I loath the holiday season because it brings back memories of someone that i wish was still here. But i try to put on a mask so that my kids enjoy the holidays thanks to my parents and my wife's family spoiling them since my wife and i can't afford to give them anything big. Sometimes i wish i came from a culture that didn't celebrate the holidays. All in all it's a very bad time of the year for me with all the consumerism, working long hours so that the owners of the company can have a great holiday with their family, and seeing the look on my kids faces when there is a tree but Santa doesn't leave anything more than one small gift.