I don't know how to tell you this, but that Christmas thing will get worse. When you get to be retired you don't even get the bonus of time off. Takes the very last of the shine off of that turd, as it were.
I used to soak up the Christmas spirit and enjoy it. Smiling at random strangers, holding doors open, generally being nice. Now I wonder why it's saved for two weeks per year...
Yep, that's a good point, one I'd not thought of. It's really a non-event for me already but there's always room for it to become even less if a thing.