Top 5 Holiday Traditions Texans Want to Cancel!

Would You Ditch Gift-Giving? These Christmas Traditions Are on the Chopping Block, According to a Poll.

Traditions, a thing we love until we don’t! (I’m looking at you “Elf on a Shelf!”) There’s a new poll of 2,000 Americans that has sparked holiday controversy because it’s revealing which beloved Christmas traditions people would actually ditch. *Gasps in Spanish*

Shockingly, gift-giving landed in the top five. Yes, you read that right—GIFT-GIVING. (Honestly, I agree, only because I am the WORST gift giver ever because I gift people things I think they want... but they really don’t.)

Here’s the list of holiday traditions people say they’d be okay with scrapping:

1. Sending Christmas cards.
2. Ugly Christmas sweaters.
3. Gift-giving.
4. Secret Santa gift exchanges.
5. Christmas music.

Apparently, other iconic traditions like watching Christmas movies, decorating the tree, and even putting up lights made the top 10. Serious question: Are we just canceling Christmas altogether? What a bunch of Grinches!!

But wait, it gets weirder. The poll also asked people to rank new “traditions” they’d replace the old ones with.

The top five might surprise you:

1. Spend the whole day in pajamas.
2. Focus on quality time instead of gifts or decorations.
3. Take a vacation.
4. Have a themed Christmas (think “Tropical Christmas” or “Pajama Christmas”).
5. Go on a personal retreat—aka, a vacation without your family.

Other ideas included volunteering, making only DIY gifts, or skipping family gatherings in favor of a “friends-only” Christmas.

What Are your thoughts? What holiday tradition are you fine getting rid of?!

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