So as far as I am concerned, Christmas is a big lie meant to guilt people into submission under the cloak of family and religion.
Fact is "Christmas" was stolen from the Pagans and is not even the birth date of Christ. The date is about Yule, another thing stolen from Pagans. The traditional Christmas to date is a slap in the face of the Man called Jesus and what he stood for.
You can't go to a "Christmas" gathering with out a gift for everyone, even if you can not afford it, with out be looked at as a Scrooge, looser, unthoughtful, taker, or something like that. Your own present of body, heart, and love is not welcome with out a gift.
If you call someone friend and do not get them a gift, oh my the mess that will cause. And do not give something hand made or hug.
No wonder there is so much depression under foot.
No, I am not pagan or christian, but I believe in what the man was trying to say and do.