Anybody else feel this way? OK, I know Eve is WAY ahead of me in this department. I’m shopped-out, decorated-out and special-dinners/get-togethers-out. I’m sick, sicksick of Christmas and will be eternally grateful when it-all-goes-away. May the North Pole have the South Pole shoved up its’ Jingle Ass. I have tipped the newspaper delivery guy, my hair-stylist, the landscaper and the garbage man. My freakin’ apologies to anyone I may have missed. I have purchased the Christmas bonuses for my employees, have a very merry what-the-fuck-ever.
My house looks like the (drunken) elves were here on shore leave. mr. bot is a maniac when it come to Christmas, we have lighted, animated displays in the front and side yards that cause people to put their cars in park, and drool at the shiney, blinky shit that mr. bot has erected. It’s a Viagra Christmas in ToyLand.
I have no desire whatsoever to decorate anything this year. By now, I usually have all sorts of shiny shit hanging from here and there both inside and outside the house, but this year, I just don’t want anything to do with any of it. I’m putting up a little tree, wrapping presents, then I’m done. To hell with hanging an ornament on every other tile in the ceiling. I just don’t have the energy.
My “tinsel” has been “tarnished” (wow, if that doesn’t sound sexual, I can’t imagine what does – or maybe I’m just frustrated) for years now. Every year recently I’ve hoped to get into the spirit of the season, but it just hasn’t happened yet. Perhaps if Santa visits with those 6 winning lotto numbers, I’d be less of a Grinch and more of a Cindy Lou Who.
YES There is an FM radio station at 88.3 that has been playing holiday music since first of Nov. 24/7 and it will continue through New Year’e eve. The station manager likes it and nevermind the complaints from the listeners. I think that is a ‘shooting yourself in the foot’ attitude.
Internet Legend, I too used to believe it was the ‘thought’ that counted. Then one of my best friends informed me you’re supposed to wrap the presents and put a label on the present for the recipient!
Gah!! It’s not enough that you have to shop for the prezzies, you have to wrap the MoFo’s too! Back when I was a single mom, Santa used to vomit the prezzies underneath the tree on Christmas Eve, and let the children duke it out amongst themselves for the ‘best’ toy. But NO MORE!!! We now have to wrap them! And label them! Gah!!!
What has helped me these past two years is doing my Christmas shopping online. Not having to drive in god-awful traffic and schlepping through the mall and other stores has kept me in a fairly good mood this year. Oh, and i don’t decorate because I have three cats and they would mangle the tree and break all my other stuff.
Christmas isn’t my big holiday anyway. Halloween is. My office-mates are all wondering, given the spectacular nature of my Halloween decorations, when I’m going to decorate for Christmas. How about never? How’s never for you?
My entire Christmas routine is thrown off this year anyway. Normally I’m picking up little gifts throughout the year and maybe have to pick up one or two more things around now but I’m always done with shopping well before December. Usually around July. This year, having been out of work for several months, I was unable to do any of that so I pretty much have no gifts for anyone (except for stuff I bought for last year and forgot to wrap). I have the day off work Friday and will do all my shopping then, hoping against hope that wandering around a mall I’ll spot something to get for my parents (who offered no suggestions for gift ideas again this year beyond “take us out to dinner at a nice restaurant” and that’s kind of hard to fit under the tree) and my brother (who I see twice a year if that and have no idea what’s going on in his life and who also has offered no suggestions). I have an Amazon wish list but I told my parents what I really want for Christmas is for someone to make my car payments for a few months (which I’m getting, hooray). Thank god not one but two of my friends have picked up new hobbies in the last few months so I can get them stuff relating to those.
