Finally! Someone that feels similar as I do about the holidays.

I lost my zeal years ago for a combination of reasons such as funerals of close family members on christmas fucking eve and a lifetime of being in retail so I have a front row seat to the spectacle of consumerism and manipulation.

That adage about the season bringing out the best in people may be true but my experience has been that it brings out the worst in people.

I make an effort for my grandchildren who are aging out of it themselves. In five years the youngest will be in college and I likely won't make any effort.

I'm not sad about it, I just do not see or feel the magic