Author	Thread: Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies?
Tulip89 View Profile History	Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies? Posted : 7 Dec, 2010 10:35 PM As Christmas draws nearer, it seems everybody wants to watch Christmas movies or Christmas specials. Supposedly they're all cheery and make everybody feel warm and fuzzy inside, but really they just make me sad. Christmas should be a wonderful time to celebrate the arrival of our mighty, powerful, glorious, and radiant King to vanquish Death and deliver us from its grip, the Christ we see in Revelation, but too often it is reduced to a holiday merely about loving each other, family, and all our problems being fixed by THINGS. I watch these movies, and while they aren't really full of anything blatantly bad, not only are the movies completely missing the point, but so many of the people watching them are too. As Christmas gets closer and closer, all this "Christmas spirit" makes me want to grab people and shake them until they realize what they're missing. Sadly, I can't figure out how to effectively communicate that to my friends, much less everybody else. Trying to is just a quick way to get called a Grinch. It's ok though. At least this Grinch has Jesus. Post Reply
View Profile History	Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies? Posted : 7 Dec, 2010 10:45 PM Nooo... I feel the same way, Tulip. Part of the reason I have so much angst around the holidays is because I'm not experiencing all of the things that "everyone" else it. I don't have husband to go to Christmas parties with or the children to watch open gifts. I feel like I miss out on a lot of things. BUT, those aren't the important things. In recent years, I've really come to realize that and, in a way, appreciate my single status and use it as a time to reflect on what this season really is. I'm at the point where I barely even celebrate Christmas actually, in that there just isn't hardly anything that I do. I barely decorate and I don't do much (if any) extra baking. Last year, I didn't even send out cards. I used to go see "The Nutcracker" every single year, but I haven't even done that it forever. I love ballet, but it just seems meaningless. It gets harder and harder to get excited about stuff like that. But I guess that's a good thing, eh? Post Reply
View Profile History	Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies? Posted : 7 Dec, 2010 10:46 PM But I am baking right now =) I should be studying, but I popped some brownies in the oven! Chocolate to keep me awake all night! Post Reply
View Profile History	Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies? Posted : 7 Dec, 2010 11:41 PM Tulip, Come on son�get a grip! ��it is reduced to a holiday merely about loving each other, family,�� Really? This is a terrible sad thing? Yeah�Christmas has been commercialized and hijacked by man, but�hey�it�s one of the few times of the year when mankind actually gets together and does a lot of Good towards those less fortunate. The one time of the year that Mr. Bah HumBug goes to church and at least acts like a Christian and you (a Christian) are talking about �all this "Christmas spirit" makes me want to grab people and shake them until they realize what they're missing.� I truly get what you�re saying, but I�m glad we have this season. I also think it shows us Christians in a �bad� light if we go around in a �foul� mood during Christmas. So�be of Good Cheer and keep your hands off people and enjoy some of those Christmas Movies (some of them are quite good and touching � �It�s a Wonderful Life� and a �Christmas Story��about the little boy that wanted that rifle��You�ll shoot an eye out!�). Jesus is Love and Love is Jesus. If we cannot find Love during this season that celebrates His Birth�than we are not being what Christ asks us to be. Celebrate Christmas�celebrate Christ�s Birth by Rejoicing! And Spreading The Good News! He is BORN! He is BORN! Hallelujah!! Post Reply
View Profile History	Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies? Posted : 8 Dec, 2010 03:22 AM Arch, for those of us who are still single, with no children, and away from our families, this time of year if very sad, because as Pixy stated, we are left out of a lot of things. Single people don't get invited to a lot of the parties or events that go on. My own family didn't even invite me over for thanksgiving, and have spent several Christmases alone because people just don't know how to fit me in. For us singles, this time of year isn't about family, it is about being reminded just how alone we are. That was one of the things I liked about being in the military, they always made sure that the single people were made a priority during the holidays. Post Reply
View Profile History	Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies? Posted : 8 Dec, 2010 04:22 AM Arch never speaks directly to me,(I don't hold it against you!:laugh:) but I agree with him on this one. Lonliness is a state of mind. The holiday is commercialized and I love the hype. Just go ahead and speak to your friends about the real reason for the season. My family doesn't have to invite me for holidays, I just show up and eat!:laugh: You all who are lonely have to really find out who God created you to be and start to enjoy your own company. I'm still learning myself and I like my crazy thick red-boned self. Also, ask God for friends that will love you LIKE family. When my e was draggin me around the world with the military, he was gone a couple of Christmases in a war zone. He actually told friends to see about me and my holidays were wonderful (minus my boo). They had feasts and gatherings in the Bible yall. It's ok. Post Reply
View Profile History	Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies? Posted : 8 Dec, 2010 05:47 AM Tulip : the grinch who stole the joy from my Christmas movies : ( Actually I am with you, but feel the same way pretty much year around! Post Reply
Tulip89 View Profile History	Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies? Posted : 8 Dec, 2010 06:00 AM Arch, why be concerned with Scrooges acting mildly more Christianish just because it's Christmas? A chocolate covered t u r d is still a t u r d, no matter how hard it tries to pass itself off as a truffle. And while love and family and friends are good things, they have no place being ultimate things in our lives, as society would make them out to be. If our love does not flow from an overflow of our delight in Christ, then we are cheating each other. Post Reply
View Profile History	Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies? Posted : 8 Dec, 2010 06:09 AM Well, I still say the issue isn't really Christmas. People need to know that God loves them and Jesus gave His life for their sins all year round. One of the fruit of the Spirit is Joy and another Peace. There is no time of year that is designated to make us sad. If ppl not giving Jesus His props around this time of year bothers you that much, your minstry may be evagelism. If you have a heart for the lost, be a fisherman of men all year round, then you will be free to enjoy and celebrate Jesus' birthday with your loved ones. P.S. When my kids were small we made Jesus a cake and had Happy Birthday Jesus written on it as one of my ways to help them remeber why we were celebrating. They have good memories of that. Post Reply
View Profile History	Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies? Posted : 8 Dec, 2010 06:32 AM The Christmas movies often make me sad, yes. Which is ok. I need a good cry every once in a while. This time of year (from mid-November to New Years) is hard for singles. But I think it would be perhaps simplistic to think it is easy for married folks just because they are married. For myself, the best way to get through lonliness is to give to others. I have my ways of doing that -- everyone needs to find what works for them. Post Reply
bcpianogal View Profile History	Am I the only one who gets sad when they watch Christmas movies? Posted : 8 Dec, 2010 07:44 AM I understand what you are saying Tulip, and I agree that Christmas is about so much more than just Santa and happy feelings and presents. Christmas is still my favorite holiday, though, and I try to make sure that I remember the real reason for Christmas while enjoying the commercialized version. But that's not what makes me sad when I watch Christmas movies. They remind me that I'm very much single, and that I will either not be invited to parties/events because my friends know I'll be the odd one out, or if I do get invited to parties/events I'll still be the odd one out and will go only because I feel obligated to do so. It doesn't help that this year a good friend of mine is getting married (and of course having a Christmas-themed wedding). She's one of the last single friends I have...we used to get together and try to convince ourselves that being single was wonderful. I guess I'll have to do that on my own now. Well, now that I'm all mopey, I guess I'll go put tinsel on the Christmas tree and get out the nativity scene. Post Reply

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