Salam alaykum wa rahmatu llahi wa barakatuh!
After long time I am back alhamdulillah. Today is the 5th of december, that means that the "christians" are preparing everything for christmas. Everywhere you can see those lights, stars, christmastrees, snowman, everything. And in the shops you here christmas-songs. Inshallah this time will pass fastly. I am pretty sure that my mother wants me to visit my family on christmas day. But alhamdulillah I will have no time because of working inshallah.
Next thursday inshallah my mother wants to go shopping with me. She knows that I am wearing niqab now, but she asked me not to wear it if I am with her.
In my opinion, christmas is only an traditional event and for earining money. Nobody cares of the meaning, even if the preacher tells it every year on every sunday in the church. The kids are happy to get unnecessary presents (like I got), the shops only care to earn money with every stuff you can imagine subhanallah.
Of course the meaning of christmas is wrong, that Jesus Christ is born, but like this you can see that this "Christianity" here is no one. This places here have no religion, they have only mixed traditions from all over the world, like halloween and so on.
Inshallah all my dear brothers and sisters have sabr to bear this bad time now.
Salam alaykum
Amal