And why it needs MY take on it, which probably a lot already agree with, unless you are insane!!
This is the time of year when we all come together, with happiness and joy, where we treat each other with a bit more tolerance than we usually do at any other time of the year.
But why? Why do we not do this all year round?
You will start some of you looking at Christmas from September these days, and as the big day nears you will decorate your home with lovely baubles, tinsel and balloons. You may have the odd raggy angel or tree ornament that is sentimental, and does not really match with anything else, but because its has sentimental value, there it hangs, in all its glory and history.
You may even go and buy the very latest up-to-date accessories for the fashionable tree and matching ornaments that look soo lovely.
But it is YOUR tree, you took the time to lovingly decorate it.
A lot of you will go all out to give your child that pressie that he/she has been asking you for, did we not used to say if you have been good all year then Santa will bring what you wish for?
Just to see the look on their face when they open that lovely present. It could be the latest play station game, doll, Nintendo or board game, but it is what they wanted.
A loved one, your wife or husband, you will try and get them something they do not have already, to show them how much you do care and love them, and appreciate them.
Some I know, do really start to plan their Christmas from January 2nd!! And put aside hard earned money, to pay for the Christmas coming, now that’s what I call planning ahead!
The excuse is, well the January sales I can get it loads cheaper, which is true! But they do it to make sure that all around them at Christmas, really will have a lovely one.
The time of year when hopefully all the family get together and have fun, exchange them socks and hankies, the endless perfumes and men’s after shave, sit and have Christmas dinner together, pull them crackers, put on the silly paper hats, because its all in the fun and spirit of Christmas!
You all have your own way of celebrating this lovely time of year, to make is just as special as the last, one that will last a life time of memories.
Merry Christmas to you ALL!!
On the other hand people who know me have probably read the lot of dribble above that I have just written and thought I had lost the plot!!!!
CHRISTMAS does not start in September!! There should be a law when you can only see any sign of it when the month has a ‘D’ it starts with and the numbers ‘20-something’!!!!
I do not want to see the adverts on TV on Christmas half way through the year! I am still trying to get my head out of the last one, 6 months previous! Jeez!
WHY do you put up that Christmas tree and the decorations in November??? To hide the dust that is already there and will accumulate behind it all for the next 6/8 weeks?? Cos lets face it they will not come down until the middle of January! Tsk not very clean are you?? All them dust bunnies lol
Why oh why do you people put yourself in debt to give your ungrateful lazy children, now I am talking about 7/8 above now, they should be helping with chores round the house to EARN their pocket money and the Christmas present they soo desire, this is teaching them that they have to work for what they want on life, not live beyond their means on credit and store cards. Trust me, you will be doing them a favour, they may not realise this now, lol but ....
Give them something they can learn from, like coloured pencils and drawing paper, and books … OK who threw the tomato???
Look at your child, have they really been good ALL year? Do they deserve that expensive present? That costs an arm and leg?? Think about it.
What ends did you go to get that present that the manufacturers so handily let run low on stock?? More to the point, how much did you actually pay for it because you could not get it for love or money and did not want to see them tears on Christmas day .. Why can they not wait the extra 3 days later when you will be able to get it at the proper price!!!
Do they really need the very latest ‘PS8’ (whatever model number it may be now) that was only the very latest last year??? And still in good working order.
Fed up with your loved one?? Get that extra special pressie, that not many others will have, do they like jewellery? buy the life size chain and pendant … go to the local ship yard, the salvage part of it, and find the biggest, rusty old anchor you can find, with chain already attached, if they complain when they open it … you know what to do with it, don’t you!
AND then we have Christmas dinner … nightmare or what?? Relatives turn up with cheap tat that they probably had as a present last year, and now passing it on to you! Truthfully now …. How many of you have done that? *cough* ok I will stick my hand up Hahahah I even save wrapping paper for re-use, I even have a home made recipe for hangovers, and its cheap!!!
How many bottles of that cheap nasty ‘perfume’/ ‘au-de-toilet’ can one person have, that will later do a very good job of cleaning the limescale in the loo.
Who uses hankies these days?? The germ ridden squares of cotton that should be burned or even better ‘nuked’ for the health of the rest of mankind.
Why oh WHY do you all stuff yourselves silly to the point that you feel so ill you fall asleep (men mainly do this, cos you leave the clearing up and all that shite to the little woman) until the next round of turkey sandwiches, and mince pies (yes mozzie I am watching you).
Why buy all that food and eat in one day, that should probably last you the next TWO MONTHS!!
I have an endless list of all the stuff of why Christmas is a test on how strong your nerves are .. Or how near to an actual breakdown you are! lol
My theory on all this?? There is one, read between the lines of the above, and then read below ……
Where does all the sanity go at this time of year????
I will tell you where, the bottom of that wine bottle or whatever alcoholic drink you are drowning yourselves in hahahah
No wonder you need to drown your sorrows, thinking about that credit card bill that will drop through your letter box at the end of January. :O Lol
Merry Christmas to you all …. Sincerely, no really I mean it! Hahaha
& Happy New Year 2010!!
Laters Tatty xxx
*rolleyes* generated
Ps. Sorry for the lack of blogs the past couple of months RL got in the way, new year will show more of these! AND there may be a part 2 to this, I don’t know yet …..
