The Grinch speaks
I hate Christmas.
I have hated it for years and what’s weird is that every year it gets less and less of a big deal. It’s almost a non event now. You over-eat for a day and that’s it.
I used to really get into it and decorate the whole house and get superpernickety with presents. (I think I am a genius present buyer - I LOVE getting exactly the right thing for people).
Not any more though. I have no desire to give or to receive JUST BECAUSE IT IS XMAS.
The whole thing really feels like a big scam to get us to buy more shite.
It’s all made in China now too - all the stuff you get in the shops. And having been through a volcanic eruption and seen all the shops in the town where I lived with ash and mud through them and with all their wares sticking out of the glumps of goo, I can never see stuff in the same way again.
And it kills me to see people ripping glossy multicoloured wrapping aper off presents and chucking it in the bin.
I unwrap mine carefully because I feel obliged to reuse it. (I have a huge pile of wrapping paper now which drives me spare but I feel too guilty to throw it away.)
As for the actual presents themselves, broadly speaking what a waste!
How often do you get something you actually want? Or need?
The whole thing is ridiculous and out of control.