Truth is, Christmas was not one of those holidays that brought comfort and joy to my household. It was stressful and Santa just was, well lean... So I never developed this awe-inspiring need for Christmas. The lights, tree, blah blah blah... it just seemed so overrated and materialistic. Our first married Christmas, hubs forced me to buy a tree and stockings.... it was a wal-mart special with colored lights... Colored I said, hello Griswalds!
Now, its not all bad. I do love me some midnight Mass and tamales on Christmas Eve, I just guess I could do without all the decor. I mean, my MIL, yeah well its looks like Christmas threw-up in her house (and did I mention the woman is Jewish?). I just do not feel the need to have a Santa-infested home or a reindeer invasion...
I hoped that once I was married we would develop our own traditions, have things we did for the Holidays... But hasn't quite happened yet. We still drive to Ft Worth and spend it with our respective families. We travel from home-to-home eating and opening, conversing and cocktails (well at my fam we have the cocktails....). I feel like after Christmas I need a vacation from the holiday. I enjoy the family stuff, but I do long for the day I wake up in my own bed to a tree filled with presents for my own little ones. (working on that one may kill me though).
I admit we did get a nicer tree this year (thanks for the donation Mr. Big-Wig attorney), and white lights and some new adornments (hello Target!). I hung stocking from the chimney with care, but I know that come that fateful morning I will be propped up on the couch, crick in my neck and in need of... well Summer!
So, call me the Grinch, or Scrooge, but Christmas just seems like so much work for a holiday about our savior. Let's not forget the reason for the season. Tree and trimmings aside, its about being thankful for our many blessings and remembering family.
The decor is what I love about the holiday. =] But I can completely agree with where you're coming from by the 2nd week of January I want to hibernate until St. Patty's Day. With Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years - it's exhausting!
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ReplyDeleteI'm 100% the opposite, but might not have been if my family wasn't Christmasaholic crazies!
To each their own I say, and you are right, it is important to remember the reason for the season!
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I totally agree with you in that some people go way overboard and completely miss the real reason for the season. I love Christmas and Christmas decor - but not when it gets to the extremes that some people take it to! I feel sad for people who see Christmas as just a materialistic holiday for presents and a tree.
ReplyDeleteGosh, it's so easy to get caught up in the stress and the "perfect" decor. You are right though; it's totally not what the season is about. I know what you mean about Christmas not being the most joyous time of the year growing up - it was the same for me. I suppose that what I enjoy the most now is getting to recreate it and making it something different in our own home and marriage - what it should have been all along :) Merry Christmas, love! I bet your tree is lovely - the simpler, the better sometimes :)
ReplyDeleteOh gosh I know what you mean about needing your own traditions. We are starting this year... By going on Vacation. Jamaica her we come!
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You aren't a Grinch. This is totally understandable! I almost didn't even put up decorations because It was "a lot of work" that we wouldn't enjoy, because we are going to be gone for the holidays. Luckily, I had some free time, and I put a few up, because now I'm enjoying them. I think that you might eventually appreciate Christmas a little more, but it's OKAY if you never like the materialistic aspects.
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ReplyDeleteOh friend... I understand the awkwardness of Christmas at 30 with no kids. Not that my hubs and I want kids right this very second, but I totally get the sentiment you shared. I had mega anxiety putting out my Christmas decorations this year because I couldn't remember where I had put everything. There just doesn't seem to be enough space. So I put half of it back up in the attic. I don't know if this was a momentary scrooge thing. But either way, I wasn't feeling all of it. I may throw it away. I don't know. Scrooge remains. Haha.
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