Violet Writes

What's that? I'm a monster? How can I hate Christmas? Let me tell you now, I've got a list as long as my bloody arm as to why I hate Christmas. Maybe it's not so much Christmas I hate, more what it means nowadays. No-one really cares about the birth of Jesus anymore, especially when we live in a time of more atheists than religious people. No-one really cares about spending time with their families on the day, more what presents they got. In British culture it really is all about getting pissed and falling asleep in front of the T.V. Though, I suppose that's been the norm for decades. 🎅🎄 Unfortunately we now live in a world where Christmas means consumerism. Skinting ourselves every year to buy presents for the people that we love, even though we could show that in a million other ways without spending money. And what's worse, is we feel forced to buy presents for the relatives and friends that we don't really love, people we don't really ca