LOL Nikki.. don't feel bad.. I didn't know either! (I couldn't stand Sienfiled either...
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oh yes-- the government has turned Christmas into an economic measuring stick--merchants think Christmas is an open inventation to raid our wallets...etc...etc.
But Christmas is still Christmas
I know not who enjoys Christmas most, those who open my gifts to them or me to see the delight in their eyes
The sharing of a special day with family and friends in each other's company
All I can say is that Christmas come what may, but bring it on for I am impatient for its delay
I seriously just try to get in the spirit but don't succumb to spending like a madman.
I'm still slowly getting into the mood for the holidays. I pity the employees at the physiotherapist's. I only have to endure the Christmas music an hour a day while I'm there (and I block it out by reading during most of my exercises) but they've had EIGHT HOURS of Christmas music A DAY for TWO WEEKS!!! The stupid head physiotherapist likes the station and he's pushy!
Didn't want to admit it.......yet I feel exactly the same way you do this year and last year!
I POKED and PRODDED myself (teehee.....just a bit-o-mental candy) today.......TO MAKE MYSELF FEEL THE SPIRIT!
Know what I did? Every year we have a "Christmas Angel" tree at work........and it wasn't put in place till yesterday (our company just moved to another town and things have been topsy turvy since the move) and so I had to be in the office and I was waiting to talk to the "big honcho" and I spied the tree with all the cards with descriptions of all the kids and young adults (they are all mentally challenged) on it....and I perused them all and chose two........and talked to the HMFIC (head mother fucker in charge.....lol....the boss......"big honcho").....and went back to work and kept thinking of one "angel" I didn't choose.......and went back at the end of my day and his card was still on the tree so I took him too.......and NOW I have a purpose and "THE SPIRIT"!
You say that your kids are nearly passed the point of....."the reason to get excited for Christmas".........and so I offer you a "reason"! Go to a local charity....see what they NEED....check your local Salvation Army chapter (is where my "angels" from the tree are from)! It's the feeling of giving and knowing you made a diffence that might be lacking in your spirit!
Just a thought hun!
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Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they are open.
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