Oh Christmas Time, Give me a Break.
Money, stress, and family fights, those are sincerely what comes to mind when Christmas music starts playing after Halloween. As a child you love it, until you find out that you were that dick that went around and made the kids of liberal athiest parents believe in Santa only to be dismayed when he never came. Now, you see behind the lights and presents. We're not buying people presents because we love them, we're buying out of obligation. Let's just add in the factor that those we're in a recession and parents still feel obliged to give their children the "American Dream" Christmas. It all just a giant stress ball that continues to unravel as the season progresses; and despite a rise in donations and volunteering people seem to become bigger assholes than usual.
I know this rant has been heard before, but I truly mean it. There are parts that I love, but they mostly reside in distorted family traditions where I thought we were happy, and realizing how destorted they are makes me resent them. Since I started working I found the greatest pleasure in finding things that truly meant something to someone, because of all this damn commercialization you can't just skip Christmas until you have a family of your own. Even then you'd be known as the scrooge of your neighborhood and family and family members would make sure your kids participated. However, I don't want to eliminate the season, I just don't want to be disguisted by it. But, I don't know how to not be disguisted anymore other than throwing myself into prayer and trying to get more out of Church.
I don't know, any suggestions for the Scrooge other than drinking?
I know this rant has been heard before, but I truly mean it. There are parts that I love, but they mostly reside in distorted family traditions where I thought we were happy, and realizing how destorted they are makes me resent them. Since I started working I found the greatest pleasure in finding things that truly meant something to someone, because of all this damn commercialization you can't just skip Christmas until you have a family of your own. Even then you'd be known as the scrooge of your neighborhood and family and family members would make sure your kids participated. However, I don't want to eliminate the season, I just don't want to be disguisted by it. But, I don't know how to not be disguisted anymore other than throwing myself into prayer and trying to get more out of Church.
I don't know, any suggestions for the Scrooge other than drinking?