I’ve officially decided I really don’t enjoy Christmas shopping. Once upon a time when I had a lot more disposable income and cash flow, not to mention lots of time on my hands I would shop for presents as early as September. Due to circumstances, I now shop in the month of December.
Something about the sheer volume of presents that I have to buy totally sucks the joy and thoughtfulness right out of Christmas shopping. I feel the pressure, the shops are packed, parking is far from plentiful, the ease of shopping is unpleasant holding tons of heavy bags, dealing with complaining kids, feeling hot from all the winter gear I am wearing.
One could say that I could perhaps ‘make’ my presents, but in all reality with everyday life unfortunately at this time I have no time or energy to do so.
I much prefer shopping for the one-off birthday or non-Christmas occasion gift when I have only one gift to take care of. I look forward to the day I actually have time to thoughtfully craft my gifts once again. Until now, what I most look forward to is simply just spending time talking and having fun with my family and celebrating!
Ditto! I came so close to just boycotting presents all together. I mean do we really need it, when all we need is just to spend time together?
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