MERRY SATURDAY
Dec. 24th, 2005 07:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prowler1971I've noticed that in our fine country, many people have switched to saying, "Happy Holidays" which is just fine with me. I don't observe Christmas, Yule, Kwanza or Ramadan. I was brought up Jewish and my family observes Chanukkah.
I dealing with some folks outside of our country this week, I noticed they had no compulsions with the whole "Merry Christmas" thing. And they'd ask me if I was done with my Christmas shopping, etc.
Unlike some people, I don't get offended by this stuff. There's no reason I can't have a merry Christmas too, right? It's like... MERRY SUNDAY or something. But I did notice the difference in that they don't seem to concern themselves with other religions and such.
The concept of Christmas Shopping is one I find amusing. People wait all year long for Christmas and then lement about the evils of shopping. Well, I'm thinking get your shit done in July and put it in the closet and just wait. I hate going to malls in general, Christmas time is worse. And I know some people who LOVE IT! Hey, that's fine, more power to you. But for the people who complain about it, just stop buying stuff. As it turns out, there is no known laws that require the exchange of gifts during the end of December. It's supposed to be fun and if you're not having fun, don't do it and STFU!
It turns out, as I think about it, I like giving WHEN I CAN! I'm not always in a position to get gifts for people (like this year) but on the years that I have been, I've been more than happy to do so. And it doesn't mean I get something for everyone. It means I get things for those people who while wandering around a store or online I saw something that inspired me to get them a gift.
As I've said before, this year is a lean year. It's been rough in many ways and I'm looking to my full financial recovery in 2006 (yeah right).
I haven't checked my journal, but I think I've been complaint free with regard to the holidays. My only real issue is wrapping gifts and that's just cause I'm bad at it. If I was any good, it'd probably enjoy it. Even as much as I dislike it, I kind of like it. As I wrapped the final gift for my family, I kind of wished I had one more. Maybe I'll practice for next year by wrapping various things around my apartment. Then I can have the joy of not knowing what the hell is in the wrapping paper and just opening stuff NEXT YEAR! Course, if I didn't access whatever the hell it was for a year, maybe I should just throw the damn thing away.
My brain works funny on Saturday mornings when I have nothing to do. Stupid internal alarm.
I dealing with some folks outside of our country this week, I noticed they had no compulsions with the whole "Merry Christmas" thing. And they'd ask me if I was done with my Christmas shopping, etc.
Unlike some people, I don't get offended by this stuff. There's no reason I can't have a merry Christmas too, right? It's like... MERRY SUNDAY or something. But I did notice the difference in that they don't seem to concern themselves with other religions and such.
The concept of Christmas Shopping is one I find amusing. People wait all year long for Christmas and then lement about the evils of shopping. Well, I'm thinking get your shit done in July and put it in the closet and just wait. I hate going to malls in general, Christmas time is worse. And I know some people who LOVE IT! Hey, that's fine, more power to you. But for the people who complain about it, just stop buying stuff. As it turns out, there is no known laws that require the exchange of gifts during the end of December. It's supposed to be fun and if you're not having fun, don't do it and STFU!
It turns out, as I think about it, I like giving WHEN I CAN! I'm not always in a position to get gifts for people (like this year) but on the years that I have been, I've been more than happy to do so. And it doesn't mean I get something for everyone. It means I get things for those people who while wandering around a store or online I saw something that inspired me to get them a gift.
As I've said before, this year is a lean year. It's been rough in many ways and I'm looking to my full financial recovery in 2006 (yeah right).
I haven't checked my journal, but I think I've been complaint free with regard to the holidays. My only real issue is wrapping gifts and that's just cause I'm bad at it. If I was any good, it'd probably enjoy it. Even as much as I dislike it, I kind of like it. As I wrapped the final gift for my family, I kind of wished I had one more. Maybe I'll practice for next year by wrapping various things around my apartment. Then I can have the joy of not knowing what the hell is in the wrapping paper and just opening stuff NEXT YEAR! Course, if I didn't access whatever the hell it was for a year, maybe I should just throw the damn thing away.
My brain works funny on Saturday mornings when I have nothing to do. Stupid internal alarm.
