I hate Christmas shopping. I hate the stress, and honestly, it’s not what Christmas is about.
Now I’m not going to go off on a there’s an almighty God above rant, but I simply hate watching people stress so much about a deadline. We’ve turned the holiday into a game of who gets the biggest and best present for the other person. Not to say that Christmas isn’t a time of giving; the principle is correct, but the overall motive and expectation of most people is way off.
Maybe I just don’t really care for the holiday that much. I mean, yes, it’s great to see family and friends, but in my household presents take the back seat. This year I think we’re actually only going to do stockings.
Off topic of my little rant, I’m happy to say that I have about two and half weeks off from work! Unfortunately, my company does not allow its employees to carry over PTO to the new year and they also won’t pay its employees out for the days off that they have remaining at the end of the year… Oh well, that just means our office will be a ghost town for the last two weeks of the year.