Happy Christmas, your arse

[lizblackdog]

This year, my family decided to go with a Secret Santa system for family gifts, so instead of everyone buying everyone 494603437 things, everyone just has one gift to buy each. For me, the eternal poor relation, this is a relief on the level of a piano being lifted off my chest.


It hasn't eliminated my seasonal angst, fear and loathing, only given it one less sensible reason to exist. I still hate almost everything about this holiday: the forced jollity, the shoppers' siege mentality, the flavour of disappointed expectation that permeates every adult's mood like rancid butter in mashed potatoes.

Don't get me wrong. I love you all. I want you all to have a wonderful time with love and tinsel and gravy and an apple and an orange and a pony and a shiny red bike and an X-box. But I want that for you every day of every year; it annoys crap out of me that I have a date and a fucking deadline it's supposed to happen on. It makes no sense; and I loathe expectations and obligations above all things.

So I won't be sending you cards, but you knew that. I'm not doing presents except for one family member and baby niece - unless you're on Subeta, because I happen to be a multimillionaire in Subeta play-money and I can - but even there I'd much rather shower people with presents on random occasions as the mood takes me.

And yeah, I'll have a good day on the day. I always do, because I am insanely lucky enough to have a family that consists of great people I actually enjoy spending time with. I'd still opt out, given the choice.

So I don't wish any of you a happy Christmas. I wish you all health, wealth and joy greater than you've ever known, spread evenly over 365 days to keep it in manageable doses. I wish you love and joy and desire and fulfillment and beauty and no more sorrow than the absolute minimum required to appreciate the good parts. I wish that for you every day, summer or winter.

And I do not wish you Christmas music, except for this one song, the only one I can bear. I love it so.

Comments

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

AMEN!!!!

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOU XD

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

i love you too! and you've hit the nail right on the head with this post! :D

[slave2tehtink.livejournal.com]

Srsly Lizzums, I'm not feeling Christmas anymore either. I think it's because of the having to buy gifts for a shit load of people, and because I never get to have a quiet Xmas with the parents and the Usual Suspects... it's always this big family thing with pressure to be overjoyed.

Some year you and I should get together and lock ourselves in for Christmas.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

you have no idea how much i'd love that. i'd even cook.

...actually, we could both cook. you could do Southern Lady things with yams and i can do proper roast potaties in goose fat, and afterwards we can pull crackers and wear silly paper hats and either watch Tink and Squish play or teach Spike and Beo that they aren't allowed to kill each other.

It will be awesome. :D

[slave2tehtink.livejournal.com]

Fusion Winterthing! I'll bring the whiskey... we'll need it to watch over four dogs, really. I'd have to do american style biscuits, too.

[kyra-neko-rei.livejournal.com]

*hugs and everything else*

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

thank you, sweetheart!

[my3babies.livejournal.com]

Here is to wishing you a happy life year around ((((hug))))

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

And you. May this be the year what you're looking for finds you.

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

*hugs you*
*rubs your breasts*

;-)

HO HO HO!

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Oooh, it's Pervy!Santa come to show me the true meaning of Christmas!

Re: HO HO HO!

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

Lest we forget, Saturnalia was known for midwinter orgies to breed spring babies. :-D

I'm not much for the breeding but I'm all about the orgies!

[silverblaidd.livejournal.com]

Best Christmas song ever.* But I play it year 'round, generally.



Next to various good versions of Carol of the Bells.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Ha. I still have all your Bells on my playlist from last year. I just don't really associate them with Christmas.

...Which is odd. I play all of them year round, but this one is my Winterthing thong song.

[silverblaidd.livejournal.com]

I've noticed this theme in a large portion of my friends list. I think it's pretty cool.

[rozae.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

My love to you and yours from Dexter, Lacey and I. <3

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

And thank you, sweetheart, and your spotty dog and pointy cat and adorable husband too! XD

[danasaur.livejournal.com]

You know, I noticed yesterday that I hadn't had time to complain about the holiday all season. I feel like I have all this catching up to do.

This post is good though. And so is the song <3

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

heh! Thanks darling.

[mcsassypants.livejournal.com]

I think you just put into words what I've been feeling about Christmas for the past couple of years.

Rascal and Hamish send their love, as do the rest of us. :)

[mcsassypants.livejournal.com]

...or at least, Rascal and Hamish send their affectionate disdain, which is about as close as cats get...

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

True dat. Cassie is one of the cuddliest, most affectionate cats I ever met - probably because I am mildly allergic and would rather NOT have a cat in my face all the time - but the disdain is still very much present. Especially when it's approaching food time and she's giving me the "I wish to make a complaint about the standards of service in this establishment" glare.

[mcsassypants.livejournal.com]

I don't think either of the two currently sharing our apartment could live up to the disdain that little miss Christina had for all of us, but bless 'em, they try.

[bites-the-sun.livejournal.com]

Best Xmas song ever. Also, word on the 'date and deadline' business.