Christmas Music already?
Sheesh, the local radio station has already started their 24 hours a day Christmas msuic...the weekend before thanksgiving! It's getting a little ridiculous...we'll start hearing Jingle Bells in August pretty soon. Kevin put up our Christmas icicle light on the house 2 weeks ago, but we had a good reason - it was warm then!
Why the rush, I wonder? It's not that peope really enjoy the Christmas season. I mean, ask anyone and they will moan and groan about having to shop shop shop, decorate, visit people, have people visit them, attend too many get-togethers that fill up work nights, eat a lot and gain weight, etc. Then Christmas day it's usually a mad rush from one place to another, trying to fit everything in a day. Why do we torture ourselves during the season of giving?
I am agonizing what to buy for Christmas gifts - everything from my husband to a secret santa that I have never met and know very little about. Let's face it, most people are judged on what they give as gifts. that's so harsh, because even if I try my hardest there are always a couple gifts I get totally WRONG for people...usually can tell by their expression when they open the package.
Then to top off the season, there are the required holiday concerts - the high-level stressful one that I have to put on, and then the others I have to go to. Let's add on all the artwork I have to do for Christmas gifts people iordered (but I am not really complaining because I desparately need the money!). Top it all off with COOOOOLD weather, snow and ice, skies that turn dark by 5:30pm, and insane electric and gas heating bills. Merry Christmas!
But really, although tis the season to be stressful, it is nice to cozy up to the someone you love on a Christmas morning and wtch him open gifts that you spent time and agony over choosing! It's also nice to go out and meet up with friends and family that remind you of how precious life and those life connections really are. I guess that's what really matters.
