When Christmas Sucks

I mostly wrote this in 2011....

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MERRY CHRISTMAS...

If you're reading this -- maybe your day sucked. At least a little bit. Christmas is a time for families... And we all have this vision in our head of what the PERFECT FAMILY CHRISTMAS LOOKS LIKE.

Of course, the truth is -- nobody has a perfect family. Every family has their share of problems.
In this blog, you will only read the Pollyanna-ed version of my family, that's for sure!!

My point is -- everybody is dealing with something. Nobody is happy all the time. Life can be lonely. Husbands and wives disappoint one another. Maybe your adult children aren't nearly as much fun as you once hoped. You could be dealing with a bad job, or NO job, children with behavior problems, drug addiction, economic problems, unpaid bills, a cancer diagnosis.

Or, maybe this year, you've suffered the biggest grief life holds....your child died.

Whatever is wrong in your life at this moment, it will be magnified a thousand times on this day.

Which is why Christmas OFTEN SUCKS. Most of the time, we are victims of our own high expectations.

If you are feeling sad, or alone or hurt today -- I am giving you permission to have ONE BAD DAY.
You can eat whatever you want...Snickers can be your main meal. Or buy dinner at the mini-mart. My local Casey's has awesome pizza -- and they're open until 6:00.

Veg out in front of the television. LIFETIME and Lifetime Movie Network are both running marathon Christmas movies ALL DAY LONG. They'll be sad...bound to be tear-jerkers....which is exactly what you need. Just go with it. Let the snot run down your face...you can have a 24-hour-pity-party...

Or --Plan B -- TNT is running A Christmas Story all day long. Watch it at least three times, while eating hot, gooey Caramel Corn and you'll be warm all over...really...

With on-demand and/or Netflix, you could create your own television marathon. Here are the shows I've watched in Marathon Mode, and highly recommend:  Downton Abby; Entourage; Sopranos;  Sons of Anarchy; Britain's Got Talent.

Last year, Ross watched 50 YouTube videos about how to make his own concrete counters (he swears he could do it now)...

Then -- roll out of bed tomorrow morning and GET OVER IT. Pull up your big girl pants and do something that matters. The good news is -- YOU get to decide what that is...

More good news -- Christmas is just ONE DAY, babe. That's all it is. ONE DAY.

And SURE -- on this day -- somebody, somewhere, is having the very BEST day of their life...

But tomorrow it could be YOUR TURN.

And you are not alone...