Anyone else?
No.
Just Christmas, especially when I inherited over a dozen new family members to buy gifts for. 🤭 But it's still my favorite holiday, and season, by far! ☃️
~ Sunset Snuggles
🦄 Enthusiast 🏞 Travel Fiend 🐘 Animal Lover
@SunsetSnuggles - My family stopped doing gift exchanges years ago other than to and from our parents. Too stressful, financially draining, and not necessary.
@Mike403 Personally, I think it should just be kids and significant others. 😆
@SunsetSnuggles - It was just kids in my family until there got to be too many kids. Now we do like a secret Santa thing. Only people who has kids buys a gift for another kid.
I used to find Christmas quite stressful. To some extent I still do, but much less so. I thought carefully about exactly what it was that was causing the stress, and observed it over the course of two or three years. I was able to identify the specific factors that were most relevant, and do something about them. And for the ones that are unfixable or unavoidable, at least I know what they are so I'm ready for them.
All of which makes it much easier to enjoy the good parts.
I find holidays fun! I get to buy presents for myself and for family. Hopefully you all get to spend time with loved ones be they family or friends and my Christmas presents to myself are the year round cuddles
I try to make it so they don’t. I actually finished my Christmas shopping the other day, and got the final package delivered today. I’ll wrap soon, and that’ll help me forget what I got myself. We already had my small family’s Thanksgiving because I thought I would have to work. I had another person invited, but a situation got it stressful so I canceled the person coming over, and we had a nice quiet peaceful day. I try to stay out of the closest big town to me between now and Christmas, because the traffic gets crazy! So I intentionally try to not make it stressful. I will also say no to things I don’t want to attend.
They don't stress me out, but only because the things that stressed me out when I was younger have been changed and no longer cause me stress.
One advantage to being alone is not having stress around the holiday. I have no plans for thanksgiving and my Christmas usually involves lunch at a Jewish deli and a movie. But there are no movies out that interest me so I guess that’s out too.
It's a bit stressful buying so many things and making preparations, yeah, but the celebrations themselves are fun
Yes 😩 always have, and always will.
I think it’s very common to feel increased stress and anxiety over the holidays . Just keep moving and remember it’s just another day, week, month, and year and much of the anxiety and stress we associate with the holidays is often self imposed .
Me. I legit do not celebrate Thanksgiving. So if you are in FL and wanna cuddle hit me up lol
Holiday anxiety and mindfulness do not connect. If you’ve managed it you’re either an alien, sociopath or secretly deeply love the holiday (which may mean you’re the first two anyway.)😂😂😂
@yims32 ~ YES!! 100% YES!!
@stormydaycuddle ~ Also, YES!! 100%!!
Holidays are definitely different for me now because I recently lost both of my parents this year?! It’s an adjustment but I’m doing good and I plan on volunteering on tomorrow which is something my parents always did during the holidays.
@MsCarissa23 So sorry to hear that; what a lovely way to remember them, though! 🫂
@MsCarissa23 hugs to you! I’m sorry for you losses.
Hi @yims32 ! Good to see you in the threads 😉 Hows things? (Other than stressful holidays)
Yes! Holidays are stressful.... But I lay low the times my kiddos are gone, so luckily tomorrow will be chill 😎
And bravo @CuddleHugs01234 That's freaking awesome 🎉 @Mike403 we all just decided to do the same... And just buy gift for kids (nieces/nephews)
@RedFox16 Thanks! Sounds like you plan chill times too. That’s great! A little peace and quiet and slowing down is good.
I am an alien.
Beep beep boop. @stormydaycuddle 🤣🤣🤣
Gonna be stressed AF eating all this delicious food that I had no part in cooking
I never found holidays stressful. A lot of times I had to work on holidays. This is my first Thanksgiving without my immediate family and I just kind of feel blah. I was going to go to my cousins house, but just not wanting to feel the emotions from them since the last of my family passed.
I may just go see a movie
I was going to visit my parents, but my mom found out that one of her clients who lives with her has COVID. She supports people who are mentally challenged and can't live on their own.
@Mike403 I’m sorry. Hugs.
@MissAdventurous I always wanted to be friends with an alien!
@pmvines Spoiled. (you deserve it)
@bear hugs!
@Mike403 hugs!
@CuddleHugs01234 giving you a big squeeze