Awol said "It's not that I start going all religous or pagan blah blah, but don't you think it's great that every body is excited by the same thing at the same time!!! People smile more etc! How can that be bad????"
I can identify! I don't care if people call it "pagan". When I think about my forebears from the old world, grimly making their way through the cold, dark winters, waiting for the turn of when daylight would begin showing a little bit more, day after day. I think that people psychologically NEED to have holidays, in order to make it through the darkest, hardest parts of the seasons. They serve as markers - such as Winter Solstice - after that, you KNOW that every day the "day" will get a little longer. During this time of year, I really do look forward to that Solstice, it's the perverbial "light at the end of the tunnel". LOL! So if that's pagan, then I'm an unreconstituted pagan.
So this year, year 3 and counting "out", I'm putting up a tree, because my honey is coming from Montreal to be with me for the very first time, so it's double special. I'm sure I've posted elsewhere here - don't remember where - this group moves along so FAST! - Well, I've been shopping on line for ornaments, and am going to Chicago at the end of the month with the "girls" (all never been JW's) and I intend to spend, spend, spend - all on xmas stuff!
