by Lockpick » Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:31 pm
Sadly, Christmas is begging to annoy me. And I usually love Christmas too. :(
For the last couple years I don't even bother tuning on the radio for the whole month of December. I dislike Christmas songs at the best of times, but man does that get repetitive after a whole month. "The Christmas Song" is probably my most hated song on the whole planet. Every Christmas party/pageant/public display includes that song. Every year in school we had to sing it. Every year in dance and band we had to preform it. And I hated it long before that. I've hated it for as long as I can remember. Guess what the most popular Christmas song in the world is. >.<'
By the time Christmas actually gets here, I'm ready to strangle the carolers. XD
But the worst part is the shopping! For a religious holiday, Christmas sure is commercial... That's all it is anymore, an excuse to spend money. And I tried desperately to get my family to do a gift-less Christmas. I thought that would be fun. Just get together, have a big meal, enjoy each other's company, and relax. No stress. No spending money we don't have on stuff we don't need. But no, my dad was raised Catholic. Even though he's not religious, Christmas is still a big deal to him and he'll celebrate it the only way he knows how: gift giving. =/
So here we go again. Hours of shopping and standing in lines surrounded by irritated, uncomfortable, unhappy and stressed out people listening holiday music ("The Christmas Song" playing in every store you go to). But Dad doesn't care cause he doesn't shop, Mom does. And guess who she drags along with her! 8'D
And trust my mother put everything off until the last minute and then spend the last 5 days in a desperate rush. 8 hours is too much shopping for one day!
So... I tried smiling at people. It was an attempt to make myself feel better, lift my bad mood and get into some Christmas spirit. I read somewhere that you can spread happiness by simply breaking the cycle of negativity. Basically, if you smile and be happy, other people will pick up on that and become happy as well. I thought it would be a nice thing to try since everyone seemed to be quite grumpy. I smiled at many people... most of them looked at me like I was crazy. One old lady even glared at me. o_0
Apparently they were not happy to be last-minute Christmas shopping either. XD