mountainsoft
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Hi, I'm mountainsoft, and I'm a Christmas Scrooge. I start feeling tense sometime before Thanksgiving and it doesn't let up till a few days after Christmas. I'm just not excited about all the stuff that comes with Christmas. I've already done Christmas 55 times and I guess I'm just bored with it. Been there, done that. But anytime I vocalize this to someone you would think I'm kicking tiny kittens or something.
First are all the decorations. I'm not against a few items here and there, but who do you think has to carry the huge 50 pound boxed artificial tree down from the garage attic and set it up in the house. Nearly gives me a heart attack every year if I'm lucky enough not to fall down the steep stairs. WHY do we need an eight foot tall tree? Then there's the eight large storage boxes of decorations cluttering up the house. I keep asking my wife if we can downsize the decorations, but every year she buys more decorations and nothing ever leaves until it's completely worn out. A few weeks later we have to pack it all up again. What a pain.
Then there are all those parties and family gatherings. I absolutely hate those things. I don't like being in groups of people, especially when I have nothing in common and nothing to talk about. Such a waste of time when I would rather be doing something I enjoy. I managed to avoid a couple, but now I'm stuck going to one with family this weekend that I'm already dreading. I just saw all the same people yesterday at a funeral, why do we have to get together again?
And the gifts, my God, the gifts. PLEASE don't get me anything. I'm so tired of receiving junk that just sits around. I can't get rid of it for fear of offending someone, but I know I'll never use it. Like coffee mugs, I don't drink coffee, I prefer my set of 4 that match the rest of our dishes, but I keep getting mugs. Hand wash only, of course, and who do you think ends up having to wash them. I can barely close the cabinet door because there's like 20 coffee mugs in there. I can't remember the last time I actually received a gift that I actually wanted and could use.
Joy, Joy, Jingle, whatever. Bah Humbug.
First are all the decorations. I'm not against a few items here and there, but who do you think has to carry the huge 50 pound boxed artificial tree down from the garage attic and set it up in the house. Nearly gives me a heart attack every year if I'm lucky enough not to fall down the steep stairs. WHY do we need an eight foot tall tree? Then there's the eight large storage boxes of decorations cluttering up the house. I keep asking my wife if we can downsize the decorations, but every year she buys more decorations and nothing ever leaves until it's completely worn out. A few weeks later we have to pack it all up again. What a pain.
Then there are all those parties and family gatherings. I absolutely hate those things. I don't like being in groups of people, especially when I have nothing in common and nothing to talk about. Such a waste of time when I would rather be doing something I enjoy. I managed to avoid a couple, but now I'm stuck going to one with family this weekend that I'm already dreading. I just saw all the same people yesterday at a funeral, why do we have to get together again?
And the gifts, my God, the gifts. PLEASE don't get me anything. I'm so tired of receiving junk that just sits around. I can't get rid of it for fear of offending someone, but I know I'll never use it. Like coffee mugs, I don't drink coffee, I prefer my set of 4 that match the rest of our dishes, but I keep getting mugs. Hand wash only, of course, and who do you think ends up having to wash them. I can barely close the cabinet door because there's like 20 coffee mugs in there. I can't remember the last time I actually received a gift that I actually wanted and could use.
Joy, Joy, Jingle, whatever. Bah Humbug.