Christmas Sucks

Dec
08
2008

Image by Gerry Slabaugh via FlickrDo I do this every year? I’m pretty sure I do. A few weeks before Christmas, I get frustrated with the whole thing. I grouch and grinch and humbug and swear that next year I’m just going to pretend Christmas doesn’t exist. And every year I mean it this time.

But once I get finished with the holiday party and the company “season’s greetings” cards, and the tree is up and the lights are untwisted, I start not minding Christmas so much again. It’s really not so bad, is it? Who doesn’t like lots of food and sparkly decorations and presents, right?

Someone please remind me of that this week when I get out the Christmas village set and spend three hours covering the cords with fake snow only to have the dog wag her tail and blow it all across the room, ok?

Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

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Anonymous

Here's a gentle reminder to be happy and thankful about Christmas.
It sounds like you're having the typical middle-American perspective on Christmas. Maybe you could cut to the chase. My little friend who's 8 had brain surgery yesterday b/c he can't be a "normal kid" b/c he has tuberous sclerosis. Today, my adult friend is having brain surgery due to a head injury he got being a police officer. My friend in Baton Rouge is lying in the hospital as we speak with two choices: chemo or hospice. Be thankful. Many people will celebrate their last Christmas this year or they won't even make it to this one. Have you ever been to a foreign country? When I went to Thailand, there were villages without electricity or running water - no need for a Christmas village with extension cords there. It may help your outlook if you can to keep the main thing the main thing. Luke chapter 2. Be thankful for the baby in the manger, that's all that will matter when we're left with nothing, not money, not wealth, not health. Merry Christmas. A friend of fan

Beth Caudill

One year while we dated, my husband had his tree up until April. He was too lazy to take it down and hey it wasn't my house. I offered to help but it was up to him to start the process.

I still haven't gotten to cards. Uggg. Do I have to do them?