Christmas and New Year’s is just around the corner and I have yet to be in the holiday “spirit”.
Is it just me or did the gift selections in stores were far weaker than they have been in the past?
I think part of my lack of spirit has to do with the fact that I had to settle for “generic” gifts to give those on my list this year.
Which saddens me greatly.
Normally I take a lot of time and planning when it comes to gift giving. But this year I planned and had great ideas, but when I went out into the stores, I couldn’t find anything that remotely came close to the gifts I had in mind for my friends and family. And to top it all off, I spent three times as much on the substandard gifts. Not because I wanted to make up for the lack of thoughtfulness, but because the stores weren’t giving their usual “it is ten days until Christmas and we want the inventory gone so let’s put everything at 50-75% off” type of sales.
Hell, even the hot chocolate mixes were still $5.00 for a single serving.
Sorry for the tangent.
Another part of my holiday humbug is that for the first time in my thirty-one years of breathing, I’m in a relationship during a “major” holiday….and I can’t spend any of it with B.
Then add in my missing family members that died around the holidays and always having to work….well, you get the idea.
But there is a slight upside to all of this.
For the first time in four years, I will be celebrating Christmas with my family around the actual holiday (I have off the Thursday and Friday before the 24th).
Normally, my family and I would have to settle celebrating Christmas either a month before the actual holiday or three to four months AFTER.
I hope that everyone has a great Holiday Season that is safe, loving, warm and filled with many great and wonderful things.
Take care everyone.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
