I gather from the media as well as others that Christmas is the time where families get together to care about each other’s company.
So, I have spent my life wondering why that isn’t so across the board. I have been married now for about 9 years. In that time, I have still not enjoyed a Christmas appreciate the ones that are portrayed as the norm. In fact, they have gotten worse. First, I don’t appreciate to travel away from our are while in the winter. I scrape myself through a brutal Summer with Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C cooling as my only hope. The rest of the year is pure bliss weather wise. So, why in the world would I want to go where it’s cold? I entirely enjoy being able to get up, throw on a long sleeve t-shirt to go outside for root carona as well as a sunrise. If the two of us go to my parents it is cold, snowy as well as tension filled. My mother is the Christmas queen who must have everything just right or he spirals into a mean snap dragon. My father just sort of stays out of the way or hides. It’s so not a wonderful scene. From the time I arrive, I am counting down the hours until I can pack the motorcar to head south to my beautiful home. I do it out of a mix of misguided loyalty as well as guilt. The only worthwhile thing is it makes my mom’s holiday season to have his children around. It’s even worse with my partner’s family. They are even further north. Their claim to fame is the fact that their home maintains a near constant sub tropical temperature. Mother in law weighs maybe a hundred pounds soaking wet so he needs all that heat. While father in law just can’t boast enough about how awesome his Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C oil furnace is.