Why do rich people even celebrate Christmas?

[Anonymous]

Everyday is Christmas for them, they have pretty much everything they want and if not they can get it whenever. I wonder if they run out of gift ideas each year. For them, it's probably hard to shop.

[justbanANNAz]

youv kinda missed the point.
no need to be envious of the material things dear. have u ever considered that a rich person could be alone? have u considered they may be divorced, battling for custody?
even if they did have family, have u considered that a rich person could have a disease silently eating away at them? that they could be 30 and still haven't found love?

my point. yes, material things are great. they are. but i can assure u that nobody, no matter how rich, has a perfect life. we all have our own shit to deal with and rich people are no exception. Christmas is a time where family unites to celebrate a wonderful occasion of giving, sharing and the religious cause [if they believe].

[wölfin-fräulein]

Why not? who says everyday is Christmas for them? they work hard to gain the money that makes them 'rich' and they need holidays like all others.

and the idea of gifts is symbolic not for one to actually wait to be given something once in a year. It is a symbol of the generosity, care, and value of the family for each other. and the value is only by paying as much attention as to give something to someone, the price of what you give or take does not matter. it only needs to show that you care from the depth of your heart.

[misupanda]

Well, the meaning of Christmas isn't about getting gifts.

[misupanda]

As for gifts, I don't think it's possible to run out of gift ideas. There's always something you can get. A lot of them probably get disposable gifts, such as wine or other types of alcohol or food items.

[Asker]

I guess my word choice for this question wasn't the best lol
I meant for it to solely be about the gifts and how they must run out of ideas to give to their families. Thanks for your input. :)

[misupanda]

Haha, it's okay. I've made questions like that, too, where I write it and then I'm like "Oh god, this sounds bad.." :p I made sure to read your comments to others though, so I knew what you meant.

[Asker]

thanks again :)

[thelionting]

It's not about the presents. Fuck material fuck what society makes us buy
It's not about who has money

You are not the Christmas presents under the tree ( you are the thought behind what the present or surprise is :). )

You are not the car you drive
You are not the house you own

It's about the quality time I spend with my family cause we all come together

Rant over

[Xelebrum]

Because material things isn't the only important part about Christmas, coming together as a family and for Christians, the birth of Jesus. Yeah they could buy whatever they want during the year, but it's not like they're constantly buying things for others during the year too.

[evenlift]

Because most rich people enjoy work and spend a very large proportion of their time concentrating on that. (And that's why they're rich.) Christmas is not just an expense of money. It's an expense of time and effort. So, no, every day is not like Christmas for them.

[Asker]

I meant that in a way they can buy whatever they want whenever they want. Christmas could be everyday for them if they wanted

[evenlift]

But, as I said, Christmas takes time and effort, not just money. Christmas, even if you're rich (especially if you're rich), may be the only time of the year that you actually have the time to celebrate like that.

[Jersey1]

Funny you should mention about time. I deal with senior people at a major corporation and at 1:30pm today the emails stopped, completely. I thought the mail server was down as i get at least one message per minute on average. At 4pm a message came in and was simply a Christmas greeting. Simply unheard of at my firm.

[kittykatg]

Christmas is about helping others, it's the season of giving. Just because someone is rich doesn't necessarily mean they are selfish ass hats. I grew up fairly average, low-middle class-ish, and went to school with a bunch of rich pricks. During the holidays though, everyone went out of their way to bring in food donations, new clothes to give the homeless, and money for charities. It was really nice to see how much people care deep down.

[523206720]

Money does not buy happiness. Rich people get sick, have to face social disgrace, deal with unpleasant people and when you are rich you adapt to being wealthy and it ceases to bring you happiness. True wealth is the ability desire and act of helping others.

[KafJ1996]

i'm rich and Christmas is never an everyday thing yeah i can treat myself once in a while but i dont go all out and buy everything i want in one go i get stuff over time and save most of my money and Christmas is my favorite time of the year purely for the fact i get to see all of my family.

[Asker]

I'm glad someone who's rich caught this question. Interesting perspective. That's awesome for you! thanks for answering!

[KafJ1996]

its ok

[ixi10]

Christmas isn't about presents. It's about family and friends and love and being together. Last time I checked, rich people are allowed to do that. by the way, don't be jealous of the rich. Work hard, get a good education and make your own money.

[Asker]

who... said... I was... jealous? lol
you must've really thought you could get a feel for who I am from that mediocre description up there.

[ixi10]

You sound jealous and bitter. Just saying. That's how you come off.

[Asker]

I'm sorry you feel that way.

[Scrambled]

Although one musts work, get educated blah blah blah to get rich, many don't have this opportunity and will remain poor.

[Jersey1]

My wife and i dont do gifts at all anymore for most holidays ( last year we bought 400 pounds of food for a food bank since we werent getting gifts). We get what we want when we want and we buy things for each other when we want and dont wait for a special day. It wasn't always like this of course. But, we celebrate Christmas with our favorite drinks, homemade treats and the love of our family. Its still important, especially given the meaning to us as we are Catholic.

[Anonymous]

They just mindlessly buy more crap and consume more, it's a fallacy that they are all working their fingers to the bone for what they have and that it's an opportunity to spend time with family and let the good times roll. Some do that, others don't, I see a fairly even split. It's just the done thing and celebrating an occasion. Compared to those less well off, it is indeed Christmas every day.

[Prof_Don]

Quality time with family, as well as the season of this time of year, is what Christmas is supposed to be about.

Gifts are more about sentimental value & emotional relevance, than cost (the way gifts should be)

[Hajar_Whitestone]

they do that to show up in front of others, it's just a showing up to them no more no less

[Asker]

so true

[lumos]

Because Christmas is about more than just the gifts? You're pretty narrow-minded.

[Asker]

eh, ok

[Nuns_in_Heat]

Well seeing as some rich people are christian and the holiday means more to them than just gifts, yes they celebrate it.

[Asker]

sure it does but they still buy gifts right? don't you think they run out of gift ideas?

[Nuns_in_Heat]

Nope. Maybe, I don't know, I'm not rich.

[mildlyaloof]

Yeah, there's a couple that buy stuff at the store I work at.

They then tell the cashier to hand em' to whomever wants them.

[parkway]

Christmas is about the birth of Jesus. They possibly have wealth because they better understand his teachings and benifit by it.

[Victoria_xoxo]

"Every is Christmas for them"
Rich people know what to invest in. That's why they're rich. So this is stupid

[adamski24]

I do it for all the local community it's only money and the kids get a Christmas.

[Asker]

Ah, so you give back? That's nice of u!

[adamski24]

We can be nice.

[Error_204]

Jesus' birthday is not everyday, silly.

[Asker]

who's that again?

[Nuns_in_Heat]

Some guy who allegedly dies for our sins. But that's besides the point.

[Error_204]

I see...

[Asker]

@Nuns_in_Heat that's one brave son of a gun

[Jersey1]

Amen to that Error.

[Scrambled]

Lol, they probably helped Santa in the recession.

[Asker]

Santa, recession? No way haaaa

[Scrambled]

Hit the North Pole hard. Rudolf was put on debt rescue, some elves were retrenched and I'm in Australia now so I saw Santa first, he even looks thinner:)

[Klaatu51]

probably because they like it? :-P

[Asker]

so what they buy the same things every year? sounds boring

[Ihav2fart]

They're rich they can do anything.

[Asker]

true

[Anonymous]

Wow, someone's bitter and jealous, LMFAO.

[Asker]

How so? :P