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How do you feel about the holidays? Love, hate, apathy?
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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 642172" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>I've been thinking about what everyone has said and although I totally agree about the greed and the stress that surround the holidays..................<em>I still LOVE Christmas.</em> </p><p></p><p>For me, it brings out the child in me, the excitement of thinking about and then witnessing the smiles and joy that those I love have on their faces when they open their gifts. That excitement stays with me from the beginning of the season right up to Christmas morning. I can hardly contain myself! I love having the family and my friends over, for me it is a time to be grateful and to recognize all the love that surrounds me. </p><p></p><p>I love the smell of the tree, the lights, the candles, the food, I even like the shopping. In the last few years I've done a lot of shopping on line which is great, you click and it arrives a few days later! My experience is that most of the folks I run into are in a happy place. I don't participate in Black Friday or go to any huge stores where I think the element of scary greed exists, I tend to shop in smaller local shops. I live in a smaller town where there are wonderful shops and I like to give them the business.</p><p></p><p>I love Christmas morning, even though it's now only my husband and granddaughter and I...............in our PJ's, sipping hot chocolate or tea or coffee, listening to Christmas music, a fire going, (or at times the YULE LOG ON TV) eventually getting around to some special breakfast. Then cooking and waiting for my guests to arrive. Even when my daughter was in the bad throes of gfgdom, we held a cease fire for the holidays and we all managed to have a good time. Two years ago, we had spontaneous surprise guests really early on Christmas morning, before we were even dressed and the whole day got completely altered as to who was coming who wasn't, and because we all just let go of how it was "supposed to be" and enjoyed how it was, it ended up being a spectacular time for all of us. Now I don't go in with expectations, I seem to be able to just "show up" and see how it all turns out. It's a lot less stress that way.</p><p></p><p> I still feel the magic of it all, the same magic I felt as a kid when I thought Santa was coming. I watch all the hokey old movies, we hang lights, we decorate the house, it all brings me a lot of joy. </p><p></p><p>I guess I am a cockeyed optimist in many ways. I'm looking forward to next Wednesday and Thursday.............still waiting for Santa to arrive.................<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/beautifulthing.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":beautifulthing:" title="beautiful thing :beautifulthing:" data-shortname=":beautifulthing:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/beautifulthing.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":beautifulthing:" title="beautiful thing :beautifulthing:" data-shortname=":beautifulthing:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/11-24f.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":mistletoe:" title="mistletoe :mistletoe:" data-shortname=":mistletoe:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 642172, member: 13542"] I've been thinking about what everyone has said and although I totally agree about the greed and the stress that surround the holidays..................[I]I still LOVE Christmas.[/I] For me, it brings out the child in me, the excitement of thinking about and then witnessing the smiles and joy that those I love have on their faces when they open their gifts. That excitement stays with me from the beginning of the season right up to Christmas morning. I can hardly contain myself! I love having the family and my friends over, for me it is a time to be grateful and to recognize all the love that surrounds me. I love the smell of the tree, the lights, the candles, the food, I even like the shopping. In the last few years I've done a lot of shopping on line which is great, you click and it arrives a few days later! My experience is that most of the folks I run into are in a happy place. I don't participate in Black Friday or go to any huge stores where I think the element of scary greed exists, I tend to shop in smaller local shops. I live in a smaller town where there are wonderful shops and I like to give them the business. I love Christmas morning, even though it's now only my husband and granddaughter and I...............in our PJ's, sipping hot chocolate or tea or coffee, listening to Christmas music, a fire going, (or at times the YULE LOG ON TV) eventually getting around to some special breakfast. Then cooking and waiting for my guests to arrive. Even when my daughter was in the bad throes of gfgdom, we held a cease fire for the holidays and we all managed to have a good time. Two years ago, we had spontaneous surprise guests really early on Christmas morning, before we were even dressed and the whole day got completely altered as to who was coming who wasn't, and because we all just let go of how it was "supposed to be" and enjoyed how it was, it ended up being a spectacular time for all of us. Now I don't go in with expectations, I seem to be able to just "show up" and see how it all turns out. It's a lot less stress that way. I still feel the magic of it all, the same magic I felt as a kid when I thought Santa was coming. I watch all the hokey old movies, we hang lights, we decorate the house, it all brings me a lot of joy. I guess I am a cockeyed optimist in many ways. I'm looking forward to next Wednesday and Thursday.............still waiting for Santa to arrive.................:beautifulthing::beautifulthing::11-24f: [/QUOTE]
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