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Post by Trinity on Dec 12, 2017 8:13:44 GMT 8
Its the forst year I cant get into the Christmas spirit.
I dunno, I think that the political church drove it out of me.
Ironic that the reason they came on the mayflower, to get away from the political church, has been revisited upon us.
I hope I get it back before Christmas.
2017 was hell. It had its bright moments and we live in paradise now, but I feel so betrayed and all my friends are in NY.
I just wanted to say it.
I hate what they did to our Christ. They changed Christianity into a bunch of mean old men that sre rich bullies preying on the weak.
They are ruining Jesus's birthday.
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Post by loveliving on Dec 12, 2017 11:42:27 GMT 8
Wish I had a way to get you out of your Christmas funk. But to just say a few things. We can’t let others rune what Christmas means to us. That is how I am looking at it this year. Christ loves us all.
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Post by Yuki on Dec 12, 2017 12:28:58 GMT 8
I've never been religious, so Christmas was never tied to religion for me. By that I mean that, people couldn't use their twisted version of their religion to ruin it for me.
To me, it's more about giving and family and making people smile.
We don't have much money for giving this year, so for us it's going to be similar to how our Thanksgiving was... me, my husband, my mom, and my sister and her boyfriend spending some time together.
This is the first year I've actually felt close to my mom and sister.
I guess what I'm trying to say is... try to ignore the assholes that are trying to turn Christianity into something dark and hateful. Remember what Christmas really means to you. And screw everyone else. Don't let them take your joy away.
They can go be miserable by themselves, somewhere else.
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Post by Avery on Dec 12, 2017 23:22:47 GMT 8
I've been thinking about Christmas a lot.
I'm not Christian, but I love Christmas. I'm practically Buddy the Elf. For me, it's always been about warm drinks on cold nights, spending time with family (especially my siblings, nan, and cousins), eating too much food, and all the normal stuff (even though I know its commercialized) like finding the perfect gift for people, singing carols, watching a MILLION Christmas movies, and baking various minty or gingerbread cookies.
This year is the first year I haven't been home for Christmas. In large part, it's because I don't have the money for a plane ticket (they're pricey, about $700), but I would have tried harder, gotten a second job, if it weren't for the fact that my family doesn't know my name. They don't know my gender or my pronouns, and I'm not ready to tell them. It will be "a thing" and I have no interest in going through that right now. I desperately want to be home, I miss my province, my nephews, and especially my siblings and my nan. But I can't bear slipping back into the closet when I've been out in every part of my life in Ottawa for so many months.
Without the excitement that going home brings, it's been tough to get into the spirit. It's better, because I have the kids here (my friend's two kids that I take care of and live with). Charlotte, the 6 year old, loves Christmas as much as me, but her mom is not a fan. So I've been doing all the Christmas things with her, like an advent calendar, and a story book where you read 2-3 pages every day until Christmas, Christmas movies every Friday, sledding outside, visiting Santa, and I even bought her and her brother matching stockings. Having kids around always makes Christmas exciting and I'm trying to focus on that. But I'm sad that I don't get to go home. I'm sad that gender is a big part of the reason. I'm sad that it has to be this way. I'm worried it might always be this way.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, Christmas is a complicated time. For all of us. You're definitely not alone. It sounds easy to focus on the good things, but it's not. Are there non-religious aspects of Christmas that you love? Maybe you could try to get into the spirit that way, so it gives you less complicated feelings. Or focus on nativity or the older parts of Christmas, before all this hullabaloo and politics. It's impossible to ignore, and I'm sorry bigots are twisting your religion into something so awful, but I think the only way to resist what they are making out of Christianity is to keep living the way you do and show the world that *their* version of your religion is not representative of everyone.
I can't remember much from Sunday school, to be quite honest I had a horrible time there and have blocked most of it from my memory, but I do remember that Christians focus a lot on helping the less fortunate. Maybe there's a Christmas dinner at your church or something , and you can volunteer to cook or serve meals.There was a church in my hometown that did that, so low income families, and older folks who would otherwise be eating alone, could come together and eat as a community. That could be a way to get into the spirit of Christmas in a way that honours your religion and its roots and rejects what's being done to it by the political elite, while also lending a helping hand to your community.
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Post by Ativan Prescribed on Dec 13, 2017 4:42:20 GMT 8
I haven't done a Christmas thing for so many years now, it seems weird to even think about it, it's just another day for me. It isn't really Christs birthday, they have that narrowed down to sometime in spring I think, which would be a much better time. Look up the roots of Christmas, it was turned into a religious thing, and turned into a birthday thing. The history is pretty weird, a celebration for more than just one place and time, it became normalized, and in this country changed again. But to let the evilness of trump and the other richer than they need to be people just doesn't have to be, just know they aren't invited to your christmas. Let them be who they think they are at this time, they have it all wrong and Christmas is no different. Trump and his bringing back Christmas as if it was gone and only he could bring it back... It's another holiday for me, one that comes and goes, is interesting from an outsider perspective, it gives me hope for people. Don't let a church tell you what it is supposed to be, there are so many variations of it that there is no one way to celebrate it, for whatever reason. Use the day to celebrate thew way you want, not the way others want you to.
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