Christmas cheer....

[ash48]

*phew* I'm back in (vidding) business. Seems like forking out $20 is the answer after all. Though still no idea why QT has a trim option but no way to export the file.....

Anyways..

It's Chrissy eve. All is prepared for a day of present opening, family merriment and food.


I have a love/hate relationship with Christmas. The extreme excesses of Christmas bother me greatly - especially when the planet is groaning under the strain of excess consumerism. I am seriously considering starting a campaign against the blatant waste of Christmas crackers (bon-bons). I personally banned them a few years ago and I feel that if everybody stopped buying the silly things, then they'll stop making them. Because really? What good are they? A product made mostly of paper, with a cheap plastic thing inside it and a joke. We pull it and it goes bang (minds out of the gutter please!), we don ridiculous looking paper hats, share our silly joke and that's it. Then ALL of it goes in the bin. Makes no sense to me....

Or am I being a Christmas grouch? I can be a little bit ba-humbug this time of year.


The love part is spending time with family, sharing gifts that have been really thought about and relaxing because really there's nothing else to do. And I also get a lot of glee from watching my daughter open presents. That's always been pretty magical.

So. MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all. Or HAPPY HOLIDAYS if you don't celebrate it. Or LOVE AND SMISHES just 'cause. I really do hope you all have a wonderful time.

Check you on the flip side. <3 <3
Sarah

Comments

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

I actually asked my mom and dad last year if we could PLEASE not do Christmas presents at all. I just felt SICK with the thought of going out and buying things that were just going to get stuck on a shelf or something. I made a donation to a local group that works with homeless pregnant women instead. And they made donations, too. It was really nice.

This year we are doing presents, as there are little things that we each want/need, but unlike in years past there was no money amount or present number to aspire to. Just the few things we wanted, many of which were made, that we'll put under the tree. And then all the family and food and such. We've done pretty much no running around, and the major stress has been that mom was worried raccoons would get in and eat all the shortbread she made for the neighbors.

all of which is to say, I definitely sympathize with your hatred of the excess. ♥

Happy Holidays to you and yours, my dear.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Sounds similar to me and my family. This year we agreed on no presents at all. It has certainly saved on a lot of stress with running around and trying to come up with ideas of stuff that could actually be useful.

And I think the donation presents are such a great idea - from what I hear more and more people are doing it. It makes so much more sense than buying presents just because we have too.

Thanks darlin'. All the best for Christmas. Hee! And *snuggles* your adorable icon!

<3