if you don't understand this then you're too young

I definitely get that. I can’t seem to muster any feelings toward some holidays anymore, despite all the fun practices going on. It’s not really any reason that I understand completely either; my only guess is that it’s a combination between missing out on some fun events thanks to other things in life interfering, and repetition making each year feel more like a cycle, where holidays just happen to be part of that cycle.

I had this feeling for the last two years and it made me quite sad, since Christmas was one of my favourite holidays. However, now that I've finished school I can happily say that the joy has returned

Damn, this hits very hard, and hits harder when you do the exact same thing in your birthday, just another day

seeing pictures of yourself through the years and noticing that the smiles grow less genuine as you get older is the most painful part of this feeling

This hits hard. Christmas is, and probably always will be my favorite holiday, but it's not the same. I miss the giddiness I used to feel when I was younger. I always feel happy that its Christmas soon, but it's not the same excitement that I always used to feel. I remember the night of Christmas eve, so excited I could barely fall asleep. It's lost its magic and joy and it just feels a little different than normal days.

That has been happening to me with Halloween for some years now and it's sad because Halloween was my favorite holiday. In 2019, I got lost out on the street for hours in a Halloween night; in 2020 I had to spend the whole Halloween night finishing school tasks which obviously ruined it for me and by 2021 I was no longer excited for Halloween :( However, with Christmas I can't not get excited because I really like spending time with my family and celebrating and partying with them. In some way, it's not the holiday itself that excites me but the traditions.

this makes "the real treasure is the friends we made along the way" have a stronger meaning

The piano really solidified the feeling for me.

We are all longing for the feeling of christmases past, and there's no telling when it'll be back. I'm not even an adult yet and still this feeling haunts me, but knowing that we all had those good times when we were younger tells me that it's not the specific year, or some bad event that has taken away the joy from christmas. It's the fact that we are all growing up.

I just hope that we can all find that festive feeling one more time this year.

I sort of felt this this year but was very fortunate to still have family in my city to get together with. It wasn't quite the same but it wasn't devoid of cheer either. You just have to consciously reach out to the people you care about.

This is happened to me first time when I was turning 11. 9th bday, 10th bday I still had my excitement. In November, (my birth year, I was 10 turning 11. I thought That I would feel some excitement but i just had this numb feeling. Felt like another day. My mother told me that it was the calmest birthday I ever had, no friends, no crazy music no cakes and no presents that day(they arrived soon I will die without presents) similarly this year I turned 12 but I still didn't feel any excitement just experienced some existential crises. Same for New year. Usually I'm very excited about it but i was just watching a movie then getting ready for bed when I saw the time (12:14am) and I was just like "cool. Happy new year" Feels kinda bad.

its crazy how I used to be so excited and now I'm just like "yea its Christmas...cool"

It's not the year that's lonely, it's just us simply aging. Just like our parents were probably happier in the 80s than in the 2000s - 2010s (which were the years we were happy). It's a cycle

I remember being around 13/14 when Christmas just seemed like another day. I’m in my mid 30’s now and get to enjoy it a little bit again with my son seeing how happy he gets. If you ever have children that feeling will come back to you in a different way.

I understand this. I want to be in the spirit, but I can’t as much as the previous years. It’s hard man.

Im around that age where most people get "bored" of Christmas, but honestly, I still love it. Dont get me wrong, I used to be wayyyyyy more excited for Christmas than now, but I still love all the feelings that come with Christmas, hot chocolate while chilling on the couch, marshmallows by the fire pit, candles burning, and waking up on Christmas day is still extremely exciting!

Honestly, finals kind of ruined it for me imo. It still feels like Christmas didn't came yet. It didn't even feel like Christmas for me, not waking up somewhere like 6 in the morning to see the presents under the tree. I don't know if it's because of losing motivation on the holiday or I was just suddenly hit with a mood swing.

it’s pretty sad how the holiday spirit dies with age. i remember being so excited for winter/christmas every year, visiting my relatives and having fun parties with the whole family/friends. recently it’s been nothing but staying home and doing nothing, just waiting for the new year to start. i’ve had this feeling for a long while now, but dwelling on it because of this video makes me even more sad. with that being said, happy holidays everyone :)

This has been happening with me with every holiday, from my birthday to Halloween to Christmas. It just feels like another day in the vast expanse of school and my social life. I am usually really good at faking it but this year I just did not have the energy for it, I don’t know if there is something wrong with me or if it’s something else. I hope you all have a great week ☺️

Damn, this hits hard. Christmas went from that magical time of the year where it's snowing, you get presents and you meet up with all your relatives to have a feast. Now, for me at least, it's just 2 weeks of nothing, nothing but making the same recipes and pulling Christmas crackers all over again, all before taking down the decorations and putting them back in the rat-infested attic. It's lost it's joy and it's magic and in it's place it's left a bucket full of sighs to be used when doing the same monotonous chores every damn year. I hope that if I ever have children in the future, I'll be worthy enough for them to share that child-like excitement with me too.

God I feel this since I was 12 but more so for this decade.
My grandpa died at 92 around a week before Christmas 2020 and I'm still just apathetic to the holiday.
He'd always jokingly tell us "Enjoy me while I'm here because I might not be here next Christmas!"... and died the literal week before the holiday.

As a kid I thought I would never understand adult things. They just hit at some point of life...

I have never felt this before, until this year. Strange.

this is so sad and relatable at the same time. 2019 was the last ‘normal’ christmas for me, when i was 15. Then, 2020 happened, mental health issues, loosing my grandpa one week before my birthday in 2021, leaving my friend group last summer because i didn’t feel accepted and comfortable (definitely better to be alone than in a ‘fake’ friend group tho), my grandma passing away last week… right now, in my house, there is absolutely christmas decorations, no christmas vibe or spirit, i see people having fun with their loved ones and i go like “mh, must be nice”.

I am in a good place in life, physically and mentally. 2022 has been such a good year for me: graduating from high school, starting university, making new friends, seeing new places, finally practicing calisthenics regularly and seeing the results… but there are moments where i just sit down and reflect, and feel… lonely. I hope i’ll be able to improve my social life aspect in 2023.

This year was my first time feeling this, and seeing this feels pretty surreal, but oddly comforting knowing I'm not alone

The older I get, the more blurred my childhood memories become. The only thing left for me is to hold on to those memories that are the only thing that makes me feel something lately before they escape. The older I get, the more I wish not to have the knowledge I have now and for the magic of those simple festivities to return.

I can't believe that i relate this video as a 12 year old,while i see people still having a spirit much older than me (some)

It just hits hard,imagine...your past self having the best time at Christmas with your friends,but now...

Since covid started,i lost my Christmas spirit at a pretty young age

I'm 27 years old and I don't understand lol, it might be because I've loved Christmas non-stop ever since I was a little kid, it gets tough to feel as excited some years but I push through because this celebration is so precious for me, so many great memories attached to it and I bet many more great memories to make in the future because of it.

i feel this... i used to get so excited not just for the celebration itself but for the atmosphere and the togetherness and all the beautiful decorations and fun traditions of holidays. now i just feel like im going through the motions of any sort of fun celebrations. its sad, but i guess its just a part of growing up..

Even as a kid, this feeling is very real to me. I can’t help but not feel any excitement towards Christmas this year, and growing up it seems like I never will again. It’s only so long before such a magical day like Christmas turns into just another day in life

my life has been rough these last few years, this one especially. Instead of just realizing Christmas is here, I am also realizing that all my friends and acquaintances are enjoying their time and making core life memories while I'm here doing nothing. I reminisce on older times when I had everything I wanted, now wishing that I didn't take everything I had for granted. Just wish I could be happy like everyone around me

Man, I miss my childhood the older I get lol...

I just turned 30 this year on December 5th and I haven't felt the joy of Christmas, or this time of year in general, since I finished school. It was like a lot of the feelings I felt about the holidays were shaped by my years in school. I'm thinking it was all of the class parties, the fun little things we did like watching holiday movies, and all of that kind of stuff school did around the holidays. I get excited for Christmas, sure, but once it gets here, it's almost like a disappointment. Maybe that's the wrong word, but it's like getting hyped up for something big and shiny, only to finally get it and have it be something small and dull. It just feels like any other day of the year now, except everything is closed and I can't order dinner if I didn't prepare anything.

Which is another thing I think plays a part in this time of the year. Lately, I haven't been going to see family for the holidays or cooking up large turkey or ham dinners. The pandemic played a large role in that, but it's also that part of the family we normally share Thanksgiving with has been going out of state to be with part of the husband's family. So instead, I'm staying home and having a frozen dinner or something quick I picked up from the store. Plus my grandparents recently passed away and they were a huge part of my holidays growing up, especially grandma (mom's mom), and she passed away in February last year.
I'm hoping one day that holiday joy comes back because I really miss feeling it :<

Honestly,I’m only ten,yet I feel this way. I feel like just as you get older there’s more and more stuff you grow out of.

this is definitely relatable.
I remember when it was Monday and my friend said, "oh yeah, you heard its Christmas next week?" and we were just super casual about it, almost as if it was another day of the week. And on the actual Christmas day, i literally woke up and went back to sleep instantly.

Man there was this little feeling of something in my heart that I used to feel every time a holiday rolled around, but that feeling just kept getting more and more faint as I grew up, and now I don't even feel anything anymore.

Yes! I am not the only one that knows of psychic origami! The feeling I get from this is just a normal night, chilling out before I go to sleep or saying goodnight to my friends and family before I go to sleep. Love your videos by the way. Keep making amazing content and stay awesome!😺🤟

The picture of this bedroom gives off "staying the night at grandma's house and sleeping in the guest bedroom" vibes

Yeah, now and days it just feels like something that's just there for the sake of it. Before I really loved Christmas, but this Christmas and last year I felt nothing, no joy or excitement. I also realized too that it just came to quick. I remember when I wanted it to come quickly it took a long time, like a really long time. Now it just came, unexpectedly and I was in shock but then I went back to saying "oh okay"

I relate to this way to much. Legit today i had the feeling that i really didn't care about many holidays anymore. A couple years ago i would be so excited for Christmas or Halloween but now i don't care at all and don't even realise we are near them anymore.

Im not even that old but man do i relate. Even when im with my family like the other times it feels....empty? Something is missing, but everything is still the same. How can that be? Perhaps the childish wonder and excitement had faded away, or maybe ive come to accept that it'll always stay the same. Just a repeating cycle.

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I miss those days.

I've felt this for a long time. Instead of feeling the slightest bit exited I always feel more and more empty

this has happened to me for the past couple of years. in my childhood i used to feel such great joy at holidays and such, but now... i just don't feel it, or i don't remember it.

That room feels oddly comforting and safe, I wouldn't mind that being my bedroom.

I’m 14,and I’m a bit excited for Christmas,but at the same time,it doesn’t feel as good as it felt 3years ago or so,it even feels empty,I didn’t even ask for anything as I would ask when I was a little kid,I just don’t care in receiving anything

My folks are getting divorced and we'll be leaving with my mother to go to another state while my dad stays here.

I can't really feel The Christmas Spirit™ like I did when I was younger.

No matter how depressing it is, time isn't stopping and the days keep coming, so I have to keep trudging forward and act like I'm doing alright when I'm, in fact, not alright.

you are always that very chill youtuber that everyone goes to when they dont have anything to do, even if your content is a bit weird

Man, that hit home.
Ever since I had to come face to face with some past trauma and current issues, and sorta got over em, I've just felt awful.

It’s so scary how accurate this little short video is.

You ever get told "You were such a happy child" and then just wonder how the days have flown by?

yeah, that started happening these past 2 years. it’s just another day. getting a webcomic updated is more exciting

Thank god it's not just me. I always thought something was wrong with me for not feeling the same excitement I did as a child for Christmas.

I have a lot of trauma associated with this holiday. The warmth I'm supposed to feel isn't there and instead it feels just as cold as the weather. I cannot feel anything but despair and hurt when it comes around. But for the sake of my loved ones, I mask for the holidays so they don't have to see how much I'm truly suffering during this time.

I’m 13 and I can relate with this feeling. Because of school and stress I just feel bored but there is so much to do in the holidays I admit I don’t celebrate Christmas but the joy of the culture I appreciate it and it used to make me excited now just filled with anxiety and stress I’m always bored.

This gives me a sense of nostalgia…
It’s the room, I remember going to my uncle’s house (moms side) and I’d go in my grandma’s room, that’s where I’d sleep, God i miss her, so much, there would be those types of sheets, like in the video, that type of light and….

I…was truly happy back then…

christmas then: this video

christmas now: collective consciousness (christmas remix)

I understand this. This is very relatable, it doesn’t feel like the holidays anymore. It doesn’t feel like it’s going to be a fun time. It just gives you that feeling that you want to see friends and family. Or if you are bored and waiting for the holidays.

man this hits hard. im crying rn bc of how true this is

I refuse to let things like this happen because I know if I get out for holidays and spend time with whoever for at least a little bit, you feel much better, even if I think you want to do nothing.

Honestly I understand this. I feel like holidays are just "oh. cool." nowadays. This actually happened to me today. I realised when I got up that Christmas was on Sundays but I feel lost of all old happiness I had for the holiday. and I just went back to sleep for a bit.

The only Christmas I fairly enjoyed was last year, I’m 13 now and throughout my childhood, I rarely felt that magical joy of Christmas. Even if I had fun at church this Christmas, that feeling of sadness and loneliness just kicks in man

I think we all were somewhat happier back then than we are now.

This just gives us a reason to appreciate our age right now and looking at the positive more.

I always felt like this with my birthday. I would forget my own birthday to the point where no one else would remember it, and I was fine with that. My view on birthdays is that you do the parties for a couple years and move on, the day you were born isn't much to celebrate. It's just a day. Aging just isn't worth having a celebration over, it's a normal thing. Now that I'm older I don't get excited over Christmas, Easter, Halloween, my birthday, etc. because it just feels too repetitive. Years and years of the same thing over and over. Moral of the story, once you get older you just kind of start to drift away from the fun parts of life yknow?

When I was young, the most exciting stuff would happen during the holidays. Getting presents, making holiday themed art at school, Christmas dinners with family and also at school. Everyone was in on it too. Nowadays I just have a couple of things I care about, and those things are on my mind every season. The excitement comes from elsewhere now.

This reminds me of the this phase im going through where i detach myself from reality and i am suddenly reminded of it while thinking bout things, like if i dont focus enough and think about the reality, i can stay in my head for as long as i want to.

I hope this is normal😭🙏.

I feel this ever since 2021 of Christmas. 2 years ago I found out that Santa wasn't real when I heard my dad testing some sleigh and jingle noises on the speaker. He couldn't even do anything about us hearing it. My brother didn't really care because he was 7, but I cared a bit and kept it in my head.

When we were told to hide in our rooms at midnight, I heard the exact same noise and some flashing lights coming from the living room to the hallway, and right when it ended everyone rushed to the room but I walked out memorizing how echoey the sound was. That's how I found out he wasn't real.

Now in 2022 I never smile when I look at my brother happy and excited for Christmas. I'm 14 and 12 was the right age to end off my childhood. Christmas just feels like another ordinary day. Especially with finals the day before Christmas eve, it's very stressful and you can only think of how your finals went

Yep. Yep, I understand this perfectly, and I'm not even that old yet

That hits me right in the feels. Those were good times

Yup I totally get it. It just feels like a loop that never ends. It also gets more boring around the years. Like just getting presents and doing the same things with your family and eating the same things, and mostly the magic. I just wish I was a kid again. Doesn’t everybody?

The holidays used to break the norm in a fun way. I think doing something special during the holidays as an adult, with people you love, could bring that feeling back a little

This happened to me with the arrival of 2023. To others, January 1st was a time for festive celebrations. For me, just another day.

i think this feels like a empty feeling even when i am too young

Crazy how there's more hype for Christmas than the actual day itself.

I am 28 and still get excited for christmas, but that's because I have an amazing family and I love the fact that we can all get together for that and new years, even as a child the thing that excited me the most about christmas wasn't the presents or Santa, it was being with my family (and also fireworks, I still love them lol)

Man this feeling hits hard, probably because I don’t celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah:/

As a child,
This is the emotion I feel toward Christmas since I was 6

Even though I'm only 13 I already understand this. I have a lot of work in school so I really don't have time to think about anything else, especially Christmas and its really sad. It just feels like Christmas gets more and more like a normal day in an ordinary life.

After 2019 , everything feels numb and I feel like walking a path full of pins and needles.

Dang, I feel this and I'm not even an adult yet

It's cool how I can feel nostalgic for an event only a few hours in the future. However, it's kinda sad because when I look back at this comment later it will become real nostalgia.

This feeling is forever stuck with me now as it feels.

This is that feeling when you don't really feel that kid-like joy over holidays anymore, despite all the gifts and holiday parties.

I've always enjoyed Christmas. But this year, I just can't get into the spirit of it. It's Christmas in two days but I've barely even felt it. Putting up the tree felt like a chore. Buying presents felt like a chore. Making cards felt like a chore. Helping put up decorations felt like a chore. I feel like I should be able to enjoy christmas for a little longer; I'm not close to being an adult; age wise, at least. Maybe if I hadn't grown up with older siblings I'd be a bit less mature, maybe I'd still feel Christmasy because I haven't been introduced to the burdens of life in general.

It makes me bittersweet that growing up holidays lose that magic feeling you once had as a kid. Every month with a holiday like Christmas for example just become a nice but normal day, nothing more, nothing less.

Even as I get older and more cynical, I never lose the joy and spirit that I have for any holiday.

I guess being cynical for pretty much the entire year helps me realize how much of a gift these holidays are, and… I appreciate them a lot more, as a result.

Jesus, I just turned 18 on the 1st of December and I now understand this feeling, Christmas years ago felt like it was decades away now it feels like minutes/hours away

I really felt this. Christmas just isn’t the same anymore, it has really lost its magic. When I was a kid I was so excited about Christmas break and getting presents and eating good food with my family but now I just don’t enjoy it as much. It’s probably just me getting older😔

it was a feeling i felt often during my preteen-teen years, but ive learned to appreciate the little things in life; so i now look forward to holidays again

Christmas has to be my favourite holiday because you get to spend the time with your family but there is more to that. I know Christmas is over but I still re-watch this video it gives me the vibes especially the music.

For some reason since I was 12 I've felt this way and still do at 16. I've wondered of there's something wrong with me or if it's normal

The only thing that can somewhat give me back that old special feeling is a random cold breeze while I'm walkimg outside. It last a second and then we're back to "nothingness".

man, i get the same feeling with every holiday. Theres no excitement, just accepting that happens once a year and that you're close to start school, my brothers have the same feeling

dude, the feeling of any occasional traditions when I was a kid was soo fun
Now I’m a teen and I’m just like “oh, ok”

I can relate to this so hard. Every christmas is just another holiday. The spirit is dying.

i’m a middle schooler and most ppl consider that “too young” but i understand a lot because beginning last year, christmas didn’t actually excite me for once. i was shocked because usually i’d be super happy and loud and bouncy. but now for some reason i’m not?? i dunno but i feel like getting older makes holidays or fun things generally less fun. i mean once you get older, holidays like christmas are more like a deadline than a holiday

You know, the saddest thing isn't the fact that almost(?) everyone this... "numbness" at some point in their lives, but the fact that we, people, as in this broken society thinks this is normal and inevitable.

Finally another one of Angel's early 2000's nostalgia videos.

Christmas will always be fun and hilarious with the correct family. It’s not even with my own family but my girlfriends. The mother makes so much amazing kinds of food, everyone makes greatdrinks, smoke a bit 🍃, sing and dance. Not about crazy gifts just family and a good time. Each person gets their own box of stuff they like to eat. Just have to keep it fun and all about fun. Definitely need a good tribe a people that aren’t draining.

It's not that we're too young to understand it; it's just that these things stick with you or they don't. It is your choice whether or not to participate in the festivities—perhaps not every holiday season but another time. However, it is understandable if you choose not to participate in the event due to other factors in your life.

i used to be able to be so happy around this time of year... then one bad thing happens, and two years later nothing is the same as it used to be

"As you get older, you start to realize that things you thought were important, turn out to be utterly pointless."

~A Wise Man

Felt this way for the holidays this year and last year. They just felt like every other day. I remember counting down the days until Christmas, making crafts in preparation but this year was just "Christmas is tomorrow? Oh, didn't realize" Maybe it was the lack of Christmas songs and movies

Man.. that hit hard, I'm in a household that's lost the Christmas spirit. Just a year or two ago we were having elf on the shelf up, having Christmas movies atleast once per week and were going out on drives to see the holiday decorations. I look after my siblings from time to time and none of them seem interested about this Christmas, I've tried to muster up and get Christmas spirits going but I just can't seem to bring anything up. things really are different from when I was growing up huh

It's gotten a bit more dull, but it's still charming

Part of that is me growing up and not being excited about presents anymore, but only moments. And the things I do want are too expensive to find under a tree. Another part is it simply stopped snowing in december and january here over the past couple of years, as before 3/7 days it would be actively snowing. Those days where it wasn't the snow from the previous days would still last. I live 100 meters away from a really big forest and going there after it snowed to ride down on a sleigh gave this time a lot of charm.

Spending a bit more time with family and friends is still great and all. But yeah, it's missing that little zing the holidays had when I was a kid.

Damn, this is pretty relatable. I never was really that excited for Christmas that much because
1. I don’t even get good presents

2. I spend most of my time alone

3. I have to clear the snow from my sidewalk

4. It’s cold as hell

Forgetting that Christmas is the very next day really shows how much time has passed. It’s like you’re not any less excited for it, but. You’re just, able to wait for longer. Waiting is easier because it means the moment lasts; a feeling that occurs less and less as you get older.

Idk how i went from 9 year old me, waking up on Christmas Day, running to the Christmas tree eagerly waiting for my parents to wake up.. to me now, cause it just seems like Christmas isn’t that jolly holiday anymore. Younger me wanted to be old so bad. Now i just want to be young again.

I understand this perfectly, and I'm 12 years old. Christmas before, like in 2016 was fun. You opened presents, the Christmas music was all over the living room, but today in 2022, nobody really gets presents, lots of people just.. don't do anything anymore. But sadly, this is today's society, and it's not like we can go back to the past to fix everything, but if I would want only ONE thing for Christmas, then it would be to fix society to before.

I always love snowstorms like the one shown at the beginning. Grey/white everywhere at night with snow covering everything always feels so comforting and pretty.

I was scared I wouldn’t get this, that watching just looked like another of those liminal spaces again, but I get it completely. That mundane feeling of “oh, the holidays,” and “welp, I’m 16 now,” just don’t make any sort of happiness in me. Like, gifts are cool, but, do they matter? Is this just my brain and body telling me that I need to grow up, even if I already feel “grown up?” I don’t know.

I’m far more excited for the concerts and social events with all my friends that I’ve planned for rather than Christmas morning 😅😅

this has been me for the oast 3 years, i feel like 2019 was the last happy christmas for me and i swear its not because of growing up, life was just so good back then and then it all went to shit as soon as the pandemic hit LMAO

The whole vibe of this is nostalgic

I relate hard. I didn’t have that much joy towards pretty much any event(?) this year. It’s quite depressing actually.

This is often called "seasonal depression" or "holiday depression" depending on the reason and how often it occurs. Not trying to diagnose anyone, just wanted to put it out there since I like to research psychology stuff. Hope u guys feel better soon, you deserve to be happy this week <3

Im still young but I understand this quite well I hope other kids can still enjoy holidays like how I used to

The fact that this was my thought process.

Its like an echo in my brain tells me to get excited but it just doesn't register into my head to go through with that action

Felt like this since my grandfather and grand uncle passed

I agree, I don’t know if it’s just how depressed I’ve been feeling or just because everything is just… so different, it’s like 3 years ago 8 was so excited to wake up and see presents under the tree. But now. Now I just feel so much more empty and sad, i can’t even get into anything Christmas related, nobody wants to watch it with me, or nobody will watch the whole thing, nobody wants to really do anything christmassy with me, it feels like it’s just you, it’s just another day where your gonna feel like crying and just laying in bed all day, tired, waiting for the day to end

Christmas in the past was more joyful than the depressing present we have rn

It was just this year when I felt that Christmas was just another day. Time flies, and I kind of miss the days when I was all exited about it

Its better to put more stock in the season than the actual day itself. I don't celebrate Christmas religiously, but I love Christmas music and films around this time. We enjoy the snow and warmth other people show to one another, and that seems fair to me

Even though I'm Muslim and don't celebrate Christmas it still hits hard.

Honestly I've felt this since I was like 7 so I 100% understand this lol

I totally understand this. I realized that as I was maturing, my reactions to surprising/exciting things was more bland. Puberty, I guess.

this is especially true where i live, where its always the same all the time, seasons only change the weather slightly, but it never snows in winter, nor do trees get orange during fall, etc., it makes everything feel the same every season or day, its sad that i have to basically force myself to believe its christmas because theres no snow or anything to signify it

I somehow get this even though I’m only 15. It just ain’t the same anymore. The closer I get to adulthood the more I appreciate the smaller gifts like Lynx Africa.

Honestly, that's exactly how Christmas felt for me this year and I'm barely 13 :(

I'm still quite young (I guess) but I do this too. Holidays don't seem to excite me as much, it's sad (to me) since I remember being younger and not being able to sleep well, waking up early, ect. Being excited for Christmas, Halloween, and my birthday. Now it's just "Oh (insert holiday) is soon, cool" then the Holiday to me is pretty much like any normal day.

I had trouble understanding, but not because I don’t get the feeling, I just have a hard time following along with things that aren’t explicitly explained lol. I just can’t feel exited sometimes for things coming up.

I had to kind of force myself to watch The Polar Express earlier this evening. Not because I'm "too old" for the movie but because I wanted to get that Christmas Spirit back...

I understand this, not because I've gotten past that age (I'm 14, nearly 15) but I've always been scared of getting to that point where all I get for Christmas is socks.

I get this on a spiritual level

Had the exact same feeling. For Christmas and new year. I didn’t feel as emotional like the last years but it just felt odd. I said it do doesn’t feel like Christmas and they gave the same reaction. 2022 felt like an odd, quick year.

Honestly, I feel this way with my birthday. Christmases are still fun though…but birthdays just seem like another day. Like, “huh, I’m a year older. Cool.” The last time I’ve ever had a happy birthday was when I was around 14-15.

It's not just us growing up. Everything's different now in general, miss the old days but atleast I got a banjo this Christmas and I got to be with family.

I'm always in the Christmas spirit before Christmas, nowadays it's not about the gifts, it's about the message and the good times I get to have with my friends and family. Of course some years aren't like this because it's hard to reach out or within yourself when there's particular bad times that live rent free in your head, but I assure you that before or after Christmas is always a good time, and I guess a little helps since the chance for reflection over the year comes 7 days after. It's nice to think, even when there are bad times, we can forgive and forget and enjoy a peaceful time.

I actually only started feeling this way up until this year. I no longer have the excitement I used to have for Christmas. I think it's because this year all I really want is some more money so I can finish buying parts for my first PC.

I feel like this happens because during all the fun times we used to have at Christmas we were being lied to and being told that Santa was real, so it feels strange when it’s Christmas and we know the truth.

I don't feel that way about christmas yet, but definitely feel this way about my birthday. It's like "oh okay I'm a year older now" and then I move on.

Ever since I graduated and started working, I understood it. Friggin time flies by too fast when you’re constantly sleeping, and working jobs with crappy hours.

I’m under 16 and I get this so much. The song makes me even more emo lol

I love to think that Angel is the god of nostalgia and childhood.

Literally after the pandemic this is now common with me (really, no shit) .
Like 2 days after will be new year but for me it feels like the same day and the excitement that i felt as a kid died or vanished after I begin my senior classes.

It may feel routine, but holidays can still be special if you make them. Forget the tinsel and commercialization, try to spend quality time with family, don't dwell on petty arguments, and make the most of your time together.

Damn, I had this feeling this year for Christmas, I wasn't as excited for it as I was last year and previous years, I guess it's just part of growing up...

As you get older, things really do change

this literally happened for me this christmas. it didn’t have the magic it felt in previous years. yeah i got gifts and played music but it was just another day

I remember that I would be excited for it when I was 8 years old, it was 2012 and I was so eager for the next day the (25) to arrive that when it was morning, we launched out of bed. Awaking my parents and being excited.

It was a bunch of presents, in one big box, and they were set near the door.. From toys, to clothes. I remember that I wanted a Nintendo 3DS at that time, instead I got a Gameboy Advance with a bunch of Nintendo-themed gummies.

I was upset, and down, it wasn't a 3DS, however when it was my birthday afew months later, I got one!

I appreciate that I have videos on that day. It's nice to look back, although it's doesn't have that same feeling now aways.

I first had this feeling when I was 11, which many consider a young age to not really care.

Seems this isn't just us aging. Some of my older cousins just now seem to have started feeling this way and theyre in their late 30s.

I really wish I enjoyed Christmas as much as I did when I was 8 or 9, I’m 15 now and I didn’t really care it was Christmas and it didn’t fill me with the same excitement and happiness it used to, worst part is that I know how it feels to feel excited and happy at Christmas

I hope this changes someday, maybe its just a bad year.
I think i missed out so much this year, and that i didnt feel as much excitement as i did before.

I definitely experience this to a degree, just not a very big one. It didn't really hit until Christmas day, the whole month of December it was kinda just 'Christmas is coming up, that'll be nice,' when it should be 'OH MY GOD CHRISTMAS IS COMINGG!!' I just want the latter back. The problem is, I'm not even a teen yet...

I don't feel super "Christmas-y" like I used to, but I do still very much look forward to it; because I always visit family/have family visit me; which is the best part. I don't care about the presents and the Christmas spirit much anymore, I just look forward to seeing family!

I've felt this every year since I was 8. My brother died when I was 8 so no holiday has been the same. Its gotten worse as I've gotten older

I feel like as you get further into school Christmas becomes more of just another day. but when you are able to properly enjoy your time and give gifts that make others happy, that is when Christmas becomes very enjoyable.

I don't think it has to do with getting old but simply getting depressed. I was like this for every holiday from probably my 14 to 19 years old. I didn't even bother to invite friends for my birthday anymore because to me it was just another day.

I’m currently 13, almost 14, and while I still enjoy the holidays, every year it feels as if some of the enjoyment just slips away. I’m just not as excited as I used to be. Every year it feels like the holidays are just less exciting than the previous.

it hurts when you realize you’re not too young

I swear, Christmas was great but I don't feel the magic I used to.

I thought I was just weird not enjoying Christmas anymore. People my age (15-16) still get excited for it but for me, apart from a break from school, I don't really have any feelings for it. Feels like just another day at this point, my Christmas spirit is just dead I guess.

It was just a few years ago, when the holidays came and I would be so happy, so joyful all the time. Now, I didn’t even realize it was almost Christmas, because every day has just been the same, monotonous and anxiety filled. I wish I could feel the excitement of presents and the warmth in my heart as they approached, instead of just a dull, empty ache of worry and sadness all the time. Even when there’s moments where I should be happy, there’s always that nagging feeling in the back of my mind.

cant believe im not even a teen yet and i got this feeling this year

So yes and no. There were years I actually felt that way. But! Now that I'm older I love Christmas. It's the time where I get to meet all of my family, we spend so much fun time together, cook together, exchange some fun little presents, watch Christmas movies. It's exciting and I always feel full of love and I'm thankful for all these amazing people all around me

It really hit hard when I was believing still 😪

wow this is relatable af

Used to get so excited over Christmas, died down over the years as relatives moved away and it dawned on me that it’s a waste of time. Family time doesn’t feel like family time anymore, it just feels forced. You don’t feel excited when u look under the tree anymore; you see a waste of money that could have been used on bills or to solve debts instead of on yourself. Getting overwhelmed, trying to find gifts for everyone. Damn, by now I don’t even feel anything on Christmas.
It pains me looking back because Christmas felt so much less forced. We were all having fun; as I got older, it just kind of died down. People looked at me in a different light, and I did too.
I’m only 13 man. Sad thinking people go through the same stuff where family time doesn’t feel like family time.

The only joy adults get from the holidays anymore is watching their kids open their Christmas gifts and that’s it.

I felt this the first time this year, being older is weird

we're waiting for the part 3 of the "scary" videos

"The magic will come back one day when you have kids" Wanders around my apartment thinking about how everyone my age is already coupled and I'm alone

Well, I could put Santa hats on my cats?

I feel like i am too young for this.. but still, I get it.

To be honest everyday I always wanted to go back to those simpler times when I was younger... Sadly it's over and all we can do is remember those memories and cherish where we are now... But sometimes I sit there in my room thinking about those times... Something we all can't go back to...

I remember the week leading up to Christmas used to be so exhilarating, school going out, presents under the tree, a big party being planned by the family, and maybe even some snow if I was lucky.
It’s only 2 days till Christmas and I feel… nothing. Just another weeks long break from school.

I miss how much prep was put into making sure we had fun during Christmas when I was younger

I miss feeling the xmas spirit.... When my great grandmother was still alive we would all drive together to her daughters place and celebrate with the whole family, after she died xmas wasnt the same anymore and i was growing older. Less people came because they went to their other families and it was empty and quiet, at least more than it was before. Then next year i couldnt go because of the pandemic, then next 2 years i was sick on xmas and couldnt go.
This year i finally could go to my grandma again and there was only one part of my family missing and there were 2 new children but...somehow i dont feel it anymore, honestly i dont feel the spirit of any holiday now that i think of it. I dont even really celebrate my birthday. Its cool when my friends tell me happy birthday yeet and my family calls sometimes but afterall its just another normal day that will pass.

If you feel the xmas spirit, make the most out of it while you still can.

"We were dreamers not so long ago but one by one we all had to grow up." -Believe, Josh Gorban, The Polar Express

“You’ve not lost your holiday spirit, you’ve lost your happiness.”

this just hits different...
i remember when i was a little kid.. maybe 8-9, possibly 10? anyways, Christmas had that one special joy that couldn't be surpassed. now, its basically just getting new stuff. its lost its joy and excitement, every year i watch my smaller relatives open up their gifts and think " wow, i remember when i had that joy of being here on Christmas. " its kinda sad really, i hope that when ( or if ) i have children, they don't lose their Christmas joy.

The older I get the less i don't care for it as much. I'm 17 and remember Christmas being my favorite holiday and now it's just a few weeks for me to get extra sleep, decorate and leave it all behind a day later in the attic for next year. Hopefully if I ever do have a family they can bring back the warm feeling of it

I'm only 13, yet I've been feeling this for every holiday since 2021 😔

Is nobody gonna talk about how creepy that bedroom looks 💀

at one point you just stop caring but you find a way to love it again when your older

Normally I love Christmas so much, it is my favorite time of the year. However, I just lost my dad to cancer on December 22 of this year and the holidays lost all the joy they usually bring me. I’m only 19, but I think for the rest of my life this will be all I can think about at Christmastime.

This... Happened to me this year. I had a horrible year and now seeing that Christmas is this week feels weird. I suddenly didn't felt anything towards it like most years i felt to. I realized 2022 changed me as a person, and i'm not sure if this is something good or bad.

Hits hard, Christmas just feels like an ordinary day and the same stuff happens every single year on Christmas. muriah Carrey, egg nog, presents Christmas dinner. But all that's missing is the spirit and I can't seem to grasp the spirit I once had. I miss being younger

My joy for Thanksgiving, Halloween, Christmas, and my birthday are already gone and I’m still a young teen. It’s honestly rly depressing that I don’t get hyped up anymore :/

Honestly ever since 2021 Christmas happened, Christmas hasn’t really been the best. Last year i couldn’t see any of my friends because they all had covid and my tortoises died due to an infection. This year it was even worse, on the 25th of December, my parents went to a friends house to party, they brought us and everything was fine until my mom got emotionally drunk. My dad didn’t drink at all. My dad got fed up with her alcoholism and snapped at her. They soon got physical and both of them got bruises by the end of it. My dad still had to drive and was driving faster then he normally would. He would brake every minute because my mom tried to get out of the moving car. Not to mention they were both slapping each other and fighting as my dad was driving. My dad even almost drove off a cliff but stopped before we could get any closer to the edge. Eventually my mom escaped the car and tried to report to police. It lasted for 3 hours and did i mention that it was 6am. No one slept all. We got home and my dad was still fighting with my mom till 7. My dad is still mad at her. Because he knows that my mom’s alcoholism has affected me and my brother both physically and mentally. Literally, because of my mom drinking during her pregnancy, I got a respiratory illness and a weak immune system, but I luckier than my brother. My brother got autism and speech problems. My mom almost tried to stab me with a chair leg but she stopped before hitting me. She traumatised my brother by leaving him outside the house at night alone. He told me he wanted a divorce, i told him that i was fine with it since my mom broke our bond years ago. But my brother was attached to her, and my dad was the one in the family with a job, so it was better for him to go with my dad if they got a divorce. But leaving someone you dearly love is hard. And my brother is too young for that. So he decided to not divorce my mother. For my brother.

i'm 16 right now, but i understand this. I still like christmas, but not so much as my childhood... Man, I feel elder lol

As I got older I felt this

it's hard to fathom how fast this year went -- in any case, here's to 2023!

I get this even tho I don’t celebrate Christmas/Chanukah . Even when I was little I felt some excitement but now it makes me realise how quickly time has gone and I just don’t feel it anymore

I remember I used to countdown the days left until Christmas, now I just kind of remember that it's getting closer and I'm like, "Oh.. yeah, Christmas is this week. Nice."

I get it. Christmas just feels like every other day, especially because I learned the truth about Christmas a few years ago from my mom complaining about how much money she spends on us, now Christmas just hasn't been the same.

I get it. No matter how much, I just can't muster any excitement for the holidays. It's been a feeling that's persisted for the last five or so years. I lost count at that point.

I absolutely love the dissonance of this video

Man, I'm only 17 and my exact reaction was that, like "Oh god, i literally forgot the most marketable and brighting celebration of the year", all just for not getting out of the house.

This new years i was facetiming three friends. two were at parties, and one was with his dog. they all shouted and yelled “happy new year” when the clock struck, but all i felt was just the passage into another year. i’m just disconnected. i was standing there, in my kitchen, staring at my phone, not speaking. i couldn’t even celebrate.

I remember my childhood when I was always so excited for Christmas, and now it just feels like a normal day with nothing different.

This is a paradox because im not that young but i still feel joy on Christmas, its not always about the gifts, its about sharing memories and making new ones, spending time with friends and family. Not everything has to be hype

This year I really felt like that but when it's Christmas and it doesn't feel the same I like to think about other people in the world feeling the same joy opening presents that we all had years ago.

It’s my birthday as of right now on January 1st and I feel this exact same way. I turned 20 today and it feels like… just another day. No excitement, no celebration, no big anticipation. Just another number added to my age. I guess that’s growing up for you ig.

Im 15, but christmas still somehow seems to have its magic every year

I can understand (sort of), but I can't relate. I wish everyone a late happy holidays, and I'm sorry you just don't get that joy you once had when you were younger. ♡
(I hope I'm not wrong here.)

I think this is a thing for anyone that are older can relate to. Smaller holidays like Easter or even Saint Patrick's Day don't seem as much unless it's different for anyone else. But major holidays like Christmas will always be memorable even when we grow old and just see it as another day.

Weird. It's my birthday today, december 22nd. The events in this video took place in my apartment that I'm losing in February and I've been on the borderline of utterly broke for about 2 weeks. Despite that, the events in this video took place today. I think it's the nonchalance that's so weirdly relatable.

I still feel the magic of Christmas...

It’s been like that lately for me the past 2 years. Maybe because of the people in my life or just because I’m growing up, it makes me sad ngl I miss the good days❤

It just doesn't feel like how magical it was when I was younger now it just feels like a another day

I'm 12, and I understand this perfectly. I don't think it's the age that matters. More of how things are today... Holiday cheer didn't last long for me, at least.

never fails to make me shed a tear.

This is exactly how I'm feeling this year

I’m only 16 and Christmas is starting to die out, I still love the feeling of spending time with loved ones while sitting by an open fire and wearing comfy festive clothing, but it’s just not the same anymore. I miss waking up at 9am and running to the living room in hopes of seeing gifts from Santa, while my mom videos me. Now usually we just buy some toys for the dog, make it fun for her by wrapping them, and then call it a day.

I feel like it’ll only get worse from here too.

It hits hard when it's holiday, because it feels like a normal Day.

I understand this, but I cannot relate because I NEVER fall asleep easily.

Last year it was christmas eve, and I had literally forgotten when the hell christmas was, or that christmas was even near. I miss the old days when I would actually have trouble sleeping and be super excited about waking up and rushing downstairs to open presents with my sisters.

accurate representation of me in my room during december

Yeah I agree. I don’t really care about holidays much anymore, even though I still enjoy celebrating them. This year is my first though. I still remember being very excited about Christmas last year. But now I’m 13 and I could care less.

It hits extra hard when your family argues all the time and you have no one to celebrate new years with 💩

Funny how I was talking with my mom about how Christmas didn’t feel like Christmas for the past 2 years

If you don’t understand this please never lose it 🙏let’s normalize being excited for the holidays at an older age

Christmas this year still kinda felt like Christmas, but I think I will be able to relate to this next year.

I turned 18 this year and it's the second Christmas I have where it's like "Ok, I'll get stuff soon yay." and end up destroying my sleep schedule and sleeping randomly at 2PM

I guess it's just as we get older sometimes the things we love get boring after a while

Man, I remember when my Christmas list was like 20 pages long, now, I don’t even know one thing I want for Christmas, it’s past and I don’t feel sad at all.. The week coming up to it was just boring.. I dunno, it just feels like life 👌

I used to always think about holidays the first of the month, but I found myself this exact way for the past few years the same way.

This is literally my life in a nutshell

It's interesting by the fact that you can not only be "too young" to understand, but also too old

Growing up hits mad different. I don't even care about presents or my bday anymore 💀

Damn, I miss the times Christmas felt magical.

For me I don’t let myself get excited for holidays anymore but inside I’m always ecstatic. I don’t want to let myself have unrealistic expectations

I have that feeling often, sometimes holidays get exciting but not exciting at the same time. I’ll do my best to explain this, but it’s off and on, It’s like I’m excited for a small moment then I go back to not being really excited. I wish I was still into holidays as much as I was in the single digits, I miss the good feeling.

I understand this, when i was like 6-7 i always loved holidays, christmas, but now 3-4 years later, i almost don't see the same thing anymore, just like the old days, i always believed santa was real, but then my parents told me the truth, but i do still like christmas till this day, i find, now like, i sometimes forget whenever its christmas or not, at my place (Brazil) it stopped or isn't snowing anymore, thanks for reading, i appreciate your time reading this!

Thanks Friend.

I remember the good times when holidays would be something to be excited about 😔

Literally me. The first week of December was sucked away because of finals, the second week I stayed with my grandparents, and 3rd was generally busy. Man I miss being 10-13.

I 100% feel you. But Christmas Day never gets old. The days leading up to it just feel like another day to me tho but that makes Christmas even more special as it feels as it came out of the blue.

It’s so sad how I can’t feel the same love I used to have for some holidays the excitement isn’t there anymore

For the past few years it hasn't felt like a special day or anything. Like birthdays or Christmas and stuff. It doesn't feel like anything at all. Just a normal day. I miss when I used to wake up and be excited about Christmas. Like it literally had a feeling. I really miss that feeling

This was probably the worst Christmas i had... No snow whatsoever - 5-10°C which is pretty much autumn/early spring temperature, and then my mom got a Schizophrenic episode, on Eve she was fainting frequently and when she was opening her present instead of being happy she seemed to focus on whatever hallucinations her brain gave her, and then when my niece - one of my best friends that lives on the other side of our twin house wanted to decorate her Christmas tree with me and another one of my best friends, it turned out that i was in a different room watching a movie so i didn't know and they ended up decorating that tree without me and i'm extremely prone to frustration so the frustration kept itself inside me until now, and then when she wanted to go ice skating with me i happened to be napping so another set of unbearable frustration for me... Might as well hang myself with a charger on that one random hook in my ceiling

I always thought that christmas or other eventful and meaningful holidays were the greatest stuff to ever happen, but as i have finished christmas, i feel somewhat empty. Probably because i grew up. I dont feel the same charismatic energy that Christmas emits.

These days, you gotta put in the effort to have an awesome Christmas.
Back then, it was that simple. You see one Christmas tree, you're already hyped.

I remember through childhood Christmas used to be a blast now it's a major marketing tactic used by everyone some people forget Christmas is about Christ and not presents, the true joy has been ripped out of me because now the families that I used to celebrate with Don't hang out with me any more , which makes Christmas a huge church mass for me now.

Christmas was one of my favorite holidays, but after I turned 9 it kind of just wasn't as exciting as before. This year though was nice. I wasn't super hyped for it up until I got to give my dad his gifts.

This feeling hurts so much…god I wish I was a kid again.

It’s always seemed like just another day to me, mainly because my birthday, December 22, always replaced that. And if it didn’t, Christmas Eve did. I no longer get that satisfaction of going downstairs and finding presents under the tree anymore, which is a little disappointing. I’m still thankful, though. It’s not like I expect to get double presents every year, cuz that’s just not how it works.

Sometimes the most that made us entertained changed for us when we age.

Nah I will become old and still act like a kid on Christmas 😆 idgaf how old I am, Christmas is Christmas

Yeah, it’s really sad. Holidays are supposed to be with friends or family, but loneliness persists.

That feeling has J U S T started for me.

The only time that I get any form of "excitement" is when I open the gifts.

my god this just started happening like last year

its not even as depressing as it seems, just looking back on how you used to celebrate holidays is the sad part

I miss the joy of Christmas I used to get, the past 3 to 4 years hasn't been quite the same as usual. I mean a lot has happened in that time and I guess with growing up you have to take more responsibility and start learning how to look after yourself more, but now, I'd be lucky to catch a glimpse of that feeling again. Christmas shopping is less exciting than it used to be, watching the same old Christmas movies doesn't hit the same as they used to (and it doesn't help when all of the new ones that come out are all trashy C grade films, with the exception of Klaus), and even hanging up ornaments on the tree feels less joyful. I know that it's a normal part of life to move on but it still makes me sad. I'm at least glad that I believed in Santa so long since it's so rare to find that belief in anyone these days, but that made Christmas special, having something to believe in. I can thank my mum for trying so hard to keep that innocence in me for as long as possible. I hope that in the future when things settle down, that special occasions like Christmas mean something to me again.

Those animations are so simple yet so comfortable for me...

This year, I just haven’t been feeling it. None of my friends have been talking about Christmas, and I don’t feel any “Christmas spirit” running through me. It’s kind of sad, honestly.

This is actually so relatable, I literally realized yesterday that Christmas was in 2 days

That was definitely this year for me. I'm too tired to be excited, I just want to feel relaxed and happy again T^T

Honestly these days, years go by so fast that Christmas feels like it is every week, so it is no wonder it feels so unspecial nowadays.

ever since i turned 16 this is how ive "celebrating" holidays and even my birthdays. it seems every year i grow a bit sadder.

Playing outside in the snow felt like something nostalgic that I remember doing in the past. Ah, winter.

damn...i used to not be able to sleep on my birthday/Christmas/Easter/etc, but now i could probably sleep through the whole day

I don’t want to admit but this is happening to me too... slowly but surely Christmas becomes less exciting and eventually becoming one of those holidays that are only good for skipping school

i’m a teenager and i feel this it happened to me on christmas eve
i’m growing up aren’t i

I can't remember the last time I celebrated my own birthday, let alone someone else celebrating mine. When you're stuck in the monotonous time of every day you don't really find the time to care I guess.

i remember watching angel years ago now i realize he is my favorite youtuber

Yea, man we had no idea a world wide pandemic was gonna hit

living in a tropical country and having a family that begins to fight for anything lmao, yeah felt that, but i used to have a little magic, maybe next year it comes back

Even at 16 years old I cant seem to find any joy in holidays in general anymore. I cant even remember the last time I made a Christmas list.

i feel that. i cannot be happy enough to enjoy the holidays

I'm reading all the comments and man, it's so relatable, it's like life isn't full of "life" anymore and it's just become a repetitive loop of everyday things, even holidays and other events, life just became "meh" these past years.

I thought I was going to be excited for the new year this year, but I was bored as any other ordinary day. All the homework on top of my head was enough to take my joy away.

These are the kinds of videos that make my day. :)

As you age it hurts looking back when you were younger . I also feel that knowing Santa is not real is a cause of this . Its not you growing up, its's your mind .

I love the part where he said "it's time" and all over the place

I'm in 1st year and this was the first year that this happend to me, it hits hard man

I'm preparing for my university entrance exam and I literally forgot it was Christmas this Sunday. Damn

This hits hard, even as a 11 year old I thought all Holiday (Also Birthday) were just like another day, Like Halloween, 4th of July, My Birthday, Thanksgiving, Easter, and Christmas, sure I really liked my presents in Christmas but it didn't hit the same, I did nothing on Halloween and Easter, and Thanksgiving and my birthday didn't hit the same as well, I guess Covid-19 destroyed all these holidays which where fun but now made them just a another day.

Im tired of being alone... so I understand this...

nah i forgot it was christmas until i saw this video- 😭 today honestly felt like any other day, i miss when i was little and christmas was the best day of the year bc of how magical it felt. now i still enjoy christmas, but at the end of the day, it feels like it was js any other normal day

Something I used to be really hyped for...Grand-Santa put it best:

"I was a bit like you, lad. Keen as cranberry! You get old, that's all. Everything...changes."

holy crap I can relate alot

2021 and 2020 really dunked the mood for years to come as well as turning 17

I understand this. I also love your artstyle

Hello, thanks for reading my comment. Yeah times do feel different, but we gotta face forward and do our best to be the main character of our own stories. =) Have a good one

Had the same feeling a few days ago on my birthday— same goes for any other festive holidays or events; ever since my 11th birthday (a few years back), i’d merely glance at the date and go ‘kay.’

This gives me a depressing meaning of life

I miss being excited for Christmas like when i was a child, it doesn't have the same magical feeling it used to

I felt this this year for the first time. :(

I feel that. I used to be so.excited and I mean I still am for some holidays just not as much. I fake it for my little siblings tho because I want them to experience as much joy and magic as I can.

Last year, my joy for Christmas disappeared and I hated that feeling, Christmas is meant to be that time of the year where your family gather and have a wonderful time. Luckily, this year my joy is back, though I'm at the age where the joy disappears for a long time, this may be my last joyful Christmas in a while.

yeah, i feel this. as soon as I stopped believing in santa claus the holiday lost all its magic. it doesn't help that i have depression so it's hard to get excited about anything anymore.

I felt this way when I was 9. damn.

Y'know I had so much fun on the holidays I forgot completely about Christmas, when I realized we were close to it, I didn't react much, I don't have that same reaction as a 8 yr old kid.

I used to miss the happiness christmas brought me now it just seems like a faint memory

When you don't celebrate any fun holidays but you still get it

“Money doesnt buy happiness”
*Also the person *

I understand that. This day before Christmas I don't feel happy or excited because I just brought my dog to the vet and they said he might have less than a month to live. Typically, I don't understand the big hype about Christmas anymore.

I feel the same, I don't have the excitement anymore for Christmas. I used to not be able to sleep at night cause of the excitement, now It just feels like any other day

This has happened to me too everything is just growing more boring and feeling nothing towards it even if it once meant so much

i remember when christmas would be so exciting and every day id be hoping the days would go by until the day i would get to wake up to presents under the tree. now, i quite literally just realized that christmas is friday. cool

I felt this for the first time this year

I remember the excitement of getting presents during those times...

i'm still trying to get used to the fact that these videos have actual titles now

I might be 10, but I understand and am losing severe feelings for things (such as holidays and relatives) like everything is just a pattern, nothing different from yesterday, just another normal day! It's Christmas soon? Oh yeah! I forgot about that

I understand this now It’s kinda relatable damn

i'm a little excited but the absolute stress leading up to it mixed with my depression kinda ruins it

Holidaya just don't feel the same anymore. All that excitement, enjoyment and fun shit are seems small compared to the stress and all this happening. I miss the good old days but we need to be where we are and take matters into our hands.

Meanwhile in my head:
step 1: rest in your bed

This gave me tears in my eyes🥲

it’s not like christmas doesn’t feel like christmas, the thing is that christmas doesn’t feel like the same christmas feelings we had as kids, so instead of focusing on old christmas, spend time with your family/friends and the christmas spirit is gonna come to you

This feeling started this year! Guess I'm old enough 🙃

Even with all of the music on the radio, I still forgot.

im a muslim so i dont celebrate christmas or hanukkah, but this is the same for me on my birthday, like it always has been. the day is normal, we cut a cake in the evening, and then i go to sleep. i find it sad because its just like any other day

so im too young for not celebrating christmas or hanukkah, but i do get it because people i know have went through this

This is the first year where it just doesn’t feel like christmas to me

Christmas used to be so Magical.. now it’s just a time where I can’t see my friends at school.

"I'm 28 and this is deep"

I’m so overwhelmed by the holidays, the people, the drama, and how artificial it all is. I just feel bored and anxious

I don't relate, but I can understand.

I love that Psyche Origami playing in the background! Truly fine taste of music.

The sad thing is how true this is, before it was a time for cheer and joy, now its just like: Ok cool

It is like I don't feel the spirit of christmas here in our country, just like a normal day everyone have. Because of COVID it changed, because the fun that I had these past chistmases is different from this day. I hope everyone had a good christmas.

I used to count down the days and wait for the presents to appear under the Christmas tree, this year I forgot that it was nearly Christmas and I looked past the presents like they weren't even there.

I understand this. Sadly. I’m slowing losing my Christmas spirit…

this hits hard....

We dont get snow here but we still get the terrible cold

Damn.. hits hard as shit..

I get it. By the time I'm commenting this, it's been 2 days since valentines day past, and to be honest, I forgot that valentines even existed. At one point or another, you don't even realize that a holiday passed by. Think of it like when you were a kid in summer. It always felt so short when you finally arrived to school again, knowing that just a few weeks ago, you were playing with your friends.

Bro that bed seems so comfortable,I felt it just looking at it

its actually quite sad. when christmas came by i was just happy to see family. sure, the gifts were cool, but i just couldnt get excited that "santa" was coming, or that i got some amazing things. i was just mostly happy about my break from school. i was so stressed by work that i just needed a break.

I get that and I’m young quite obviously. I used to get so excited for Christmas but the last two years it didn’t really feel right. There was none of that joy anymore. Guess it felt better when I thought Santa actually existed

I’m 12 and I still relate to this mane 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

I understand how that is because for Christmas aka yesterday for me, I didn't really feel excited or anything, I may sound spoiled for saying this but the only thing I mainly got was clothes, my siblings got clothes as well but they didn't get anything to exciting either, when Christmas arrived yesterday I didn't really care that much, and when I family was celebrating and talking downstairs, I fell asleep on couch upstairs, everyone where I live was hyping up a pretty boring Christmas. When you start getting older you don't really care about Christmas all that much if you kinda keep getting clothes, they didn't make anything special to eat either adding even more boringness

i literally felt this. not the last bit tho cuz I have insomnia. I just got excited about Christmas cuz it's my crush's birthday lmao

I'm 18 but I'm still excited because I get presents lol

I’m still just a kid but I lost my feelings for Christmas in December of 2020. After that whole thing the holidays have just seemed so bleak to me

yeah... i just want it to be back to when everything was happy and when i got so enthusiastic and excited abt my favorite things.

I remember when I was little we had a calendar that would count down to Christmas. In Elementary school , we would bring pajamas and blankets to watch a movie in class together. It was always The Polar Express but different grade levels had different movies. Christmas hits differently once you're older.

I’ll miss the excitement of Christmas every year
Maybe this year things might change

The only feeling I get is when I play with my friends cuz I don’t get presents that kind of stuff and I never seem to ask for any presents because I’m already good with life the way it is

this is just starting to happen to me. a little tragic really

Can relate, sad when it happens for other special events like your birthday that you used to enjoy so much but now it seems like a normal day

I get it, even as a young kid. Its probably cuz i dont celebrate any holidays so i never cared for them. Anytime one would come up, id be like "Oh, oh well."

This’ll probably be me tonight lmao

I can very deeply relate this christmas it didn’t feel like christmas I didn’t even now it was the Dec 20th until i checked the date it wall went by so fast… and here comes New Years at full speed

This is me with everything in life now
I have dissociation which kinda prevents me from experiencing any real emotions

This is depressing when you think about it.

its once a year and after a while you'll just be too old to enjoy it by then

I'm not gonna say I'm not young but I think I understand this because as you get older no one really gets you presents anymore.

I used to not get any sleep on Christmas Eve because I was too excited for Christmas

I only didn’t sleep on this Christmas Eve because I just woke up in the middle of the night and struggled to fall back asleep

It’s weird

I’m 15 ya know

And like I was thinking about this yesterday about how Christmas doesn’t feel so exciting anymore it’s just kinda meh

I understand this except I still get excited because my favorite aunt comes over. I know my sister feels this ways as she's going to be 17 soon.

This is too relatable. I had like no christmas spirit lol

For anybody wondering the music used in the background is dead right by psyche origami

I've had this feeling since I was 10..I think the reason for that Is because of how sad Christmas is on our family..there's always screaming fighting and I can't seem to release that stress and I worry every second..I just feel like holidays Is only usefull for resting and just letting youre responsibilities go away for a few hours..and having a toxic family..I often get mad seeing people happy but I know it's wrong and I try to prevent these thoughts from entering my brain..I feel happy that I have a supportive older brother that always tries to correct my wrong mindset thought..and I think that's all I need to change for now

I definitely understand the feeling. though recently I've been gettinf more into the Christmas spirit

I don't realize how Christmas and New year day passed already.. I feel no joy

Damn this hit hard

The only thing I look forward to when its Christmas, is the steam winter sale lol. It's sad tho I miss the times when I would wake my parents just to open presents and play with the presents I got on that day but now it just feels empty. After that day it's just back to normal life like nothing happened at all, I miss it but we have to keep moving and never stop.

the worst thing is the older i get the faster time seems to fly, i feel like im still something likr 19 but soon im gonna be 22 💀

adulting is basically just realizin how lonely you are outside the organisation/events where you're forced(kinda) to stay together with people ....and that's just sad

that's literally me everyday tho lol

I understand this so bad as a 11 yr old child. I used to love Christmas i always had a great time with my family. But since 2019 i don't feel anything

I wish i was as excited as I used to be about the holidays.

The only joy I feel anymore is when I tell my friends happy (holidays) and they are truly happy, other than my friends being happy I don't care for Christmas

Ah yes, no adult in this world is excited for Christmas and every adult lives in a small apartment, how realistic.

For some reason this year I wasn't exited for Christmas AT ALL. Christmas was always my favorite time of the year and I would really be prepared for it. It's sad.


Also that bedroom is somehow nostalgic even if I've never seen it before.

this makes me feel so bummed, like how far will we go??

Yo im watching Scarface with my family I couldn't imagine being so happy when all holidays seemed so joyless.

😢 For the past two years, Christmas just hasn’t felt the way it used to. It’s making me sad

Man I felt depressed a bit, but remembered I have friends that can visit me now. So I'm good 👍

im barely twelve and for some reason i feel this way.

Im speechless but i understand the meaning of the video, growing up makes you realise many things n stuff.

Me being Muslim:
My goals are beyond your understanding

True christmas just seemed like another normal day

I literally always do that, whenever is the day before a holiday and it's night, ill brush my teeth and head right to bed

Honestly, I see it as a normal ol' month now, nothing more, nothing less

really nostalgic to me even though i never was here

My theory is that christmas was invented by our parents and when once find out this, one begin to loose the real joy, so our kids don't have the same enjoyment from christmas.

You remember Christmas Eve night being so hard to sleep on, with so many butterflies in your stomach, and then 5 years later, that’s just not there. It’s sad. But at least on the day it’s fun.

Being all alone feels different

Things just don’t feel the same as you grow up, things that got you excited as a kid don’t make you excited anymore as you grow up

Im kinda young, but I really understand it. This is another normal day. I got this feeling on Halloween, but I wasn't interested on it anyways.

That hits harder than a truck dude.

true bro, i’m 13 and i can relate to that… none of the holidays make me excited anymore… 😢

I thought i was the only one that felt like that

I am currently watching this on December 22, 8:35 am. Pretty close timing

Psyche origami definitely fits with this video aesthetic

This year's Christmas was the first one that hasn't felt the same 😔

Once you get older, Christmas don't feel the same anymore..

This hits hard

I’ve had this feeling for a long time. I’ve lost feelings for the holidays, it started to show last Halloween

Relate, I never got presents, but now I get this sweet Christmas card called a Eviction notice? haha, sweet.

i definitely get this, and this christmas was js different for me, like, it didn’t feel like christmas, so I definitely get this wholeheartedly

i wish christmas was still fun 😞

I feel related how lonely he was

I’ve never celebrated Christmas my whole life and I’ve never seen snow in real time , I wasn’t excited for christmas and never felt the feeling of losing the excitement of Christmas..

I'm sad cause I felt zero Christmas spirit this December cause Christmas is the only thing that made me feel like a kid once again, I'm not even that old but all of the magic and happiness of Christmas is fading for me, I still love the holiday and I want to be excited for it but it's like I just can't

when i was younger, i used to love christmas, halloween, easter, etc etc. but now, they just feel less, exciting (i mean easter isn't really a happy holiday-)

Yeah I miss getting that feeling in my chest and Christmas feeling like Christmas. Now it just feels like another day

I used to be so hyped and would get no sleep on Christmas Eve

Last year felt like that for me.. new years was so sad. I drank sparkling grape juice(not in legal age for drinking nor do I have interest in alcohol) alone in my quiet kitchen while taking am I gay quizzes although I already knew I was gay. Sad times man. 😔

I absolutely can relate to this because jan 20th is my b'day i don't feel anything i am not even excited i will just take it as a normal day, i didn't even knew my birthday was coming up when i thought about it i was like yeah cool..

Everything just goes by so fast now.

I understand this completely I do it all the time

God I’m scared of feeling this way for my personal favorite holiday, Halloween. Agh

i feel this way about every holiday
including my own birthday

I lost all my happiness and excitement on Halloween , past me was excited for every event happened, but with my depression and anxiety I can't feel any exciting feeling any more bc every time I walked to a person to say "trick or treat" it feel uncomfortable and I would still be quite if I ever go to trick or treating again and my depression I wanted to go home , soo yeah I never want to trick or treat again

13 and i feel this 👴

I felt that 😭

Christmas hasn t meant anything to me since i was 16. Now im 20. Nothing material could bring me any joy, so I find no point in recieving gifts. I ve abused alcohol for some 5 years or so. I only wish good health and a stronger, more focused version of myself.

I was kinda nostalgic and happy towards the holidays but now I feel nothing

I understand this, I just can't get excited for Christmas or any other holiday anymore. Maybe it's because I have been having more excitement in my normal everyday life that makes holidays not as exciting anymore.

I am 10 and I get this feeling too. It’s because all my birthdays my parents just don’t care.

Yeah pretty much, halloween is the only holiday I care about anymore (fall in general) because I like spooky stuff.

Literally happened to me this year

On Christmas i was like

“It’s Christmas. Ok cool.”

I honestly don’t like the holidays. Far too commercialized. They lost original meaning

Bro i legit forgot it was my birthday, and I didnt feel any excitement, i never got to celebrate holidays like that cuz my parents didnt see it as big deal, they just bought the cake, food, cloths and that was it. Sometimes i wish I got to grow up with that feeling of opening christmas presents together as a family like other kids did.

It just seems so unreal and you just really don't care anymore. I haven't felt the delight or happiness on Christmas like I used to anymore.

I feel this

I feel this too, i just don’t really care anymore. I mean I’m a little excited but it just feels like I get 2 weeks off and then go through a holiday, then go back to school. I’m kinda excited this year a little more, because I’m getting stuff for my vr, but I’m excited for January tho.

When you don’t have all your family around you and pay bills..this year was a bit more fun,because I had a bf and I actually got gifts this time after a couple of years being the buyer.

As someone born in the final years of gen Z, I can not understand this.

I'm Muslim, and this is true. On Christmas, we just wake up like nothing happened.

I'm 12, and I've been noticing I don't really seem excited even if christmas is after 1 week. Pretty strange, right?
Though, whenever I remember it will be christmas shortly, I just go ``wow, that's amazing, dude, how fast time flies.`` nothing else. It's pretty strange as I remember younger me getting extremely excited for christmas.
I have noticed my reaction for it has lowered, and I hope that's the lowest my reaction about it can get.
Though, I'm pretty sure that when I get gifts I'd be like ``wow, that's cool!``
I can tell what's my reaction on the gifts because somewhere in december was my birthday.
Even though I do care about Christmas alot and all, even thought I like the holiday...
This footage pretty much shows my reaction right now.

Lol this is too relateable and at the same time sad

I feel more like the hollydays became more of the perfect time to rest, free time and a good moment to reach serenity for a College student

Barley 14 and already feeling like this

i started to have this feeling when I was around 8 lol

This is the first year where Christmas didn't quite feel like Christmas 😢

It hits harder when December 22nd is literally my birthday and it doesn’t even feel like my birthday anymore.

Honestly, the holidays just don’t feel like the holidays anymore. Every year I try my very hardest to get into the Christmas spirit’, but I just can’t. I don’t know if it’s because I’m getting older, or if it’s nostalgia, but the holidays just don’t feel right anymore.

Yep haven't felt like most holidays are fun anymore as of late(Like 3 years) just seems like a thing that happens while everyone else is excited about it. Maybe its just because I dont enjoy hanging out with people much(Makes me really fucking tired) so after school I normally just want to sleep and rest and maybe do something on saturday or sunday. I really miss feeling that enchanting feeling of Christmas though....

I have my birthday on new years eve, so the most enjoyment i get for my birthday is sitting around at a new years party or just sitting at home in general, Christmas just doesn't give off the 2013 vibe either

I understand...

I think I just dread Christmas at this point because my family has grown so separated. It's gotten easier the last two years though because of my nephew.

That bedroom looks strangely familiar, like I've seen it already before

this honestly kinda happens with me with lunar new year

I still have the comfort of parents getting christmas gifts.. but im afraid that in a few years, that will be my life

Cartoon: realizes Christmas is around the corner
Cartoon: instant nap

For the people who don't understand, it's when the kid realizes it's Christmas/Hanukkah, and you can't wait for the presents youre gonna get for the year, that's when you fall asleep and stay asleep until the holiday comes.

I'm 10 and when i turned 9 i started to not feel so excited. I used to feel super happy and overly excited before trips, now I don't feel that much. But I'm still excited. By the way, I'm on a "Road Trip" right now.

i get it, its sad and reminds me that not everything will remain the same. sadly I got felt like this on my birthday on the 28th, also happy new year

My birthday is dec. 22 and I definitely felt like this. I was too tired to do much and I wasn't ready for christmas at all. I just wanted to sleep and just hope no one wanted to do something with me for the holidays

yeah this year feels like this. As a kid there was so much to do and i was counting down every day till christmas. Now i just take shortcuts and dont celebrate properly. I dont follow the religious aspect as properly aswell. It kinda feels like any other day now.

So true, No matter how hard I try I Can't get in the Spirit,I just don't Care anymore

YESSSS!!!!! Im so happy for more nostalgia videos :))))) I missed them!!!

I have celebrated hannuka since my birth, and honestly, it did use to be a lot more exciting in the past.

I don't celebrate Christmas but I get the feeling that holidays or some really special day doesn't feel all that exciting anymore.

After reading the comments I kinda understood the video I sometimes do start feeling it because exams are like after it with a bit few days and still didn't get all the decorations out tho. :(

Is no one talking about how he is living in a house made of liminal spaces?!

There could be these possible scenarios: A: Your trying to go to sleep to make Christmas time go by faster. B: You don’t celebrate Christmas. C: You don’t even have a care for Christmas

alien get up from bed and then sleep again

Damn man I used to be excited with Christmas, It's just sad. Same goes for my birthday.

Dang thats how I felt about Christmas this year :(
That's so relatable that its sad

Time is so long, yet so short when you not looking, I went to bed at 5:00 am once, woke up at 1:00 pm, the the rest of the day lying in bed and the day went by for 2 hours.

This is a mood and accurate

Difference between younger me and me now? Younger me would get so excited about a holiday coming up and me now would have no reaction towards it, no matter how hard I try and end up falling asleep, thinking about it. I don't know, if it's part of growing up or you just lose your excitement for holidays

Well.. Ever since I left my home... I can no longer feel this "Joy" on this very important and special day for me.. It just feels. Empty

Im starting to realize that im slowly losing happiness for christmas, like I grew out of the things I used to ask for and those elf things arent as fun which is kind of depressing but its normal and im moving on

I haven't really been feeling all that festive on holidays lately. I just don't get that feeling of excitement anymore.

I'm only ten and I have this feeling where some holidays just don't get me excited anymore...actually that I think abt it, no holidays excite me anymore😔

Ive always loved the feeling of butterflies in my stomach when holidays come especially around Christmas but I guess I just have to deal with it.

It feels safe and good we don't need gifts just peace from people 🙇

I just can't feel the christmas spirit anymore

I remember when the last two years I was so happy when Christmas was coming up but now I just sit there and say "oh it's gonna be Christmas cool ig" and don't feel any joy

I felt like this on Christmas, kwanza, my birthday, and new years it just feels like the same thing all over again I still feel 13, 2023 still feels like 2022 but just repeated, Christmas was a bust for me, kwanza idk but it just felt like normal days :/

I may be young but ever since Covid started I am unable to feel any emotion anymore

Remember when Christmas felt real? Me too…

16 years old and I get it perfectly

Took me a second to understand, I forgot some people are really excited about holidays and I was confused for a sec.

I went to a christmas party yesterday

I felt emotionally numb

I remember when I was little and I was so excited for Christmas I literally couldn’t sleep

Nothing is the same after 2019.

Idk for whatsoever reason.....
This year felt different.....I felt loneliness, sadness, depression,etc.
instead of feeling happy and celebrative during the holidays....
It's just like everything just vanished and I feel like it's never coming back :(

I understand, it’s a really weird feeling. Christmas is literally in three days and I don’t much care tbh lol

Im young but i can relate this because of some problems thar i had the last two years

Now I don't enjoy all these things, but it seems strange that the year has ended so soon, giving so many heartbreaking memories.
Hah;⁠)

I'm too young.
But I think I understand...

I wished i never understood this, but unfortunately i understand very well it 😔

im only 9 but i feel it, i get excited but like i dont express it, i feel normal but also a weird excited feeling somewhere when i think about it. i just feel like its a normal day, no holidays coming up or anything.

I'm literally just doing the pose that the guy in the thumbnail is doing

Yeah. I couldn’t care less if it was Christmas or New Year. I don’t know the reason for this. Being with family or anyone else feels much more emptier. I kind of want to just celebrate by myself. In the end, there’s no meaning to holidays for me. I only think of it as Free time.

It can't realize kids 10-11 years old, not even talking about the youngest ones

I don't celebrate Christmas or Halloween or whatever but really enjoy two eid. People around us also seem to enjoy it.

Fr, I loved christmas as a kid, but now that I'm older, the magic has seemed to fade away.
But let's be honest

The antipication of the holiday is better than actual holiday itself.

Yep.
I recently turned 13
I totally changed completely

Keep in touch with your family or friends if you can yall. It makes the holidays a little better

i think when i get older, married, have kids, then christmas will feel like christmas again but this time im the one making it fun for my kids

Omg bro that's amazing. And very relatable. I'm also very happy you included Hanukkah and not just christmas. Not everyone celebrates Christmas, there are also jews between us 😎. And again the video is amazing lol

I had the sudden realization that Christmas is in 2 days, while I used to count down from the start of November haha

Claim your - I'm a teen and i relate to this ticket here

i miss the old days when holidays had meaning.
nowadays, it's just another meaningless day that is no different than the others.

Same everything felt so different this year even though I tried so hard

I remember when I was kid, I used to have the christmas tree already built in the middle of November. And now, I have to get it ready for christmas eve dinner, minutes before the dinner.

I understand perfectly…

he’s ✨Hibernating✨

🥲😂🥲

Christmas n halloween just didn’t hit the same these past few years

Christmas was cool and all, I got some nice presents and stuff, but it honestly didn't feel like all the other years before it. It felt cool for a second, but then I just went back to the way I was.

i had this feeling like in last 3 years when i wanted a present i just remembered there is no mom dad or anything like that i literally cried about it and nothing good happened in the last 3 years i bought some gifts for me but this feeling not the same the warm house mom dad and sometimes grandma this shit is gonna kill me but im still alive so keep i must keep going right?

Relatable. For some reason people are so excited about a celebration coming up and that's normal. However, i dont really feel like it's different from any other day. Probably cause idrc about it as i have other things i look forward to.

Seeing the comment section makes me feel really bad, people lost their excitement because of mental health problems or and lots of work. For me, I just don’t really do much. Not that it’s not fun, but more so I just wanna lay down and sleep the day because I want to chill. I prefer to not celebrate holidays on my own but I have family that wants to so yeah I do it. I like to live in peace and I want it to stay that way, holidays are ruining it but at least they make it fun. Though I can’t help but feel a bit jealous, we don’t have snow, I have a large extended family but we celebrate it in our houses separately, and there may be a tree with presents but it doesn’t feel like the Christmas people say, it feels more like home, and I don’t like it because it makes me believe I can’t feel the excitement for the holiday.

"*:When shall grow old, you shall not always be filled with pride.*"

Honestly christmas was just like a regular day for me nowadays, we never celebrate it here, and we don't get anything of course.

yeah… i’m 16 now. i literally haven’t listened to a single christmas song this year besides choir performances i participate in, and just ads about sales and stuff. i forgot christmas existed.

Just happened to me last Christmas week. Its a bit sad but people get older with time sadly. Still wished it snowed tgough:(

Yo bro, that hits hard!

I get it that the man don’t care about holidays anymore

I had that feeling this Christmas (technically last) it was just like oh Christmas is tomorrow cool I guess. It definitely makes me feel old now.

I had my last exam on the 22nd, so I didn't really get much time to get into the Christmas spirit

I totally understand this.

13 and this is really starting to hit

Covid separated us from the good holiday feelings, not age.

I know about this too one time when I was at home playing some 1.2 levels in gd (back then we only had 1.2 levels) and I forgot it was Sinterklaas holiday and I just kept going to beat some levels although I knew I didn't celebrate it :)) because I didn't want to celebrate the Sinterklaas holiday because i don't wanna keep doing the same thing

That happened to me for the first time this year.

i literally understand this
i get absouloutly nothing from christmas since well we don't celebrate it i did get a gift card from my internet friend though which am still thankful for to this day

Nahhh, that is literally me rn, on my bed watching YouTube all day 💀.

I was afraid when Christmas was a day away, genuine horror at the fact it was here.

I started experiencing this when I was 10

moping around bored during the hollidays. definitely me

i wish we had snow here during christmas , and that all my relatives weren’t in other countries. we usually spend christmas alone, calling up those relatives to wish them and all but we don’t really do christmas presents and christmas dinner and all that.. if anything we’d probably order mcdonald’s or sumn lmao 😭😭

but yeah i wish i’ll be able to experience the true magic of christmas one day but for now i’m happy just spending a day with my family cos not a lot of people get to i guess?

the worst feeling is the next day tho realising that the festive season is almost over and you’re moving onto another year – realising how fast time flies by.

I just got this feeling today and it was the 1st time

Ah yes, trying to fall asleep to make the time go by faster

I'm glad that I still enjoy these holidays

Actually I have started to get this feeling nowadays 😮

The images are so nostalgic

it just hits different now. it's not the same as it was😕

it gets worse when the feeling sneaks up on your birthday
"Just another year, cool."

It’s just started for me this Christmas, I just... did feel it like I did
last year. It’s not the same like it was last year ):

For me since I live in a tropical place I'm just mad because
1: it's way colder then usual and its uncomfortable
2: I'm always sick when its cold
3: I can't go outside to go have fun

i am 14 and i understood that lol

Bruh I love this for no reason😭😭

I miss when i was a kid and christmas was magic, nowdays it rather seems like a chore, just like any other holidays, it just remembers me another year of repetitive and mundane days passed through and i did not even realized. There is no reason to be happy. No reason to celebrate.

Im young but I understand i felt like that.

Christmas has always been my favourite holiday but this year and last year too it hasn’t been feeling like all the Christmas’ I’ve had before. I don’t like this feeling but I’m just gonna have to get used to it.

the christmas excitement doesnt feel the same...

This used to be true, then I grew

It’s literally Christmas Eve for me, but I don’t feel excited anymore. I wish I could be really excited again.

to quote jovie from elf “i’m just trying to get through the holidays”

I don't understand this as one of my experiences
because I don't celebrate it, but I'm sure some people agree with you

I am 16 and I feel this. Is there anything wrong with me?

I dunno- but it's the feeling of depression for me might be weird but trust me,holidays like festivals just make me feel depressed and think of stressed things

Well I have the same feeling towards most big events/holidays. In my opinion they are for me a big waste of time, as a child I was energetic and would be extremly invested into holidays or other big events/trends but now I neither have the energy or interest left to care about that stuff.

Bro I feel this hard

I just can't feel Christmas anymore 😭😭

“The building is closed. Cool. I get to stay home and sleep and get ready for tomorrow.”

yknow it feels really weird just not really caring about something that used to bring you so much joy

For some reason this is just how it’s been this year. I’ve always been a big fan of holidays but quite honestly this year I’m just kinda tired

srsly relatable

Sadly.. I get it… this is the first Christmas that I feel like that.. I have no idea what’s wrong with me.. even tho i used to always scream: “CHRISTMAS!!!” And like.. it’s my favorite holiday.. I adore it but I guess that a lot of things that happened to me this year that made me like that.. I used to be happy and cheerful, and I hope that I can come back to be that again.. but I’m slowly getting back at things, I’m slowly recovering, I hope you all enjoy the holidays.. I thought i was the only one really.. indeed I celebrate it.. but a lot of things happened this year, and I completely stopped celebrating Halloween

I totally understand the feeling Regret it Later 😅

That's me in every holiday the excitement doest fell the same anymore.

I only enjoy Christmas now that I'm older, but not even that much

how the hell did you know my exact feeling rn..
the holidays just don't feel.... special anymore, i wana go back..

I wasn't in Christmas mood for quite a while, since I only just got home from the hospital.

Yeah, our whole family is losing the tradition now lol

i dont even remember any special occasions and holidays or anything from these last few years including my birthdays and other people's birthdays like my family members. maybe this is from my perception of time being terrible for a while or things really are changing

I’m not even that old either, only 11. But this Christmas I just did not have the enthusiasm for it anymore, I put in a smile to show that I appreciated my gifts, it’s not that I don’t enjoy my gifts, Christmas just is not how it was when I was younger.

Happens to most people kinda traumatized lol

its sad bro, on christmas this year i wasnt really so excited. in past years i would wake up so excited for christmas and would get up straight away, but i guess that excitement just didnt come this year :/

its just that it doesnt feel like it used to be, the christmas spirit isnt just there anymore. The excitement and longing for the holiday. It doesnt feel as good as it used to be.

Im not even excited for Christmas anymore. It's weird because when Christmas happens Its really fun and I wish I could do it all over, but the rest of the year (including the days leading up to Christmas) I just feel like Christmas is any other day. I really enjoy Christmas, yet Im not excited

Yea. It's just, I use Chrismas as more of a checkpoint that it's almost summer, it's not really exciting, because I still have things to do at the end of the day

Me who’s 11 and had this feeling since she was 8 childhood disappears cUtElY

so true when its close to thanks giving or any holiday I just see it as another day

Sleeping during Christmas because you don't have anyone to celebrate with

I appreciate you included Hanukkah too

Mothers day and fathers day does not convey anymore feels when they already had pass away.

would be me if my Mom wasn't Obsessed with Christmas

Yea, like last year I couldn’t get enough of Christmas, and now I really don’t care that much. Holidays seem shorter. Time flys fast, and every year it’s just less and less exciting. Holidays kinda just seem like another day of the year at this point.

I’m just imagining that one year-old looking at this and being like, “ I don’t get this ;( “

Im on 8th Grade, and my birthday just passed, it kinda hurts that a day so special feels like a normal day, so empty and just passing through.

It’s sad to me he’s all alone on a holiday about family and friends

Dang bro! This Song reminds me of my sad and lonely day!

I'm young and I get it
the holidays lost meaning to me after 2020

When your not even 13 yet but you get that:

I literally forgot when was christmas and when i found out via sibling i was exited for sleep-

Christmas was…oddly surreal this year.

Holidays just don't feel the same anymore

They were enjoyable when u didnt have so much school work and got introduced to so much

Exactly. The new year makes no difference in my life.

I'm excited for Christmas cause I get to eat a food my mother promised to make. Other than that Christmas is just a normal day and that makes sense cause I don't even celebrate Christmas XD

When Santa stops being real, the holiday loses its luster. When you're too broke to afford groceries consistently, the last thing you think about is Christmas. I get it.

Yep. Exactly what's a happening to me, except Some of us prefer to Grind right now when everyone's celebrating

I feel like it was just yesterday, that I was 5 years old. So excited for Christmas. Now, oh tomorrow is Christmas, and my parents were worried when I first wasn't excited

feel u bro

i do have a niece and a nephew, they’re really young right now but one day i hope I can celebrate Christmas with them when they’re older. yknow, spoil them n such. i think Christmas is better with others, despite how repetitive it gets.

All the joy when you were a kid, celebrating christmas with your relatives, now its just a stress to even participate in those events, you'd rather lay on your bed and do nothing

Yeah I got that feeling when I moved to Texas after college to work at space x

I know it's christmas, because everyone at my school is still excited for it, and I'm just... indifferent to it, like ok, it's just another day. leave me alone, I'm watching youtube.

I can relate. other than the snow part. I can't even have the liberty of seeing that. oh well

Indeed… perfect thank you for this…

I am 12 and this is a sign that I'm maturing ahahahhaa

this is like a cutscene for a newgrounds game

Pretty much my life right now

I’m ten and I understand this😂😂

my parents stopped getting me gifts probably when i entered highschool. i understood not everything was affordable when i only made $7.50 an hour for my first job. since then, every holiday is just a paid holiday or a free day off. holidays mean nothing

I can understand it. but somehow its still confusing

my family is always busy on christmas, and that carried on to me. not busy in a fun way.

i remember that i kept forgetting about Christmas last week 😪

It feels like another regular day

Last year i used to be so exited for Christmas.i used to bake all the Christmas recipes!Now….i just sat and i looked how happy other people were…😔

BRUH ISTG CHRISTMAS FEELS LIKE A NORMAL DAY😂

I dunno, ive always liked Christmas even as a adult.

This started happening to me when I was 8

The more you experience it the more you get bored of it

Life burns you out. Especially as you get closer to full on adulthood. Job, college, rift in the relationship between you and your parents. It will happen. And you'll feel the Christmas Spirit drained from you for a while.

this is true like i wasn’t even excited for this christmas and i’m a pre teen

The excitement on Christmas is slowly fading away as I grow.

And then you see your friends enjoying and celebrating with their friends and you are just sitting in a room overthinking and emotionless like you are already 70

Christmas should just happen once every 5 years tbh.

Is it normal for a 13yo to relate to this?
Asking for a friend

I was crazy for christmas, waking up as soon as possible, trying to get my sisters up.

Now, I guess it's cool, free stuff.
Clothes are now enjoyable to be gifted.

I UNDERSTANDED IT!!!

If your religious than these holidays never lose their importance to you, you see them in different colours

holidays have no meaning to me anymore 💀

Same life been like this since the war started 11 years ago I'm 23 now and can't get back to my home

The day before Christmas I forgot that tomorrow was Christmas and I literally wasn’t really that excited for it, I’m getting old

Christmas, new year and my birthday doesn't feel like how it used to.

honestly i never felt excited for the holidays, mainly because i dont celebrate Christmas/Hanukah but even with the holidays i do celebrate i just wanna stay home and sleep or play minecraft with my friends

kinda deep
I haven't celebrated my birthday for more than seven years. This day has passed seven times as if it were a normal day

Christmas dosent feel real anymore, it’s like any other day

Shit hits different when you find out Santa isn’t real.
🌞

the tiktok was something in that day

Boy I love when Christmas/Hanukkah eve comes around. I always celebrate Christmas/Hanukkah every year! Christmas/Hanukkah is my favorite holiday.

I understand. This year, Christmas doesn’t feel like Christmas. Only two days till Christmas, but I’m not hyped at all. I’m kind of sad about that.

Its sad that the world changes as you age 😔

the general lack of excitement for holidays as you grow up is somewhat depressing to me

Bro, I could understand this ever since I was born

Nice room. I absolutely love it

For a very long time I've been faking my excitement for big holidays, if didn't my friends and family would think that I'm against it which I'm obviously not. I just don't get the hype anymore.

Bro it just feels like another day but it hits when its new year fr

I feel obligated to make holidays different or else that day feels more fasted than any other day

Pov you Don't celebrate any of those holidays: Really relatable!

dude this room is super cool tbh

Can't be excited for Christmas when they have forgotten its true meaning, the magic of it has been lost.

This one hit a bit too hard

Wish I was younger and still liked Christmas, and I would look forward to my birthday. I just hope I get some money to buy myself shoes…

For me its kinda different, i dont celebrade christmas but i defo relate, i dont really celebrate my bd too but it doesnt feel special, im turning 12 in 1 day and yeah lol

It's really annoying for me how I only had Wednesday off work for Hanukkah this week to enjoy with my family. I suppose I have tommorow night as well

This is every holiday or birthday for me now I just can't be excited for anything.

my christmas this year in a nutshell

usualy i just start jumping all over the place when its christmas, i dont usualy get praise online or anywhere else really, so its always happy when i get some reward!

i feel this video

I'm not excited for holidays and my birthday anymore. I've been struggling with school and it was a few months before my birthday and Christmas but I got depressed. It just feels like another day

Holidays aren’t as exciting anymore, I still get hyped for them anyway.

I do indeed sleep with my booty up in the air.

The first time I saw one of these I did get it, but now I do. It’s hard to want do stuff for holidays

On Christmas Day I literally kept forgetting it was even Christmas-

oh that’s normal?, so basically if you don’t get it it that some people (like me) don’t put emotions to holidays, and events and the only thing you can think about is that you have the feeling that your alone and it makes you feel like down, so it’s like the grinch he hates holidays mostly Christmas but you don’t have hatred to holidays it’s just that you put no emotion to them and it’s sad so it’s like one day depression. I used to love Christmas and now that I don’t have emotions about it it’s just kind of sad.

I forgot it was Christmas. My mother woke me and told me and I was so confused. Just doesn't feel like it anymore...

I’ve been seeing holidays as just another day. I’ve stopped really being exited for my birthday around 14.

This started when I was 12 im 13 now and nothing has changed

I ate the Christmas food with my mom, it was nice, we had fun

And I forgot that presents were a thing so I just went on with my day, and she had to remind me that I had some presents

Got this feeling this year, it’s like all my excitement went away and I didn’t care. Because I know Santa is not real I know the elves are not real there’s no magic in Christmas when you figure that out it might seem fun but it’s really not.

I was like this during 2022 Christmas bc I had a lot of shit going on

i was vaguely upset that this year i just didnt get any kind of christmassy vibe. it was just empty.

Having no friends is the description here by my side
Cuz you'll enjoy more if someone is there you're going to enjoy with

oh that’s normal?, so basically if you don’t get it it that some people (like me) don’t put emotions to holidays, and events and the only thing you can think about is that you have the feeling that your alone and it makes you feel like down, so it’s like the grinch he hates holidays mostly Christmas but you don’t have hatred to holidays it’s just that you put no emotion to them and it’s sad so it’s like one day depression.

You guys need involvement. How would you like to be the director of our Christmas play?

I felt that

I think i get it... even if im only ten my guess it that once your older, there are no breaks and since its christmas you could relax and sleep

That dude be living in the backrooms

I just don’t have the motivation to participate in holidays anymore- it’s sad, but it’s the truth

Everyone seems to be so sad about this
Maybe you shouldn't feel bad that you don't care about christmas anymore, like, whatever
doesn't mean your life is meaningless (it kinda is tho)

i miss my friends..i miss the Christmas Spirit

Ah yes I think I understand However When Christmas comes I just look forward to sitting with my whole family no fights no yelling just gifts joy and NERF GUNS

i understand now, when we were kids we used to be excited but now were just like 'it's crhistmas....Cool.'

The only reason I enjoy holidays like Halloween and Christmas is bc of games updating for a special event for this holidays

2022 has been an very fast year, the hype for Christmas hasn't been the strongest and you don't feel extremely exited for it.