A meme for the holidays

[shadowedge613]

So there are all these cheerful memes about the holidays, and what varoius people will be gifting you with,m but some of my strangest memories of christmas are horrible. So:

what is the worst thing that happend at Christmas to:

the tree?

The food?

The weather?

The transporation?

the gifts?

The family fight?

The failure of the modern world: (example, the Christmas we had no running water, becuase the Orange groves next door pumped the aquifer dry... no, really.)

Comments

Nerver cared.

[pairodox.livejournal.com]

We were never that concerned about anything going right, and we didn't ever have anything terribly interesting happen.

Tree) The tree was metal and plastic, and only occasionally was knocked over and an ornament or so occasionally lept to its death.

Food) We are Italian. The food is always plentiful and delicious.

Weather) Florida X-mas weather always sucks. Never any snow.

Transportation) Long standing tradition in my family to hole up for the holidays and not go out any time near x-mas.

gifts) Gifts come when they are ready. We don't rush, nor do we slack. We just let them happen. It has been years since I have been desperately in consumer "need" for anything. For example: Sometime after X-mas, my mother will take me out to get a shiny new bike, or at least a bike new to me.

Family Fight) Once upon a time, I bet my father was cranky while cooking, but my mom always just leaves him alone until he is done, so no fights. My parents would fight occasionally, but I don't remember any happening around x-mas. And as we never stressed about holidays, no increase in fight probability.

Modern World) Christmas has never demonstrated to me in the past the glories of Christian Life, or extolled the virtues of Jesus. Historically I simply have born witness to the crimes of consumerism and people forgetting to have a good time.