Impending Christmas
Christmas is a funny time of year, unhelped by all the idiotic street preachers who keep telling me that I'll enjoy the festive season more if I embrace the love of Jesus. No I won't! I'll just feel guilty that our ancient, Middle-eastern, Jewish ancestors executed some poor sod for suggesting we be nice to people.
I'm not religious in any way, but I'd like to think I can be spiritual, still Christmas is one I just can't get my head around. It inspires an odd combination of fear, melancholy, love and excitement for me. We've had so many fights at this time of year it's untrue - hence the fear and sadness. It's also the only time of the year when I have to see relatives that I otherwise desperately try to avoid. Plus we spend so much time and money preparing for one day only to wish it were all over. All seems quite pointless to me.
Equally the child in me adores Christmas, and it's nothing to do with presents. I like the fact that it's a day which can make people happy, remind them of what's really important and (in theory) bring people together. The fact that everything's all sparkly and shiny helps too :)
No real point to this post except to try to work out how I actually think about the holiday season, and in honesty, I really don't know.
I'm not religious in any way, but I'd like to think I can be spiritual, still Christmas is one I just can't get my head around. It inspires an odd combination of fear, melancholy, love and excitement for me. We've had so many fights at this time of year it's untrue - hence the fear and sadness. It's also the only time of the year when I have to see relatives that I otherwise desperately try to avoid. Plus we spend so much time and money preparing for one day only to wish it were all over. All seems quite pointless to me.
Equally the child in me adores Christmas, and it's nothing to do with presents. I like the fact that it's a day which can make people happy, remind them of what's really important and (in theory) bring people together. The fact that everything's all sparkly and shiny helps too :)
No real point to this post except to try to work out how I actually think about the holiday season, and in honesty, I really don't know.