OK, so let’s start our Countdown to Christmas with the rather cynical views of it…don’t think these are my personal views, just found them while surfing net. Liked them, wished to share. Better do it now, while there is still plenty of time to prove them wrong and to prove that Christmas could be still a Fairy Tale, despite of cynical view*:
*if you’ve got your personal cynical experiences, feel free to share them ;-)
So NOT according to MissTick, BUT according to some random net cynics Christmas Is:
* A wobbly tree stand.
* Having to tear open that gift you wrapped so beautifully because you just remembered the price tag was still on it.
* When you get a dozen calendars in the mail... and on January 1st, you can't find a single one.
* Trying to wrap a bicycle so nobody can tell what it is.
* When you can't walk into the Living Room for all the toys, and your kids say, "Is that ALL?"
* Frantic last-minute shopping when a gift arrives from a relative you forgot.
* When kids who don't believe in Santa Claus any more ask what he's going to bring them.
* When you're surprised with a bunch of cards from the very same people you finally decided to cut from your Christmas card list this year.
* Carefully matching the price of the gift you're giving this year to the gift you got last year.
* When you can't find the cards you bought for half-price at that "After The Holiday Sale" last January.
* When your wife tells you to "surprise" her... and then complains when you buy her an outboard motor.
* When the Grandparents bring the very same toys you swore you'd never let your children have.
* When you suddenly discover that all the cards you had printed and all the envelopes you finally addressed are not the same size.
*if you’ve got your personal cynical experiences, feel free to share them ;-)
So NOT according to MissTick, BUT according to some random net cynics Christmas Is:
* A wobbly tree stand.
* Having to tear open that gift you wrapped so beautifully because you just remembered the price tag was still on it.
* When you get a dozen calendars in the mail... and on January 1st, you can't find a single one.
* Trying to wrap a bicycle so nobody can tell what it is.
* When you can't walk into the Living Room for all the toys, and your kids say, "Is that ALL?"
* Frantic last-minute shopping when a gift arrives from a relative you forgot.
* When kids who don't believe in Santa Claus any more ask what he's going to bring them.
* When you're surprised with a bunch of cards from the very same people you finally decided to cut from your Christmas card list this year.
* Carefully matching the price of the gift you're giving this year to the gift you got last year.
* When you can't find the cards you bought for half-price at that "After The Holiday Sale" last January.
* When your wife tells you to "surprise" her... and then complains when you buy her an outboard motor.
* When the Grandparents bring the very same toys you swore you'd never let your children have.
* When you suddenly discover that all the cards you had printed and all the envelopes you finally addressed are not the same size.