I've had a incredibly hard time getting into the "holiday mood" this year. Usually Christmas time is an exciting time for me but this year, it hasn't kicked in AT ALL! The glimpse of snow helped a little but it still hasn't hit me that Christmas is a week away. Perhaps going to Hawaii threw my internal clock off a little. According to it, summer ended less than 4 weeks ago...well a short 10 day summer. Perhaps I am just still used to the harsh, in-your-face , winters of Alberta? Who knows. Or maybe, just maybe, I'm growing up. Every year a cup of my holiday cheer is given to good old Mr. Scrooge. Or Mr. Grinch. I find myself growing bitter, not towards Christmas, but I think the superficiality of the entire celebration. Why should we only help needy families and people once a year? You obviously have to know that those people are needy all year round, not just during stat. holidays.
It's frustrating.
I think I am over the whole present thing. I don't have a giant need for anything. Maybe a backpack for school. Or some binders and notebooks. Maybe someone can buy my textbooks for me? Those are types of presents that I wouldn't mind getting. I don't need cheap chocolate or awful smelling bathsalts. In the end, I shouldn't complain about the types of gifts I receive. In honesty, the thought does count. As for Christmas, those thoughts bother me. And I suppose they will only get more bothersome.
This Sunday I am making a bunch of sandwiches and going to hand them out to people on the streets of downtown. Lot's of people are wanting to help, so it is pretty exciting.
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