Ah that time of year again...Christmas, the season to be jolly - apparently.
Except the past few christmases, I've just not quite been bitten with the holiday bug. Sure I enjoy myself, I see friends and family, go out and about, have a good time etc. But.... it's not something which I'm overly excited about. Long gone are the days when I would clocking down the days until it all happens, sure I kind of do now but its not the same. Namely now when I'm looking towards christmas, its more for the days off work than anything else, the ability to relax and rest up for a few extra days - always a good thing.
The main problems I have I suppose is the fact that it is so overly hyped and highlighted that by the time it actually gets here, I'm virtually sick of it. The media has got a lot to answer for in that respect. I mean, how absolutely fundamentally ridiculous is it when you see christmas stock in shops and being advertised in Sept/Oct time? Absolutely mental! The papers and TV also cannot help but highlight it, the age old countdown of shopping days left to christmas, the entire X Factor campaign designed to rig the christmas number one as much as they can possibly do with an over glorified karaoke contest winner obiliterating someones song AGAIN, shows dedicated to what to buy/cook/do for the big day sheesh - calm down honestly.
Maybe its a case that I'm just "too old for this shit" (at the grand old age of 29 no doubt. The magic and joy of christmas fades away with time admittedly but I don't know. I guess that in the next few years when (hopefully) I'll be lucky enough to have a partner and children, that the magic will restart itself, that christmas will be resusicated and saved by the fact that I'll be in a position where I can see the joy in the eyes of my nearest and dearest. In the meantime however it looks like its bah bloody humbug though!!!
