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Post by dad2paisley on Dec 19, 2005 20:32:22 GMT -5
I was out shopping tonight and I am sad. I think I have the Christmas Blues.
People are pushing and crabby. They are driving crazy on the roads. It seems like all the red lights are longer.
The lines are 30 to 40 people deep...
Was Christmas always like this?
I use to love Christmas being with family and friends, going to Midnight mass, seeing all the happy children's faces.
I wish it was over... #36_1_46#
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Post by dvsgryhnd on Dec 19, 2005 21:05:09 GMT -5
You are not alone. I hate going shopping. I think Christmas is getting way out of hand. This year we are helping out at the homeless shelter. It makes you realize how lucky you are.
I think it used to be less stressful too or are we just lucky to have had good Christmases?
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Post by texthegreyt on Dec 19, 2005 22:40:50 GMT -5
With 2 family deaths this fall I have not yet embraced the Christmas spirit...I do not think I will this year. I have not done any shopping yet and I am trying with all my might to get out of family holiday obligations...I would be more than happy to sleep right through Christmas...
BA HUM BUG!
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Post by brockgusdad on Dec 19, 2005 23:08:47 GMT -5
With 2 family deaths this fall I have not yet embraced the Christmas spirit...I do not think I will this year. I have not done any shopping yet and I am trying with all my might to get out of family holiday obligations...I would be more than happy to sleep right through Christmas... BA HUM BUG! My suggestion (as a grief counselor)- don't push yourself. If some do not understand, so be it. My interest in grief counseling came about 12 years ago this month when I lost my daughter. I understand. |
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Post by jettcricket on Dec 20, 2005 9:15:26 GMT -5
I know how you feel....sometimes it can be very overwhelming and the true meaning of Christmas gets lost in all the commercialism. Not like when we were little kids...Christmas was so magical. No stress....no worries. Your not alone.
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Post by jettcricket on Dec 20, 2005 9:16:51 GMT -5
With 2 family deaths this fall I have not yet embraced the Christmas spirit...I do not think I will this year. I have not done any shopping yet and I am trying with all my might to get out of family holiday obligations...I would be more than happy to sleep right through Christmas... BA HUM BUG! My suggestion (as a grief counselor)- don't push yourself. If some do not understand, so be it. My interest in grief counseling came about 12 years ago this month when I lost my daughter. I understand. I can't imagine what that must have been like for you and your family. I'm so sorry in the loss of your daughter. |
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Post by robinw on Dec 20, 2005 9:24:31 GMT -5
you have no idea how much i hate this time of year. if i had my way, i would just disasppear. i don't have any family to spent holidays with and my friends all spend them with their families (and of course i'm not family), so i am left with the dogs, cat and me. that is  , but i hate the sound and look of pity that i always get whenever i tell somebody of my christmas plans. i think i will just lie :). |
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Post by jettcricket on Dec 20, 2005 9:26:37 GMT -5
With 2 family deaths this fall I have not yet embraced the Christmas spirit...I do not think I will this year. I have not done any shopping yet and I am trying with all my might to get out of family holiday obligations...I would be more than happy to sleep right through Christmas... BA HUM BUG! ....I'm sorry to hear about your loss. The holidays can be stressful enough without losing a loved one. |
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Post by dvsgryhnd on Dec 20, 2005 9:39:41 GMT -5
Well to tell you the truth, that's why I volunteered my husband, daughter, and myself to work at the shelter. Then I can't spend all day reflecting on what a lousy day it is. I am fortunate to have family but 20 years ago, after my brother killed himself, my mother announced there would be no more Holidays. She had nothing to be happy about. So, even though she did attend the family dinners she was always so sad. When my kids were younger I did the whole routine, but now they are grown, and on their own. I don't have to make it such a big deal. And I think in a way they are relieved too. They can't afford to buy gifts for everyone.
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Post by dad2paisley on Dec 20, 2005 9:52:18 GMT -5
I am sorry for all your losses. I will say an extra prayers for your families.
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Post by CampWhippet on Dec 20, 2005 15:38:38 GMT -5
Holidays are stressful for me too and none more so than Christmas. Most years I am like Robin and just hang with the dogs. I must admit I always look forward to January 5th when the world returns to "normal". But this year is different........
.... Friday morning I am getting in my car and driving to Atlanta where I'll be getting a 12 year old female whippet with a grade 4 heart murmur, a 10 year old female whippet with heartworm and a three year old whippet still in good health. These three dogs have spent their ENTIRE lives in kennel. No toys, no beds, no sofa, no treats, no nothing. Concrete runs and straw bedding against the cold winters and hot summers of Georgia. Their breeder is retiring(thank God!) and granting these whippets their best Christmas present ever; freedom. I'll also be getting an unrelated one year old that was placed a few months ago by another foster dad but it is just not working out in his new home. He is a brother to Galahad, the all-white whippet I recently placed so I already know what I'm dealing with there.
So my Christmas this year will be spent with my dad, 5 previously rescued whippets(Hamlet, JJ, Sasha, Xena & Kelli), 4 brand new foster whippets(Sunny, Precious, Mickey & Lucy) and my greyhound/honorary whippet named Kent.
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Post by peet on Dec 20, 2005 16:29:35 GMT -5
Here it is more of a 'not having christmas'blues.
No tree this year since the livingroom still doesn't have new wallpaper.
An empty bankaccount, which makes shopping for a little extra impossible this year.
It is not really that I really want it, but I feel sorry for my son.
I am looking forward to next year, it can't get much worse, so it has to be better?
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Post by hounddog on Dec 20, 2005 17:02:03 GMT -5
, I'll chime in here also. I live alone with the pups and this time of year is the only time I ever really feel lonely. I think next year I will schedule a trip to Cape May over the holidays. I love the ocean and the beach and I think I could handle it much better there. Or maybe I am just a big weenie.  |
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Post by texthegreyt on Dec 20, 2005 19:09:08 GMT -5
With 2 family deaths this fall I have not yet embraced the Christmas spirit...I do not think I will this year. I have not done any shopping yet and I am trying with all my might to get out of family holiday obligations...I would be more than happy to sleep right through Christmas... BA HUM BUG! My suggestion (as a grief counselor)- don't push yourself. If some do not understand, so be it. My interest in grief counseling came about 12 years ago this month when I lost my daughter. I understand. Thanks for the advice. I have no interest in celebrating anything but the guilt (knowing I should go to visit newly widowed grandma) is consuming me. I just heard the weather forecast and we are expecting  rain this weekend which is a perfect excuse of why we can not travel north for Christmas! My whole family seems fine with me not showing up...again it is just my guilt. Perhaps I will just go see her in the new year...when I do not have to fake holiday cheer! |
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Post by texthegreyt on Dec 20, 2005 19:17:40 GMT -5
You are not alone. I hate going shopping. I think Christmas is getting way out of hand. This year we are helping out at the homeless shelter. It makes you realize how lucky you are. I think it used to be less stressful too or are we just lucky to have had good Christmases? I find people are way too extravagant with their gifts. Sure it is nice to spoil children but do adults really need to receive all these gifts? This year I asked DH to donate on my behalf to an organization that take "unadoptable cats and dogs" from the Humane Society and rehab them/ work with their issues so that they have a chance to find a home. |
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, but i hate the sound and look of pity that i always get whenever i tell somebody of my christmas plans. i think i will just lie :).
rain this weekend which is a perfect excuse of why we can not travel north for Christmas! My whole family seems fine with me not showing up...again it is just my guilt. Perhaps I will just go see her in the new year...when I do not have to fake holiday cheer!
