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<blockquote data-quote="muttmeister" data-source="post: 222013" data-attributes="member: 135"><p>I always loved Christmas until my kids came along and then I stressed myself out trying to make a "perfect" holiday for imperfect people. So I quit. Now I do what I want to do. I still enjoy decorating the outside of my house the last warm days of November (I don't turn the lights on till after Thanksgiving). I enjoy putting up the tree and decorating the inside of the house. I enjoy writing the cards and, even more, receiving them. Some people complain about getting other people's Christmas letters: I love Christmas letters. Even if they are the braggy kind, it lets me catch up on old friends that I see too seldom. I start buying presents for the next year on December 26. I helps with the financing and gives me pleasure all year. I set aside one day to wrap them all; I put on Christmas music and have a little party with just me, my dogs, and my wrapping paper. I love the Christmas parties. If there are toxic people there, I just go talk to somebody else. I love the Christmas baking. I do it all in a couple of days, and I ESPECIALLY like the eating. I love to entertain so I have lots of people in. I've learned to do it the easy way; if anything takes last minute preparation, I don't do it. I even like the un-decorating because, while it looks beautiful when you put it up, it looks so clean and orderly when you take it down. </p><p>The only thing I really hate is all of the rude people in the stores so I try not to go in anything but a grocery store between Thanksgiving and Christmas.</p><p>I think one reason we get so disgusted with the holidays is hat we are trying to fulfill OTHER PEOPLE'S ideas of what we are supposed to do. Do what works for you. Don't do the part that doesn't work. Avoid toxic people. If they are in you family, or your office, just smile and walk away. The older I get, the less I let stuff bother me. If people don't like the way I celebrate the holidays, I'm perfectly fine with them celebrating with somebody else, and I have told a few of them exactly that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muttmeister, post: 222013, member: 135"] I always loved Christmas until my kids came along and then I stressed myself out trying to make a "perfect" holiday for imperfect people. So I quit. Now I do what I want to do. I still enjoy decorating the outside of my house the last warm days of November (I don't turn the lights on till after Thanksgiving). I enjoy putting up the tree and decorating the inside of the house. I enjoy writing the cards and, even more, receiving them. Some people complain about getting other people's Christmas letters: I love Christmas letters. Even if they are the braggy kind, it lets me catch up on old friends that I see too seldom. I start buying presents for the next year on December 26. I helps with the financing and gives me pleasure all year. I set aside one day to wrap them all; I put on Christmas music and have a little party with just me, my dogs, and my wrapping paper. I love the Christmas parties. If there are toxic people there, I just go talk to somebody else. I love the Christmas baking. I do it all in a couple of days, and I ESPECIALLY like the eating. I love to entertain so I have lots of people in. I've learned to do it the easy way; if anything takes last minute preparation, I don't do it. I even like the un-decorating because, while it looks beautiful when you put it up, it looks so clean and orderly when you take it down. The only thing I really hate is all of the rude people in the stores so I try not to go in anything but a grocery store between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I think one reason we get so disgusted with the holidays is hat we are trying to fulfill OTHER PEOPLE'S ideas of what we are supposed to do. Do what works for you. Don't do the part that doesn't work. Avoid toxic people. If they are in you family, or your office, just smile and walk away. The older I get, the less I let stuff bother me. If people don't like the way I celebrate the holidays, I'm perfectly fine with them celebrating with somebody else, and I have told a few of them exactly that. [/QUOTE]
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