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My hissy fit (or "Christmas is over")
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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 110406" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Thank goodness it's over. It is like a 100 pound weight lifted from my shoulders. I'm going to take time over the next few months to find a suitable way to replace the annual Christmas plague we have been celebrating. Since there aren't any ornaments or decorations left in the house chances are slim to none that I will try to convince myself that a traditional Christmas at home is for me. </p><p></p><p>I have a romantic image in my head that instead of being home at Christmas we will be floating down the Nile on a barge or poking around Beijing where no one else will be celebrating either, or at least won't mind if we don't participate. Christmas is such a hurtful time for so many people. I know that being aware of what my family has been up to for the past 9 years would have upset me no matter what time of year I had learned about it. It was the double-whammy of it all happening around Christmas that really made it so hard. </p><p></p><p>No more unrealistic Christmas expectations for me. I won't say "Bah-Humbug", but for me I think it's best if it's either all about something other than Christmas, like traveling to a new place, or just another day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 110406, member: 99"] Thank goodness it's over. It is like a 100 pound weight lifted from my shoulders. I'm going to take time over the next few months to find a suitable way to replace the annual Christmas plague we have been celebrating. Since there aren't any ornaments or decorations left in the house chances are slim to none that I will try to convince myself that a traditional Christmas at home is for me. I have a romantic image in my head that instead of being home at Christmas we will be floating down the Nile on a barge or poking around Beijing where no one else will be celebrating either, or at least won't mind if we don't participate. Christmas is such a hurtful time for so many people. I know that being aware of what my family has been up to for the past 9 years would have upset me no matter what time of year I had learned about it. It was the double-whammy of it all happening around Christmas that really made it so hard. No more unrealistic Christmas expectations for me. I won't say "Bah-Humbug", but for me I think it's best if it's either all about something other than Christmas, like traveling to a new place, or just another day. [/QUOTE]
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