Running Away From Christmas
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Holy shit we spend a lot of money over the holidays. Daily trips to the grocery store for parties we are hosting or attending.
Christmas presents for everyone. New decorations we have to purchase since the kids broke 20 ornaments. New Christmas tree lights since one C9 bulb burned out last year and now we are forced to retrofit our entire lighting system.
I feel like I should be merry and bright and show my children a holly jolly Christmas like my mom did for me. Instead, each year I feel even more. It's 38 degrees. I should be at the beach but instead I'm stuck in a shopping line half a kilometer long. Mariah Carey assaults my ears as I hand.
There is endless present wrapping, decorating, shopping. My regular life is work enough, which makes the added work around the holidays frustrating. Next year my family will rebel from the traditions, materialism, and expectations of the holiday season. I will make my holiday season more purposeful for my family by taking them somewhere they have never been.
The reality is, we will probably stay home and do the same thing we have done for the last 10 years. Where would you go?
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I Want To Run Away At Christmas, But This Is Why I Stay
Posted in Life and christmas , Christmas break , Christmas gifts , Elf on the Shelf , happy holidays , holiday stress , holidays , materialism , Megan Woolsey , reason for the season , road rage , running away. Though I feel hopeless in a world devoid of love and goodness, I gaze at those four people who radiate more love than I ever thought possible. I created those hearts within them. And I know because of them, the future will be less bleak.
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When everyone else is tucked up in bed, I watch 'Love Actually' for the umpteenth time and cry more than I did last year. Because secretly, I know I still believe in happy endings. I wrap presents for my children and place them under the tree and smile when I think of their faces when they open them. Finally around midnight I turn out the lights and take one last look at the tree.
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It shines, glitters, radiates, and I am overcome with emotion. Because I know somewhere in my heart is a place still untouched by the world. Here, I have the faith of a child. I believe in magic and in miracles, in restoration, in healing, in a more beautiful tomorrow. Get top stories and blog posts emailed to me each day. Newsletters may offer personalized content or advertisements. Roger Charity via Getty Images.
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And honestly, in the big scheme of things, I wonder what the point is. I grab the feeling in my chest and hold it close.
Cookouts under the stars, wagon rides and western dancing will help you get into the cowboy spirit. I grab the feeling in my chest and hold it close. Surrounded by a panorama of London's most famous landmarks, two winners make history today as the first-ever overnight guests on the world-famous Coca-Cola The Official London Eye , thanks to TripAdvisor Rentals. This year, I was adamant I would not have a miserable one. Marrakech Rich opulence, delicious spicy smells, pretty candlelit evenings and a hint of snow on the High Atlas Mountains, Marrakech is a naturally festive city all year round. And now because of Facebook and Pinterest we cannot simply move the Elf to a new place.
And I know this is why I stay. I know this is why I will show up for Christmas again this year. And not the kind of escapism that comes in a glass bottle and is topped off with a maraschino cherry. I decided that if life was going to be hard and was going to keep throwing me curve balls, the least I could do was come up with a coping strategy i. Rather than suffer the hangovers and increasing tendency to do nothing that comes of addictions like sipping whiskey every night in front of the TV or endlessly trawling Facebook for some distraction from my personal reality, I thought perhaps an addiction to adventure, to travel might teach me a few things, that I might increase my knowledge, grow my curiosity, step up my courage…at the very least, become a more interesting person.
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That is indeed one way of coping, and it will likely get you through till your appointed end. As will chasing the jackpot, chasing women, chasing some pills with a shot of tequila…. Mail will not be published required. Notify me of follow-up comments by email.