Bah Humbug!

People that know me also know that I don't care for the holidays. First of all, I'm not particularly religious and even if I was, I would be skeptical of December 25 actually being a day of significance. Mostly it's the commercialism that completely turns me off. The damn lights started going up here before Thanksgiving and this town actually has a radio station that plays all Christmas music all of the time. Bah! Who needs the extra stress of fighting crowds at the mall to find that one special knick-knack to give your secret Santa so he/she will have something else to dust all year because it never gets moved. Truly I wish I could hibernate from Thanksgiving until the New Year. Unfortunately, I don't think I'm going to get that luxury this year. The Girlfriend is all about some Christmas. And the poor thing moved in with a man that hasn't put up a Christmas tree in five years. I'm gonna try to be cheerful about the whole process. Just because I wish it would go away doesn't mean I'm gonna be a Scrooge and ruin her holiday. I'm guessing that I will be hauling home a tree soon and will have to put up with the damn blinking lights and tinsel. *Sigh.* By the way, my attitude has nothing to do with the fact that I have no idea what to buy anybody for Christmas.