I think you really hit the nail on the head with ritual. As children, the school activities then entering Christmas break, Santa, and gathering with extended family for this insular period felt like entering a different time and space. The world around us and adults around us did a lot to create that space for us. As you pointed out, there is no reason we cannot intentionally create the same liminal space outside of daily life, full of awe and wonder and appreciation at Christmastime.
It’s because we don’t experience awe in the moment but when we really just look back on memories then that’s when we start to feel a since of nostalgia
It’s currently 8:45 P.M. on Christmas Day. I just felt depressed all day because I was just treating it like a normal day, and I just remember how I thought Christmas was the best day of the year. Now Christmas is just any other Wednesday. I’m sitting here realizing in the final hours of Christmas, that I really wasted the Christmas season. I’ve been too caught up in school, sports, etc, that I haven’t been able to fully grasp the holiday season. I guess it just goes to show that time moves fast, we need to enjoy it. My biggest regret this holiday season is not trying to experience Christmas. I haven’t payed attention to the Christmas music on the bus, didn’t help decorate, didn’t play along with the Elf On the Shelf with my little sister, decided not to go look at Christmas lights because I didn’t feel like it, didn’t go to that church service, spent most of the little free time I had in my room, and didn’t spend much time with family. My parents are getting older, I’ll be moving out soon, my sister won’t have the belief in Santa anymore. I just really hope to anyone reading this, have a good holiday season. Try to remind me to come back to this comment so I can update you a year from now.
Really hit the nail on the head. Getting the Christmas decoration out of the attic, setting up the decorations. At school the Christmas party and anticipation of the break. It was so magical looking back. Some things we never get back and will never be able to experience and feel again. Sadly, that's the way things are.
My family has had a lot of death around the holidays. Grandfather died Christmas eve in 94, my mom will be gone 20 years Dec 11. We have had years when its hard to feel joy. For us, we created new traditions and that helped. We do something small each day. We have an advent calendar thats a puzzle and we have hot cider. We donate to good causes for children. Volunteer one weekend. We devote all the time we can to the family we have left. We all slow down a bit.
Ever since I moved away, I find myself missing the small rituals of Christmas, like going to the huge Xmas tree farm to choose and cut down our own tree (they got composted at the end of the season and they gave you a plant for your house in exchange!), and watching The Nutcracker ballet with my mom. It's hard, but it's worth to make new traditions. Hopefully one day I'll have a whole set of traditions for my new family.
I think you hit the nail on the head with “aww” I cried last week while eating a red velvet cupcake from the homeless shelter. I had brought it back home to my camper and it hit me. Someone cared if I even ate today. They were probably day old cupcakes, but someone still had to go to the store and ask if there were any leftover cupcakes or bakery items. I always used to think that my parents cared about me that same way, and it gave me such awe. But now as an adult after facing their rejection I realize now that wasn’t why they used to spend thousands of dollars on us. (My brothers and I) They did it because they didn’t really care about who were as people. It was to make up for not being emotionally invested in us. They also did it because they wanted us to take care of them when they were old. Knowing this now, it takes all the magic away from Christmas. At least I know that God still cares about me.
I figured out how to make Christmas magical as an adult. I was just listening to the old Christmas songs from our grandparents time, make the home nice and cozy, turn all hut a few lights off leaving the tree lights on, hot chocolate in hand, and watching Christmas movies we all seen 3 billion times. Then also making our own traditions
Our family, especially our grandparents and extended family were who really made Christmas a great time for us with all the many family gatherings, Christmas parties, going with them to Christmas Eve church services and then waking up at their home on Christmas morning to all the decorations and gifts under the tree and a huge celebratory Christmas breakfast cooked by our grandmother. When my grandparents passed away, all those rituals faded away, and Christmas just doesn't feel the same anymore.
I think that its just covid and the impact of it really affected everything and it just changed it all. Even though it is a sickness, I still missed out on 2 years of my childhood, and the year before 2020 everything felt great about christmas. 2019 is by far my most memorable and best christmas in my life. Everything after 2019 has felt like just a letdown in life. Nothing really is hyped up like it used to be and neither is christmas morning anymore.
I really struggle around this time of year as I miss the happiness of Christmas of when I was a child/early teen, i hate new years as I feel I have wasted another year of my life, and to top it all off my birthday is the 2nd week into the new year and I struggle with the fact of getting older
This vid was recommended to me and it's great! I feel the awe every year. Around october i start listening to halloween music, and starting november i already start listening ti christmas music. I love walking and taking in the vibe of the current season. Every season can give me awe. Growing leaves in spring, sunny rays through trees in summer. But fall and christmas are the highest vibes! A lot of people around me just don't get it. I will definitely send this to them so they can hopefully rekindle the awe and celebrate that feeling along with me!
Great video as usual, it’s good to see you’re doing fine (or at least not terrible). What struck me the most are your Polish roots. Cheers from Poland, your pronunciation of pierogi really is spot on!
A year later, i'm only 13 and yet Christmas feels like it doesn't exist, Christmas eve is tmrw but it could be any other Wednesday and it wouldn't feel any different, it could be january and I would be just as "excited" :c
you are so real cause I'm the same age as you and Christmas just doesn't feel like Christmas , I'm polish and Christmas is a BIG thing but I just don't feel the way I'm supposed to feel ,Christmas Eve is tomorrow on Tuesday ,where I come from and I tried everything to feel it
I'm a bit older than you but I feel the same, it really just doesn't feel like Christmas I just feel like it's winter. In two days I'm Going to get a few gifts then it's going to go back to any other cold day
Problem is people seem to just not celebrate holidays anymore. It’s hard to have the cheer when no decorations are up and at least where I’m at Winters used to have TONS of snowfall but the past few years we’ve had maybe a couple “big” storms and then the rest of the year it’s just nothing. People have become so jaded that I hear more hate about Christmas than I do people that love it. I hope that all can come back.
Great video! Have definitely felt this a ton in adulthood. I 💯 agree with you on the awe walks! Iz and I take multiple, super long walks everyday and it's so refreshing to see everything from the perspective of a little. Everything is new and cool and they remind you of that! I hope you and your family enjoy your pierogis and the holidays!
He's right and I've definitely felt further and further from that "magical" feeling every year sicne around I graduated high school over 10 years ago. I think it's important to jot only keep up old traditions but create new ones to be excited about each year.
Last night my girlfriend, 6 year old son and i went on a walk in our neighborhood to see some Christmas decorations and it was perfect! The streets were wet from rain. We could see our breath in the cold December air. Our cheeks were getting rosy red! Me and my son were wearing matching red and black plaid fleeces with vests!! We came across this one house in particular and all three of us were in “Awe”! I told them “This is the one; this is my favorite Christmas house in our neighborhood!”They all agreed. My son had to FaceTime his auntie to show her how amazing the house was lol (kids & technology these days 🤣) The main theme of the decor was gingerbread men and women with their own little hot chocolate cafés built out of kids toy houses, it was clever!! I hope my son will remember the things like this in life. An intentional exercise/Christmas decor hunt led us to a very memorable moment that was worth more than any present 🎁 🎄 Merry Christmas everyone!!
This is a long essay 😅 Today is Christmas. It doesn’t feel the same. Multiple reasons for this. I’m a teenager and know that Santa isn’t real. Presents won’t pop out out of no where. Ever since my family got our house, we’ve struggled with money, less gifts with a sad attitude in the room. That was in the past years, this year my mom decided that me and my sister. Go shopping and find what we what. Great! But, store after store we couldn’t. The money being spent was hanging over our heads. Then she told us at Target, “there won’t be presents under the Christmas tree”. “Okay, it’s fine” Deep down inside I felt bad and even though we were getting presents it didn’t feel the same us if “Santa” or my parents were getting. I feel ungrateful for these things that I’m thinking. Being a teenager doesn’t change a lot. I’m trying to stay happy and not be bothered by this. It’s all crumbling down. Wishing Christmas to my friends, feeling half as their excitement I trying to stay happy and joyful for the Christmas mood despite all. I wish you all a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year! 🎉 This will go away as I find my happiness not in presents, money, surprises but in my family, friends, and in myself.😊 Sorry this was long but if you took the time to read this. Thank You!❤😊
Been wanting to watch this since it popped up on my home feed a week ago!! So good as usual I love your commentary on such universal themes. I've been watching the sunrise in the morning for awe and it's amazing! Highly recommend! Also the church "that whole thing" made me LOL
This Christmas was very tough for me. It was also 53 degrees in NY today and kind of humid 😢 Spring-like weather, and it got dark at like 4. I’m 33 now, and I just want that feeling back.
Ever since my Grandparents dies, Christmas died with them. It has never been the same and it will never be again. And it seems to be get worse each year. The older i get the more grumphy it seems. Im about to become the old grumphy man o every Christmas movie who seemingly seems to hate Christmas but just lost his touch.
Somehow this happened to me at fckin 12 years old and now that i'm 15 the spirits completely gone and it really just feels like a kinda stress-full day with some extra sugar. now
I think this helped me, but Im still worried a little bit that i wont get it, i have 13 years right now and i lost this “awe” at 11 but then last year it came back, it felt weaker but it came back i almost cried when i realised its still in me, but now, its 7th of december, im 13 and i dont feel exicted for christmas even tho i want so much, i still get presents, it just feels like i am not exicted for it as much because i am like quite old now and i can Wait for The christmas, even tho its uncomfy waiting for christmas as a kid, it was big part of my christmas Awe i guess i’ll just watch christmas movies of kids unboxing their presents because as a kid these things made me most exicted for christmas then go on christmas markets, hoping for my awe to Come back i hope ya all get The awe!❤
I know for me, while trying to figure out this 'loss' of awe over the years, has somewhat to do with awareness and family. Awareness - As an adult, you understand things on much more 'grand' scale than you ever did as a kid and therefor things are not 'new' and fresh. It's not that Halloween or Christmas gets old per say or loses it's touch, but rather us and losing our own sense of 'magic' that would normally come with it. All of us know more, see more, understand more, are aware of far more. 'Adult mentality' I guess. It's hard for me to articulate that in way that makes sense, but hopefully it clicked. Family - I remember my family gatherings would feel so massive. Everyone was festive, loving, caring and it felt so warm and inviting. Sometimes that goes away now that you understand family dramas, things that change in family dynamics, passing family members... it all kind of adds a grain of salt with each one of those punches, and obviously there's more you could add to that list. I often sit here and wonder if our parents feel the same way and started to lose their awe for the holidays when they started getting older. Either way, I'm so grateful that most of us experiences these holidays on such a magical level, because even though we can no longer go back to that, we can smile because it happened and we can still feel it lingering.
In the hustle and bustle of commercialization of the capitalist Christmas, there's often not time enough to drink heavily. Let's put the Merry back in Christmas.
as a pole, i have to do this. WAIT are you POLISH? but fr i've just watched a lite phone video and now im watching every other one and its just surprising hearing that you have a polish family, you're also a great smart guy keep up the good work
@@OnceWasSomething That’s wonderful to hear! I just wish I could say the same. I’m gonna try to come back here exactly one year from now and report back. Enjoy the last hours of your Christmas
Because people cannot afford the experience. They could afford cheap things that are cheap for children but an experience we have to pay a lot for it. Stepping outside your house would have you losing money that you don't have. Also community and family. Tech has stolen peoples attention to connect.
If someone in office of a major country actually turns a complete 180 degrees (a lot easier said than done) and help FINALLY, fix the middle class problem and get taxes more manageable and lower inflation and rent and lots of other prices, and let other Uber wealthy people pick up that excess money to help us, again (a lot easier said than done) I believe that will finally bring out the goodness in the world
It feels like you've circled around a core reality of "why Christmas doesn't feel the same" without actually addressing it: Christmas was awe-inspiring for children in large part because they're children who had every want and need taken care of. You can't really find awe when there's a genocide happening, most companies you regularly buy things from (both basic necessities and luxuries) are funding it, and oh also some of your loved ones might be legislated to death if an election goes the wrong way next year. Adults have more stuff to do. We have to focus on survival, both literally and figuratively, while kids' one job is to experience awe and learn new things. Society in the 2020s is built to isolate people as much as possible from anyone besides the people they literally sleep in the same building as. You get a little close to the kernel of truth when mentioning family dinners/rituals are a big source of awe both as a kid and as an adult. Humans are social animals. We like being around other people, by and large. Which is all to say: your thesis that boils down to "touch grass" is a good stepping point but doesn't necessarily live up to the question proposed by the title. I get we all have to play an SEO game but this video is dressed up with the trappings of a video essay that asks and answers a question, but then turns out to be 12 minutes of you finding out going out for a walk to clear your head and being mindful kind-of sort-of help not be sad.
Bro, it's literally a video about how he used to have such feelings of awe during the Christmas season and this year he's just not feeling it, but you had to get all political and doomsday about it. Your type if negativity is the exact reason why people get depressed at Christmas. You are being the Debbie Downer, when people are just trying to be positive.
So you want to get that Christmas spirit back, that you had as a kid? Here's the secret to get it back. Have children. You will get to relive your childhood all over again, through your children. Albeit, through more experienced eyes. That's the emptiness that you feel. God programmed us to be fruitful and multiply. Have some kids.
That really isn’t the answer for everyone though. I can’t have kids, but if I had the choice, I wouldn’t choose to have them. The world is becoming such an evil place. Maybe it always was. I’m not going make anyone else suffer like my parents have made me suffer. Your comment just sounds like pure selfishness to me.
@annaburns2865 if bringing a life into the world isn't possible, there are a lot of children in the world, that are spending this Christmas without parents to love them. Adoption is the next best thing to having kids naturally. And there is nothing selfish about that. This world has been fallen since man first turned his back on God. Not raising children isn't going to change that. I don't know what kind of parents you have/had, but I know they came together to bring you into this world. And you can sit there and be bitter about what you have or don't have, or you can make the best out of what the good Lord has given you. And the best thing you can do, in my opinion, is to try to give a child the best life that you can. Living for yourself, working on yourself, making yourself happy, that's selfish. God bless and Merry Christmas.
I think you really hit the nail on the head with ritual. As children, the school activities then entering Christmas break, Santa, and gathering with extended family for this insular period felt like entering a different time and space. The world around us and adults around us did a lot to create that space for us. As you pointed out, there is no reason we cannot intentionally create the same liminal space outside of daily life, full of awe and wonder and appreciation at Christmastime.
I think I see your point, but we can’t really recreate our childhoods. That time has passed.
It’s because we don’t experience awe in the moment but when we really just look back on memories then that’s when we start to feel a since of nostalgia
It’s currently 8:45 P.M. on Christmas Day. I just felt depressed all day because I was just treating it like a normal day, and I just remember how I thought Christmas was the best day of the year. Now Christmas is just any other Wednesday. I’m sitting here realizing in the final hours of Christmas, that I really wasted the Christmas season. I’ve been too caught up in school, sports, etc, that I haven’t been able to fully grasp the holiday season. I guess it just goes to show that time moves fast, we need to enjoy it. My biggest regret this holiday season is not trying to experience Christmas. I haven’t payed attention to the Christmas music on the bus, didn’t help decorate, didn’t play along with the Elf On the Shelf with my little sister, decided not to go look at Christmas lights because I didn’t feel like it, didn’t go to that church service, spent most of the little free time I had in my room, and didn’t spend much time with family. My parents are getting older, I’ll be moving out soon, my sister won’t have the belief in Santa anymore. I just really hope to anyone reading this, have a good holiday season.
Try to remind me to come back to this comment so I can update you a year from now.
Half of me was with the Christmas spirit this year and half of me wasn't, I think it's fading
Really hit the nail on the head.
Getting the Christmas decoration out of the attic, setting up the decorations. At school the Christmas party and anticipation of the break. It was so magical looking back.
Some things we never get back and will never be able to experience and feel again. Sadly, that's the way things are.
My family has had a lot of death around the holidays. Grandfather died Christmas eve in 94, my mom will be gone 20 years Dec 11.
We have had years when its hard to feel joy.
For us, we created new traditions and that helped. We do something small each day. We have an advent calendar thats a puzzle and we have hot cider. We donate to good causes for children. Volunteer one weekend. We devote all the time we can to the family we have left. We all slow down a bit.
Ever since I moved away, I find myself missing the small rituals of Christmas, like going to the huge Xmas tree farm to choose and cut down our own tree (they got composted at the end of the season and they gave you a plant for your house in exchange!), and watching The Nutcracker ballet with my mom. It's hard, but it's worth to make new traditions. Hopefully one day I'll have a whole set of traditions for my new family.
I think you hit the nail on the head with “aww”
I cried last week while eating a red velvet cupcake from the homeless shelter.
I had brought it back home to my camper and it hit me. Someone cared if I even ate today. They were probably day old cupcakes, but someone still had to go to the store and ask if there were any leftover cupcakes or bakery items.
I always used to think that my parents cared about me that same way, and it gave me such awe.
But now as an adult after facing their rejection I realize now that wasn’t why they used to spend thousands of dollars on us. (My brothers and I) They did it because they didn’t really care about who were as people. It was to make up for not being emotionally invested in us.
They also did it because they wanted us to take care of them when they were old.
Knowing this now, it takes all the magic away from Christmas. At least I know that God still cares about me.
I figured out how to make Christmas magical as an adult.
I was just listening to the old Christmas songs from our grandparents time, make the home nice and cozy, turn all hut a few lights off leaving the tree lights on, hot chocolate in hand, and watching Christmas movies we all seen 3 billion times.
Then also making our own traditions
Love the ambiguous yet relatable vibes of this channel. Please keep posting
Coming back to this: ambiguous is not really the right word. Either way- I love it.
All my family just keeps dying. It'll never be the same
Sadly I understand
Our family, especially our grandparents and extended family were who really made Christmas a great time for us with all the many family gatherings, Christmas parties, going with them to Christmas Eve church services and then waking up at their home on Christmas morning to all the decorations and gifts under the tree and a huge celebratory Christmas breakfast cooked by our grandmother. When my grandparents passed away, all those rituals faded away, and Christmas just doesn't feel the same anymore.
I think that its just covid and the impact of it really affected everything and it just changed it all. Even though it is a sickness, I still missed out on 2 years of my childhood, and the year before 2020 everything felt great about christmas. 2019 is by far my most memorable and best christmas in my life. Everything after 2019 has felt like just a letdown in life. Nothing really is hyped up like it used to be and neither is christmas morning anymore.
Life slowly drains the magic away
I really struggle around this time of year as I miss the happiness of Christmas of when I was a child/early teen, i hate new years as I feel I have wasted another year of my life, and to top it all off my birthday is the 2nd week into the new year and I struggle with the fact of getting older
This vid was recommended to me and it's great!
I feel the awe every year. Around october i start listening to halloween music, and starting november i already start listening ti christmas music. I love walking and taking in the vibe of the current season. Every season can give me awe. Growing leaves in spring, sunny rays through trees in summer. But fall and christmas are the highest vibes!
A lot of people around me just don't get it. I will definitely send this to them so they can hopefully rekindle the awe and celebrate that feeling along with me!
Great video as usual, it’s good to see you’re doing fine (or at least not terrible). What struck me the most are your Polish roots. Cheers from Poland, your pronunciation of pierogi really is spot on!
A year later, i'm only 13 and yet Christmas feels like it doesn't exist, Christmas eve is tmrw but it could be any other Wednesday and it wouldn't feel any different, it could be january and I would be just as "excited" :c
you are so real cause I'm the same age as you and Christmas just doesn't feel like Christmas , I'm polish and Christmas is a BIG thing but I just don't feel the way I'm supposed to feel ,Christmas Eve is tomorrow on Tuesday ,where I come from and I tried everything to feel it
I'm a bit older than you but I feel the same, it really just doesn't feel like Christmas I just feel like it's winter. In two days I'm Going to get a few gifts then it's going to go back to any other cold day
Problem is people seem to just not celebrate holidays anymore. It’s hard to have the cheer when no decorations are up and at least where I’m at Winters used to have TONS of snowfall but the past few years we’ve had maybe a couple “big” storms and then the rest of the year it’s just nothing. People have become so jaded that I hear more hate about Christmas than I do people that love it. I hope that all can come back.
This year I just don't feel Christmas
Great video! Have definitely felt this a ton in adulthood. I 💯 agree with you on the awe walks! Iz and I take multiple, super long walks everyday and it's so refreshing to see everything from the perspective of a little. Everything is new and cool and they remind you of that! I hope you and your family enjoy your pierogis and the holidays!
He's right and I've definitely felt further and further from that "magical" feeling every year sicne around I graduated high school over 10 years ago. I think it's important to jot only keep up old traditions but create new ones to be excited about each year.
Last night my girlfriend, 6 year old son and i went on a walk in our neighborhood to see some Christmas decorations and it was perfect! The streets were wet from rain. We could see our breath in the cold December air. Our cheeks were getting rosy red! Me and my son were wearing matching red and black plaid fleeces with vests!! We came across this one house in particular and all three of us were in “Awe”! I told them “This is the one; this is my favorite Christmas house in our neighborhood!”They all agreed. My son had to FaceTime his auntie to show her how amazing the house was lol (kids & technology these days 🤣) The main theme of the decor was gingerbread men and women with their own little hot chocolate cafés built out of kids toy houses, it was clever!! I hope my son will remember the things like this in life. An intentional exercise/Christmas decor hunt led us to a very memorable moment that was worth more than any present 🎁 🎄 Merry Christmas everyone!!
This is a long essay 😅
Today is Christmas. It doesn’t feel the same. Multiple reasons for this. I’m a teenager and know that Santa isn’t real. Presents won’t pop out out of no where. Ever since my family got our house, we’ve struggled with money, less gifts with a sad attitude in the room.
That was in the past years, this year my mom decided that me and my sister. Go shopping and find what we what. Great! But, store after store we couldn’t. The money being spent was hanging over our heads. Then she told us at Target, “there won’t be presents under the Christmas tree”. “Okay, it’s fine” Deep down inside I felt bad and even though we were getting presents it didn’t feel the same us if “Santa” or my parents were getting.
I feel ungrateful for these things that I’m thinking. Being a teenager doesn’t change a lot. I’m trying to stay happy and not be bothered by this.
It’s all crumbling down.
Wishing Christmas to my friends, feeling half as their excitement
I trying to stay happy and joyful for the Christmas mood despite all.
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year! 🎉
This will go away as I find my happiness not in presents, money, surprises but in my family, friends, and in myself.😊
Sorry this was long but if you took the time to read this.
Thank You!❤😊
I miss chritmas so much😢😢
I always say that Christmas as an adult is different because we are the ones “making it happen” and don’t get to just show up like when we are kids
Been wanting to watch this since it popped up on my home feed a week ago!! So good as usual I love your commentary on such universal themes. I've been watching the sunrise in the morning for awe and it's amazing! Highly recommend! Also the church "that whole thing" made me LOL
Longing for love
This Christmas was very tough for me. It was also 53 degrees in NY today and kind of humid 😢 Spring-like weather, and it got dark at like 4. I’m 33 now, and I just want that feeling back.
Find a very new thing to do on the holidays and try to shut down everything and just focus and that new jolly thing you try out.
Since my mom died I just don’t care for the holidays anymore, I don’t even go to the in laws to celebrate anything. I’d rather be alone sadly
Ever since my Grandparents dies, Christmas died with them. It has never been the same and it will never be again. And it seems to be get worse each year. The older i get the more grumphy it seems. Im about to become the old grumphy man o every Christmas movie who seemingly seems to hate Christmas but just lost his touch.
I’m still a kid and it just feels sad I don’t know what it is but I hate it
Same, I feel like no snow or maybe how much present you are getting or how many people are coming to the party is ruining it for me.
Throw your phone and everything will be fine
@@redriotyt8560i had a thought of doing this, do you have it confirmed?
Somehow this happened to me at fckin 12 years old and now that i'm 15 the spirits completely gone and it really just feels like a kinda stress-full day with some extra sugar. now
Same over here
Me too, it sucks, I'm not exited about anything, I tried to hype myself, but still feels like yesterday was like any other day
I think this helped me, but Im still worried a little bit that i wont get it, i have 13 years right now and i lost this “awe” at 11 but then last year it came back, it felt weaker but it came back i almost cried when i realised its still in me, but now, its 7th of december, im 13 and i dont feel exicted for christmas even tho i want so much, i still get presents, it just feels like i am not exicted for it as much because i am like quite old now and i can Wait for The christmas, even tho its uncomfy waiting for christmas as a kid, it was big part of my christmas Awe i guess i’ll just watch christmas movies of kids unboxing their presents because as a kid these things made me most exicted for christmas then go on christmas markets, hoping for my awe to Come back i hope ya all get The awe!❤
2018 was the last Christmas i really enjoy 😢
I know for me, while trying to figure out this 'loss' of awe over the years, has somewhat to do with awareness and family. Awareness - As an adult, you understand things on much more 'grand' scale than you ever did as a kid and therefor things are not 'new' and fresh. It's not that Halloween or Christmas gets old per say or loses it's touch, but rather us and losing our own sense of 'magic' that would normally come with it. All of us know more, see more, understand more, are aware of far more. 'Adult mentality' I guess. It's hard for me to articulate that in way that makes sense, but hopefully it clicked. Family - I remember my family gatherings would feel so massive. Everyone was festive, loving, caring and it felt so warm and inviting. Sometimes that goes away now that you understand family dramas, things that change in family dynamics, passing family members... it all kind of adds a grain of salt with each one of those punches, and obviously there's more you could add to that list.
I often sit here and wonder if our parents feel the same way and started to lose their awe for the holidays when they started getting older. Either way, I'm so grateful that most of us experiences these holidays on such a magical level, because even though we can no longer go back to that, we can smile because it happened and we can still feel it lingering.
Oh word.
yep it just aint the same anymore that burst is gone
In the hustle and bustle of commercialization of the capitalist Christmas, there's often not time enough to drink heavily.
Let's put the Merry back in Christmas.
as a pole, i have to do this. WAIT are you POLISH? but fr i've just watched a lite phone video and now im watching every other one and its just surprising hearing that you have a polish family, you're also a great smart guy keep up the good work
❤
Hmm! I'm going to try and do this and report back.
How was it
@@SportsFuseProductions It's been a delight, even if I'm still figuring out what my rituals are!
@@OnceWasSomething That’s wonderful to hear! I just wish I could say the same. I’m gonna try to come back here exactly one year from now and report back. Enjoy the last hours of your Christmas
Because people cannot afford the experience. They could afford cheap things that are cheap for children but an experience we have to pay a lot for it. Stepping outside your house would have you losing money that you don't have. Also community and family. Tech has stolen peoples attention to connect.
If someone in office of a major country actually turns a complete 180 degrees (a lot easier said than done) and help FINALLY, fix the middle class problem and get taxes more manageable and lower inflation and rent and lots of other prices, and let other Uber wealthy people pick up that excess money to help us, again (a lot easier said than done) I believe that will finally bring out the goodness in the world
DO I SMELL POLAND HERE!? ❤️🇵🇱 PIEROGI 🥟
It feels like you've circled around a core reality of "why Christmas doesn't feel the same" without actually addressing it: Christmas was awe-inspiring for children in large part because they're children who had every want and need taken care of. You can't really find awe when there's a genocide happening, most companies you regularly buy things from (both basic necessities and luxuries) are funding it, and oh also some of your loved ones might be legislated to death if an election goes the wrong way next year.
Adults have more stuff to do. We have to focus on survival, both literally and figuratively, while kids' one job is to experience awe and learn new things.
Society in the 2020s is built to isolate people as much as possible from anyone besides the people they literally sleep in the same building as. You get a little close to the kernel of truth when mentioning family dinners/rituals are a big source of awe both as a kid and as an adult. Humans are social animals. We like being around other people, by and large.
Which is all to say: your thesis that boils down to "touch grass" is a good stepping point but doesn't necessarily live up to the question proposed by the title. I get we all have to play an SEO game but this video is dressed up with the trappings of a video essay that asks and answers a question, but then turns out to be 12 minutes of you finding out going out for a walk to clear your head and being mindful kind-of sort-of help not be sad.
Bro, it's literally a video about how he used to have such feelings of awe during the Christmas season and this year he's just not feeling it, but you had to get all political and doomsday about it.
Your type if negativity is the exact reason why people get depressed at Christmas. You are being the Debbie Downer, when people are just trying to be positive.
So you want to get that Christmas spirit back, that you had as a kid? Here's the secret to get it back. Have children. You will get to relive your childhood all over again, through your children. Albeit, through more experienced eyes. That's the emptiness that you feel. God programmed us to be fruitful and multiply. Have some kids.
Wow. Amen❤!!!
Im 13😭😭😭
That really isn’t the answer for everyone though. I can’t have kids, but if I had the choice, I wouldn’t choose to have them.
The world is becoming such an evil place. Maybe it always was. I’m not going make anyone else suffer like my parents have made me suffer.
Your comment just sounds like pure selfishness to me.
@annaburns2865 if bringing a life into the world isn't possible, there are a lot of children in the world, that are spending this Christmas without parents to love them. Adoption is the next best thing to having kids naturally. And there is nothing selfish about that.
This world has been fallen since man first turned his back on God. Not raising children isn't going to change that. I don't know what kind of parents you have/had, but I know they came together to bring you into this world. And you can sit there and be bitter about what you have or don't have, or you can make the best out of what the good Lord has given you. And the best thing you can do, in my opinion, is to try to give a child the best life that you can.
Living for yourself, working on yourself, making yourself happy, that's selfish. God bless and Merry Christmas.
Too millennial
What missing is a blunt and turkey make ur own turkey roll ur own blunt spark up eat up off to bed