OT: Anyone Just Not Feeling Christmas This Year?

[Holeman]

Seriously, I just can't do it this year. I've gone to the light displays and hung out with my niece and nephew and my girlfriend is bound and determined to slop tinsel over every square inch of anything we own, but I'm just not feeling it.

Everyone I know is either freaking out about keeping their job, broke or just completely depressed. Usually whenever I do the lights at my mom's house that starts it, but this year that was a horrible chore. Shopping is torture and I usually actually like doing that. My sister dragged me to North Pole City to buy lights and let the kids ride the train and all I could keep thinking was, "Holy ****, it's hot in here."

There's also been a lot of drinking since Thanksgiving. A lot. Whenever my friends and I meet for lunch or they come over, no one is happy about anything and there's this mad rush to get as drunk as possible.

The worst part is, I can't go anywhere without noticing how crass and plastic this holiday has become. The mall just disgusts me and it makes me feel guilty because I know the kids are having a good time and I just can't quite get there. I went to Toys R Us, which I usually enjoy and wound up making an excuse to sit in the car while everyone shopped.

Maybe I'm just depressed. I don't know. But, usually this is my favorite time of year and I'm really at a loss to understand why I'm not enjoying it. It's never happened before. And, it's not like I've got anything to be sad about. I'm still employed, I actually got my bonus (which I understand is a rare ****ing thing these days), I'm in a great relationship for once, my house is paid for as of November, so is my car, my roof is fixed and I'm sitting here RACKING my brain trying to find a reason why I would be feeling this way, and I can't come up with anything. Life for me is....pretty good.

So why the **** am I so miserable? I don't have a reason to be. I don't get it.

[spectre_I]

Baby Jesus has abandoned us.

[Holeman]

Baby Jesus has abandoned us.

I can't even muster enough to give a smart ass response.

[Sanghelli]

I haven't enjoyed Christmas for a few years now, but so far it seems like the holiday season is completely absent this year. I see the decorations up and I see the date on the calendar. It just doesn't feel like Christmas.

[Marauderspawn]

Yeah I get depressed for no apparent reason sometimes. It seems to come and go. The holidays only make things worse.

[kobayashi93]

Definately not feeling it... I can't wait for New Years though. 08 sucked big time. Unfortunately I think 09 will suck too, but hopefully less.

[kuwabara_kuwabara]

*raises hand* No matter what, I can't get into. Last year I was all for it. I was a shopping maniac, and the money wasn't that great. This year, when the moneys pretty good, I don't want any part of it. I just wanna get drunk for New Years, and get ready for '09. 2008 was a drag.

[MarioBro7]

Not for me, got the tree up, some fake reindeer in the lawn, and a bunch of gifts waiting for my family to open. :D

[Sanghelli]

Not for me, got the tree up, some fake reindeer in the lawn, and a bunch of gifts waiting for my family to open. :D

Pssh.. real men have real reindeer on the lawn. :D

[classic]

im in the same about, i have nothing to complain about but yet i could give a crap about xmas this year. i mean of course its not as fun as an adult but this year the whole idea of xmas just makes me utterly sick. the commercialism of it and the demand of getting gifts has finally just put me over the top. id rather just enjoy it for a day off and not worry about all the stupid hype of an overrated day that is always disappointing. my girlfriend is urging to exchange gifts when i could care less. id prefer to do nothing and not have the hassle and bills to follow. they could cancel the holiday for all i care.

[klocket]

yeah, i hear ya...i blame all the people involved in making everything that says "Merry Christmas" go away...now it's happy holidays...plus all the stores and companies just advertise that it's not a good christmas unless you buy this or that...show Mom you love her with a new Cell Phone...i don't care if you believe in the true meaning of Christmas or not...but the fact that we as americans have destroyed everything fun and lost the fact that it's at the least about spending time with family has really made me feel very melancholy the last few years...so Merry Christmas Boardies (yeah, it's ok...i am taking it back!)

M.

[D2eux]

yea jeez 2008 was a pretty poor year

[Clerk.]

Yeah, I'm definitely not feeling it this year. My family is having major problems, my physical problems are getting worse, my investments are losing money, and now my hobby is getting bad. This year sucks.

[Karnis]

I watched "A Charlie Brown Christmas" last night on ABC. The show was first broadcast in 1965, and it was interesting listening how CB was talking about how commercialized the holiday had become, and how it had ruined the spirit of Christmas for him. It took a long speech from Linus to really bring home the true, original meaning of the holidays, the celebration of the Birth of Jesus Christ. For some reason, it really hit home with me how prophetic the whole thing was. 43 years later, the true meaning of Christmas has been swallowed up by crass commercialism, consumer spending in search of buying happiness and corporate greed. For cripes sake, a man was trampled to death while a mob stampeded a Wal-Mart just so they could save a few bucks. It's about time we, as a society, reflect on what is truly important to us as a culture during these tough times over this holiday season. Its not about buying, or spending, giving or receiving...its about the celebration of life and recognizing the sacrifice of others to ensure our sons & daughters have a better life ahead of them then we did.

[skull boy]

It has not felt like Christmas in a long time.

[The Wasp]

Feels Christmassy here, keeps snowing a lot, and we put up most of our decorations so far, its crazy

[MarioBro7]

Pssh.. real men have real reindeer on the lawn. :D

Well, I do live on a mountain, so lots of real deer come on my lawn.

[trustno1]

I get depressed at his time every year. This year may be a little worse as I have four weeks off work, and no paycheques for those four weeks. Fortunately the wife has done all the shopping, sent the parcels out, and has been baking like crazy. I only have her gifts to buy, but that can be srtessful in itself. She'll love anything I get her, but I really want to get her something special.

I really love it when the grandkids come over Christmas morning and open their presents. The joy on their faces makes it all worthwhile.:)

Add in the fact that I feel like crap right now (cold, cough, fever), and I just don't feel the Christmas spirit.

[Tablehead]

ummmm.............................

Well, my youngest made it through heart surgery OK yesterday,
my grandkid turned one & is walking,
my wife still puts up with me
& it's snowing-

I feel it just fine~ ;)

http://outofthebloo.com/blog/images/charlieBrownChristmas.jpg

[F0RSAK3N]

I've been fighting a war against Christmas invading November for years now. It's not that I don't enjoy the holiday, but it's being overused to sell a lot of crap. Crass greed has really tainted it for me, though I admit I like getting things for friends and family.

[AsterisX18]

Yes, hard times. But I think as the days close in on the 25th things will be more Christmasy. Just need some positive attitude to it. I'll do my Christmas shopping this weekend, come Sunday will be wrapping them up =)

[AsterisX18]

I miss the 80's Christmas movie.. I watch the re run every year as a kid.

[Kabong30]

It's ****ed up that so many people have forgotten how to have Christmas without money.

[F0RSAK3N]

I will say that I received a Christmas card from a long lost friend (a smoking hot girl), that was pretty cool.

[Skullshine]

Not feeling it this year either. Must be something going around.

[AsterisX18]

It's ****ed up that so many people have forgotten how to have Christmas without money.

Its not really mostly about the money. For me its the time for it :o Work really eats up the time. Unlike when we were kids. As a kid we had 2 wks worth of Christmas vacation. Heck I'll be reporting in for work for the 25! :(:(:( **** Time zone! I am happy to see little kids enjoying the season tho. :) Gift opening is a cool thing. I like looking at my nieces faces when they open up gifts. You just see their eyes sparkle :)

[bborst]

Christmas has always been slightly depressing for me.

[Wrestling Fan]

I'm stoked for Chirstmas because I've never been away from my family for a significant ammount of time before, but I haven't seen anyone in over 3 months now being away at university and being way too far to visit, so I'm really excited about Christmas break moreso than Crhistmas itself

[Love_The_Spawn]

I feel a little blue. cause this is gonna be my first Christmas without my gilfriend, not to mention the 25th is gonna be 3 months we've been separated. So...by default, I'm gonna realize that it's been 3 months instead of it being Christmas.:(:(

[Mr. Wiggity Man]

Looks like there are a lot of us in the same boat. I'm one of the ones who Christmas is kinda depressing for usually too. And this year is the first since three years ago, and it's not even because of the economy. Two years ago I spent it with my best friend (who many considered my gf) and it was great. Last year I spent it in Mexico with some cousins, which used to be a tradition when I was a kid, hadn't done it in 8 years.

I pretty much stopped talking the aforementioned people, who were my best friends and favorite relatives. So it was bad before, but now I just remember how much I had a blast the last two years and it kinda makes it worse. It's like Holeman said, everything is there, but this year just sucks. The whole year was pretty crappy and the fact that it went so fast doesn't even make it feel like Christmas. Shopping for gifts seems like a chore as well. And I'm not like a little kid with Christmas but as it gets closer yeah I still get a little psyched, but not this year. Everything just feels different this year.

[Love_The_Spawn]

I'm not even excited for it...

[vangeta]

I want summer damnit! Hate early sun setting, cold, and dirty snow!

[Sweetshot23]

Not when it's 80 degrees and dry. Busy at work and house chores and yard work to do and among other things. Boring shopping mall. No toy stores to browse. WalMart sucks. Target sucks too. City is boring. Hardly any friends. Waiting for HD hook up.

[bigassbuzz]

Baby Jesus has abandoned us.

thanks for that laugh

I needed it.

:p:p:p:p:p

[Mr. Wiggity Man]

That's it, I'm gonna go get me a beer and play some Call of Duty. Too bad I only have one left...

[frymasterak]

We have all for the most part worked our jobs and did what we were supposed to, but the powers above us fxcked up and selfishly did the their part the wrong way and the shxt storm rained down all over us, and its only getting worse. Kinda hard to feel cheery with all that bein said.

[twitch61]

I watched "A Charlie Brown Christmas" last night on ABC. The show was first broadcast in 1965, and it was interesting listening how CB was talking about how commercialized the holiday had become, and how it had ruined the spirit of Christmas for him. It took a long speech from Linus to really bring home the true, original meaning of the holidays, the celebration of the Birth of Jesus Christ. For some reason, it really hit home with me how prophetic the whole thing was. 43 years later, the true meaning of Christmas has been swallowed up by crass commercialism, consumer spending in search of buying happiness and corporate greed. For cripes sake, a man was trampled to death while a mob stampeded a Wal-Mart just so they could save a few bucks. It's about time we, as a society, reflect on what is truly important to us as a culture during these tough times over this holiday season. Its not about buying, or spending, giving or receiving...its about the celebration of life and recognizing the sacrifice of others to ensure our sons & daughters have a better life ahead of them then we did.

Good post. My gf and I arent celebrating christmas really this year, though its not because we are depressed or anything like you guys are saying. We just bought a new house and are moving in on the 20th so we put all our money towards that. With moving we decided not to even put up any xmas stuff. We are sort of celebrating xmas when friends and family come to help us move. What really sucks is we just got 12 in of snow this week and we may get more before the move date.

[Kabong30]

We have all for the most part worked our jobs and did what we were supposed to, but the powers above us fxcked up and selfishly did the their part the wrong way and the shxt storm rained down all over us, and its only getting worse. Kinda hard to feel cheery with all that bein said.

I think that the whole "meltdown" is a little more mental for a lot of folks. I know there are some people that are legitimately ****ed in all this, but ya know what? Life ****s on you sometimes. As long as you get up every day and you're still sucking wind is a good day. Lot's of people worse off than every single person reading this board right now. I think it's important to remember that before you go being upset about the hand you've been dealt. Yeah, life's tough for a lot of folks but t could be worse.

[AsterisX18]

That's it, I'm gonna go get me a beer and play some Call of Duty. Too bad I only have one left...

Beer is good. Had a lot during the company Christmas party last weekend :D

[The_Arbiter]

I feel better than usual, but normally I'm a pretty screwed up and depressed person. I can't say I feel happy, but still better than usual.

[Mr. Wiggity Man]

Beer is good. Had a lot during the company Christmas party last weekend :D

Beer is my best friend. (seriously) Like I said though I just have like one or two left and I'm too lazy to go get more.

Btw, how's Squirty?:)

[AsterisX18]

Doing good with eating and moving (very active at night, trying to "dig" in the corner of his mini aquarium) . The thing Im concerned with is with the eye's :( Still not opened yet. I hope Its not a permanent damage :( Its like a week before I asked for help here in the boards

[Mr. Wiggity Man]

Doing good with eating and moving (very active at night, trying to "dig" in the corner of his mini aquarium) . The thing Im concerned with is with the eye's :( Still not opened yet. I hope Its not a permanent damage :( Its like a week before I asked for help here in the boards

Hmm that is weird, considering everything else sounds fine. Did you ever ask anybody on the forums of that link I gave you?

[AsterisX18]

Nope. I just read the stuff over there. He does try to open his eyes, always rubbing them with his hands/flippers. Will post a pic once I set up the aquarium in the living room downstairs.

[InnerRayg]

Welcome to my world, I hate this holiday with a passion.


Actually, I hate most holidays.

[jt4470]

Me. No Christmas cheer this year. No decorations, ect.
And the fact that I'm going to have to abandon this hobby for years isn't making it any better. :(

[Felmat]

I'm no fan of christmas.

[Optronix]

Welcome to my world, I hate this holiday with a passion.


Actually, I hate most holidays.

Don't you hate most things anyway?:p

Me. No Christmas cheer this year. No decorations, ect.
And the fact that I'm going to have to abandon this hobby for years isn't making it any better. :(
:eek::eek:

your going to prison........:rolleyes:

Me, well I just got around to STARTING to decorate, I really hate doing that now cause every year my mom likes to add to the amount of decorations and I'm the only one who does them, besides the one tree. So I won't be feeling xmasy right now, I'll feel it more on the day, but that will feel more like a big pooled bday than xmas.

Holeman you said things are going well for you, maybe thats the problem, lifes treating you ok and you have nothing to fight for or strive for right now.

[Knockworstface]

I'm surprised no one has posted a Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up".
video.
This is a depressing time of year for many myself included.

[moviemaniac4]

True....

I don't feel the xmas spirit, at least in my town as in previous years......

[Tablehead]

Y'all need a dose of the Royal Guardsmen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlf---13Q0g)~ :p

[Hanky Panky]

I think that the whole "meltdown" is a little more mental for a lot of folks. I know there are some people that are legitimately ****ed in all this, but ya know what? Life ****s on you sometimes. As long as you get up every day and you're still sucking wind is a good day. Lot's of people worse off than every single person reading this board right now. I think it's important to remember that before you go being upset about the hand you've been dealt. Yeah, life's tough for a lot of folks but t could be worse.

Well said my man. Unless you are living in South Africa and dying like the other 100,000 a month, we have nothing to be THAT depressed about.

We should focus on what we do have rather than what we don't.

[mikedanger]

just the thought of my 2 year old waking me up at the crack of dawn on christmas morning has me all excited. :) the house is decorated inside and out...we're hosting a party for my wife's school and having 2 other family get togethers at our place this year. my wife's grandmother is coming in from chicago to see her new great grand daughter and my cousin will be coming home from wherever he's stationed at right now. all in all i'm pretty excited about christmas this year. there are 2 things a recession can't take away from me...my family and my faith. hope some of you guys can cheer up and enjoy the holiday season! :D

[spectre_I]

i am not doing as bad as usual. at thanksgiving i let everyone know that I wouldnt be getting anyone gifts that is over the age of 13... everyone was happy and thought that was a good idea. big stress off of me. Baby Jesus is back.

[BeefEaster]

oh god....christmas...

is it that time of year again?
damn

[bigassbuzz]

I have a future wife.
My collection is huger than huge.
BUSH and CHENEY is basically OVER.

This is the best XMAS in quite some time...

That being said, I'm finding myself to be very NOT into all the goofy expensive ritual aspect of the holiday. Trees, tinsel, LIGHTS, $$$$$$$$$$
idiocy. My lack of religious ties makes the Holiday much easier to navigate, but very frustrating to see so many people being wasteful.

Anyone feeling the holiday blah needs to look into what I consider to be a way to HACK or back engineer the universe itself.

Happiness isn't always EASY to achieve, but it's NEVER impossible.

Law of Attraction, folks. It's a big fn gift to the entire human race. You only have to open the wrapper and try some gratitude.

Happy Year end Holiday non religious warm fuzzy season!

[CustomCreator]

My little one is 19 months old, so this Christmas will be the first one where she kind of "gets it." I am looking forward to that. The whole "no money/bad economy" thing has me a bit stressed, but I live my life saying "F" It, you can't take it with you. I don' t go crazy though.


It did make me sad that my Mother(who isn't in even good financial state) stated that she "Won't be able to compete with the other grandparents in the gift department" I told her that is not what Christmas is about. I was so disgusted that society has made my mother think she had to compete for the best present........

As a family, we decided to only buy for the kids, and we are doing a $15 gift card yankee swap for the adults. MUCH less pressure even though I have 8 nieces and nephews!!

[Mr. Wiggity Man]

oh god....christmas...

is it that time of year again?
damn

Okay, Beef is back. NOW I'm starting to feel cheery again:D

[mikedanger]

It did make me sad that my Mother(who isn't in even good financial state) stated that she "Won't be able to compete with the other grandparents in the gift department" I told her that is not what Christmas is about. I was so disgusted that society has made my mother think she had to compete for the best present........

that's sad that she feels that way...my wife's father is hand making my daughter a bookshelf and i promise you that it will mean more to her than anything else she gets(she may not realize it now, but she will one day)...

[WIP1]

I wouldn't say I'm depressed or anything like that at all, but I've noticed some difficulty getting enthused about the holiday this year. A couple reasons:

(a) I hate situations in which I feel like I'm obligated to "feel" a certain way just because it hits a certain day on a calendar. It seems so forced and fake, rather than genuine.
(b) In the midst of majorly stressful amount of project work on the job, some aspects just feel like more work and stress (like putting up icicle lights only to find that half of the sets that we just bought least year already have major portions NOT working!).
(c) The "commercial" aspect of it, especially friggin' Black Friday and all the insanity around that.
(d) The truly "religious" hoopla that is similar to "a". I DO have strong "religious ties" (to steal a phrase from another post) to the holiday, and, in some ways, that makes it even harder than if I did not. There's this expectation, it seems, to just all of a sudden - no matter where you are in your life - radically shift all your attention to this "special" time of the year and somehow be extra-super-spiritual or something like that, again, not because of anything other than a date on a calendar and some artificially constructed sense of obligation to do so.

But in spite of my frustrations, I still truly wish all of you a genuine and wonderful Christmas, winter celebration, holiday season, and so on. :D

[Mandarin_Spawn]

* raises hand *

They asked me to put up Christmas decorations at work last week and I flat out refused to do it. I said I'm not in the mood for it and I wasn't about to put up any decorations.

I could care less about Christmas this year. The only thing I'm looking forward to about it is giving my 3 nieces their presents.

I think it's mainly because we are celebrating Xmas on the 21st...which is my birthday and I don't like that because every year everyone just tries to give me one present and tell me it's for my birthday + Christmas...I wonder how they'd like it if I did the same thing to them next year?

[Gary Stevens]

there are 2 things a recession can't take away from me...my family and my faith. hope some of you guys can cheer up and enjoy the holiday season! :D
Very well put.

Me? I’m having a little trouble with it.
I am a huge, HUGE Christmas person. We always do it up big and I don’t have to fake it. It’s been that way all my life, even when I was a kid.
But I lost one of my sisters to cancer 2 months back. This will be the first Christmas with out her. And I don’t have enough vacation time saved up to go back home and be with my mother and other sister. So that is starting to be a little hard to take.
On the other hand….
My 3 yr old Grandson lives with us. And I can’t help but feel the joy of the season when I’m with him. When ever we go anywhere in the car he insists that I put on the Christmas music. And he is all into helping me shop for Mommy & Grandmother. And wrapping presents. And decorating the house.
So find your happiness where you can, and enjoy it while it’s here.

[JacktheRipper]

Every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart

[Holeman]

Well said my man. Unless you are living in South Africa and dying like the other 100,000 a month, we have nothing to be THAT depressed about.

We should focus on what we do have rather than what we don't.

That's my whole damn point!

I've got no idea why I feel like this and I feel like a supreme ASS because I do. I don't get depressed at Christmas, I just don't.

But, I am. I can't figure it out.

[AsterisX18]

Do some good deed stuff, may make you feel better =) You start the jolly Christmas spirit

[frymasterak]

As far as my life goes, I cant complain, but the state of the world makes it hard to be cheery for alot of people who arent self absorbed.

[lespaul59]

I think part of the reason Christmas doesn't feel like Christmas is because they start putting decorations out before Halloween and to me Christmas has became kinda overstaurated (spelling) I guess you could say. For me one of the things that made Christmas for me was seeing the decoraqtions being out out in yards and stores. But now it's like look at this, can we please get through the two holidays before we see Christmas stuff. And I don't mean it as in I don't want to think about Christmas but rather can the stores at least get close to Thanksgining before they put the decorations out. But on the other hand I get to spend more time with my family and this year I get to spend time with a very special person in my life and this makes this year more special than any in the last few years. And speaking about money and Christmas presents my dad and I where talking about this the other day because my parents spent $14 on my youngest nephew and they're lookiong at spending about $10 more on his older brother. We where looking at an Air Hogs helicopter and my dad was like but we didn't spend that much on Josh. And I told him that Josh is gonna enjoy his Triple H and Shawn Michales two pack and The Marine(staring John Cena) dvd more than his brother would enjoy the helicopter and that this was a case of how much money being spent didn't matter. And he was like your right. And in my opinion when you have a bunch of kid and teens to buy presents for don't worry about the adults. With out counting the adults my parents have 11 or 12 present to buy and the adults should understand that they're not getting anything because the money was spent on the kids. And I think one of the things that burns me up worse than any other during the holidays is when people that are better off than most in their family complain about not having money to buy Christmas present. Well I'm gonna end my mini rant now and go watch some tv with the Christmas tree lights on and relax.

[InnerRayg]

That was the most beautiful wall of text I've ever seen.

Didn't read it of course, but the shape of it was really nice.

[Lone_Samurai]

Seriously, I just can't do it this year. I've gone to the light displays and hung out with my niece and nephew and my girlfriend is bound and determined to slop tinsel over every square inch of anything we own, but I'm just not feeling it.

Everyone I know is either freaking out about keeping their job, broke or just completely depressed. Usually whenever I do the lights at my mom's house that starts it, but this year that was a horrible chore. Shopping is torture and I usually actually like doing that. My sister dragged me to North Pole City to buy lights and let the kids ride the train and all I could keep thinking was, "Holy ****, it's hot in here."

There's also been a lot of drinking since Thanksgiving. A lot. Whenever my friends and I meet for lunch or they come over, no one is happy about anything and there's this mad rush to get as drunk as possible.

The worst part is, I can't go anywhere without noticing how crass and plastic this holiday has become. The mall just disgusts me and it makes me feel guilty because I know the kids are having a good time and I just can't quite get there. I went to Toys R Us, which I usually enjoy and wound up making an excuse to sit in the car while everyone shopped.

Maybe I'm just depressed. I don't know. But, usually this is my favorite time of year and I'm really at a loss to understand why I'm not enjoying it. It's never happened before. And, it's not like I've got anything to be sad about. I'm still employed, I actually got my bonus (which I understand is a rare ****ing thing these days), I'm in a great relationship for once, my house is paid for as of November, so is my car, my roof is fixed and I'm sitting here RACKING my brain trying to find a reason why I would be feeling this way, and I can't come up with anything. Life for me is....pretty good.

So why the **** am I so miserable? I don't have a reason to be. I don't get it.

Maybe you should seek some kind of thearpy. I am not trying to imply that you actually need it, but then again maybe you do.

I know Im considred to be a doush bag around here, but I was in a state like you not to long ago. Maybe if you can not figure out what is wrong or why you feel this way. Then I would suggest to seek some help from a thearpist. Just a thought.

[golden puma]

I’m just looking forward to more than 2 days off in the week, you have to look to the simple pleasures in life to find happiness.

There is no right or wrong time of the year to feel down, if your not in the mood, your not in the mood. Don’t dwell on it.

Xmas cheer can be a real pain to come by, most times it takes a certain amount of selfishness to get it, when hearing constant reports of how so many people are going to struggle this Winter etc, or how bad it is for people living somewhere else.

Forget about yesterday and tomorrow, and there’s always someone else worse off than you crap, forget about what you should be feeling or doing or spending at this time and I think Gary got it spot on when he said ‘ find your happiness where you can, and enjoy it while it’s here.’ Cause there’s a bird in the air just waiting to **** on you when you least expect it.

Chins up fellas

[Holeman]

Maybe you should seek some kind of thearpy. I am not trying to imply that you actually need it, but then again maybe you do.

I know Im considred to be a doush bag around here, but I was in a state like you not to long ago. Maybe if you can not figure out what is wrong or why you feel this way. Then I would suggest to seek some help from a thearpist. Just a thought.

I don't believe in therapy.

If you're smart enough to know that something's wrong, then whatever it is is something you can find and solve yourself. It's called being 'self-aware'. People who waste their cash on on therapy are not.

[WeAre138]

I agree. Iam usually into it but this year I just want it to be gone.......

[Desolation33]

I'm not feeling it this year either.

[ChargerChris]

I say do away with all holidays. They're just consumer occasions now anyways.

[rxsheepxr]

lol @ Snake.

[frinspar]

Took us both a lot to try and get into the spirit.
Didn't feel like putting up the tree, lights, decorations, buying gifts...

It's gonna be lean this year, but that's not really why. Something wasn't clicking.

But I forced myself to put up all the decorations and tree and we decorated it. Looks really nice.

Even got some Christmas cards sent.

Still not totally there, but I don't feel as 'blah' about the season as I did.

[Holeman]

lol @ Snake.

I know, right? :confused:

[Laird]

Not this year, but I am not depressed... just everything feels scattered.