So every year, for the past couple years, Christmas has come and gone and I stand in its wake wondering where I was when it happened. I am not sure if it has been the crazy busy schedule I have had with work, family, and r�aul but I always seem to miss getting into the spirit of the season. I have affectionately named my condition "The Holiday Trance." That is exactly how it feels. I feel drugged. Apathetic and indifferent to the decorations, food, and endless parade of parties (some with and without alcohol). I'm sure there is an official prognosis. Like some sort of depression. AND there is probably a drug to treat it with all the normal side affects like cramping of the brain, bleeding from various part the body and yes, even death. I wonder if drug companies even listen to their own commercials.
I've often wondered if this "trance" happens to only me. Is it because I have grown out of Christmas? I'm to busy to slow down and enjoy it? Have I been possessed by Ebenezer Scrooge? I do feel much older than I am sometimes....hmmm....I may be onto something here...
Anyway, I am determined to not be lulled again this year even if it means I dress up in a freaking Santa suit for the remainder of the year. It is too pretty of a holiday to let it pass me by. Lights and decorations everywhere. Giving gifts and enjoying life. Taking the five minutes, no eight minutes to watch two people have a fist fight in Wal-mart over the last "toy of the year." (Although I think this happens regularly at Wal-mart). It was like watching WWF!
I just don't want to be disappointed with myself again this year the day after Christmas wondering why it felt like any other day. I want to be ready and mean it, just like the bell ringer outside the Castleton mall said to me Saturday, "Ima Ready Fo' Chrissmos! Are You?"
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Ahh the season has arrived. Hear about my thoughts.
