Each year I get more and more "bahh humbug".

I hate the crowds at the mall, the traffic and the over-eating. The past three years I have taken my tree down the day after christmas.

I will not stress myself out over this crap. Shit, If I stress out anymore than I already am, Im going need to double my dose of meds. Im not buying for anyone but my kids and the dog. And they will all get Gift Cards....They can spent them how ever they please.

I tend to spend way too much at xmas time. Most of the crap that I buy ends up in a corner, still in the box. My kids will play with toys once or twice, then they forget about it. My dad still wears the vest I bought him 3 years ago. So that means that he has at least two new vests sitting in his closet. The dog never plays with anything new. He likes his old toys and his old blanket. I go out of my way to buy toys they ask for. FOR WHAT? so they can forget about it. I end up paying for xmas the whole damn year. My credit card bills speak for themselves. I dont enjoy xmas, I really dont. Just the thought gives me a headache. Call me a Grinch, I dont care.....

Can anyone relate???

amorbella said:

You better get me something nice, fool!!

2the9s=headache

I'm thinking of making a sizable contribution to a charity I know my family will support and leaving it at that.

I know that won't fly cause I've got a million nieces and nephews now and I've a habit of spending foolishly on them, but only cause I only had 1 for years and now I've got 4. I can't spend on all of them what I used to spend on my one niece every year. So now I feel like a bad aunt.

2the9s said:

shut it, I expect flowers from you tomorrow.....

last year a really stretched myslef and my bank account trying to make everyone happy and ended up getting accused of ruining christmas by one (step) family member because what i needed to do for my entire family didn't fit her narrow definition of christmas. christmas has never been easy for me but that was the last straw.

It's just a holiday of obligation that makes people miserable and brings out their most selfish, piggish, and hateful nature. merry shitmas everyone! i'm going to try to stay as stress free as possible this year and spend as much time in NYC and as little time at home(s) as possible. stupid christmas. christ wasn't even born in the winter.

i think this year i'm just getting everyone one nice thing and a couple of cute little trinkets and calling it a day. money's tight and i'm not in the mindspace to do it up big this year.

of course, i say this NOW...

JasmineFire said:

You should get that person a tie this year.

I love Christmas!

Sweeny79 said:

I know you do

amorbella said:

I wish you did too, but I understand that the rush, the money, the mess can drive folks up the wall. Maybe this year will be better.

Anxiety said:

I say that every year, then I go apeshit and buy up the stores!!

Sweeny79 said:

maybe,.....

Fuck the humbugs! I love everything about Christmas - even the crowds at the mall. That said, I try to make Christmas as much about my family, friends, home and church as much as possible. Gift giving is nice, but that's not what it's about for me. Not to be all Laura Ingalls Wilder, but it really is about peace and love for this old kid. I just accept that it's going to be a busier time of year than any rest but also a more fun and giving time.

amorbella said:

christmas sucks

Dewrede said:

yes it does. I break out into a sweat just thinking about it.

i don't like all those family things

Dewrede said:

I don't like that it is COMPULSORY

exactly

a big fuck-you to Christmas this year, I'll be in France partying in Méribel while the family is far away!

2the9s said:

or maybe a noose. i'll put some holly and miseltoe around it so it'll be festive.

My parents pretty much stopped celebrating in the early 70s because they found it too commercial...

And Jesus wasn't even born on Dec. 25th, so there's no real religious reason to celebrate either.

Suffice to say, I think good, generous spirit can be celebrated all year 'round.

amorbella said:

I'm with ya there.

I've got some gems to post once it gets a bit closer to D-Day.


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