Scout and Jem have "mixed feelings" about Christmas. What are these feelings and why?..

This is mostly due to the contrasting feelings they have
for the family members they spend Christmas with. They spend a week with Uncle Jack and
they spend Christmas Day itself with Aunt Alexandra.

Scout
and Jem adore Uncle Jack. He is fun, he is eccentric, he tells them stories they love to
hear, and he is loving. They look forward to any visit with him and so seeing him for a
full week at Christmas is something they really look forward
to.

Conversely, Aunt Alexandra is one relative that Scout
in particular cannot stand in large doses. Aunt Alexandra herself is very cold, proper,
and determined to do things her way and make sure everyone else who does not do them her
way knows they are doing whatever it is improperly. Her son is a bit of a bully and
Scout does not get along with him either.

Because they
celebrate Christmas the exact same way every year, the kids continue to have conflicted
feeling about the holiday and how it is celebrated because their relationships with
these relatives have remained fairly static over the years.