15 December 2010

Cancelling Christmas

Yesterday, I wrote about all those lovely German Christmas traditions. Today, I have to report that I am ready to cancel Christmas - at least the commercial part of it.

I still want to celebrate the birth of Jesus! Totally. I mean that's why we are having it in the first place. But I am ready to tell the truth about Santa and his non-existence. I am ready to cancel ALL the gifts. It bugs me.

After behaving like an angel for about two weeks, Coqui is starting to lose it. He has been acting up the last few days and I can not explain where it comes from.

But maybe it is also the anticipation of his grandma to arrive - fearing she is overdoing it with the presents, again!?! She has been warned that we don't appreciate too many gifts. She has been told that this year will be a meager year for several reasons, I don't want to list here. So I am kind of dreading Christmas morning......

But please, you all out there, be merry and enjoy!!! I will try....

2 comments:

C. Beth said...

I hope you can find out what works best for you with Christmas! It's so hard to know how to make it special without getting too caught up in commercialism. I certainly haven't figured it out.

SurvivorBlessing said...

Me neither! Grandma arrived today and Coqui is acting up, through the roof..... had to have many time-outs to calm down.... amazing, the effect I mean!