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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Grainne who wrote (27323)	12/27/1998 7:58:00 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

<<So now I buy lots of birdseed, and corn cobs for the squirrels, and spend a lot of time looking out the window watching the neighborhood animals enjoy the bounty. I buy fresh catnip for my own kitties, new cat toys, and watch them cavort in a silly way. There are lots of beautiful smells like frankencense and bayberry, singing for the ears, and of course some opportunities for kissing under the mistletoe. I don't think our ancestors celebrated winter with the exchange of huge gifts. I believe they kept each other warm and cheerful at a cold and unforgiving time of the year. One thing I might suggest that worked for me is to take Christmas and make it a day that I really treat myself to small pleasures. >> Thank God someone finally figured it all out. Ish

To: Grainne who wrote (27323)	12/27/1998 8:54:00 PM
From: MSB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

I really love giving gifts, seeing the surprised look on the person's face knowing it was something totally unexpected. I bought gifts for co-workers, friends, and of course family (although not all of them as it was our tradition to draw a name out of a hat and buy a gift for that one person). But since I've been married, I just don't have the funds to play with like I used to and we don't have kids! Christmas's have been a little more of a bummer every year. And most of the spirit of Christmas is completely gone for me. I'm so cynical that it seems like one giant ploy to move merchandise from business books so they don't have to pay taxes on it at the end of the year. And of course my imaginative sense is waning more every year. Wish I could hibernate from the third week in December til the first week in January. Then I wouldn't have to deal with it at all. I doubt that in the earlier times when gift exchanges were being made during the Christmas holiday that the gifts were so outlandish. I suspect they were more along the lines of things given that the person might have to wait a very long time for, and very simple things to-boot. So are you saying you didn't give anything to your daughter, your parents, your husband's parents, etc., etc., for Christmas?