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The Bah-Humbug thread!

Ok...I have to say, I have enjoyed reading most of the posts to this thread...

For me this Christmas has sux.

Christmas, especially Christmas Eve used to be a really special time in our family.

It has gotten less and less so over the years as my mom has gotten less and less and less healthy.

This year my mom is in the hospital. My mom is not doing well.

This year my dad and I have decided to skip Christmas. No tree and no gifts.

Sux!

This Christmas is a Blue Christmas.

As for the other posts, I agree that Christmas has become too commerical.

I, personally as Catholic, have to say that Christmas has become to much about commerce and less about the real reason of Christmas.

But personally, it sux with my mom being very ill and being in the hospital.

Makes Christmas sux.
 
I am sorry about your Mom's poor health.:(
Try to honor your Mom by having the best life, including celebrating her favorite holidays, even when she is ill, because I am sure that she would not want to hold her family back from celebrating the reason for her strong faith. Mom's are like that.:)
 
I agree with damewolf here. Life continues. My Mom is also in the hospital but we celebrated Christmas anyways.
 
This Christmas Eve was probably as good as I expected it to be. I was really looking forward to it and it panned out! :)

We went to my Aunt's house... unfortunately, there's some weird family BS going on that makes things kinda awkward and we left kinda early.... my mom must have picked up on the hints... I sure didn't :p Doesn't matter, I had fun. :)
 
Anybody else still not feeling it this year besides me?

Things I'm happy about this year ...

Puppies. Nothing beats puppies. NOTHING! ... except maybe more puppies.

My son got engaged to a nice girl and will be getting married next year. While the planning stage is nerve-wracking for them, father of the groom has only two jobs. Open the wallet when needed and stay sober long enough to dance with the mother of the groom, once.

My wife has been given a decent prognosis with her condition. (She prefers I not discuss details)

Things I'm not so happy about this year ...

The loss of our 14 year old dog in January. :(

Hernia surgery and the out of pocket expense for same.

My continuing disconnection with the arts due to a lackluster symphony season. Details tl:dt (too long: didn't type :p)

No vacation plans.


All of which has absolutely nothing to do with the holidays. Nada. Bupkis.
 
I'm not nearly as excited about Christmas as normal. I've never been fired up about exchanging gifts with the adults. Most everyone has what they want already... unless it's something completely out of financial reach. Trading gift cards seems silly to me. Buying something they don't want or need seems ignorant.

Getting goodies for the little ones is entirely a different matter. The holiday season is so much fun when you have little ones in the house. However, I seem to be in-between kids and grand-kids at the moment. I have three grown or nearly grown grand-daughters and three children without children. The plus side is the growing potential :)
Just give me some little ones and I can put on a Christmas spirit like no other.

My family is so scattered and busy that I can't even manage to get all the knees under one table for a Christmas dinner. I well understand the miles and the expense etc... but still... it sorta bums me out. Perhaps it's my fault for having so many children.

Anyway... It's not the ideal Christmas this year. I love the holiday and it's time together and it's sharing. Maybe next year.
 
Bah Humbug...we only buy gifts for the grand kids. I haven't been excited about Christmas for awhile, except for the grand kids.
 
lunatic59 said:
Anybody else still not feeling it this year besides me?
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Me. :hello:

My feelings about the holidays have changed so dramatically over the years. I used to LOVE them. Now...not so much. There are many reasons, but the bottom line is I just try to suck it up and make it through the holidays, put on a quasi-happy face, go through the motions, and secretly count the minutes until it's all over.

Not even the impending arrival of my little family from out of state is shaking it up for me. However, this is also the first holiday season since my mother died earlier this year, and that's tough. :( All the 'first' things are tough.
 
MoodyBlues said:
Me. :hello:

My feelings about the holidays have changed so dramatically over the years. I used to LOVE them. Now...not so much. There are many reasons, but the bottom line is I just try to suck it up and make it through the holidays, put on a quasi-happy face, go through the motions, and secretly count the minutes until it's all over.

Not even the impending arrival of my little family from out of state is shaking it up for me. However, this is also the first holiday season since my mother died earlier this year, and that's tough. :( All the 'first' things are tough.
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Sorry to hear about your Mom, Moody. :( Hate to tell you in never get's easier. I try to make myself feel better by saying that by continuing to miss my mom, it's a tribute to her life. (Yeah, still doesn't help much.)

My chronology of Christmas emotions would be best described as disappointment to clinical disappointment to hatred to abject hatred to foreboding. Now it's just an annual colonoscopy. ;)
 
I lost my Ma over four years ago. I can still remember the last night I saw her alive in the hospital, like it was yesterday.

Ever since then I keep asking myself, "What's the point of celebrating Christmas when everything you hold most dear is gone?"

I treated Christmas last year as just another day, and I don't expect it to be any different this year.
 
This is my first christmas with out my family. Yeah I'll have my Mom and Dad but not my wife and kids. Ever since she's left I just don't seem to have any spirit at all. My Mom is not doing well she has serious medical issues. So with the stress and worry that I have I just have no spirit for Christmas. I normally like this time of the year but really I just am not feeling it.
 
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