Anyone have a 'glad when it's all over' festive attitude?
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Impasse said:
Nothing to do with commercialisation or even family overload. I've just stopped enjoying it for personal reasons, in fact it's more than that. I actually get upset that things are no longer pleasurable and I'm annoyed about that being taken away from me as I used to be very good at it all.
So I don't do it any more and am glad when the outside pressure of being told to be festive is over for another twelve months. I won't be seeing anyone on the day apart, perhaps, later on in the evening when the chap behind the bar serves me a beer.
kinell! How sad to readSo I don't do it any more and am glad when the outside pressure of being told to be festive is over for another twelve months. I won't be seeing anyone on the day apart, perhaps, later on in the evening when the chap behind the bar serves me a beer.
Having thought about this today, I think my issue with the 25th is that it is built up to be so important that it can affect everyone in a negative way if you let it.
- First Christmas since splitting with wife/bird
- First Christmas since xyz dying
- First Christmas alone
- First Christmas not going out
- First Christmas not seeing the children
- First Christmas I've worked
etc etc
We as people let it become so important in our minds that there is immense pressure for it to be the perfect day.
I just view it as a day that we are all off work and me and the wife can cook for our Family and enjoy our children opening their presents etc.
For all of you that may be dreading this coming 25th - just try think of it as another day and remember its not just you that is having a crap time or not enjoying it. No matter how hard done by you feel, there is ALWAYS some poor person feeling even worse. Last Christmas was probably the last one poor Michael Schumachers family will remember as normal.
The only people who have a truly great Christmas are the retailers as the manage to pry even more money out of our pockets.
- First Christmas since splitting with wife/bird
- First Christmas since xyz dying
- First Christmas alone
- First Christmas not going out
- First Christmas not seeing the children
- First Christmas I've worked
etc etc
We as people let it become so important in our minds that there is immense pressure for it to be the perfect day.
I just view it as a day that we are all off work and me and the wife can cook for our Family and enjoy our children opening their presents etc.
For all of you that may be dreading this coming 25th - just try think of it as another day and remember its not just you that is having a crap time or not enjoying it. No matter how hard done by you feel, there is ALWAYS some poor person feeling even worse. Last Christmas was probably the last one poor Michael Schumachers family will remember as normal.
The only people who have a truly great Christmas are the retailers as the manage to pry even more money out of our pockets.
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