I must say, this Christmas season has been less than jolly for me. Whereas I am looking foward to time spent with family, I am just as eagerly anxious for it to all just be over.
Maybe it would make a difference if our finances were in a different place, maybe not. It doesn't feel like Christmas, and I don't feel very Christmas-spirity.
As we've talked about (and I've thought a lot about) having children, this Christmas has been making me think a lot about how we want to raise our children. It's sad to me (an I admit to doing it as a child) that Christmas has become such a commercialized greed-fest. I don't think that I want to go so far as to not do presents with our children, but I do think I definitely want to focus more on the family and giving aspects of the season rather than the "gimme, gimme, GIMME!" that nearly makes me sick. I already know that I don't want a bunch of plastic, noisy crap littering our home just because we have kids. Part of that is because I don't like random crap everywhere, part of it is because I don't want our kids always after toys and the latest "thing" and part of it is because I'm hoping that our kids will have an IMAGINATION. I want them to play outside and read and make forts.
So Merry Christmas. I'm sorry I'm not in a better mood about it. I really am.
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