Bah Humbug

It's 4:30am Christmas morning, and while most parents are just now going to bed due to "playing Santa" I'm up for the same reason I always am...I can't sleep. Tonight I have been thinking about the lack of Christmas spirit I have always had and came to the conclusion that...Bah Humbug! I still don't care for the pagan holiday. The real meaning of Christmas has been forgotten over the years and even though I'm not a religious person I still hold to some of the things I was taught/lectured/branded with as I was growing up. Over the years it has become more about who got what, who spent the most, how many different households someone can fit into 2 or 3 days, etc. I'm not going to be apart of that. My children know there is not a fat man in a pimped out leisure suit flying around the sky with magical deer pulling his buggy and I didn't have to tell them, they were smart enough to figure it out on their own...YAY kids! (you got your brains from me...lol) I know it also means getting together with family and loved ones for food and fellowship. Well my kids are my only family that matters other than my friends, but they have their own families that they actually care to be around so it's just us...not very entertaining. And seeing as how my kids have their dads family to visit also they would rather spend time with them than sitting at home with me watching TV or in my case reading. I just don't see the joy in rushing around like an idiot making myself even more insane than I tend to be now. Thanksgiving starts what I call the Month of Stress for the average person. Frantically shopping, decorating, preparing, while still juggling with activities of daily life all for ONE DAY! That is insane, yet some want to say that I am for not being in a Christmas spirit and enjoying the merriment...no thank you if that's what it takes to enjoy Christmas. I prefer to be migraine free. I'll stick to the holiday that I look forward to starting January 1st...St Patrick's Day! Irish Carbombs here I come!