The Crazy Rants of Samantha BurnsHarping On The Holidays, Part 2
Cont'd from yesterday.
There are many other rituals of the holiday that I’m not fond of.
Like when I have to go to a family members house for Christmas supper when I want to relax and eat at home and check out my new toys (mind out of the gutter). Or, when I'm woken up early on my day off to “see what Santa brought you�.
Ya, my mom still does that to me.
And, trust me, even if you lived far away, they’d still find a way to get to you.
Another cousin of mine lives in central Canada, so I have to mail his gift every year. And, I have to try to find something nice and symbolic of our friendship while making sure it’s not heavy or expensive to mail to him.
Talk about tough.
The shipping costs more than the item most of the time.
This year, it’s going to be flowers because it doesn’t have to be shipped. One florist calls the other to make the bouquet - all I have to do is pay for it basically.
Besides, I really don’t know what to get him anymore as the stores all sell the same things these days.
There’s nothing unique to buy anymore.
So, there you have it. I am, but one of two people in this world whom I know of who aren't all that fond of the holidays.
I wonder if there are any others.
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Sam, growing up my family was religiously inclined not to celebrate any holidays. Or birthdays or ANYTHING for that matter. So I always wanted Christmas, and always thought I would love it.
Well, now I have it. Only, by the time it rolls around each December- I've grown tired of wrapping things, shopping endlessly, and watching people tear open the gifts. I blame this on my husband- who thought a Christmas time wedding would be romantic (Dec 7th), and who then decided each year we would spend the first 3/4 months after our anniversary celebrating like newly weds. Those little adventures gave me a girl (DEC 21st- who since she is in school I get to have three parties for) and a boy (DEC 7th)(thankfully I spent one year mad a my husband long enough to postpone the middle child's birthday until April). Four rounds of celebrating, four rounds of buying presents, and four rounds of eating things I shouldn't. If that's not bad enough, I have a cousin, a brother in law and a uncle all born between Dec 10th and Dec 21st.
DO you really want to complain about having nothing unique to buy anymore???
Posted by: L. | December 22, 2005 10:06 AM
I will. I can never find anything to buy my husband (without breaking the bank) that he doesn't already have. Then his birthday is February 3rd and I have to start thinking of something to get him that required more than a couple minutes of thought. He's on vacation right now; so nice of him to take it when he could be at home while the kids are out of school so every time they make a sound louder than a mouse fart he can yell at them to quiet down or bitch about their arguing, or gripe about all they do is stay on the computer. Then Christmas day will come and they won't be able to enjoy any of their presents until he goes back to work because he got one a guitar and the other a stereo and all he'll do is scream and yell at them to TURN IT DOWN. Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Diane | December 22, 2005 04:10 PM