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My feelings towards Christmas (and during the winter time in general) has always made me feel downcast to some extent or another. Whether it was my mom making the whole ordeal superficial and just generally meaningless, or just how the holiday season is handled by our current society at large. I've come to resent it less as time went on since leaving her house. The apathetic feeling is still there somewhat.
However, since becoming a catechumen, the time of year has started to take a new meaning for me. A better, more hopeful, outlook on it. A substantially more meaningful and heartfelt sentiment is developing and I can really feel that.
I still don't care about presents, and I only bother with buying things for a few people out of a sense of obligation (and cause I'd feel bad if I didn't do anything for people I like). I would have gotten my Godparents something, but they had told me that the only thing they wanted from me and their other Godchildren is we light a candle and pray for them before the icon of Christ. The email made me a little emotional, I will admit.
I already starting seeing the whole "Christmas is pagan akchewally" stuff going around again. Frankly, I never saw it all that often before converting. Even when I did, it was all annoying to me. Even if that were true (which it isn't), who actually cares, beyond maybe a few contrarian teenagers and some adults who never stopped acting like children? Either way, I like some of the pushback I've seen on it. Until next time.
Goodnight and God bless
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