I always like the idea of the holiday season, but then it usually sucks. Especially since my mother died and my marriage went to shit. Do you love or hate the holiday season (and why)?
My family's consumerism killed Christmas when i was little kid. I always felt like i was outside looking in.
I find Christmas a hyped up time when people are stressed and miserable and spend ridiculous amounts of money, get in debt and for what. I think I might join my son next year in the North of Thailand. no commercialism, happy family meals. natural surroundings and no TV bliss..
Since my divorce, the holidays are significantly less hectic, which is nice.
Informing extended family of my divorce was less nice.
All in all, like catching up wuth my cousins, but like ALL of them have kids except me, so I just feel like I'm trying to have a cinversation in tge middle of a daycare :-/