'Tis the Season...

Well, Christmas is almost upon us (Yule just passing), and I feel the same as I did last Samhain/Halloween. I miss the excitement I used to have about Christmas when I was a child. Waiting impatiently for Santa to arrive with presents for me and my sisters, finding our stockings filled with candies, nuts and fruit, and going sliding with my mom and sisters on freshly fallen snow.

This year, I seem lackadaisical to the holiday. It could be that my kids are not making it easy for Santa to bring presents this year (they'd be lucky if they don't end up with coal in their stockings). It could also be that hubby and I buy presents for each other, while in each other's presence so there's no surprise on Christmas morning. It could also be that hubby has to work Christmas Eve/Day (gotta love the military), and it could also be that no family want to grace us with their presence (though some I can do without). It could ALSO be that...THERE'S NO SNOW!!! It could be one of those things each, or it could be all of those things together that make me want this holiday to just be over and done with.

I hate wrapping presents. We always get the kids oddly shaped things so it makes it almost impossible to wrap them (though I found an awesome tutorial on how to make gift bags out of wrapping paper...saved me a TON of hassle, even though it STILL took me a couple hours to complete the task).

My childhood awe of the season seems to have been replaced with Scrooge's Humbuggery. I can't even find the spirit in the community. People thinking only of themselves and no one else, blocking people's way in the stores, speeding or driving incredibly slow down the highways and roads, people fighting over race and idealism, if not over the true origins of Christmas (Christianity vs. Pagan). It's hard to "get into the spirit of things" when there's so much disdain, dislike and general hatred in the world. So much for peace on earth.

Despite my lack in Christmas Spirit, I'll still take the time to wish those who DO have much Holiday spirit, a very Merry Christmas, and hope Santa is kind to you this year.