I observe Yule, but overall I have good associations with Christmas since most of the people I'm close to celebrate it. I know it justifiably gets a bad rap as a consumer and religious holiday; the "war on Christmas" stuff in America is just exhausting. For me it's just a way to spend time with the people I love and enjoy delicious baked goods. I enjoy the sentimentality of the gift-exchange aspect of the holiday when it's not overdone, there's a few Christmas songs that are really catchy, and I read Gift of the Magi every year because it's adorable.

But that's about as far as I take it. I was never brought up believing in Santa Claus, and I hated the long sermons I was dragged to as a kid. I think if no one in my life observed Christmas, it would just be another day for me, honestly.