I wasn’t going to talk about this, I really wasn’t. I made some excuses like it was too early, or I’m too busy right now. Things will change; I’ll take final exams and a trip will have come and gone and everything will take a nice, deep breath. It will be easier. But, my lands! It is just not possible!
I am not at all in the Christmas spirit. Nope, not at all. I cannot see it or find it and most days this week, I can’t even be bothered to look for it. I don’t want to hang one light or bake one cookie and the shopping? Oh my heck, do not get me started on the shopping. Five minutes ago I got off the phone with my mother rather abruptly because I just came right out and said “this damn family needs to start drawing friggin’ names.” Yeah, I don’t think she appreciated that. Mostly because she’s already shopped in every ever-lovin’ store in the West. And bought something perfect for everyone, and all “on sale” and “under budget.” Well way to go, Ms. Christmas.
I, on the other hand, have ordered online, and barely that. I really don’t know what my problem is. Maybe it’s “hormones” like some very thoughtful person decided to suggest to me a couple days ago when I expressed my desire to marry a man that wants to be a good father. And expressed it “ON THE INTERNET”, nonetheless. I clearly missed tenth grade biology and therefore don’t understand that feelings are nothing more than a “phase.” Obviously I just need to have a drink and get over it. (Okay, well there might be a point there. Might!)
Really, though, think it might just be The Busy that’s getting to me. I mean, sheesh, I haven’t taken a final exam in like seventy years and what if they’ve changed it? Then there’s this half marathon I’d like to get me and my sister through this weekend, alive; and I’ll be kicked-in-the-head, I’m nervous about that, too. Today I told her my best advice at this point is to just make sure she remembers to poop beforehand. Super Coach! Obviously Christmas is not the only place around which I’m lacking spirit.
[Sidebar: While typing this I heard a really loud noise and the floor of my house started to rumble. Like an earthquake. Is there a big truck coming down the street? Is someone running a snowblower? (It did not snow today.) Maybe it's thunder? (What?) Oh no, kids, not even close. It was the washing machine, spinning an off-balance load. DOMESTIC GODDESS!]
So I hope everyone who celebrates the upcoming holidays just keeps on keeping on because I’m over here not helping your cause… at all.
I think there’s a possibility that I’m not alone here. Is anyone else just not into all of it yet? I could use some encouragement. Or, you know, some company here in Grinchville.
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Christmas? It isn’t even December yet. We don’t think about Christmas until the December birthdays are out of the way. We’ve really scaled back over the years, because we realize that we have everything we need, and most of what we want. I’ll do a little internet shopping a couple weeks before Christmas, and take a run through Target a few days before Christmas, and it will all be over. As for cookies, my kids have a saying: “just like Mommy used to buy”.
We will get together on Christmas Eve, play games, eat a lot of food, drink a lot of rum, watch a movie, exchange gifts and laugh until we hurt. A week later we might not remember what we got, but we will remember that we had a great time.
So relax, if I go shopping before the 20th, I’ll be ahead of schedule. If you go before he 20th, you’ll be ahead of me!
i could say i am in the same boat…i’m just too damn busy to get into the spirit. it feels rushed and i am sick and i have too much work! i don’t even know when i will get a tree or decorate let alone how i will afford gifts.
i did buy some holiday cards. we’ll see if they get out at all.
so…you’re not alone!
I’m in your boat. Kinda feeling stressed and grouchy about decorations and shopping and all. I want my extended family to quit with the gift buying, pool the money and sponsor a family, but they won’t do it. My mini-rebellion was to ask for a set of baby dolls for Christmas – to be donated to the preschool. For heaven’s sake, I don’t need anything and at least this way a lot of children will get to play with them.
My family drew names for the longest time but now that we’ve got 6 little ones in the family, we’ve decided that the gift purchasing should only be for them. It’s all good … I’ll just use whatever money I’d have spent on the family and buy something for myself instead!
Hey I’m a Grinch too! Everyone wants to listen to x-mas music at work and I’m so against it.
Plus, I think it is normal to want to find a good father.
And, as far as the half marathon goes – no worries it is just one foot in front on the other.
Lastly best of luck on the exam.
Clearly you need to come here and we can share a drink and bitch about [a lack of] quality men and nasty readers.
Then I’ll show you the loveliness of the pink sparkly tree – if that doesn’t put you in the holiday spirit, nothing will.
I so totally am in the same boat with you, my friend. Just not feeling it so much this year. I too, bought some holiday cards, but making them out last night felt like such a chore. And I hate that it felt like that. Thanksgiving is my holiday, and now that it’s over, I just can’t get pumped about Christmas. I have played some tunes for the holiday, watched the tree lighting last night, and that was all… okay, but something just isn’t clicking yet. Maybe once December hits it’ll feel more… real? Or when we get some snow? This 60 degree weather, it still being Novemeber, me not doing a spec of shopping yet… it all is a bad combo for the holiday spirit.
Sorry I just wrote a short story.
well bah-humbug ms. grinch. make it through the weekend and exams and then you’ll have something to celebrate.
I’ll qualify this first by saying, well, I do have my tree and lights up, tree, well, because it needed to go up to help with the lights, but I actually love the lights cause I love watching TV in the evening by the glow of the lights, and it’s not appropriate to put them up till after Thanksgiving, so they are back up, but the rest…not so much. My house may be decorated and therefore seem to show that I’m “in the spirt”…I’m so NOT. I was at the Mall of America last week (hate the place but braved it to get a nice hostess, not Christmas, gift for my friend that I’m visiting this weekend) and the Salvation Army bell ringers were out and both were sooo into the spirt I wanted to actually smack them. Yes, you read that right, smack the bell ringer. I’m just not there. I don’t want to shop, I don’t want to deal with anything Christmasy…other than liking my lights and wishing I could have them up year round (and I leave them up well into January!) without seeming weird, I am just not there. I hate that we are shoved into Christmas earlier and earlier every year and I hate that it’s so commerical…and this year I’m not even working retail over it, talk about pushing you OUT of the spirit, work retail at the holidays!!
“this damn family needs to start drawing friggin’ names”
Thankfully The Wifey and my sis finally got the same message across to my family this year.
Well, start singing O Internet, O Internet, you make my life easier.
Christamas shopping could be an ardous and painful task,
finding a parking space, trapped behind the slow moving yet loud crowd etc,
I am not so ready for it. I know am a slacker when it comes to shopping;).
I shop two hrs. before they close on 24th.
I am soooooo not into it. Christmas songs and decorations before Dec 1 should be rationale for homicide in my opinion.
Um, yes. I am soooo with you on this. I think I could give the Grinch a run for his money. And I’ve been working on it, really working. I bought the Josh Groban Christmas CD, I’ve been making Christmas cards…. but honestly, I feel more like I want to celebrate Valentines Day than Christmas. And as a single girl, you can imagine how much I don’t want to celebrate Valentines Day. Oy. Fingers crossed this feeling passes. For the both of us.
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