Giftmas is, essentially, Christmas with the religious aspects of the holiday removed.
The name Giftmas makes it seem like an empty, materialistic holiday, but truthfully, the gift in Giftmas is more about nonmaterial gifts like love, togetherness, community, friendship, kindness, and the spirit of generosity, both material and non. Giftmas is a time to do something special to show the loved ones in your life that you care about them, and to remember the less fortunate if you can with generosity in the form of donated money, gifts, food, clothing, volunteer work..etc.
Giftmas incorporates many nonreligious Christmas traditions, such as Holiday Trees (or Giftmas Trees) Candy canes, Santa Claus, stuffed stockings, gifts under the tree, songs in the spirit of the winter holiday season, gingerbread cookies, sugar cookies, baking in general, the colors red and green, wearing red hats with white trim & puffball...etc.
The name Giftmas makes it seem like an empty, materialistic holiday, but truthfully, the gift in Giftmas is more about nonmaterial gifts like love, togetherness, community, friendship, kindness, and the spirit of generosity, both material and non. Giftmas is a time to do something special to show the loved ones in your life that you care about them, and to remember the less fortunate if you can with generosity in the form of donated money, gifts, food, clothing, volunteer work..etc.
Giftmas incorporates many nonreligious Christmas traditions, such as Holiday Trees (or Giftmas Trees) Candy canes, Santa Claus, stuffed stockings, gifts under the tree, songs in the spirit of the winter holiday season, gingerbread cookies, sugar cookies, baking in general, the colors red and green, wearing red hats with white trim & puffball...etc.
When someone says Merry Christmas to me, I reply with Merry Giftmas. They usually cant hear the difference.
by JessK December 28, 2005
Get the Giftmas mug.A whored out commercial holiday, about buying gifts for people and making big corporations happen. Reason leads us to believe some point in time it might have meant something else.
by Jase December 11, 2003
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This word is what non-Christians, who are non-religious and who celebrate Christmas, will call Christmas.
by crabbit December 25, 2010
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There once was a holiday called "Christ"mas celebrating the birth of "christ". on this day people went to church or something and gave gifts to one another. But many people have wisened up since then. The focus of "Christ"mas is no longer the birth of "christ". It is now focus on gifts. The shift on focus for this holiday is where the name Giftmas comes from. Now people celebrate Giftmas in much the same way as they used to celebrate "christ"mas. the exception is that now, people no longer waste the time they could be using celebrating with there family on church and worshiping fictional charcters.
There once was a holiday called "Christ"mas celebrating the birth of "christ". on this day people went to church or something and gave gifts to one another. But many people have wisened up since then. The focus of "Christ"mas is no longer the birth of "christ". It is now focus on gifts. The shift on focus for this holiday is where the name Giftmas comes from. Now people celebrate Giftmas in much the same way as they used to celebrate "christ"mas. the exception is that now, people no longer waste the time they could be using celebrating with there family on church and worshiping fictional charcters.
by Nick Scratch December 29, 2006
Get the Giftmas mug.The excited orgasm-like expression one gets upon opening a present; often used in the context of faking it.
I got the ugliest magenta sweater from my aunt, but the whole family's there at the party so I had to fake a giftgasm.
by H.C. S. June 16, 2008
Get the giftgasm mug.(verb) The act of dragging a celebrity that is grabbing a giftbasket behind your car whilst driving, thus ending their life. It is very helpful to do this before performing at a concert, to get rid of the pre-show jitters. It's like a massage, only you kill somebody.
by mrsflowers June 24, 2011
Get the Giftbasket mug.The word that came to life on HeyImNataliaGames' stream after the ONE TIME she went to say "gifts under the Christmas tree" and instead said "Gifmas". From here on the word 'Gifmas' represents the true meaning a of being bot when trying to use words and will never be forgotten.
by IWatchTwitch April 18, 2020
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