Maybe Scrooge was onto something....

That was the headline to an article I read in USA Today this morning. It was so sane that I wanted to raise my fists into the air like a victory stance. Holy cow, someone else gets it too. Christmas has become so out of control that it consumes at least 6 weeks of our year. Maybe I feel that way because the wonder of children is absent in our family. (This is not a hint!!!! so kids don't take it that way! lol) Nothing is cuter than children running into your bedroom at 3am to wake you up because they are sure they heard Santa in the living room. Now, I have to wake everyone up to let them know that Santa arrived. I love the magic of Christmas viewed through the eyes of a child. You just can't explain it. That is why we have fallen hook line and sinker for the commercialism of the holiday season.
Last year, due to my storage unit story, I did not decorate for Christmas. No tree, no wreath, no stockings hung by the chimney with care, nada! Nobody said a word, maybe for obvious reasons, but my father in law who came over for our annual Christmas Eve Pierogi dinner. "where are your nutcrackers" That was it. I must confess, we did eat off the beautiful Christmas dishes I bought the year before on clearance after the holidays, but other than that not a trace of tinsel to be found. There is that Dish addiction again!
This year the only thing you will find is the new wreath I bought at the Christmas Tree Shop. There is that addiction again!!! Bahhh Humbug. Come January, I didn't have to put everything away and vacuum up fake snow for months to come. I think I liked it! Don't get me wrong, once there are little ones who run through my doorway on Christmas day, you bet the lights will twinkle once again, but until then that is one less thing that I have to add to the list.
Santa will still come, as he does every year. Les will still slave in the kitchen every Christmas Eve preparing for the Pierogi feast. We will meet with both sides of the family to sit down to a meal with the whole gang. That will be our Christmas.
Like the author of the article stated.... Thanksgiving is the perfect holiday. Eat, drink, family and watch football! No presents involved, no lavish decorating, just a turkey. Amen!