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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	When I first arrived in Korea, Christmas was truly a religious holiday, mainly because there is no cultural tradition of celebrating Christmas in Korea. As time goes by, the Christmas culture has become more embedded in Korean culture, but it's still nowhere near what it's like in the States or other Western countries. They do hang up lights around the city (Seoul), and I have seen some Christmas decorations, but it's still largely a religious holiday. Not to say that non-Christians do not give gifts, but for the most part it is still recognized as a religious event. And you know what? Christmas time in Korea is the most depressing time of year for me. I get [i]seriously[/i] depressed every year on December 25th. Last year was a little better than it usually is--my wife and I bought a tiny, fake Christmas tree and put our wrapped presents beneath it. I realize that this probably sounds incredibly corny, but it made an incredible difference for me. Does this mean that Christmas is all about the trappings for me? No. As a Christian, Christmas for me is a celebration of the birth of Christ. But I would be lying if I told you that this was all it was, or that this was even the most important aspect of it. Yes, that's right. This may make me a bad Christian, but over the past decade and change I have realized that the birth of Christ has never been the most important aspect of Christmas for me. The most important aspect for me is being with family and those I love, and feeling the warmth of humanity that we call "the Christmas spirit." That Christmas spirit just does not exist here. We've got the religious connotations, and we're slowly accruing the commercial trappings as well, but (for me) the heart of Christmas is still missing. Whatever you may feel about the religious or cultural underpinnings, I hope that we can at least share in the spirit of Christmas. (Sorry for the discombobulated post. It's always hard for to write about this.) [img]http://www.liminality.org/asylum/sigs/suho_text_factory_02.gif[/img] ___________________________ Suho: [url=http://www.liminality.org]www.liminality.org[/url] \| [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/4837]Cell 270[/url] \| [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/5689]Sig Rotator[/url] \| [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/22173]the Fellowship of Sup[/url] Loading...
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