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?
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Beautiful post. I love it. Anyway hope you okay
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thank you – yes, I am well, hope you & yours are too – many thanks for asking, Madekesiworld 🙂
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Anytime. Good too, thank you.
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By the way in Italy the kids are not expecting the arrival of Santa. Do you know who comes to deliver their gifts?
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do they get gifts? LOL
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Good morning and Happy Sunday. I just published a post about this character. I do hope you read it and comment it too. Buon Natale cara!
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I dunno know…Read my post.
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LOL
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Not nearly enough today .
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Good morning dear da-Al. Let’s separate the chaff from the grain. One thing is to avoid a forced family reunion with obnoxious friends and worse family members and the other thing is to ignore, if you are a believer like I proudly am, a celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth. Yes, Christmas is not just a fat funny man that says ho-ho and brings presents but about the Coming of our Saviour. Merry Christmas to all of your readers.
Un grosso baccione. Arrivederci!
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Great topic, and fun read😊
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Wow. I love this innovative perspective on ignoring certain holidays. After Thanksgiving until after the New Year, I try to avoid eating ALL the cookies, cakes and over-the-top foods…because once I start it’s hard to stop. I also try to avoid buying a million presents for everyone I’ve ever met. It becomes meaningless. Lastly, I never travel far on holiday weekends–the traffic makes me anxious. Instead, I just have quiet time with my husband and we spend time with others on less hectic weekends.
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that sounds like heaven, overthehillontheyellowbrickroad – wishing you & yours a fab 2018 🙂
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Same to you and your family!
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