place with the only allowance to break said limits on each set holiday.
We are lucky though. With conventions and such. People can express their creative sides, and share their love for their fellow man and family. However. What if someone does not have those options? What if they have no where and no body to outlet what they wanna do? With no support, and seeming like said person can be beaten back by these standards people set just for holidays. It singles out some people and makes them hide everything. They can be afraid to go out in public or even show their love for something online just because they are scared of people's reactions to something out of reason.
From my own experience in life. I didn't see any reason for holidays growing up. I used to get presents on Christmas, but it the only thing that was really different those days was the rapping on the boxes. Other then that. I can get a present any other day of the year. My family may have not been having family time all year around, but having holidays didn't change anything. Like one or two other family members would visit and that's all. Other holidays went by without notice. Other then Halloween that is. Never partaken in it and found it silly to dress up in cheap movie based costumes. I do like candy like anyone else, but again. I can have candy all year around. So Halloween wasn't something to keep in mind ether.
As the Nostalgia Critic said. Why can't we just be who we want to be all year around? We furries may already have a way around that. Furcons and meets and the internet where we can be our selves, wear fursuits, etc. What I do worry about are the people that aren't furries. People who do limit this type of behavior just to holidays. The people who will tell you that it's not Halloween or report other people to the police because they think you are after their children. These people... Are a huge part of why I don't partake in holidays.
I think the reason people think so highly of the two holidays is because of the history and legends behind them. Halloween began with legends of witches kidnapping children, and the parents of said children appeasing them with something a bit more tasty than human flesh, and thus the legend started. Then the theme for spooky scenes started to become associated with it, such as horror movies, games, etc
Christmas is there because many people believe it's the birthday of Lord Jesus Christ, and as such people thought that if he could receive gifts, then why can't everybody else? It's said to be the thought that counts, not the item, nor how much was spent on it.
Thanksgiving is there to celebrate the harvest season, and it's often overshadowed after the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade every year.
New Years is obvious.
The holidays that I don't bother with anymore are Easter and Valentines Day.
Yes, I definitely agree with your points. Halloween and Christmas are starting to get a bit too commercialized, and as such may be ruining the messages they're supposed to convey, but the feeling is still there, but that's just me.
Like I said, you're free to like what you like, and dislike what you dislike. Everyone's got different values, and everyone looks at things differently.