It’s quite alright to say, “No!” to a holiday. It’s ok to write off an entire season. Sometimes holidays are worthy of looking forward to. Sometimes they’re not.
It’s perfectly fine to ignore the myriad external messages elbowing each other to influence us. People, companies, cultures, they all would love for us to spend, do, and feel exactly as they think we should.
Never mind them. Really. Sometimes some holidays (and/or seasons) are best ignored.
Do whatever works for you. Mark time, survive, thrive. Before you know it, it’ll be holiday-free January.
Whatever any one of us does, we’re never alone. We’re all unique yet all human. Be good to each other. Take good care of yourself!
What do you do when you want to ignore a holiday?
It seems far easier than ever to ignore the worst of the so-called holiday season. Here’s one reason I’m more cheerful than usual at his time of year: I’m avoiding going into shops and places that pump that awful ersatz Xmas music at you starting in November. The kind of stuff that gets in your head and can only be removed by a deliberate blitz of something better.
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amen lol
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I like this post 🙂 and I agree, sometimes it’s just whatever works for you. Sometimes (not always) some of us just want to get though the holidays or make the most of them only as best we can. Sometimes I go home, others I go somewhere new, alone and that’s okay too!
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Wise advice I already follow !! … Whenever possible I say “no” to summer holidays, I take days off at the end of September, the place I go to (mountain) is cooler and less crowded and more beautiful than in the summer days !!
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Me, I’m going to bake. I hardly ever get time to do that, except on holidays, and it’s something I really enjoy!
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I like to heat up the home with baking when it’s cold out 🙂
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Burnt cookies are a big tradition around here! Also, latkes that don’t hold together and look more like hash browns, candle wax dripped all over the place, cookie crumbs ground into the carpet, wrapping paper that’s liked better than the gift (as true of some adults as some kids,) unsolicited phone callers rudely interrupting family time, and almost always, a major appliance that decides to go kaput. That’s how we make our own traditions and celebrate around here! LOL!
Happy Holidays to you, dear friend.
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too funny – Sharon – hopefully the experience is as sweet as it sounds – same to you, dear 🙂
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All days can be Holy Days if love, peace, harmony and friendship are in your heart 😀
Wishing you a very magical day ❤
Sid
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Amen to that my friend…beautifully communicated…thanks for sharing 🙂
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Beautiful. Awesome. I love it.
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I’d eat those cookies anyway! Half the time I don’t know what day it is, so it is easy to miss the “minor” holidays–New Years and Christmas not so easy. I shall wish you Happy Holidays–include what you like–today as I go out to improve the economy this weekend.
Greg the Great Procrastinator and the gang at the Feline Cafe.
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good point – to some, burned cookies are better than no cookies! – Greg & gang, don’t work too hard 🙂
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May we make the most of every moment of Now.. And sending you many more special moments to come..
Love and Blessings for the holiday season and beyond
Hugs Sue xx
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