Love/Hate Christmas
L.A. Daddy wrote a great post about what he loves and hates about the holiday season. Here's my contribution to the discussion:
I love setting up the Christmas tree, lights, and assorted decorations.
I hate taking them down just because they never seem to fit back in the boxes I took them out of!
I love looking out at the snow.
I hate driving in the snow.
I love giving fun toys and games to my kids.
I hate that nobody ever gives ME fun toys and games anymore.
I love listening to Christmas music.
I hate listening to Christmas music, 'round about midnight of December 25th.
I love the looks on my kids' faces when they open their presents.
I hate having to figure out where to put all this new stuff they're getting.
I love the cookies and treats.
I hate that my clothes won’t fit right for weeks after.
I love watching A Christmas Story, Home Alone, and Polar Express with my kids. And, after they go to bed, watching Christmas Vacation with my wife.
I hate that there are so many horrible Christmas movies out there, like Deck The Halls and Jingle All The Way.
I love egg nog ice cream.
I hate peppermint ice cream.
I love forgetting about the world's troubles for just a few days.
I hate that the troubles seem to always return in a worse way.
Permalink posted by Phil at 9:49 PM
13 Comments:
This is really good Phil.
Firstly, Thank you for our parcel!!!
The kids loved it too!!
I agree with the "love to buy new games and stuff and then have to figure out where to put it all" and my bin is full of wrapping papers and boxes afterwards!!
But it's all good :)
This is really interesting. Loved going through your blog. Its great. Peep into my Holiday Blog for some unique and interesting gift ideas and loads of other fun stuffs.
Hey, you're right--no one ever gives me fun toys or games either! What's up with that?
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Love hate is so ying/yang (whatever that is). Good post.
Oh this is a good list.. Funny,why do festive happiness can only be felt before and it all turn sour and tiring on the days after..
I'm with you on pretty much all these things, especially the eggnog/peppermint ice cream. Though on snow we differ: I too love looking at snow, but don't mind driving in it. It's the shoveling I hate (and I shouldn't complain, we have about 50 feet of sidewalk to shovel, that's all.)
As for gifts, you've gotta start writing to Santa!!
I'd like to add:
I love the looks on peoples faces when you give them just the right thing.
I HATE shopping.
Really and truly dislike shopping. 75% was online shopping this year, next year, 100%
I love shopping for presents. I hate spending the next year paying for them ...
Great list! I would add that I love my husband's week off from work, but I hate the day he has to go "back to the grind", and I lose the extra pair of hands around the house!
I love Christmas music too. I like listening to it right through early January though. But I hate that I start hearing it right after Halloween.
Excellent list! I love it.
I love Christmas but this year - i am going through a divorce, one of my children has been referred to hospital with a heart condition, I'm been made homeless and the housing people are dragging their heels with sorting the house i've been allocated so I have to have my kids visiting me in my temporary accomodation 4 doors down from a drug pusher - so Ho Ho f*****g ho!
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