It's just an excuse to get women to shop more, cook more, clean more, organise more and wait on people hand and foot. If you work, like I do, that suddenly becomes invisible. If you're not well, which I'm not, that's "not Christmasy". If when you've done all the stuff everyone wants while being ill and working as well and you're a bit tired then "it's not magical" or people are "not feeling it".
Just to be clear, I'm talking about adults, not kids.
Also, if you are an adult that enjoys Christmas then good for you.
I've just had it this year with the need to put some perfect experience over a real person to the point where going to bed early or not having as many decorations up as normal has ruined Christmas and seemingly traumatised grown adults.
I'm tired, I've done everything I can. Gifts, work, cleaning, shopping (my tab), decorating, all the food and I have tried to join in the fun but I am shattered. I did the best I could do.
aibu to think that if adult people want a magical Christmas they should shift their arses and help make one? If they don't want an exhausted woman sitting around they could think to themselves, hmmmm, what can I do to make this happen. The magic just means having a servant imo.