It just doesn't feel like Christmas...
 

Maybe I am just being Scrooge this year, but it just doesn't feel like Christmas.

Anyone else having this problem or am I just the weird one?

It doesn't feel like Christmas here, either. We're having a green, relatively warm Christmas this year, which I think contributes to the feeling.

It sure as hell feels like a normal Christmas to me... working 62 hours retail this week! (normal week is 21 hours for me)

I totally agree!! Up in New England THANKSGIVING felt more like Christmas w/ all the SNOW we had! 45degrees on Christmas Eve is NOT fun! :( I like having to get all bundled up in a warm coat and scarf on my way out the door!!!!

My cousin worked 72 hours last week, and the only thing he said after it was over was "Bling, Bling"

Dunno what that was all about.

Dunno about Mass., but CT is getting snow tonight...it's already freezing here, and it looks as if it's going to start storming any minute.

i just read it's supposed to "flurry" tomorrow afternoon or thursday morning.....but i'll believe it when i see it. It's WAY to warm to snow. I just went out and got my mail with just a long sleeve t-shirt and jeans on!

Well, it's a rainy Christmas Eve here in North Florida with a temperature of 61 degrees. If that doesn't scream Christmas, I do not know what does :)

I guess it doesn't feel like Christmas because my family is kind of stuck in an "in between" phase (i.e. My parents have raised their children and have no grandchildren.)

I just have always had such special memories of Christmas, but this year it just doesn't seem right, for whatever reason.

Work is bad...

Money is good...

This is the problem I have around Christmas time being a retail person...

Lazy Christmas
 

My family decided to move to another apartment during my winter vacation so I could help pack... Lucky me... Since all the money and time is going into being officially in the new place by the 30th, we are being very lazy this Christmas. We all have presents for one another at least, but I do not believe that any of them are going to be wrapped or even put into gift bags. Not that it matters because I always end up getting my Christmas presents when my mom takes me shopping with her... No element of surprise for me.
Whatever happened to the awesome Christmas Eve's where my mom would take us on a car ride to look at Christmas lights all over town and by the time we come back, Santa had visited?
The memories of it all.

I think it doesn't feel like Christmas because Thanksgiving was so late. Everything has been squashed into less than 4 weeks!

Most of the family is at Mass now but here I sit waiting for my two kids who work at the mall (Bath and Body, Limited Too) to call me so I can pick them up. Bummer.

Then the good stuff starts! We will all have clam chowder, don't ask me how that started. Then we'll hang stockings and take Christmas Eve videos and with any luck, all 13 kids will be asleep before 11. Mr. Carnation and I will no doubt be up until about 3.

And tomorrow, a photographer from the paper will be here to capture the hilarity. Aaaagggghhh! :eek: How did I agree to that?

It doesn't feel like Christmas to me either because it's Christmas Eve and I'm sitting at work doing nothing! The only day off I get this week is Christmas Day and it's right back to work! These are the days that I wish I was still in college and have two weeks off!

Both of my roommates have gone home and I'm planning on staying at my parent's house tonight because I don't want to wake up in a cold, lonely house on Christmas morning!

I have to work today and tomorrow-blah!! Cheers to all of you that have to work on Christmas and please keep your dogs out of the chocolate and cats away from the Christmas tree so I don't have to see you at the ER!

Even though we're getting a lot of snow here in Washington DC. it doesnt feel like Christmas. I think its because I have been so disconnected from the world this past month with starting a fraternity and school and other obligations. Maybe on Christmas Day I will be singing another tune.

I agree that it doesn't feel like christmas.

For me it didn't really even set in that it was the christmas season until I was driving into my neighborhood friday night after my three hour drive from school to home. Only when I saw all the christmas lights was I like "Oh, yeah, christmas in like 5 days"

I know that the main reason I didn't really feel it was b/c of finals. I got so carried away and focused on Organic chemistry that everything else kinda paled in comparison, even though we had all the christmas decorations up at the chapter house.

I also think that since I only had to buy gifts for my little brother, mom and dad - and since I knew what I was going to get them for a long time preceeding the end of finals weeks allowed me to put off the christmas feeling as well.

Another reason is just that I'm getting to that point in my life where christmas in not a big deal anymore. I'm not the 8 year old who began plannign for christmas in August, or going through the toy catalog 78 times looking for one more thing that I could ask for to make my life complete, nor am I having to worry about MAKING Christmas special for someone else...my little brother is a HS freshman so he's not really emotional about anything anymore other than girls...i don't have a girlfriend and obviously no children to make it special.

The last reason I can't believe it is christmas day tommorow is that on Sunday I leave for my cruise...that is what I've really been looking forward to for the past month! Knowing that I'm going to be coming back from break with a tan is a better gift than most for someone who is pale like me!!!:cool:

That's pretty much where I am, too.

My grandmother and grandfather really made Christmas in our family. Without them, we've just kind of gone through the motions. It's almost like we have "fake" Christmas. Things will never be like they once were, but they may get better once my sister and I settle down.

Until then, we shall be the "fake" Christmas family. We have no Christmas trees. We have no stockings up. We have no Christmas figurines displayed. If you were to walk into my parents house, it's just as if it is any other day.

I finished finals on Dec 13. I was all excited to get into Christmas. The next day, we got the news that my mom's best friend since 4th grade had died. she was like another daughter to my grandmother, and another older sister to my mom's siblings. As I grew older, she became a friend to me as well. No one was really in a Christmas mood after that.

We put the tree up Thursday night, only because we were having family over on Friday for my cousin's birthday party and we wanted it to look decent. Its so hard to celebrate when you've lost a dear friend who still has children to raise. We all carry on by knowing that she would have only wanted everyone to be happy.

It's not Christmas for me this year because my father passed away on Mother's Day and my mom wants to be left alone. So, I'm here....at work.....

BUT, I'm going out with 2 of my friends later today to hand out homemade dinners to the homeless. It's the least I can do. They say the best way to feel better is to make someone else feel better. I don't want to wallow in self pity, so I'd rather take the focus out of my head and put my energy towards brightening someone else's day, even if it's a sandwich and coffee....

It doesn't really feel like Christmas to me either. It's not just the weather, it's the whole spirit...it's not there.

Yep, just another day!

Brown Christmas, no snow but where I was going is snowed in. So wont spend Christmas with Dad and Brother!

Guess I will dust, and run the sweeper for a while!:(

Getting older and being in retailing does a lot to spoil the Holiday Season.

Oh well, hope everyone else has a better day!

First Christmas without my baby brother...
 

My little brother got married this summer, so this was my first Christmas without him. He always gets me up at the crack of dawn, wakes my parents up, and usually sleeps on the floor in my room in a sleeping bag so we can stay up and talk. (We're hanging on to our childhood). It's been hard because he's my best friend in the world. Even though he only lives a few seconds away, we hardly saw him at all. It was pretty wierd, and at first it was really bad, but he called me first thing this morning to wake me up. :) Mainly, it was a wonderful day.

Tom, I'm sorry you didn't get to be with your family. I don't know what I'd do without mine!

I hope everyone had a great day, and if you didn't, I'll definitely pray that the next week is amazing!

Crystal

Y'all, Christmases being un-Christmasy usually passes. It seems to have something to do with either a (usually temporary) lack of children in the family or a change in situations, such as a move or a certain person not being there anymore.

Don't worry, it varies from year to year and you'll get back to feeling that holiday spirit someday!

I take it you've had many shitty holdiays?

If you haven't, don't comment on how bad the holidays are for some people. It would make sense not to.

It didn't feel very Christmasy to me, either. We're lucky, because everyone is healthy and employed. We have kids around, which made it fun. I wasn't able to really get into Christmas this year because I had so much work to do (finals until the 19th, brought my grad school apps home) and wasn't able to shop until the 21st.

My concern is that people as a whole are getting more selfish and more into the holiday as a commercial funfest. I'm concerned that the quest to give (or, usually, to receive) the "perfect present" is ruining the holiday.

I take back what I said in my earlier post - we woke up on Christmas morning with snow! It was like something out of a movie...I can just imagine all the little kids waking up and screaming with delight at all the new-fallen snow. :)