September ... and I can already see all the Christmas décor going up in malls. I don’t understand how mall people think that one “ber” month is just as good as another. Radio already started playing yuletide songs. Yes in this part of the world, Christmas starts early.
But it’s really hard to get into the Christmas spirit, what with all the pressure. There’s almost some sort of performance anxiety to be just in the right note of jolliness in this special season. I feel like I HAVE to be cheery and bubbly and merry and all those Christmassy emotion. It’s some weird invigorating thing as everything around me seemed so bright and joyful and yet my feelings just refuse to participate!
Do you also notice that the world’s suicide rate goes up around Christmas? Well, I am not surprised. Some experts say that it’s because of the loneliness factor that hits around this time. I think there is a lot of basis for that. But I guess the real reason people get lonelier around Christmas is because everybody pesters them to be happy!
Of course, it is certainly possible that some people just can’t stand all the expectations that surround Christmas. We think that during this time of the year, one has to feel peaceful and bathe in brotherly love towards all mankind. Oh, c’mon! Surely, only 0.05% of the world’s population actually feels this way during the 300 something other days of the year. For the rest of us, it’s an impossible emotional adjustment.
You remember that cheerful Xmas song “ Santa Claus is Coming to Town”? I think it has inflicted a lot more psychological damage than we realize. What kind of person would spy on us from the North Pole and keep track of when you’re sleeping and awake… and then reward us according to behavioral patterns? If any of us grew up paranoid, we got the guy in the red suit and beard to thank for.
Well, it's just September. I'm crossing my fingers that come December, things will turn to a festive mood and I will join the rest of humanity in celebrating Christmas with a bang.
Yay!
7 comments:
O.M.G lol about Santa. I have avoided xmas for years. My mother would get drunk and fight with everyone, a bit of a kill joy really:)
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This is terribly simplified. However all religious holidays which promote peace and good will toward our fellow beings should be kept in our hearts year long.
No matter what name we choose to call our God by. I'm sure he ( or she or it (sometimes based on love I think God must be a puppy dog ) is far beyond being upset about what we call him/her/it.
I think that Christmas is wonderful and I have enjoyed it much more by avoiding shopping in stores during the holiday season. It's just too commercialized. Right now it's all about Halloween here, and has been since July. Halloween and fall colors- I get so depresed looking at the fake orange, yellow, and brown flowers and leaves,because nature is not that ugly!
LOL that's so funny about Santa. What a creepy man!! True what you say about the pressure of Christmas though and performance anxiety. It has been subsumed by mass commercialism. I try to ignore it all until just the week before. xxx
actualy i always look forward to the christmas season because i like the idea of a family get- together. i just hate the commercialism it has turned out to be, and why we should give gifts to almost everyone we know during the year...
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Bah Humbug! very funny post Odette. How are you? Our cabin boy, Ali, was from Manilla and he was so wonderful and friendly....I could have brought him home with me! XXX
OMG, you are back!!! ok let me go to your page now, as iam excited to hear your story.
Here's a big "welcome back" hugs for you!
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