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Holiday Season

Posted: Nov 28, 2009

I get so resentful around this time of the year. All the expectations! It makes it hard to enjoy it. Feeling like everything has to be perfect. This year, I am so broke I'm not going to be able to have one of those "perfect" Christmases. And I resent that. Gosh, I wish it could just be another day!!!!

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its sad... - how the holidays are now.

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It used to be that the holidays were all about family togetherness and happy times spent with loved ones. Now the holidays have become so commercial that so few enjoy the times anymore. With the pressure to spend money you don't have and the expectation of gifts, where is the joy. My family gets so stressed this time of year, worrying that someone wont like their present, that someone will get drunk and start fighting. Its so much drama. It makes me thankful that I don't celebrate the holidays. I can be stress free this time of year.

Holiday season for me this year - Lynn

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First of all have no small children to buy for. Every year some older hubby's side family members get together for dinner and chatting. I have bought much, much in the past. No so this year. Have told hubby probably will not join in this year. My daughter and I are planning a nice day catching up on some television shows she says she wants me to see, getting all the past shows so we will enjoy that way. Oh, 1 thing I am doing is buying some Christmas for some needy families. I am their secret Santa this year and so far I have gotten together Christmas for 2 families, 1 family has 4 children and the other family has 6!! That will bring enjoyment to me, reaching out to others.

Good for you! I do same but for dogs. - Vikefan

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I hear ya. It's like birthdays. I worked for a large practice with 18 women in one office and we all bought gifts for each other. At one point, I said, if you must buy something, please get me dog treats, toys, food, etc. so I can give it to the pug rescue I volunteer for. I really couldn't think of anything I needed or wanted more than to see abused/abandoned/neglected animals get something extra around the holidays.

It is time that people contemplate what Christmas...sm - JMO

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is really about: It is not about giving and receiving expensive gifts, stuffing oneself with Christmas food, getting drunk, etc....
Maybe this recession will bring people to rethink what it is all about, becoming humble and frugal again, and appreciate the value of small things and enjoying tukens that are not so expensive, as it is the thought that counts.
Merry Christmas!

I do not understand your post - L

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Not trying to be ugly or anything but just do not know what a tuken is. Is that a gift?

i think she meant token... - js

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I agree that people should contemplate what Christmas is all about and consider why they are celebrating it in the first place. For most, it is tradition and something they have grown up doing. Look into the origins of Christmas and see whether it is worth celebrating at all.

thanks, js, yes, I meant 'token,' was a typo....nm - JMO

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nm

At my house - We have never made a big deal

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I got one of the girls some stuff to paint and decorate for small gifts for people on her list. She did a nice job and enjoyed it.

I was hoping to give $100 to each of the kids, but right now I am not sure if that can happen with work so slow. I'll be putting in extra time the next 3 weeks so that I can do this because they are all young and starting out, don't have much and that $100 is very handy for each of them.

I don't shop, I don't buy, I don't have time to make the usual things I do (I sew things) and there it is. Oh well.

Can we just skip December altogether - seems like a simple solution

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I don't celebrate. It's not for any religious aspects as I honor the Lord all the time throughout the year.

It's because it's just so freakin depressing. I hate, hate, hate this time of year. I have been away from home for 30 years and I still get depressed not to be with family, and when I'm back with family I'm depressed I'm not with husband's family, and when we're not with either family I'm depressed. In fact I just realized tomorrow is December 1st and I'm already getting depressed. I only buy for dad and his girlfriend/wife and MIL (through catalog so we don't have to go to the store). Nieces and nephews get money and gift cards. But nobody celebrates for the spiritual aspect. It's buy buy buy. I absolutely hate getting gifts from dad because it's depressing to open them here by ourselves (we don't open on Xmas eve or day, I open right away so I'm not reminded of the day,and I work on the day so I can forget its that day. I hate going to stores now because at our WalMart they started setting up Xmas right around Halloween time. It's depressing so I don't go to the store unless I have to. And on top of being depressed about the holidays, I can't run my feelings off of DH as he doesn't feel the same way and once told me not to feel that way, and was mad at me for feeling that way once, so I just don't talk to him about it. It's just another day to him (he'd be fine never seeing his family again, so it doesn't bother him).

The only thing I like about Xmas is the lights and Xmas music (the old kind from the 60s and 70s I grew up with). The rest of it they can have it.

I'd love nothing better than for our calendar to go from Nov 27th to January 1st because the rest of the year is just a waste and stress for most people.

Okay, think I better go take a Zoloft. :-)

You said it, take that Zoloft - L

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There is no reason to hate the season (see I made a rhyme there). You are really suffering from the Debbie Downer syndrome, aren't you? I am not buying as much as I have in the past for family but what I am doing is trying to lessen the load of others who might not can afford for their small children. I had a lot and I mean a lot of ham left over from Thanksgiving. My daughter thought more people coming to dinner and bought a huge one. I found a family that was asking for food on Craig's and I made use of the ham and even took a few other things other like potatoes, dried beans, milk, bread and a few other things for the family. I get much, much more out of doing for others and this time of the year for the small ones. Pay it forward. Get out of that funk you are in.

I like your post - seems like a simple solution

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Truth be known I don't have any Zoloft :-), but a good bottle of red wine works as well too.

I liked your post. You seem like someone who knows the true meaning of the holiday. I do like the lights and music (the music is very uplifting). It's just always missing family and no, there is nothing I can do about that (no time to be able to take off, cost to travel, flu epidemic going around just factors out of my control, but that's okay and I understand it), but it still gets me down. I just never have liked Xmas much and when I hear about so many families out of work, not knowing how they will make ends meet, I just think its such a waste.

I have donated to feed a family in our town, two indian reservations, and a childrens charity, so that's about all I can do.

Maybe I'll go listen to xmas music and drink that bottle of wine to get me out of this "funk". LOL - you did make me smile and I thank you for that.

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