I can not believe how early all the Christmas "hoopla" is starting this year! It is still over a week before Thanksgiving and there are carols playing on the radio, Santa's in malls, commercials on TV; we are just being bombarded with Christmas everywhere we go.
Now, normally I don't mind; I love Christmas. However, this year is going to be so tight for everybody. With the economy the way it is, everybody has to be careful and prudent in their spending.
I understand that this is probably the very reason that businesses are starting early, hoping to draw bigger crowds and entice consumers. I am just really not even close to feeling the Christmas spirit and the more I hear the worse it gets.
It doesn't help that it appears the consumer bug has hit the apartment complex where I work. We accept packages for people who are not home, and the huge amount of packages every day just depresses me, knowing I am cutting WAY back this year. I usually go into debt and then pay it off with my tax return. I'm not doing that this year. I am only going to spend what I have, which is extremely limited because of everything going on (see previous blog about ex...ugh.)
I wish the positive attitude that Dad has adopted would spill over to me. I have taken the role of extreme pessimist in the family. I really need to focus on the positive of everything and ignore the negative. I am just really struggling with the holiday spirit this year. I am looking forward to spending some time with the kids though. I have several days off and days I get to go home early coming up, so I will enjoy that extra time with the kids. I only pray that they understand and appreciate that time is the best gift I can give this year.
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Time really is the best and most lasting gift you can give your children. They may not see it immediately, but the will recognize and appreciate it. Time - that's what it's all about. Give them your time and the other stuff won't matter.
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