When I was at the supermarket the evening of Halloween the worker bees were busy elbowing the pumpkins and packs of fake spiderwebs to one side to make room for . . . .
Christmas stuff
Today as I was driving home I saw this!
The trees are already being cut. I can't imagine these trees being very fresh in two months time . . . but there you have it.
I was in a garden centre last week - being drawn in by the dazzling light display. Artificial trees are very expensive. There was one that was over £300. Jeeze. I live in Scotland. Small evergreen trees grow wild around here. . . . Why on earth would I pay so much for a non-needle dropping and non-fragrant artificial tree? It's a rhetorical question . . . you don't have to answer that.
Christmas is making me anxious this year. A holiday shouldn't produce anxiety. I wish we could go away again as we did in 2007 but we can't do that either.
This particular blog entry is designed to manage the expectations of my family and friends. I have very few resources. There is precious little time or money to devote to Christmas this year. It doesn't mean that I don't like Christmas, I do! I love giving gifts and making things lovely for the top winter holiday. In the past when I was cash poor, I had the luxury of making things ahead of time. I used creativity instead of cash . . . . but now I can't even do that. Full time job with extra requests for productivity until the end of December.
I'll see what I can do. I'm sure I'll come up with something.
2 comments:
I'm sure you will come up with something too! Just remember that Christmas is all about love and caring, not how many presents you give/get.
Your family loves you and will understand.
No...Xmas shouldn't make you anxious Peggy...but sometimes holidays just do. I kind of feel a little bit that way this year. Did get most of my shopping done, but later than usual because of a lot of 'things going on.' I'm not traveling to kids' houses...and they're not coming in this year, so I don't even know if I want to put ALL of my decorations up....seems kind of silly for basically me and my two single kids close by; but I'm feeling guilty because I love Xmas and all the decorations. My son has to work on Xmas at the police station...so he's not even going to be around. I still don't know exactly what I'm doing for Xmas.
I know you're anxiety will pass, and it will all work out Peg...and you'll have a beautiful holiday. So will I. Hugs, Joy
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