Answer:
I invade your home once a year…but only if you’ve been good.
I am easy to waste and unstoppable
I've been argued on my color. Without me you'll die. So many attempts on your life use me so make sure you have many of my White friends.
I go up and I go down, towards the sky and the ground. I’m present and past tense too, let’s go for a ride, me and you. What am I?
I am all around yet to me you are half blind. Sunlight makes me invisible and difficult to find.
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.