We are all heading to the big gift day of the year... bah humbug for me.. I am not good at this... too commercial.. and the races seems to be who can spend the most .... when in fact the true meaning is of how to spend the least... a just do a kind thing for another.... which that is free of money... but people rarely seem to get that..
Don't know why I have always felt this way... I asked my brother about it.. and he said he felt the same.. yet neither one of us could come up with a reason why... We had the normal 1940's and 1950's parents. At first the tree didn't go up until we went to bed on Christmas Eve.. later as we aged.. it went up a week before and the day after New Years, it came down. We were not deprived of gifts. Although it kind of sucked for my brother... as his birthday was 2 days before Christmas... So my mother's solution was to have him pick out a present from under the tree.. for his birthday. Which did not seem like a big deal by either of us. Meaning I was not jealous he got to open one of his presents 2 days early.. and he wasn't disappointed with having one less present on Christmas. So why did we become bah humbug Christmas people. I don't know. I hated it for one reason.. kids go back to school after Christmas and show their friends.. what great things they got for Christmas presents... my kids got a replenish of school clothes and one or two toys.. But in all fairness, the kids never made us feel like we failed them in that department. so again. have not clue why I hate Christmas.. well , maybe hate is too strong of a word. but I do wish others a great day.. happy for them as they love it.. even have gave secret gifts thru the years to some who didn't have as much as we did.. which we didn't have much.. We, more or less, had enough.. enough food, enough clothes.. a home that was warm and love for each other.
but the part that sucks is. for some reason.. I have developed a throat cold. meaning sore throat, and lousey voice box... Not feeling to perky either... This morning I let the dog out about 6am .. the King has gone down to his favorite mom and pop restaurant at 5am.. to be with his croneys.. and my thoughts after the dog came back in.. bed just sounded like a better place to be... so went back .. until 7:30am ..then knew duty was going to be calling... the things to do for the day.. so dragged myself out of bed.
So I wish you all a happy holidays (yes I say holidays instead of listing each one at a time) with your family.. Hopefully life has been good to you.. to have lots of good family vibes....
