Here’s to Christmas. Here’s to the holidays. Here’s to unrealistic expectations and self-inflicted pressure to achieve a level of festivity that doesn’t exist. That Brady Bunch Leave it to Beaver Walton’s Mountain Cosby Show It’s a Wonderful Life Christmas Story Bing Crosby Christmas ideal mixed with false childhood memories of incredible family Christmases.
Well, like Ice T / Body Count said, “Shit Aint Like That, it’s real fucked up…”
You’re putting all this pressure on yourself, just like you did last year, and the year before. Only to go back to work after the holidays with a big fat EMPTY feeling. You set yourself up. But hey there’s still time, look at what you’re looking for and perhaps you can make a few adjustments.
Salt Lake City, Utah; Paradise, California; Portland, Oregon; Chicago, Illinois; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Boston, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia; Cincinnati, Ohio; Grinnell, Iowa; Aberdeen, Washington; even right here in Seattle…It’s just another day on the calendar. Turn the page.
Don’t get me wrong, I like the smell of Christmas trees, Christmas stockings full of goodies, lights, warm drinks, well wrapped gifts, dancing sugar plums, jingle bells and all that shit. I’m just trying to be a bit more realistic in my old age.
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