Okay, I gotta stand back and address something. I'm not going to say that this is gonna apply to everyone, or even most people. I do know that it applies to at least 2 and that's enough. Why is it not feeling very jolly? Why isn't there mass amounts of cheer circling about the people? Why is Christmas seeming not like Christmas at all!
To me, there has always been some kind of element that makes Christmas what it is:
- Family getting together and having fun
- A well lit tree decorated as a family with cookies and milk
- Snow outside
- Gifts under the tree (call me commercial, go 'head!)
- Shopping for the gifts
- Deciding what to buy for everyone
- Being excited at the expected surprise and joy of seeing gifts
- Christmas music on the radio and at the job
- Friends and family participating the whole time.
I guess to me its the being around people with the no pressure fun that sets the tone for me. This year, there's been death, economic hardship, severed friendships and torn relationships. What once was a great holiday hasn't even began to come together for me. I don't know what to do!
It's Wednesday, December 17Th, 2008, and I haven't began to shop. I've had wonderful ideas but no money to make them happen. Not down about it, just disappointed. I'm usually done by November. But the last two years have been poor shopping habits. SIGH I'm going to go shopping today. Everything has to be purchased by this coming Friday night or Saturday afternoon or it won't be bought till after the holiday. I don't shop the week of Christmas. WONT HAPPEN!
I have to do something to save my Christmas, I just have to! I'm not even having my annual Christmas Party! Work has me working Friday and Saturday evenings. I heard rumor that my brother that I'm very short-patiented with is coming up. Some know him as "smoothie" (opposite of fuzzy, lol). I have most of a mind to disappear! I don't wanna deal with them! Meaning dealing with his wife. They're all "out there"! I might see what my pastor is doing and hang with him and his family. Maybe I will treat myself to a hotel room and just sleep all day in peace and quiet!
I gotta save my Christmas!!! Somebody HELP!!! THIS IS AN OFFICIAL SOS!!!
12 thoughts:
CODE RED & GREEN!!! I'll bring the tinsel and christmas tunes. Somebody bring the tree.
It's not a good time for anyone right now unfortunately. Maybe it's a sign the end of days is near. IDK
WHERE IS THE DAMN TREE???
I know how you feel buddy...last year I was all about celebration and making sure that my friends and family had a GREAT time...this year I can't get in the mood I guess too many things going on around us...
Hey Fuzzy, I posted the rules of the contest in my blog, have enough time to write something. Hope all is well...
With the economy right now, of course Christmas won't feel the same, it's like taking a kid's toy or candy away from him, lol
i'm a mother and i haven't even gone shopping for my children or put up the white christmas tree! lol
i had decided that i wasn't going to do christmas this year but today i told myself when i pick up my babies from daycare we are headed to Target!!!!
i would invite you to escape with me but there are just to many miles between us.
*sad face*
I feel u on this one...we spoke already bout this so im not gonna repest stuff...but fa la la la la and jingle some damn bells anyway
You're not the only one, this is a tough time for everyone this year thanks the the bad economy. I need to do some shopping as well, most likely this weekend. I think a good foot of snow would put us all in the spirit lol.
PLEASE I don't want to sound like an asshole, my goodness what the hell is wrong with you people!? Sean Stone has it right, this is a CODE RED & GREEN! (lol I like that by the way.)
I KNOW times are hard and I'm sure it's harder for some than others. However this when that inherited unyeilding determination and survivor instincts passed down from our ancestors who survived the trans-Atlantic crossing kick in to overdrive.
Fuzzy sweetie, you almost got it right. Although family is and should be an important element of xmas it's not the determining factor. That job belongs to YOU. The xmas "spirit" is not something you can "catch," it's already IN you...hell frankly speaking it IS you. If you aren't "feeling" it, then you haven't tapped into yourself and heart to find it yet. When you have found it, it's like a coat you wear and when everyone sees you wearing it they find theirs and wear it too. Hence the idea you reap what you sow. And if you think about that line we only sow seeds but can reap bushells of crops. Therefore, you don't have to do ALOT to receive an abundance. Like you holiday party, it don't have to be grand. maybe those few key people in your life have a slumber party. u just hang out til yall fall out. Start putting out a little xmas cheer/spirit and I can almost guarantee that your cup will "runneth over."
Sexyluv, girl for a minute I thought I was going to have to come looking for you to give you a beat down. I don't know how old your babies are but unless they are atleast 18 and can make their own Christmas, you certainly can't deny them of it. No matter how hard u struggle through to make it work between now and Xmas Eve, you will SEE the xmas spirit on the faces of your children. Maybe the only exception to that rule is if kids are under 3 years old. You might can "fudge" xmas then, but you still can't skip it all together. Email me some details and I'll see if Santa may accidently leave some gifts at my house that I'll have to send you.
Yall xmas is not about the weather, the time of year, a season or even a religiously contribed holiday. IT IS about the JOY you carry in your heart and soul. All day. Everyday. It's just that tradition and society has just conditioned us all to consciously express and share that joy with others at this time of year by calling it "the Christmas spirit." Get in to it.
Gayte, I aint forgot about you, since you aint in the mood either then this all applies to you too.
Lyrically Speaking...I don't know if you are a humbugger too, but if u feel someone took your candy/toy...then screw them and go get another. =) (sorry was kinda on a roll.)
If I sounded harsh, then in the interest of friendship I apologize. But not really, think of it more as a friend who is INCONVENIENCING YOU for your own GOOD.
YOUR CHRISTMAS WILL BE and can ONLY be SAVED by you - Change your mindset about it and the rest will fall into place.
IT IS MY SINCEREST HOPE/WISH/PRAYER, THAT THIS WILL HELP PUSH YOU DOWN THAT PATH!
LOL. It took me so long to write that comment that Jerzey and Keith commented before I finished. Well, fellas it sound like yall are humbuggin' too, so the the message applies to you as well.
I'm not excited about Christmas either..... I guess because it will be the first Christmas not back at home & the fact I'm broke aint helping my mood either. Lol.
I didn't buy a thing. I told my family to not buy me anything and I won't buy them anything.
I'm just not in the mood this year. I have a decoration on my door and that is good enough for me.
I feel your pain Fuzzy. For Christmas Eve, I plan to get a big bottle of Vodka and get lit with martinis and lemon drops.
Fuzzy amour you have already saved Noel with your pst. There still is I see a reason to celebrate. Thanx
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