I don't like the holidays either. I really don't care about receiving presents and hate buying them. Christmas stuff is already showing up in stores. I already saw a Christmas tree showing in someone's window. I don't mind decorations or Christmas music, but no more than a few days before Christmas to a couple days after New Year's.

Family stress has made my husband and I go to Florida for a number of years for Thanksgiving. Alone. Christmas Eve we spend alone and Christmas is with my siblings, nephew, dad, and his girlfriend. It's always uncomfortable.

I'm not particularly religious, but I'd like to recognize the religious aspects of Christmas to a degree. Thanksgiving should be a day of thanks. I'd feel better if we were welcoming new people to our country and not having them unfairly demonized.