The fact that every Christmas wish is preceded by a cheery adjective (MERRY Christmas, HAPPY Holidays, Have a GREAT New Year) and is often directed at me from such insincere sources as telemarketers and Kohl's cashiers makes me decidedly UNfestive.
This year I've avoided the overload of Christmas carols (a sure way make me surly) as I no longer work in retail and I've invested in XM (now Sirius) radio and my new shiny, radioactive-banana-yellow Ipod but the whole I can't help but express my opinion that this holiday rings of falseness and stinks of consumerism. All the things I enjoy about Christmas (see list below) are in short-stock this year. I'm working overtime to pay bills and afford presents, robbing me of cookie/family time and as for the kisses, see enormous, untimely cold sore...
1. Family
2. Making cookies/mess in the kitchen
3. Shopping for people I love
4. Mistletoe kisses
5. Christmas smells (probably fits with #2)
6. Seeing Lo get all excited about her presents
I was involved in a car accident on the coldest day of the eon and my poor BFF is pretty down about the loss of her car. Basic rule of thumb in my life: when Megan is down, it affects my mood as well. Blah.
Also, I just found out a friend's dad died a few days ago, he couldn't have been more than 55. Although he has been in poorish health since I've known her and I found him to be wholly unlikable, I've been caught up in a gauntlet of morbid thoughts. Thoughts that cannot be shared because although I consider myself a somewhat-educated modern woman, I do have irrational superstitions about "saying" these macabre what-if's
aloud.
Can't we just go the more heartfelt and realistic route of wishing someone an OK Christmas? Why does it have to be so FANmuthafuckinTASTIC, because Hallmark says so? Bah Humbug.
Yikes, this post sure is whiny. Lo siento for bringing the holiday cheer down 20 notches, I'm sure life will be peachy once I go hang out with Lo!
Have a jolly, merry, fun, exciting, relaxing, edible, happy Christmas ya'll.
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The Grinch (that being me) is officially attempting to be happy happy joy joy-ful this year. I've written a handy list of how to achieve this on my own blog.
I think it's just fine to feel however you want to feel about Christmas and wishing me an OK Christmas is in fact, much nicer than what that lady who cut me off in traffic the other day wished me with both fingers flying.
An okay Christmas just becomes problematic on the Christmas Carol front.
We wish you an okay Christmas
We wish you an okay Christmas
We wish you an okay Christmas
And a mediocre New Year!
On second thought I think that might have a certain ring to it.
Love ya Babe! Give Lo an extra squeeze on those deliciously chubby cheeks from me. And when she's not looking (or when she IS looking - you decide) give Tee's Mom the same double barreled greeting the aforementioned traffic lady gave me.
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