Bah Humbug! IrishCentral asks what New Yorkers really hate about Christmas - VIDEO

I think being a Christian is a wonderful thing.I think Christmas is wonderful and feel sorry for unbelievers. Having said that I think too many gifts are ridiculous.We got a toy or two and school clothes and books.Trinkets in a stocking. But I know personally someone who showers gifts on their children. They have 2 girls. Under the tree Christmas morn. they each had 29 separate gifts. Always each had same amount.Really ridiculous. One yr. they bought each girl a large appliance. Soon after both had sold said gift.My child got a bike one yr and school clothes and books.She never felt deprived except she wanted skis or a skateboard neither of which she ever got.

What I dislike the most ae whole Christmas season is that most people now refer to it as "the holiday" and very few actually call it by its proper name, which of course is Chrism. Nollaig shona bheannaithe aoibhinn do gach éinne.

An Irish Blessing As you slide down the bannister of life may the splinters never point the wrong way. Slainte

What gets me? Presents, that is, excess presents. In childhood in my neighborhood of immigrants (Irish, Jewish mainly( presents were not important to us kids. We got one. Otherwise we were encouraged to save up for any others that we wanted, with payments for certain chores (not others) and a dollar slipped to us here and there. I have to credit my relatives for strictly limiting the number of presents their children can get (only one on Xmas day, the rest sometime during the 12 days of Christmas) to three.