[Dayze]

I’m in the same boat. I’m not religious, so let’s get ‘that’ out of the way.
But it seems like each year as soon as Halloween hits we have to start planning our schedules and finances to deal with Xmas. We’re grown a** people – we can get whatever we want, whenever we want (within reason). But, each year, we have to buy gifts for like 20 people; and even if they’re small gifts, that adds up. Plus, it’s F’n cold and dark by 3pm; I’m wiped out from working, and have our own stuff to deal with without adding in the frustration of xmas.

We usually buy for our nieces and nephews who are still youngins, but man…those kids get a ton of stuff. I’m not sure we’ll be able to swing it financially this year anyway, so hopefully the parents will understand (I’m sure they will).

It seems like Xmas is just another holiday that occurs each month to stimulate buying goods. Each month there is a a holiday / big sale of sorts.