Christmas Joy = Uber Depression

[roulette_]

I remember loving Christmas. I love giving gifts to my friends and seeing their faces at what they got. But after one fateful Christmas when my daughter was 3 and composed mostly of socks and underwear while her cousins opened hundreds of dollars of cool gifts, the very bedrock of my joyful Christmas was shattered

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[nocturnesan]

-hugs tight- That's how Christmas is so often for us these past many years. The first few years were..difficult to get through. It was always my favorite holiday and spending it in a way that was less then cheerful was just..foreign to me.

I'm used to poor holidays(I grew up like that) but we always somehow managed to keep the spirit, but it wasn't until I became an adult I realized how hard it must have been for my poor Mom to smile when she felt like she was somehow disappointing me. I will say though as I kid I understood and I was always just happy to have what I did. -nods-

I think baking and such helps a lot though, it's helped me distract myself from things this year. If you give me your addy I would love to send some cookies your way. ^_^

Hope things get better soon.

[roulette_]

Thanks, hon. It's a deal! You send me cookies and I'll send you bon bons and dipped pretzels.

[nocturnesan]

Hee, sounds like an awesome idea to me! ^_^ What kinda of cookies do you like the best? I have a whole cookbook full of recipes for nothing but cookies!

[mahpiya_luta]

*hug* I'm sorry, hon.

[roulette_]

*returns hug* Thanks. I'm just being overly emotional. I really have no good reason to feel sorry for myself.

Sorry about the lack of Chili. I still haven't made it. But when I do, I'm gonna hook ya up!

[mahpiya_luta]

Looking forward to it!