Christmas... Bah Humbug!!

Tis the Season to be jolly, Right? Then why are there so many grouches walking around? LMAO. I'm sooo glad this shit is OVER and DONE with. See, every year for ah the past 5 years there's a Christmas competition at my house. I have a niece that is extremely spoiled... not to say my son isn't either, but there are too different kinds of spoiled. They are both only children. They both get a lot of things that I, as a child never DARED dreamed of.LOL U got a bike or skate board not both! U got a Barbie not 25.... These kids have it made. My feeling is this... if it costs so much that u have to let EVERYONE in the whole family KNOW how much u paid for it, then it's best left at the store. It doesn't make any sense to me that my niece has 4 doll houses and 70 barbies and every single kind of brats doll and accessory there is... how will she ever learn NO! and the meaning of humble? It makes no sense to me that my son has every game system and loses most of the $50 games or leave the cords places... or has just received his first Ipod and has not one clue as to DOWNLOADING... It's laughable what Christmas has become. Especially in my family. I bought EVERYONE one gift... including my son because First, I just started a new job and I'm not balling like that and Two, I know better! Years ago I learned my son isn't responsible with his things. Gone are the $200 shopping spree's only to find expensive, trendy toys left by the wayside on the playground or traded with the next door neighbor for something better. My mother goes thru this EVERY YEAR! She goes out and spends this mass amount of money for kids that DON'T NEED any of this stuff and then she complains or mentions how much money she has spent over and over again. It's ridiculous. I really think next year she should take that cruise... it's well deserved and I'm sure both of her grandkids will have toys to spare for years to come.. LOL Besides the usual family drama... I had a good Christmas. Can't complain. I was with my family,....shared some laughs..ate great food and slept really well... Isn't that what Christmas is about? Sharing, Caring and Leaving the price tags...personal crisis, and issues behind. Well, it's over now and we get 365 days to think about it and do it all over again!!