[Lt_Apple]

Here is the deal, christmas is for children and females. You (as a male) get to the point where everything you want you have already bought for yourself, so the joy of opening presents just becomes a beating of fake smiles and praise. And it goes both ways, too. It is not as though I have a blast watching my older brother's wife open the lotion basket/itune gift card/generic gift card rotation I have her on either.

I would enjoy Christmas much more if it rightfully excluded adults from the present pool, and focused only on the children's gifts. Barring a sports car with a bow, there really isn't much wow factor left in a wrapped box to me. I would much prefer getting nothing for Christmas, than having to endure another year of fake smiling and my life forced being drained while waiting in line to buy a present I already know is a courtesy and not something they will want or need.

While this is a common guy view of christmas, for your own sake just endure. If you do try and challenge/ change the way of things be prepared for the women around you to accuse you of trying to ruin christmas. It is really hard to ruin something that effectively is nothing more than the trading of gift cards among the adults. Such traditions must endure, i tell ya!