Weekends
Actually - I dont' really care much for holidays, because as CEs says, they often lead many people to experiences more stress because of all the things one has to do and how one has to act. Many holidays are have becomed commercial circus - just an example for about 5-10 years the common person didn't know squat about Valentines day. Now there is so much marketing and publicity in Denmark about it that it is now the second largest day in regards of turnover for the florists in Denmark, where 5 years ago it was an ordinary day. Sheez, sheeps - people are sheeps.
If you wanted to show your love to a significant other - what is the best way to do it? When everybody else does it because the medias have told you so, or each and everyother day instead. Give the gifts spontanious instead - "saw this, thought of you" kind of thing - which I would think cause much more joy.
I don't really like christmas that much either (anymore - differnet when I was a kid), because of the way people get stressed out over it, and so many start to act all phony and nice.
Shouldn't be once a year where people behave themselves - it should be all the year - so thus, I find peoples behaviour phony when they change behaviour closer to christmas.
Birthdays to me are insignigicant. I dont' need to be reminded that another year has passed and I'm that step closer to the grave - I can look at a calendar each day for that confirmation, and I find the notion of presents simply because one was born that day rather .... useless
Rather here - give presents occasionally and spotanious to the people around you that you apprechiate.
Call me a cynic if you wish, but holidays in this day and age has little to no meaning other then throwing money down a bottomless pit and causing stress.
Live life as plesently as possible on each normal day instead would be much better in my opinnion.
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